Integrative Therapies in Lung Health and Sleep provides an overview of integrative therapies to assist clinicians caring for patients with acute or chronic lung diseases and sleep disorders--emphasizing the scientific bases for these therapies; and their implementation into clinical practice. This volume focuses on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments, modalities, and practices that are integrated with conventional medical treatment and for which there is some evidence of safety and efficacy. Whole Medical Systems, with a specific focus on Traditional Chinese Medicine, are also addressed. Individual chapters are devoted to specific health conditions or illnesses, addressing the current state of the science in the four organizing CAM domains, including available information regarding benefits, risks, or safety considerations. Unique aspects of this volume are the chapters related to evaluation of the evidence base for integrative therapies; new animal model research with herbal preparations focused on the serious problem of sepsis in the ICU; guidance for counseling patients with chronic lung illnesses who may be desperate for a cure; and palliative and end-of-life care for patients with chronic lung conditions. Clinicians in various health care settings will find Integrative Therapies in Lung Health and Sleep beneficial in their practice, particularly as the use of integrative therapies becomes more widespread.


Section 1GeneralChapter 1Overview of Integrative Therapies and Healing PracticesMary Jo KreitzerChapter 2Evaluation of Integrative Therapies for Research and PracticeMargo A. Halm and Julie K. KatseresSection 2Integrative Therapies in Chronic Pulmonary ConditionsChapter 3 Integrative Therapies for People with AsthmaLauren M. Fine and Malcolm N. BlumenthalChapter 4Integrative Therapies for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseDorAnne M. DoneskyChapter 5Integrative Therapies for People with Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionKathleen Oare Lindell, Kevin F. Gibson, and Hunter C. ChampionChapter 6Integrative Therapies for People with Cystic FibrosisClaire A. Butler and Scott C. BellChapter 7Integrative Therapies for People with Lung CancerKaren K. Swenson and Alice C. ShapiroChapter 8Integrative Therapies for Lung Transplantation RecipientsAnnette DeVito Dabbs, Mi-Kyung Song, and Sheila D. SwitzerSection 3Integrative Therapies in Critical Care and Sleep DisordersChapter 9Integrative Therapies in the Management of Critically Ill PatientsChapter 10 Integrative Therapies to Promote Sleep in the Intensive Care UnitJessie Casida and LuAnn NowakChapter 11Future Applications of Integrative Therapies for Sepsis: Bench and Experimental Animal ModelsHaichao wang, Andrew E. Sama, Mary F. Ward, Kathryn L. Miele, and Shu ZhuChapter 12Integrative Therapies to Manage Acute and Chronic Sleep DisordersMargaret-Ann CarnoSection 4Integrative Therapies to Promote Lung HealthChapter 13Integrative Therapies for Tobacco CessationKate M. Hathaway and Yvette ErasmusChapter 14Integrative Therapies to Support Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Lung DiseaseSandra W. Gordon-KolbChapter 15Whole Medical Systems in Lung Health and Sleep: Focus on Traditional Chinese MedicineGuoqin Li, Fang Wang, ShihanWang, Yi Tian, Yongjun Bian, Lei Wang, Guangxi Li, Jie Wang, and Amy T. WangChapter 16Counseling Patients with Chronic Lung Disease: Interdisciplinary Strategies for Reducing DistressKathleen F. Sarmiento and Linda Berg-CrossAfterword