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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	Respiratory Medicine
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	20. 05. 2024
Seiten	:	441
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
ISBN	:	9783031526954
Sprache	:	Englisch
Illustrationen	:	X, 441 p. 41 illus., 30 illus. in color.

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Autorinformation

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Anne E. Dixon, MD is currently the Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont.  She is originally from England, and moved to the United States after completing medical school at Oxford University.  She completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, before joining the faculty at the University of Vermont.  Her research career has focused on understanding the mechanisms linking obesity and lung disease; as well as numerous publications, she has led a number of international workshops and symposia to address this topic.  She was the lead editor on the first edition of obesity and lung disease. 

Erick Forno, MD, MPH is Vice-Chair for Clinical Research and Professor of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Director for Clinical Research at the Institute for Child Health Researchat Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Dr Forno obtained his medical degree at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Perú, then moved to the United States and completed Pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital Colorado, fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health. His overarching research interests include the epidemiology and genomics of asthma, with particular focus on studying the effects of obesity on childhood asthma and lung health. He has numerous publications on obesity and asthma and has organized several scientific symposia on the topic.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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SECTION I: Pathophysiology of Obesity and Lung Disease.- Airway Physiology and Lung Function.- Immune Function and Host Defense.- The Microbiome.- Metabolic Dysregulation.- Genetics and Genomics.- Diet and Nutrition.- SECTION II: Obesity and Respiratory Diseases.- Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.- Asthma: Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation.- Asthma: Endotypes and Mechanisms.- Asthma: Management.- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- Pulmonary Hypertension.- Thromboembolic Disease.- Lung Transplant.- Respiratory Infections (Including COVID19).- Lung Health in Pediatrics.- SECTION III: Obesity and Critical Care.- ALI and ARDS.- Mechanical Ventilation.- COVID19 in the ICU

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