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- Extensive learning features, including Activities, in-text questions, and Explanation and Enrichment boxes, offer full support for learning, making this the ideal resource for any student, regardless of prior scientific knowledge.
- Custom-developed multimedia content, on the associated DVD, enriches the learning process still further, helping you to get even more out of the resource.
- Online Resource Centre features additional materials for both lecturers and students, enhancing the book's value as a teaching and learning tool.
This book discusses one effect of changing environments and lifestyles on the health of modern human populations: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a progressive lung disease that is caused by long-term exposure to particulate smoke or dust pollution. Damage to the lungs is irreversible, and the resulting reduction in the supply of oxygen to the body has wide-ranging effects on the individual's general health and mobility, and impacts upon all aspects of their life including work, family, and social participation.
Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Forgotten Killer uses a multidisciplinary approach to bring together an introduction to the science of respiratory function with aspects of the epidemiology, psychology, treatment and prevention of COPD.
The text is supported by a fully interactive DVD with videos and interactive exercises made in collaboration with respiratory practitioners at Sheffield University Medical School and Sheffield Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The DVD includes the videos 'Living with COPD', 'Testing lung function in the respiratory clinic', and 'Exercise rehabilitation for COPD'. It also features an animation, 'Respiration and COPD', which enables the viewer to visualise the processes of gas exchange between the atmosphere and lungs, and the bloodstream
and body tissue, in individuals with and without COPD.
The Online Resource Centre features:
For lecturers who are registered adopters of the book:
- Figures from the book in electronic format, available to download
For students:
- Access to ROUTES, a searchable internet database of online resources compiled by academic staff and subject-specialist librarians.Readership: Undergraduates studying biomedical science, human biology, and health science, particularly those with an interest in public health. Also a valuable reference for health professionals requiring a straightforward introduction to the subject.
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Edited by Carol Midgley Contributors:
Carol Midgley, Basiro Davey, Paul Gabbott, Biological Sciences, Open University
Tom Heller, Health and Social Care, Open University
Lesley Smart, Chemistry, Open University
Bundy Mackintosh, Psychology, Open University
Elizabeth Parvin, Physics & Astronomy, Open University
Brian Richardson, Steve Best, Greg Black, Owen Horn, Multimedia, Open University
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1: Introduction
1.1 What is COPD?
1.2 COPD is debilitating and life threatening
2: Who gets COPD?
2.1 What's the best method of estimating COPD prevalence?
2.2 COPD risk factors
2.3 Susceptibility to developing COPD
3: The respiratory system
3.1 Oxygen is required to release energy from nutrient molecules
3.2 Oxygen must be obtained from the air
3.3 Ventilation of the lungs
3.4 Exchanges of gases between the lungs and the blood
3.5 Transporting oxygen around the body
3.6 The blood circulation
3.7 The exchange of gases between the blood and the body tissues
3.8 Supplying sufficient oxygen to the tissues
4: Airborne particles damage lung function
4.1 The immune system: the body's natural defence
4.2 Inflammation protects wounds against infection
4.3 Defensive cells
4.4 Inflammation can get out of control
4.5 Chronic inflammation permanently damages the lungs
4.6 Free radicals in smoke can directly damage tissues
4.7 The consequences of lung damage
5: Diagnosing COPD
5.1 Imaging COPD
5.2 Airflow tests to assess lung function
6: Managing COPD
6.1 How COPD affects patients' lives
6.2 Treatments for COPD
7: Recognising a forgotten killer
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