Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Overview: This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients' perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene. --

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Language
English
Pages
880

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Cover of: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2012, Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Preface / Stephen I Rennard and Bartolome R Celli
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a worldwide problem / Joan B Soriano and Bernd Lamprecht
Pathobiologic mechanisms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Anthony Tam and Don D Sin
Genes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Marilyn G Foreman, Michael Campos, and Juan C Celedon
Contribution of the environment and comorbidities to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes / Carlos H Martinez and MeiLan K Han
Role and potential of imaging in COPD / George R Washko
Importance of the assessment of pulmonary function in COPD / Kristina L Bailey
Role of exercise in testing and in therapy of COPD / Miguel Divo and Victor Pinto-Plata
Defining patient-reported outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the patient-centered experience / Jonathan P Singer and Roger D Yusen
COPD exacerbations: causes, prevention, and treatment / Alex J Mackay and John R Hurst
Integrated approach to the medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Sharon R Rosenberg and Ravi Kalhan
Medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant / Francis C Cordova
Smoking cessation and environmental hygiene / Cheryl Pirozzi and Mary Beth Scholand
Index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Series
Medical clinics of North America -- v. 96, no. 4, Medical clinics of North America -- v. 96, no. 4.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.24
Library of Congress
RC776.O3 C472 2012, RC776.O3

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, pages 671-880
Number of pages
880

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31083501M
ISBN 10
1455738905
ISBN 13
9781455738908
LCCN
2012554398

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