Bronchial Asthma

I.Definitions and Host Responses to Bronchospasm

1. The Origins and Characteristics of Asthma
Russell J. Hopp, Robert G. Townley

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
Brian M. Morrissey, Nicholas J. Kenyon, Timothy E. Albertson

8. Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Asthma
Andrea Borchers, Carl L. Keen, M. Eric Gershwin

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
Rahmat Afrasiabi

12. How Can Foods, Additives, and Drugs Affect the Patient With Asthma?
Suzanne S. Teuber

13. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
Brian M. Morrissey, Samuel Louie

14. Occupational Asthma
Nicholas J. Kenyon, Brian M. Morrissey, Timothy E. Albertson

15. Anesthesia for Patients With Asthma
Dennis L. Fung

16. 16 How Recreational Drugs Affect Asthma
Timothy E. Albertson, Steve Offerman, Nicholas J. Kenyon

IV.Living With Asthma

17. Self-Management in Asthma
Arvind Kumar, M. Eric Gershwin

18. The Challenge of Asthma in Minority Populations
Albin B. Leong

19. Asthma and the Law
Charles Bond

DRM-restrictions

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