Personalizing Asthma Management for the Clinician

ISBN-13: 9780323485524 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 250 str.

Stanley J. Szefler; Fernando Holguin; Michael E. Wechsler

Recenzje

"Although no particular audience is indicated, the book is useful for practicing pulmonologists, allergy and asthma specialists, and public health experts who are interested in population control of asthma. Overall, this book presents several chapters on emerging concepts in asthma management including population management of asthma, personalized treatment of asthma, and the frontlines of research in the field." Reviewed by Santosh Dhungana, MD (Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine)

Spis treści

1. A Population Management Model: Lessons from a Comprehensive Health Care System

2. Population Health Management: A Systematic Approach to Asthma Care in a Pediatric Network of Care

3. Management of Severe Asthma in Adults: New Insights

4. Management of Severe Asthma in Children: Management and Prevention

5. Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Biomarker for Asthma Management

6. Blood and Sputum Eosinophils as a Biomarker for Selecting and Adjusting Asthma Medications

7. Regulatory Aspects of Validating Biomarkers for Predicting Medication Response

8. Discovery and Validation of New Biomarkers for Personalizing Asthma Therapy

9. Predicting and Preventing Asthma Exacerbations

10. Environmental Assessment and Control

11. Phenotype and Genotype as Determinansts of Asthma Treatment Strategies

12. Immunomodulator Therapy: Pathway to Prevention

13. Medication Adherence and Altering Patient Behavior

14. School-Centered Asthma Programs

15. Systems Biology Approach to Asthma Management

16. Microbiome and Potential Impact on Medication Response

17. Preventing the Development of Asthma: Early Intervention Strategies in Children

18. Identifying and Preventing the Progression of Asthma to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

19. Imaging Procedures and Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma Assessment and Intervention

20. Future Directions in Asthma Management - Where Are We and Where Are We Going?