ABC of COPD

Currie, Graeme P. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781444333886
Physical Description: print
v, 79 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, BMJ Books, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Definition, epidemiology, and risk factors / Graham S. Devereux -- Pathology and pathogenesis / William MacNee -- Diagnosis / Graeme P. Currie and Mahendran Chetty -- Spirometry / David Bellamy -- Smoking cessation / John R. Britton -- Non-pharmacological management / Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas -- Pharmacological management (I) / Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth -- Pharmacological management (II) / Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth -- Inhalers / Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas -- Oxygen / Graham Douglas and Graeme P. Currie -- Exacerbations / Graeme P. Currie and Wisia Wedzicha -- Ventilatory support / Paul Plant and Graeme P. Currie -- COPD in primary care / Cathy Jackson -- Death, dying, and end of life issues / Gordon Linklater -- Future treatments / Peter Barnes.