Respiratory Diseases

Edited by Mostafa Ghanei, ISBN 978-953-307-964-6, Hard cover, 242 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 01, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Pulmonology

Medicine is an ever-changing science. In this regard, Respiratory medicine is not an exception and has been evolving during recent years. As new research broadens our knowledge, advanced methods for diagnoses are better understood, providing genetic and underlying pathophysiology of diseases and new clinical experiences. Consequently, publications of new resources along with revisions of previous ones are required. The book Respiratory Diseases brings practical aspects of pulmonary diseases. It contains the result of years of experience through expert clinicians in this field from different scientific centers. The respiratory diseases are discussed according to epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. It includes updated resources of the pathogenesis and some molecular aspects of the aforementioned diseases and is recommended reading for all clinicians and medical students, especially pulmonologists, to access highlighted respiratory diseases in this book.

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BOOK CONTENTS

• Chapter 1  Cordyceps Extracts and the Major Ingredient, Cordycepin: Possible Cellular Mechanisms of Their Therapeutic Effects on Respiratory Diseaseby Chun-kit Fung and Wing-hung Ko
• Chapter 2  Cellular Defences of the Lung: Comparative Perspectivesby J.N. Maina
• Chapter 3  The Contrasting Roles of T Regulatory Cells in Bacterial Lung Diseasesby Adam N. Odeh and Jerry W. Simecka
• Chapter 4  Special Consideration in Treating Patients of Overlap Between Asthma and COPDby So Ri Kim and Yang Keun Rhee
• Chapter 5  Motivational Intervention and Nicotine Replacement Therapies for Smokers: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trialby Jennifer Lira-Mandujano and Sara Eugenia Cruz-Morales
• Chapter 6  Respiratory Diseases Among Dust Exposed Workersby Weihong Chen, Yuewei Liu, Xiji Huang and Yi Rong
• Chapter 7  Oxidative Damage and Bronchial Asthmaby Eva Babusikova, Jana Jurecekova, Andrea Evinova, Milos Jesenak and Dusan Dobrota
• Chapter 8  An Overview of Management of URTI and a Novel Approach Towards RSV Infectionby J.R. Krishnamoorthy, M.S. Ranjith, S. Gokulshankar, B.K. Mohanty, R. Sumithra, S. Ranganathan and K. Babu
• Chapter 9  Variability of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality and Mortalityby Michael J. Light
• Chapter 10  Start of a Pandemic: Influenza A H1N1 Virusby Ma. Eugenia Manjarrez, Dora Rosete, Anjarath Higuera, Rodolfo Ocádiz-Delgado, José Rogelio Pérez-Padilla and Carlos Cabello
  
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  Published online: 01 February, 2012
  Published in print edition: February, 2012