Respiratory Diseases in Infants and Children

Respiratory Diseases in Infants and Children

(European Respiratory Monograph)


by J. Gerritsen (Editor), U. Frey

Hardcover: 360 pages
Publisher: Old City Publishing (December 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1904097464
ISBN-13: 978-1904097464



Product Description
Paediatric medecine is a growing and continuously changing field with an increasing impact for many adult respiratory diseases. With increasing pollution and a particular susceptibility of children to these environmental toxins, as well as changing lifestyles in the Western world, lung problems in children have become a major health issue. This monograph from the Journal of Respiratory Emergencies focuses on the most recent fundamental dvelopments in the field, current models and concepts of the pathological mechanisms, the related diseases and the treatment strategies.


Contents:

Preface
Epidemiology of respiratory diseases in infants and children
Lung development from infancy to adulthood
Assessing lung growth and function in infants and young children
Remodelling in paediatric respiratory disease and impact on growth and development
Immunology and defence mechanism of the developing lung
Allergy and the paediatric lung during development
Impact of genetic factors on lung development in health and disease
Gene–environment interaction and respiratory disease in children
Clinically relevant early functional and diagnostic markers of lung disease in children
Clinically relevant early functional and diagnostic markers of lung disease in the paediatric intensive care unit
Wheezing disorders in young children: one disease or several phenotypes?
Bronchiolitis in infants and children
Asthma in school-aged children and adolescents
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: current models and concepts
Cystic fibrosis
Current issues in the basic mechanisms, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of primary ciliary dyskinesia
Adipositas in infants and children: a new disease on the horizon
New approaches to the understanding of complex chronic lung diseases


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