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OverviewThis issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients' perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; meducal pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen I. Rennard (University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA) , Bartolome R. Celli (Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Professor of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA)Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Imprint: W B Saunders Co Ltd Volume: 96-4 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9781455738908ISBN 10: 1455738905 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 23 July 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |