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  • Hepatocellular Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24-1
    • Lawrence Wagman
    • English
    This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, edited by Dr. Lawrence Wagman, is devoted to Hepatocellular Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma, and Metastatic Tumors of the Liver. Articles in this issue include: Epidemiology of Hepatomas; Risk Modeling: disease prevalence, outcome from treatment; Imaging; Resection techniques; Ablation techniques; Complications of interventions; Trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE); Continuous hepatic artery infusion (CHAI); Selective interstitial radiation therapy (SIRT) and External beam radiation therapy (EBRT); Systemic chemotherapy of HCC and Cholangiocarcinoma; and Systemic chemotherapy and CRC metastases.
  • New Perspectives in Infectious Diseases, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-3
    • Robert H. Mealey
    • English
    This issue focuses on the latest approach to infectious diseases and covers topics such as: Salmonellosis, Lawsonia intracellularis, Strangles, Rhodococcus equi, Equine Herpesvirus-1, Equine Influenza Virus, Equine Arteritis Virus, West Nile Virus and Equine Encephalitis Viruses, Equine Infectious Anemia Virus, and more!
  • Ear Implants, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 47-6
    • Colin L Driscoll
    • English
    Guest Editors Colin L. Driscoll and Brian A. Neff have brought together leading experts to review the current state of active middle ear implants. This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics will explore the history of device development to aid in understanding what has led to successful platforms. Articles in this issue include: Sound Transfer of Active Middle Ear Implants; Historical Development of Active Middle Ear Implants; Vibrant Soundbridge Rehabilitation of Conductive and Mixed Hearing Loss; Vibrant Soundbridge Rehabilitation of Sensorineural Hearing Loss; The Envoy Esteem Implantable Hearing System; Implantable Hearing Devices: The Ototronix MAXUM System; and Otologics Active Middle Ear Implants.
  • Quality, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Barbara Leeper
    • English
    This issue contains a series of articles focused on various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of patient care delivery and promoting safe passage across the continuum of care. Exemplary, evidence-based nursing practice is the cornerstone of quality care, and this issue highlights many ways in which nurses have led changes to optimize patient outcomes. In addition, quality care enhances cost-effectiveness by reducing avoidable complications and diminishing avoidable hospital readmissions, a concept more important than ever due to value-based purchasing and the Affordable Care Act. Articles are specifically devoted to prevention of delirium in critical care patients, palliative care in the intensive care unit, prevention of pressure ulcers, fall prevention in high-risk patients, prevention readmissions, preventing sepsis mortality, and nursing interventions in the elderly critical care patient, to name a few.
  • Cardiac Sodium Channel Disorders, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6-4
    • Hugues Abriel
    • English
    The sodium channel, a ubiquitous member of the cardiac, neural, and muscular conduction systems, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of an array of human diseases. Mutations associated with the cardiac sodium channel are responsible for a wide spectrum of disorders. The cardiac sodium channel and associated disorders are comprehensively examined in this issues of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics.
  • PROP - UMA MAA: CCMA Supplement

    • 1st Edition
    • Ultimate Medical Academy
    • English
  • Surgical Infections, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 94-6
    • Robert G. Sawyer
    • English
    Editors Robert Sawyer and Tracy Hedrick and authors review the latest in Surgical Infections. Articles will include Bloodstream Infections and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections; Surgical Intervention for Thoracic Infections; Intra-abdominal Infections; Clostridium difficile infection; Urinary Tract Infections; Surgical Site Infections; Prosthetic Joint Infections; Resistant Pathogens, Fungi, and Viruses; Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit; Pneumonia; Differences Between Murine and Human sepsis; of the intestinal Microbiome and the emerging pathobiome; Advancing Technologies for the Diagnosis and Management of Infections; Upcoming Rules and Benchmarks Affecting the Monitoring and Payment for Surgical Infections; and more!
  • Pediatric Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-4
    • Sherard Austin Tatum
    • English
    This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics addresses the major surgical procedures in pediatric facial reconstruction that deal with congenital disorders and defects as well as trauma and tumors. Audience for this issue are Otolaryngologists who perform pediatric facial plastic surgery, facial plastic surgeons and those subspecialized in pediatric reconstruction, plastic reconstructive surgeons, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons who specialize in reconstruction of the oral area. Topics include Facial nerve rehabilitation; Septorhinoplasty; Vascular lesions; Craniofacial anomalies; Free tissue transfer; Craniomaxillofacial trauma; Cleft lip and palate; Surgical speech disorders; Otoplasty; Microtia; Soft tissu trauma and scar revision; Distraction osteogenesis.
  • Pediatric Orthopedics, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 61-6
    • P. Christopher Cook
    • English
    Dr. Cook has compiled a list of articles that will be highly relevant to practicing pediatricians because he organized the issue on issues that are most commonly seen, those that may have confusing assessment and management recommendations, and those that may have some change or advancement in treatment. The issue is focused on 4 major sections: the hip, sports, office pediatric orthopedics, and advances in pediatric orthopedics. Readers will leave with a thorough update on the most common orthopedic clinical challenges that face them in their practice.
  • Clinical Applications of Functional MRI, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24-4
    • Jay J. Pillai
    • English
    Editor Jay J. Pillai and authors review important areas in Clinical Applications of Functional MRI. Articles will include: Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Presurgical Planning; Visual Mapping Using Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Functional MRI; Applications of BOLD fMRI and DTI in Epilepsy; Pretherapeutic fMRI in Children; BOLD fMRI for Presurgical Planning; Brain Tensor Imaging for Brain Malformations: Does it Help?; Technical Considerations for fMRI Analysis; Special Considerations/Techn... Limitations of BOLD fMRI; The Economics of Functional MRI: Clinical and Research; Memory Assessment in the Clinical Context Using fMRI: A Critical Look at the State of the Field; Resting State BOLD fMRI for Pre-surgical Planning, and more!