Contemporay Diagnosis and Management of COPD

More than 16 million Americans are estimated to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that interferes with normal breathing and has become the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. This practice-based reference by two leading pulmonary experts provides clinicians with the latest clinically relevant information about pathology and pathophhysiology, management, and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options for COPD. The new edition of this handbook will include a discussion of the recently-updated COPD indication for Advair 250/50, the new smoking cessation guidelines from the US Public Health Service, and instructing patients on the proper use of inhalers.