Overview

Appropriate for the clinician managing COPD in either the primary or secondary care setting, Clinicians' Guide to COPD will consider epidemiology, diagnosis and management, concentrating on how patients really present to the clinician. Aspects of disease prevention, including lifestyle change, particularly smoking cessation, will be discussed in detail. Acute exacerbations of COPD, currently a major cause of mortality and morbidity in these patients, will also be examined. Illustrative 'real-life' case histories will be included throughout, and the book will also incorporate 'interesting asides', for example the impact of COPD on a patient awaiting surgery. As with other volumes in the Clinicians' Guide series, the practical focus will be maintained throughout. With a balanced, readable style and clear explanatory colour illustrations, the book will provide invaluable advice for both the primary care and specialist clinician looking after patients with COPD.

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Clinician's Guide to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is well written...[it] provides a good, broad overview of COPD that many respiratory professions would find useful, especially if only a short, relatively inexpensive reference is needed. --Respiratory Care<br>

<br> Clinician's Guide to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is well written...[it] provides a good, broad overview of COPD that many respiratory professions would find useful, especially if only a short, relatively inexpensive reference is needed. --Respiratory Care<p><br>

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Timothy Q. Howes, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Colchester General Hospital, UK David Bellamy, General Practitioner, James Fisher Medical Centre, Bournemouth, UK

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