Written by residents, fellows, and attending physicians, this handbook is ideal for residents called on to do an inpatient consult, for students working on an inpatient medicine service, and for specialists seeking information on pulmonology and general internal medicine management. Chapters cover pulmonary function testing, respiratory failure, hemoptysis, solitary pulmonary nodule, community-acquired pneumonia, pulmonary embolus, and much more. Coverage includes a section on the appropriate conduct and approach of a medical consultant and reviews of selected clinical trials.

From the Washington University Department of Medicine comes a new series of quick-reference guides to difficult patient management problems in eleven subspecialties of internal medicine--allergy, asthma, and immunology; cardiology; endocrinology; gastroenterology; general medicine; geriatrics; hematology and oncology; infectious diseases; nephrology; pulmonary medicine; and rheumatology. Prepared by residents and chief residents with senior faculty advisors, The Washington Manual(TM) Subspecialty Consult Series covers both inpatient and outpatient approaches with the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual(TM) of Medical Therapeutics. Each volume focuses on one subspecialty, has separate symptom-oriented and disease-oriented sections, and covers both acute and chronic problems. The Washington Manual(TM) is an [intent-to-use] mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.