Asthma in the 21st Century: New Research Advances provides an overview on asthma, with discussions on its heterogeneity, risk factors and their interrelations, and e-health in an aging world based on current research knowledge. The book covers heterogeneity of the disease beyond severe asthma, new risk factors, new diagnoses with climate change, a focus on chemical exposures at home, e-health and links with aging, and notable advances in key areas such as diet and microbiota, the genetics of asthma and the asthma versus COPD debate. Worldwide, the total number of asthma sufferers is estimated to be over 300 million with an additional 100 million expected to develop asthma by 2025. There are a number of clinical books available on asthma, but none with much discussion on current scientific findings and new disease understanding. Yet, asthma has evolved quickly in the past 5-10 years, with many clinicians struggling to keep up with new scientific findings. Offers an overall view of asthma and addresses notable advances in key areas such as diet and the microbiota, the genetics of asthma and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome Covers hot topics such as heterogeneity of asthma beyond severe asthma, new risk factors, more common complications with climate change, a focus on chemical exposures at home, e-health and links with frailty in an aging world Provides a deep understanding of a multifactorial, complex and heterogeneous chronic inflammatory disease known as asthma INDICE: 1. The heterogeneity of asthma: From phenotypes to endotypes2. Eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma: Beyond severe asthma3. Airway microbiota and asthma4. Gender differences and sex-related hormonal5. Diet and asthma6. Indoor Air: Chemical exposures7. Air pollution and asthma in a changing climate8. GWAS, GEWIS and epigenetics in asthma9. Asthma versus COPD: Boundaries and overlaps, from physiopathology to therapy10. Asthma in an aging world11. Asthma in the eHealth/mHealth area
- ISBN: 978-0-323-85419-1
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 210
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2022
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés