Author: Rachel Booker

By 2020, it is estimated that COPD will be the fifth most common cause of death in the UK. It already accounts for more time off work than any other illness, and costs the NHS £500 million every year. Yet it was thought that little could be done to help patients.

But this is no longer the case, and the care and management of COPD patients is now a priority in primary healthcare.

Vital COPD is a handy reference guide designed for everyday use inside the practice and out in the community. Written by Rachel Booker, COPD Module Leader for the NRTC, this book will help you to provide a consistently high quality of care for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Vital COPD gives you:

• Quick-reference contents list allowing you to pinpoint relevant topics
• Key information presented clearly and concisely in 93 vital points
• Summaries of patient assessment protocols for every aspect of COPD
• Straightforward patient information sections
• Structuring COPD care in your practice

This book contains the essential information you need if you are part of the community COPD care team. It is an ideal references for specialist nurses, practice nurses, GPs, physiotherapists, community pharmacists and social workers.

Contents:

• COPD: Definition and impact
• Presentation, diagnosis and disease severity
• Stopping smoking
• How to manage COPD – drug therapy
• Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Oxygen therapy
• Living with COPD
• Exacerbations
• Managing the end of life in COPD
• Structuring care in general practice
• Glossary of terms
• Useful addresses and contacts

"A great reference book which provides sound and authoritative clinical advice in an easily accessible format. This is likely to be one of the reference books that is used in practice rather than gethering dust in a corner."
Dr Steve Holmes, Chair of the General Practice Airways Group (GPIAG)

Price: £14.99