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| Publisher | CRC Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781032170237 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032170239 |
| Author | Luis C. Losso |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is, of 2024, one of the three main causes of death in the world, affecting around 12% of the world's population. Its incidence is estimated to increase in the coming decades due to continuous exposure to risk factors and to an aging population.Pulmonary emphysema is one of its most serious phenotypes, with chronic and inexorable progression and, in the most severe stages, it is highly disabling and lethal.This book reviews knowledge about the pathophysiology of severe pulmonary emphysema and the current innovative interventional and minimally invasive therapeutic concepts for the management of these advanced stages of emphysema, based on the best scientific evidence.This guide provides to multidisciplinary pulmonary boards of experts in advanced lung diseases, current criteria for the choice of precision therapeutic options and beyond to maintaining optimized medical treatment to controlling lung hyperinflation, and alleviating patients' symptoms.This book is a valuable resource for clinicians dealing with critically ill patients with COPD. |
| About the Author | Luis C. Losso, MD, PhDDirector, Center for Thoracic Medicine and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos, São Paulo, BrazilDirector, Research Center for Thoracic Medicine, São Paulo, BrazilCOPD Foundation, Brazilian Captain, USALatin American Thoracic Advisory Board for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Professional Education, Johnson & Johnson InstitutePhilosophical Degree in Medicine, Postgraduate Program in Operative Technique and Experimental Surgery at the Escola Paulista de Medicine at the Federal University of São Paulo, BrazilCertification of Specialist in Thoracic Surgery, Brazilian Society of Thoracic SurgeryCertification of Specialist in Pulmonology, Brazilian Society of Pulmonology1972 Graduation in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of MaríliaProfessor Luis C. Losso’s interests include advanced lung disease, severe pulmonary emphysema, and interventional treatments to reduce lung volume; he was involved in trials into the bronchoscopic treatment of pulmonary emphysema with drug-eluting stents.Professor Losso is active in publishing scientific papers in national and international medical journals; he has edited thoracic surgery books and authored chapters for them; he has been a speaker at international and national lectures on thoracic surgery. Professor Losso is a former president of the South American Chapter of the International Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Group (USA); founder of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery; founder of the Brazilian Society of Pulmonology; a member of the Ibero-American Association of Thoracic Surgery; and a member of the Latin American Thoracic Association.Prof. Pallav Shah, MD, MBBS, FERS, FRCPProfessor Pallav Shah is currently professor of respiratory medicine at Imperial College, London. He is a senior consultant physician the Royal Brompton Hospital, and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. He qualified in medicine at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London, and trained in pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital.Professor Shah is active in both the research and the development of new treatments. He has over 250 papers and several books to his credit – including his contribution as sectional editor of the thoracic section of Gray's Anatomy (39th & 40th editions) and as sectional editor for respiratory section of the Oxford Textbook of Medicine (6th edition). He also the author of Atlas of Flexible Bronchoscopy and chief editor of Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology. He has also been involved in the HERMES education program for the European Respiratory SocietyProfessor Shah pioneered bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema with devices such as the Zephyr endobronchial valves, endobronchial coils, vapor treatment, and intrabronchial valves. More recently he has been focused on the treatment of COPD with vapor therapy, targeted nerve ablation and the novel RejuvenAir (cryospray) procedure for chronic bronchitis.Gerard J. Criner, MDGerard J. Criner, MD, is professor and founding chair of the Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery and Temple Lung Center at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His research interests include respiratory failure, lung volume reduction surgery, bronchoscopic lung reduction and the prevention and treatment of acute COPD exacerbations.Walter Weder, MDWalter Weder, MD, is professor of surgery and former director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Switzerland. He currently works at the Thoracic Surgery Clinic Bethanien, Zurich. He was educated at the Medical School of the University of Zurich and at Stanford University, graduated in Zurich, and became a thoracic surgeon after his surgical training at USZ and a Research Fellowship in Lung Transplantation at Washington University (Joel D. Cooper), St. Louis, USA. |
| Publication Date | 27 September 2024 |
| Number of Pages | 180 pages |
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