| Description |
xiv, 405 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Series |
Current clinical practice |
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Current clinical practice.
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| Contents |
The origins and characteristics of asthma / Russell J. Hopp and Robert G. Townley -- Diagnosing allergic asthma / Gerald L. Klein -- How the pulmonary function laboratory contributes to the management of the asthma patient / Richard E. Kanner and Theodore G. Liou -- Treatment of asthma in children / Christopher Chang -- Adult-onset asthma / Samuel Louie ... [et al.] -- The patient with asthma in the emergency department / Donna Kinser -- Severe asthma: from ICU to discharge / Brian M. Morrissey, Nicholas J. Kenyon, and Timothy E. Albertson -- |
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Complementary/alternative therapies in asthma / Andrea Borchers, Carl L. Keen, and M. Eric Gershwin -- The pregnant patient with asthma / Arif M. Seyal -- Infectious and environmental triggers of asthma / Laurel J. Gershwin -- Exercise-induced asthma: sports and athletes / Rahmat Afrasiabi -- How can foods, additives, and drugs affect the patient with asthma / Suzanne S. Teuber -- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: an evolving challenge in asthma / Brian Morrissey and Samuel Louie -- |
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Occupational asthma: a special environmental interation / Nicholas J. Kenyon, Brian M. Morrissey, and Timothy E. Albertson -- Anesthesia for patients with asthma / Dennis L. Fung -- How recreational drugs affect asthma / Timothy E. Albertson, Steve Offerman, and Nicholas J. Kenyon -- Self-management in asthma: empowering the patient / Arvind Kumar and M. Eric Gershwin -- The challenge of asthma in minority populations / Albin Leong -- Asthma and the law / Charles Bond |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Asthma -- Diagnosis.
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Asthma -- Treatment.
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Asthma -- diagnosis.
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Asthma -- therapy.
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| Author |
Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-
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Albertson, Timothy Eugene.
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| LC no. |
2005017322 |
| ISBN |
1588296040 (alk. paper) |
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9781588296047 (alk. paper) |
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