Bronchial asthma
Subtitle: a guide for practical understanding and treatment
By: edited by M. Eric Gershwin, Timothy E. Albertson.
Contributors: Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-; Albertson, Timothy Eugene.
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: Current clinical practice
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: Asthma -- Diagnosis; Asthma -- Treatment; Asthma -- diagnosis; Asthma -- therapy
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins and characteristics of asthma / Russell J. Hopp and Robert G. Townley; title: Diagnosing allergic asthma / Gerald L. Klein; title: How the pulmonary function laboratory contributes to the management of the asthma patient / Richard E. Kanner and Theodore G. Liou; title: Treatment of asthma in children / Christopher Chang; title: Adult-onset asthma / Samuel Louie ... [et al.]; title: The asthmatic patient in the emergency department / Donna Kinser; title: Severe asthma: from ICU to discharge / Brian M. Morrissey, Nicholas J. Kenyon, and Timothy E. Albertson; title: Complementary/alternative therapies in asthma / Andrea Borchers, Carl L. Keen, and M. Eric Gershwin; title: The pregnant asthmatic / Arif M. Seyal; title: Asthma: infectious and environmental triggers / Laurel J. Gershwin; title: Exercise-induced asthma: sports and athletes / Rahmat Afrasiabi; title: How can foods, additives, and drugs affect the asthmatic patient / Suzanne S. Teuber; title: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: an evolving challenge in asthma / Brian Morrissey and Samuel Louie; title: Occupational asthma: a special environmental interation / Nicholas J. Kenyon, Brian M. Morrissey, and Timothy E. Albertson; title: Anesthesia for asthmatic patients / Dennis L. Fung; title: How recreational drugs affect asthma / Timothy E. Albertson, Steve Offerman, and Nicholas J. Kenyon; title: Self-management in asthma: empowering the patient / Arvind Kumar and M. Eric Gershwin; title: The challenge of asthma in minority populations / Albin Leong; title: Asthma and the law / Charles Bond.