All about asthma guidebook : a pulmonologist explains asthma /
DiFilippo, Nicholas,
All about asthma guidebook : a pulmonologist explains asthma / Dr. Nicholas DiFilippo, pulmonologist. - 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Introduction to asthma -- Basic considerations -- Medications used in the treatment of asthma -- The presentation and effects of asthma -- Treatment of asthma -- When standard treatment fails -- Asthma subtypes -- Diseases confused with or coexisting with asthma -- Controversies: what we do not know about asthma -- Take home message -- Questions -- Answers and discussion.
"In this book we concern ourselves mostly with adult asthma. We will point out some differences with childhood asthma, but the primary emphasis is on adult asthma. ... We analyze the various complexities of asthma, from what constitutes a diagnosis of asthma to what can be done to control this essentially incurable disease. We delve into the many aspects of this disease including what is not yet understood about asthma."--Preface, page 10.
1496114159 9781496114150
Asthma--Popular works.
Asthma--Treatment.
Asthma.
All about asthma guidebook : a pulmonologist explains asthma / Dr. Nicholas DiFilippo, pulmonologist. - 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes index.
Introduction to asthma -- Basic considerations -- Medications used in the treatment of asthma -- The presentation and effects of asthma -- Treatment of asthma -- When standard treatment fails -- Asthma subtypes -- Diseases confused with or coexisting with asthma -- Controversies: what we do not know about asthma -- Take home message -- Questions -- Answers and discussion.
"In this book we concern ourselves mostly with adult asthma. We will point out some differences with childhood asthma, but the primary emphasis is on adult asthma. ... We analyze the various complexities of asthma, from what constitutes a diagnosis of asthma to what can be done to control this essentially incurable disease. We delve into the many aspects of this disease including what is not yet understood about asthma."--Preface, page 10.
1496114159 9781496114150
Asthma--Popular works.
Asthma--Treatment.
Asthma.