Bailey, Kristina L. <br/><br/>
Medical clinics of North America :  Kristina L. Bailey [and twenty-one others]. 
Kristina L. Bailey 
 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :  Saunders,  c2012 
 - xii, pages 671-880 :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 -  Volume 96 : Number 4 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a worldwide problem / Joan B Soriano and Bernd Lamprecht -- Pathobiologic mechanisms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Anthony Tam and Don D Sin -- Genes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Marilyn G Foreman, Michael Campos, and Juan C Celedon -- Contribution of the environment and comorbidities to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes / Carlos H Martinez and MeiLan K Han -- Role and potential of imaging in COPD / George R Washko -- Importance of the assessment of pulmonary function in COPD / Kristina L Bailey -- Role of exercise in testing and in therapy of COPD / Miguel Divo and Victor Pinto-Plata -- Defining patient-reported outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the patient-centered experience / Jonathan P Singer and Roger D Yusen -- COPD exacerbations: causes, prevention, and treatment / Alex J Mackay and John R Hurst -- Integrated approach to the medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Sharon R Rosenberg and Ravi Kalhan -- Medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant / Francis C Cordova -- Smoking cessation and environmental hygiene / Cheryl Pirozzi and Mary Beth Scholand -- Index 
<br/><br/> Overview: This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on COPD. The following topics are covered: pathobiological mechanisms; genes and the disease (alpha-l-antitrypsin); the environment, phenotype, and comorbidity; the role and potential of imaging; pulmonary function and its importance; exercise in testing and therapy; patients' perception and quality of life; exacerbations, causes, prevention, and treatment; an integrated approach to the medical treatment; medical pneumoplasty, surgical resection, or lung transplant; and smoking cessation and environmental hygiene 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781455738908 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC 776.O3 .M43 2012 6