Clinicians' Guide to Asthma

Fan Chung (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2002
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-76287-5 (ISBN)

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Aims to put the care of patients with asthma into context for GP/Primary care specialist and general hospital physician, presenting knowledge regarding asthma and its treatment. This book covers topics such as epidemiology, socio-economic costs, causes and pathophysiology, mechanisms, pharmacologic therapies and other aspects of asthma management.

Clinicians' Guide to Asthma puts the care of patients with asthma into context for the GP / Primary care specialist and general hospital physician, presenting the current knowledge regarding asthma and its treatment in an accessible manner. Topics covered include epidemiology, socio-economic costs, causes and pathophysiology, mechanisms, pharmacologic therapies and other aspects of asthma management. The book discusses current hot topics in research and likely future breakthroughs, and provides sufficient practical detail for the physician to use in everyday management of asthma within a range of patient sub-groups including children.

Definition, prevalence and impacts
Diagnosis and clinical assessment of asthma
Investigations and laboratory assessment of asthma
Mechanisms of asthma: risk factors and pathophysiology
Pharmacology of asthma and drug delivery systems j
Management of chronic asthma and acute severe asthma
Asthma in infants and children
Current and future challenge of asthma.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.3.2002
Reihe/Serie	Clinicians Guide Series ; 9
Zusatzinfo	41 b/w illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
ISBN-10	0-340-76287-X / 034076287X
ISBN-13	978-0-340-76287-5 / 9780340762875
Zustand	Neuware