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Comprehensive Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease has been written to help physicians and health professionals improve their skills in managing COPD patients. It has only been recently recognised that it is a team that best carries out the medical management of COPD patients, and that the team's most important member is the patient.In addition to presenting highly pertinent scientific information, Comprehensive Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease incorporates sound principles of management; interdisciplinary perspective, team work and methodology for imparting medical and pharmaceutical knowledge to patients, as well as new skills to help patients retain or regain a higher status of physical fitness, emotional and psychological health.Each chapter has been written by a multidisciplinary team composed of experts from the front lines of patient care provision and coordination. Chapters are organized into sections: Chapter Outline; Objective and What Physicians and Healthcare Professionals Can Expect to Learn; Introduction; Chapter Main Content; When to Refer; In Summary; Case Study; Key Points to Remember; Suggested Readings and References.Comprehensive Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease combines features of a medical text - symptoms, signs, drugs and doses - with practical details concerning smoking cessation, inhalation therapy, and rehabilitation through exercise. Topics such as psychosocial, spiritual and sexual function are examined and patient involvement in the care process is emphasized.

Table of Contents:
1. Optimizing Medical Care Delivery of COPD 2. Assessment of COPD 3. Risk Factors in COPD 4. Managing Tobacco Use and Addiction 5. Pharmacologic Management of COPD 6. Inhalation Devices 7. Home Oxygen Therapy 8. Managing Acute Exacerbation 9. Controlling Breathlessness and Cough in COPD 10. Energy Conservation and Fatigue 11.Exercise Training in Patients with COPD 12.Psychosocial Components: Controlling Anxiety and Stress 13.Nutrition 14.Sleep and COPD 15.Sexuality 16.Leisure, Recreation Activities and Travel 17.Patient Education 18.Advanced Terminal COPD 19.Program Evaluation and Outcome Measurement

About the Author :
Jean Bourbeau MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Diane Nault RN, MSc Head Nurse, Ambulatory Services McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec Elizabeth Borycki RN, HBScN, GNC(c) Clinical Informatics Specialist, Informatics Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781550091748
  • Publisher: B.C. Decker Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: B.C. Decker Inc
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1550091743
  • Publisher Date: 16 Apr 2002
  • Binding: SA
  • No of Pages: 372


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