Asthma and COPD,: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management - Hardcover

Peter J. Barnes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123740010 ISBN 13: 9780123740014

Publisher: Academic Press, 2008

Synopsis

Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management, Second Edition continues to provide a unique and authoritative comparison of asthma and COPD. Written and edited by the world's leading experts, it continues to be a comprehensive review of the most recent understanding of the basic mechanisms of both conditions, specifically comparing their etiology, pathogenesis, and treatments.

• Each chapter considers Asthma and COPD in side-by-side contrast and comparison – not in isolation - in the context of mechanism, triggers, assessments, therapies, and clinical management
• Presents the latest and most comprehensive understandings of the mechanisms of inflammation in both Asthma and COPD
• Most extensive reference to primary literature on both Asthma and COPD in one source.
• Easy-to-read summaries of the latest advances alongside clear illustrations

About this title

Review:

Offers a truly translational presentation of airway diseases – from bench to bedside – illuminating the mechanisms, etiology, and pathogenesis of respiratory disease and then translating how these mechanisms affect patient conditions, treatment options, and effective therapies

About the Author:

Peter Barnes is Professor of Thoracic Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Head of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College and Honorary Consultant Physician at Royal Brompton Hospital, London. He qualified at Cambridge and Oxford Universities was appointed to his present post in 1987. He has published over 1000 peer-review papers on asthma, COPD and related topics and has edited over 40 books. He is also amongst the top 50 most highly cited researchers in the world and has been the most highly cited clinical scientist in the UK and the most highly cited respiratory researcher in the world over the last 20 years. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007, the first respiratory researcher for over 150 years. He is currently a member of the Scientific Committee of the WHO/NIH global guidelines on asthma (GINA) and COPD (GOLD). He also serves on the Editorial Board of over 30 journals and is currently an Associate Editor of Chest and respiratory Editor of PLoS Medicine. He has given several prestigious lectures, including the Amberson Lecture at the American Thoracic Society and the Sadoul Lecture at the European Respiratory Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0123740010
• ISBN 13: 9780123740014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 250