Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease : A Systemic Inflammatory Disease

This book considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) not as a simple inflammation of the lung but as a systemic inflammatory disease. Beginning with epidemiological studies, etiology, diagnosis and treatment, it elaborates further, illustrating some comorbidities and associations with ot...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Nakamura, Hiroyuki (Editor), Aoshiba, Kazutetsu (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesRespiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements,
Subjects
Medicine.
Respiratory organs > Diseases.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811008399
ISSN2509-5552
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-0839-9
Physical DescriptionXI, 352 p. 64 illus., 27 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I　Definition and Epidemiology
  • 1.Definition of COPD
  • 2.Epidemiology of COPD
  • Part II　Genetic Predisposition and Pathogenic Mechanisms
  • 3.Genetic predisposition to COPD
  • 4.Pathogenesis of COPD-Persistence of airway inflammation
  • 5.Pathogenesis of COPD 3- Oxidative stress
  • 6.Pathogenesis of COPD 4
  • Part III　Comorbidities
  • 7.Pathogenesis of comorbidities in COPD
  • 8.Assessment of inflammation in COPD
  • Part IV　Management and Treatment
  • 9.Exercise therapy for COPD
  • 10.Nutritional therapy for COPD
  • 11.Home oxygen therapy for COPD
  • 12.Bronchodilators for COPD
  • 13.Inhaled corticosteroids for COPD
  • 14.New anti-inflammatory drugs for COPD
  • 15.Exacerbation of COPD
  • Part V　Associations with other Respiratory Diseases
  • 16.Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS)
  • 17.Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE)
  • 18.Association of COPD and lung cancer.

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