Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease

Name: Supportive Care in Respiratory Disease
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ISBN: 9780192631411

ISBN-10: 0192631411

ISBN-13: 9780192631411

Edition: 2004

Authors: Sam H. Ahmedzai, Martin F. Muers

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Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary disease, progressive neuromuscular disorders and degenerative disorders all give rise to varying degrees of respiratory distress which adversely affects the patient's quality of life. In recent years, there has been significant growth into the palliation of respiratory symptoms leading to practical ways of giving relief in hospices, hospitals and at home. The book includes non-malignant respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis in AIDS patients, cystic fibrosis and ventilator-dependent patients, and focuses on aetiology and…

Book details

List price: $210.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 568
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 1.39" tall
Weight: 2.420
Language: English




Supportive Care



The nature of palliation and its contribution to supportive care




Anatomy and physiology




Quality of life - models and measures of quality of life




Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases




Economics applied to respiratory supportive care




Mechanisms and assessment of dyspnoea



Mechanisms of dyspnoea




Assessment of dyspnoea in research




Assessment of dyspnoea in clinical practice and audit




Management of dyspnoea



Drug therapies




Oxygen and airflow




Rehabilitation and exercise




Dyspnoea and respiratory muscle training




Psychosocial therapies




Nutrition and cachexia




Occupational therapy and environmental modifications




Dyspnoea in special situations



Upper airflow obstruction




Diffuse airflow obstruction and 'restrictive' lung disease




Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases




Dyspnoea in motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)




Hyperventilation and disproportionate breathlessness




Cough and haemoptysis



Physiology and pathophysiology of cough




Special situations: chronic cough with a 'normal' chest radiograph




Massive haemoptysis: causes, assessment, and management




The therapy of expectoration




The management of cystic fibrosis




Pain



Mechanisms of pain associated with respiratory disease




Pain in association with respiratory conditions: assessment in research and clinical practice




Treating severe pain in advanced lung disease




Pain in association with respiratory disease management: neurolytic procedures




Specific diseases



Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease




Comprehensive supportive care in HIV pulmonary disease




Chronic infections: pulmonary tuberculosis