Overview
- Editors:
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Pablo Bertrand
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ignacio Sánchez
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
A comprehensive reference work on pediatric pulmonology
Contains 74 chapters, divided into five sections (Physiology, Clinics, Syndromes, Diseases and Therapy)
Contains algorithms to assist in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric respiratory disorders
Written by experts in different fields of pediatric pulmonology from the Americas and Europe
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Table of contents (74 chapters)
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- Solange Caussade Larraín, Carlos Flores Berríos
Pages 193-199
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- Daniel Zenteno Araos, José Luis Pérez Sánchez, Pablo Brockmann Veloso
Pages 201-204
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- Luis Enrique Vega-Briceño, Ilse Contreras Estay, Ignacio Sánchez
Pages 205-214
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- Julio Maggiolo Massone, Carlos Mendoza Fox, Ricardo Kogan Alterman
Pages 215-225
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- Pablo Brockmann Veloso, Daniel Zenteno Araos, José Luis Pérez Sánchez
Pages 227-231
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- Alejandra Zamorano Wittwer, Marcela Ferrés Garrido
Pages 233-243
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- Raúl Escobar Henríquez, Bernardita Chateau Infante
Pages 245-254
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- Jacques de Blic, Agustín León Cortés
Pages 255-261
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- Luis Avendaño Carvajal, Cecilia Perret Pérez
Pages 263-272
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- Ida Concha Murray, Cecilia Perret Pérez
Pages 273-281
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- Miriam Pérez, Giovanni Piedimonte
Pages 283-298
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- María Lina Boza Costagliola
Pages 299-307
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- Ricardo Kogan Alterman, Julio Maggiolo Massone
Pages 309-321
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- Francisco Prado Atlagic, Rodrigo Vásquez-De Kartzow, Pamela Salinas Flores, Pamela Navarrete Contreras
Pages 323-333
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- Cecilia Perret Pérez, Marcela Ferrés Garrido
Pages 335-341
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- Carlos Casar Collazo, María Elena Guarda Barros, Carolina Gvirtzman
Pages 343-353
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- José Luis Tapia Illanes, Paulina Toso Milos, Javier Kattan Said
Pages 355-371
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- Alberto Toso Milos, Jorge Fabres Biggs, Pablo Bertrand
Pages 373-382
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- Mario Calvo Gil, Fernando Iñiguez Osmer
Pages 383-392
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- Viviana Aguirre Camposano, Manuel Soto Martínez, Manuel Soto Quirós
Pages 393-400
About this book
This is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook on pediatric pulmonology. Edited by Pablo Bertrand and Ignacio Sánchez, renowned academics and pediatricians from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, it encompasses five sections and 74 chapters, presenting and discussing the most important topics related to pediatric respiratory diseases. Written and presented in a simple and didactic format, it intends to ease learning and settlement of doubts in pediatric respiratory diseases. The reader is naturally introduced into the physiology, diagnosis, syndromes, diseases and the treatment associated with the respiratory pathologies affecting children. The chapters include algorithms for the treatment of various syndromes and updated treatment proposals grounded in evidence-based medicine for more than 50 pulmonary diseases. Pediatric Respiratory Diseases – A Comprehensive Textbook is an essential reference for the proper clinical approach to respiratory diseases in children. It is intended for all interns, residents and fellows with interest in pediatric pulmonary medicine, as well as practicing physicians, general practitioners, pediatricians and pulmonologists who face pediatric respiratory disorders in daily clinical practice.
About the editors
Pablo Bertrand graduated as a Physician in 1992 and as a Pediatrician in 1994 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship in University of Miami (USA) in 2000. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Unit and Director of the Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship. He has done research in RSV bronchiolitis and cytokine production, as well as asthma. He was President of the Chilean Pediatric Pulmonology Society 2006-2009 and has organized several courses and congresses in Chile.
Ignacio Sanchez graduated as a Physician in 1986 and as a Pediatrician in 1989 at the Universidad Católica de Chile and performed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship at the University of Manitoba (Canada) in 1991. He has been working in clinical and academic duties since then, becoming Chief of the Pediatric Department, Director of the School of Medicine, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and in 2010 was appointed President of the University. He has done research in respiratory sounds and bronchiolitis.