Overview
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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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Front Matter
Pages i-xxviii
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- Fernando Iñiguez Osmer, Ignacio Sánchez
Pages 5-15
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- Pablo Bertrand, Ignacio Sánchez
Pages 17-27
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- Mara Cvejic, Christian Guilleminault
Pages 37-46
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- Arturo Borzutzky Schachter, Pamela Morales Matamala
Pages 47-53
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- Andrew Bush, Luis Enrique Vega-Briceño
Pages 55-71
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- Alejandro Teper, Carlos Kofman, Alejandro Colom
Pages 73-83
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- Marcela Linares Paserini, Solange Caussade Larraín
Pages 85-96
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- Cristián García Bruce, Rodrigo Parra Rojas
Pages 107-126
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- Christian Poets, Pablo Brockmann Veloso
Pages 127-133
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- Óscar Sans Capdevila, David Gozal
Pages 135-144
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- Pablo Bertrand, Nils Linus Holmgren Palmen, Francisco Prado Atlagic
Pages 151-160
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- Harlan Muntz, Constanza Beltrán Morales
Pages 161-167
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- Juan Andrés Carrasco Orellana, Andrés Castillo Moya
Pages 169-176
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- Katalina Bertrán Salinas, Ricardo Saranz, Alejandro Lozano, José Antonio Castro-Rodríguez
Pages 177-186
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- Pablo Bertrand, Ana Moya Olivares
Pages 187-191
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.
