COPD, An Issue of Medical Clinics

Stephen I. Rennard, Bartolome R. Celli (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

2012
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4557-3890-8 (ISBN)

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Provides essential updates on COPD. This title covers such topics as: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; and, more.

This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients' perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; meducal pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene.

Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Internal Medicine
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, map
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
ISBN-10	1-4557-3890-5 / 1455738905
ISBN-13	978-1-4557-3890-8 / 9781455738908
Zustand	Neuware