• A compact evidence-based readable book providing an invaluable update on this prevalent condition
• Reflects the latest evidence base on the pathophysiological, immunological, and management issues of asthma
• Fully referenced with tables figures and bullet points

Readership: This book is aimed at trainee clinicians, general practitioners, nurse specialists, and related health care professionals.

Edited by Graeme Currie, Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK

1: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathophysiology
2: Clinical features and diagnosis
3: Non-pharmacological management
4: Pharmacological management
5: Inhalers
6: Asthma in primary care
7: Acute asthma
8: Occupational asthma
9: Asthma in pregnancy
10: Paediatric asthma
11: Difficult asthma
12: New treatments and the future
13: Asthma in special circumstances, case histories and useful websites