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| Preface | |
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| You and COPD: An Introduction | |
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| What Is COPD? | |
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| How to Use This Guide | |
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| The Downward Spiral | |
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| Minimizing the Limitations | |
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| Some COPD Facts | |
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| How Serious Is COPD? | |
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| Questionnaire | |
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| The Respiratory System: What It Is, How It Works, and What Goes Wrong in COPD | |
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| Our Breathing Machinery | |
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| What Controls Your Respiratory Muscles? | |
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| Microscopic Anatomy: The Acinus and Emphysema | |
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| Physical Properties of the Respiratory System | |
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| Breathing Is Work, Especially in COPD | |
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| What Controls the Airway Opening? | |
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| Gas Exchange | |
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| COPD: The Damage, the Symptoms, the Progression | |
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| The Evils of Tobacco | |
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| Emphysema | |
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| Chronic Bronchitis | |
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| COPD's Natural History | |
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| Modifying This Natural History | |
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| Inherited Emphysema: Alpha[subscript 1]-Antitrypsin Deficiency | |
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| The Dynamics of Disease | |
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| Screening | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Prognosis | |
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| Resources | |
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| Seeking Help | |
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| Finding the Right Doctor | |
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| Who Is Responsible for What? | |
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| How Do I know I Have COPD? | |
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| History Taking | |
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| The Physical Examination | |
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| Laboratory Studies | |
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| The Formal Diagnosis | |
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| COPD and... | |
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| Cardiovascular Disease | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Surgery | |
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| Stop Smoking! | |
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| The Cigarette Cycle: The Path to Addiction | |
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| Giving Up Cigarettes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| One Ex-smoker's Story | |
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| Another Ex-smoker's Story | |
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| Bronchodilators | |
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| History of Medication for Respiratory Diseases | |
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| Modern Medication | |
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| Drugs That Stimulate Beta-Receptors | |
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| Anticholinergic Drugs | |
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| Use and Care of Metered-Dose Inhalers | |
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| Theophylline | |
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| The Rest of the COPD Drugs | |
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| Corticosteroids | |
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| Antibiotics and Airway Infections | |
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| Antiviral Drugs and Airway Infections | |
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| Anticough Medication | |
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| Coping with Mucus | |
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| Experimental Emphysema Treatment | |
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| Stress and Anxiety Requiring Medication | |
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| Complementary Therapies for COPD: Old Treatments Have New Life | |
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| The Plant Advantage | |
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| Herbal Formulations | |
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| Coping with Mucus | |
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| Preventing Infection | |
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| Coping with Cough | |
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| Vitamins and Minerals for COPD | |
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| Miscellaneous Supplements | |
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| Anxiety | |
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| Depression | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Resources | |
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| Oxygen Therapy | |
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| Understanding Oxygen | |
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| Modern Use | |
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| Using Oxygen at Home | |
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| Oxygen Equipment for Home Use | |
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| Physical Therapies for COPD | |
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| Goal Setting | |
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| Relaxation Techniques | |
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| Breathing Exercises | |
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| Postural Drainage | |
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| Relearning to Cough | |
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| Respiratory Muscle Strengthening | |
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| Physical Fitness | |
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| One Exerciser's Experience | |
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| Medicare Coverage | |
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| Conquering the Emotional and Psychological Consequences of COPD | |
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| What Can You Do? | |
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| Neuropsychological Changes in COPD | |
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| Emotional Effects | |
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| Emotional Recovery | |
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| Group or Individual Psychotherapy | |
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| Daily Living | |
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| Minimizing Airway Infections | |
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| Environment | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| Energy-Saving Strategies | |
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| How One Patient Manages | |
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| Improving Your Sleep | |
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| Work and Play | |
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| Restoring Your Ability to Work for a Living | |
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| The Initial Decision | |
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| What Am I Going to Be? | |
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| Putting It into Action | |
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| Impairment vs. Disability | |
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| Recreation | |
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| COPD and Sex | |
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| COPD Often Produces Sexual Problems | |
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| How Do I Start? | |
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| Sex Is More Than Intercourse | |
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| Important Things to Know | |
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| Extending Your Limits | |
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| Summary | |
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| COPD and Successful Travel | |
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| Your Medical Needs Away from Home | |
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| Where to Go; When to Travel | |
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| Final Words | |
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| Surgical Options | |
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| Lung Transplantation | |
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| The Ideal Candidate | |
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| Transplant Procedure | |
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| Lung Volume Reduction Surgery | |
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| In Their Own Words... | |
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| The Final Phase | |
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| When Will That Point Be? | |
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| Final Stage Care Is Moving from Hospital to Home | |
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| When Death Is Finally Imminent | |
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| Euthanasia | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Reflections: Taking the Measure | |
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| Medical Optimism | |
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| Economic Pressures Call the Shots in Health Care | |
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| How Can We Help Ourselves? | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Additional Sources of Information | |
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| Further Readings | |
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| Drug Information | |
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| Medical Dictionary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |