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Obesity and lung disease : a guide to management / Anne E. Dixon, Emmanuelle M. Clerisme-Beaty, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.) ; 19.
- Respiratory medicine ; 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lung Diseases--therapy.
- Lung Diseases--etiology.
- Obesity--complications.
- Lungs--Diseases.
- Lungs.
- Obesity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Lung Diseases--therapy.
- Lung Diseases--etiology.
- Obesity--complications.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Humana Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- As a result of the rapidly growing rate of obesity worldwide, clinicians are struggling to provide the best strategies for treating obese patients with concomitant pulmonary conditions. Obesity does not simply change the epidemiology of pulmonary disease; obesity has a profound impact on the pathophysiology of common pulmonary diseases. Obesity affects the severity of asthma, response to treatment, and is likely a major modifier of the phenotype of asthma. Obesity also appears to affect response to pathogens, and as such has a major influence on response to pneumonia, and has a significant impact on outcomes pertaining to acute lung injury in the intensive care unit. Obesity and Lung Disease: A Guide to Management is the first text in the field to cover the full range of issues related to managing obese patients with pulmonary problems. All the relevant conditions, in the context of obesity, are covered, including airway inflammation, sleep apnea, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, obesity hypoventilation, as well as others. Written by an international group of experts, this important new volume is an invaluable resource for all clinicians and scientists concerned with the challenging problems surrounding obesity and lung diseases.
- Contents:
- Effects of Obesity on Lung Function / Cheryl M. Salome, Gregory G. King and Norbert Berend
- Effects of Obesity on Airway Responsiveness / Stephanie A. Shore
- The Effects of Obesity on Immune Function and Pulmonary Host Defense / Peter Mancuso
- Pathogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Obesity / Jason Paul Kirkness and Susheel P. Patil
- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / Stephen W. Littleton and Babak Mokhlesi
- Effect of Obesity on the Development and Clinical Presentation of Asthma / Akshay Sood and Anne E. Dixon
- Treatment of the Obese Patient with Asthma / E. Rand Sutherland
- Obesity and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Frits M. E. Franssen and Emiel F. M. Wouters
- Obesity, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Pulmonary Hypertension / Anna Ryan Hemnes and Ivan M. Robbins
- Obesity and Acute Lung Injury / Renee D. Stapleton and Benjamin T. Suratt
- Mechanical Ventilation of Patients with Severe Obesity / Mikhail Litinski, Robert L. Owens and Atul Malhotra
- Obesity and Lung Health in Children / Jason E. Lang.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781627030533
- 1627030530
- OCLC:
- 811249485
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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