Overview
- Considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) not as a simple inflammation of the lung but as a systemic inflammatory disease
- Illustrates some comorbidities and associations with other respiratory diseases to provide numerous improved and more comprehensive treatment methods, including drug therapies as well as some non-drug therapies
- Presents studies on the pathogenesis and genetic abnormalities as well as newly discovered pathogenetic mechanisms that are expected to be studied further in the future
- Each chapter addresses key issues under discussion and provides perspective on future developments in the field
Part of the book series: Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements (RDSDTDM)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Definition and Epidemiology
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Genetic Predisposition and Pathogenic Mechanisms
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Management and Treatment
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About this book
Edited and written by pioneering researchers, each chapter summarizes the latest trends, describes future prospects and explores the unresolved and critical questions. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Systemic Inflammatory Disease is a valuable resource to beginning researchers, physicians engaged in clinical practice, supervisors, and basic researchers whose work includes COPD.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center
Ibaraki, Japan
Kazutetsu Aoshiba
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center
Ibaraki, Japan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Book Subtitle: A Systemic Inflammatory Disease
Editors: Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kazutetsu Aoshiba
Series Title: Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0839-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0838-2Published: 11 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9266-4Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0839-9Published: 31 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2509-5552
Series E-ISSN: 2509-5560
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 352
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System