A case-based guide with expert commentary Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine, deals with contemporary clinical scenarios in respiratory medicine. Each chapter is based around a real-life case, and interspersed with the most up-to-date evidence, management strategies, guidelines and controversies in management. As the reader works through each case there are a number of 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Landmark Trial Summaries' to enhance the learning process along with an 'Expert Commentary' written by a nationally or internationally-renowned expert in that particular field. This will provide a unique inside track on how the experts approach these types of challenging cases. The approach taken in this series is highly attractive to those in training preparing for their specialist exams.

About the Author
Lucy Schomberg studied medicine at St George's Hospital Medicine School in South West London. She completed her registrar training in South East London and recently became a Locum Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in Frimley Park Hospital. Her special interests include pleural disease and interstitial lung disease. Elizabeth Sage read Physiological Sciences at Oxford University prior to studying medicine at both Oxford and St George's Hospital Medical School. She is currently a research registrar at University College London and completed her PhD in Cellular Therapies at University College London. Her specialist interests include thoracic malignancies and lung cancer and the development of novel cellular therapies. Nicholas Hart is Clinical and Academic Director of the Fox Lane Respiratory Unit at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He is also a Reader in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Department of Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Science, King's College London.


Book Information
ISBN 9780199657742
Author Lucy Schomberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 678g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 190mm * 13mm