Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults (eBook)

A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide

Tolly E. G. Epstein, Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
X, 158 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-20554-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is a unique resource, providing an up-to-date review of medication strategies, how asthma phenotypes and treatment decisions interact, and how controlling asthma triggers impacts long-term asthma outcomes in older patients. Additionally, the book incorporates recent advances in alternative therapies that improve the patient's quality of life. 

Opening discussions address the unique challenges of the differential diagnosis of asthma in older adults, as well as an examination of the significant medical comorbidities that co-exist with asthma. Subsequent chapters provide strategies to optimizing asthma management in this specific population, including information on case management that will assist allied health providers. Finally, the book closes with an analysis of several novel targets for therapy to treat severe asthma including biologics, macrolides and bronchial thermoplasty.

Written by experts in the field, Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is an indispensable resource for allergists, pulmonologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and all other allied clinicians.

Tolly Epstein, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division of Immunology, Allergy, & Rheumatology

University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

Cincinnati, Ohio 45267

USA

Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60612

USA

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2019
• Zusatzinfo: X, 158 p. 11 illus., 8 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Schlagworte: asthma adherence • asthma in older adults • asthma triggers in older adults • distinguishing asthma from co-morbid conditions • elderly asthmatics • environmental allergens in older adults
• ISBN-10: 3-030-20554-1 / 3030205541
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-20554-6 / 9783030205546