Fast Facts: Asthma (eBook)

Improve patient self-management and drug use, achieve asthma control

J.A. Douglass, T.S.C. Hinks (Autoren)

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2021 | 5. Auflage
140 Seiten
S. Karger AG (Verlag)
978-1-910797-75-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Asthma is the world’s most common chronic respiratory condition, affecting over 350 million people worldwide and inflicting a heavy individual, social and economic burden of disease. In this rapidly changing field, a plethora of new inhaled therapies and devices have emerged, as well as a better understanding of disease phenotyping and biology. This fully updated fifth edition of 'Fast Facts: Asthma' discusses recent trends in an easy-reference format, while highlighting imminent new developments, to provide a valuable resource for general practitioners, specialist asthma nurses and others with a keen interest in improving the outcomes of the very many people living with asthma. Table of Contents: • Pathophysiology • Epidemiology, etiology and natural history • Diagnosis and classification • Asthma medications • Management principles • Severe and refractory asthma • Acute asthma attacks • Preventing asthma attacks • Asthma in special circumstances • Developments

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2021
• Verlagsort: Basel
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
• Schlagworte: Respiratory System, Asthma
• ISBN-10: 1-910797-75-8 / 1910797758
• ISBN-13: 978-1-910797-75-4 / 9781910797754