Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : critical debates /
This book brings a new approach to the subject of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, highlighting the current areas of controversy and debate. It addresses many of the key issues surrounding the diseases, its causes, clinical assessment and management. Internationally renowned experts critically...
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Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell Science,
©2003 (2004 printing)
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Table of Contents:
- The aetiology and epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / John A. Corless
- Why do only a few smokers develop COPD? / Nikos M. Siafakas, Eleni Tzortzaki, and Demosthenes Bouros
- How should COPD be diagnosed? / Mike G. Pearson
- Is it possible for spirometry to become a universal measurement? / David Bellamy
- Assessment of disability : what test, or combination of tests, should be used? / Denis E. O'Donnell, Michael Fitzpatrick
- Do older patients with COPD need a different approach? / Martin Connolly
- Do COPD patients develop particular problems in sleep? / Walter T. McNicholas
- Is it possible to help people stop smoking? / James A.R. Friend
- Bronchodilators in stable COPD, which one when? / Ronan O'Driscoll
- Inhaled steriods, do they still have a role? / Jørgen Vestbo
- What are the future treatments for COPD? / Peter Barnes
- What is the role of rehabilitation in COPD? / P. Wijkstra, N. ten Hacken, J. Wempe, G. Koeter
- Oxygen therapy, is it possible to prescribe rationally and objectively? / Louise Restrick
- Lung volume reduction surgery : what is the role of surgery? / R. Goldstein
- What is an acute exacerbation of COPD? / Wisia Wedzicha
- Which patients with acute COPD exacerbation should receive ventilatory support? / Mrinal Sircar, Mark Elliott
- Outcome measures in COPD
- what is success? / Mike Pearson, Wisia Wedzicha.
