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Key Features: Very useful and practical source for undergraduates and post graduates, residents and primary care physicians who treat respiratory diseases. Covers most authoritative and latest information on clinically important topics in respiratory medicine, like signs and symptoms, their clinical significance, possible causes, diseases, etc, in a simple and easy to use format, supported by many figures and tables. Emphasis is also given on novel technologies of chest imaging, development of new drugs, endoscopic techniques for performing operations successfully without incision. Most essential topics include history taking, general examination, clinical examination and relevant investigations, case discussion in respiratory medicine etc. A broad range of laboratory and diagnostic tests are described in detail with step-by-step procedure. Key points are included at the beginning of each chapter. 'Review Questions' given at the end of each chapter, are intended to help the students in the preparation for post graduate entrance examinations. The chapter 'Interventional Pulmonology' outlines diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using bronchoscopic and thoracoscopic techniques.