Fast Facts: Asthma: Improve patient self-management and drug use, achieve asthma control
- ISBN-10
- 1910797758
- ISBN-13
- 9781910797754
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 142
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-04-29
- Publisher
- Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
- Authors
- J.A. Douglass, T.S.C. Hinks
Description
Asthma is the world’s most common chronic respiratory condition, affecting over 350 million people worldwide and inflicting a heavy individual, social and economic burden of disease. In this rapidly changing field, a plethora of new inhaled therapies and devices have emerged, as well as a better understanding of disease phenotyping and biology. This fully updated fifth edition of 'Fast Facts: Asthma' discusses recent trends in an easy-reference format, while highlighting imminent new developments, to provide a valuable resource for general practitioners, specialist asthma nurses and others with a keen interest in improving the outcomes of the very many people living with asthma. Table of Contents: • Pathophysiology • Epidemiology, etiology and natural history • Diagnosis and classification • Asthma medications • Management principles • Severe and refractory asthma • Acute asthma attacks • Preventing asthma attacks • Asthma in special circumstances • Developments
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