COPD : answers to your questions /
Mahler, Donald A.,
COPD : answers to your questions / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : answers to your questions Donald A. Mahler. - xiv, 95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [93]-95).
What Is COPD? -- Why Am I Short of Breath? -- Can You Help Me Quit Smoking? -- Can You Help Me Breathe Easier? -- How Should I Use My Inhalers? -- Do I Need Oxygen? -- Will Pulmonary Rehabilitation Help Me? -- What Is a COPD Exacerbation? -- Will My Breathing Get Worse? Will I Die from COPD?.
This book provides answers to questions that are frequently asked by those who have COPD, and their families. Each of the nine chapters starts with a brief vignette describing someone with COPD in author Donald A. Mahler's medical practice. Practical information is provided that addresses that person's particular challenge, and key points of the chapter are summarized. Next, there is a follow-up about the person that describes what actually happened. Each chapter has been revised many times after discussion and feedback from two individuals who have COPD as well as colleagues who work at.
1634132971 9781634132978
Asthma--Treatment.
Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive--Treatment.
Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive.
COPD : answers to your questions / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : answers to your questions Donald A. Mahler. - xiv, 95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [93]-95).
What Is COPD? -- Why Am I Short of Breath? -- Can You Help Me Quit Smoking? -- Can You Help Me Breathe Easier? -- How Should I Use My Inhalers? -- Do I Need Oxygen? -- Will Pulmonary Rehabilitation Help Me? -- What Is a COPD Exacerbation? -- Will My Breathing Get Worse? Will I Die from COPD?.
This book provides answers to questions that are frequently asked by those who have COPD, and their families. Each of the nine chapters starts with a brief vignette describing someone with COPD in author Donald A. Mahler's medical practice. Practical information is provided that addresses that person's particular challenge, and key points of the chapter are summarized. Next, there is a follow-up about the person that describes what actually happened. Each chapter has been revised many times after discussion and feedback from two individuals who have COPD as well as colleagues who work at.
1634132971 9781634132978
Asthma--Treatment.
Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive--Treatment.
Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive.