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  • Cardiovascular Complications of Chronic Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 49-1
    • M. Elaine Husni︎ + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editors Drs. M. Elaine Husni︎ and George A. Karpouzas bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Cardiovascular Complications of Chronic Rheumatic Diseases. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as primary and secondary atherosclerotic cardiovascular (ASCVD) risk prevention in the rheumatic disease, pro-thrombotic and pro-atherogenic anti-phospholipid antibodies, recommendations for the use of NSAIDs and CVD risk, and more.

  • Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32-1
    • Syed A. Ahmad + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.

  • Side Effects of Drugs Annual

    A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 44
    • Sidhartha D. Ray
    • English
    Side Effects of Drugs Annual: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data in Adverse Drug Reactions, Volume 44, first published in 1977, presents clinicians and medical investigators with a critical survey of new data and trends in adverse drug reactions and interactions. Topics covered in this new release include Thyroid hormones, Iodine and Iodides, and Antithyroid Drugs, Side Effects of Antidepressant Medications, Side Effects of Lithium, Side Effects of Opioid Analgesics and Narcotic Antagonists, Side Effects of Beta-lactams and Tetracyclines, Side effects of Anti-diabetic Drugs, Vaccines, Side Effects of Neuromuscular Blockings Agents and Skeletal Muscle Relaxants, and much more. Other chapters cover General Anesthetics and Therapeutic Gases, Drugs that Act on the Respiratory Tract, Positive Inotropic Drugs and Drugs Used in Dysrhythmias, Metals and Metal Antagonists, Antiseptic Drugs and Disinfectants with special scrutiny of COVID-19 pandemic related side effects, Drugs in tuberculosis and leprosy, Anthelminthic drugs, Blood and blood treatments, and a variety of other topics.

  • Plastics and Sustainability

    Practical Approaches
    • 1st Edition
    • Lee Tin Sin + 1 more
    • English
    Plastics and Sustainability: Practical Approaches provides a broad overview of sustainability as applied to plastics, offering a range of opportunities and solutions to be applied in an academic or industrial setting. The book begins by introducing the challenges and opportunities relating to plastics and environmental sustainability. This is followed by detailed eco-profiles organized by polymer category. Subsequent chapters explore various approaches to plastics sustainability, with in-depth coverage of incineration technology for energy recovery, pyrolysis for chemical recovery, blending technology, design, packaging, circular economy, and biopolymers. Finally, international policies are summarized. The book aims to provide a broad source of information and a range of options to readers on how to evaluate and improve the sustainability of plastics, with analyses of the advantages and drawbacks of different technologies and materials. Authored by two professional engineers with substantial experience in industry and consultancy, this is a valuable resource for all those looking for a wide-ranging overview of sustainability as applied to plastics, including researchers and advanced students from a range of materials science and engineering disciplines, and engineers, manufacturers, scientists, and R&D professionals from a range of industries.

  • Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration

    • 1st Edition
    • Murad Alam + 1 more
    • English
    Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to this expanding area of dermatology, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Hair Restoration enables you to master the up-to-date hair restoration techniques that produce the superior results your patients expect. Focusing on non-invasive treatment of diffuse, non-scarring hair loss, including androgenetic alopecia, this unique title, edited by expert clinicians Drs. Murad Alam and Jeffrey S. Dover, thoroughly covers the latest treatment options—all abundantly illustrated and evidence based. A video library demonstrating techniques helps you successfully incorporate today’s most effective procedures into your practice.

  • Biotribology of Natural and Artificial Joints

    Reducing Wear Through Material Selection and Geometric Design with Actual Lubrication Mode
    • 1st Edition
    • Teruo Murakami
    • English
    Biotribology of Natural and Artificial Joints: Reducing Wear Through Material Selection and Geometric Design with Actual Lubrication Mode provides a thorough overview of key issues surrounding the tribological behaviors of both natural and artificial joints, covering methods for optimizing the properties of biomaterials, summarizing the lubrication and contact mechanics of natural and artificial joints, and offering solutions to tribological problems in soft biomaterials and surface failures of materials. Sections cover biomechanics and biotribology of natural and artificial joints, articular cartilage and synovial fluids, methods for improving the tribological properties of artificial joints, and the biotribology of artificial joints with artificial cartilage, regenerated cartilage, and biomimetic design solutions.

  • Chiari I Malformation, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-1
    • David D. Limbrick + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. David D. Limbrick and Jeffrey Leonard bring their considerable expertise to Chiari I Malformation. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as comorbidities associated with Chiari I malformation; orthostatic intolerance and Chiari I malformation; clinical manifestations of Chiari I malformation; imaging in Chiari I malformation; posterior fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation; and more.

  • Pregnancy and Allergy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 43-1
    • Edward S. Schulman
    • English
    In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.

  • Unified Airway Disease, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 56-1
    • Devyani Lal + 2 more
    • English
    In this issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Devyani Lal, Angela Donaldson, and David Jang bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Unified Airway Disease. Unified airway disease is a recently defined entity that alludes to inflammation disease processes that involve both upper and lower airway, and co-management of these conditions by otolaryngologists and allergy immunologists often result in improved outcomes. In this issue, experts in the field provide a thorough overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of unified airway disease through the perspective of an otolaryngologist co-managing the patient with an allergy-immunology colleague.

  • Biomarkers in Urology, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 50-1
    • Adam Feldman
    • English
    In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Adam Feldman brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Biomarkers in Urology. The use of biomarkers in clinical practice can range from screening, to refined detection in an at-risk population, to risk stratification following diagnosis, to prognostication following therapy. A better understanding of tumor biology and genetic heterogeneity will lead clinicians to adopt clinical paradigms that utilize sequences of biomarker assessments. In this issue, key experts help you remain at the forefront of the care of urologic malignancies by providing a timely update on emerging biomarkers in urology.

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