Evidence-based respiratory medicine

Presenting symptoms / Michael Abramson -- Lung function testing / David P. Johns and Alan J. Crockett -- Chest radiographic and computerized tomography patterns / Johny A. Verschakelen -- Diagnostic strategies in pulmonary embolism: an evidence-based approach / Martin Riedel -- Screening for lung cancer / John K. Gohagan ... [et al.] -- Adherence and self-management / Liesel M. Osman and Michael E. Hyland -- Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis / Michael L. Burr and Michael Stone -- Helping people to stop smoking / Tim Lancaster -- Acute exacerbations / Brian H. Rowe -- Chronic therapy: [beta]-agonists, short-acting, long-acting [beta]2-agonists / Haydn Walters and Julia Walters -- Inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma / Nick Adams -- Anti-leukotrienes / Francine M. Ducharme -- Asthma education / Peter G. Gibson and Heather Powell -- Non-pharmacological and complementary interventions to manage asthma / Guy B. Marks, Brett G. Toelle, and Cassandra A. Slader -- Difficult asthma / Peter A.B. Wark -- Novel therapies in asthma: long-acting [beta]2-agonists inhaled corticosteroids / Nicola A. Marks and Philip W. Ind

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - acute exacerbations / Brian H. Rowe and Irvin Mayers -- Anticholinergic bronchodilators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease therapy / Alicia R. ZuWallack and Richard L. ZuWallack -- Inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Christine Jenkins -- Combination of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting [beta]2-agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Paul W. Jones -- Systemic corticosteroids in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Richard Wood-Baker -- Lung volume reduction / Tudor P. Toma and Duncan M. Geddes -- Bronchitis and sinusitis / Tom Fahey -- Community-acquired pneumonia / Jihendra N. Pande, Juhi Dhar, and G. Sowmya -- Pulmonary tuberculosis / Jimmy Volmink and Colleen Murphy -- Influenza: vaccination and treatment / Fotini B. Karassa and John P.A. Ioannidis -- Bronchiectasis / John Kolbe -- Adult cystic fibrosis / John Kolbe -- Antibiotics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, and cystic fibrosis / Ian A. Yang, Samuel T. Kim, and Scott C. Bell -- Respiratory rehabilitation / Yves Lacasse, François Maltais, and Roger S. Goldstein --

Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure / Peter Wark -- Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. What is the evidence? / Peter J. Wijkstra -- The treatment of the obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome / Michael J. Hensley and Cheryl D. Ray -- Long-term oxygen therapy for chronic respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Peter G. Gibson -- The treatment of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis / Barry Plant and Jim Egan -- Evidence-based approach to treatment of sarcoidosis / Robert P. Baughman and Olof Selroos -- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis / Yves Lacasse and Yvon Cormier -- Pleural disease / Richard Light -- Therapy of pulmonary thromboembolism: an evidence-based approach / Martin Riedel -- Pulmonary hypertension / Horst Olschewski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Compiled by specialists from the Cochrane Collaboration Airways Management Group, Evidence–based Respiratory Medicine is the first major evidence–based text in adult respiratory medicine. Providing a comprehensive summary of the best treatments for the most important respiratory diseases, some of the world's leading physicians review the evidence for a broad range of treatments using evidence–based principles. Essential information is presented in an easy–to–understand format, with the most important clinical implications summarised in each chapter. Evidence–based Respiratory Medicine tackles the big clinical questions in diagnosis and treatment, presenting treatment options which take into account the individual patient's needs"