Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Practical Guide to Management

The only international clinical textbook in the Specialty, chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the first up-to-date reference source to include the latest national and international guidelines and newer therapeutic agents in COPD treatment.

An international team of experts cover all aspects of COPD-from physiology and epidemiology to diagnosis and treatment - and include everything the busy physician needs in order to understand, diagnose and treat the COPD patient:

• Structure and physiology of the respiratory system
  epidemiology, host defences, inflammation, secretion and pathogenesis


• Clinical considerations and allied conditions
  includes exacerbations associated with the condition


• Therapy (including current and developing treatments)
  rehabilitation, social and ventilatory support, smoking cessation, long-term oxygen therapy and surgery


• Current and developing treatments
  anti-cholinergics, beta agonists, steroids, inhibitors, antibacterial, antioxidants, mucolytics and immunisation


• Diagnostic tests used in daily practice
  clinical studies, outcome measures and research

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the only authoritative, global reference source for all health care professionals worldwide involved in the management and treatment of patients with COPD.