El asma en un minuto: Lo que usted necesita saber (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Thomas F. Plaut (Author), MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2008

This easy-to-read guide will help people with asthma stay out of the emergency room, out of the hospital and as active as everyone else. It is an ideal guide for parents, patients and anyone who needs a quick asthma reference book. Accurate, clear, and illustrated with line drawings and charts, One Minute Asthma covers the basics of asthma and the medicines used to treat it. Readers will learn how to recognize symptoms, monitor the progress of an episode and communicate clearly with health professionals.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An ideal guide for patients and parents starting to learn about asthma. It is accurate, clear and concise. -- Albert Sheffer, M.D., Chairman, NHLBI Expert Panel on the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, Boston, Massachusetts

Booklet teaches patients with asthma how to play it safe. "One Minute Asthma: What You Need to Know" is a patient education booklet that helps asthma sufferers avoid unnecessary hospitalization. It contains basic infromation on the signs of asthmatrouble and how to avoid triggers that can make the condition worse. The booklet also briefly describes commonly used medicatiions and devices like peak flowmeters and inhalers, and explains how tonuse an asthma diary and develop a home treatment plan. A resource section is provided at the end. -- RN September 1996

El asma en un minuto es el mejor folleto sobre el asma que existe. -- Guillermo Mendoza, M.D., alergista. Fairfield, California

New edition of asthma classic. A new and expanded fourth edition of Dr.Thomas F. Plaut's One Minute Asthma: What you Need to Know contains new sections on medicines, devices, diaries, and home treatment plans as well as an updated resource section. Widely used by both clinicians and families, One Minute Asthma clarifies how to use peak flow mneters, holding chambers and compressor driven nebulizers: explains why childrenwith asthma need to have an asthma diary and shows how to set one up; and includes simple written informationon asthma basics. It is the only booklet for patients referenced by the 1997 NHLBI Gidelines. -- Contemporary Pediatrics, October 19981998

Pido a todos mis pacientes de asma que lean El asma en un minuto. -- Judith Flores, M.D. pediatra, Brooklyn, New York

With 500,000 copies already in print, this new edition of One Mintue Asthma has new sections covering sinusitis, rhinits, medicines that may make asthma worse and advice on how to avoid fatal misinterpretation of peak flow score. No other asthma booklet lists criteria for choosing an asthma doctor, provides a home treatment plan for use by doctors and patients, and gives detailed instructions for using a peak flow meter, a holding chambe and a compressor driven enbulizer. --Asthma Update Spring 1997

About the Author

Thomas F. Plaut, M.D. has cared for thousands of people with asthma. He is a nationally known specialist and the author of several books on asthma for professionals and patients. Dr. Plaut believes that most people with asthma have the ability to manage it at home. After they learn the basics of asthma, they can work out an effective asthma care plan with their doctor, nurse or respiratory therapist. Using the plan as a guide they will be able to lead fully active lives and avoid asthma emergencies. After graduating from Yale with a degree in history, Dr. Plaut received his medical degree from Columbia University and his pediatric training at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. He practiced pediatrics for twenty-four years in Appalachia, the South Bronx, and in Massachusetts before founding Asthma Consultants in 1988. Dr. Plaut now devotes his full energy to helping patients and their families, and assisting organizations to improve the care of people with asthma. He serves as an asthma consultant to HMOs, physicians and health organizations and individuals. His research findings are available to health professionals in journal articles, workshops, and national meetings. He is on the editorial board of Advance for Managers of Respiratory Care and serves as a reviewer for several professional journals. Dr. Plaut sees patients in his Amherst, Massachusetts office.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Pedipress, Inc.; 8th edition (July 1, 2008)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0914625314
• ISBN-13: 978-0914625315
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,050,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Disorders & Diseases > Allergies
  • #85 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Disorders & Diseases > General

More About the Author

Thomas F. Plaut, M.D.

Dr. Tom Plaut is a national leader in asthma care. He knows that most people with asthma can manage it at home. For over 25 years, he has developed techniques to help people reach this goal.

Clear expertise and far-reaching influence:
Dr. Plaut communicates his knowledge to patients, professionals and the public, through books, articles, presentations and appearances on TV and radio. He focuses on practical ways people can improve their asthma care right away. Recurrent areas of focus include the following:
* How to treat young children with asthma
* Misdiagnosis of asthma
* Peak flow monitoring
* Diaries and asthma action plans
* Use of inhalation devices
* Distance learning programs for professionals and patients

Publications:
Sales of Dr. Plaut's books for the pubic One Minute Asthma: What You Need to Know, Children With Asthma: A Manual for Parents and Dr. Tom Plaut's Asthma Guide for People of All Ages, exceed 2,300,000 copies. He has authored more than 50 articles and book chapters for physicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and nurse practitioners.

Expertise:
Dr. Plaut is widely regarded as an expert in the field of asthma care and education. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the National Association of School Nurses and authors of seventeen books have acknowledged his contributions to the field. He has presented at more than 200 conferences in the U.S. and abroad.

Consultations include the following:
Director, Childhood Asthma Project, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (1988-1992). Covered 120,000 children and was the nation's most successful asthma cohort intervention.
California Department of Public Health (2004-2005). Major content expert for Asthma Education for Childcare and Preschool Staff that produced a 100 page book and DVD.
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (1996 and 1990). Reviewer, Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.
American Academy of Pediatrics (1997). Content expert for video, Mastering Asthma.
American Association for Respiratory Care (1994). Consultant, Peak Performance U.S.A., an asthma education program for schools.

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