Bronchial Asthma

Part I. Definitions and Host Responses to Bronchospasm. Pathogenesis of Asthma: Genetics and Epidemiology, Russell J. Hopp and Robert G. Townley. Pathogenesis of Asthma: Mediators and Mechanisms, Maurice E. Hamilton and M. Eric Gershwin. Part II. Patient Management. Clinical and Allergic Evaluation of the Patient with Bronchial Asthma, Stephen M. Nagy. The Role of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory in Patients with Bronchial Asthma, Richard E. Kanner and Theodore G. Liou. The Differential Diagnosis of Asthma in Childhood, Gary A. Incaudo. Differential Diagnosis of Asthma in Adults: Asthma, Occult Asthma, and Pseudoasthma, Glen A. Lillington and John L. Faul. Treatment of Asthma in Children, Christopher Chang. Treatment of Asthma in Adults, Samuel Louie, Ken Y. Yoneda, and Nicholas J. Kenyon. Pregnancy, Lactation, and Asthma, Arif M. Seyal. Alternative Therapies in Asthma, Irwin Ziment. Part III. Special Clinical Problems. Asthma, Infection, and the Environment, Laurel J. Gershwin. Exercise Induced Asthma: Sports and Athletes, Rahmat Afrasiabi. Foods, Additives, and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Asthma, Suzanne S. Teuber. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Harold S. Novey. Occupational Asthma, Marc B. Schenker and Stanley Naguwa. Anesthesia for Asthmatic Patients, Leland H. Hanowell and Dennis L. Fung. Recreational Drug Abuse and Asthma, Nicholas J. Kenyon and Timothy E. Albertson. Part IV. Living with Asthma. Self-Management Programs for the Patient with Asthma: Empowering the Patient to Make Decisions that will Improve Outcomes, Joann Blessing-Moore. Psychological Considerations in Asthma: Implications for Treatment, Ed Klingelhofer. Asthma and the Law, Charles Bond. Index.