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- Croup
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Available Online
Disorders of the Respiratory Tract : Common Challenges in Primary Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29960
edited by Matthew L. Mintz.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2006.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Mintz, Matthew L
- Responsibility
- edited by Matthew L. Mintz
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Series Title
- Current clinical practice
- ISBN
- 9781597450416
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Primary Health Care - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Primary health care
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
[In Arabic] Croup
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37795
IWK. Emergency Department, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Emergency Department.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2008.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0289-AR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
In Arabic. By SickKids staff. Information on croup, including symptoms and what to do for treatments.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- Arabic
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Croup
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Croup
- Respiratory tract diseases
- Abstract
- In Arabic. By SickKids staff. Information on croup, including symptoms and what to do for treatments.
- Responsibility
- IWK Emergency Department, Halifax, NS & Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0289-AR
Clinical respiratory medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32007
[edited by] Stephen G. Spiro, Gerard A. Silvestri, Alwar Agusti.
(4th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Saunders
, 2012.
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- Online
Clinical Respiratory Medicine provides practical guidance to help you more effectively diagnose and manage the full range of pulmonary disorders, including those seen in today's most challenging patient populations. In print and online, this medical reference book delivers the answers you need to ensure the best outcomes. Better manage and treat patients with pulmonary disease with complete clinical coverage of the critical information relevant to your everyday practice, presented in a template…
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- Other Authors
- Spiro, Stephen G
- Silvestri Gerard A
- Agustí Alvar
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Stephen G. Spiro, Gerard A. Silvestri, Alwar Agusti
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Saunders
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 977 p.
- ISBN
- 9781455723294
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Lung Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Respiratory organs—Diseases
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Lung Diseases
- Abstract
- Clinical Respiratory Medicine provides practical guidance to help you more effectively diagnose and manage the full range of pulmonary disorders, including those seen in today's most challenging patient populations. In print and online, this medical reference book delivers the answers you need to ensure the best outcomes. Better manage and treat patients with pulmonary disease with complete clinical coverage of the critical information relevant to your everyday practice, presented in a templated, user-friendly format. Find critical information quickly with the help of diagnostic algorithms.
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- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical respiratory medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50524
Spiro, Stephen.
(4th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Spiro, Stephen
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- ISBN
- 9781455707928
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Lung Diseases
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mosby's PDQ for respiratory care : practical, detailed, quick
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33181
Helen Schaar Corning.
(2nd ed.)
--Maryland Heights, MO:
Mosby/Elsevier
, c2013.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Find critical respiratory care information fast! Comprehensive and precise, this portable guide provides rapid access to vital respiratory procedures, facts, and formulas with an emphasis on critical care. It fits easily into your pocket, and the spiral binding allows it to lie flat on any given page. Whether you use it as a clinical resource, a study tool, or a quick refresher, this full-color resource offers quick access to just the right amount of practical, must-know information – essentia…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Corning, Helen Schaar
- Responsibility
- Helen Schaar Corning
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Alternate Title
- PDQ for respiratory care
- Place of Publication
- Maryland Heights, MO
- Publisher
- Mosby/Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780323170109 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Respiratory System
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs - Diseases - Care
- Respiratory organs - Diseases - Care
- Abstract
- Find critical respiratory care information fast! Comprehensive and precise, this portable guide provides rapid access to vital respiratory procedures, facts, and formulas with an emphasis on critical care. It fits easily into your pocket, and the spiral binding allows it to lie flat on any given page. Whether you use it as a clinical resource, a study tool, or a quick refresher, this full-color resource offers quick access to just the right amount of practical, must-know information – essential for boosting your confidence at the point of care.
- Contents
- Abbreviations -- Pulmonary assessment -- Pulmonary diseases -- Microbes, WMB, EQPT disinfection -- Medications -- Therapeutic modalities -- ABGs, labs, and hemodynamics -- PFTs and X-rays -- EKGs -- Chest tubes and bronchoscopy -- Ventilators, CPAP, and BIPAP -- Neonatal and pediatric respiratory care -- BLS and ACLS -- Formulas and facts.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
IWK. Emergency Department, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Emergency Department.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2014.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0289
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
By SickKids staff. Information on croup, including symptoms and what to do for treatments.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Croup
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Croup
- Respiratory tract diseases
- Abstract
- By SickKids staff. Information on croup, including symptoms and what to do for treatments.
- Responsibility
- IWK Emergency Department, Halifax, NS & Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0289
[in French] Bronchiolite
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37764
IWK. Emergency Department, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Emergency Department.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2014.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0285-FR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
In French. By SickKids staff. Signs of bronchiolitis in children and youth and how to treat it.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Alternate Title
- Bronchiolitis
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Lung Diseases
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Diseases
- Respiratory tract diseases
- Abstract
- In French. By SickKids staff. Signs of bronchiolitis in children and youth and how to treat it.
- Responsibility
- IWK Emergency Department, Halifax, NS & Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0285-FR
[In French] Diphtérie laryngienne
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37766
IWK. Emergency Department, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Emergency Department.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2014.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0289-FR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
In French. By SickKids staff. Information on croup, including symptoms and what to do and what not ot do for treatments.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Alternate Title
- Croup
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Croup
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Croup
- Respiratory tract diseases
- Abstract
- In French. By SickKids staff. Information on croup, including symptoms and what to do and what not ot do for treatments.
- Responsibility
- IWK Emergency Department, Halifax, NS & Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0289-FR
[in Arabic] Bronchiolitis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37923
IWK. Emergency Department, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Emergency Department.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2014.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0285-AR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
In Arabic. By SickKids staff. Signs of bronchiolitis in children and youth and how to treat it.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- Arabic
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Lung Diseases
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Diseases
- Respiratory tract diseases
- Abstract
- In Arabic. By SickKids staff. Signs of bronchiolitis in children and youth and how to treat it.
- Responsibility
- IWK Emergency Department, Halifax, NS & Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-0285-AR
Respiratory infections
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33176
editor, Michael J. Loeffelholz.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2014.
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- Location
- Online
Acute respiratory infections are responsible for an estimated 4 million deaths annually worldwide, and are the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years. Over 1 million people in the United States are hospitalized each year with pneumonia. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects one third of world’s population. There are more than 1 million tuberculosis-related deaths worldwide each year. Emerging resistance to multiple available antimicrobial agents has hampered the ability to treat t…
- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Loeffelholz, Michael J
- Responsibility
- editor, Michael J. Loeffelholz
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series Vol.
- v 34, no. 2
- Series Title
- Clinics in laboratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9780323299428 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Respiratory infections - Diagnosis
- Respiratory infections - Treatment
- Notes
- "Clinics review articles"--Cover
- Abstract
- Acute respiratory infections are responsible for an estimated 4 million deaths annually worldwide, and are the leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years. Over 1 million people in the United States are hospitalized each year with pneumonia. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects one third of world’s population. There are more than 1 million tuberculosis-related deaths worldwide each year. Emerging resistance to multiple available antimicrobial agents has hampered the ability to treat tuberculosis and hospital-acquired respiratory infections. The laboratory diagnosis of respiratory infections is an important part of patient management and treatment. In addition to culture isolation of pathogens, advances have been made in a number of non-culture methods. This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicinee reviews state-of-the-art laboratory diagnosis of respiratory infections, as well as the testing of susceptibility to antibiotics and antiviral agents. Among some of the respiratory infections covered are: Cystic fibrosis infections; Pertussis; Pharyngitis; Fungal infections. Among the diagnostic tests are: Interferon gamma release assays; Molecuar diagnosis of TB; Urine antigen tests and discussion of Antibiotic resistance in nosocomial respiratory infections.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Lung function in health and disease : basic concepts of respiratory physiology and pathophysiology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33178
authored by Camillo Peracchia and Nasr H. Anaizi.
--Sharjah, U.A.E.:
Bentham Books
, 2014.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This reference presents basic concepts relevant to respiratory function in normal and diseased states. The volume stresses a quantitative approach to physical parameters used as indicators of normal and diseased physiological respiratory function. The contents of this reference allow medical students and physiology researchers to become “clinical detectives” - by presenting information that can be useful for enhancing their understanding of the major abnormalities in terms of ventilation, pulmo…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Peracchia, Camillo
- Anaizi, Nasr H
- Responsibility
- authored by Camillo Peracchia and Nasr H. Anaizi
- Place of Publication
- Sharjah, U.A.E.
- Publisher
- Bentham Books
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (v, 455 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781608058280 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory System
- Respiratory Function Tests
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs - Physiology
- Respiration
- Abstract
- This reference presents basic concepts relevant to respiratory function in normal and diseased states. The volume stresses a quantitative approach to physical parameters used as indicators of normal and diseased physiological respiratory function. The contents of this reference allow medical students and physiology researchers to become “clinical detectives” - by presenting information that can be useful for enhancing their understanding of the major abnormalities in terms of ventilation, pulmonary blood perfusion, venous admixture, wasted alveolar ventilation, tissue oxygenation, acid-base balance, respiratory mechanics, control of breathing, etc. This book is intended for first and second year medical students as well as for residents and fellows, especially in disciplines such as anesthesiology and pulmonary medicine. In addition, the unique mechanistic approach of this book also provides a useful reference to teachers of respiratory physiology who are not involved in respiratory research or those who have not been specifically trained in organ-system physiology. This book thus fills this gap by providing a modern physiology faculty some tools for learning the “nuts-and-bolts” of lung physiology and associated respiratory care.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Mechanics of breathing : new insights from new technologies
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33352
Andrea Aliverti, Antonio Pedotti, editors.
(Second edition)
--Milan:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book offers a state-of-the-art description of the complexity of the healthy and pathological respiratory system, with particular reference to the mechanics of the airways, lung and chest wall. Detailed information is provided on new insights into the mechanics of breathing that have been obtained through technological innovations in measurement systems, cutting-edge modeling techniques and novel approaches to functional imaging of the respiratory system. It is explained how these advances …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Aliverti, A (Andrea)
- Pedotti, Antonio
- Responsibility
- Andrea Aliverti, Antonio Pedotti, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 411 pages)
- ISBN
- 9788847056473 (electronic bk.)
- 9788847056466
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Mechanics - physiology
- Respiratory System - physiopathology
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Respiratory organs - Pathophysiology
- Respiration
- Abstract
- This book offers a state-of-the-art description of the complexity of the healthy and pathological respiratory system, with particular reference to the mechanics of the airways, lung and chest wall. Detailed information is provided on new insights into the mechanics of breathing that have been obtained through technological innovations in measurement systems, cutting-edge modeling techniques and novel approaches to functional imaging of the respiratory system. It is explained how these advances permit the assessment of emerging treatment approaches, including new drugs, innovative surgical techniques and modes of mechanical ventilation and new forms of rehabilitation. In order to ensure comprehensive coverage of the subject, the editor has assembled a multidisciplinary team of authors comprising basic scientists in respiratory medicine, chest and intensive care physicians and bioengineers involved in both modeling and instrumentation. The book is intended for intensive care physicians, respirologists, physiologists, rehabilitation specialists, basic scientists in respiration, research and clinical fellows, biomedical engineers involved with respiratory mechanics and respiratory therapists. They will update their knowledge and improve their clinical expertise.
- Contents
- The Act of Breathing -- Work of Breathing During Exercise: Implications for Performance -- Pathology of COPD and Asthma -- Pathophysiology of Airflow Obstruction -- Role of Airway Smooth Muscle Mechanical Properties in the Regulation of Airway Caliber -- Nitric Oxide in Asthma Is Like Insulin in Type II Diabetes -- Static and Dynamic Hyperinflation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Lung Recruitment and De-recruitment -- Lung Function Testing, Spirometry, Diffusion Capacity and Interpretation -- Forced Oscillation Technique -- Optoelectronic Plethysmography: Principles of Measurements and Recent Use in Respiratory Medicine -- Respiratory Muscle Blood Flow Measured by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and Indocyanine Green Dye (ICG) -- Assessment of Dyspnoea -- Noninvasive Measures of Lung Structure and Ventilation Heterogeneity -- Computed Tomography (CT)-Based Analysis of Regional Lung Ventilation -- Functional Imaging of Airway Distensibility -- Function and Microstructure by Hyperpolarized Gas MRI -- Pulmonary Functional Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography -- Pharmacological Treatment: an Update -- Respiratory and Non-respiratory Muscle Dysfunction in COPD -- Pathophysiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Old and New Trends in Invasive Mechanical Ventilation -- Use of Respiratory Mechanics for Monitoring and Setting of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation -- Use of FOT for Optimising Mechanical Ventilation.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Global climate change and public health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33392
Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Pinkerton, Kent Ed
- Rom, William N
- Responsibility
- Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 406 pages)
- Series Vol.
- v. 7
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN
- 9781461484172 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461484165
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Climate Change
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Respiration Disorders
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental health
- Climatic changes
- Climate Change
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Environmental Health
- Climate Change Impacts
- Public health
- Abstract
- Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of pollens, molds and infectious agents. Preliminary research has revealed climate change to have potentially direct and indirect adverse impacts on respiratory health. Published studies have linked climate change to increases in respiratory disease, including the following: changing pollen releases impacting asthma and allergic rhinitis, heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate driven air pollution increases, exacerbating asthma and COPD, desertification increasing particulate matter (PM) exposures, and climate related changes in food and water security impacting infectious respiratory disease through malnutrition (pneumonia, upper respiratory infections). High level ozone and ozone exposure has been linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and acute lower respiratory infection. Global Climate Change and Public Health is an important new volume based on the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on respiratory health and climate change. This volume addresses issues of major importance to respiratory health and fills a major gap in the current literature.
- Contents
- Introduction: Consequences of Global Warming to the Publics Health -- Climate Variability and Change Data and Information for Global Public Health -- Climate Change: Overview of Data Sources, Observed and Predicted Temperature Changes, and Impacts on Public and Environmental Health -- Eyewitness to Global Warming -- California and Climate Changes -- Heat Waves and Rising Temperatures: Human Health Impacts and the Determinants of Vulnerability -- Climate, Air Quality and Allergy: Emerging Methods for Detecting Linkages -- The Human Health Co-benefits of Air Quality Improvements Associated with Climate Change Mitigation -- Asthma, Hayfever, Pollen, and Climate Change -- Dengue Fever and Climate Change -- Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Disease in the Amazon -- Climate Variability and Change: Food, Water and Societal Impacts -- Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate -- Biomass Fuel and Lung Diseases: An Indian Perspective -- The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers Health -- Climate Change and Public Health in Small Island States and Caribbean Countries -- Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Assessing the Health Risks of Climate Change -- Federal Programs in Climate Change and Health Research -- Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Public Health and Climate Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- California's Cap-and-Trade Program.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39931
Lynn B. Gerald, Cristine E. Berry, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book discusses health disparities in respiratory medicine and suggests methods to reduce them. In the United States, health disparities are well documented in the care of patients with respiratory disorders, particularly among minorities who often have higher rates of disease and poorer health outcomes. Similarly, differences in health and health outcomes exist between differing socioeconomic groups, with lower income groups generally having poorer health and higher rates of chronic illnes…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Gerald, Lynn B
- Berry, Cristine E
- Responsibility
- Lynn B. Gerald, Cristine E. Berry, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 364 p. : 48 illus., 18 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783319236759
- 9783319236742 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Abstract
- This book discusses health disparities in respiratory medicine and suggests methods to reduce them. In the United States, health disparities are well documented in the care of patients with respiratory disorders, particularly among minorities who often have higher rates of disease and poorer health outcomes. Similarly, differences in health and health outcomes exist between differing socioeconomic groups, with lower income groups generally having poorer health and higher rates of chronic illness. Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine investigates these differing outcomes through the complex connections between access and quality of treatment available to these groups. Chapters are organized around either causes, diseases, or types of care, including tobacco smoke exposure, environmental air quality, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and end-of-life care. This volume is an ideal resource for pulmonologists, health care administrators, and policy makers who aim to understand disparities in respiratory medicine and take steps to improve the differences among groups.
- Contents
- Introduction to Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine -- Health Disparities in Tobacco Smoking and Smoke Exposure -- Health Disparities Related to Environmental Air Quality -- Health Disparities in Occupational Exposures -- Health Disparities and Pulmonary Function Testing -- Health Disparities as They Relate to Medication Adherence -- Health Disparities in ARDS -- Social Disparities in Lung Growth and Respiratory Health -- Health Disparities in Asthma -- Health Disparities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Health Disparities and Tuberculosis -- Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes -- Health Disparities in Critical Illness -- Health Disparities in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders -- Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care -- Where Do We Go From Here? Improving Disparities in Respiratory Health.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Gender, Sex Hormones and Respiratory Disease : A Comprehensive Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39943
Anna R. Hemnes, editor.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book discusses normal sex-related differences in lung structure and function and the role these differences play in lung disease. New research on the effects of sex hormone signaling on specific cell types of the lung has begun to reveal how these hormones may drive or prevent lung disease. Expertly written chapters examine the effects of sex hormones on normal pulmonary structure and function, hormone signaling in lung health, and specific diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary di…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Hemnes, Anna R
- Responsibility
- Anna R. Hemnes, editor
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 213 p. : 22 illus., 13 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783319239989
- 9783319239965 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory System
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Sex Factors
- Abstract
- This book discusses normal sex-related differences in lung structure and function and the role these differences play in lung disease. New research on the effects of sex hormone signaling on specific cell types of the lung has begun to reveal how these hormones may drive or prevent lung disease. Expertly written chapters examine the effects of sex hormones on normal pulmonary structure and function, hormone signaling in lung health, and specific diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pulmonary hypertension, and lung cancer. Gender, Sex Hormones, and Respiratory Disease: A Comprehensive Guide focuses on our current understanding and the gaps in research, with suggestions for future directions and implications for therapy. This book is a useful reference for pulmonologists and researchers and will prompt further inquiry aimed at improving overall lung health.
- Contents
- 1. Sex Differences in Normal Pulmonary Structure and Function at Rest and during Exercise -- 2. Sex Hormone Signaling In The Lung In Health And Disease: Airways, Parenchyma And Pulmonary Vasculature -- 3. Women and COPD -- 4. Sex, gender, and asthma -- 5. Sex hormones, sex, gender and pulmonary hypertension -- 6. Pulmonary Fibrosis -- 7. Sex-Specific Differences in Lung Cancer -- 8. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis -- 9. Developmental Lung Disease.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Murray and Nadel's textbook of respiratory medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42379
editor in chief V. Courtney Broaddus ; editors Robert J. Mason ... [et al.].
(6th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Mason, Robert J.
- Other Authors
- Broaddus, V. Courtney
- Mason, Robert J.
- Responsibility
- editor in chief V. Courtney Broaddus ; editors Robert J. Mason ... [et al.]
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Alternate Title
- Murray & Nadel's textbook of respiratory medicine
- Textbook of respiratory medicine
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 2064 p.
- ISBN
- 9781455733835
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Murray and Nadel's textbook of respiratory medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50951
Broaddus, V. Courtney.
(6th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2016.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Author
- Broaddus, V. Courtney
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9781455733835
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Achieving Respiratory Health Equality : A United States Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41479
Juan Carlos Celedón, editor.
--Cham:
Humana Press
, 2017.
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- Location
- Online
This book addresses health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, providing a definitive reference on this prominent issue. Expert authors explore questions such as: * What is the evidence that respiratory health disparities exist? * What do we know about the causes of the disparities? * What are the clinical implications? * What can be done to address disparities and thus achieve respiratory health equality? Recognizing the magnitu…
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- Other Authors
- Celedón, Juan Carlos
- Other Authors
- American Thoracic Society
- Responsibility
- Juan Carlos Celedón, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) : 22 illus., 19 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783319434476
- 9783319434452 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Status Disparities
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Risk Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book addresses health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, providing a definitive reference on this prominent issue. Expert authors explore questions such as: * What is the evidence that respiratory health disparities exist? * What do we know about the causes of the disparities? * What are the clinical implications? * What can be done to address disparities and thus achieve respiratory health equality? Recognizing the magnitude of this problem, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Executive Committee created a Health Equality and Diversity Committee, with an initial mandate of defining respiratory health disparities and respiratory health equality in the United States. This book will follow the format of a workshop on respiratory health equality held before the 2015 ATS International Meeting and led by editor Juan Carlos Celedón. Written by the workshop presenters and other distinguished guests, this book will focus closely on major risk factors for disparities in respiratory health, and potential approaches to eliminate such disparities. Achieving Respiratory Health Equality in the United States is a timely resource for researchers, clinicians, and public health practitioners in respiratory medicine.
- Contents
- 1. Overview -- 2. Race and Ethnicity -- 3. The Influence of Social and Economic Conditions on Respiratory Health -- 4. Air Pollution and Climate Change -- 5. Migrant Health -- 6. Acculturation -- 7. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community and Respiratory Health -- 8. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia -- 9. Cystic Fibrosis -- 10. Obstructive Airway Diseases -- 11. Sickle Cell Disease -- 12. Graduate Medical Education -- 13. Personalized Medicine -- 14. Health Policy: Toward Achieving Respiratory Health Equality -- 15. A Roadmap for Achieving Respiratory Health Equality.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Manual for pulmonary and critical care medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41120
Judd W. Landsberg.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, c2018.
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- Online
Clinical Practice Manual for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, by Judd W. Landsberg, MD, is a unique point-of-care manual that provides essential information on managing inpatients and outpatients with common, serious respiratory and internal medicine presentation and problems. Easy-to-follow diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms are accompanied by case-based illustrations encountered on a daily basis by attendings, fellows, residents, and students. The bulleted format, concise approach, a…
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- Author
- Landsberg, Judd W.
- Responsibility
- Judd W. Landsberg
- Alternate Title
- Pulmonary & critical care medicine
- Clinical practice manual for pulmonary and critical care medicine
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 384 p.
- ISBN
- 9780323399524
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Specialty
- Critical Care
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- Clinical Practice Manual for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, by Judd W. Landsberg, MD, is a unique point-of-care manual that provides essential information on managing inpatients and outpatients with common, serious respiratory and internal medicine presentation and problems. Easy-to-follow diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms are accompanied by case-based illustrations encountered on a daily basis by attendings, fellows, residents, and students. The bulleted format, concise approach, and familiar examples provide a framework for effective teaching, learning, and patient care.
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- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Foundations of Respiratory Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42706
Simon Hart, Mike Greenstone, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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- Online
This book is a comprehensive resource to approach the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions. It bridges the gap between the required core knowledge and the emerging areas where new investigative techniques and treatments are already impacting on everyday clinical practice. Common conditions such as lung cancer, asthma, COPD, respiratory infection, and thromboembolic disease are dealt with in detail as well as more specialist areas such as interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hyperte…
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- Other Authors
- Hart, Simon
- Greenstone, Mike
- Responsibility
- Simon Hart, Mike Greenstone, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 367 p.) : 108 illus., 68 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319941271
- 9783319941257 (print ed.)
- 9783319941264 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Specialty
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- This book is a comprehensive resource to approach the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions. It bridges the gap between the required core knowledge and the emerging areas where new investigative techniques and treatments are already impacting on everyday clinical practice. Common conditions such as lung cancer, asthma, COPD, respiratory infection, and thromboembolic disease are dealt with in detail as well as more specialist areas such as interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, sleep and ventilatory failure. The authors are all practising specialists in their subject areas and discuss underlying physiological mechanisms, clinical approaches, evidence-based guidelines, and areas of uncertainty for each topic. The chapters are well illustrated by high quality multimodality imaging and show examples of both classic and unusual conditions with descriptive legends. The format is ideal for post-graduate and doctors who are completing their training in respiratory medicine.
- Contents
- 1. Applied Respiratory Anatomy -- 2. Applied Lung Physiology -- 3. Asthma -- 4. COPD -- 5. Acute and Chronic Cough -- 6. Lung Cancer -- 7. Diseases of the Pleura -- 8. Sleep -- 9. Respiratory Failure and Non-invasive Ventilation -- 10. Pneumonia -- 11. Bronchiectasis -- 12. Cystic Fibrosis -- 13. Mycobacterial Disease -- 14. Lung Diseases Caused by Aspergillus and Pulmonary Eosinophilia -- 15. Interstitial Lung Disease -- 16. Sarcoidosis -- 17. Vasculitis and Rare Lung Diseases -- 18. Pulmonary Embolism -- 19. Pulmonary Hypertension -- 20. Transplantation.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
