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Updates in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 8-2
March 27, 2019
Matthew J. Price
English
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This issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics will explore Updates in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Curated by the series Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Matthew J. Price, this issue will cover topics and advances in the field that are relevant for practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by Dr. Price. The volume will include articles on: Current Concepts in Intraprocedural Pharmacology During PCI; Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction in Contemporary Practice; Newer Generation Metallic Stents: Design, Performance Characteristics, and Outcomes; Distal Transradial Access for Coronary Angiography and Intervention; Clinical Outcomes Data for iFR-guided PCI; Culprit-only or Complete Revascularization During STEMI in Patients with and Without Shock; Technical Approaches to Left Main Coronary Intervention: Contemporary Best Practices; Robotic Assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Orbital Atherectomy: A Comprehensive Review; and Percutaneous revascularization of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, among others.

Technology and Big Data in Rheumatology , An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 45-2
May 3, 2019
Jeffrey Curtis + 2 more
English
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Guest edited by Drs. Jeffrey Curtis, Kevin Winthrop and Kaleb Michaud, this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics will cover several key areas of interest related to Technology and Big Data in Rheumatology. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Michael Weisman of Cedars-Sinai. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Adherence & Adverse Event Ascertainment through mHealth; Digital Patient Education and Decision Aids; Imaging in the mobile domain; Quality Measures made easier with mHealth data; Patient self-management and tracking; Motivational Counseling and SMS Reminders; Digital Interventions to build community support; Telehealth to solve cases in under-resourced areas; Trials, eConsents, Data Linkage & the Future; Clinical experience with devices; and PROMIS vs legacy data instruments.

Sleep and Driving, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 14-4
October 22, 2019
Walter McNicholas
English
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eBook
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This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, edited by Dr. Walter T. McNicholas in collaboration with Consulting Editor, Teofilo Lee-Chiong, is devoted to Sleep and Driving. Topics include: Sleep Restriction, Sleep Hygiene, and Driving Safety; Shift Work; The Economic Burden of Sleepy Drivers; Sleepiness, Sleep Apnea, and Driving Risk; Screening for Sleepiness and Sleep Disorders in Commercial Drivers; Assessment of Sleepiness in Drivers; Technology to Detect Driver Sleepiness; Sleepiness and Driving: Benefits of Treatment; Vehicle and Highway Adaptations to Compensate for Sleepy Drivers; Sleepiness and Driving: The Role of Government Regulation; and Sleep and Transportation Safety: Role of the Employer.

Updates in Pediatric Otolaryngology

1st Edition
Volume 52-6
August 26, 2019
Samantha Anne + 1 more
English
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This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Samantha Anne and Julina Ongkasuwan, is devoted to Pediatric Otolaryngology. Articles in this outstanding issue include: What’s new with Tubes, Tonsils, and Adenoids?; Pediatric Cholesteatoma and Chronic Otitis media with effusion: Minimizing Intervention While Maximizing Outcomes; Endoscopic ear surgery in children; Surgical management of pediatric SNHL; Allergy and the Pediatric Otolaryngologist; Innovations in endonasal sinus surgery in children; Managing the Child with Refractory Sleep Apnea; Craniofacial Interventions in Children; Innovations in airway surgery; Beyond nodules – diagnostic and treatment options in pediatric voice; Aerodigestive Programs Enhance Outcomes in Pediatric Patients; Ankyloglossia; Assessment and Management of Thyroid Disease in Children; and Quality, safety, and role of professionalism in pediatric otolaryngology. A CME program is also available for this title.

ECG en la práctica

7th Edition
November 15, 2019
John Hampton
Spanish
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Obra dirigida a usuarios que, tras haber aprendido los fundamentos del ECG, quieran obtener el máximo potencial del mismo como herramienta clínica. La filosofía de esta séptima edición sigue manteniendo que el ECG es parte fundamental de la valoración del paciente, lo cual es fundamental para la organización de su contenido. Esta séptima edición presta una mayor atención a la monitorización ambulatoria y a los dispositivos de monitorización más recientes, además de describir los avances en los sistemas de marcapasos y de desfibriladores. La obra ofrece información sobre las variaciones de los patrones de los ECG que se observan tanto en personas sanas como en pacientes con problemas cardíacos u otro tipo de afecciones, ofreciendo ejemplos claros de las anomalías observadas en estos casos. El contenido, con una clara orientación clínica, se organiza mediante listas de referencia rápidas que permiten al lector localizar de manera ágil la información.

Perinatal Pharmacology, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

1st Edition
Volume 46-2
April 26, 2019
Jonathan M Davis + 1 more
English
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In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Lucky Jain, Drs. Jonathan M. Davis and Errol R. Norwitz have put together a state-of the-art issue of the Clinics in Perinatology devoted to Perinatal Pharmacology. Clinical review articles are specifically devoted to the following: Drugs for the prevention and treatment of preterm labor; Drugs for the prevention and treatment of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; Drugs to promote neuroprotection; Medications that cause fetal anomalies and possible prevention strategies; Safety and efficacy of psychotropic medications during pregnancy; Treatment of viral infections during pregnancy (HIV, herpes, CMV, hepatitis C); Drugs to control diabetes during pregnancy; Cardiotonic drugs; Drugs to treat coagulation disorders in the newborn; Drugs for the prevention and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Drugs for the prevention and treatment of neonatal brain injury; Drugs for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in the newborn; Analgesia, opioids and other drug use during pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; Medications and breast feeding; Principles of pharmacokinetics in the pregnant woman and fetus; and Challenges in designing clinical trials to test new drugs in the pregnant woman and fetus. Readers will come away with the latest information on therapeutics as they seek to utilize evidence-based recommendations to improve patient outcomes.

Guide anatomie et physiologie pour les AS et AP

5th Edition
June 25, 2019
formation d'aides-soignants. GÉRACFAS + 1 more
French
eBook
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Sous la direction du GÉRACFAS, coordonné par Michel JoubardConçu par le GÉRACFAS (Groupement d’études, de recherche et d’action pour la formation des aides-soignants) et rédigé par des enseignants en institut de formation d’aide-soignant, ce guide récapitule, de manière claire et synthétique, l’ensemble des notions d’anatomie et de physiologie à maîtriser pour l’exercice de la profession d’aide-soignant et d’auxiliaire de puériculture.Les 12 chapitres qui composent cet ouvrage reprennent les principaux appareils et systèmes du corps humain.Chaque chapitre se présente de la façon suivante :• Sur la page d’ouverture de chapitre, se trouvent une partie « Le saviez-vous ? » qui traite d’un événement d’actualité, d’informations générales et de définitions liés à la notion abordée.• Ensuite le cours, très pédagogique, présente chaque notion à travers une double page : chaque paragraphe renvoie à une illustration, permettant une meilleure compréhension des appareils du corps humain.• Puis un encadré « En résumé » vient clôturer le cours et en souligner les éléments les plus importants.• En fin de chapitre, un « Quiz » (série d’exercices et leur corrigé) permet de tester, de manière ludique, ses connaissances.L’ouvr... grâce à ses nombreux schémas et illustrations tout en couleurs, permet donc à l’élève (et au professionnel) de réviser les bases incontournables en anatomie et en physiologie et d’acquérir des connaissances théoriques et pratiques, sur lesquelles il pourra prendre appui tout au long de sa formation future et durant l’exercice de sa profession.OFFERT : 40 schémas muets en couleurs extraits de l’ouvrage à télécharger et à imprimer par l’élève et l’enseignant.

Transfusion Medicine, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 33-5
August 27, 2019
Edward L Snyder + 1 more
English
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This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Edward Snyder and Eric A. Gehrie, with Consulting Editors George P. Canellos and H. Franklin Bunn, will focus on Transfusion Medicine. Topics include, but are not limited to, Pathogen Reduction, Transfusion Reactions-Infectious Complications, Txn Rxn-Non-Infectious Complications, Iron Deficiency and Teen Blood Donors, Advances in RBC Serology, Advances in Immunotherapy, Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Effect on RBC Compatibility Testing, Cell Therapy-New Regulations and Standards, Alternatives to Platelet and RBC Transfusions, New Hemostatic Agents, Tx Practices for Children with Cancer, and Relevance of Cold Platelets and WB to the Bleeding Oncology Patient.

Urologic, An issue of Salvage Therapies for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

1st Edition
Volume 47-1
December 3, 2019
Badrinath Konety
English
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Together with Consulting Editor Dr. Samir Taneja, Dr. Badrinath Konety has put together a comprehensive issue that addresses Salvage therapies for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: BCG salvage therapy: Definition and context; Who will respond to BCG? Predictors and nomograms; Identification of candidates for salvage therapy: Definition of BCG “Failure”; Predictors of response to Intravesical therapy; Precision medicine for NMIBC; Salvage therapy using BCG derivatives or single agent chemotherapy; Intravesical heated Mitomycin: Biology and clinical utility; Mitomycin derivatives in the salvage setting; Combination intravesical therapy; Intravesical gene therapy; Immunoncology as salvage therapy; Role of IDO inhibitors in salvage therapy; and Novel agents for intravesical therapy. Readers will come away with the clinical information they need to improve outcomes in patients with bladder cancer.

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 37-4
November 2, 2019
Karsten Bartels + 1 more
English
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This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, edited by Dr. Karsten Bartels and Dr. Stefan Dieleman in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. Lee Fleisher, focuses on Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care. Topics in this issue include: Anesthetic Management for Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta; Ethical Considerations for Mechanical Support; Modulating Perioperative Ventricular Excitability; Echocardiography Education for Anesthesia Trainees; Mitochondrial Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery; New Approaches to Perioperative Right Ventricular Assessment; New Techniques for Optimization of Donor Lungs/Hearts; Recent Developments in Catheter-Based Cardiac Procedures; Heart Failure in Adults with Congential Heart Disease; Optimizing Perioperative Blood and Coagulation Management During Cardiac Surgery; Advances in the Prevention of AKI Following Cardiac Surgery; Clinical Trials That Should be Done in Cardiac Anesthesia; and Cardiac Surgery and the Blood-Brain Barrier.

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