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Understand and control your asthma /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Montréal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Respiratory System and Asthma
- THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- WHAT IS ASTHMA?
- SYMPTOMS AND PHYSICAL SIGNS
- DIAGNOSIS
- RECORDING YOUR SYMPTOMS
- WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME IF I HAVE ASTHMA?
- REVIEW: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ASTHMA
- 3 The Triggering Factors
- ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
- PERSONAL FACTORS
- REVIEW: THE TRIGGERING FACTORS
- 4 Medication
- USING MEDICATION
- PRINCIPLES FOR USE
- MAIN TYPES OF MEDICATION
- USING INHALERS
- BRONCHODILATORS
- INHALED BRONCHODILATORSBRONCHODILATORS IN TABLET FORM
- BRONCHIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
- STEROIDS (CORTICOSTEROIDS, CORTISONE DERIVATIVES)
- NON-STEROIDAL BRONCHIAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (CHROMONE DERIVATIVES)
- OTHER DRUGS
- ANTIBIOTICS
- ANTIHISTAMINES
- ZADITEN®
- CONTROLLING YOUR ASTHMA
- LEVELS OF ASTHMA TREATMENT
- CRITERIA FOR SATISFACTORY ASTHMA CONTROL
- WHEN SHOULD THE TREATMENT BE CHANGED?
- ACTION PLAN
- REVIEW: MEDICATION AND MANAGING ASTHMA
- 5 A Healthy Lifestyle and Asthma
- DIET
- FLUIDS
- SLEEP
- CAN I STILL EXERCISE?RELAXATION
- REVIEW: A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND ASTHMA
- Appendices
- APPENDIX 1
- MYTHS AND CONTROVERSIES
- APPENDIX 2
- EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
- APPENDIX 3
- ASPIRIN INTOLERANCE
- APPENDIX 4
- ASTHMA AND DIABETES
- APPENDIX 5
- ASTHMA AND SURGERY
- APPENDIX 6
- ASTHMA DURING PREGNANCY AND BREAST-FEEDING
- APPENDIX 7
- OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA
- APPENDIX 8
- ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND CONJUCTIVITIS
- APPENDIX 9
- TRAVELLING
- APPENDIX 10
- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
- APPENDIX 11
- RESOURCES
- APPENDIX 12
- ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONSDIARY FORMS
- Glossary
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- H
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- M
- P
- R
- S
- T
- Suggested Reading