Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

In the tradition of Schwarz and King, this work brings together intern ationally renowned contributors from the front lines of pulmonary medi cine and research in one timely and authoritative compendium. It takes a new and comprehensive look at a large medical problem - chronic obs tructive lung diseases are a problem of global importance and the inci dence of COPD is increasing in many countries and COPD is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The focus is on the pathobiology of COPD and emphysema, on the exacerbation of COPD and on treatment opti ons.