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Sleep, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 31-2
• June 14, 2010
• Teofilo Lee-Chiong Jr + 2 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-1805-8

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• eBook 978-1-4557-0603-7

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This issue offers a valuable update in the fast-moving specialty of sleep medicine. Topics covered include: The Neurobiology of Sleep; Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Central Sleep Apnea (including complex sleep apnea and ASV); Pediatric Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders; Hypoventilation Syndromes; Metabolism in OSA; Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep Apnea; Home Sleep Apnea Testing; Insomnia; Excessive Sleepiness; Narcolepsy; Restless Leg Syndrome and Movement Disorders; Parasomnia; Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders; Medication Effects on Sleep; and Polysomnography.

Interventional Pulmonology, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 31-1
• March 28, 2010
• Atul C. Mehta
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-1202-5

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Topics include: Bronchoscopy of the past and the Future, Flexible Bronchoscopes of the 21st Century, Electromagnetic Navigation, Airway Stents, Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer, Endoscopic Staging of Bronchogenic Carcinoma, Role of Bronchoscopy in the evaluation of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Endoscopic Management of Emphysema, Bronchoscopic Thermoplasty, Radiofrequency Ablation of the Peripheral Lung Lesions, Role of Bronchoscopy in Lung Transplantation, Virtual Mapping, Current Status of Pleuroscopy.

Tuberculosis, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 30-4
• December 24, 2009
• Alimuddin Zumla + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-1804-1

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This issue, guest edited by Alimuddin Zumla and H. Simon Schaaf, focuses on the topic of Tuberculosis. Articles include: Global Burden and Epidemiology of Tuberculosis; Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the West. Europe and the United States: Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Control; Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Africa and South America: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management in Adults and Children; Antiretroviral Therapy for Control of the HIV-associated Tuberculosis Epidemic in Resource-Limited Settings; Novel and Improved Technologies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Progress and Challenges; Advances in Imaging Chest Tuberculosis: Blurring of Differences Between Children and Adults; Update on Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment; Advances in Immunotherapy for Tuberculosis Treatment, and more!

Obesity and Respiratory Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 30-3
• September 22, 2009
• Charles S. Dela Cruz + 2 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-1201-8

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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.

Polysomnography, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

• 1st Edition
• Volume 4-3
• September 9, 2009
• Lawrence J. Epstein + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-1273-5

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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

Fungal Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 30-2
• May 26, 2009
• George A. Sarosi + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-0461-7

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In this imporatant update, the guest editors have brought together experts in fungal disease to discuss some of the most important topics in this area: histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, PCP, cryptococcosis, fungal infections in the era of biologics, Candida in the ICU, Aspergillus pulmonary syndromes, fungal disease in BMT and SOT, fungal complications of lung transplantation, Moulds, serology and Ag testing, role of BAL in rapid diagnosis, molecular testing, and overview of antifungal agents.

Nonpulmonary Critical Care, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

• 1st Edition
• Volume 30-1
• March 2, 2009
• Mark D. Siegel + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4377-0460-0

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This issue provides an update on some of the most common conditions that a pulmonologist sees in the ICU. Topics covered include intraabdominal hypertension, liver failure, intracranial catastrophes, critical issues in Nephrology, Heart failure, adrenal insufficiency and septic shock, obstetrical emergencies in critical care, hematologic issues in the ICU, ICU cognitive outcomes, end-of-life issues, sepsis, sedation and analgesia, measurement of quality and assurance of safety, and critical care of the hematopoetic transplant recipient.

Physiology and Medicine of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

• 1st Edition
• June 5, 2008
• Tom S. Neuman + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-1-4160-3406-3

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Written by internationally recognized leaders in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) research and practice, this exciting new book provides evidence-based, practical, useful information for anyone involved in HBOT. It outlines the physiologic principles that constitute the basis for understanding the clinical implications for treatment and describes recent advances and current research, along with new approaches to therapy. This book is an essential tool for anyone who cares for patients with difficult-to-heal wounds, wounds from radiation therapy, carbon monoxide poisoning, and more.

Diving Medicine

• 4th Edition
• September 30, 2003
• Alfred A. Bove + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-7216-9424-5

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Diving Medicine has earned a worldwide reputation as the definitive source on diving safety and the management of diving-related health conditions. The new 4th Edition has been completely revised and updated while still retaining its practical clinical orientation. It covers basic diving physiology the pathophysiology of decompression sickness assessment of physical fitness for diving diagnosis and treatment of diving-related disorders and much more.

Breathing Disorders in Sleep

• 1st Edition
• October 30, 2001
• Walter T. McNicholas + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-7020-2510-5

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Breathing Disorders in Sleep is an authorative reference for all those involved in the clinical investigation and care of patients with sleep-related respiratory disorders. Information is provided in a logical sequence, divided initially into Physiology and Pathophysiology of Sleep and Respiration, Sleep Apnoea and Sleep in Other Respiratory Disorders.From the foundation mechanisms involved, followed by clinical presentation through to management, clinical investigation and diagnosis, McNicholas and Phillipson have defined the current state-of-the-art in a rapidly growing and increasingly complex area.