COPD a guide to diagnosis and clinical management /
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of science, the understanding of COP...
| Other Authors: | Hanania, Nicola A., Sharafkhaneh, Amir., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Humana Press,
©2011.
New York : [2011] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series: |
Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of science, the understanding of COPD has improved significantly. Fortunately, current management guidelines consider COPD a preventable and treatable condition, and recent studies clearly indicate that available pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions may improve various clinical outcomes. "COPD: A Guide to Diagnos. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Multiple components of COPD -- Clinical assessment of COPD -- Physiologic assessment of COPD -- Outcome measures and prognostic markers for COPD -- Management guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Pharmacological therapy: bronchodilators -- Pharmacological therapy: inhaled corticosteroids -- Pharmacological therapy: novel approaches -- Smoking cessation -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Exacerbations of COPD -- Home management issues -- Co-morbidities and systemic effects of COPD -- Non-pharmacological and surgical management of COPD -- Depression and anxiety in COPD: diagnosis and management issues -- Disease management programs for COPD -- General management issues in COPD: sleep, travel, and preoperative management. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of science, the understanding of COPD has improved significantly. Fortunately, current management guidelines consider COPD a preventable and treatable condition, and recent studies clearly indicate that available pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions may improve various clinical outcomes. "COPD: A Guide to Diagnos. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781597453578 1597453579 |