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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Graeme P. Currie
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Description for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Paperback. COPD: The Facts is written for patients with COPD and their families. The book describes in detail how a diagnosis is made, and what treatments patients are likely to receive. It provides an up-to-date and informative guide with real-life patient experiences throughout the text, and will help readers to understand this all too-common lung condition. Series: The Facts. Num Pages: 112 pages, 25 black and white line drawings and 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an all too too common lung condition - usually caused by cigarette smoking - which varies markedly in severity between individuals, and includes conditions previously known as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It causes progressive symptoms such as breathlessness, wheezing, coughing, reduced exercise tolerance and frequent chest infections. COPD: The Facts is written for patients with COPD and their families, but it will also be of interest to health professionals. The book describes in detail how a diagnosis is made and what treatments patients are likely to receive. It discusses modern approaches to the ... Read more
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an all too too common lung condition - usually caused by cigarette smoking - which varies markedly in severity between individuals, and includes conditions previously known as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It causes progressive symptoms such as breathlessness, wheezing, coughing, reduced exercise tolerance and frequent chest infections. COPD: The Facts is written for patients with COPD and their families, but it will also be of interest to health professionals. The book describes in detail how a diagnosis is made and what treatments patients are likely to receive. It discusses modern approaches to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
The Facts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199563685
SKU
V9780199563685
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About Graeme P. Currie
Dr Currie graduated with MBChB in 1994 from the University of Glasgow, and was awarded a Diploma in Child Health in 1997 and MRCP (UK) in 1998. He has recently completed a diploma in postgraduate medical education and appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He became a consultant in respiratory and general medicine at Aberdeen ... Read more
Reviews for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
...this book is highly useful and deserves the interest of (COPD) patients, their families and their carers...all the important and practical aspects of COPD are covered...this concise book...may help, in some way, to reduce the burden of COPD in the community at large, and the author should be congratulated for the quality of this contribution.
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