your essential reference for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care
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Rachel Booker.
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London
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Class Health
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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112 pages ; 22 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: 2005.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction Chapter 1 COPD: Definition and impact Chapter 2 Presentation, diagnosis and disease severity Chapter 3 Stopping smoking Chapter 4 How to manage COPD - drug therapy Chapter 5 Pulmonary rehabilitation Chapter 6 Oxygen therapy Chapter 7 Living with COPD Chapter 8 Exacerbations Chapter 9 Managing the end of life in COPD Chapter 10 Structuring care in general practice Glossary Useful addresses and contacts
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is now the recognised medical term for a group of conditions previously known as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic obstructive airways disease and chronic obstructive lung disease. This text covers all the major topics in these fields.