Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (eBook)

Laura Blackler, Christine Jones, Caroline Mooney (Herausgeber)

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2007
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-51798-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing rapidly worldwide and it's predicted that by 2020 it will represent the third leading cause of death. Sadly, this slow-progressing debilitating disease not only affects the individual but also has consequences for the family. More positively, the urgent need to improve the care offered and to raise the public profile of the condition has now been recognised. Healthcare providers play a central role in this, through health education, early diagnosis and better management through all stages of the disease.

Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease provides an insight into this debilitative condition. The book aims to develop nurses' and allied health professionals' knowledge and skills in caring for individuals with COPD. It takes the reader on a journey from diagnosis through to end-of-life care and examines:

• Initial diagnosis and symptom management
• Smoking cessation
• Pulmonary rehabilitation
• The management of acute episodes
• The role of each member of the multi-disciplinary team
• Quality of life, including nutrition, fatigue management and leisure activities
• The future for the care and management of people with the condition.

Healthcare professionals from multi-disciplinary teams have contributed to this book to demonstrate that a co-ordinated approach for these patients is required across both primary and secondary care. Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease can be utilised by nurses and allied health professionals caring for patients at all stages of their disease.

Laura Blackler, Practice Development Nurse, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.

Christine Jones, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.

Caroline Mooney, Community Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Luton Treatment Centre, UK.

Inhalt

Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 1
Contents 7
List of Contributors 9
Preface 11
Introduction 13
1: Pathophysiology 19
2: Diagnosing COPD 31
3: Symptom Management 45
3.1 PHARMACOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT 45
3.2 ADHERENCE/CONCORDANCE 56
3.3 NEBULISED THERAPY AT HOME 59
3.4 LONG-TERM OXYGEN THERAPY 67
3.5 SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS 74
4: Smoking Cessation 83
5: Pulmonary Rehabilitation 103
6: Quality of Life 131
6.1 FATIGUE MANAGEMENT 131
6.2 NUTRITION AND HEALTHY EATING 138
6.3 CONTINENCE 142
6.4 SLEEP 148
6.5 TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS 153
6.6 VACCINATIONS 158
6.7 SEXUALITY 164
7: Psychological Needs and Interventions 175
8: Management of COPD in the Community 193
9: Management of Acute Exacerbations in Hospital 209
10: Non-Invasive Ventilation 225
11: End-of-Life Care 237
12: The Future for the Care and Management of Individuals with COPD 255
Glossary 261
Appendix: Useful Organisations 271
Index 279

Rezensionen

"It is a book I will be returning to and would recommend to anyone involved in the management of COPD, clinically or educationally. It will be informing my practice and I recommend it as a very useful resource." (International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, June 2010)

"This is an excellent book at a reasonable price, written by very well qualified clinicians within the field and would be a very valuable resource for those caring for individuals with COPD." (Journal of Community Nursing, January 2009)

"There is an excellent overview of the management of COPD in the community." (Primary Health Care, July 2008)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.9.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: care offered • Central • chronic obstructive • Condition • Consequences • COPD • debilitating • Diagnosis • Disease • Family • healthcare providers • increasing • Individual • Krankenpflege • leading • Medizin • nursing • Profile • Public • Pulmonary • Role • slowprogressing • Third • Worldwide
• ISBN-10: 0-470-51798-0 / 0470517980
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-51798-7 / 9780470517987