The Respiratory System at a Glance has been thoroughly updated in line with current practice guidelines and new techniques to provide a highly illustrated and comprehensive guide to normal lung structure and function, as well as associated pathophysiology. Each topic has been fully revised and is accompanied by clear diagrams to encapsulate essential knowledge. Reflecting changes to the content, teaching and assessment methods used in medical education, this new edition now includes more information on acid base and its clinical ramifications, further detail on defence mechanisms and immunology, and also features online access to clinical cases and flashcards. The Respiratory System at a Glance: Integrates basic and clinical science ideal for integrated and systems-based courses Includes both the pathophysiology and clinical aspects of the respiratory system Is fully revised and updated to reflect current practice guidelines and new therapies Provides online clinical cases, brand new flashcards, and MCQs Includes a companion website at www.ataglanceseries.com/respiratory featuring interactive multiple choice questions and digital flashcards

Medical practitioners of the sixteenth century had their own body of special terms, just like the doctors of this century. McConchie examines medical terminology used in a selection of thirteen medical works published between 1547 and 1612, and compares it with treatment of these words in the Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries of today, showing how well - or ill - the specialist terminology of sixteenth-century medical practitioners has been recorded. He compiles a corpus of new data from a selection of medical texts ranging from scholarly tomes to homely handbooks. The study of this corpus reveals errors, omissions, and biases which raise questions for lexicographical tools in general. Are existing dictionaries adequate in their investigation of Renaissance English? Has current understanding been more biased and more deficient than we thought? If so, how are we to redress the problem? This book uses a specialist semantic domain to raise important issues for lexicographers, and historians of early modern English and medicine.

Get Through MRCGP: AKT provides prospective candidates with a wealth of practice material for this relatively new examination, covering all the different question types that are encountered in the actual examination. The questions are divided into papers for ease of use, and, in order to give the reader a really useful revision experience, the author has concentrated on the themes and subjects which candidates often answer poorly. It is improvement in a candidate's areas of weakness which will allow them to pass the exam. To this end, the author has included extended explanations in the answers section, especially in subjects where candidates often perform poorly. This allows candidates to gain confidence answering these more challenging questions, which may be the crucial ones in any exam. Providing the reader with an invaluable bank of material to help them achieve success in this exam, Get Through MRCGP: AKT is an essential revision guide for all GPs preparing for the Applied Knowledge Test.