The third edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entire multidisciplinary team across both primary and secondary care with an up-to-date, easy to read and accessible account of this common lung disorder. Thoroughly updated by experienced clinicians dealing with patients with COPD on a regular basis, it discusses the entire breadth of the condition from epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, treatment and end of life care. This practical and highly visual guide contains new and extensively updated chapters on diagnosis, smoking cessation and interventional approaches as well as expanded content on non-pharmacological and pharmacological management taking into account the most recent national and international guidelines. It also explores practical issues relating to COPD in terms of pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen use, air travel, and end of life care. The ABC of COPD is an authoritative and essential guide for specialist nurses, general practitioners, physiotherapists, junior doctors, front line staff working in emergency departments, paramedics, physician associates and students of medicine and its allied disciplines.

The third edition of the ABC of COPD provides the entire multidisciplinary team across both primary and secondary care with an up-to-date, easy to read and accessible account of this common lung disorder. Thoroughly updated by experienced clinicians dealing with patients with COPD on a regular basis, it discusses the entire breadth of the condition from epidemiology, causes, diagnosis, treatment and end of life care.This practical and highly visual guide contains new and extensively updated chapters on diagnosis, smoking cessation and interventional approaches as well as expanded content on non-pharmacological and pharmacological management taking into account the most recent national and international guidelines. It also explores practical issues relating to COPD in terms of pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen use, air travel, and end of life care.The ABC of COPD is an authoritative and essential guide for specialist nurses, general practitioners, physiotherapists, junior doctors, front line staff working in emergency departments, paramedics, physician associates and students of medicine and its allied disciplines.

Contributors viiForeword ixPeter J. Barnes1 Definition Epidemiology and Risk Factors 1Graham S. Devereux2 Pathology and Pathogenesis 6William MacNee and Roberto A. Rabinovich3 Diagnosis 13Graeme P. Currie David R. Miller and Mahendran Chetty4 Spirometry 20Claire Fotheringham5 Smoking Cessation 27Sanjay Agrawal and John R. Britton6 Non?]pharmacological Management 34Waleed Salih and Stuart Schembri7 Pharmacological Management I - Inhaled Treatment 41Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth8 Pharmacological Management II - Oral Treatment 50Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth9 Drug Delivery Devices 56Morag Reilly Graham Douglas and Graeme P. Currie10 Surgical and Interventional Strategies 69James L. Lordan11 Oxygen 75Graham Douglas Margaret Macleod and Graeme P. Currie12 Exacerbations 81Graeme P. Currie13 Ventilatory Support 88Paul K. Plant Stephen Stott and Graeme P. Currie14 Primary Care 95Cathy Jackson15 Death Dying and End?]of?]Life Issues 101Gordon Linklater16 Future Treatments 108Peter J. BarnesIndex 113