Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine

COPD is a respiratory disease, commonly diagnosed using spirometry. Spirometry is time consuming and difficult to perform on certain patients. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Diagnosis using Electromyography (EMG) presents a new and...

Worldwide, the total number of asthma sufferers is estimated to be over 300 million with an additional 100 million expected to develop asthma by 2025. There are a number of clinical books available in asthma, but without much discussion into the current...

In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Clemente J. Britto and Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar bring their considerable expertise to Advances in Cystic Fibrosis. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as genetics of cystic...

This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics has been compiled by esteemed Consulting Editor, Teofilo Lee-Chiong, and brings together recent sleep medicine articles that will be useful for Primary Care Providers. Topics include: Internet-Delivered Cognitive...

Key Features:1. Reviews multiple rare lung diseases, including ones acquired congenitally to be expressed in old age.2. Enriched with case studies and illustrations, guides the respiratory physicians and trainees to devise an effective treatment plan.3...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323849890Author Jonathan YeungFormat HardbackImprint ElsevierPublisher Elsevier

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. Margaret Pisani, is focused on Gender and Respiratory Disease. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: What are sex and gender and how can we study their impact in...

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323897280Author Manuel Sanchez LunaFormat HardbackImprint ElsevierPublisher Elsevier

With detailed scientific background and up-to-date research, this book examines recent developmental and cell biology, mechanobiology and stem cell biology discoveries to help provide a better understanding of lung development, repair and regeneration...

Inhaled therapies form the cornerstone for treatment of patients with asthma and COPD. Evolving technology has resulted in availability of a wide range of devices for delivery of inhaled drugs. The four different delivery systems -- pressurized...

This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest-edited by Drs. Amen Sergew and Lisa F. Wolfe, focuses on Noninvasive Ventilation and Sleep Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Teofilo Lee-Chiong. Articles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323794640Author Michael MatthayFormat HardbackImprint ElsevierPublisher Elsevier

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323961639Author Teofilo Lee-ChiongFormat HardbackImprint ElsevierPublisher Elsevier

This book provides essential information on recent advances in molecular genetics, epidemiology, translational research, and the latest results of clinical trials on mesothelioma. Significant progress has been made in understanding mesothelioma biology,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632429261Author Ronin WahlbergFormat HardbackPage Count 213Imprint Foster AcademicsPublisher Foster AcademicsWeight(grams) 785g

This text addresses the need for a practical handbook on asthma and allergy in adolescents and young adults. This is an interesting group as asthma may diminish in intensity with age but is still of concern; compliance with management is not generally...

The lungs provide a significant opportunity for the introduction of both therapeutic and toxic chemicals into the human body. In occupational and domestic environments, hazardous chemicals can enter the body through the lungs via gases, aerosols, and...

Reflects the explosion of information and technological breakthroughs that have facilitated investigations into the development of the lung-including recombinant DNA technology, molecular genetics, transgenics, and advances in lung cell and mo-lecular...

Leading investigators review the highlights of current fibrosis research and the experimental methodologies used uncover the mechanisms that drive it. In their discussion of research methodologies utilizing cultured cells to model various aspects of the...

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts. It provides normal physiology integrated with indications for and evaluation of disease states. With a fresh clinical approach, it helps answer reoccurring questions.Book...

When a patient presents to the emergency department, in the GP practice, or in the outpatient clinic with a range of clinical signs, the chest x-ray is one of the most valuable diagnostic tools available to the attending physician. Accurate...

This reference surveys current best practices in the prevention and management of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) and spans the many pathways and mechanisms of VILI including cell injury and repair, the modulation of alveolar-capillary barrier...

Unlike other texts of imaging for clinicians, Pulmonary Imaging seeks not to teach the physician or surgeon about the radiologic signs of pulmonary disease but rather inform about the value of the various imaging tests in different clinical scenarios...

In this concise practical guide the Editor and Authors combine a symptoms- and problem-based approach with systematic coverage of lung disease - to help students and young professionals to understand respiratory medicine in the round.The first section of...

The field of asthma has expanded in the last decade with specific drugs targeting the disease mechanisms. This book is an updated treatise covering diagnoses, phenotypes and endotypes of asthma along with its management. It includes diagnostic work-up...

Asthma can be caused and aggravated by occupational factors in working adults. Agents that are responsible for occupational asthma are either sensitizers or irritants. Prevention is important to reduce the impact of the disease. This new edition of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197521625Author Karl DoghramjiImprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA

We have all been hypoxic. Fetal tolerance for intrauterine hypoxia arises from evolutionarily conserved physiological mechanisms, the antecedents of which can be learned from diving mammals or species at high altitude. Understanding fetal hypoxia leads...

Rhinosinusitis is increasing in prevalence and incidence, and has been estimated to affect approximately 31 million patients in the United States each year. This comprehensive reference offers recommendations for the optimal treatment of chronic...

This volume presents a global overview of the role of ion flux via transmembrane ion channel proteins in the regulation of pulmonary vascular tone and in the vascular remodeling processes associated with pulmonary vascular disease-offering a...

Between 1550 and 1750 tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them religious refugees escaping persecution on the Continent, settled in Britain and its colonies, and in Ireland. They brought with them their formidable energies and talents and quickly...

This book provides an up-to-date perspective on the inflammatory cells, mediators, and molecular pathology of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphasizing the urgent need to clearly understand the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms...

Infants and children spend one- to two-thirds of their life asleep. Despite this, very little attention has been paid to understanding both normal sleep and sleep-related abnormalities during child development. This volume is devoted to breathing during...

This authoritative text on occupational lung disorders builds upon the fundamentals, including clinical, epidemiological, and predictive approaches. It discusses interstitial and malignant diseases, airways diseases, and other respiratory issues, such as...

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323813136Author David Feller-KopmanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Elsevier - Health Sciences DivisionPublisher Elsevier - Health Sciences...

This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and contemporary discussion of the physiology and pathophysiology of the chest wall as well as an overview of the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. It is an invaluable aid to clinical investigators...

Discusses three major classes of asthma therapies-bronchodilators, antiinflammatories, and antiallergics-as well as potential new therapeutic approaches! This comprehensive volume addresses the latest treatment strategies for asthma, keying in on the...

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest-edited by Dr. Aaron B Waxman and Dr. Inderjit Singh, is focused on Pulmonary Hypertension. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to:?Integrative omics to characterize and classify...