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  • Preoperative Medical Consultation: A Multidisciplinary Approach, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-4
    • Lee A. Fleisher + 1 more
    • English
    This issue brings together leading specialists from diverse fields including multiple subspecialties of anesthesiology, as well as surgery, cardiology, oncology, neurology, hospital medicine, endocrinology, and others. A multidisciplinary approach is essential to patient safety and optimal outcomes, so this valuable and unique monograph brings the anesthesiologist up to date on current integrated methods of preoperative assessment, consultation, and patient preparation for surgery. Article topics include preoperative evaluation and prep of the patient for cardiac surgery; noncardiac surgery in the patient with heart disease; identification and evaluation of the patient with lung disease; surgery on the patient with endocrine dysfunction; obesity, metabolic syndrome, and the surgical patient; surgery in a patient with liver disease; surgery in the patient with renal dysfunction; anemia in the preoperative patient; perioperative anticoagulant management; preop prep of the surgical patient with neurologic disease; and emergency and urgent surgery.

  • Surgical Practice in Rural Areas, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 89-6
    • Randall Zuckerman + 1 more
    • English
    Proposed topics for this issue include: Demographics and Workforce in issues in Rural Surgery; Measuring Quality in Rural Surgery; Education of the Rural Surgeon (Models from Oregon, Wisconsin, Tennessee, MIBH); Rural Surgery - the Australian experience; Working Models (Oklahoma, Iowa, North Dakota); Starting a Rural Surgical Program from Scratch; The Importance of Rural Surgery - The primary care perspective; The Financial Impact of a Rural Surgeon on a Hospital.

  • Diseases of the Brain, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40-1
    • William B. Thomas
    • English
    Topics include: Neurological Examination; Hearing Loss; Hydrocephalus; Idiopathic Epilepsy; MRI of Brain Disease; Vestibular Disease; Inflammatory Brain Disease; Caudal Occipital Malformation Syndrome; Brain Neoplasia; Cerebrovascular Disease; and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.

  • Challenging Issues in Women's Health Care, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-4
    • Kathleen Kennedy
    • English
    This issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, guest edited by Drs. William Rayburn and Kathleen Kennedy, addresses some of the most challenging issues Obstetrician-Gynecol... face in their practice. It includes articles on psychological and behavioral issues influencing women’s health including depression, sexual function, intimate partner violence, and substance dependence.

  • State of the Art Imaging of Osteoarthritis, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35-3
    • Ali Guermazi
    • English
    This issue takes a multimodality approach to imaging of osteoarthritis. Clinical issues including an overview of the disease and imaging as an aid to evaluate patient functionality are also reviewed. Not only are current standards for imaging covered, but also newer techniques under development.

  • Autologous Techniques to Fill Bone Defects for Acute Fractures and Nonunions, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 41-1
    • Hans-Christian Pape + 1 more
    • English
    Overview – Bone Defects Caused by High Energy Injuries, Bone Loss, Infected Non Union, Non Union, Physiology of Autografting, Background: Viable Bone and Circulation – Factors Required for Survival of Bone Grafts, Use of Solid (Tricortical) and Cancellous Bone Graft, Theory of Induced Membrane/Autograft for Bone Defects, Resorbable Membrane for Space Preservation and Graft Containment, Summary of Animal Work on Induced Membrane, Biological Rationale for Intramedullary Canal as Source of Autograft, Clinical Reports, Experience with Masquelet Method and RIA IM Autograft for Bone Defects, Experience with RIA IM Autograft and Non Unions, Patient Morbidity RIA Versus ICBG, RIA Graft and ChronOs Community Experience Using RIA Bone Graft, Management of Complicated Clinical Scenarios, Difficult Biomechanics and Good Soft Tissues – How to Handle Subtrochanteric Nonunions, Difficult Soft Tissues and Challenging Biomechanics– How to Handle Distal Tibial Nonunions, Management of Bone Loss, Nonunions and Infection.

  • Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-3
    • Joseph I. Schaffer
    • English
    Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is reviewed in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Joseph Schaffer. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles on Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Epidemiology of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Clinical Approach and Office Evaluation of the Patient with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction; Pathophysiology of Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Overactive Bladder; Behavioral Management of Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Overactive Bladder; Pharmacologic Management of Urinary Incontinence, Voiding Dysfunction, and Overactive Bladder; Surgery for Urinary Incontinence and Overactive Bladder; Pathophysiology of Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Non-Surgical Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Vaginal Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair; Abdominal, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair; Use of Mesh and Materials in Pelvic Floor Surgery; Obliterative Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair; Pathophysiology of Anal Incontinence, Constipation, and Defecatory Dysfunction; Evaluation and Treatment of Anal Incontinence, Constipation, and Defecatory Dysfunction Pathophysiology of Pelvic Floor Related Pelvic Pain; and Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Floor Related Pelvic Pain.

  • Risk Management, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-4
    • Joseph H. Kahn + 2 more
    • English
    This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics tackles the increasingly difficult legal issues facing doctors today, guest edited by Joseph Kahn, Brendan Magauran, and John Olshaker. Topics include: "Clinical Practice Guidelines," "The Legal Process: Being a Defendant or an Expert Witness," "Professional Liability Insurance," "Informed Consent, AMA, Refusal of Care, Capacity," "CQI, Incident Reports, Reporting Requirements, PEER Review," and more!

  • Small Animal Parasites: Biology and Control, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 39-6
    • David S. Lindsay + 1 more
    • English
    A comprehensive update on parasitology for the small animal practitioner! Topics will include fleas and ticks; mites and lice; giardia and tritrichomonas; toxoplasma gondii and intestinal coccidia; babesia, cytoxzoan, and hepatozoan; heartworms; intestinal nematodes; flukes and tapeworms; lungworms and other extraintestinal nematodes, and much more!

  • Surgical Conditions of the Diaphragm, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 19-4
    • Gail Darling
    • English
    Proposed topics for this issue include: Anatomy and Physiology; Imaging; Paralysis –Acquired; Eventration; Posterior Hernias in Infants; Anterior Hernias in Infants; Congenital Hernias in Adults; Traumatic Hernias; Traumatic Hernias; Paraesophageal Hernias; Tumors; Reconstructive Techniques.

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