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Title COPD : a guide to diagnosis and clinical management / Nicola A. Hanania, Amir Sharafkhaneh, editors
Published New York : Humana Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Respiratory medicine
Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
Contents Multiple components of COPD -- Clinical assessment of COPD -- Physiologic assessment of COPD -- Outcome measures and prognostic markers for COPD -- Management guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pharmacological therapy: bronchodilators -- Pharmacological therapy: inhaled corticosteroids -- Pharmacological therapy: novel approaches -- Smoking cessation -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Exacerbations of COPD -- Home management issues -- Co-morbidities and systemic effects of COPD -- Non-pharmacological and surgical management of COPD -- Depression and anxiety in COPD: diagnosis and management issues -- Disease management programs for COPD -- General management issues in COPD: sleep, travel, and preoperative management
Summary Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of science, the understanding of COPD has improved significantly. Fortunately, current management guidelines consider COPD a preventable and treatable condition, and recent studies clearly indicate that available pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions may improve various clinical outcomes. "COPD: A Guide to Diagnos
Analysis geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
ademhalingssysteem
respiratory system
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive -- diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive -- therapy
MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
Médecine.
Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive
Form Electronic book
Author Hanania, Nicola A.
Sharafkhaneh, Amir.
ISBN 9781597453578
1597453579