This note covers
the following topics: Asthma classification, Risk Factors for Developing Asthma,
Pathology of Asthma, Asthma Inflammation, Pathological changes, Diagnosis, Key
indicators for considering a diagnosis of asthma, Routine Investigations, Goals
of Asthma Therapy, Asthma Management and Prevention Program, Influenza
Vaccination, Asthma drug classification, Corticosteroid Side Effects.
Author(s): The Government Medical College, Chandigrah
This book brings together an
international group of experts in COPD to provide in depth reviews of clinical
perspectives into COPD. Topics range from the diagnosis of airflow limitation by
spirometry, distinguishing COPD from another common obstructive lung disease,
asthma, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and opportunities to diagnose this most
common hereditary cause of COPD and as a paradigm for the development of novel
therapeutics, the overlap syndrome - the concurrence of two epidemic disorders:
COPD and obstructive sleep apnea, and pulmonary rehabilitation, one of the most
effective treatments for COPD.
Cough is the most
common complaint for patients seeking medical attention in the United States.
This guide covers the following topics: Measuring Cough, Chronic Cough, Patient
Population, Current Treatment Strategies, Topic Refinement and Review Protocol.
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.
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.