Severe Asthma Toward Personalized Patient Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Yong Chul (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kim, So Ri (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cho, Seong Ho (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

This book presents state of the art knowledge on severe asthma with the aim of providing readers with a clear understanding of, first, the heterogeneity of the condition and of patients' symptom profiles and responses to therapy and, second, the future implications of this heterogeneity for ind...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Overview of severe asthma.- 1. Basics of severe asthma in clinical practice.- 2. Heterogeneity in severe asthma
• Section 2: Pathobiology of severe asthma.- 1.Pathogenesis of severe asthma
• Section 3: Diagnostic approaches to severe asthma.- 1. Biomarkers in severe asthma.- 2. Radiologic diagnostic modalities in severe asthma
• Section 4: Current and future therapies for severe asthma.- 1. Pharmacologic therapies.- 2. Non-pharmacologic therapies.