Long-Term Intervention in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

by Romain Pauwels (Editor), Dirkje S. Postma (Editor), Scott T. Weiss (Editor)

Overview

Reviewing current strategies and methods to treat and manage patients suffering with ventilatory dysfunction, this reference provides a critical overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and outcomes of COPD-describing techniques to preven

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780203025871
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/28/2004
Series:	Lung Biology in Health and Disease
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	552
File size:	6 MB

Table of Contents

Definition of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD: Worldwide Prevalence. Worldwide Mortality from COPD. Risk Factors for the Development of COPD. Risk Factors for the Progression of COPD. Socioeconomic Burden of COPD. Pathology of COPD. Inflammatory Mechanisms. Defective Repair in COPD: The American Hypothesis. Proteases in COPD. Oxidative Stress and COPD. Pathogenesis of Infections in COPD Patients. Extrapulmonary Effects of COPD. Smoking Cessation. Anticholinergics. Long-Acting Beta-Adrenoreceptor Agonists for the Treatment of COPD. The Role of Glucocorticosteroids in the Management of COPD. Antibiotics in COPD. Long-Term Intervention Studies: a1-Antitrypsin Substitution. Surgery and Transplantation for COPD. New Therapies for COPD.