Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : systemic inflammatory disease /: systemic inflammatory disease. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba, editors.
• Editors: Nakamura, Hiroyuki; Aoshiba, Kazutetsu
• Other Names: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
• Contents: Part I Definition and Epidemiology.- 1.Definition of COPD.- 2.Epidemiology of COPD.- Part II Genetic Predisposition and Pathogenic Mechanisms.- 3.Genetic predisposition to COPD.- 4.Pathogenesis of COPD—Persistence of airway inflammation.- 5.Pathogenesis of COPD 3- Oxidative stress.- 6.Pathogenesis of COPD 4.- Part III Comorbidities.- 7.Pathogenesis of comorbidities in COPD.- 8.Assessment of inflammation in COPD.- Part IV Management and Treatment.- 9.Exercise therapy for COPD.- 10.Nutritional therapy for COPD.- 11.Home oxygen therapy for COPD.- 12.Bronchodilators for COPD.- 13.Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD.- 14.New anti-inflammatory drugs for COPD.- 15.Exacerbation of COPD.- Part V Associations with other Respiratory Diseases.- 16.Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).- 17.Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) .- 18.Association of COPD and lung cancer.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 616.2; Medicine; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive; Medicine & Public Health; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9811008396; 9789811008399
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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