Evidence-based respiratory medicine [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Gibson ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: London, : BMJ, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (642 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.2/0046
• Soggetto topico: Respiratory organs - Diseases; Evidence-based medicine
• Classificazione: 44.84
• Altri autori: GibsonPeter, Dr.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgement to Cochrane Library; 1. Practising evidence-based respiratory medicine; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Diagnostic strategies; 1.2.1 Presenting symptoms; 1.2.2 Lung function testing; 1.2.3 Chest radiographic and computerized tomography patterns; 1.2.4 Diagnostic strategies in pulmonary embolism: an evidence-based approach; 1.2.5 Screening for lung cancer; 1.3 Therapeutics: general issues; 1.3.1 Adherence and self-management; 1.3.2 Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis; 1.3.3 Helping people to stop smoking; 2. Asthma ; 2.1 Acute exacerbations2.2 Chronic therapy: B-agonists,short-acting,long-acting B2-agonists; 2.3 Inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma; 2.4 Anti-leukotrienes; 2.5 Asthma education; 2.6 Non-pharmacological and complementary interventions to manage asthma; 2.7 Difficult asthma; 2.8 Novel therapies in asthma: long-acting B2 -agonists/inhaled corticosteroids; 3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 3.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -acute exacerbations; 3.2 Anticholinergic bronchodilators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease therapy ; 3.3 Inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease3.4 Combination of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting B2 -agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 3.5 Systemic corticosteroids in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 3.6 Lung volume reduction; 4. Infection; 4.1 Bronchitis and sinusitis; 4.2 Community-acquired pneumonia; 4.3 Pulmonary tuberculosis; 4.4 Influenza: vaccination and treatment; 4.5 Bronchiectasis; 4.6 Adult cystic fibrosis; 4.7 Antibiotics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis ; 5. Respiratory failure/sleep-disordered breathing5.1 Respiratory rehabilitation; 5.2 Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure; 5.3 Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. What is the evidence?; 5.4 The treatment of the obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome; 5.5 Long-term oxygen therapy for chronic respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 6. Diffuse lung disease/pleural disease/thromboembolism; 6.1 Diffuse lung disease; 6.1.1 The treatment of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis ; 6.1.2 Evidence-based approach to the treatment of sarcoidosis6.1.3 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; 6.2 Pleural disease; 6.3 Therapy of pulmonary thromboembolism: an evidence-based approach; 6.4 Pulmonary hypertension; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicineComprehensive, authoritative summary of the best treatments for the major respiratory diseasesCompiled by specialists from the Cochrane Airways Management GroupEasy-to-use format, with key clinical implications summarised in each chapterKept up-to-date online Compiled by specialists from the Cochrane Collaboration Airways Management Group, Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine is the first major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicine. Providing a comprehensive summary of the best treat
• Titolo autorizzato: Evidence-based respiratory medicine
• ISBN: 1-280-74297-6; 9786610742974; 0-470-79050-4; 0-470-98737-5; 1-4051-7237-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143264803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Evidence-Based Medicine