Advances in combination therapy for asthma and COPD / editor, Jan Lötvall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lötvall, Jan.

Busse, W. W. (William W.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive--Chemotherapy.

Lungs.

Asthma--Chemotherapy.

Asthma.

Polypharmacy.

Chemotherapy, Combination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aimed at specialists in respiratory medicine, this new book comprehensively reviews the variety of agents currently available for treatment of asthma, COPD, and other airway diseases and covers practical guidelines as well as challenges and complications in their use. Advances in Combination Therapy for Asthma and COPD is the first book to address the complexity of multi-agent therapy and deal with management issues in an integrated fashion. A review of currently available agents and their applications, as well as new therapies soon to become available are outlined. Advantages of combi

Contents:

Similarities and differences in the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD / Christian Virchow

Glucocorticoids : pharmacology and mechanisms / Peter Barnes

Inhaled corticosteroids ? clinical effects in asthma and COPD / Paul O'Byrne

LABAS : pharmacology, mechanisms and interaction with anti-inflammatory treatments / Gary Anderson

Long and ultra-long acting beta-2-agonists / Mario Cazzola

The safety of long-acting beta agonists and the development of combination therapies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Eugene Bleecker

Inhaled combination therapy with glucocorticoids and long-acting beta-2-agonists in asthma and COPD, current and future perspectives / Jan Lotvall

Novel anti-inflammatory treatments for asthma and COPD / Ian Adcock

Novel biologicals alone and in combination in asthma and allergy / William Busse

Anti-infective treatments in asthma and COPD / Jonathan D.R. Macintyre & Sebastian L. Johnston

Long acting muscarinic antagonists in asthma and COPD / Denis O'Donnell

Phosphodiesterase inhibitors in obstructive lung disease / Jan Lotvall

Biological therapies in development for COPD / Riccardo Polosa

Triple therapy?, in the management of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). The value of combination treatment with inhaled steroid, long acting anticholinergicbronchodilator and long acting beta 2 agonist bronchodilator in COPD / Ronald Dahl.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-40690-X

9786613406903

1-119-99862-X

1-119-99863-8

OCLC:

768732463