Overview
- Discusses bronchial asthma from a clinical perspective
- Explores the studies on the phenotypes and endotypes of asthmatic patients
- Highlights the importance of ILC 2 in eosinophilic asthma
- Appeals to beginning learners as well as physicians in clinical practice and scholars engaging in basic research
Part of the book series: Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements (RDSDTDM)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Treatment
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book provides discussions on bronchial asthma from a clinical perspective, focusing on the recent studies on its pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. It also explores the lastest findings regarding the phenotypes and endotypes of asthmatic patients, making it of particular interest to those involved with non-eosinophilic asthma and eosinophilic asthma. Further, it discusses the importance of ILC 2 in eosinophilic asthma, and the accumulated results from the forced oscilliation technique and periostin that are actively practiced in Japan. As some aspects of diagnosis and treatment are different in Western and Asian countries, it is important that the data is disseminated around the globe.
The clinical questions addressed by the authors are critical and thought provoking, while the questions raised by the editors are instructive, informative and provide new perspectives on unresolved issues. This book appeals to wide readership from beginning learners to physicians in clinical practice and scholars engaging in basic research.
Reviews
“The audience is practicing pulmonologists and researchers in the field of asthma. … Several color diagrams illustrate the pathophysiology of the disease and tables summarize the latest data on the management of the disease, both of which increase the pedagogic value of the book. The book deals with several emerging topics like forced oscillometry and serum periostin use in the diagnosis of asthma.” (Santosh Dhungana, Doody's Book Reviews, May 03, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Akihito Yokoyama, Department of Hematology and Respiratory Medicine, Kochi University School of Medicine, Kochi, Japan
Series Editors
Hiroyuki Nakamura, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Kazutetsu Aoshiba, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Asthma
Book Subtitle: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Editors: Akihito Yokoyama
Series Title: Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2790-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2789-6Published: 28 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2790-2Published: 18 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2509-5552
Series E-ISSN: 2509-5560
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 189
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Physiotherapy, Primary Care Medicine