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9780340762875

Clinicians' Guide to Asthma

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  • ISBN13:

    9780340762875

  • ISBN10:

    034076287X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-05-23
  • Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
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Summary

This concise book deals with all aspects of asthma with an emphasis on the clinical management of both the adult and pediatric condition. It covers epidemiology, socio-economic costs, causes and pathophysiology, mechanisms, pharmacology, treatment and management of Asthma. The book provides an overview of the many recent and advances and new findings in asthma and of the most current management paradigms.

Author Biography

Kian Fan Chung is Professor of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, and Honorary Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
List of abbreviations
viii
Definition, prevalence and impacts
1(12)
Clinical diagnosis and assessment of asthma
13(10)
Investigations and laboratory assessment of asthma
23(16)
Mechanisms of asthma: risk factors and pathophysiology
39(22)
Pharmacology and therapy of asthma
61(34)
Management of chronic asthma and acute severe asthma
95(20)
Asthma in infants and children
115(20)
Andrew Bush
Current and future challenge of asthma
135(12)
Bibliography 147(10)
Index 157

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