All ebooks in the collection "Respiratory Medicine" - Humana

Functional Respiratory Disorders

Ran D Anbar

Many patients with pulmonary complaints fail to improve despite physicians’ best efforts. Sometimes, we ascribe this failure to lack of adherence with therapy, or to the severity of the condition. What we often fail to appreciate, however, is that sometimes the lack of...

Vitamin D and the Lung

Augusto A. Litonjua

Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem and many associations with diseases are being discovered. Recently, there has been an interest in the role that vitamin D plays in the inception and progression of lung disease.Vitamin D and the Lung: Mechanisms and Disease...

Clinically Oriented Pulmonary Imaging

Jeffrey P. Kanne

Diagnostic imaging is an essential component in the evaluation of the patient with known or suspected respiratory tract disease.  While chest radiography continues to serve as the primary tool for imaging the chest, advances in computed tomography (CT) have led to a...

Integrative Therapies in Lung Health and Sleep

Linda Chlan , Marshall I. Hertz

Integrative Therapies in Lung Health and Sleep provides an overview of integrative therapies to assist clinicians caring for patients with acute or chronic lung diseases and sleep disorders--emphasizing the scientific bases for these therapies; and their implementation...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Linda Nici , Richard Zuwallack

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. By 2020, COPD is expected to be the fifth leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death. COPD is associated with significant co-morbid illnesses...

Essentials of Sleep Medicine

M. Safwan Badr

Sleep disorders represent a major portion of the chief complaints seen by pulmonologists and other physicians. Sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome for example, are common disorders with significant adverse health consequences.Sleep apnea is associated with increased...

Aging and Lung Disease

Margaret Pisani

People age 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population.  In the 2010 census 16% of the population, 50 million people, were age 65 and older.  That number is projected to increase to 66 million by the year 2050.  Life expectancy has also...

COPD

Nicola A. Hanania , Amir Sharafkhaneh

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people across the world. COPD is not only a major burden to patients but is also costly and results in billions of dollars of direct and indirect costs annually. In recent years and with advancement of...

Molecular Basis of Pulmonary Disease

Francis X. Mccormack , Ralph J. Panos , Bruce C. Trapnell

Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy

Ghada Bourjeily , Karen Rosene-Montella

Clinically, pregnancy acts as a stress test that unmasks maternal disease and may have long-term implications for maternal and fetal health. In Pulmonary Problems in Pregnancy, the editors provide a state-of-the art, comprehensive text focusing on common or complex...