This unique manual provides comprehensive, yet practical and easily accessed advice on the key issues of asthma management in both adult andpaediatric patients. The second edition will continue to help all those involved with the care of asthmatic patients to apply the recently updated international guidelines. It combines vital information on how to tackle practical, clinical issues, whilstat the same time highlighting essential basic sciences to aid diagnosis, management and treatment.Provides solutions to day-to-day clinical problems in asthma management Clear, concise and practical advice helps the reader to clarify asthma severity and select appropriate treatment plansDiagrams illustrate the stepwise approaches to asthma management Each chapter concludes with a list of summary pointsExpanded sections on acute and chronic asthma in children written by international paediatric respiratory experts Use of icons in margins to highlight the most recent drugs and therapiesNew larger format, with an eye-catching design aids easy access to key information

Book Information
ISBN 9780702025297
Author Paul M. O'Byrne
Format Hardback
Page Count 704
Imprint W B Saunders Co Ltd
Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences