Description
Book SynopsisThe field of asthma has expanded in the last decade with specific drugs targeting the disease mechanisms. This book is an updated treatise covering diagnoses, phenotypes and endotypes of asthma along with its management. It includes diagnostic work-up which is required prior to medical assistance and basic immunology assessment, illustrating the types, severity, number of exacerbations due to disease activity, allergy or infections. As the treatment selection has changed from one size fits all to precision-based medicine, it aims to refine asthma management with right medication usage, neither overuse nor underuse, and initiation of the new hospital administered biologic drugs.
Key Features
Covers both respiratory physiology and airway inflammation
Highlights the use of biologic drugs
Discusses precision-based medicine
Explores the comorbidities through clinical cases
Trade Review'This book is a short yet comprehensive guide describing various types of asthma and how the treatment of this condition has changed over the years. The subjects are presented in an organized fashion and are easy to follow. This
book is a valuable resource for those who are interested in reviewing a short topic on asthma treatment.'
- Massoud Mahmoudi, DO, PhD, University of California San Francisco, Doody Enterprises
Table of Contents1. Introduction
2. Pulmonary – Treatable traits
3. Extrapulmonary – Treatable traits
4. Risk factors – Treatable traits
5. Diagnostic tests in respiratory medicine
6. Key Cases – Treatable traits
7. Evaluation of the asthmas
8. Organising an asthma clinic
9. The future of the asthmas
10. Conclusion
