Asthma
 

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, affecting approximately 5% of the population. Approximately 470,000 hospital admissions, and 5000 deaths are attributed to asthma each year in the United States.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides 

Allen, Julian L. et al. (eds.). The children's hospital of Philadelphia guide to asthma: how to help your child live a healthier life.
       WF 533 C344 2004

Chung, Kian Fan.  Clinicians' guide to asthma.  
        WF 553 C386 2002

Raymond G, Slavin and Robert E. Reisman (eds.). Expert guide to allergy and immunology.  
        WD 300 E963 1999

The American Lung Association Asthma Advisory Group. Family guide to asthma and allergies.  
        Consumer Health WF 553 F254 1997

Welch, Michael J (ed.). American Academy of Pediatrics guide to your child's allergies and asthma: breathing easy and bringing up healthy active children.  
        Consumer Health WD 300 A547 2000

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Cruse, Julius M. and Robert E. Lewis. Illustrated dictionary of immunology.
        REF QW 513 C787 2003

Herbert, W. John and David I. Scott. Dictionary of immunology.  
        REF QW 513 D427 1995

Onion, Daniel K. The little black book of primary care: pearls and references.
        W 39 O546 1999

Spagnolo, Samuel V and Ann Medinger (eds.). Handbook of pulmonary emergencies.  
        WF 140 H23 1986

Selected textbooks

Naspitz, Charles K. et al.  Textbook of pediatric asthma: an international perspective.
        WF 553 T497 2001

Slavin, Raymond G and Robert E. Reisman.  Asthma.
        WF 553 A865 2002

Fick, Robert B and Paula M. Jardieu (eds.).  IgE and anti-IgE therapy in asthma and allergic disease.
        QW 900 I342 2002

O'Connor, B. and M.A. Giembycz.  Asthma: epidemiology, anti-inflammatory therapy, and future trends.
        WF 553 A772 2000

Platts-Mills, Thomas (ed.).  Asthma: causes and mechanisms of an epidemic inflammatory disease.
        WF 553 A773 1999

Schleimer, Robert P. et al. (eds.).  Inhaled steroids in asthma: optimizing effects in the airways.
        WF 553 I532 2002

Barnes, Peter J. et al.  Asthma and copd: basic mechanisms and clinical management.
        WF 553 A783 2002

More books 

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Asthma
  Status Asthmaticus
  Allergy and Immunology

Selected journals   

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Asthma -- Periodicals
Allergy and Immunology -- Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

MEDLINE  

Suggested subject headings: Asthma
Asthma, Excercise-Induced
  Status Asthmaticus
  Allergy and Immunology
  Allergens
  Hypersensitivity

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Selected journal articles

Kuehn BM. New asthma guidelines released. JAMA. 2007 Oct 3;298(13):1503-4..

Platts-Mills T, et al. The role of allergens in asthma. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Sep 1;76(5):675-80. Review.

Cousens NE, et al. The needs of older people with asthma. Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Sep;36(9):729-31. Review.

Fält A, et al.  Exposure of infants to budesonide through breast milk of asthmatic mothers. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007 Oct;120(4):798-802. Epub 2007 Sep 7.

Barnes PJ. Using a combination inhaler (budesonide plus formoterol) as rescue therapy improves asthma control. BMJ. 2007 Sep 8;335(7618):513. Review..

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Asthma self-management education among youths and adults--United States, 2003.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007 Sep 7;56(35):912-5.

Grippi MA, Mulrow C. Trials that matter: minimizing treatment of mild, persistent asthma. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Sep 4;147(5):344-5.

More reference sources

Muth, Annemarie S. (ed.). Asthma sourcebook : basic consumer health information about asthma, including symptoms, traditional and nontraditional remedies, treatament advances, quality-of-life aids, medical research updates, and the role of allergies, exercise, age, the environment, and genetics in the development of asthma : along with statistical data, a glossary, and directories of support groups, and other resourcs for further information.
      Consumer Health WF 553 A776 2000

Plottel, Claudia S. 100 questions & answers about asthma.
      WF 553 P467 2005

Simon, Hans-Uwe (ed.). CRC desk reference for allergy and asthma.  
      QW 513 C722 2000

Matthews, Dawn D.(ed.). Lung disorders sourcebook: basic consumer health information about emphysema, pneumonia, tuberculosis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, and other lung disorders. 1st ed.
       Consumer Health WF 39 L863 2002

Specialized sources

Asthma in children.
        AUDIOVISUALS WF 553 A878 1996

Contemporary management of asthma.
        AUDIOVISUALS WB 100 N253 No.685 1995

Department of Medicine.  601-984-5805.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Richard D. deShazo, MD. rdeshazo@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/asthma/

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
http://www.aafa.org

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
http://www.acaai.org

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
http://www.aaaai.org

Author:  Gongchao Yang
Copyright 2005, Rev. 2007 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson