With a special emphasis on respiratory disorders peculiar to India and other tropical countries—Principles of Respiratory Medicine is a book which is highly comprehensive in its scope and context. The volume begins with a section on Imaging Techniques which describes all the relevant technological advances. Over a score of the remaining thematically arranged sections provide an indepth understanding of various respiratory diseases including their diagnosis and management. The increasing menace of lung cancer in India has been given special emphasis with a comparison of recent epidemiological data from several other countries of the world. Also discussed at length are topics such as pulmonary tuberculosis, HIV and the lung, lung tumours, interstitial lung diseases, sleep related breathing disorder, chest wall disorders, etc. The text is aptly illustrated and enriched with references for further reading.

Among the authors, Farokh Erach Udwadia is Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Grant Medical College, J J Hospital, Mumbai, India.