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    • Interstitial Lung Disease

      • 1st Edition
      • February 18, 2017
      • Harold R Collard + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Clinically focused and designed to provide a to-the-point overview, Interstitial Lung Disease, by Drs. Talmadge King, Harold Collard, and Luca Richeldi, bring you up to date with increased understanding, new treatment protocols, and recent advances in the field. Written by contributing specialists who are global experts in their respective areas, this one-stop reference provides pulmonologists, intensivists, internal medicine physicians, and researchers with a dependable source of information on current treatment options and patient care.• Evidence for current treatment options for interstitial pneumonia, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and smoking-related interstitial lung diseases. • Approach to diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases, such as sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and Churg-Strauss syndrome.• Genetic markers for inherited interstitial lung diseases such as dyskeratosis congenita, tuberous sclerosis/LAM, and hyper-IgE syndrome.• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

    • Cystic Fibrosis, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 37-1
      • February 10, 2016
      • Jon Koff
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Dr. Jon Koff has assembled and expert team of authors of the topic of Cystic Fibrosis. Articles include: Epidemiology and Pathobiology, Genetics and genetic medicine in Cystic Fibrosis, Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Cystic Fibrosis, Microbiome in Cystic Fibrosis, Diagnostic Testing in Cystic Fibrosis, Treating Pseudomonas in Cystic Fibrosis, Diagnosis of Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Transition from Pediatrics to Adult Care, Lung Transplant in Cystic Fibrosis, and more!

    • Neumología clínica

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 24, 2016
      • José Luis Álvarez-Sala Walther + 4 more
      • Spanish
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Segunda edición que continúa con la labor de ofrecer una formación completa, rigurosa y accesible sobre los problemas respiratorios a los que se enfrentan los neumólogos en su práctica clínica. Recoge, en esta nueva edición, tanto los más novedosos conocimientos patogénicos y fisiopatológicos relevantes para esta especialidad como los últimos avances diagnósticos y terapéuticos en neumología. Siguiendo este objetivo de renovación, las referencias bibliográficas han sido completamente actualizadas y se han incorporado numerosas figuras, tablas y cuadros nuevos. No solo los especialistas en neumología, sino también los internistas y los médicos de atención primaria, se beneficiarán de los conocimientos y la experiencia de los más de 170 expertos que firman los 100 capítulos que constituyen la obra.

    • Sepsis, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 37-2
      • May 31, 2016
      • Julie A. Bastarache + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Sepsis. Articles include: The changing epidemiology and definition of sepsis; risk stratification and prognosis in sepsis: what have we learned from biomarkers and microarrays?;Sepsis outside the ICU: development and implementation of sepsis alert systems; The use of ultrasound in caring for the septic patient; Sepsis resuscitation: Fluid choice and dose; Beyond the golden hours: caring for the septic patient after the initial resuscitation; Vasopressors during sepsis: selection and targets; Dysglycemia and glucose control during sepsis; Cardiac function and dysfunction in sepsis;Goal Directed Resuscitation in Septic Shock; and more!

    • Year Book of Pulmonary Disease, 2016

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2016
      • May 27, 2016
      • Janet R. Maurer + 4 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Year Book of Pulmonary Disease brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in pulmonary disease carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Topics such as Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Lung Cancer, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Lung Transplantation, Sleep Disorders, and Critical Care Medicine are represented highlighting the most current and relevant articles in the field.

    • Advances in Mechanical Ventilation, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 37-4
      • November 16, 2016
      • Neil R. MacIntyre
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Advances in Mechanical Ventilation. Articles include: Mechanical Ventilation Design Features; Assessing Respiratory System Mechanical Function; Ventilator Induced Lung Injury; Managing Acute Lung Injury; Patient-Ventilator Interactions; Extracorporeal Gas Exchange; Preventing Ventilator Associated Infections; Ventilator Discontinuation Process; Ventilator Management of the Non-injured Lung; Non-invasive Ventilation; and more!

    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Clinics Collections)

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 6C
      • July 7, 2015
      • Joel J. Heidelbaugh
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Clinics Collections: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the most current, comprehensive, and complete resource on the clinical management of COPD and related conditions. Clinics Collections: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease draws from Elsevier’s robust Clinics Review Articles database to provide multidisciplinary teams, including general practitioners, pulmonologists, sleep specialists, radiologists,and critical care nurses, with practical clinical advice and insights on this highly prevalent condition and its comorbidities. Clinics Collections: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease guides readers on how to apply current primary research findings on COPD to everyday practice to help overcome challenges and complications, keep up with new and improved treatment methods, and improve patient outcomes. Areas of focus include pathogenesis, COPD and secondary disorders, clinical considerations and complications, treatment and pharmacotherapy, and special considerations. Each article begins with keywords and key points for immediate access to the most critical information. Articles are presented in an easy-to-digest and concisely worded format. Elsevier’s Clinics Collections provide concise reviews of today’s most prevalent conditions and significant medical developments. Other Clinics Collections titles available include Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Asthma, Obesity, Pain Management, and Lipid Disorders.

    • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-1
      • February 23, 2015
      • Gwen A. Huitt
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Drs. Huitt and Daley have assembled an expert panel of authors on the topic of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria. Articles in this issue will include discussions in the following areas: The Pathogenesis of NTM, Epidemiology of NTM, Environmental Sources of NTM, Laboratory Diagnosis of NTM, Medications and Monitoring in NTM infections, Treatment of Rapidly Growing NTM, Treatment of Slow Growing NTM, NTM Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts, Extra Pulmonary NTM Infections, NTM Infections in Cystic Fibrosis, and Surgical Approach to NTM Infections.

    • Chest Imaging, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-2
      • June 10, 2015
      • David A. Lynch
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Chest Imaging. Drs. Lynch and Chung have assembled an expert panel of authors on the topics of:Approach to chest CT, CT screening for lung cancer,The solitary pulmonary nodule, Staging of lung cancer, Imaging of infections, ICU imaging, Pulmonary vascular diseases, Occupational and environmental lung disease, Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, Connective tissue disease-related thoracic disease and more!

    • Advances and Challenges in Critical Care, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-3
      • September 3, 2015
      • Shyoko Honiden
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Drs. Honiden and Siner have put together a comprehensive issue on Critical Care as it relates to Chest Medicine. Articles include:Recent advances in management of Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Simulation training for critical care, Telemedicine (E-ICU issues), Adverse event reporting/quality improvement in the ICU, ICU Mobility, Hospital-acquired infections/resistant organisms/emerging pathogens, Circadian rhythm disturbance and sleep in the ICU environment, Advances in Sepsis Research, Controversies in ICU nutrition, and more!