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ABC of COPD / edited by Dr Graeme P Currie.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
- ABC Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive.
- Lungs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 pages) : color illustrations.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell : BMJ Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- The third edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entire multidisciplinary team across both primary and secondary care with an up-to-date, easy to read and accessible account of this common lung disorder. Thoroughly updated by experienced clinicians dealing with patients with COPD on a regular basis, it discusses the entire breadth of the condition from epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, treatment and end of life care. This practical and highly visual guide contains new and extensively updated chapters on diagnosis, smoking cessation and interventional approaches as well as expanded content on non-pharmacological and pharmacological management taking into account the most recent national and international guidelines. It also explores practical issues relating to COPD in terms of pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen use, air travel, and end of life care. The ABC of COPD is an authoritative and essential guide for specialist nurses, general practitioners, physiotherapists, junior doctors, front line staff working in emergency departments, paramedics, physician associates and students of medicine and its allied disciplines.
- Contents:
- Definition, epidemiology and risk factors
- Pathology and pathogenesis
- Diagnosis
- Lung function tests
- Smoking cessation
- Non-pharmacological management
- Pharmacological management (I). Inhaled treatment
- Pharmacological management (II). Oral treatment
- Drug delivery devices
- Oxygen
- Surgical and interventional strategies
- Exacerbations
- Ventilatory support
- Primary care
- Death, dying and end of life issues
- Future treatments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-119-21281-2
- 1-119-21280-4
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