Asthma in the 21st Century

New Research Advances

Rachel Nadif

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780323854191
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323854207
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Asthma in the 21st Century: New Research Advances provides an overview on asthma, with discussions on its heterogeneity, risk factors and their interrelations, and e-health in an aging world based on current research knowledge. The book covers heterogeneity of the disease beyond severe asthma, new risk factors, new diagnoses with climate change, a focus on chemical exposures at home, e-health and links with aging, and notable advances in key areas such as diet and microbiota, the genetics of asthma, and the asthma versus COPD debate. Worldwide, the total number of asthma sufferers is estimated to be ~270 million with an additional 100 million expected to develop asthma by 2025, and asthma is the most common chronic disease among children. There are a number of clinical books available on asthma, but none with much discussion on current scientific findings and new disease understanding. Yet, the concept of asthma has evolved quickly in the past 5–10 years, with many clinicians struggling to keep up with new scientific findings. - Offers an overall view of asthma and addresses notable advances in key areas such as diet and the microbiota, the genetics of asthma, and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome - Covers hot topics such as heterogeneity of asthma beyond severe asthma, new risk factors, more common complications with climate change, a focus on chemical exposures at home, e-health, and links with frailty in an aging world - Provides a deep understanding of a multifactorial, complex, and heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease known as asthma

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Front Matter
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Asthma: From one disease to endotypes
• Chapter 2 Eosinophilic and noneosinophilic asthma: Beyond severe asthma
• Chapter 3 Airway microbiome and asthma
• Chapter 4 Gender differences and sex-related hormonal factors in asthma
• Chapter 5 Diet and asthma
• Chapter 6 Indoor air and respiratory health: Volatile organic compounds and cleaning products
• Chapter 7 Outdoor air pollution and asthma in a changing climate
• Chapter 8 Genetic and epigenetic links to asthma
• Chapter 9 Asthma and COPD: distinct diseases or components of a continuum?
• Chapter 10 Asthma in an aging world
• Chapter 11 Asthma in the digital world
• Index