Overview
Focus specifically on asthma in older adult population
Includes novel information regarding the impact of exposures and asthma phenotypes in this population
Written by a variety of experts who have done research in this field and have extensive experience treating older adults with asthma
Includes information on case management that will assist allied health providers (nurses, social workers, case managers)
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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
This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is a unique resource, providing an up-to-date review of medication strategies, how asthma phenotypes and treatment decisions interact, and how controlling asthma triggers impacts long-term asthma outcomes in older patients. Additionally, the book incorporates recent advances in alternative therapies that improve the patient’s quality of life.
Opening discussions address the unique challenges of the differential diagnosis of asthma in older adults, as well as an examination of the significant medical comorbidities that co-exist with asthma. Subsequent chapters provide strategies to optimizing asthma management in this specific population, including information on case management that will assist allied health providers. Finally, the book closes with an analysis of several novel targets for therapy to treat severe asthma including biologics, macrolides and bronchial thermoplasty.
Written by experts in the field, Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is an indispensable resource for allergists, pulmonologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and all other allied clinicians.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Immunology, Allergy, & Rheumatology
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267
USA
Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60612
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide
Editors: Tolly E. G. Epstein, Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20554-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20553-9Published: 30 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-20554-6Published: 19 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 158
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Allergology, Geriatrics/Gerontology