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Review

An Overview of the Pulmonary System

Eric Honig
H Kenneth Walker  1 , W Dallas Hall  1 , J Willis Hurst  1
, editors.
In: Clinical Methods: The History, Physical, and Laboratory Examinations. 3rd edition. Boston: Butterworths; 1990. Chapter 35.
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An Overview of the Pulmonary System

Eric Honig.
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The diagnosis of pulmonary diseases and disorders requires the integration of pulmonary history and physical examination data acquired at the bedside with data provided by chest roentgenograms and the pulmonary function and blood gas laboratories. Taken together, these modalities provide a framework for generating and pruning a differential diagnosis and for planning therapy.

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