Upper and Lower Respiratory Disease

ISBN-13: 9780824707231 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 550 str.

Jonathan Corren; Alkis Togias; Jean Bousquet

Opis

Offers epidemiological evidence for the relationship between upper and lower airway diseases, as well as links between rhinitis and asthma. Discusses the manifestations of aspirin sensitivity, cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, and immune deficiency syndromes in the upper and lower airways.

Spis treści

Anatomy and physiology of the upper and lower airways: comparative anatomy of the nasal and tracheal/bronchial airways, Fuad M. Baroody and Brendan J. Canning; the impact of nasal function and dysfunction on the lower airways, Alkis Togias and Hugh Windom; upper airway reflexes and involvement of the lower airway, Ronald Eccles. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of upper and lower airway disease: epidemiological evidence for the relationship between upper and lower airway diseases, Isabella Annesi-Maesano; comparative pathogenesis of upper and lower airway allergic disease, K. Rajakulasingam and Stephen R. Durham; pathogenetic links between rhinitis and asthma, Jean Bousquet, A. Maurizo Vignola and Pascal Demoly; viral infections - effects on nasal and lower airway functions, Imran R. Hussain and Sebastian L. Johnston; experimental animal models of upper-lower airways interactions, Charles G. Irvin. Diagnosis and treatment of rhino-sinusitis and asthma: diagnostic evaluation of sinusitis in patients with asthma, Sheldon Spector, Michael Diament and Dale Rice; management of allergic rhinitis in patients with asthma, Jonathan Corren and Jean Bousquet; medical management of sinusitis in patients with asthma, Larry Borish, James A. Wilde, William K. Dolen, Chester Stafford and Raymond Slavin; surgical management of rhinitis, sinusitis and nasal polyposis in patients with asthma, R. Jankowski; manifestations of aspirin sensitivity in the upper and lower airways, Donald D. Stevenson; effects of sleep on upper and lower airways, Robert D. Ballard; vocal cord dysfunction, Kenneth B. Newman. Systemic diseases affecting upper and lower airways: manifestations of cystic fibrosis in the upper and lower airways, Peter Macguire, Robert Bocian, Judy Palmer and Dale T. Umetsu; the sinobronchial syndrome and diffuse panbronchiolitis, Yukihiko Sugiyama and Shoji Kudoh; manifestations of Wegener's granulomatosis in the upper and lower airways, David B. Hellmann; manifestation of sarcoidosis in the upper and lower airways, David R. Moller and Irina Petrache; manifestations of immune deficiency syndromes in the upper and lower airways, Jeffrey L. Kishiyama and Daniel C. Adelman.

O autorze

Corren, Jonathan ; Togias, Alkis ; Bousquet, Jean