Addressing unmet medical needs in COPD management / Addressing unmet medical needs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management. editor, Peter J. Barnes. - 1 electronic text (139 pages) : color illustrations, digital file. - The Future Science Group eBook collection, 2047-332X . - Future Science Group eBook collection, .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Addressing unmet medical needs in COPD management / Peter J. Barnes -- Overview of current management / Walter Vincken -- Treating COPD exacerbations / Jadwiga A. Wedzicha -- Treating comorbidities / E.F.M. Wouters -- New inhaled anticholinergics / Nicholas J. Gross -- New long-acting b2-agonist inhalers / Mario Cazzola & Maria Gabriella Matera -- New fixed bronchodilator combinations of a long-acting b2-agonist and a long-acting anticholinergic / Stephanie Korn & Roland Buhl -- Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors for COPD / Meilan K. Han & Fernando J. Martinez -- Novel targets and therapies in COPD /Peter J. Barnes -- COPD : which medicines for which patients? / Elizabeth Sapey & Robert A. Stockley -- Index.

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9781780840062 (eISBN) 9781780840079 (ePub)

10.2217/9781780840062 doi


Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive--Treatment.
Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive--Chemotherapy.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive--therapy.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive--drug therapy.


Electronic books.