Overview
- Editors:
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Pablo Bertrand
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ignacio Sánchez
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- A comprehensive reference work on pediatric pulmonology
- Contains 74 chapters, divided into five sections (Physiology, Clinics, Syndromes, Diseases and Therapy)
- Contains algorithms to assist in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric respiratory disorders
- Written by experts in different fields of pediatric pulmonology from the Americas and Europe
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This is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook on pediatric pulmonology. Edited by Pablo Bertrand and Ignacio Sánchez, renowned academics and pediatricians from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, it encompasses five sections and 74 chapters, presenting and discussing the most important topics related to pediatric respiratory diseases. Written and presented in a simple and didactic format, it intends to ease learning and settlement of doubts in pediatric respiratory diseases. The reader is naturally introduced into the physiology, diagnosis, syndromes, diseases and the treatment associated with the respiratory pathologies affecting children. The chapters include algorithms for the treatment of various syndromes and updated treatment proposals grounded in evidence-based medicine for more than 50 pulmonary diseases. Pediatric Respiratory Diseases – A Comprehensive Textbook is an essential reference for the proper clinical approach to respiratory diseasesin children. It is intended for all interns, residents and fellows with interest in pediatric pulmonary medicine, as well as practicing physicians, general practitioners, pediatricians and pulmonologists who face pediatric respiratory disorders in daily clinical practice.
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Table of contents (74 chapters)
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- José Antonio Castro-Rodríguez
Pages 401-406
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- Pablo Bertrand, Andrea Beckhaus Faccin
Pages 415-428
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- Nils Linus Holmgren Palmen, Ximena Fonseca Arrieta, Sergio González Bombardiere
Pages 429-438
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- Claudio Castaños, Lilien Chertkoff, Luis Gravina
Pages 439-451
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- Felix Ratjen, María Ester Pizarro Gamboa
Pages 453-466
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- Claudio Castaños, Verónica Aguerre, Verónica Giubergia
Pages 467-473
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- Alejandro Colom, Gilberto Fischer, Alejandro Teper
Pages 475-483
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- Asher Tal, Pablo Brockmann Veloso, Aviv Goldbart
Pages 485-494
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- María Angélica Oyarzún, Pablo Brockmann Veloso
Pages 495-500
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- Eduardo Talesnik Guendelman, Cecilia Méndez Rivera
Pages 501-516
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- Anamaría Peña Donati, Marcelo Laufer
Pages 517-528
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- Ofelia Álvarez, María Angélica Wietstruck
Pages 529-541
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- Ilse Contreras Estay, Luis Enrique Vega-Briceño, Ignacio Sánchez
Pages 543-550
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- Juan Carlos Pattillo Silva, Sergio Zúñiga Rocha, José Vuletin Solís
Pages 551-559
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- María Francisca Jaime Méndez, José San Martín Prieto, Juan Cristóbal Gana Ansaldo
Pages 561-569
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- Claudia Fuentes Sáez, Raúl Bustos Betanzo
Pages 571-578
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- Lidia Amarales Osorio, María José Prieto Correa, Gabriela Muñoz Gómez
Pages 591-603
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About the editors
Pablo Bertrand graduated as a Physician in 1992 and as a Pediatrician in 1994 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship in University of Miami (USA) in 2000. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Unit and Director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship. He has done research in RSV bronchiolitis and cytokine production, as well as asthma. He was President of the Chilean Pediatric Pulmonology Society 2006-2009 and has organized several courses and congresses in Chile.
Ignacio Sanchez graduated as a Physician in 1986 and as a Pediatrician in 1989 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship at the University of Manitoba (Canada) in 1991. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Department, Director of theSchool of Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and in 2010 was appointed President of the University. He has done research in respiratory sounds and bronchiolitis.