Chest Medicine
Subtitle: Essentials of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Contributors: Ronald B. George (Editor); Michael A. Matthay (Editor); Richard W. Light (Editor); Richard A. Matthay (Editor)
Edition: 3nd edition
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins
Published: January 15, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 715
ISBN-13: 9780683034585
Subjects: Accident & emergency medicine; Cardiothoracic surgery; Respiratory medicine; Respiratory intensive care; Lung; Respiratory Diseases; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Lung Diseases; Chest; Diseases
First sentence: The lungs perform many important functions, including the filtering of systemic venous blood prior to its entry into the left ventricle and the production and metabolism of vasoactive substances.