This pocketbook is a concise companion for all health care professionals in respiratory medicine, paediatrics, and primary care who manage, or come across,patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The book covers all aspects of care, including both paediatric and adult-specific issues and summarises up-to-date literature in a concise and focused style. INDICE: 1: Alex Horsley: Genetics and pathophysiology; 2: Steve Cunningham: Diagnosis and process of care; 3: Gerd Döring and Dieter Worlitzsch: Microbiology of CF lung disease; 4: J. Alastair Innes: Management of stable CF lung disease; 5: Alex Horsley: Management of respiratory exacerbations; 6: Christopher Taylor and Sally Connolly: Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition; 7: Stephen M. P. O'Riordan and Antoinette Moran: Cystic fibrosis related diabetes; 8: Charles Haworth: Metabolic and musculoskeletal effects; 9: Alistair J.A. Duff and Helen Oxley: Psychosocial aspects of CF care; 10: Laura Tanner and Andrew J. Fisher: Lung transplantation; 11: Frank P. Edenborough: Fertility, contraception and pregnancy; 12: Uta Griesenbach, Jane C. Davies, and Eric W.F.W. Alton: Future treatments
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958270-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 16/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés