Difficult Asthma

This book will redress the balance between knowledge concerning underlying mechanisms and the subsequent consequences of the more severe end of the disease spectrum of asthma. "This complete reference is valuable not only to the practitioner who will use this as a tool to customize and justify treatment plans for difficult asthmatics, but also to those involved in asthma research. Readers will gain a better understanding of airway hyper-responsiveness and remodeling, current treatment of difficult asthmatic patients, and techniques to reduce exacerbating factors, to maximize medical therapies, and to utilize immunosuppressive regimens." - Sumita Khatri, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Doody's Review Services