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Second Edition
By
Paul O'Byrne, MB, FRCPI, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Medicine, Head Division of Respiratory Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Neil Thomson, Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Glasgow Hospitals University Trust, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Description
This unique manual provides comprehensive, practical, and easily accessible guidelines on the key points of asthma management in both
adults and children. The updated 2nd edition incorporates the most recent national and international guidelines for the care of asthmatic
patients, with vital information on how to address clinical issues while emphasizing essential basic science in diagnosing, managing,
and treating asthma.
Contents
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF ASTHMA
1 Definition, classification, epidemiology and risk factors
2 Natural history
3 Pathogenesis
DIAGNOSIS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF ASTHMA
4 Triggers of asthma
5 Diagnosis in children
6 Diagnosis in adults
7 Pulmonary function
tests
8 Provocation tests
9 Investigations of allergy
10 Examination of sputum, exhaled gases and nasal cytology
11 Bronchoalveolar
lavage and bronchial biopsies
ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF ASTHMA
12 Assessment of asthma control: symptoms, drug use, PEF,
severity
13 Assessment of asthma control: quality of life
14 Assessment of asthma control: markers of inflammation
15 Primary
prevention of asthma
16 Secondary allergen avoidance measures
17 Corticosteroids
18 Anti-allergic drugs
19 Immunosuppressive
agents
20 Mediator antagonists and other new agents
21 Bronchodilators
22 Delivery systems
23 Immunotherapy
24 Other forms
of treatment
25 Patient education
26 Self-management plans
27 Assessment of compliance
MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA
28 General
principles
29 Management of chronic asthma in children
30 Management of acute asthma in children
31 Management of chronic asthma
in adults
32 Management of acute asthma in adults
33 Specific problems: occupational asthma
34 Specific problems: asthma induced
by aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
35 Specific problems: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
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Specific problems: exercise-induced asthma
37 Specific problems: nocturnal asthma
38 Specific problems: asthma in pregnancy and
pre-menses
39 Specific problems: corticosteroids resistant asthma
40 Specific problems: psychological factors
41 Specific problems:
gastro-oesophageal reflux and asthma
42 Specific problems: cough
43 Specific problems: chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma
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Specific problems: food allergy in asthma
45 Specific problems: difficult asthma
46 Specific problems: steroid-induced side effects
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Acute complications of asthma
48 Chronic complications of asthma
RUNNING AN ASTHMA SERVICE
49 Primary care
50 Hospital practice
51
Audit in asthma
52 Economics of asthma
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 704 pages, publication date: OCT-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-2529-7
ISBN-10: 0-7020-2529-1
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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