Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine

• Publisher: BMJ Books
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 610
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

• First major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicine
• Comprehensive, authoritative summary of the best treatments for the major respiratory diseases
• Compiled by specialists from the Cochrane Airways Management Group
• Easy-to-use format, with key clinical implications summarised in each chapter
• Kept up-to-date online

Compiled by specialists from the Cochrane Collaboration Airways Management Group, Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine is the first major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicine.

Providing a comprehensive summary of the best treatments for the most important respiratory diseases, some of the world's leading physicians review the evidence for a broad range of treatments using evidence-based principles. Essential information is presented in an easy-to-understand format, with the most important clinical implications summarised in each chapter.

Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine tackles the big clinical questions in diagnosis and treatment, presenting treatment options which take into account the individual patient's needs.

Evidence-Based Series:Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine, part of the acclaimed series BMJ Evidence-based medicine textbooks that have revolutionised clinical medicine literature, comes with a fully searchable CD-ROM of the whole text.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.Content:
Chapter 1.1 Introduction (pages 1–10): Brian H Rowe and Terry P Klassen
Chapter 1.2.1 Diagnostic Strategies (pages 12–23): Michael Abramson
Chapter 1.2.2 Diagnostic Strategies (pages 25–35): David P Johns and Alan J Crockett
Chapter 1.2.3 Diagnostic Strategies (pages 37–62): Johny A Verschakelen
Chapter 1.2.4 Diagnostic Strategies (pages 63–79): Martin Riedel
Chapter 1.2.5 Diagnostic Strategies (pages 81–87): John K Gohagan, Pamela M Marcus, Richard M Fagerstrom, William C Black, Barnett S Kramer, Paul F Pinsky and Philip C Prorok
Chapter 1.3.1 Therapeutics: General Issues (pages 89–105): Liesl M Osman and Michael E Hyland
Chapter 1.3.2 Therapeutics: General Issues (pages 107–114): Michael L Burr and Michael Stone
Chapter 1.3.3 Therapeutics: General Issues (pages 115–120): Tim Lancaster
Chapter 2.1 Acute Exacerbations (pages 121–133): Brian H Rowe
Chapter 2.2 Chronic Therapy: ??Agonists, Short?Acting, Long?Acting ?2?Agonists (pages 135–145): Haydn Walters and Julia Walters
Chapter 2.3 Inhaled Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Asthma (pages 147–167): Nick Adams
Chapter 2.4 Anti?Leukotrienes (pages 169–182): Francine M Ducharme
Chapter 2.5 Asthma Education (pages 183–191): Peter G Gibson and Heather Powell
Chapter 2.6 Non?Pharmacological and Complementary Interventions to Manage Asthma (pages 193–204): Guy B Marks, Brett G Toelle and Cassandra A Slader
Chapter 2.7 Difficult Asthma (pages 205–216): Peter A B Wark
Chapter 2.8 Novel Therapies in Asthma: Long?Acting ?2?Agonists Inhaled Corticosteroids (pages 217–230): Nicola A Marks and Philip W Ind
Chapter 3.1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ? Acute Exacerbations (pages 231–243): Brian H Rowe and Irvin Mayers
Chapter 3.2 Anticholinergic Bronchodilators in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Therapy (pages 245–256): Alicia R ZuWallack and Richard L ZuWallack
Chapter 3.3 Inhaled Corticosteroids in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (pages 257–266): Christine Jenkins
Chapter 3.4 Combination of Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long?Acting ?2?Agonists in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (pages 267–276): Paul W Jones
Chapter 3.5 Systemic Corticosteroids in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (pages 277–284): Richard Wood?Baker
Chapter 3.6 Lung Volume Reduction (pages 285–297): Tudor P Toma and Duncan M Geddes
Chapter 4.1 Bronchitis and Sinusitis (pages 299–308): Tom Fahey
Chapter 4.2 Community?Acquired Pneumonia (pages 309–319): Jihendra N Pande, Juhi Dhar and G Sowmya
Chapter 4.3 Pulmonary Tuberculosis (pages 321–333): Jimmy Volmink and Colleen Murphy
Chapter 4.4 Influenza: Vaccination and Treatment (pages 335–347): Fotini B Karassa and John P A Ioannidis
Chapter 4.5 Bronchiectasis (pages 349–360): John Kolbe
Chapter 4.6 Adult Cystic Fibrosis (pages 361–388): John Kolbe
Chapter 4.7 Antibiotics in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis and Cystic Fibrosis (pages 389–413): Ian A Yang, Samuel T Kim and Scott C Bell
Chapter 5.1 Respiratory Rehabilitation (pages 415–428): Yves Lacasse, Francois Maltais and Roger S Goldstein
Chapter 5.2 Non?Invasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure (pages 429–438): Peter Wark
Chapter 5.3 Non?Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Stable Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. What is the Evidence? (pages 439–446): Peter J Wijkstra
Chapter 5.4 The Treatment of the Obstructive Sleep Apnoea?Hypopnoea Syndrome (pages 447–461): Michael J Hensley and Cheryl D Ray
Chapter 5.5 Long?Term Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Respiratory Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (pages 463–471): Peter G Gibson
Chapter 6.1.1 Diffuse Lung Disease (pages 473–489): Barry Plant and Jim Egan
Chapter 6.1.2 Diffuse Lung Disease (pages 491–508): Robert P Baughman and Olof Selroos
Chapter 6.1.3 Diffuse Lung Disease (pages 509–520): Yves Lacasse and Yvon Cormier
Chapter 6.2 Pleural Disease (pages 521–536): Richard Light
Chapter 6.3 Therapy of Pulmonary Thromboembolism: an Evidence?Based Approach (pages 537–558): Martin Riedel
Chapter 6.4 Pulmonary Hypertension (pages 559–571): Horst Olschewski