Graeme P. Currie (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

COPD: The Facts is written for patients with COPD and their families. The book describes in detail how a diagnosis is made, and what treatments patients are likely to receive. It provides an up-to-date and informative guide with real-life patient experiences throughout the text, and will help readers to understand this all too-common lung condition.

Produktdetails

• The Facts
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 126g
• ISBN-13: 9780199563685
• ISBN-10: 0199563683
• Artikelnr.: 26220048

Autorenporträt

Dr Currie graduated with MBChB in 1994 from the University of Glasgow, and was awarded a Diploma in Child Health in 1997 and MRCP (UK) in 1998. He has recently completed a diploma in postgraduate medical education and appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He became a consultant in respiratory and general medicine at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and honorary senior lecturer with the University of Aberdeen in 2007.

Inhaltsangabe

1: How the normal lungs work
2: What is COPD?
3: Making the diagnosis of COPD
4: Giving up smoking
5: Managing COPD without drugs
6: Managing COPD with drugs
7: Inhaler devices
8: Oxygen and COPD
9: Episodes of worsening symptoms (exacerbations)
10: Glossary of drugs and further information