Title: Bronchial asthma : a guide for practical understanding and treatment /
Authors: Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-; Albertson, Timothy Eugene
Publisher: Humana Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Asthma Diagnosis; Asthma Treatment; Asthma diagnosis; Asthma therapy; Asthme Diagnostic.; Asthme Traitement.; Asthma Diagnosis; Asthma Treatment; Asma (diagnóstico); Asma (terapia); Bronchialasthma.
Abstract: Though this fifth edition continues to emphasize the definition, medications, and use of asthma treatment plans, it also focuses on the special needs patient, including the pediatric patient, the pregnant patient, and the patient undergoing surgery, as well as on the perennial issues of exercise and asthma, pulmonary aspergillosis, occupation, recreational drug use, and psychological/social considerations. Highlights for the fifth edition include a liberal use of tables and charts to make the book more practical and user-friendly, updates on the many new pharmaceuticals used to treat asthma, and first-time sections on food sensitivity and the diagnosis of asthma.
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 asthmatic patient in the emergency department / Donna Kinser -- Severe asthma: from ICU to discharge / Brian M. Morrissey, Nicholas J. Kenyon, and Timothy E. Albertson -- Complementary/alternative therapies in asthma / Andrea Borchers, Carl L. Keen, and M. Eric Gershwin.