Clinical Allergy and Asthma Management in Adolescents and Young Adults (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Chetambath, Ravindran; Panicker, Venugopal

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This text addresses the need for a practical handbook on asthma and allergy in adolescents and young adults. This ready reckoner aims to help in understanding clinical allergy which is imperative for every physician who is caring for patients with asthma given its high prevalence and heterogeneous treatment options.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000448825
• Artikelnr.: 62738019

Autorenporträt

Dr Ravindran Chetambath, MD, FRCP, MBA is the Professor and Head of Pulmonary Medicine at DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala. Dr Venugopal Panicker, MD, DNB, DETRD, FCCP is currently the Professor & Head, Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, Govt. TD Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section-1- ALLERGY
1. Biology of allergy
2. Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis
3. Atopic dermatitis and eczema
4. Urticaria
5. Hereditary angioedema
6. Food allergy
7. Drug allergy
8. Insect allergy
9. Life threatening allergy
10. Allergy testing
Section- 2- ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS
11. Epidemiology of Asthma in Children and Young Adults
12. Hygiene hypothesis and global increase in incidence of Asthma
13. Pathophysiology of asthma
14. Smoking and Vaping in young adults and its influence on asthma
15.Clinical Presentation of Asthma in adolescents & young adults
16. Diagnosis of asthma
17.Asthma in children- What happens when they grow?
18. Asthma in pregnancy
19. Asthma and obesity
20. Difficult to control asthma
21. Acute severe Asthma: Diagnosis and Management
22. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
23. Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Section 3-MANAGEMENT OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA IN ADOLESCENTS & YOUNG ADULTS
24. Patient education and Lifestyle Modification in Asthma Management
25. Role of antihistamines, antileukotrienes and mast cell stabilizers in
allergy and asthma
26. Role of bronchodilators in Asthma
27.Role of Corticosteroids in Allergic Disorders in Adolescents and Young
Adults
28. Inhaler Therapy for Asthma in Adolescents and Young Adults
29. Management of Chronic severe asthma
30. Biological for Asthma in adolescents & Young adults
31. Allergen immunotherapy
32. Management guidelines for asthma in young adults