Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
By: [edited by] Robert Stockley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Stockley, Robert A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 892
ISBN-13: 9781405122894
Subjects: Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Structure-function relationships: the pathology of airflow obstructions / Dennis Niewoehner; title: The physiology of breathlessness / Donald Mahler; title: The physiology of muscle / Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez and Marc Decramer; title: The physiology of exercise / Idelle Weisman; title: Clinical assessment of control breathing / Joseph Milic-Emili and Antonia Koutsoukou; title: The physiology of the vasculature / Norbert Voelkel; title: Sleep in patients with COPD / Mark Elliott; title: The phsyiology of cough / Bradley Undem and Mark Kollarick; title: The physiology of gas exchange / Robert Rodriguez-Roisin; title: The natural history of COPD / Jørgen Vestbo; title: Cystic fibrosis / Mike Knowles and Marcus Kennedy; title: Bronchiectasis and COPD / Robert Wilson; title: Obliterative bronchiolitis / Marshall Hertz; title: Asthma / Diana Grootendorst; title: COPD: clinical presentation and evaluation / Bartolome Celli; title: Monitoring and outcomes / Paul Jones; title: Mucociliary clearance / Souheil El-Chemaly, Adam Wanner and Matthias Salathe; title: Mucosal immunity, systemic immunity and its relationship to mucosal immunity / Yves Sibille; title: COPD and pulmonary surfactant / C. Seifart and B. Muller; title: The macrophage and its role in the pathogenesis of COPD / Jordan Metcalf; title: Eosinophils and COPD / A. Wardlaw; title: Airways epithelial defence, repair, and regeneration / Christelle Coraux ... [et al.]; title: Neutrophil / Robert Stockley and Ian Woodhouse; title: Lymphocytes / Marine Saetta; title: Cytokines / Jack Elias and Robert Homer; title: Echosinoides / Sven Eric Dahlen; title: COPD and the vascular endothelium / Joe Garcia, David Marine and Stephanie Nonas; title: Mesenchymal cells / Stephen Rennard; title: Lung development / David Warburton, Cheng Chen, and Wei Shi; title: Animal models / Piero Martorana ... [et al.]; title: Proteinases and COPD / Anita Sullivan and Robert Stockley; title: Oxidants / William MacNee; title: Cigarette smoke / Stephen Rennard; title: Pollution / Ken Donaldson; title: Viruses in COPD / Sam Hibbitts and Colin Gelder; title: Bacteria / Sanjay Sethi; title: Genetic factors / Craig Hersh and Edwin Silverman; title: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency / Loutfi S. Aboussouan and James K. Stoller; title: Body weight and systemic effects / Emile F.M. Wouters; title: Lung connective tissue / Sarah Dunsmore and Geoffrey Laurent; title: Aerosols and delivery systems / Stephen Newman; title: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) / John DiBaise; title: Upper airway diseases / Richard deShazo and Maria Rappai; title: Acute pulmonary embolism / Victor Tapson; title: Cancer / Stephen Spiro; title: Infection management and airflow obstruction / Alan Fein, Jill Karpel, Antonio Anzueto; title: Mechanical ventilation for exacerbation of COPD / Andrea Rossi; title: Comorbidity / Robert Stockely; title: Primary care / Daryl Freeman and David Price; title: Pulmonary rehabilitation / Richard ZuWallack; title: Social support / Robin Stevenson; title: Long term invasive mechanical ventilation / Gerard Criner; title: Smoking cessation / Phillip Tonnesen; title: Oxygen therapy in COPD / Brian Tiep and Rick Carter; title: Surgery (LVRS) / Fernando Martinez; title: Anti-cholinergics / Ted Witek Jr.; title: Beta2-agonists / Malcolm Johnson; title: Corticosteroids / Olaf Selroos; title: Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors in the treatment of COPD / Hermann Tenor ... [et al.]; title: Antibiotic therapy in patients with COPD / Michael Niederman; title: Antioxidants / Claudio Donner; title: Mucolytics for COPD / Duncan Rogers and Bruce Rubin; title: End-of-life and palliative care of patients with COPD / John Heffner; title: Economic burden of COPD / David Au and Sean Sullivan; title: Pharmacoepidemiology of COPD / Joan Soriano; title: Behavioural aspects of COPD / Sue Hurd and Claude Lenrant; title: Guidelines / Peter Calvery; title: Protease inhibitors / Philip Davies, Malcolm MacCross, and Richard Mumford; title: Retinoids / Steve Tudhope; title: Chemokines in COPD / Peter Barnes.