Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
By: guest editors, Stephen I. Rennard, MD, Bartolome R. Celli, MD
Series: Medical clinics of North America -- v. 96, no. 4; Medical clinics of North America -- v. 96, no. 4.
Publisher: Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 880
ISBN-13: 9781455738908
Subjects: Lungs; Obstructive Diseases
Description: Overview:  This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients' perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Stephen I Rennard and Bartolome R Celli; title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:  a worldwide problem / Joan B Soriano and Bernd Lamprecht; title: Pathobiologic mechanisms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Anthony Tam and Don D Sin; title: Genes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Marilyn G Foreman, Michael Campos, and Juan C Celedon; title: Contribution of the environment  and comorbidities to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes / Carlos H Martinez and MeiLan K Han; title: Role and potential of imaging in COPD / George R Washko; title: Importance of the assessment of pulmonary function in COPD / Kristina L Bailey; title: Role of exercise in testing and in therapy of COPD / Miguel Divo and Victor Pinto-Plata; title: Defining patient-reported outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:  the patient-centered experience / Jonathan P Singer and Roger D Yusen; title: COPD exacerbations:  causes, prevention, and treatment / Alex J Mackay and John R Hurst; title: Integrated approach to the medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Sharon R Rosenberg and Ravi Kalhan; title: Medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant / Francis C Cordova; title: Smoking cessation and environmental hygiene / Cheryl Pirozzi and Mary Beth Scholand; title: Index.