Full Description
Asthma is a condition which affects many infants and older children and which can be debilitating in its severity. The editors of Textbook of Pediatric Asthma have assembled a team of experts from around the world to discuss the various aspects of the disease. A section on normal lung development precedes chapters concentrating on asthma in different age groups. Various causes of asthma, such as exercise, indoor and outdoor allergens and food hypersensitivity are discussed. The psychological and socioeconomic impact of the disease on this vulnerable age group is covered, and various methods of treatment are also fully discussed.
Contents
1. Lung Development and Function 2. Basic Mechanisms - Lung Injury and Airway Remodeling 3. Epidemiology and Natural History 4. Risk Factors for Asthma Morbidity and Mortality 5. Relationship of Viral and Bacterial Infections to the Development and Course of Asthma 6. Chronic Cough and/or Wheezing in Children Under Five - Diagnostic Approaches 7. Approaches to the Management of Chronic Asthma in Children Aged Between Five and Eighteen 8. Acute Asthma in Children and Adolescents 9. Exercise-Induced Asthma 10. Upper Airways and Reactive Airway Disease and Asthma 11. Inhalation Devices and Techniques 12. Genetics of Asthma 13. Outcome Measurements of Asthma: Socioeconomic Impact 14. Early Prediction and Prevention of Asthma 15. Presentation, Differential Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Developing Countries Injury and Airway Remodeling 3. Epidemiology and Natural History 4. Risk Factors for Asthma Morbidity and Mortality 5. Relationship of Viral and Bacterial Infections to the Development and Course of Asthma 6. Chronic Cough and/or Wheezing in Children Under Five - Diagnostic Approaches 7. Approaches to the Management of Chronic Asthma in ChildrenAged Between Five and Eighteen 8. Acute Asthma in Children and Adolescents
