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This book provides a selection of interesting problems for review by the hospital doctor or GP.Many patient presentations will challenge the doctor as the case history unfolds. In a diverse field such as respiratory medicine there will be a wide range of diagnoses and management options to be considered. This book provides up-to-date solutions, based on the latest evidence, which will assist the doctor to formulate his or her treatment strategy.A series of questions lead the reader logically through a case presentation, work-up, diagnosis and discussion of recent literature. Each case is concisely presented, including an algorithm where appropriate to show overall management strategies.This is a user-friendly resource for quick review and assessment of individual cases, covering the most common yet challenging cases seen by respiratory doctors. It will be extremely useful as a reference and training resource in the hospital, clinic or GP’s surgery.It contains over 40 clinical presentations covering the most common yet challenging cases seen by respiratory clinicians. The focus is not just general respiratory disease, but also allergic disorders. It is an excellent training resource and provides up-to-date referencing to present recent developments in diagnosis and management.

Problem Solving in Respiratory Medicine and Allergy

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• First major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicine

• Comprehensive, authoritative summary of the best treatments for the major respiratory diseases

• Compiled by specialists from the Cochrane Airways Management Group

• Easy-to-use format, with key clinical implications summarised in each chapter

• Kept up-to-date online

Compiled by specialists from the Cochrane Collaboration Airways Management Group, Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine is the first major evidence-based text in adult respiratory medicine.

Providing a comprehensive summary of the best treatments for the most important respiratory diseases, some of the world’s leading physicians review the evidence for a broad range of treatments using evidence-based principles. Essential information is presented in an easy-to-understand format, with the most important clinical implications summarised in each chapter.

Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine tackles the big clinical questions in diagnosis and treatment, presenting treatment options which take into account the individual patient’s needs.

Evidence-Based Series: Evidence-based Respiratory Medicine, part of the acclaimed series BMJ Evidence-based medicine textbooks that have revolutionised clinical medicine literature, comes with a fully searchable CD-ROM of the whole text.

Evidence-Based Respiratory Medicine with CD-ROM

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Featuring the work of recognized worldwide experts, this user-friendly text presents the most current scientific information, diagnostic approaches, and management strategies for the care of children with acute and chronic respiratory diseases. A consistent chapter format enables you to rapidly and effortlessly locate the most current protocols on manifestations, etiologies, triggers, approaches to treatment, complications, and preventative strategies. And, a bonus website-new to this edition-features all of the book’s illustrations and extensive reference lists for each chapter in electronic format for your personal use.

• Includes guidance on differential diagnosis to help you determine which disease or condition your patient may have.
• Uses extensive color-coded algorithms to facilitate quick diagnosis, management, and treatment decisions.
• Organizes material to parallel your clinical decision making process.
• Provides expert guidance on what diagnostic tests to order for each patient-and how to interpret the results.
• Presents important “take home” concepts within each chapter to help you recall clinical pearls.
• Includes the most need-to-know basic science, focusing on providing clear implications for patient care.

• Includes a separate website with all of the images from the text and extensive reference lists-downloadable for your personal use.
• Provides the latest scientific information and diagnostic and management strategies for the care of children with respiratory illnesses.
• Features a new, functional four-color design to help you identify important information quickly and differentiate between essential and extraneous material.
• Presents cutting-edge coverage with new information on the biology of, and the influences on, the respiratory system during childhood, as well as the diagnosis and management of both common (ie, wheezing infant, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis) and less common (ie, SARS, chest tumors, collagen vascular diseases, Familial Mediterranean Fever) conditions.

Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

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This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on October 1, 2002. The length of the article is 612 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Expert tackles respiratory medicine myths. (Steroids Can Have Systemic Effect).
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36 Issue: 10 Page: 41(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Expert tackles respiratory medicine myths. .: An article from: Pediatric News

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This book is a compact, evidence-based, readable book that offers a useful update on smoking cessation. It lists important historical landmarks in tobacco control and illustrates some of the current measures to limit tobacco use in different countries. It summarises the main pharmacokinetic and pathophysiological, effects of smoking / nicotine on the central nervous system and cardiovascular system, before describing the effects of the different pharmacotherapies currently available to help smokers stop. Further sections describe how important smoking and smoking cessation is to particular groups of patients, how they should be best approached and the benefits of smoking cessation specific to their illness.

Smoking Cessation

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This book is a compact, evidence-based, readable book that offers a useful update on smoking cessation. It lists important historical landmarks in tobacco control and illustrates some of the current measures to limit tobacco use in different countries. It summarises the main pharmacokinetic and pathophysiological, effects of smoking / nicotine on the central nervous system and cardiovascular system, before describing the effects of the different pharmacotherapies currently available to help smokers stop. Further sections describe how important smoking and smoking cessation is to particular groups of patients, how they should be best approached and the benefits of smoking cessation specific to their illness.

Smoking Cessation

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This book is intended primarily for house officers in internal medicine and surgery.

Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care for the House Officer

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Royal Free and Univ. College, London, UK. Pocket-sized practical guide to the management of patients in hospitals or clinics. Emphasizes practical, diagnostic, and management issues and includes tables and algorithms. Halftone illustrations. For respiratory residents and practitioners. Plastic-coated softcover.

Respiratory Medicine: Specialist Handbook

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Univ. of Edinburgh, UK. Annual presents an authoritative review of new clinical and basic research published in the year 2001-2002. Offers a selection of important journal publications having a major impact in the field of respiratory medicine and provides a summary of key findings from each study.

The Year in Respiratory Medicine 2003

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This is a new edition of this small but comprehensive reference book on respiratory medicine. The format of the book is unaltered but the text has been brought up to date and the illustrations altered to include such topics as AIDS, heart/lung transplantation and CT scanning. The scope of book has been widened to include sickle cell disease and occupational asthma.

Respiratory Medicine Pocket Consultant