For the pulm fellows

[Benzo4every1]

what core pulmonary textbook are you using ? thanks

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[Hernandez]

the big Pulm texts are Murray & Nadel's, and Fishman's. To me, Murray's is much more physiology based while Fishman's is much more clinical based. Both texts are very good.

As the saying goes, different strokes for different folks.

 

[Benzo4every1]

I just need to know which textbook I need to sort of have skimmed through before July. thanks!

 

[Hernandez]

I just need to know which textbook I need to sort of have skimmed through before July. thanks!

Are you applying or starting in July?

 

[Benzo4every1]

starting!

 

[JayneCobb]

starting!

Since no one else is answering, I'll give you my reading list. Buyer beware, I'm just a 2nd year Resident applying to fellowship right now, but I'm a book snob extraordinaire and have put together a list talking with various fellows and browsing myself and this is what I've got so far.

Fishman's. I really like this book for a start, it has great clinical divided sections and is an easy read.

Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Thorax - David P Naidich

Flexible Bronchoscopy - Wang & Mehta – supposedly the 3rd edition is coming out soon – I've got the 1st edition and have thumbed through it for anatomy etc, but I probably won't hit this one hard until I actually get a fellowship and get to start bronching.

Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 2nd Edition - Martin Tobin – I went ahead and bought this one because I felt like an idiot reading Tobin's NEJM review article, lots of info but I've not made it all the way through it yet.

Journal articles I've found useful.
Radiologic Clinics of North America
· -Vol 40 #1 Jan 2002 – has great articles on High Res CT
· -Vol 39 #6 Nov 2001 – another great Chest CT volume
What Every Radiologist Should Know about Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias, RadioGraphics 2007; 27:595–615

Guideliens
ATS guidelines are here, the 5 part series on PFTs are very in depth and boring, but there is lots of info in them to know. - http://www.thoracic.org/sections/publications/statements/index.html


I'll add to this list at some point on the other books and articles I've got squirreled away

 

[McLovin]

Its inexpensive, has some color photos, and comes with a free online component.

It has a pretty good ILD section, which is often the bane for a first year pulmonary fellow

 

[bronch007]

Well am a 2nd year resident applying for fellowship and my choices are -

- Fishman for theory
- Imaging of disease of chest by Armstrong & Hansell
- Fraser & Pare this one blends pathology radiology & clinical medicine but if I am not mistaken new edition has not been out for a long time
- another favorite of mine is Crofton & Douglas a British book much simpler than fishman and may be not for fellowship level....

 

[bkpa2med]

 

[JayneCobb]

While that might be great for a second year medical student, I wouldn't recommend it for a Medicine resident interested in Pulm much less a fellow. murray and nadel's seemed to have much more in-depth pulm phys than this book when I flipped through it.