ABC of Copd 2E

Graeme P. Currie is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Contributors vii Foreword viii Peter J. Barnes 1 Definition Epidemiology and Risk Factors 1 Graham S. Devereux 2 Pathology and Pathogenesis 6 William MacNee 3 Diagnosis 12 Graeme P. Currie and Mahendran Chetty 4 Spirometry 17 David Bellamy 5 Smoking Cessation 22 John Britton 6 Non-pharmacological Management 26 Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas 7 Pharmacological Management (I) - Inhaled Treatment 32 Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth 8 Pharmacological Management (II) - Oral Treatment 38 Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth 9 Inhalers 43 Graeme P. Currie and Graham Douglas 10 Oxygen 49 Graham Douglas and Graeme P. Currie 11 Exacerbations 53 Graeme P. Currie and Jadwiga A. Wedzicha 12 Non-invasive Ventilation 59 Paul K. Plant and Graeme P. Currie 13 Primary Care 64 Cathy Jackson 14 Death Dying and End-of-Life Issues 68 Gordon Linklater 15 Future Treatments 72 Peter J. Barnes Index 77