Difficult-to-treat severe asthma
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Difficult-to-treat severe asthma

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Difficult-to-treat severe asthma

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Difficult-to-treat severe asthma constitutes approximately 5-10% of the asthmatic population, and continues to present a considerable therapeutic challenge. Use of the pragmatic definitions over the past 10 years has led to an improved delineation of these patients. This Monograph gathers expertise in the paediatric and adult severe asthma fields.

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Publisher
European Respiratory Society
Year
2011
ISBN
9781849840101
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Guest Editors
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1- Difficult-to-treat asthma: how serious is the problem and what are the issues?
  6. Chapter 2- Evaluation of the difficult-to-treat severe asthma patient in the clinic
  7. Chpater 3- Treatment adherence and psychosocial factors in sever asthma
  8. Chapter 4 - Characteristics, definition and phenotypes of severe asthma
  9. Chapter 5 - Special problems of severe asthma in childhood
  10. Chapter 6 - Recent developments in the genetics of asthma susceptibility and severity
  11. Chapter 7 - Pathology, inflamation and cytokines of severe asthma
  12. Chapter 8 - Allergic and nonallergic factors in severe asthma
  13. Chapter 9 - Asthma exacerbations in relation to sever asthma
  14. Chapter 10 - Fatal and near-fatal
  15. Chapter 11 - Fixed airway obstruction in sever asthma
  16. Chapter 12 - Imaging in severe asthma
  17. Chapter 13 - Airway physiology and pathophysiology in sever asthma
  18. Chapter 14 - The upper airways in severe asthma
  19. Chapter 15 - Epithelial-mesenchymal communication in the pathogenesis of severe asthma
  20. Chapter 16 - Noninvasive assessment of inflammation in severe asthma
  21. Chapter 17 - Lipid mediators in severe asthma
  22. Chapter 18 - Corticosteroids: use and insensitivity insensitivity in severe asthma
  23. Chapter 19 - Bronchodilator therapies for severe asthma
  24. Chapter 20 - New treatments for severe asthma
  25. Chapter 21 - Management of difficult-to-treat severe asthma
  26. Chapter 22 - Severe asthma: the way forward
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APA 6 Citation

[author missing]. (2011). Difficult-to-treat severe asthma ([edition unavailable]). European Respiratory Society. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1302106/difficulttotreat-severe-asthma-pdf (Original work published 2011)

Chicago Citation

[author missing]. (2011) 2011. Difficult-to-Treat Severe Asthma. [Edition unavailable]. European Respiratory Society. https://www.perlego.com/book/1302106/difficulttotreat-severe-asthma-pdf.

Harvard Citation

[author missing] (2011) Difficult-to-treat severe asthma. [edition unavailable]. European Respiratory Society. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1302106/difficulttotreat-severe-asthma-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

[author missing]. Difficult-to-Treat Severe Asthma. [edition unavailable]. European Respiratory Society, 2011. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.