COPD A Guide to Diagnosis and Clinical Management /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hanania, Nicola A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sharafkhaneh, Amir (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2011.
• Έκδοση: 1.
• Σειρά: Respiratory Medicine
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of science, the understanding of COP...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• I –The Multiple Components of COPD
• II- Clinical Assessment of COPD
• III. Physiologic Assessment of COPD
• IV. Outcome Measures and Prognostic Markers for COPD
• V. Management Guidelines for COPD
• VI. Pharmacologic Therapy: Bronchodilators Nicola A. Hanania, Mario Cazzola
• VII. Pharmacological Therapy: Inhaled Corticosteroids
• VIII. Pharmacological Therapy: Novel Approaches
• IX. Smoking Cessation
• X. Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• XI. Exacerbations of COPD
• XII. Home Management Issues
• XIII. Co-morbidities and Systemic Effects of COPD
• XIV. Non-Pharmacological and Surgical Management of COPD
• XV. Depression and Anxiety in COPD: Diagnosis and Management Issues
• XVI. Disease Management Programs for COPD
• XVII. General Management Issues in COPD: Sleep, Travel and Preoperative management.