respiratory disease: Additional Information

An overview of the human respiratory system is provided in Jeremy P.T. Ward, Jane Ward, and Richard M. Leach, The Respiratory System at a Glance (2015). Richard S. Fraser et al., A Synopsis of Diseases of the Chest, 3rd ed. (2005), is a textbook covering diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases. Robert J. Mason et al. (eds.), Murray & Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 6th ed. (2016); and Steven E. Weinberger, Barbara A. Cockrill, and Jess Mandel, Principles of Pulmonary Medicine, 6th ed. (2014), are texts in which respiratory pathophysiology is considered from the clinical vantage. Comprehensive texts include Terry Des Jardins and George G. Burton, Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 7th ed. (2016); and Robert W. Wilmott et al., Kendig and Chernick’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 8th ed. (2012).