Written as a concise clinical reference guide covering the current and future airway disease treatments, this text encompasses:

• pathophysiology of respiratory tract diseases
• the methods of measuring airway and clinical responses
• the concepts upon which many treatments are used in COPD and asthma conditions
• the way in which these treatments work, and how new treatments can be discovered and tested in various patient groups
• state-of-the-art pharmacological and therapeutic approaches in controlling pathophysiological processes in the...

In this book, leading researchers in medicine and molecular pharmacology explain the cellular mechanisms that control airway smooth muscle. The means by which these are disrupted in disease, and the pharmacologic strategies by which they may be modified are discussed and future therapeutic interventions are identified.

Aimed at specialists in pulmonology, this volume provides the clinician with the most up to date information on one of the core physiological processes in airway disease, and offers insights into current and future approaches to management.

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