Overview
- Editors:
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Pablo Bertrand
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ignacio Sánchez
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
A comprehensive reference work on pediatric pulmonology
Contains 74 chapters, divided into five sections (Physiology, Clinics, Syndromes, Diseases and Therapy)
Contains algorithms to assist in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric respiratory disorders
Written by experts in different fields of pediatric pulmonology from the Americas and Europe
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Table of contents (74 chapters)
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- Carlos Ubilla Pérez, María Angélica Palomino Montenegro, José Antonio Castro-Rodríguez
Pages 623-632
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- Fernando Iñiguez Osmer, Viviana Aguirre Camposano
Pages 633-642
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- Luis Enrique Vega-Briceño, Ignacio Sánchez
Pages 643-648
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- Homero Puppo Gallardo, Gonzalo Hidalgo Soler
Pages 649-659
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- Rodrigo Torres Castro, Homero Puppo Gallardo, Daniel Zenteno Araos
Pages 661-668
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- Mireya Méndez Raggi, Claudia Astudillo Maggio
Pages 669-674
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- Alejandra Zamorano Wittwer, Claudia Astudillo Maggio
Pages 675-681
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- Claudia Astudillo Maggio, Patricio Barañao Garcés, Mireya Méndez Raggi
Pages 697-704
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- Francisco Prado Atlagic, Pamela Salinas Flores, Gerardo Ferrero
Pages 705-713
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- Bernardita Chateau Infante, Constanza Beltrán Morales
Pages 715-723
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- Patricio Varela Balbontín
Pages 725-736
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- Mauricio Campos Daziano, José Vuletin Solís, Juan Carlos Pattillo Silva
Pages 737-748
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- Javier Kattan Said, Álvaro González Morandé, Andrés Castillo Moya
Pages 749-759
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Back Matter
Pages 777-807
About this book
This is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook on pediatric pulmonology. Edited by Pablo Bertrand and Ignacio Sánchez, renowned academics and pediatricians from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, it encompasses five sections and 74 chapters, presenting and discussing the most important topics related to pediatric respiratory diseases. Written and presented in a simple and didactic format, it intends to ease learning and settlement of doubts in pediatric respiratory diseases. The reader is naturally introduced into the physiology, diagnosis, syndromes, diseases and the treatment associated with the respiratory pathologies affecting children. The chapters include algorithms for the treatment of various syndromes and updated treatment proposals grounded in evidence-based medicine for more than 50 pulmonary diseases. Pediatric Respiratory Diseases – A Comprehensive Textbook is an essential reference for the proper clinical approach to respiratory diseases in children. It is intended for all interns, residents and fellows with interest in pediatric pulmonary medicine, as well as practicing physicians, general practitioners, pediatricians and pulmonologists who face pediatric respiratory disorders in daily clinical practice.
About the editors
Pablo Bertrand graduated as a Physician in 1992 and as a Pediatrician in 1994 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship in University of Miami (USA) in 2000. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Unit and Director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship. He has done research in RSV bronchiolitis and cytokine production, as well as asthma. He was President of the Chilean Pediatric Pulmonology Society 2006-2009 and has organized several courses and congresses in Chile.
Ignacio Sanchez graduated as a Physician in 1986 and as a Pediatrician in 1989 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship at the University of Manitoba (Canada) in 1991. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Department, Director of the School of Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and in 2010 was appointed President of the University. He has done research in respiratory sounds and bronchiolitis.