Titlebook: Respiratory Disease; Anne E. Tattersfield,Martin W. McNicol Textbook 1987 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987 asthma.chemotherapy.defen

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Respiratory Disease978-1-4471-3132-8Series ISSN 1431-9772

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Asthma,anagement and the introduction of several new drugs. All the drugs used currently, other than theophylline, have been introduced in the last 40 years, and even with theophylline the formulation has changed. This progress has unfortunately not been associated with any reduction in deaths from asthma.

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Methods of Drug Administration,cause it allows maximum effect on the airways to be achieved with smaller doses of drugs and fewer side-effects. This chapter considers the principles involved and the devices available and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the different routes of administration for patients with respiratory disorders.

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Tuberculosis,to 18/100 000; there were 9145 cases and 608 deaths. In the Third World there has been little or no change. The incidence remains very high and in some areas such as north-east Africa it is even increasing. Under these conditions mortality of sputum-positive tuberculosis remains high (about 50%) and

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Alveolitis,s dyspnoea, diffuse shadowing on chest X-ray and a restrictive pattern of ventilatory impairment. At present, “alveolitis”, rather like “pneumonia”, appears to be a useful term to describe a group of diseases.