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Title Obesity and lung disease : a guide to management / Anne E. Dixon, Emmanuelle M. Clerisme-Beaty, editors
Published New York : Humana Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Respiratory medicine ; 19
Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.) ; 19.
Contents Effects of Obesity on Lung Function / Cheryl M. Salome, Gregory G. King and Norbert Berend -- Effects of Obesity on Airway Responsiveness / Stephanie A. Shore -- The Effects of Obesity on Immune Function and Pulmonary Host Defense / Peter Mancuso -- Pathogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Obesity / Jason Paul Kirkness and Susheel P. Patil -- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / Stephen W. Littleton and Babak Mokhlesi -- Effect of Obesity on the Development and Clinical Presentation of Asthma / Akshay Sood and Anne E. Dixon -- Treatment of the Obese Patient with Asthma / E. Rand Sutherland -- Obesity and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Frits M.E. Franssen and Emiel F.M. Wouters -- Obesity, the Metabolic Syndrome, and Pulmonary Hypertension / Anna Ryan Hemnes and Ivan M. Robbins -- Obesity and Acute Lung Injury / Renee D. Stapleton and Benjamin T. Suratt -- Mechanical Ventilation of Patients with Severe Obesity / Mikhail Litinski, Robert L. Owens and Atul Malhotra -- Obesity and Lung Health in Children / Jason E. Lang
Summary As a result of the rapidly growing rate of obesity worldwide, clinicians are struggling to provide the best strategies for treating obese patients with concomitant pulmonary conditions. Obesity does not simply change the epidemiology of pulmonary disease; obesity has a profound impact on the pathophysiology of common pulmonary diseases. Obesity affects the severity of asthma, response to treatment, and is likely a major modifier of the phenotype of asthma. Obesity also appears to affect response to pathogens, and as such has a major influence on response to pneumonia, and has a significant impact on outcomes pertaining to acute lung injury in the intensive care unit. Obesity and Lung Disease: A Guide to Management is the first text in the field to cover the full range of issues related to managing obese patients with pulmonary problems. All the relevant conditions, in the context of obesity, are covered, including airway inflammation, sleep apnea, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, obesity hypoventilation, as well as others. Written by an international group of experts, this important new volume is an invaluable resource for all clinicians and scientists concerned with the challenging problems surrounding obesity and lung diseases
Analysis Medicine
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Emergency medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Primary Care Medicine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Lungs -- Diseases.
Obesity.
Lung Diseases -- therapy
Lung Diseases -- etiology
Obesity -- complications
Lung Diseases
Obesity
MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
Médecine.
Lungs -- Diseases
Obesity
Form Electronic book
Author Dixon, Anne E.
Clerisme-Beaty, Emmanuelle M.
ISBN 9781627030533
1627030530
1627030522
9781627030526