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Pediatric asthma

Title
Pediatric asthma / edited by Shirley Murphy, H. William Kelly.
Publication
New York : Dekker, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Murphy, Shirley, 1944-
  • Kelly, H. William
Description
xvi, 579 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
An up-to-the-minute reference guide for health professionals confronting pulmonary disorders in children, Pediatric Asthma offers the latest findings on this classification-defying disease and related conditions. Written by more than 20 international experts in the field, the book focuses on drug administration - issues of compliance, aerosol delivery, and pharmacokinetic differences among children - with a view toward developing new and more efficacious therapies.
Series Statement
Lung biology in health and disease ; 126
Uniform Title
Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 126.
Subject
  • Asthma in children
  • Asthma > Child
  • Asthma > drug therapy
  • Asthma > diagnosis
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • Introduction / Claude Lenfant -- 1. Epidemiology of Childhood Asthma / Erika von Mutius and Fernando D. Martinez -- 2. The Natural History of Asthma / Iqbal H. Ahmed and Jonathan M. Samet -- 3. Pathophysiology / Mario Castro, Thomas F. Smith and Robert C. Strunk -- 4. The Role of Allergy / Harold S. Nelson -- 5. Pulmonary Function Testing / Howard Eigen -- 6. Chronic Therapy Overview / Gail G. Shapiro -- 7. Patient Education in Pediatric Asthma / Jean E. Hanson -- 8. Psychology of Pediatric Asthma / Robert D. Annett and Bruce G. Bender -- 9. The Management of Acute Severe Asthma / H. William Kelly and Shirley Murphy -- 10. Intensive Care Unit Management / Robert Katz -- 11. [beta][subscript 2] Agonists / John W. Jenne and H. William Kelly -- 12. Glucocorticoids / Alan K. Kamada and Stanley J. Szefler -- 13. Theophylline / Kathryn Blake --
  • 14. Cromolyn, Nedocromil, Leukotriene Modifiers, and Alternative Anti-Inflammatory Agents in the Treatment of Pediatric Asthma / Christine A. Sorkness -- 15. Aerosol Delivery / H. William Kelly -- App. Available Preparations and Usual Pediatric Dosing Range / Patricia Marshik, H. William Kelly and Alan K. Kamada.
ISBN
0824702085 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98050991
OCLC
  • 40417673
  • ocm40417673
  • SCSB-4786488
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries