Allergologie

Abstract

Asthma is a common disease affecting 20% of children and 7% of adults in the UK. The incidence of asthma is rising, but with the correct treatment, support and advice, most people with asthma can lead full and active lives. Asthma in Focus discusses the drugs used to treat the disease, and describes how the pharmacist can get involved in counseling patients.

Chapter topics include:

• Pharmacological management
• Management of acute asthma
• Lifestyle management
• Monitoring asthma control
• Drug delivery to the lungs and inhaler devices
• Patient education and self management
• Asthma in pregnancy

The fourth in the 'in Focus' series, this book is essential for pharmacists, as well as pre-registration and undergraduate pharmacy students.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Asthma - the Disease
• Pharmacological Management
• Management of Acute Asthma
• Lifestyle Management
• Monitoring Asthma
• Drug Delivery to the Lungs and Inhaler Devices
• Patient Education and Self Management Plans
• Asthma in Pregnancy
• Beta 2 Agonists
• Anticholinergics
• Corticosteroids
• Methylxanthines
• Leukotriene Antagonists
• New Therapies and Future Developments in Asthma Management
• Compliance and Concordance
• Pharmaceutical Assessment of People with Asthma

Asthma im Fokus. Unbeschwert leben trotz Asthma!

Immer mehr Kinder und Erwachsene leiden unter Asthma – Tendenz steigend. Mit der richtigen Therapie können die meisten Betroffenen trotzdem ein unbeschwertes, aktives Leben führen.

Im 4. Band der Serie „in Focus“ erfahrt der Leser alles über:

• pharmakologische Aspekte
• Umgang mit akutem Asthma
• Lifestyle-Management
• Asthmakontrolle und Monitoring
• Drug-Delivery-Systeme und Inhalationstherapie

Wertvolle Tipps zu Patientenberatung, Selbstmanagement und Asthma in der Schwangerschaft runden das Werk ab.

2007. 304 p.
hard cover

Deutscher Apotheker Verlag

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