Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease

• PART 1 SUPPORTIVE CARE IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE ; 1. Palliation and supportive care ; 2. Anatomy and physiology ; 3. Quality of life: models and measurement ; 4. Principles of economic evaluation ; PART 2 MECHANISMS AND ASSESSMENT OF DYSPNOEA ; 5. The genesis of breathlessness - what do we understand? ; 6. Multidimensional assessment of dyspnoea ; PART 3 MANAGEMENT OF DYSPNOEA ; 7. Pharmacological treatment of respiratory symptoms ; 8. Oxygen and airflow ; 9. Occupational therapy and environmental modifications ; 10. Non-pharmacological strategies for dyspnoea ; 11. Nutrition and cachexia ; PART 4 DYSPNOEA IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS ; 12. Diffuse airflow obstruction and 'restrictive' lung disease ; 13. Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases, and obstructive sleep apnoea ; 14. Hyperventilation syndrome ; PART 5 COUGH AND HAEMOPTYSIS ; 15. Physiology and pathophysiology of cough ; 16. Expectoration: Pathophysiology, measurement and therapy ; PART 6 PAIN ; 17. Pain in respiratory disease - mechanisms and management ; 18. Pain assessment in respiratory disease ; PART 7 SPECIFIC DISEASES ; 19. Supportive care in Cystic Fibrosis ; 20. Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease ; 21. Comprehensive supportive care for chronic pulmonary infections

This book provides comprehensive, accurate, and useful information for the care of patients with respiratory diseases and conditions. It thoroughly discusses the physiology of disease progression and appropriate therapies, as well as inappropriate or minimally helpful treatments. The research]based information is valuable not only in patient care, but also in the education of students, residents, and practitioners in all fields of healthcare.