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Title Allergic and respiratory disease in sports medicine / edited by John M. Weiler
Published New York : M. Dekker, [1997]
©1997

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Description xvi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Clinical allergy and immunology ; 11
Clinical allergy and immunology ; 11
Contents 1. Respiratory System Responses to Dynamic Exercise / Bruce D. Johnson and Kenneth C. Beck -- 2. Evaluating Exercise Capacity and Airway Function in the Athlete / Kenneth C. Beck -- 3. The History of Exercise-Induced Asthma and Definition of the Syndrome / Frank S. Virant -- 4. Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Asthma in the Athlete / Hemalini Mehta and William W. Busse -- 5. Pathophysiology of Exercise-Induced Asthma: The Role of Respiratory Water Loss / Sandra D. Anderson and Evangelia Daviskas -- 6. Pathophysiology: Role of Mediators in Exercise-Induced Asthma / Himender K. Makker and Stephen T. Holgate -- 7. Is There a Late Response After Exercise-Induced Asthma? / Noe Zamel -- 8. Treatment of Exercise-Induced Asthma: [beta]-Agonists / Nancy K. Ostrom -- 9. Treatments of Exercise-Induced Asthma Other Than [beta]-Agonists / Sheldon L. Spector -- 10. The Role of Exercise Training and Conditioning in Patients with Asthma / William H. Baker and John M. Weiler -- 11. Exercise and Rhinitis / William C. Howland III and David M. Lang -- 12. Sinusitis in Athletes / Jeffrey R. Leipzig and Raymond G. Slavin -- 13. Upper Airway Disease Masquerading as Exercise-Induced Asthma / Mark T. O'Hollaren -- 14. Exercise-Induced Urticaria and Angioedema / Christodoulos S. Christodoulou, Ernest N. Charlesworth and Joseph D. Diaz -- 15. Exercise-Induced Allergy Syndromes / Lawrence M. Du Buske, Richard F. Horan and Albert L. Sheffer -- 16. Effects of High Altitude / Robert C. Roach and Pope L. Moseley -- 17. The Role of Air Pollution in Exacerbating Exercise-Induced Asthma / David B. Peden -- 18. Scuba Diving: Asthma and Respiratory Diseases / Frank J. Twarog -- 19. Football / Arthur E. Varner, Robert K. Bush and Gregory L. Landry -- 20. Skiing and Other Winter Sports / William S. Silvers -- 21. Case Studies of Asthma in Elite and World-Class Athletes: The Roles of the Athletic Trainer and Physician / Margaret M. Peter, Faye L. Thompson and William S. Silvers [et al.] -- 22. Management of the Elite Athlete Who Has Exercise-Induced Asthma / Roger M. Katz -- 23. Doping Rules and the Treatment of Respiratory and Allergic Disease / Wade F. Exum and Joan M. Price -- 24. Do Asthma Medications Enhance Sports Performance in Athletes Who Do Not Have Asthma? / William W. Storms -- 25. Recognition and Management of Asthma and Related Diseases in Children Participating in School Sports and Physical Education Programs / Robert E. Coifman -- 26. Preparticipation Evaluation in the Athlete with Respiratory Disease / Christopher Randolph and Barbara Fraser
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Asthma.
Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
Respiratory organs -- Pathophysiology.
Sports medicine.
Asthma, Exercise-Induced.
Respiratory Tract Diseases.
Sports Medicine.
Author Weiler, J. M.
LC no. 97005181
ISBN 0824798902 (hardcover : acid-free paper)