Childhood Asthma
eBook - PDF

Childhood Asthma

  1. 744 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

About this book

This reference collects the latest studies on the development, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood asthma and offers current perspectives on new technologies that will shape the management of pediatric asthma in the forthcoming decade-illustrating how advances in pulmonary function measurement, inflammatory markers, imaging, and pharmacogenetics

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Introduction
  3. Preface
  4. Contributors
  5. Contents
  6. 1 The Epidemiology and Burden of Pediatric Asthma
  7. 2 Developmental Regulation of Immune Functions and Risk for Allergy and Asthma
  8. 3 Origins of Asthma
  9. 4 Developmental Features of Airway Remodeling
  10. 5 Asthma in Children and Adults—Natural Course of the Disease
  11. 6 Growth and Development of the Child with Asthma
  12. 7 Viral Respiratory Infections and Asthma
  13. 8 Controlling the Environment of Asthmatic Children: Benefits and Limitations
  14. 9 Early Pharmacologic Intervention of Asthma: How Early and What Treatment?
  15. 10 Measuring Pulmonary Function in Young Children
  16. 11 Inflammatory Mediators of Asthma in Children
  17. 12 Imaging in Pediatric Asthma
  18. 13 Pharmacogenetics: Will It Have a Place in Managing Childhood Asthma?
  19. 14 Asthma Education: Translating Knowledge into Action
  20. 15 Managing Childhood Asthma: Evolving Guidelines
  21. 16 Choosing the Appropriate Asthma Medication Delivery Device
  22. 17 Anticipating and Managing Variable Response to Asthma Therapy
  23. 18 Role of Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy in Childhood Asthma
  24. 19 Inner-City Asthma
  25. 20 Asthma in Adolescence
  26. 21 Exercise-Induced Asthma in the Competitive Athlete
  27. 22 Comorbid Illness Associated with Childhood Asthma
  28. 23 Improving Asthma Medication Adherence
  29. 24 Potential Applications of New Drugs in the Management of Childhood Asthma
  30. 25 Difficult-to-Control Asthma
  31. 26 Childhood Asthma Management in the Next 10 Years
  32. Index
  33. Back cover