Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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 eductation / 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.