Clinical asthma [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Mario Castro, Monica Kraft

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Mosby / Elsevier, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (531 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.2/38
• Soggetto topico: Asthma; Asthma - Treatment
• Altri autori: CastroMario <1964-> KraftMonica
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Clinical Asthma; Copyright Page; Dedications; Contributors; Preface; Contents; SECTION I ASTHMA IN THE 21ST CENTURY; CHAPTER 1 Epidemiology of Asthma; PREVALENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; RACIAL AND ETHNICITY ISSUES OF ASTHMA PREVALENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED ASTHMA PREVALENCE; WORLDWIDE PREVALENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 Development of Asthma in Early Life; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA; ALLERGY AND ASTHMA; THE IMMUNOLOGY OF ALLERGY; THE ONTOGENY OF ALLERGIC IMMUNE RESPONSES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND ALLERGY ; FETAL GROWTH AND NUTRITIONHYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; AIRWAY REMODELING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTHMA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND AIRWAY REMODELING; ENVIRONMENT AND AIRWAY STRUCTURE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 Pathophysiology of Asthma; AIRWAY EPITHELIUM; INFLAMMATORY CELL INFILTRATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS AND MYOFIBROBLASTS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; NERVES; BLOOD VESSELS; GLANDS; LOCALIZATION OF ABNORMALITIES; SIZE OF THE AIRWAY WALL IN ASTHMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF ASTHMA; CLINICAL CORRELATES; NONSPECIFIC BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS ; CORRELATES WITH CHRONICITY AND SEVERITYFATAL ASTHMA; THERAPEUTIC CORRELATES TO ASTHMA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUGGESTED READING; CHAPTER 4 The Natural History of Asthma into Adulthood; ASTHMA PHENOTYPES IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD; PERSISTENCE AND REMISSION OF ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENCE; INCIDENCE AND PERSISTENCE OF ASTHMA IN ADULT AGE; PREDICTORS OF ASTHMA PERSISTENCE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULT AGE; LONG-TERM SEQUELAE OF ASTHMA IN ADULT LIFE; REFERENCES; SECTION II DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA; CHAPTER 5 What Is Asthma?; WHAT EXACTLY IS ASTHMA?; PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC DEFINITION OF ASTHMA; CLINICAL COURSE OF ASTHMA ; EPIDEMIOLOGIC DEFINITIONS OF ASTHMAMAKING A DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 How Do You Diagnose Asthma in the Child?; DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RECURRENT WHEEZE IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; DIAGNOSIS OF ASTHMA IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RECURRENT WHEEZE OR COUGH IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 Diagnosis of Asthma in Adults; DEFINITION; NATURAL HISTORY; CLINICAL PRESENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES; EVALUATION OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES WITH AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTIONSUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8 Pulmonary Function Tests: How Do I Interpret Them?; VENTILATORY FUNCTION TESTS; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG ELASTIC PROPERTIES; AIRFLOW RESISTANCE; HOW DO I INTERPRET VENTILATORY FUNCTION TESTS?; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 9 Bronchoprovocation Tests: When and How Should I Use Them?; BACKGROUND; METHACHOLINE CHALLENGE; INDIRECT CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; SUGGESTED READING; CHAPTER 10 Allergy Skin Tests: Use and Interpretation; RATIONALE FOR SKIN TESTING IN ASTHMA; TECHNIQUES OF SKIN TESTING; REAGENTS FOR SKIN TESTING ; COMPARATIVE VALUE OF PRICK AND INTRADERMAL TESTS
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique new text delivers practical guidelines on diagnosing and treating patients with asthma. Drs. Castro and Kraft are extensively involved in asthma research and improved patient care, and their comprehensive coverage of key challenges in diagnosing and treating asthma makes this a must have resource. The organized full-color format ensures readability, and helps you find information quickly and easily. And as an Expert Consult title, it enables you to conveniently search the entire contents of the text online and download all of the book's images, tables, charts, and algorithms for yo
• Titolo autorizzato: Clinical asthma
• ISBN: 0-323-07081-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996212363903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno