TY - BOOK AU - Binks,Andrew ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students T2 - Open textbook library AV - QP1-(981) CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Clinical Physiology KW - Textbooks N1 - 1: The Obstructive Lung Diseases -- 2: Upper Airway Infections -- 3: Lower Airway Infections -- 4: The Restrictive Lung Diseases -- 5: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- 6: Lung Cancer -- 7: Pulmonary Embolism -- 8: Immunological Diseases of the Lung -- 9: Pleural Disease N2 - Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of pulmonary pathophysiology. This text is designed for a course pre-clinical undergraduate medical curriculum and it is aligned to USMLE(r) (United States Medical Licensing Examination) content guidelines. The text is meant to provide the essential information from these content areas in a concise format that would allow learner preparation to engage in an active classroom. Clinical correlates and additional application of content is intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have an understanding of basic cardiovascular physiology that will be helpful to understand the content presented here. This resource should be assistive to the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation given the material is presented in a succinct manner, with a focus on high-yield concepts. The 82-page text was created specifically for use by pre-clinical students at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and was based on faculty experience and peer review to guide development and hone important topics. Instructors reviewing, adopting, or adapting parts or the whole of the text are requested to register their interest at: https://bit.ly/interest-preclinical. Instructors and subject matter experts interested in and sharing their original course materials relevant to pre-clinical education are requested to join the instructor portal at https://www.oercommons.org/groups/pre-clinical-resources/10133 UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1157 ER -