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Emergency Asthma
Emergency Asthma (Clinical Allergy and Immunology, 13)Pages: 594This landmark work represents the first book focusing on the acute asthmatic in the emergency department. This superb reference provides a wide range of practical yet thorough, state of the art perspectives on the evaluation and treatment of acute asthma. It features a unique collaboration between authorities in emergency medicine, intensive care, pulmonology, pediatrics, allergy and immunology, and basic scientists. It is the one book that anybody who treats patients with acute asthma will reach for again and again. Including 37 chapters with contributions from over 45 prominent experts who actively care for asthmatic emergencies, Emergency Asthma · clarifies the definition and problems in diagnosis of acute asthma in the emergency department · evaluates various factors resulting in visits to hospital emergency departments · updates assessment of illness severity · includes newest and latest treatments, magnesium, ipratropium, heliox, ketamine · explains when and how to intubate the acute asthmatic · tells how to manage the refractory asthmatic: intubated but still not ventilated · thoroughly discusses asthma in children as well as adults · elucidates admission and discharge decisions · discusses the problems of relapse in the emergency department · investigates the epidemiology of acute asthma, especially in the inner city · describes special problems in acute asthma, such as out-of-hospital care and the pregnant asthmatic · covers the history of asthma · develops directions in asthma research · includes the results of the recent emergency department based Multi-Center Asthma Research Collaborations · and much more! With over 2600 references and over 200 tables, drawings, and photographs, Emergency Asthma will be welcomed by specialists in emergency medicine, critical care, pulmonology, allergy-immunology, family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine; residents in these respective fields; respiratory therapy; and medical and respiratory therapy students.
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Pediatric Asthma
Pediatric AsthmaThe Pediatric Clinics of North AmericaVolume 50, Issue 3, pages 216
Reports of asthma prevalence in children have continued to increase over the past decade, especially in African Americans in the inner city; however, during this time we also have seen major accomplishments in childhood asthma research. Asthma related mortality in children has finally reached a plateau and may be showing signs of decline as significant progress has been made in our understanding of the basic science of asthma. This issue is dedicated to the current developments of this important topic.
PrefacePediatric asthmaNatural history of asthmaInternational patterns of the prevalence of pediatric asthma: The ISAAC programinfectious triggers of pediatric asthmaIdentifying the child in need of asthma therapyThe assessment of childhood asthmaThe pharmacologic management of childhood asthmaTreating the wheezing infantOvercoming childhood asthma disparities of the inner-city poorWeighing the risks of treatment versus nontreatment in pediatric asthmaActivity-induced asthmaThe delivery of inhaled medication to the young child
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Pharmacotherapy of Asthma
Pharmacotherapy of Asthma(Lung Biology in Health and Disease)Pages: 432
Standing as the only text focused on the pharmaceutical treatment of asthma, this reference details the pharmacology, mechanisms of action, efficacy, and safety of every drug currently utilized in the management and care of asthma patients. Internationally renowned authorities distill published practice guidelines, treatment plans, pharmacologic agents, and clinical studies to provide the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the use of medications to control and prevent this common condition.
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