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Cough : Causes, Mechanisms and Therapy.
This text provides practical advice on management issues for the clinician and incorporates guidelines on the most common causes of cough, treatments and pitfalls in management. It summarises current research on mechanisms, pharmacology and therapy of cough.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
John Wiley & Sons,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Contributors; Preface; Section 1: Introduction; 1 The clinical and pathophysiological challenge of cough; 2 Epidemiology of cough; 3 A brief overview of the mechanisms of cough; Section 2: Cough in the Clinic; 4 Clinical assessment of cough; 5 Measurement and assessment of cough; 6 Cough sensitivity: the use of provocation tests; 7 Causes, assessment and measurement of cough in children; 8 The quality of life in coughers; Section 3: Clinical Conditions with Cough; 9 Cough in lower airway infections; 10 Cough and gastro-oesophageal reflux.
- 11 Cough in postnasal drip, rhinitis and rhinosinusitis12 Cough and airway hyperresponsiveness; 13 Cough in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 14 Cough in suppurative airway diseases; 15 Cough in cancer patients; Section 4: Pathophysiology; 16 Sensory pathways for the cough reflex; 17 Neurogenesis of cough; 18 Plasticity of vagal afferent fibres mediating cough; 19 Motor mechanisms and the mechanics of cough; 20 Mucus hypersecretion and mucus clearance in coug.