Bronchial Asthma A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment

Bronchial Asthma A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment / edited by M. Eric Gershwin, Timothy E. Albertson.

Bronchial Asthma: A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment, Sixth Edition,  is a fully updated version of a widely respected classic on the diagnosis and management of asthma. Discussing the disorder in all relevant patient groups, including a variety of patient subpopulations, this invalua...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gershwin, M. Eric (Editor), Albertson, Timothy E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:6th ed. 2012.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Primary care (Medicine).
General practice (Medicine).
Internal medicine.
Respiratory organs—Diseases.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Clinical Definitions
  • The clinical definitions of asthma
  • The genetic bases of asthma
  • Part II: Diagnosis and Patient Management
  • The use of the pulmonary function laboratory in diagnosing asthma
  • Diagnosis and management of allergic disease
  • The pediatric asthmatic
  • The Adult Asthmatic
  • The patient with asthma in the emergency department
  • The critically ill asthmatic: From ICU to discharge
  • Part III: Special Clinical Problems
  • Asthma and Pregnancy
  • Exercise-induced asthma
  • Viral disease, air pollutants, nanoparticles, and asthma
  • Occupational asthma
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
  • Rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma
  • Anesthesia for patients with asthma
  • Asthmatics and adverse reactions to drugs, including recreational drug abuse
  • Part IV: Living with Asthma
  • The challenge of asthma in minority populations
  • Asthma, health care and the law.

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