Pharmacotherapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Bartolome R. Celli
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Marcel Dekker,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 354 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Lung biology in health and disease ;
ISSN of Series
v. 182
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Providing evidence of therapeutic benefit in clinical drug development / Steven Kesten and Theodore J. Witek -- 2. Use of expiratory airflows and lung volumes to assess outcomes in COPD / Gary T. Ferguson -- Exercise testing / Denis E. O'Donnell and Katherine A. Webb -- 4. Sleep-related breathing disturbances in COPD / Walter T. McNicholas -- 5. Airway and alveolar determinants of airflow limitation in COPD / Noe Zamel -- 6. Gas exchange / Antoni Ferrer, Joan Albert Barberá, and Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin -- 7. Genetics of COPD / Jian-Quing He, Ikuma Kasuga, and Peter D. Paré -- 8. Dyspnea / Donald A. Mahler -- 9. Exacerbations of COPD / Jadwiga A. Wedzicha -- 10. Health status measurement in COPD / Paul W. Jones -- 11. Health resource utilization / Mitchell Friedman -- 12. Anticholinergics / Peter J. Barnes -- 13. β-adrenergic receptor agonist bronchodilators in the treatment of COPD / Stephen I. Rennard -- 14. Theophylline and phosphodiesterase inhibitors in COPD / Alicia R. ZuWallack and Richard L. ZuWallack -- 15. Corticosteroids in COPD / Mario Cazzola, Maria Gabriella Matera, and Romain Pauwels -- 16. Antioxidants and protease inhibitors / Mario Cazzola and Maria Gabriella Matera -- 17. An integrated approach to the pharmacological therapy of COPD / Bartolome R. Celli