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Tables of Contents for Textbook of Pediatric Asthma
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Preface
ix
Contributors
x
List of abbreviations
xiv
Lung function and development
Peter N Le Souef
1
18
Asthma-basic mechanisms
John O Warner
19
16
Pediatric asthma: epidemiology and natural history
Jonathan M Samet Denise G Wiesch Iqbal H Ahmed
35
32
Risk factors for the development of asthma
Fernando D Martinez
67
16
Relationship of viral and bacterial infections to the development and course of asthma
Amjad Tuffaha William W Busse
83
16
Chronic cough and/or wheezing in infants and children less than 5 years old: diagnostic approaches
Andrew Bush
99
22
Pharmacologic management of asthma in infants and small children
Joseph D Spahn Ronina A Covar Melanie C Gleason David G Tinkelman Stanley J Szefler
121
28
Management of chronic asthma in children between 5 and 18 years of age
John O Warner Charles K Naspitz Maria C Rizzo
149
40
Assessment and treatment of acute asthma in children and adolescents
Gary L Larsen Giuseppe N Colasurdo
189
22
Exercise-induced asthma in children and adolescents and its relationship to sports
Kai-Hakon Carlsen
211
12
Upper airways disease and asthma
Jonathan Corren Gary Rachelefsky
223
14
Nonpharmacologic approaches to the management of asthma
Robert A Wood Peyton A Eggleston
237
20
Indoor and outdoor allergens
L Karla Arruda Martin D Chapman
257
22
Food allergy and asthma in children
S Allan Bock Hugh A Sampson
279
14
Psychosocial factors mediating asthma treatment outcomes
Bruce G Bender
293
16
Education programs
Virginia S Taggart
309
18
Delivery of aerosol to children: devices and inhalation techniques
Myrna B Dolovich Mark L Everard
327
20
Economic in pediatric asthma
Sean D Sullivan Paula Lozano Kevin B Weiss
347
12
Prediction and prevention of asthma
John O Warner
359
18
Childhood asthma in developing countries
Pakit Vichyanond Eugene G Weinberg Dirceu Sole
377
14
Index
391
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