Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a systemic inflammatory disease
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a systemic inflammatory disease
(Respiratory disease series)
Springer, [2017]
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) not as a simple inflammation of the lung but as a systemic inflammatory disease. Beginning with epidemiological studies, etiology, diagnosis and treatment, it elaborates further, illustrating some comorbidities and associations with other respiratory diseases. As such it provides numerous improved and more comprehensive treatment methods, including drug therapies as well as some non-drug therapies. There are also chapters describing the pathogenesis, genetic abnormalities and newly discovered pathogenetic mechanisms that are expected to be studied further in the future.
Edited and written by pioneering researchers, each chapter summarizes the latest trends, describes future prospects and explores the unresolved and critical questions. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Systemic Inflammatory Disease is a valuable resource to beginning researchers, physicians engaged in clinical practice, supervisors, and basic researchers whose work includes COPD.
Table of Contents
Part I Definition and Epidemiology.- 1.Definition of COPD.- 2.Epidemiology of COPD.- Part II Genetic Predisposition and Pathogenic Mechanisms.- 3.Genetic predisposition to COPD.- 4.Pathogenesis of COPD-Persistence of airway inflammation.- 5.Pathogenesis of COPD 3- Oxidative stress.- 6.Pathogenesis of COPD 4.- Part III Comorbidities.- 7.Pathogenesis of comorbidities in COPD.- 8.Assessment of inflammation in COPD.- Part IV Management and Treatment.- 9.Exercise therapy for COPD.- 10.Nutritional therapy for COPD.- 11.Home oxygen therapy for COPD.- 12.Bronchodilators for COPD.- 13.Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD.- 14.New anti-inflammatory drugs for COPD.- 15.Exacerbation of COPD.- Part V Associations with other Respiratory Diseases.- 16.Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).- 17.Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) .- 18.Association of COPD and lung cancer.
by "Nielsen BookData"