ABC of Asthma (eBook)

John Rees, Consultant Physician and Professor of Medical Education, Sherman Education Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK Dipak Kanabar, Consultant Paediatrician, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's Hospital, London, UK Shriti Pattani, Medical Director, Corporate Healthcare Ltd., Harrow, Middlesex, UK

Preface vii

Asthma in Adults
John Rees

1 Definition and Pathology 1

2 Prevalence 6

3 Diagnostic Testing and Monitoring 10

4 Clinical Course 17

5 Precipitating Factors 21

6 General Management of Chronic Asthma 29

7 Treatment of Chronic Asthma 32

8 GeneralManagement of Acute Asthma 40

9 Treatment of Acute Asthma 44

10 Methods of Delivering Drugs 50

Asthma in Children
Dipak Kanabar

11 Definition Prevalence and Prevention 54

12 Patterns of Illness and Diagnosis 61

13 Treatment 65

14 Pharmacological Therapies for Asthma 67

15 Acute Severe Asthma 73

General Practice
Shriti Pattani

16 Clinical Aspects of Managing Asthma in Primary Care 76

17 Organisation of Asthma Care in Primary Care 83

Index 89

"It is a good resource and provides scope for wider reading".
(Nursing Children and Young People, 1 April 2011)



"Overall, this book provides a nice, concise review of asthma in
both adults and children. Although there is a significant amount of
repetition within the adult and children sections, the book could
provide an additional resource for healthcare students and
practitioners using British Thoracic Society treatment guidelines."
(Journal of Pharmacy Technology, January 2011)