Bronchial Asthma A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment
Bronchial Asthma: A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment, Sixth Edition, is a fully updated version of a widely respected classic on the diagnosis and management of asthma. Discussing the disorder in all relevant patient groups, including
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Bronchial Asthma A Guide for Practical Understanding and Treatment
Sixth Edition
Edited by
M. Eric Gershwin MD, MACP Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Internal Medicine University of California at Davis Davis, CA, USA
Timothy E. Albertson MD, MPH, PhD Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine University of California at Davis Sacramento, CA, USA and VA Northern California Health Care System Mather, CA, USA
Editors: M. Eric Gershwin MD, MACP The Jack and Donald Chia Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology University of California at Davis Davis, CA 95616, USA [email protected]
Timothy E. Albertson MD, MPH, PhD Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine University of California at Davis Sacramento, CA, USA VA Northern California Health Care System Mather, CA, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6835-7 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6836-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6836-4 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011934484 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedication They asked if the sneezles Came after the wheezles, Or if the first sneezle came first.1 This text is dedicated towards helping the many millions of people that suffer from asthma and the hope that this book will eventually become an anachronism.
From “Sneezles,” by A.A. Milne, in Now We are Six. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., 1927.
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Preface It has been nearly 35 years since the first edition of Bronchial Asthma: A Guide for Practical Treatment was published. At that time, virtually every patient with asthma was diagnosed and treated by a specialist. The dramatic changes in health care have necessitated that most evalu
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