Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Airway Disease (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Chung, Kian Fan; Barnes, Peter J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written as a concise clinical reference guide covering the current and future airway disease treatments, this text encompasses: pathophysiology of respiratory tract diseasesthe methods of measuring airway and clinical responsesthe concepts upon which many treatments are used in COPD and asthma conditionsthe way in which these treatments work,

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420070019
• Artikelnr.: 42051526

Autorenporträt

Kian Fan Chung, Peter J. Barnes

Inhaltsangabe

Preface/Introduction. Part 1: Principles and practice. Principles of
pharmacology and therapeutics. Clinical trials in airways disease.
Assessment of responses of the airways to therapeutic agents.
Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics of airways disease. Delivery of drugs
to the airways and lungs. Part 2: Drugs in respiratory diseases.
Corticosteroids in airways disease. Bronchodilator therapy in airways
disease. Anti-mediator therapy. Cytokines and anti-cytokines. Anti-allergic
approaches in airways disease. New anti-inflammatory approaches to therapy
of airways disease. Part 3: Therapeutics and treatment approaches. Airway
wall remodelling as a concept for airways disease therapeutics.
Exacerbations of airways disease. Pharmacology and therapeutics of COPD.
Pharmacology and therapeutics of asthma. Pharmacology and therapeutics of
cough.