West's Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials offers accessible explanations of disease processes that affect the respiratory system. This best-selling companion to West's Respiratory Physiology, Tenth Edition, has served generations of students. Dr. John B. West, together with new co-author Dr. Andrew M. Luks, presents the vital knowledge you need in a concise, straightforward manner that's easy to understand.

• Learn the very latest on COPD, asthma, restrictive lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and much more.
• See how pathophysiology applies to clinical practice with clinical vignettes in every chapter, followed by multiple-choice questions and answers to test your comprehension.
• Visualize concepts vividly with the aid of new radiographs, CT images, and color photomicrographs.
• Study with ease through abundant chapter outlines, Key Concepts boxes, bulleted review sections, and other helpful summaries.
• Prepare for exams with 75 multiple-choice review questions, accompanied by answers and explanations, inside the book as well as in an Interactive Question Bank online.