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- Title: COPD, An Issue of Medical Clinics - E-Book
- Author : Stephen I. Rennard & Bartolome R. Celli, MD
- Release Date : January 18, 2012
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 8615 KB
Description
This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients’ perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; meducal pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene.