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  • Pediatric Sleep Disorders, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 18-4
    • Jess P. Shatkin + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Topics include: Normal Sleep and Neurobehavioral Development in Children and Adolescents, The Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Disruption in Children and Adolescents, Evaluation of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Epidemiology and Classification of Childhood Sleep Disorders, Family and Cultural Influences on Sleep Development, Sleep Characteristics in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivit... Disorder (ADHD), Sleep Disturbances in Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress, and a History of Abuse, Sleep and Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Sleep Patterns in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Sleep and Substance Use and Abuse, Parasomnias in Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders, Hypersomnias in Children and Adolescents: Interface with Psychiatric Disorders, Pediatric Insomnia: From Infancy to Adolescence, Medical-Legal Aspects of Pediatric Sleep Medicine
  • Netter's Gastroenterology

    • 2 Edición
    • Martin H. Floch
    • C.S. Pitchumoni + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Netter’s Gastroenterology, 2nd Edition, edited by Martin H. Floch, MD, covers the entire field of digestive diseases—including those related to gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition—in one concise reference. A templated format offers a quick and memorable summary of nearly 300 of the most commonly encountered clinical conditions, from the classic to more contemporary, while hundreds of vivid Netter illustrations depict key anatomic structures and highlight important concepts.
  • Recent Progress in the Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 23-5
    • Wendy Stock + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy diagnosed in children, representing nearly one third of all pediatric cancers. The annual incidence of ALL is about 30 cases per million people, with a peak incidence in children aged 2-5 years. Although a few cases are associated with inherited genetic syndromes, the cause of ALL remains largely unknown. This issue presents articles that discuss current thinking on the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Articles specifically emphasize molecular genetics, allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and treatments including, clofarabine, nelarabine, rituximab, and PegAsp.
  • Problems with Geriatric Anesthesia Patients, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27-3
    • Jeffrey H. Silverstein
    • Inglés
    This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics prepares the anesthesiologist for the most challenging problems he will face with geriatric patients. Topics covered include delirium, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, fat embolism during hip replacement, Parkinson’s disease and deep brain stimulator placement, diastolic dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, delayed arousal, severe atrial stenosis, multiple medications, informed consent and the ethical management of the older patient, dead bowel, acute perioperative beta-blockade in the older patient, urinary retention, and anesthetic care for patients with skin breakdown.
  • Medical Issues in Boxing, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 28-4
    • Gerard P. Varlotta + 1 más
    • Inglés
    For this issue on the medical aspects of the increasingly-popular sport of boxing, Dr. Barry Jordan, Director of the Brain Injury Program and Memory Evaluation and Treatment Service at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in New York, has teamed up with Dr. Gerard Varlotta, Professor and specialist in pain management and injury prevention for NYU's departments of Joint Diseases and Rehabilitation Medicine. The Guest Editors have gathered a panel of leading experts on the subject, to cover topics such as medical safety in boxing, the role of the ringside physician, doping and drug use in boxing, facial and hand injuries in boxing, infectious disease in boxing, and more.
  • Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 13-4
    • Stephen A. Harrison
    • Inglés
    This issue presents the views of internationally renowned experts on current findings concerning the epidemiology, natural history, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Articles are included on bariatric surgery, liver transplantation, cytokines and apoptosis, as well as insulin resistence and lipotoxicity, to name a few. The Guest Editor himself ends the issue with an article giving his overall perspective on the current clinical management of NASH and future directions.
  • Burns, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 36-4
    • Robert Cartotto
    • Inglés
    This issue covers all aspects of treatment of the burned patient, from closure and excision of the burn wound to management and reconstruction of the burn scar. Also included are articles on the hypermetabolic response to burn injury and interventions to modify this response; fluid resuscitation of acutely burned patients; airway management and smoke inhalation injury; antimicrobial agents and dressings for the burn wound, including skin substitutes and skin grafts; and rehabilitation from significant burn injury.
  • Hand Burns, An Issue of Hand Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 25-4
    • Matthew B. Klein
    • Inglés
    The effects of hand burn injuries can be critical to quality of life and crucial to long-term functional outcomes following burn injury. Since hands are at the front line of human contact, a high percentage of thermal injury involves the upper extremity and, in particular, the hand. Hand burns can vary in severity from shallow burns requiring local wound care and aggressive range of motion therapy to complex wounds requiring repair of joints, tendons, and other soft tissue. Historically, given the poor survival associated with severe burn injury, many patients with hand burns simply did not survive the acute phase of treatment. If patients survived the systemic insult of burn injury, often the hands were neglected relative to more extensive areas on the trunk. However, with the widespread use of early excision and grafting, as well as great advancements in critical care, survival following thermal injury has become the rule rather than the exception. Therefore, emphasis in burn care has shifted towards optimizing the functional and psychosocial outcomes of those that survive their injury. Accordingly, optimal management of hand burns has received increasing attention given the critical importance of hand recovery to long-term outcome. In this volume of Hand Clinics, experts in burn care present an overview of pediatric and adult hand burn management — including shallow burns, as well as complex injuries from deep thermal burns or electrical injury. In addition, chapters on pathphysiology of scar, burn hand rehabilitation and assessing outcomes of hand injury emphasize critical concepts in achieving optimal hand function after injury.
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedic Surgery, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 40-4
    • Nicola Maffulli
    • Inglés
    Articles include: “Percutaneous Plating of Proximal Humeral Fractures,” “Mini Incision Surface Replacement of the Humeral Head,” “Mini Incision Carpal Tunnel Release,” “MIS Hueter-Gaine Approach for THA,” “MIS Approach for Hip Resurfacing,” “MIS Unicondylar Arthroplasty: Mini Open and Arthroscopic Approach,” “MIS Total Knee Arthroplasty,” “Minimally Invasive Hallux Valgus Correction,” “Percutaneous CT Guided Vertebroplasty in the Management of Osteoporotic Fractures and Dorso Lumbar Metastases,” “Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery,” “Percutaneously Assisted Hip Arthroplasty,” “MIS THA using a Watson-Jones Approach”
  • Decision Making in Medicine

    An Algorithmic Approach
    • 3 Edición
    • Stuart B. Mushlin + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This popular reference facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic decision making for a wide range of common and often complex problems faced in outpatient and inpatient medicine. Comprehensive algorithmic decision trees guide you through more than 245 disorders organized by sign, symptom, problem, or laboratory abnormality. The brief text accompanying each algorithm explains the key steps of the decision making process, giving you the clear, clinical guidelines you need to successfully manage even your toughest cases.
  • Atlas de imágenes en gastroenterología: correlación radiología-endoscopia

    Correlación radiología-endoscopia
    • 1 Edición
    • Perry J. Pickhardt + 1 más
    • Español
    El autor principal de esta obra, uno de los grandes expertos en el área de la colonoscopia virtual, analiza los avances acaecidos en dos especialidades médicas como la Gastroenterología y la Radiología y su correlación existente entre las imágenes radiológicas y las imágenes endocópicas. Este Atlas incluye, por lo tanto, un alto número significativo de imágenes digitales a color, de gran calidad, que son necesarias para poder llevar a cabo un diagnóstico correcto y certero de las patologías gastrointestinales. Una obra muy atractiva tanto para estudiantes como para profesionales de las áreas de endoscopia, aparato digestivo y radiología.
  • Complications of Urologic Surgery

    Expert Consult - Online and Print
    • 4 Edición
    • Samir S. Taneja
    • Inglés
    Complications of Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Management, 4th Edition, by Samir S. Taneja, MD, is a urology resource that presents current management strategies—with an emphasis on prevention—for the most effective patient care. Recognized leaders in the field address both office-based complications as well as common and uncommon surgical complications arising from open and minimally invasive urologic surgery, to equip you to handle a wide range of situations. Best of all, this resource includes a companion website featuring the complete text of the book for convenient reference and review.
  • Dysvascular and Diabetic Patient: Update in Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 20-4
    • Kevin N. Hakimi
    • Inglés
    Articles include: “Pre-Operative Assessment of the Dysvascular/Diabetic Amputee,” “Prosthetic/Rehabili... issues in the Dysvascular/Diabetic Amputee,” “Update in PVD and Claudication Rehabilitation,” “Update in Cardiac Rehabilitation,” “Pain Issues in the Dysvascular Diabetic Patient,” “Electrodiagnosis of in the Dysvascular Patient –Diabetic Neuropathy and Other Conditions,” “Skin Care and Prevention of Amputation in the Dysvascular Diabetic,” “Update in the in Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections,” “Dysvascular Issues in the Spinal Cord Patient”
  • Hereditary Colorectal Cancer, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 18-4
    • Steven Gallinger
    • Inglés
    Proposed topics for this issue include: Overview of Colorectal Cancer Genetics; Familial Adenomatous Polyposis; MYH Associated Polyposis; Other genetic colorectal cancer syndromes; Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer – emphasis on MSH2/MLH1; Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer – emphasis on PMS2/MSH6; Familial Colorectal Cancer Syndrome Type X; Genome Wide Association Studies and Colorectal Cancer Risk; Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer; Genetic Testing for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer; Role of surgery in HNPCC and FAP.
  • Advances in Wound and Bone Healing, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 26-4
    • Adam Landsman
    • Inglés
    Guest Editor Adam Landsman covers the broad spectrum of advances in wound healing in podiatric medicine. Topics include: "An update on advanced products used to aid in the wound and bone healing," "A histologic analysis of soft tissue interactions with collagen bioscaffolds; are they all the same?" " The role of collagen bioscaffolds, foamed collagen and living skin equivalents in wound healing," "Augmentation of Atrophic Plantar Soft-Tissue with an Acellular Regenerative Dermal Allograft: A Case Series Review," and more!
  • Advances in Cardiac and Aortic Surgery, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 89-4
    • John A. Kern + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Proposed topics for this issue include: Cardiac Screening Prior to Non-Cardiac Surgery ; Non-Invasive Imaging of the Heart and Coronary Arteries; Cardiopulmonary Bypass / ECMO / Left Heart Bypass: Indications, Techniques and Complications; On Pump versus Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation; Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery; Valve Sparing Aortic Root Operations; Great Vessel, Aortic and Cardiac Trauma; Indications for the Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms; Stent Grafts for Thoracic Aortic Pathology; Approach to the Treatment of Aortic Dissections; Indications and Treatment of Great Vessel Occlusive Disease; Surgical Therapy for the Failing Heart (DOR / VAD / Transplantation); Current Status of Percutaneous Valve Therapy; Congenital Heart Surgery in the Adult.
  • Neuroendovascular Management: Anatomy and Techniques, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 20-3
    • Robert H. Rosenwasser + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Vascular Anatomy: The Head, Neck and Skull Base; Neurovascular Anatomy of the Brain and Skull; Vascular Anatomy of the Spine and Spinal Cord; Intracranial Collateral Anastomoses - Relevance to Endovascular Procedures; CT Imaging, MR Imaging and Ultrasound; Applications to Endovascular Procedures; Techniques and Devices in Neuroendovascular Procedures; Percutaneous Vertebroplasty; Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling in the Diagnosis of Sellar Neuropathology; Physiological Testing; Balloon Occlusion Testing, and WADA Testing in Neuroendovascular Procedures
  • Advances in Cardiac Computed Tomography, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27-4
    • Mario J. Garcia
    • Inglés
    Computed tomography (CT) is becoming increasingly more important in the diagnosis of cardiac disease. As more hospitals purchase scanners for cardiac CT, more cardiologists are learning how to interpret the scans. This issue is geared to helping cardiologists understand and adopt this new modality. It includes articles on CT angiography, evaluation of the coronary atherosclerotic plaque, evaluation of heart valves, and electrophysiology applications of CT, among others.
  • Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy for Benign Skull Base Tumors, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 42-4
    • Robert A. Battista
    • Inglés
    Benign tumors of the base of the skull, such as acoustic neuroma, glomus jugulare and meningiomas will commonly cause symptoms referable to the realm of an otolaryngologist. Specifically, the symptoms of these types of tumors may include hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus, facial numbness, difficulty swallowing and/or facial paralysis. For this reason, otolaryngologists are the physicians most frequently involved in the care of these patients. More importantly, otolaryngologists are the physicians best suited to treat the majority of complications associated with treatment of these types of tumors. Until the last past decade or so, traditional microsurgery has been the main treatment for benign skull base tumors. In the last few years, radiotherapy and radiosurgery have been used with increasing frequency to treat these lesions. The North American Skull Base Society predicts that by the year 2010 a greater percentage of acoustic tumors will be treated with radiosurgery than by traditional microsurgery. In order to prepare for this paradigm shift in treatment, otolaryngologists must become familiar with the different types of radiation treatments as well as the potential complications associated with radiation treatment for benign skull base tumors.
  • Renal Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 25-3
    • Edgar V. Lerma
    • Inglés
    This new issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Edgar Lerma, examines critical aspects of renal disease from anatomic and physiologic changes in the aging kidney, to ethical issues in elderly with patients with renal disease. Authors from the United States and abroad cover topics in this issue such as: drug dosing and the elderly kidney, diabetic nephropathy, renal replacement therapy, glomerular diseases in the elderly, urinary tract infections, obstructive uropathy, and urinary incontinence.
  • Cataract Surgery

    Expert Consult - Online and Print
    • 3 Edición
    • Roger F. Steinert
    • Inglés
    Extensively revised, this state-of-the-art 3rd edition of Cataract Surgery offers new perspectives and cutting-edge coverage of the rapidly evolving field of cataract surgery. Roger F. Steinert, MD, along with a who’s who of top international experts, delivers comprehensive clinical coverage of the latest surgical techniques, principles, and pearls, as well as expert advice on preoperative assessment and how to avoid and manage complications. Detailed discussions on today’s hot topics such as aspheric and presbyopia IOL, phacoemulsification, and more, keep you at the forefront of this burgeoning field. And, more than 1050 illustrations and online videos of cataract procedures give you step-by-step visual guidance. Plus, with Expert Consult functionality, you’ll have easy access to the full text online at www.expertconsult.co...
  • Skull Base and Temporal Bone Imaging, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 19-3
    • Vincent Fook-Hin Chong
    • Inglés
    Topics include: Hearing loss; Post operative temporal bone; Infection & Inflammation; Temporal bone tumours; Petrous apex; CP angle; Facial Nerve; Anterior skull base; Central skull base; Central skull base; Jugular foramen; Vascular anomalies; Craniovertebral Junction.
  • Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 47-5
    • Sameh K. Morcos
    • Inglés
    Damage to the kidneys continues to be a serious problem related to the use of gadolinium as a contrast agent. This issue not only describes the dangers and controversies related to contrast-induced nephropathies but also provides advice for identifying patients at risk and recommending other imaging options.
  • Fetal Neurology, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 36-3
    • Adre J du Plessis
    • Inglés
    Fetal Neurology is covered in this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited by Dr. Adre du Plessis. The genetic basis of normal brain development and its disorders is explored, including reviews on the prosencephalon, the cerebral cortex, and the cerebellum. Next, normal and abnormal circulatory support of the fetal brain is covered, with articles on normal fetal cerebral substrate supply, disorders of placental circulation and the fetal brain, and disorders of fetal circulation and the fetal brain. Toxic-metabolic causes of disturbed brain development is reviewed, including articles on primary disorders of metabolism and disturbed fetal brain development and maternal drug abuse and impaired fetal brain development. Next, a section on infectious-inflammat... causes of disturbed brain development includes articles on fetal viral infections and impaired brain development and fetal inflammation and impaired brain development. A section on disorders of labor and delivery covers fetal hypoxia insults and patterns of brain injury, the fetal heart rate response to hypoxia, and non-asphyxial hypoxic-ischemic brain injury during prolonged labor. The issue closes with a section on advances in fetal neurodiagnostic testing, including reviews on imaging the fetal brain, quantitative fetal heart rate techniques, and fetal magnetoencephalograp... for assessment of fetal neurologic function.
  • Anxiety Disorders, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 32-3
    • Hans-Ulrich Wittchen + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Topics include: The size and burden of Anxiety worldwide: An update, Patterns of comorbidity and the structure of anxiety and mental disorders revisited: Lumping or splitting?, Anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: Developmental issues, precursor conditions, etc., Anxiety disorder - all the same? Anxiety as fear circuitry disorders Anxiety disorders - all the same? Genetic and psychoneuroendocrino... mechanisms, First line treatment: A critical appraisal of CBT developments and alternatives, Panic/ Agoraphobia, GAD, Social Phobia, Specific phobias, stress-related disorders and PTSD, OCD and related disorders, Public Health Perspective: Why did we fail?
  • Pediatric Endocrinology: Part I, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-3
    • Robert Rappaport
    • Inglés
    This two-part issue of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America brings the practicing endocrinologist up to date on the most important topics in pediatric endocrinology. Part I covers genomics: genetic disorders and new techniques; newborn screening; hormones in the premature infant; congenital disorders of the thyroid: hyper/hypo; glucose in the PIC setting; diabetes prevention; obesity: etiology, prevention, and treatment; metabolic syndrome in pediatrics; complementary and alternative medicine in pediatric endocrinology; imaging in pediatric endocrine dosoirders; U/S gonads; and global epidemiology of Type 1 diabetes.
  • Cutting-Edge Topics in Pediatric Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27-2
    • Arjunan Ganesh + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics covers the most cutting-edge topics in pediatric anesthesia that every practitioner must know to stay current in this changing field. Topics covered include new devices for difficult pediatric airway, the use of ultrasound in pediatric regional anesthesia, new concepts in treatment of pediatric traumatic brain injury, acute pain management, neurotoxicity of anesthetics in the developing brain, current thought on intraoperative awareness in children, current concepts on managing sepsis in children, the fontan patient, sedating the child with congenital heart disease, management of children with hemoglobinopathies, and current strategies for blood conservation in pediatric anesthesia.
  • Obesity and Respiratory Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 30-3
    • Charles S. Dela Cruz + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Topics include: The Obesity Epidemic, Altered Resting and Exercise Respiratory Physiology in Obesity, Association of Asthma and Other Obstructive Lung Diseases and Obesity, Role of Obesity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, The Pickwickian Syndrome – Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, Obesity and Thromboembolic Disease, Medical Therapy of Obesity, Obesity and Bariatric Surgery, Airway Management of Patients with Obesity, Anesthetic Management of Patients with Obesity, Obesity and Acute Lung Injury, Obese Patients in the Intensive Care Units, Obesity Cardiomyopathy, Obesity and Respiratory Diseases in Childhood, Obesity and Respiratory Diseases in the Aging Population.
  • Skin Cancer, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 17-3
    • Patrick Byrne
    • Inglés
    Topics include: Evaluation and initial management of the patient with facial skin cancer; Nonmelanomatous skin cancer; Mohs, Malignant melanoma; Local flaps – bilobed, rhombic, forehead, melolabial; Options for the management of scalp defects; Defects of the nose; Eyelid defects; Ear defects; Defects of the lips; Cheek defects; Secondary procedures to improve flap appearance.
  • Gastroenterology in the Elderly, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-3
    • Nicholas J. Talley + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Aging is associated with an increased prevalence of several GI disorders, including those induced by drugs (eg, gastrointestinal bleeding caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), anorexia of aging, development of constipation, diarrhea or fecal incontinence, and postprandial hypotension. This issue addresses these disorders and discusses the current treatments for management of these patients. Specifically, articles focus on celiac disease, anorexia of aging, chronic constipation, fecal incontinence, neurogastrointestina... diseases, ischemic gut, and the pharmacology of commonly used GI drugs.
  • Molecular Imaging of Prostate Cancer, An Issue of PET Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 4-2
    • Hossein Jadvar
    • Inglés
    This issue provides a comprehensive overview of imaging of the prostate using PET and PET/CT. In addition to providing correlates from other modalities, this issue also covers treatment planning for radiation therapy and follow-up.
  • Correction of Multiplanar Deformity of the Foot and Ankle, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 14-3
    • Anish R. Kadakia
    • Inglés
    Multiplanar deformities are one of the most difficult deformities to correct in orthopedics. Correction of deformity in the foot and ankle is particularly complex and must address the alignment of the foot, prior surgical interventions, arthrosis, neuropathy, musculotendinous abnormalities, instability, and skin ulceration. The goals are to provide a plantigrade foot that allows for shoewear and a stable platform for ambulation. In the past few years that have been significant advancements in the understanding and treatment of these conditions. This issue will provide the reader with a thorough review of all that is new on this interesting and difficult subject.
  • Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice

    • 1 Edición
    • Jayne E. Marshall + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Advancing Skills in Midwifery Practice provides a guide to continuing professional development needs and meeting the latest Post-Registration and Practice (PREP) requirements. Building on Skills for Midwifery Practice by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor, this book follows a similar format already familiar to many midwives. Whilst aimed primarily at registered midwives, the principles and philosophy apply across interprofessional boundaries. Grounded in safe practice and on contemporary evidence, this book also ensures that the health and wellbeing of the mother, baby and family remain at the forefront of care.
  • ASTNA Patient Transport

    Principles and Practice
    • 4 Edición
    • Air & Surface Transport Nurses Associati
    • Renee S. Holleran
    • Inglés
    Whether you’re caring for patients on the ground or in the air, this trusted, one-of-a-kind resource is an essential tool for your success in transport nursing. The 4th edition has been extensively revised to keep you up to date with the latest technological advances and help you meet the ever-changing needs of this critical nursing field. Comprehensive overviews familiarize you with the most common diseases and injuries encountered in practice, accompanied by important management considerations to help you ensure the most effective communication and the safest patient care in all transport settings.
  • Polysomnography, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 4-3
    • Lawrence J. Epstein + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Topics include: The History of Polysomnography and Sleep Technology, Generating a Signal: Biopotentials, Amplifiers and Filters, Recording sleep; Electrodes, 10/20 Recording system and sleep system specifications, Staging sleep, Respiratory monitoring equipment and detection of respiratory events, Differentiating Nocturnal Movements; Leg movements, Parasomnias and Seizures, Cardiac monitoring during sleep, Determination of Sleepiness – MWT & MSLT, Pediatric Polysomnography, PSG features of medical and psychiatric disorders and their treatments, Artifacts and Troubleshooting, Portable Monitoring, PAP titration, The Future of Sleep and Circadian Testing
  • Hemostasis and Coagulation, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 29-2
    • Henry M. Rinder
    • Inglés
    The understanding of hemostasis physiology has been considerably advanced by models of kinetics and by the complicated interplay of cells and soluble coagulation factors. How this physiology is currently, or will eventually, be reflected in clinical laboratory testing is the subject of this monograph; this information is key for laboratorians to implement physiologic concepts into practical data and for clinicians to understand the basis of and therefore correctly treat hemostatic disease. Many thousands of patients present with bleeding disorders or bleeding complications of other diseases, and millions of individuals suffer the morbidity and mortality of thromboembolic complications. How laboratory testing confronts the challenge of predicting different hemostatic risks and guiding therapy is the critical subtext of the chapters in this monograph. New developments in hemostasis physiology have identified thrombin as an important, if not central, coordinator of hemostatic function and thus a target for measurement to assess hemostatic function and risk. Whether such measurements as endogenous thrombin potential or thromboelastography will accurately predict and/or quantitate global hemostatic function is an important question. Modeling the clinical risks of bleeding or thromboembolism currently uses the laboratory presence or absence of particular risk factors, but our clinical understanding of risk appears to more closely approximate a dynamic model, even within individual patients. Therefore, testing for platelet dysfunction or comprehending the functional implications of a lupus anticoagulant may rely on our evolving comprehension of hemostasis phyisology and perhaps require more sophisticated interpretation of clinical predictors of hemostatic risk. This monograph aims to shed some light in these areas and promote investigation of such key hemostasis issues.
  • Infections in the Intensive Care Unit, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 23-3
    • Marin H. Kollef + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue covers the full gamut of infectious disease issues encountered in the ICU, including the approach to the febrile patient, management of septic shock, severe community-acquired pneumonia, management of ventilator-associate... pneumonia, approach to the immunocompromised host, bloodstream infection, severe soft tissue infections, management of intra-abdominal sepsis, meningitis and brain abscess, treatment of fungal infections, acute infective endocarditis, new antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and C. difficile infection.
  • Preoperative Medical Consultation, An Issue of Medical Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 93-5
    • Lee A. Fleisher + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Preoperative consultation and preparation, and perioperative management of surgical patients are extremely important responsibilities of the internist. This issue of the Medical Clinics of North America provides new insights and recommendations on how to handle the following situations: emergency and urgent surgery; perioperative management of the ambulatory surgery patient; perioperative anticoagulation management; surgery in the patient with liver disease; surgery in the patient with renal dysfunction; hematological problems in the preoperative patient; obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and the surgical patient; identification and evaluation of the patient with lung disease; noncardiac surgery in the patient with heart disease; preoperative preparation in the patient for cardiac surgery; preoperative preparation of the surgical patient with neurological disease; and preoperative evaluation of the oncology patient.
  • New PET Radiotracers, An Issue of PET Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 4-1
    • Robert H. Mach
    • Inglés
    New radiotracers will make possible the imaging of other parts of the body using PET. This issue reviews the latest advances and provides a look to the future of PET imaging.
  • Biomarkers in Heart Failure, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 5-4
    • Eugene Braunwald
    • Inglés
    Biomarkers — which may be enzymes, hormones, biologic substances, or other markers of cardiac stress and malfunction — appear to have growing clinical importance in heart failure. Many biomarkers appear to provide important information about the cause of heart failure or the identification of those at risk for heart failure or appear to be useful in risk stratification, in the diagnosis of heart failure, or in monitoring therapy. This issue discusses the current and potential future role of biomarkers and includes articles that explore individual biomarkers in depth.
  • Enteroscopy, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 19-3
    • David R. Cave
    • Inglés
    The small intestine has, until 2001, been an organ largely inaccessible to conventional endoscopy. Since that time a variety of endoscopic technologies have become available that have transformed small bowel diagnosis and therapy with a concomitant increase in interest in this organ and its disorders. This issue is divided into two sections; first, the new technologies are presented and include video capsule endoscopy, single and double balloon enteroscopy, and very recently the innovative Spirus screw technology. An article on comparison of these new technologies and the evolving techniques of CT and MRI is included. Indications, contraindications, complications and therapeutic adjunctive devices are discussed. The second section addresses the application of these technologies to specific diseases and discusses how these technological advances have changed their management. An article on intra-operative enteroscopy and its utilization in this new era is included.
  • Cancer Emergencies, Part II, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27-3
    • David M. Spiro + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Doctors Daya and Spiro concluded the two part series on Cancer Emergencies with articles on: "GI Bleeding," "Hepatic Encephalopathy," "Bleeding diatheses, Disseminated intravascular coagulation," "Hyperviscosity syndrome, Polycythemia, Hyperleukocytosis, Thrombocytosis," and more!
  • Pediatric Quality, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 56-4
    • Leonard G. Feld + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Leonard Feld and Shabnam Jain, reviews the topic of Pediatric Quality. The issue opens by examining the case for quality improvement in pediatrics. Approaches to improve pediatric health care, driving children’s healthcare initiatives, and the future of quality on pediatric practice are examined.
  • Vasectomy and Vasectomy Reversal: Important Issues, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 36-3
    • Jay I. Sandlow + 1 más
    • Inglés
    In spite of the fact that vasectomy is currently the most commonly utilized form of male contraception and it has been in use for more than 50 years, very little has been written regarding standards of practice, procedure, and follow up. This issue addresses these issues in such a way to allow the reader to evaluate what works best for their individual practice utilizing evidence-based medicine when it exists. It is not surprising in a society with a divorce rate of aproximately 50 % and an excess of 500,000 vasectomies per annum, that there is demand for vasectomy reversal. Approximately 6% of vasectomies are reversed. Although the most common indication for vasectomy reversal is remarriage, there are other indications. This issue addresses issues that are of concern when reversal is discussed with the patient seeking to restore his fertility.
  • Pediatric PET Imaging, An Issue of PET Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 3-4
    • Hongming Zhuang + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Now that the applications of positron emission tomography (PET) are becoming more clearly understood, PET is now being used in pediatric population. Important considerations in its use on children are patient preparation and radiation exposure. This issue reviews the use of PET to image children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, brain tumors, and inflammatory bowel disease, among other conditions. Also included is the use of PET to assess response to therapy.
  • Sports Injuries of the Elbow and Hand, An Issue of Hand Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 25-3
    • William B. Geissler
    • Inglés
    Athletic injuries of the upper extremity are on a rise for numerous reasons. The incidents of “weekend warrior” injuries continue to grow due to the baby boomers generation ideology of staying fit. In addition, young athletes participate in sports activities year round with some athletes participating in a single sport for the entire year, frequently overloading their upper extremity without time to recuperate. Athletic injuries are not confined just to the hand and wrist, but involve the entire upper extremity. This edition of Hand Clinics concentrates on athletic injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow. Recognized leaders from across the country were asked to contribute their expertise in the management of athletic injuries to the upper extremity. Both open and arthroscopic management of these sometimes complex injuries are described in detail in this exciting upcoming edition.
  • Ultrasound-Guided Procedures, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 4-1
    • Hisham Tchelepi
    • Inglés
    This issue of Ultrasound Clinics provides a general overview of women’s imaging with ultrasound. Included in the issue are articles on imaging breast masses, performing breast biopsies using ultrasound, and postsurgical follow up. The remainder of the issue reviews obstetric topics such as ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy-related genitourinary diseases, and first trimester bleeding, and gynecologic topics such as postmenopausal bleeding, endometriosis, and ovarian torsion among others.
  • Fibromyalgia, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 35-2
    • Philip Mease
    • Inglés
    This issue of the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America brings the rheumatologist up to date on the latest breakthroughs in the assessment and treatment of fibromyalgia. Topics covered include fibromyalgia and central sensitization disorders; neurobiology/pathoph... of fibromyalgia; genetics and socioenvironmental influences; neuroimaging; dysautonomia; sleep; cognition; fibromyalgia in children and adolescents; key symptom domains to be assessed in fibromyalgia; patient-reported outcome measures; nonpharmacologic therapy, including exercise, cognitive behavioral, biofeedback, acupuncture, CAM, and nutrition; pharmacotherapy; and pathophysiology and practical treatment paradigms.
  • Cerebral Palsy, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 20-3
    • Linda J. Michaud
    • Inglés
    Articles include: “Epidemiology/Classi... “Overall Management,” “‘Rethinking’ the Physical Therapy Approach,” “Management of Lower Extremity Dysfunction in Cerebral Palsy,” “Adult Medical Issues and Transition of Medical Care,” “Assistive Technology for Environmental Access,” “Access to Employment/Economic Independence,” “Clinical Outcome Assessment,” “Towards Improved Clinical Trials – Include Issues of Outcome Measurement/MCID,” “International Perspective,” “Parent Perspective on Future Directions – Board Members of Reaching for the Stars,” “Bone Density in Cerebral Palsy”
  • Novel Therapies in Hepatitis C Virus, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 13-3
    • Paul J. Pockros
    • Inglés
    The Guest Editor presents state-of-the-art articles devoted to therapies for treatment of HCV. The novel therapies addressed in this issue include interferons, viral kinetics and anti-viral resistence, anti-fibrotics, immunotherapeutics, hepatoprotectants and caspace inhibitors, and cyclosporine analogues, to name a few.