Overview
- Comprehensive, first-of-its kind title in the field
- Covers full range of issues impacting obese patients with pulmonary conditions
- Important new resource for clinicians and scientists alike
Part of the book series: Respiratory Medicine (RM)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
As a result of the rapidly growing rate of obesity worldwide, clinicians are struggling to provide the best strategies for treating obese patients with concomitant pulmonary conditions. Obesity does not simply change the epidemiology of pulmonary disease; obesity has a profound impact on the pathophysiology of common pulmonary diseases. Obesity affects the severity of asthma, response to treatment, and is likely a major modifier of the phenotype of asthma. Obesity also appears to affect response to pathogens, and as such has a major influence on response to pneumonia, and has a significant impact on outcomes pertaining to acute lung injury in the intensive care unit. Obesity and Lung Disease: A Guide to Management is the first text in the field to cover the full range of issues related to managing obese patients with pulmonary problems. All the relevant conditions, in the context of obesity, are covered, including airway inflammation, sleep apnea, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, obesity hypoventilation, as well as others. Written by an international group of experts, this important new volume is an invaluable resource for all clinicians and scientists concerned with the challenging problems surrounding obesity and lung diseases.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The editors aim to review the impact of obesity on respiratory diseases from both a physiopathological and a clinical point of view. … I have really enjoyed reading this book and … its strength relies on a concise format, an appealing style and clear messages, with graphs and illustrations present in most of the chapters. I highly recommend it to any respiratory physician and … an excellent initial resource for scientists when searching for information on this topic.” (S. Aliberti, European Respiratory Review, Vol. 23 (131), March, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Obesity and Lung Disease
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Management
Editors: Anne E. Dixon, Emmanuelle M. Clerisme-Beaty
Series Title: Respiratory Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-053-3
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-62703-052-6Published: 10 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-62703-938-3Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62703-053-3Published: 13 September 2012
Series ISSN: 2197-7372
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7380
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 250
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care Medicine