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  • Genitourinary Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 50-2
    • Paul Nikolaidis + 1 more
    • English
    This issue covers a wide range of topics related to genitourinary imaging, across a variety of imaging modalities. An update is given on dual-energy CT in urologic imaging. Imaging of the retroperitoneum is also discussed. Imaging of infectious and inflammatory diseases of kidneys is reviewed, as is imaging of the features of common and uncommon neoplasms of the bladder. Multimodality imaging of the ureter, unusual renal masses, and adrenal imaging are all addressed in detail. Finally, advances in pediatric urologic imaging are reviewed.

  • Device Associated Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-1
    • Preeti N. Malani
    • English
    Optimal management of device associated infections requires a collaborative approach among surgical and medical specialists—a need that is central to this issue of Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America. In addition to the epidemiology, management, and prevention of commonly encountered device associated infections, each review offers technical background on specific devices and related operative procedures. Areas of ongoing investigation are highlighted including innovative concepts for the prevention of biofilm formation and biofilm directed therapeutics. Emerging issues related to reuse of medical devices in resource limited settings are also considered.

  • Tobacco Control, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 47-1
    • Nancy L. York
    • English
    This issue of Nursing Clinics includes the following topics: Nursing interventions for smoking cessation; tobacco cessation clinics; Cessation strategies for pregnant and postpartum mothers; Evidence-based cessation strategies and policies for college-age smokers; Evidence-based cessation strategies for rural communities; Gender differences and tobacco cessation; Optimizing tobacco cessation outcomes; Community based participatory research and cessation interventions; Use of quit-lines for cessation; Advocacy and smoke-free laws; Hookah use in adolescents and adults; Chewing tobacco; and E-cigarettes.

  • Prenatal Care, An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 39-1
    • David Harnisch
    • English
    This issue guides the primary care physician through the prental care of their patient with topics that include: Preconception Care, Antepartum Care, Nutrition, Genetic Screening, First Trimester Complications, Management of Gestational Diabetes, Third Trimester Complications, Electronic Fetal Monitoring, Complications of Labor and Delivery, Operative Delivery, Postpartum Hemorrhage, and Alternative Approaches to Maternal Care.

  • Thyroid Disorders and Diseases, An Issue of Medical Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 96-2
    • Kenneth Burman
    • English
    This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on thyroid disorders and diseases. Topics covered include the following: thyroid synthesis and physiology; hyperthyroidism; hypothyroidism; thyroid nodules; goiter; differentiated thyroid cancer; subacute, silent, and postpartum thyroiditis; thyroid and pregnancy; thyroid and the elderly; medications and thyroid hormones; thyroid and the heart; thyroid and lipids; and Graves’ ophthalmology.

  • Stage B, A Pre-cursor to Heart Failure, Part II, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8-2
    • Jay N. Cohn + 1 more
    • English
    In the joint American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure. Preventing progression of heart failure in Stage B patients is a central concern to heart failure specialists, so two issues have been devoted to this topic. Part II focuses on screening to identify patients with Stage B HF and monitoring and therapeutic approaches to patients with a diagnosis of Stage B HF.

  • Varus Foot, Ankle, and Tibia, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17-1
    • Alastair S. E. Younger
    • English
    This issue will cover the following: Examination of the Varus Ankle, Foot and Tibia, Anatomy of the Varus Ankle and Foot, Imaging of the Varus Ankle and Foot, Pathology of the Varus Ankle and Foot, Varus Ankle After Tibia Fracture Varus Ankle and Hindfoot Deformity After Talar Fracture, Varus Ankle and Ankle Instability, Varus Ankle and Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus, Planning the Correction of the Varus Ankle in Conjunction with Ankle Replacement. Single or Staged Approach, Varus Ankle – Management with a Frame, Varus Hindfoot and Neurological Disorders, Varus Deformity After Calcaneus Fracture, Varus Ankle – Adopting Your Ankle Fusion Technique”

  • Long QT Syndrome, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4-1
    • Silvia G Priori
    • English
    Long QT syndrome is a heart rhythm disorder that can cause fast, chaotic heartbeats. In some cases, long QT syndrome can cause sudden death. Long QT syndrome may result from a genetic mutation or be caused by certain medications and medical conditions. The condition is treatable with medication, surgery, or an implantable device. Because it may have serious consequences, it’s important for electrophysiologists to know about long QT syndrome.

  • Atlas of Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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    • 3rd Edition
    • Charles Melbern Wilcox + 2 more
    • English
    2013 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Internal Medicine! Atlas of Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - by Charles Melbern Wilcox, Miguel Munoz-Navas, and Joseph Jy Sung - provides more high-quality images than any other atlas to help you accurately interpret endoscopic images and diagnose gastrointestinal disorders. This new edition has been updated to cover new radiographic imaging and endoscopic evaluation methods and features an expanded image collection that includes more pathology and radiology images. You’ll also have access to the full text and all the images online at www.expertconsult.co... making this comprehensive atlas more convenient than ever.

  • Sleep-related Epilepsy and Electroencephalography, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7-1
    • Madelieine Grigg-Damberger + 1 more
    • English
    This issue on Sleep Electroencephalograp... (EEG) gives an overview of Electrophysiological readings in sleep with such articles as “The Nuts and Bolts of EEG” and “How the Sleep/Wake EEG Changes Across the Lifespan.” Identifying abnormal EEG activity and patterns in the Electroencephalograp... readings is also discussed. The issue then further focuses in on Seizures and the EEG; specifically, how EEG can be used to diagnosis and identify seizure disorders and differentiate seizures from other paroxysmal nocturnal events, and to diagnose other primary sleep disorders in people with epilepsy.

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