Monitoring Asthma / Edition 1

by Peter G. Gibson

Overview

Providing a solid foundation for specialists in asthma treatment and control, this guide illustrates the importance of asthma monitoring practices for up-to-date assessments of disease levels in specific population groups; the identification of social, geographical, and environmental factors that may influence the development of asthma; and the design of improved and cost-effective prevention and management strategies for optimal patient care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574448559
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/12/2005
Series:	Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series , #207
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter G. Gibson

Table of Contents

Symptoms: Monitoring and Perception. Quality of Life. Cough. Electronic Monitoring of PEF/Spirometry Technical Aspects and Clinical Results. Asthma and Telemedicine. Quality Control Analysis/Statistical Methods. Triggers: Allergen. Triggers: Occupational Exposures. Airway Hyperresponsiveness: Pharmacological Stimuli. Airway Hyperresponsiveness: Indirect Stimuli, Exercise, Mannitor, and Hypertonic Saline. Induced Sputum. Exhaled Gases. Monitoring Childhood Asthma. Asthma Epidemics, Monitoring Mortality. Monitoring Asthma in Populations. Role of Pharmacists in Asthma Monitoring. Post Marketing Drug Surveilance in Asthma

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Ramesh Kumar, M.D.(William Beaumont Hospitals)
Description: This book deals with monitoring asthma and the advantages associated with self monitoring of asthma symptoms or monitoring of lung functions using a wide variety of tools as well as the role of health professionals. This book also deals with management skills, adherence to treatment, and the investigation of significant asthma triggers.
Purpose: This is intended as a valuable resource for use by healthcare professionals involved in asthma care for monitoring patients in their practice or to help patients learn how to monitor their illness. Despite advances in management of asthma, there are many studies reporting deficiencies in proper monitoring of disease severity and response to treatment. This book is also a valuable tool for health system administrators and policy makers in monitoring the quality and cost of asthma care. This is a very extensive review of monitoring of asthma in different settings.
Audience: This book is intended for healthcare professionals taking care of asthma patients as well as health system administrators for monitoring the quality and cost of asthma care. Its simple but extensive descriptions may be helpful for general physicians, but it is more suited for pulmonary specialists, allergists and immunologists, and physicians primarily involved in asthma care.
Features: The book covers a wide variety of topics on symptom monitoring, monitoring asthma in different environments and the role of pharmacists in helping in the management of asthma. It also discusses the quality of life impairments associated with different asthma symptoms. This very descriptive book includes illustrative and helpful tables and graphs to facilitate reading. It could be improved by the addition of color illustrations.
Assessment: This certainly provides a comprehensive review of monitoring asthma. It is written by distinguished authors from different countries with varied experiences. The book is interesting and well organized.

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