ABC of COPD
8th Edition
Published on 20. October 2010
88 pages
978-1-4443-2947-6 (ISBN)
Description
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive,largely irreversible lung condition characterised by airflowobstruction. Although cigarette smoking is the single mostimportant risk factor in its development, other associations andrisk factors are thought to have increasing relevance throughoutthe world. COPD is usually managed in primary care, although it iscommonly under-diagnosed, and is one of the most common medicalconditions necessitating admission to hospital.
The second edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entiremultidisciplinary team with a reliable, up-to-date and accessibleaccount of COPD. Extensively updated by experienced clinicians -including new chapters on spirometry, inhalers, oxygen, death,dying and end of life issues - this ABC is an authoritativeand practical guide for general practitioners, practice nurses,specialist nurses, medical students, paramedical staff, juniordoctors, non-specialist doctors and all other health professionalsworking in both primary and secondary care.
The second edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entiremultidisciplinary team with a reliable, up-to-date and accessibleaccount of COPD. Extensively updated by experienced clinicians -including new chapters on spirometry, inhalers, oxygen, death,dying and end of life issues - this ABC is an authoritativeand practical guide for general practitioners, practice nurses,specialist nurses, medical students, paramedical staff, juniordoctors, non-specialist doctors and all other health professionalsworking in both primary and secondary care.
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Graeme P. Currie
ABC of COPD
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12/2010
2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell
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Graeme P. Currie is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Content
Contributors vii
Foreword viii
Peter J. Barnes
1 Definition Epidemiology and Risk Factors 1
Graham S. Devereux
2 Pathology and Pathogenesis 6
William MacNee
3 Diagnosis 12
Graeme P. Currie and Mahendran Chetty
4 Spirometry 17
David Bellamy
5 Smoking Cessation 22
John Britton
6 Non-pharmacological Management 26
Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas
7 Pharmacological Management (I) - Inhaled Treatment 32
Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth
8 Pharmacological Management (II) - Oral Treatment 38
Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth
9 Inhalers 43
Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas
10 Oxygen 49
Graham Douglas and Graeme P. Currie
11 Exacerbations 53
Graeme P. Currie and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
12 Non-invasive Ventilation 59
Paul K. Plant and Graeme P. Currie
13 Primary Care 64
Cathy Jackson
14 Death Dying and End-of-Life Issues 68
Gordon Linklater
15 Future Treatments 72
Peter J. Barnes
Index 7
Foreword viii
Peter J. Barnes
1 Definition Epidemiology and Risk Factors 1
Graham S. Devereux
2 Pathology and Pathogenesis 6
William MacNee
3 Diagnosis 12
Graeme P. Currie and Mahendran Chetty
4 Spirometry 17
David Bellamy
5 Smoking Cessation 22
John Britton
6 Non-pharmacological Management 26
Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas
7 Pharmacological Management (I) - Inhaled Treatment 32
Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth
8 Pharmacological Management (II) - Oral Treatment 38
Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth
9 Inhalers 43
Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas
10 Oxygen 49
Graham Douglas and Graeme P. Currie
11 Exacerbations 53
Graeme P. Currie and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha
12 Non-invasive Ventilation 59
Paul K. Plant and Graeme P. Currie
13 Primary Care 64
Cathy Jackson
14 Death Dying and End-of-Life Issues 68
Gordon Linklater
15 Future Treatments 72
Peter J. Barnes
Index 7
