ABSTRACT

This reference presents a comprehensive review of the most recent strategies used to assess, treat, and manage patients in each phase of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-offering the latest diagnostic modalities to identify and distinguish components of COPD in earlier, more reversible stages.

Contains perspectives from the World

chapter 4|16 pages

Basic Spirometry in COPD Marc Zelter

chapter 16|30 pages

Steroids in Stable COPD

chapter 24|34 pages

Anxiety and Depression in COPD

chapter 39|22 pages

Lung Transplantation and COPD

chapter 40|22 pages

New Treatments for COPD