Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Kian-Chung Ong

doi:10.5772/1157

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Current Concepts and Practice

Edited by Kian Chung Ong

Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre

A decade or so ago, many clinicians were described as having an unnecessarily 'nihilistic' view of COPD. This has certainly changed over the years... This open access book on COPD provides a platform for scientists and clinicians from around the world to present their knowledge of the disease and up-to-date scientific findings, and avails the reader to a multitude of topics: from recent discoveries in the basic sciences to state-of-the-art interventions on COPD. Management of patients with COPD challenges the whole gamut of Respiratory Medicine - necessarily pushing frontiers in pulmonary function (and exercise) testing, radiologic imaging, pharmaceuticals, chest physiotherapy, intensive care with respiratory therapy, bronchology and thoracic surgery. In addition, multi-disciplinary inputs from other specialty fields such as cardiology, neuro-psychiatry, geriatric medicine and palliative care are often necessary for the comprehensive management of COPD. The recent progress and a multi-disciplinary approach in dealing with COPD certainly bode well for the future. Nonetheless, the final goal and ultimate outcome is in improving the health status and survival of patients with COPD.

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseCurrent Concepts and PracticeEdited by Kian Chung Ong

Published: March 2nd 2012

DOI: 10.5772/1157

ISBN: 978-953-51-0163-5

eBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-953-51-6852-2

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100260 Total Chapter Downloads

7 Crossref Citations

22 Web of Science Citations

35 Dimensions Citations

chapters		Downloads
Open access peer-reviewed 1. Lung and Systemic Inflammation in COPD By Abbas Ali Imani Fooladi, Samaneh Yazdani and Mohammad Reza Nourani		2607
Open access peer-reviewed 2. Homocysteine is Elevated in COPD By Terence Seemungal, Maria Rios and J. A. Wedzicha		1887
Open access peer-reviewed 3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Emphysema Revisited By Nhue L. Do and Beek Y. Chin		1697
Open access peer-reviewed 4. Diverse Activities for Proteinases in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease By Emer Kelly and Caroline A. Owen		1079
Open access peer-reviewed 5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Chaperonopathology By Radostina Cherneva, Daniela Petrova and Ognian Georgiev		1447
Open access peer-reviewed 6. COPD: Differential Diagnosis By Maria Luisa Martinez Ortiz and Josep Morera		2892
Open access peer-reviewed 7. Current Overview of COPD with Special Reference to Emphysema By Shantanu Rastogi, Amisha Jain, Sudeepta Kumar Basu and Deepa Rastogi		1783
Open access peer-reviewed 8. Psychosocial Dimensions of COPD for the Patient and Family By Janice Gullick		6836
Open access peer-reviewed 9. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency – A Genetic Risk Factor for COPD By Tomás P. Carroll, Catherine A. O’Connor, Emer P. Reeves and Noel G. McElvaney		4376
Open access peer-reviewed 10. The Six-Minute Walk Test on the Treadmill By Fryderyk Prochaczek, Jacek S. Brandt, Witold Żmuda, Katarzyna R. Świda, Zbigniew W. Szczurek, Jerzy Gałecka and Agnieszka Winiarska		7638
Open access peer-reviewed 11. COPD Due to Sulfur Mustard (Mustard Lung) By Shahrzad M. Lari, Davood Attaran and Mohammad Towhidi		1430
Open access peer-reviewed 12. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Diabetes Mellitus By Elisabet Martinez-Ceron, Beatriz Barquiel, Luis Felipe Pallardo and Rodolfo Alvarez-Sala		4666
Open access peer-reviewed 13. Evaluation of Dyspnea and Fatigue Among the COPD Patients By Hatice Tel, Zeynep Bilgiç and Zübeyde Zorlu		4896
Open access peer-reviewed 14. Adherence to Therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease By Tamas Agh and Agnes Meszaros		3083
Open access peer-reviewed 15. Management of Acute Exacerbations By Cenk Kirakli		1255
Open access peer-reviewed 16. Novel Concept in Pulmonary Delivery By Maria Carafa, Carlotta Marianecci, Paolino Donatella, Luisa Di Marzio, Christian Celia, Massimo Fresta and Franco Alhaique		2350
Open access peer-reviewed 17. Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation Therapy in Patients with COPD By Zeynep Zeren Ucar		2801
Open access peer-reviewed 18. Types of Physical Exercise Training for COPD Patients By R. Martín-Valero, A. I. Cuesta-Vargas and M. T. Labajos-Manzanares		10893
Open access peer-reviewed 19. Hospital at Home for Elderly Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease By Aimonino Ricauda Nicoletta, Tibaldi Vittoria, Bertone Paola and Isaia Giovanni Carlo		3173
Open access peer-reviewed 20. Chest Mobilization Techniques for Improving Ventilation and Gas Exchange in Chronic Lung Disease By Donrawee Leelarungrayub		27616
Open access peer-reviewed 21. Antipneumococcal Vaccination in COPD Patients By Angel Vila-Corcoles and Olga Ochoa-Gondar		2807
Open access peer-reviewed 22. A Multi-Targeted Antisense Oligonucleotide-Based Therapy Directed at Phosphodiesterases 4 and 7 for COPD By Rosanne Seguin and Nicolay Ferrari		1800
Open access peer-reviewed 23. Cell Therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: State of the Art and Perspectives By João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes, Talita Stessuk and Rodrigo de las Heras Kozma		1249

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