Authored by clinicians from the leading academic pulmonary program, this text covers essentials of the pulmonary history, the physical exam as well as key tests and procedures needed to evaluate patients. It features diagnostic and treatment algorithms and "essentials of diagnosis" lists for every major disorder.

Evaluation of the patient with pulmonary disease -- Diseases of the airways -- Interstitial lung disease -- Diseases of the alveolar space -- Diseases of the pulmonary vasculature -- Diseases of the pleura -- Diseases of the mediastinum -- Disorders of the ventilatory control -- Occupational & environmental lung diseases -- Infectious lung disease -- Neoplastic lung diseases.