Robert A. Stockley - Böcker

The only international clinical textbook for COPD – one of the top 5 causes of death and disability worldwide The only COPD textbook to include the latest national and international guidelines and the newer therapeutic agents in COPD treatmentInternational team of contributors covers all aspects of COPD – from physiology and epidemiology to diagnosis and treatmentEverything the busy physician needs to understand, diagnose and treat the COPD patient: Structure and physiology of the respiratory systemClinical considerations and allied conditionsTherapy (including current and developing treatments)Diagnostic tests used in daily practice

This volume provides an update on the use of molecular biology of the lung and their diseases. The text applies to the basic mechanisms of cell biology, receptors and cell activation, as well as providing an insight as to how the technology influences the concepts of pathogenesis and vice-versa.