Publication

2012 - Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

220,000 words, Guess

Page Count

880 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101455738905
  • ISBN-139781455738908
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012554398
  • Better World Books9781455738908
  • Open LibraryOL31083501M

Classifications

  • DDC616.24
  • LCCRC776.O3 C472 2012
  • LCCRC776.O3

Description

Overview: This 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; medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene. --

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Medical clinics of North America -- v. 96, no. 4

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