M Eric Gershwin

Bronchial Asthma: A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment - Current Clinical Practice M Eric Gershwin 5th ed. 2006 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Bibl. ref. & index. Review Quotes: 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 aninterest in asthma." - Canadian Family PhysicianReview Quotes: 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 aninterest in asthma." - Canadian Family PhysicianReview Quotes: .,."book provides in one place a compilation, interpretation, and summary of scholarly work and guidelines into largely clinically relevant topics." -Respiratory Care 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 andthorough 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 PhysicianReview Quotes: 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, occuReview Quotes: 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 PhysicianJacket Description/Back: Hailed by professional journals and esteemed by primary care doctors everywhere, Bronchial Asthma: A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment has been fully updated to help physicians face the challenge of diagnosis and the management of asthma in every variety of patient subpopulation. Although this fifth edition continues to emphasize the definition, medications, and use of asthma treatment plans, it also focuses on the special needs patient, including the pediatric patient, the pregnant patient, and the patient undergoing surgery, as well as on the perennial issues of exercise and asthma, pulmonary aspergillosis, occupation, recreational drug use, and psychological/social considerations. Highlights for the fifth edition include a liberal use of tables and charts to make the book more practical and user-friendly, updates on the many new pharmaceuticals used to treat asthma, and first-time sections on food sensitivity and the diagnosis of asthma. Authoritative and easy to use, Bronchial Asthma: A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment, Fifth Edition, continues the high standard established by the earlier editions, providing a basic framework for successful individualized treatment of all patients suffering from this debilitating disease. Review Quotes: 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 PhysicianTable of Contents: Dedication -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part I. Definitions and Host Responses to Bronchospasm -- 1. The Origins and Characteristics of Asthma / Russell J. Hopp, Robert G. Townley -- Part II. Patient Management -- 2. Diagnosing Allergic Asthma / Gerald L. Klein -- 3. How the Pulmonary Function Laboratory Contributes to the Management of the Patient With Asthma / Richard E. Kanner, Theodore G. Liou -- 4. Treatment of Asthma in Children / Christopher Chang -- 5. Adult-Onset Asthma / Samuel Louie, Nicholas J. Kenyon, Kimberly A. Hardin, Ken Y. Yoneda -- 6. The Patient With Asthma in the Emergency Department / Donna Kinser -- 7. Severe Asthma: From ICU to Discharge / Brian M. Morrissey, Nicholas J. Kenyon, Timothy E. Albertson -- 8. Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Asthma / Andrea Borchers, Carl L. Keen, M. Eric Gershwin -- Part III. Special Clinical Problems -- 9. The Pregnant Patient With Asthma / Arif M. Seyal -- 10. Infectious and Environmental Triggers of Asthma / Laurel J. Gershwin -- 11. Exercise-Induced Asthma: Sports and Athletes / Rahmat Afrasiabi -- 12. How Can Foods, Additives, and Drugs Affect the Patient With Asthma? / Suzanne S. Teuber -- 13. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: An Evolving Challenge in Asthma / Brian M. Morrissey, Samuel Louie -- 14. Occupational Asthma: A Special Environmental Interaction / Nicholas J. Kenyon, Brian M. Morrissey, Timothy E. Albertson -- 15. Anesthesia for Patients With Asthma / Dennis L. Fung -- 16. How Recreational Drugs Affect Asthma / Timothy E. Albertson, Steve Offerman, Nicholas J. Kenyon -- Part IV. Living With Asthma -- 17. Self-Management in Asthma: Empowering the Patient / Arvind Kumar, M. Eric Gershwin -- 18. The Challenge of Asthma in Minority Populations / Albin B. Leong -- 19. Asthma and the Law / Charles Bond -- Index. Publisher Marketing: This fifth edition of Gershwin & Albertson's classic Bronchial Asthma: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment has been broadly updated and expanded to include, from a variety of disciplines, the latest diagnostic techniques and developments in the clinical assessment and treatment of asthma. Cutting-edge and highly practical, this fifth edition of Bronchial Asthma: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment is an indispensable tool for all primary care providers, allergists, and pulmonologists treating patients with asthma today. Review Citations:

Scitech Book News 06/01/2006 pg. 81 (EAN 9781588296047, Hardcover)