Asthma Diagnosis and Management

Asthma Diagnosis and Management

Asthma is a severe and growing threat affecting both children and adults in both developing and developed world, currently affecting approximately 8% of US population. This book aims to update the paradigm shifts in precision medicine of asthma diagnosis and management, driven by underlying phenotypes or endotypes.

Author(s): Kuan-Hsiang Gary Huang and Chen Hsuan Sherry Tsai

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Lung Inflammation

The chapters in this book are selected topics of current interest in lung inflammation. It explains about Lung inflammation involves an array of mechanisms to defend the lung against extrinsic agents like pathogens, toxins, pollutants, irritants, and allergens in the environment and to repair injured tissue.

Author(s): Kian Chung Ong

118 Pages

Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy

A book on intestinal endoscopy, which included tracheobronchoscopy, was written by American laryngologist Jackson Chevalier (1865-1958) of Pittsburgh in the same year. He also performed the first removal of an endobronchial tumor through a bronchoscope in 1917 and was the first professor of bronchoscopy at the University of Pennsylvania in 1920. Extensively illustrated classic on endoscopy.

Author(s): Chevalier Jackson

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The Global Plan to Stop TB 20112015 (PDF 101)

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious airborne disease, is a major global health problem. The goal this guide is to eliminate TB as a public health problem and, ultimately, to secure a world free of TB.

Author(s): WHO

101 Pages