Pulmonology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pokorski, Mieczyslaw (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Neuroscience and Respiration ; 1222
• Subjects: Neurosciences.; Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Oxidative stress.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Oxidative Stress.

This book addresses several burning issues concerning diseases involving the lungs and respiratory tract. It discusses the epidemiology, mechanisms, prevention, and diagnosis of chest conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep apnea and respiratory infections. Further, it examin...

Table of Contents:

• Spirometry: a Need for Periodic Updates of National Reference Values
• Age at Menarche and Risk of Respiratory Diseases
• Effects of Osteopathic Manual Therapy on Hyperinflation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Cross-over Study
• Oxidative Stress Markers and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Prevalence and Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Arterial Hypertension in the Adult Population in Poland: An Observational Subset of the International Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study
• Strategies of Coping with Pain: Differences Associated with the Histological Type of Lung Cancer
• Chest Radiography in Children Hospitalized with Bronchiolitis
• Evaluation of the 2017/18 Influenza Epidemic Season in Poland Based on the SENTINEL Surveillance System
• Occurrence of Influenza Hemagglutinin Antibodies in the Polish Population during the Epidemic Season 2017/18
• Respiratory Virus Infections in People over 14 Years of Age in Poland in the Epidemic Season of 2017/18.