Managing COPD
Managing COPD is an in-depth guide on the management of patients with COPD concentrating on the impact of COPD on a patient as well as how healthcare professionals can intervene and educate the patient at an early stage and thereby slow the onset of severe symptoms. This book has been designed to increase physician awareness of the pathological processes involved in the aetiology of COPD which underpins effective disease management.
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- Full title :Managing COPD / Richard E.K. Russell, Paul A. Ford, Peter J. Barnes, Sarah Russell.
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Managing COPD is an in-depth guide on the management of patients with COPD concentrating on the impact of COPD on a patient as well as how healthcare professionals can intervene and educate the patient at an early stage and thereby slow the onset of severe symptoms. This book has been designed to increase physician awareness of the pathological processes involved in the aetiology of COPD which underpins effective disease management.
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- Publication Date:2011
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer Healthcare
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011
The Physical Object
- Description:90 pages : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781858734491, 1858734495
- oclc:ocn835883614
- LC Classification:RC776.O3
- Dewey Decimal:616.2/4
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- The history of COPD -- What are the goals of therapy in COPD? -- What is achievable in primary care? -- Can COPD be managed successfully in primary care? -- A more positive attitude to COPD -- The palliative care approach -- 2. Epidemiology, risk factors and pathophysiology -- Definitions -- Epidemiology -- Social costs -- Risk factors -- Pathology of COPD -- Asthma and COPD -- Physiology -- Co-morbidities -- Assessment -- 3. The clinical consultation -- Introduction -- The interview -- Information giving -- Prognosis -- Summary -- 4. Management strategies -- Anti-smoking measures -- Bronchodilators -- Exacerbations and the use of antibiotics in COPD -- Vaccination of patients with COPD -- Oxygen -- Corticosteroids -- Combination inhalers -- Other drug therapies -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Pulmonary rehabilitation -- Nurse-led strategies -- Lung volume reduction -- Lung transplantation -- 5. Palliative care in COPD.
Contents note continued: Symptom burden -- Advance Care Planning for COPD patients in the UK -- Discussing Advance Care Planning -- Symptom control -- Non-pharmacological interventions -- The future of palliative …
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