Bronchial asthma:a guide for practical understanding and treatment
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Group Author: | ; |
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Published: |
Humana Press,
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Publisher Address: | Totowa, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 5th ed. |
Series: |
Current clinical practice |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 405 p.: ill. ; 27 cm. |
ISBN: |
1588296040 (alk. paper) 9781588296047 (alk. paper) 1597450146 (e-ISBN) 9781597450140 (e-ISBN) |
Index Number: | R562 |
CLC: | R562.2 |
Call Number: | R562.2/B869/5th.ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The origins and characteristics of asthma / Russell J. Hopp and Robert G. Townley -- Diagnosing allergic asthma / Gerald L. Klein -- How the pulmonary function laboratory contributes to the management of the asthma patient / Richard E. Kanner and Theodore G. Liou -- Treatment of asthma in children / Christopher Chang -- Adult-onset asthma / Samuel Louie ... [et al.] -- The patient with asthma in the emergency department / Donna Kinser -- Severe asthma: from ICU to discharge / Brian M. Morrissey, Nicholas J. Kenyon, and Timothy E. Albertson -- Complementary/alternative therapies in asthma / Andrea Borchers, Carl L. Keen, and M. Eric Gershwin -- The pregnant patient with asthma / Arif M. Seyal -- Infectious and environmental triggers of asthma / Laurel J. Gershwin -- Exercise-induced asthma: sports and athletes / Rahmat Afrasiabi -- How can foods, additives, and drugs affect the patient with asthma / Suzanne S. Teuber -- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: an evolving challenge in asthma / Brian Morrissey and Samuel Louie -- Occupational asthma: a special environmental interation / Nicholas J. Kenyon, Brian M. Morrissey, and Timothy E. Albertson -- Anesthesia for patients with asthma / Dennis L. Fung -- How recreational drugs affect asthma / Timothy E. Albertson, Steve Offerman, and Nicholas J. Kenyon -- Self-management in asthma: empowering the patient / Arvind Kumar and M. Eric Gershwin -- The challenge of asthma in minority populations / Albin Leong -- Asthma and the law / Charles Bond. |