Evidence-Based Respiratory Medicine, with CD-ROM

by Gibson, Peter G.; Abramson, Michael; Wood-Baker, Richard; Volmink, Jimmy; Hensley, Michael; Costabel, Ulrich

• ISBN13: 9780727916051
• ISBN10: 072791605X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-02
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

First major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicineComprehensive, authoritative summary of the best treatments for the major respiratory diseasesCompiled by specialists from the Cochrane Airways Management GroupEasy-to-use format, with key clinical implications summarised in each chapter Kept up-to-date onlineCompiled by specialists from the Cochrane Collaboration Airways Management Group, Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine is the first major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicine.Providing a comprehensive summary of the best treatments for the most important respiratory diseases, some of the world's leading physicians review the evidence for a broad range of treatments using evidence-based principles. Essential information is presented in an easy-to-understand format, with the most important clinical implications summarised in each chapter.Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine tackles the big clinical questions in diagnosis and treatment, presenting treatment options which take into account the individual patient's needs.Evidence-Based Series: Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine, part of the acclaimed series BMJ Evidence-based medicine textbooks that have revolutionised clinical medicine literature, comes with a fully searchable CD-ROM of the whole text.

Author Biography

Peter Gibson, Respiratory Medicine Unit, John Hunter Hospital

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Acknowledgement to Cochrane Library	xi
Practising evidence-based respiratory medicine	1	(120)
Michael Abramson
Introduction	3	(8)
Brian H Rowe
Terry P Klassen
Diagnostic strategies	11	(78)
Presenting symptoms	13	(12)
Michael Abramson
Lung function testing	25	(12)
David P Johns
Alan J Crockett
Chest radiographic and computerized tomography patterns	37	(26)
Johny A Verschakelen
Diagnostic strategies in pulmonary embolism: an evidence-based approach	63	(18)
Martin Riedel
Screening for lung cancer	81	(8)
John K Gohagan
Pamela M Marcus
Richard M Fagerstrom
William C Black
Barnett S Kramer
Paul F Pinsky
Philip C Prorok
Therapeutics: general issues	89	(32)
Adherence and self-management	91	(16)
Liesl M Osman
Michael E Hyland
Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis	107	(8)
Michael L Burr
Michael Stone
Helping people to stop smoking	115	(6)
Tim Lancaster
Asthma	121	(110)
Peter G Gibson
Acute exacerbations	123	(12)
Brian H Rowe
Chronic therapy: β-agonists, short-acting, long-acting β2-agonists	135	(12)
Haydn Walters
Julia Walters
Inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma	147	(22)
Nick Adams
Anti-leukotrienes	169	(14)
Francine M Ducharme
Asthma education	183	(10)
Peter G Gibson
Heather Powell
Non-pharmacological and complementary interventions to manage asthma	193	(12)
Guy B Marks
Brett G Toelle
Cassandra A Slader
Difficult asthma	205	(12)
Peter A B Wark
Novel therapies in asthma: long-acting β2-agonists inhaled corticosteroids	217	(14)
Nicola A Marks
Philip W Ind
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	231	(68)
Richard Wood-Baker
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease --- acute exacerbations	233	(12)
Brian H Rowe
Irvin Mayers
Anticholinergic bronchodilators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease therapy	245	(12)
Alicia R Zu Wallack
Richard L Zu Wallack
Inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	257	(10)
Christine Jenkins
Combination of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	267	(10)
Paul W Jones
Systemic corticosteroids in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	277	(8)
Richard Wood-Baker
Lung volume reduction	285	(14)
Tudor P Toma
Duncan M Geddes
Infection	299	(116)
Jimmy Volmink
Bronchitis and sinusitis	301	(8)
Tom Fahey
Community-acquired pneumonia	309	(12)
Jihendra N Pande
Juhi Dhar
G Sowmya
Pulmonary tuberculosis	321	(14)
Jimmy Volmink
Colleen Murphy
Influenza: vaccination and treatment	335	(14)
Fotini B Karassa
John P A Ioannidis
Bronchiectasis	349	(12)
John Kolbe
Adult cystic fibrosis	361	(28)
John Kolbe
Antibiotics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis	389	(26)
Ian A Yang
Samuel T Kim
Scott C Bell
Respiratory failure/sleep-disordered breathing	415	(58)
Michael Hensley
Respiratory rehabilitation	417	(12)
Yves Lacasse
Francois Maltais
Roger S Goldstein
Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure	429	(10)
Peter Wark
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. What is the evidence?	439	(8)
Peter J Wijkstra
The treatment of the obstructive sleep apnoeahypopnoea syndrome	447	(16)
Michael J Hensley
Cheryl D Ray
Long-term oxygen therapy for chronic respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	463	(10)
Peter G Gibson
Diffuse lung disease/pleural disease/thromboembolism	473	(100)
Ulrich Costabel
Diffuse lung disease	475	(46)
The treatment of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis	477	(14)
Barry Plant
Jim Egan
Evidence-based approach to treatment of sarcoidosis	491	(18)
Robert P Baughman
Olof Selroos
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis	509	(12)
Yves Lacasse
Yvon Cormier
Pleural disease	521	(16)
Richard Light
Therapy of pulmonary thromboembolism: an evidence-based approach	537	(22)
Martin Riedel
Pulmonary hypertension	559	(14)
Horst Olschewski
Index	573