Advances in combination therapy for asthma and COPD

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Group Author: Lötvall Jan.; Busse W. W.; (William W.)
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xii, 350 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780470727027 (hbk.)
0470727020 (cloth)
9781119998631 (ePDF)
1119998638 (ePDF)
9781119998624 (Wiley Online Library)
111999862X (Wiley Online Library)
9781119978466 (ePub)
1119978467 (ePub)
9781119978473 (Mobi)
1119978475 (Mobi)
Index Number: R56
CLC: R56
Call Number: R56/A244
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Similarities and differences in the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD / Christian Virchow -- Glucocorticoids : pharmacology and mechanisms / Peter Barnes -- Inhaled corticosteroids ? clinical effects in asthma and COPD / Paul O'Byrne -- LABAS : pharmacology, mechanisms and interaction with anti-inflammatory treatments / Gary Anderson -- Long and ultra-long acting beta-2-agonists / Mario Cazzola -- The safety of long-acting beta agonists and the development of combination therapies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Eugene Bleecker -- Inhaled combination therapy with glucocorticoids and long-acting beta-2-agonists in asthma and COPD, current and future perspectives / Jan Lotvall -- Novel anti-inflammatory treatments for asthma and COPD / Ian Adcock -- Novel biologicals alone and in combination in asthma and allergy / William Busse -- Anti-infective treatments in asthma and COPD / Jonathan D.R. Macintyre & Sebastian L. Johnston -- Long acting muscarinic antagonists in asthma and COPD / Denis O'Donnell -- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors in obstructive lung disease / Jan Lotvall -- Biological therapies in development for COPD / Riccardo Polosa -- Triple therapy?, in the management of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). The value of combination treatment with inhaled steroid, long acting anticholinergicbronchodilator and long acting beta 2 agonist bronchodilator in COPD / Ronald Dahl.