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Tables of Contents for Textbook of Pediatric Asthma
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Preface
ix
Contributors
x
xiv
Lung function and development
1
18
Asthma-basic mechanisms
19
16
Pediatric asthma: epidemiology and natural history
35
32
Risk factors for the development of asthma
67
16
Relationship of viral and bacterial infections to the development and course of asthma
83
16
Chronic cough and/or wheezing in infants and children less than 5 years old: diagnostic approaches
99
22
Pharmacologic management of asthma in infants and small children
121
28
Management of chronic asthma in children between 5 and 18 years of age
149
40
Assessment and treatment of acute asthma in children and adolescents
189
22
Exercise-induced asthma in children and adolescents and its relationship to sports
211
12
Upper airways disease and asthma
223
14
Nonpharmacologic approaches to the management of asthma
237
20
Indoor and outdoor allergens
257
22
Food allergy and asthma in children
279
14
Psychosocial factors mediating asthma treatment outcomes
293
16
Education programs
309
18
Delivery of aerosol to children: devices and inhalation techniques
327
20
Economic in pediatric asthma
347
12
Prediction and prevention of asthma
359
18
Childhood asthma in developing countries
377
14
Index
391