Allergic Diseases
Diagnosis and Treatment
Humana Press Inc.
Published on 15. January 1997
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-89603-367-2 (ISBN)
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A concise, easy-to-read, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide designed to help primary care physicians, pediatricians, and internists with the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of their allergic patients. Its distinguished contributors - all highly experienced clinicians - integrate our latest understanding of the basic mechanisms of allergic disease and develop state-of-the-art treatment protocols that allow busy physicians to sharpen their allergy management strategies significantly. Summary Boxes utilized throughout book summarize crucial points and processes for time-pressured physicians, allowing them to quickly grasp a therapeutic situation and determine the best and most up-to-date treatment options. Each chapter contains numerous figures and tables to enhance understanding, treatment algorithms, and a list of suggested readings carefully chosen to deepen knowledge and insight into key points.
A concise, easy-to-read, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide designed to help primary care physicians, pediatricians, and internists with the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of their allergic patients. Its distinguished contributors - all highly experienced clinicians - integrate our latest understanding of the basic mechanisms of allergic disease and develop state-of-the-art treatment protocols that allow busy physicians to sharpen their allergy management strategies significantly. Summary Boxes utilized throughout book summarize crucial points and processes for time-pressured physicians, allowing them to quickly grasp a therapeutic situation and determine the best and most up-to-date treatment options. Each chapter contains numerous figures and tables to enhance understanding, treatment algorithms, and a list of suggested readings carefully chosen to deepen knowledge and insight into key points.
A concise, easy-to-read, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide designed to help primary care physicians, pediatricians, and internists with the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of their allergic patients. Its distinguished contributors - all highly experienced clinicians - integrate our latest understanding of the basic mechanisms of allergic disease and develop state-of-the-art treatment protocols that allow busy physicians to sharpen their allergy management strategies significantly. Summary Boxes utilized throughout book summarize crucial points and processes for time-pressured physicians, allowing them to quickly grasp a therapeutic situation and determine the best and most up-to-date treatment options. Each chapter contains numerous figures and tables to enhance understanding, treatment algorithms, and a list of suggested readings carefully chosen to deepen knowledge and insight into key points.
Reviews / Votes
...an excellent compendium of articles about the clinical approach to a variety of allergic diseases...Primary care residents and practicing physicians would find it a useful resource in the day-to-day approach. Book stores and libraries would be well advised to stock it. - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal...an excellent compendium of articles about the clinical approach to a variety of allergic diseases...Primary care residents and practicing physicians would find it a useful resource in the day-to-day approach. Book stores and libraries would be well advised to stock it. - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
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Language
English
Place of publication
Totowa, NJ
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
943 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89603-367-2 (9780896033672)
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Content
Allergic Disease Pathophysiology and Immunopathology Overview, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr. and Randy J. Horwitz. Approach to the Allergic Patient, Michael S. Blaiss. Diagnostic Tests in Allergy, Dennis R. Ownby. Environmental Allergens, Scott H. Sicherer and Peyton A. Eggleston. Anaphylaxis, Phil Lieberman. Insect Sting Allergy, Robert E. Reisman. Evaluation and Treatment of the Child with Asthma, Gail G. Shapiro, C. Warren Bierman, and Frank S. Virant. Asthma in Adults, Randy J. Horwitz and William W. Busse. Rhinitis, Phil Lieberman. Sinusitis and Otitis Media, Jonathan Corren, Jerome Thompson, and Gary S. Rachelefsy. Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases of the Eye, Karl Blaho and Stephen Winbery. Urticaria and Angioedema, Dennis K. Ledford. Atopic Dermatitis, Stacie M. Jones and A. Wesley Burks, Jr. Contact Dermatitis and Other Contact Reactions, Jere D. Guin. Food Allergy and Intolerance, John A. Anderson. Allergic and Allergic-Like Reactions to Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents, John A. Anderson. b-Adrenergic Agonists, Clifton T. Furukawa. Theophylline, Elliot F. Ellis. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for the Treatment of Asthma and Allergic Disease, Phil Lieberman. Anticholinergic Agents, Phil Lieberman. Glucocorticoid Therapy in Asthma, Joseph D. Spahn, Alan K. Kamada, and Stanley J. Szefler. Environmental Control for Allergic Disease, Edward Zoratti. Allergen Immunotherapy, Roger W. Fox and Richard F. Lockey. Controversies in Allergy and Allergy-Like Diseases, Abba I. Terr. Index.