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Description: Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults by Tolly E.G. Epstein, Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is a unique resource, providing an up-to-date review of medication strategies, how asthma phenotypes and treatment decisions interact, and how controlling asthma triggers impacts long-term asthma outcomes in older patients. Additionally, the book incorporates recent advances in alternative therapies that improve the patients quality of life. Opening discussions address the unique challenges of the differential diagnosis of asthma in older adults, as well as an examination of the significant medical comorbidities that co-exist with asthma. Subsequent chapters provide strategies to optimizing asthma management in thisspecific population, including information on case management that will assist allied health providers. Finally, the book closes with an analysis of several novel targets for therapy to treat severe asthma including biologics, macrolides and bronchial thermoplasty.Written by experts in the field, Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is an indispensable resource for allergists, pulmonologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and all other allied clinicians. Back Cover This comprehensive book presents an evidence-based approach to treating asthma in adults aged 65 and older, a vulnerable subset of patients who are more likely to experience higher morbidity and mortality rates, and often enduring higher financial burdens related to treatment. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is a unique resource, providing an up-to-date review of medication strategies, how asthma phenotypes and treatment decisions interact, and how controlling asthma triggers impacts long-term asthma outcomes in older patients. Additionally, the book incorporates recent advances in alternative therapies that improve the patients quality of life. Opening discussions address the unique challenges of the differential diagnosis of asthma in older adults, as well as an examination of the significant medical comorbidities that co-exist with asthma. Subsequent chapters provide strategies to optimizing asthma management in this specific population, including information on case management that will assist allied health providers. Finally, the book closes with an analysis of several novel targets for therapy to treat severe asthma including biologics, macrolides and bronchial thermoplasty. Written by experts in the field, Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults: A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide is an indispensable resource for allergists, pulmonologists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and all other allied clinicians. Author Biography Tolly Epstein, MDAssistant Professor of Clinical MedicineDivision of Immunology, Allergy, & RheumatologyUniversity of Cincinnati School of MedicineCincinnati, Ohio 45267USASharmilee M. Nyenhuis, MDAssistant Professor of MedicineDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and AllergyUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Illinois, 60612USA Table of Contents Introductory Chapters.- 1. Scope of the Burden of Asthma in Older Adults.- 2. Why is Asthma More Severe and Difficult to Control in Older Adults? .- Section I: Challenges in the Diagnosis of Asthma in Older Adults.- 3. Difficulties in Physician and Self-Perception of Asthma in Older Adults.- 4. Objective Testing for Asthma in Older Adults.- 5. Distinguishing Asthma from Co-Morbid Conditions in Older Adults.- Section II: Optimizing Effective Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults.- 6. Barriers to Effective Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults.- 7. Medication Efficacy and Side Effects in Older Asthmatics.- 8. Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults with Significant Medical Co-morbidities.- 9. Shared decision-making and Strategies to Optimize Adherence in Older Asthmatics.- 10. How Case Coordinators and Other Nursing Professionals Can Help Optimize Care of Asthma in Older Adults.- 11. The Impact of Specific Asthma Phenotypes on Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults.- 12. Controlling Triggers for Asthma in Older Adults: Environmental Allergens, Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollutants, and Infections.- 13. Novel and Alternative Therapies for Asthma in Older Adults. Review "The book is intended for physicians specializing in asthma care, as well as for primary care physicians, physicians in training, case coordinators, etc. … this is a welcome attempt at dealing with asthma management in the elderly. … There are very few books dealing with disease management in the elderly, which makes this book uniquely useful." (Santosh Dhungana, Doodys Book Reviews, November 08, 2019) Review Quote "The book is intended for physicians specializing in asthma care, as well as for primary care physicians, physicians in training, case coordinators, etc. ... this is a welcome attempt at dealing with asthma management in the elderly. ... There are very few books dealing with disease management in the elderly, which makes this book uniquely useful." (Santosh Dhungana, Doodys Book Reviews, November 08, 2019) Feature Focus specifically on asthma in older adult population Includes novel information regarding the impact of exposures and asthma phenotypes in this population Written by a variety of experts who have done research in this field and have extensive experience treating older adults with asthma Includes information on case management that will assist allied health providers (nurses, social workers, case managers) Details ISBN3030205533 Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 3030205533 ISBN-13 9783030205539 Format Paperback Pages 158 Publication Date 2019-07-30 Short Title Treatment of Asthma in Older Adults Subtitle A Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Guide DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-20554-6 Edition 1st Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Author Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2019 Edited by Sharmilee M. 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