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The burden of lung disease

 

More than half of all the deaths from lung disease in Europe, and at least one-quarter of all respiratory hospital admissions, are due to diseases caused by smoking

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Occupational risk factors

 

A detailed history is key when assessing a worker’s occupational exposure risk and establishing a diagnosis. The latency of occupational respiratory diseases can range from a few hours to 50 years.

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Paediatric respiratory diseases

 

Community-acquired pneumonia is not a serious threat to most children in western Europe but mortality rates are more than 10 times higher in some eastern European countries.

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Introduction

  1. Editors' introduction
  2. Foreword from WHO
  3. Foreword from the EC
  4. Promoting respira...

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overview

Part A - Overview

  1. 1. Burden of lung d...
  2. 2. The economic b...

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risk factors

Part B - Major risk factors

  1. 3. Genetic suscepti..
  2. 4. Early-life events
  3. 5. Diet and nutrition
  4. 6. Outdoor environm..
  5. 7. Occupational risk..
  6. 8. Passive smoking  
  7. 9. Tobacco smoking
  8. 10. Indoor environm..

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diseases

Part C - Major respiratory diseases

  1. 11. Childhood asthma         
  2. 12. Adult asthma     
  3. 13. Chronic obstruct..
  4. 14. Cystic fibrosis         
  5. 15. Bronchiectasis         
  6. 16. Paediatric respir..
  7. 17. Tuberculosis         
  8. 18. Acute lower res..
  9. 19. Lung cancer         
  10. 20. Acute respirator..
  11. 21. Pulmonary vascu..
  12. 22. Interstitial lung ..
  13. 23. Sleep breathing ..
  14. 24. Occupational lu..
  15. 25. Rare and orphan..

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management

Part D - Respiratory management

  1. 26. Immunisation ag..
  2. 27. Principles of res..
  3. 28. Principles of res..
  4. 29. Pulmonary reha..

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special-feeds

Part E - Special fields of respiratory care

  1. 30. Paediatric respir..
  2. 31. Respiratory inten..    
  3. 32. Thoracic surgery

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practising needs

Part F - Respiratory medicine in Europe

  1. 33. Medical respirat..
  2. 34. Allied respiratory..
  3. 35. Primary care pra..
  4. 36. Specialist clinica..
  5. 37. ERS School and..
  6. 38. Respiratory rese..
  7. 39. Respiratory jour..
  8. 40. Patient organisat..

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policy

Part G - Conclusion

  1. 41. Recommendatio..

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