[e-drug] New edition of Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory

["Mary Hemming" <mhemming@tg.com.au>]

E-drug: New edition of Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory
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Therapeutic Guidelines consist of advice on treatment written principally
for prescribers.

The new edition of Respiratory was published in January 2000. Chapters
include:

- Asthma, both acute and chronic
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Rhinitis and sinusitis
- Cough
- Pleuritic and chest wall pain
- Patients with respiratory disease undergoing surgery
- Bronchitis and pneumonia
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Other respiratory tract infections
- Suppurative lung disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Interstitial lung disease
- Respiratory fitness to scuba dive
- Obstructive sleep apnoea and disorders of respiratory control
- Oxygen therapy
- Assessment and treatment of smoking
- Inhalational drug delivery devices
- Respiratory drug use in pregnancy and breastfeeding
- A guide to pulmonary function testing

Also included is a list of the major studies or references on which the
recommendations are based.

The text is reconciled with Australian and overseas guidelines, and has been
endorsed by the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand, as well as the
Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care, the Royal Australian College
of General Practitioners, the National Prescribing Service, and other
professional bodies.

Therapeutic Guidelines: Respiratory. 2nd edition.  January 2000.
222pg.   ISSN 1441-516X   17.5mm X 12mm
Aus$29.00 plus postage and handling.

Therapeutic Guidelines are derived from the best available scientific
evidence. The experience, insight and opinions of Australian experts are an
essential element of the writing process and the final text reflects
independent and expert interpretation.

The Guidelines are not primarily meant to instruct, but rather to assist
prescribers in ensuring patients receive optimum treatment.

Therapeutic Guidelines Ltd. is an independent not-for profit organisation,
financed only through income from the sale of books. We cannot provide free
books, but if you are not familiar with the books, sample sections are
available on our web site at http://www.tg.com.au.

Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
Level 2, 55 Flemington Road
North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051
Australia
Tel:	61 3 9326 6324
Fax:	61 3 9326 5632
email: sales@tg.com.au

Mary Hemming
Mary Hemming, Chief Executive Officer
Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
Level 2, 55 Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria, 3051, Australia
Telephone: 61 3 9326 6324; Facsimile: 61 3 9326 5632; E-mail:
mhemming@tg.com.au

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