Supportive care in respiratory disease / edited by Sam H. Ahmedzai, David R. Baldwin, David C. Currow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahmedzai, Sam, 1950-

Baldwin, David R.

Currow, David.

Series:

Supportive care series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Respiration Disorders--therapy.

Chronic Disease--therapy.

Palliative Care--methods.

Respiratory organs--Diseases--Palliative treatment.

Respiratory organs.

Palliative treatment.

Respiratory organs--Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Respiration Disorders--therapy.

Chronic Disease--therapy.

Palliative Care--methods.

Physical Description:

xv, 382 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

Palliation and supportive care / Sam H. Ahmedzai

Anatomy and physiology / Martin F. Muers

Quality of life : models and measurement / Michael E. Hyland and Samantha C. Sodergren

Principles of economic evaluation / Sarah Willis

The genesis of breathlessness : what do we understand? / Jeremy B. Richards and Richard M. Schwartzstein

Multidimensional assessment of dyspnoea / Ingrid Harle and Deborah Dudgeon

Pharmacological treatment of respiratory symptoms

David C. Currow and Amy P. Abernethy

Oxygen and airflow / Christine McDonald and James Ward

Occupational therapy and environmental modifications / Sally Singh and Louise Sewell

Non-pharmacological strategies for dyspnoea / Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman and Doranne Donesky-Cuenco

Nutrition and cachexia / Josep M. Argilés ... [et al.]

Diffuse airflow obstruction and restrictive lung disease / Mary Mcgregor and David R. Baldwin

Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases, and obstructive sleep apnoea / John Shneerson

Hyperventilation syndrome / Julie Moore and Sally Singh

Physiology and pathophysiology of cough / Ian D. Pavord

Expectoration : pathophysiology, measurement, and therapy / Alyn H. Morice

Pain in respiratory disease : mechanisms and management / Jason Boland ... [et al.]

Pain assessment in respiratory disease / Elaine Cachia, Jason Boland, and Sam H. Ahmedzai

Supportive care in cystic fibrosis / Andrew Clayton

Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease / Jennifer Chard, Peter Hoskin, and Sam H. Ahmedzai

Comprehensive supportive care for chronic pulmonary infections / Gary T. Buckholz and Charles F. Von Gunten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199591763

0199591768

OCLC:

745895050