ABC of COPD, 2nd Edition (ABC Series)

✍ Scribed by Graeme P. Currie

• Publisher: BMJ Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 89
• Series: ABC
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive, largely irreversible lung condition characterised by airflow obstruction. Although cigarette smoking is the single most important risk factor in its development, other associations and risk factors are thought to have increasing relevance throughout the world. COPD is usually managed in primary care, although it is commonly under-diagnosed, and is one of the most common medical conditions necessitating admission to hospital.The second edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entire multidisciplinary team with a reliable, up-to-date and accessible account of COPD. Extensively updated by experienced clinicians - including new chapters on spirometry, inhalers, oxygen, death, dying and end of life issues - this ABC is an authoritative and practical guide for general practitioners, practice nurses, specialist nurses, medical students, paramedical staff, junior doctors, non-specialist doctors and all other health professionals working in both primary and secondary care.

✦ Table of Contents

ABC of COPD......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Foreword......Page 10
1 Definition, Epidemiology and Risk Factors......Page 11
2 Pathology and Pathogenesis......Page 16
3 Diagnosis......Page 22
4 Spirometry......Page 27
5 Smoking Cessation......Page 32
6 Non-pharmacological Management......Page 36
7 Pharmacological Management (I) – Inhaled Treatment......Page 42
8 Pharmacological Management (II) – Oral Treatment......Page 48
9 Inhalers......Page 53
10 Oxygen......Page 59
11 Exacerbations......Page 63
12 Non-invasive Ventilation......Page 69
13 Primary Care......Page 74
14 Death, Dying and End-of-Life Issues......Page 78
15 Future Treatments......Page 82
Index......Page 87