
ABC of COPD
Graeme P. Currie(Editor)
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Published on 18. August 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-1-119-21285-0 (ISBN)
Description
The third edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entire multidisciplinary team across both primary and secondary care with an up-to-date, easy to read and accessible account of this common lung disorder. Thoroughly updated by experienced clinicians dealing with patients with COPD on a regular basis, it discusses the entire breadth of the condition from epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, treatment and end of life care. This practical and highly visual guide contains new and extensively updated chapters on diagnosis, smoking cessation and interventional approaches as well as expanded content on non-pharmacological and pharmacological management taking into account the most recent national and international guidelines. It also explores practical issues relating to COPD in terms of pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen use, air travel, and end of life care. The ABC of COPD is an authoritative and essential guide for specialist nurses, general practitioners, physiotherapists, junior doctors, front line staff working in emergency departments, paramedics, physician associates and students of medicine and its allied disciplines.
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Series
Edition
3rd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-21285-0 (9781119212850)
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Previous edition

Graeme P. Currie
ABC of COPD
Book
12/2010
2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell
€37.90
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Person
Graeme P. Currie, Consultant Respiratory Physician at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.
Content
Foreword Chapter 1 Definition, epidemiology and risk factors Chapter 2 Pathology and pathogenesis Chapter 3 - Diagnosis Chapter 4 Lung function tests Chapter 5 Smoking cessation Chapter 6 - Non-pharmacological management Chapter 7 - Pharmacological management (I) Inhaled Treatment Chapter 8 - Pharmacological management (II) Oral Treatment Chapter 9 Drug delivery devices Chapter 10 - Oxygen Chapter 11 Surgical and interventional strategies Chapter 12 - Exacerbations Chapter 13 Ventilatory support Chapter 14 - Primary care Chapter 15 Death, dying and end of life issues Chapter 16 Future treatments