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100			_aBailey, Kristina L. _eauthor
245		0	_aMedical clinics of North America : _bKristina L. Bailey [and twenty-one others]. _cKristina L. Bailey
260			_aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania : _bSaunders, _cc2012
300			_axii, pages 671-880 : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
365			_bPHP5220
490			_vVolume 96 : Number 4
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChronic 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
520			_aOverview: 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
650			_aLUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE
700			_aCampos, Michael;Celedon, Juan C.;Cordova, Francis C.;Divo, Miguel;Foreman, Marilyn G.;Han, Meilan K.;Hurst, John R.;Rennard, Stephen I. ;Celli, Bartolome R. _eco-author;co-author;co-author;co-author;co-author;co-author;guest editor;guest editor
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