Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The only international clinical textbook for COPD – one of the top 5 causes of death and disability worldwide

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• The only COPD textbook to include the latest national and international guidelines and the newer therapeutic agents in COPD treatment
  
  
• International team of contributors covers all aspects of COPD – from physiology and epidemiology to diagnosis and treatment
  
  
• Everything the busy physician needs to understand, diagnose and treat the COPD patient:

  - Structure and physiology of the respiratory system
  - Clinical considerations and allied conditions
  - Therapy (including current and developing treatments)
  - Diagnostic tests used in daily practice