Bronchial Asthma

• Definitions and Host Responses to Bronchospasm.- The Origins and Characteristics of Asthma.- Patient Management.- Diagnosing Allergic Asthma.- How the Pulmonary Function Laboratory Contributes to the Management of the Patient With Asthma.- Treatment of Asthma in Children.- Adult-Onset Asthma.- The Patient With Asthma in the Emergency Department.- Severe Asthma.- Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Asthma.- Special Clinical Problems.- The Pregnant Patient With Asthma.- Infectious and Environmental Triggers of Asthma.- Exercise-Induced Asthma.- How Can Foods, Additives, and Drugs Affect the Patient With Asthma?.- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis.- Occupational Asthma.- Anesthesia for Patients With Asthma.- 16 How Recreational Drugs Affect Asthma.- Living With Asthma.- Self-Management in Asthma.- The Challenge of Asthma in Minority Populations.- Asthma and the Law.

Reviews of previous editions "...This book will clearly establish its value for those who treat reversible airway disease. Lucidly written, with a cogent chapter format flowing from pathogenic principles to more detailed clinical appreciation...an invaluable compendium for the clinician who is called on to care for the patient with asthma." -New England Journal of Medicine "This book would be of value to any clinician dealing with asthmatic patients. Pulmonary physicians and allergists will also find this text to be an excellent review and an aid for focusing on clinical problems." -Journal of the American Medical Association "Overall, this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management, directed at primary care providers...There are excellent discussion on risk factors for developing asthma and on managing asthma in children, adults, and pregnancy...There are also excellent sections of infections and environment, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, alternative therapies, and self-management programs...The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resources for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - CANADIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN "...offers chapters written by some of the most respected authors in the field...a valuable reference book for primary care physicians as well as specialists who care for patients with asthma." -Pediatric Allergy and Immunology "...this book provides a concise and thorough review of asthma management...The thorough text and many useful tables and illustrations make this book an excellent resource for primary caregivers and anyone with an interest in asthma." - Canadian Family Physician