Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (World Clinics in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) - Hardcover

Jindal, Surinder K.; Vijayan, Vannan K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9350903539 ISBN 13: 9789350903537

Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub, 2013

Synopsis

Part of the World Clinics series, this book is the second volume of the pulmonary and critical care medicine manuals and focuses on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The book begins with the epidemiology and pathophysiology of COPD, followed by chapters covering topics in the diagnosis and management of the disease, including acute exacerbations, imaging, biomarkers, oxygen therapy and vascular dysfunction. The final sections present a complete review of pulmonary disease and rehabilitation.

This new volume includes numerous images, illustrations and tables to enhance the text.

The previous volume in this series, Pneumonias, published in 2012.

Key points

• Second volume covering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Part of the World Clinics: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine series
• Includes nearly 100 images, illustrations and tables
• Volume One published in 2012

About this title

About the Author:

Surinder K JindalMD FCCP (Editor-in-Chief)
Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Vannan K VijayanMD PhD DSc FCCP FAMS (Guest Editor)
Advisor, Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre and National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

About this edition

• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9350903539
• ISBN 13: 9789350903537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 233