by Peter G. Gibson
Exploring an essential component of disease management, Monitoring Asthma
- offers critical reviews of individual monitoring devices and their interpretation using established and innovative statistical techniques
- explores methods in self-monitoring and monitoring using the Internet
- analyzes monitoring strategies for the investigation of asthma triggers
- describes important findings gleaned from the post-marketing surveillance of asthma drugs and the monitoring of asthma mortality
Providing a solid foundation for specialists in asthma treatment and control,
Monitoring Asthma illustrates:
- the importance of asthma monitoring practices for up-to-date assessments of disease levels in specific population groups
- the identification of social, geographical, and environmental factors that may influence the development of asthma
- the design of improved and cost-effective prevention and management strategies for optimal patient care
Contents
- Symptoms: Monitoring and Perception
- Quality of Life
- Cough
- Electronic Monitoring of PEF/Spirometry Technical Aspects and Clinical Results
- Asthma and Telemedicine
- Quality Control Analysis/Statistical Methods
- Triggers: Allergen
- Triggers: Occupational Exposures
- Airway Hyperresponsiveness: Pharmacological Stimuli
- Airway Hyperresponsiveness: Indirect Stimuli, Exercise, Mannitor, and Hypertonic Saline
- Induced Sputum
- Exhaled Gases
- Monitoring Childhood Asthma
- Asthma Epidemics, Monitoring Mortality
- Monitoring Asthma in Populations
- Role of Pharmacists in Asthma Monitoring
- Post Marketing Drug Surveilance in Asthma
Index
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