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The Second Edition of Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management continues to provide a unique and authoritative comparison of asthma and COPD. Written and edited by the world's leading experts, it continues to be a comprehensive review of the most recent understanding of the basic mechanisms of both conditions, specifically comparing their etiology, pathogenesis, and treatments.* Each chapter considers Asthma and COPD in side-by-side contrast and comparison - not in isolation - in the context of mechanism, triggers, assessments, therapies, and clinical management* .

Asthma. --- Lungs --- Diseases, Obstructive. --- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease --- COPD (Disease) --- Lung diseases, Obstructive --- Obstructive lung diseases --- Respiratory organs --- Bronchial asthma --- Bronchi --- Respiratory allergy --- Diseases --- Obstructions --- Diseases, Obstructive --- Asthme --- Bronchopneumopathies obstructives --- physiopathologie. --- thérapeutique. --- Asthma --- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive --- pathology --- therapy

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The present volume is supposed to be a major reference resource for chest physicians and those involved in the development of novel pharmaceutical entities for these diseases. Internationally recognized authorities review the most important new information on the advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of these diseases, including the substantial advances in the topical delivery of inhaled medicines. Each chapter is extensively referenced, generously illustrated with clear diagrams and photographs, and represents a state-of-the-art review of this important area of respiratory medicine.

Asthma --- Lungs --- Chemotherapy. --- Diseases, Obstructive --- Lung --- Medicine. --- Pharmacology. --- Dermatology. --- Respiratory organs --- Biomedicine. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Diseases. --- Cardiopulmonary system --- Chest --- Antiasthmatic agents --- Toxicology. --- Pneumology. --- Medicine --- Skin --- Chemicals --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Diseases --- Toxicology --- Respiratory organs—Diseases. --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Physiological effect

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is growing in recognition as a major chronic disease and a key cause of acute medical admissions. It kills approximately 30,000 patients each year in England and Wales alone, and is set to be the third commonest cause of death by 2020 globally.This pocketbook is a concise companion for all health care professionals who come into contact with patients with COPD. It covers the full spectrum of COPD management ranging from smoking cessation to advanced COPD, bridging both the primary and secondary care aspects of treatment and discussing the latest adv

Lungs --- Respiratory organs --- Airway obstructions (Medicine) --- Obstructions, Respiratory --- Respiratory obstructions --- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease --- COPD (Disease) --- Lung diseases, Obstructive --- Obstructive lung diseases --- Diseases, Obstructive. --- Obstructions. --- Diseases --- Obstructions

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The book includes recommendations for COPD from published guidelines (eg, the GOLD, ATS, and NICE guidelines) and presents them in the context of relevant clinical treatment issues. This is an in-depth guide on the management of COPD, concentrating on the impact of COPD on a patient as well as how healthcare professionals can intervene and educate the patient at an early stage and thereby slow the onset of severe symptoms.

Physiology of the respiratory system --- Pharmacology. Therapy --- Pathology of the respiratory system --- Orthopaedics. Traumatology. Plastic surgery --- Surgery --- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) --- farmacotherapie --- farmacologie --- toxicologie --- pneumologie --- transplantaties --- Pneumology. --- Transplantation of organs, tissu. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Pharmacotherapy. --- Transplant Surgery. --- Respiratory organs—Diseases. --- Surgical transplantation. --- Medical transplantation --- Organ transplantation --- Organ transplants --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Surgical transplantation --- Tissue transplantation --- Tissues --- Transplant surgery --- Transplantation surgery --- Transplants, Organ --- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. --- Drug therapy --- Pharmacotherapy --- Therapeutics --- Drugs --- Pharmacology --- Transplantation