Manual of Asthma Management
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7020-2529-7 (ISBN)
This unique manual provides comprehensive, yet practical and easily accessed advice on the key issues of asthma management in both adult andpaediatric patients. The second edition will continue to help all those involved with the care of asthmatic patients to apply the recently updated international guidelines. It combines vital information on how to tackle practical, clinical issues, whilstat the same time highlighting essential basic sciences to aid diagnosis, management and treatment.Provides solutions to day-to-day clinical problems in asthma management
Clear, concise and practical advice helps the reader to clarify asthma severity and select appropriate treatment plansDiagrams illustrate the stepwise approaches to asthma management
Each chapter concludes with a list of summary pointsExpanded sections on acute and chronic asthma in children written by international paediatric respiratory experts
Use of icons in margins to highlight the most recent drugs and therapiesNew larger format, with an eye-catching design aids easy access to key information
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF ASTHMA
1Definition, classification, epidemiology and risk factors
2Natural history
3Pathogenesis
DIAGNOSIS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF ASTHMA
4Triggers of asthma
5Diagnosis in children
6Diagnosis in adults
7Pulmonary function tests
8Provocation tests
9Investigations of allergy
10Examination of sputum, exhaled gases and nasal cytology
11Bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial biopsies
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF ASTHMA
12Assessment of asthma control: symptoms, drug use, PEF, severity
13Assessment of asthma control: quality of life
14Assessment of asthma control: markers of inflammation
15Primary prevention of asthma
16Secondary allergen avoidance measures
17Corticosteroids
18Anti-allergic drugs
19Immunosuppressive agents
20Mediator antagonists and other new agents
21Bronchodilators
22Delivery systems
23Immunotherapy
24Other forms of treatment
25Patient education
26Self-management plans
27Assessment of compliance
MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA
28General principles
29Management of chronic asthma in children
30Management of acute asthma in children
31Management of chronic asthma in adults
32Management of acute asthma in adults
33Specific problems: occupational asthma
34Specific problems: asthma induced by aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
35Specific problems: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
36Specific problems: exercise-induced asthma
37Specific problems: nocturnal asthma
38Specific problems: asthma in pregnancy and pre-menses
39Specific problems: corticosteroids resistant asthma
40Specific problems: psychological factors
41Specific problems: gastro-oesophageal reflux and asthma
42Specific problems: cough
43Specific problems: chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma
44Specific problems: food allergy in asthma
45Specific problems: difficult asthma
46Specific problems: steroid-induced side effects
47Acute complications of asthma
48Chronic complications of asthma
RUNNING AN ASTHMA SERVICE
49Primary care
50Hospital practice
51Audit in asthma
52Economics of asthma
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2000 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 79 ills.; Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 248 mm |
| Gewicht | 1530 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7020-2529-1 / 0702025291 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7020-2529-7 / 9780702025297 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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