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Respiratory medicine : an Asian perspective /

"This is the first book to focus on respiratory health and diseases in Asia, where 60% of the world's population reside. In this volume, respiratory health and diseases are presented and discussed with relevance to their unique epidemiology and management in Asia. This informative book is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ip, Mary Sau-man
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Part I
  • Airway Diseases; 1. Asthma Epidemiology; 2. Asthma Management; 3. Bronchiectasis; 4. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Epidemiology; 5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pharmacological Treatment; 6. Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation in COPD; 7. Pulmonary Rehabilitation; 8. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery; 9. Diffuse Panbronchiolitis; 10. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea; Psrt II
  • Infections; 11.Community Acquired Pneumonia; 12. AIDS and the Lungs; 13. Influenza; 14. Tropical Infections and the Lungs; 15. Tuberculosis: Epidemiology and Surveillance.
  • 16. Tuberculosis: Clinical Features in Adults17. Tuberculosis: Diagnosis and Drug Treatment; 18. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Port III
  • Environmental and Occupational Lung Diseases; 19. Air Pollution and Lung Health; 20. Smoking and Lung Health; 21. Occupational Airway Diseases; 22. Pneumoconiosis; Part IV
  • Neoplasms; 23. Lung Cancer: Epidemiology and Risk Factors; 24. Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Staging; 25. Lung Cancer: Treatment; Part V Procedures; 26. Lung Transplantation; 27. Minimal Access Thoracic Surgery; 28. Pulmonary Function Testing in Asians; Index.