Asthma : clinican's desk reference / Graham Douglas, BSc (Hons) FRCPE Consultant Respiratory Physician, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK Honorary Reader in Medicine, University of Aberdeen Co-chair BTS/SIGN British Guideline on the Management of A

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Graham (Consultant physician), author.

Elward, Kurtis S., author.

Series:

Clinician's desk reference.

Clinician's desk reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asthma--Reference books.

Asthma.

Asthma--Diagnosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Manson Publishing Ltd., 2010.

Boca Raton : Manson Publishing, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, which is the first of the series of Clinician's Desk Reference, has been written for healthcare professionals caring for patients with asthma, in primary care and in hospital. Current evidence-based guidelines have been used and the text is illustrated with a large number of diagrams and clinical photographs.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The scale of the problem; CHAPTER 2 Scientific principles of asthma; CHAPTER 3 Making the diagnosis of asthma; CHAPTER 4 Inhaler devices; CHAPTER 5 Long-term management of asthma in adults; CHAPTER 6 Management of acute asthma in adults; CHAPTER 7 Management of childhood asthma; CHAPTER 8 Occupational asthma; CHAPTER 9 Educating patients and clinicians; CHAPTER 10 Asthma in primary care; CHAPTER 11 Asthma and the future; CHAPTER 12 Clinical cases: diagnosis and management; Clinician resources; Patient resources; Frequently-asked questions; Glossary

IndexAbbreviations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-007136-8

0-429-15811-4

1-282-70160-6

9786612701603

1-84076-513-5

9780429158117

OCLC:

651601997