Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

✍ Scribed by Peter J. Barnes; Simon Godfrey

Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 81
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an up-to-date perspective on the inflammatory cells, mediators, and molecular pathology of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphasizing the urgent need to clearly understand the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in COPD.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
What is COPD?
Clinical features and investigation
Principles of treatment and management guidelines
Drug delivery systems
Bronchodilators
Antibiotics
Other drug therapies
Oxygen therapy
Management of complications
Surgery
Future trends
Further reading
Appendix: doses of COPD medications
Index

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

📁 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

✍ Steve Rennard, Bartolome Celli, Klaus Rabe 📂 Library 📅 2007 🏛 Wiley-Blackwell 🌐 English

<b>The only international clinical textbook for COPD вЂ“ one of the top 5 causes of death and disability worldwide <ul> <li>The only COPD textbook to include the latest national and international guidelines and the newer therapeutic agents in COPD treatment <li>International team of contributors

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

📁 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

✍ G. L. Snider (auth.), P. M. A. Calverley, N. B. Pride (eds.) 📂 Library 📅 1995 🏛 Springer US 🌐 English

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

📁 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

✍ Calverley, Peter M. A 📂 Library 📅 2003 🏛 Arnold, Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford Univer 🌐 English

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

📁 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

✍ Graeme Currie 📂 Library 📅 2009 🏛 Oxford University Press 🌐 English

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an all too common lung condition which varies markedly in severity between individuals. The term COPD covers conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and around 80% of cases are believed to develop as a result of smoking. Lung problems, whi

Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D

📁 Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

✍ Laura Blackler, Christine Jones, Caroline Mooney 📂 Library 📅 2007 🌐 English

Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D

📁 Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

📂 Library 📅 2007 🌐 English

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing rapidly worldwide and it's predicted that by 2020 it will represent the third leading cause of death. Sadly, this slow-progressing debilitating disease not only affects the individual but also has consequences for the family. More positively