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Personalizing Asthma Management for the Clinician
Stay up to date with rapid developments in asthma management – quickly and easily
Stanley J. Szefler (Edited by), Fernando Holguin (Edited by), Michael E Wechsler (Edited by)
9780323485524, Elsevier Health Sciences
Hardback, published 8 December 2017
250 pages, 80 illustrations (80 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.68 kg
"Although no particular audience is indicated, the book is useful for practicing pulmonologists, allergy and asthma specialists, and public health experts who are interested in population control of asthma. Overall, this book presents several chapters on emerging concepts in asthma management including population management of asthma, personalized treatment of asthma, and the frontlines of research in the field." Reviewed by Santosh Dhungana, MD (Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine)
Personalized medicine is a rapidly emerging area in health care, and asthma management lends itself particularly well to this new development. This practical resource by Dr. Stanley J. Szefler helps you navigate the many asthma medication options available to your patients, as well as providing insights into those which may be introduced within the next several years.
1. A Population Management Model: Lessons from a Comprehensive Health Care System 2. Population Health Management: A Systematic Approach to Asthma Care in a Pediatric Network of Care 3. Management of Severe Asthma in Adults: New Insights 4. Management of Severe Asthma in Children: Management and Prevention 5. Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Biomarker for Asthma Management 6. Blood and Sputum Eosinophils as a Biomarker for Selecting and Adjusting Asthma Medications 7. Regulatory Aspects of Validating Biomarkers for Predicting Medication Response 8. Discovery and Validation of New Biomarkers for Personalizing Asthma Therapy 9. Predicting and Preventing Asthma Exacerbations 10. Environmental Assessment and Control 11. Phenotype and Genotype as Determinansts of Asthma Treatment Strategies 12. Immunomodulator Therapy: Pathway to Prevention 13. Medication Adherence and Altering Patient Behavior 14. School-Centered Asthma Programs 15. Systems Biology Approach to Asthma Management 16. Microbiome and Potential Impact on Medication Response 17. Preventing the Development of Asthma: Early Intervention Strategies in Children 18. Identifying and Preventing the Progression of Asthma to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 19. Imaging Procedures and Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma Assessment and Intervention 20. Future Directions in Asthma Management - Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Subject Areas: Immunology [MJCM]
