Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editors, Stephen I. Rennard, Bartolome R. Celli.
• Other Names: Rennard, Stephen I, 1954-; Celli, Bartolome R
• Contents: Front Cover; Medical Clinics of North America; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Worldwide Problem; EPIDEMIOLOGY; DEFINITION OF COPD; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY SCREENING; BURDEN OF COPD IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUTURE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Pathobiologic Mechanisms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; INTRODUCTION; PHENOTYPES OF COPD; PROPERTIES OF CS; CYTOCHROME P-450 GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOBIOLOGIC MECHANISMS; DUTCH, BRITISH, AND AMERICAN HYPOTHESES; PROTEASE-ANTIPROTEASE HYPOTHESIS OF EMPHYSEMA. AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHESIS OF COPDGWAS AND COPD; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Genes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; COPD DUE TO SEVERE AAT DEFICIENCY; GENETICS OF COPD UNRELATED TO SEVERE AAT DEFICIENCY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Contribution of the Environment and Comorbidities to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes; ENVIRONMENT; HOST FACTORS; COMORBIDITIES; PROGRESS IN DISEASE PHENOTYPES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. The Role and Potential of Imaging in COPD; INTRODUCTION; CT; MRI; PET; OCT; REFERENCES. Chapter 6. The Importance of the Assessment of Pulmonary Function in COPDINTRODUCTION; ROLE OF SPIROMETRY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF COPD; INTRODUCTION TO PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING; DIAGNOSIS OF COPD BASED ON SPIROMETRY; DIFFERENTIATING COPD FROM ASTHMA WITH BRONCHODILATOR REVERSIBILITY TESTING; QUANTIFYING COPD SEVERITY WITH SPIROMETRY; ROLE OF SPIROMETRY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COPD; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Role of Exercise in Testing and in Therapy of COPD; INTRODUCTION; MODALITIES OF EXERCISE TESTING; SUMMARY; REFERENCES. Chapter 8. Defining Patient-Reported Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Patient-Centered ExperienceINTRODUCTION; DEFINING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES; DEFINING AND MEASURING HRQOL; ACCOUNTING FOR PATIENT PREFERENCES; INTERPRETING HRQOL MEASURES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; HRQOL IN COPD; ASSOCIATIONS OF PROs WITH PHYSIOLOGIC MEASURES; THE IMPACT OF COPD ON PROs; INTERVENTIONS THAT AFFECT HRQOL; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. COPD Exacerbations: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment; FREQUENT EXACERBATOR PHENOTYPE; VIRAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORSEXACERBATION PREVENTION; PHARMACOLOGIC THERAPIES; NONPHARMACOLOGIC THERAPIES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. An Integrated Approach to the Medical Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; INTRODUCTION; EVALUATING COPD SEVERITY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: MORE THAN THE FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN THE FIRST SECOND OF EXPIRATION; COPD MEDICAL THERAPY IN CONTEXT; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Medical Pneumoplasty, Surgical Resection, or Lung Transplant; INTRODUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC BASIS FOR LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION; MEDICAL PNEUMOPLASTY; SURGICAL RESECTION; SUMMARY.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, pages 671-880), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.24; Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive; Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive -- Treatment; MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive; Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive -- Treatment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455742936; 1455742937
• Related ISBNs: 9781455738908
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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