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  • State-of-the-Art Imaging of Head and Neck Tumors, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-1
    • Girish M. Fatterpekar
    • English
    This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on State-of-the-Art Imaging of Head and Neck Tumors, and is edited by Dr. Girish M. Fatterpekar. Articles will include: Spectral CT: Technique and Applications for Head and Neck Cancer; State-of-the-Art Perfusion Imaging for Head and Neck Cancer; PET-CT in Head and Neck Cancer: Where Do We Currently Stand; Neck Imaging Reporting and Data System (NI-RADS) for Head and Neck Cancer; CT vs MR in Head and Neck Cancer: When to Use What and Image Optimization Strategies; Practical Tips for MR Imaging of Perineural Tumor Spread; High-resolution Extracranial Nerve MR Imaging; Diffusion-weighted Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Technique, Limitations, and Applications; Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer; Update in Parathyroid Imaging; PET-MR Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer: Current Applications and Future Directions, and more!

  • Pulmonary Considerations in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-4
    • Vivek Ahya + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Pulmonary Considerations in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Editors Vivek Ahya and Joshua Diamond have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Overview of HSCT Transplantation and future directions in treatment of hematologic malignancies; Early Pulmonary complications of HSCT and Prognosis of Respiratory FailureLate Pulmonary complications of HSCT; Overview of Lung Transplantation, Heart-lung transplantation, Lung-Liver transplantation and combined HSCT and lung transplantation; Primary graft dysfunction after Lung Transplantation; Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in lung transplantation; Evaluation and Management of the potential lung donor (including EVLP); Acute rejection & antibody mediated rejection in lung transplantation; Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD); Airway complications in lung transplantation; PTLD in solid organ and HSCT transplantation; Respiratory Bacterial and Mycobacterial Infections in solid organ transplantation and HSCT; Respiratory Viral infections in solid organ transplantation and HSCT; Respiratory Fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Non-infectious pulmonary complications of Liver, Heart and Kidney Transplantation; Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portal- pulmonary hypertension in liver failure; implications for liver transplantation.

  • Food Allergy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-1
    • J. Andrew Bird
    • English
    This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, Guest Edited by Dr. J. Andrew Bird, is devoted to Food Allergy. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Prevention of Food Allergies; Epidemiology of Food Allergy; Oral Tolerance Development and Maintenance; Diagnosis of Food Allergy; Food Allergy Management; Interventional Therapies for the Treatment of Food Allergy; Baked Milk and Egg as Oral Immunotherapy; Adjuvant Therapies for Desensitization; Alternative Therapies for Treatment of Food Allergy; Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES); Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Esophagitis; and Unfounded Diagnostic Procedures.

  • Minimally Invasive Neonatal Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 44-4
    • Hanmin Lee + 1 more
    • English
    Experts in the field of minimally invasive surgery have come together to provide the most up-to-date clinical review of the topic. The Guest Editors have created an issue with comprehensive coverage of relevant topics in the field, with articles devoted to the following: Fetal Surgery; Robotics; NOTES; Minimally Invasive PDA Ligation; CDH/Eventration Esophageal Atresia/TEF; Thoracic lesions: Congenital Lung Lesions; Hepato-Biliary surgery Fundoplication/g-tub... Hernia; Hirschsprung's Disease; Imperforate Anus; and Minimally Invasive Urology. Readers will come away with the clinical infomration they need to help inform them as they utilize the most current technologies and minimally invasive techniques in the neonatal patient.

  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-1
    • David A. Katzka
    • English
    Eosinophilic esophagitis is an important disease that causes considerable morbidity in those afflicted. It is a major cause of esophageal symptoms, particularly dysphagia. Eosinophilic esophagitis seems to be increasing in frequency like bronchial asthma, to which it has been compared. It is complex and may have more than one pathogenesis in its varying presentations in children and adults.Dr. Katzka has invited expert authors to write clinical reviews on this complicated disease. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Pathophysiology and Definition; Incidence and Prevalence; Demographic Features; Symptoms; Endoscopic and Radiologic Findings; Children vs. Adults; Pharmacologic Treatment; Dietary Treatment; Endoscopic Treatment; and Future Directions. Readers will have the current knowledge of the endoscopic approach to diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

  • Damage Control: Advances in Trauma Resuscitation, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-1
    • Christopher Hicks + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Christopher Hicks and Andrew Petrosoniak, includes: Human factors in trauma resuscitation; rational approach to the trauma patient in shock; evidence-based updated on traumatic cardiac arrest; trauma airway; neuro-trauma management; managing thoracic trauma; major hemorrhage in trauma; major trauma in non trauma center; pelvic and abdominal trauma; major vascular injury; Special considerations in paediatric trauma; and Special considerations in geriatric trauma.

  • NASH and NAFLD, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-1
    • David Bernstein
    • English
    Obesity has devastating effects on a patient's overall health, with specific negative effects on organ systems, long-term. The hepatologist must often manage diseases of the liver and pancreas as a result of obesity. This issue will provide a current update on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of NAFLD and NASH. Dr. Bernstein has assembled the top leaders in the field to provide timely clinical reviews. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Clinical and economic burden of NAFLD/NASH; NAFLD/NASH in children and its implications; Natural history of NAFLD/NASH; Diagnosis and evaluation of NAFLD/NASH; Radiological imaging in NAFLD/NASH; The use of liver biopsy in NAFLD: When to biopsy and in whom; Pathophysiology of NAFLD/NASH; Risk factors for the development of NAFLD/NASH including genetics; Role of intestinal microbes in NAFLD/NASH; NAFLD/NASH and the metabolic syndrome; NAFLD/NASH and lipid and insulin resistance; NAFLD/NASH and cardiac disease; Current treatment of NAFLD/NASH; Emerging treatment of NAFLD/NASH; NAFLD/NASH and HCC and NAFLD/NASH and liver transplantation. Readers will have a clear understanding of how to manage outcomes for these patients.

  • Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-1
    • Danelle Cayea + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edtied by Drs. Danelle Cayea and Samuel C. Durso, is devoted to Screening and Prevention in Geriatric Medicine. Articles in this issue include: The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit; Individualized Cancer Screening; Frailty; Medication Appropriateness; Geriatric Syndromes; Mental Health; Cardiovascular Screening; Preoperative Screening; Safety; Substance Use Disorders; Sexuality; Vaccines; and Excercise.

  • Hoffman and Abeloff's Hematology-Oncology Review

    • 1st Edition
    • Claudine Isaacs
    • English
    For those preparing for certification or recertification in hematology or oncology, Hoffman and Abeloff's Hematology-Oncology Review is a single-volume source of authoritative, up-to-date exam preparation. This unique question and answer review helps you succeed on today’s board exams with more than 1,000 board-style questions, answers, and rationales; comprehensive coverage of essential exam topics, and online practice tests.

  • Nouveau dictionnaire médical

    • 7th Edition
    • Ibrahim Marroun + 3 more
    • French
    Le Nouveau dictionnaire médical est plus que jamais un ouvrage indispensable pour tout étudiant en médecine et tout médecin en activité. Entièrement revue et mise à jour, cette 7e édition est enrichie de tout ce qui est nécessaire au quotidien et que le praticien doit souvent chercher sur des supports différents. 1. Le dictionnaire médical : 35 000 entrées, à jour des dernières avancées médicales et validées par une équipe d’auteurs référents : définition précise, traduction anglaise, nouvelle nomenclature anatomique et renvois aux entrées complémentaires. 2. Un atlas anatomique Netter et radiologique Dillenseger : conforme à la nouvelle nomenclature, cette partie présente 50 planches de l’atlas anatomique Netter et de l’atlas radiologique Dillenseger, avec la correspondance radio-anatomique entre le dessin et l’imagerie. Pour chaque structure anatomique (os, articulations...), un schéma de synthèse resitue l’ensemble des termes anatomiques et des tableaux détaillent pour chaque entrée ses caractéristiques. 3. Les outils indispensables enfin réunis : • une aide à la prévention, au dépistage et à la surveillance qui indique les principaux examens médicaux à prescrire • Le calendrier vaccinal ; • Les thérapeutiques ciblées ; • Un guide des formalités administratives et des certificats médicaux ; • La liste des maladies à déclaration obligatoire ; • La liste des affections de longue durée ; • La liste des maladies professionnelles ; • Les constantes biologiques avec leurs valeurs normales, les variations physiologiques et pathologiques. 4. La lexicologie : une référence linguistique riche et facile d’accès avec : • Un lexique anglais-français • Les abréviations médicales françaises et leurs équivalents en anglais • Les étymologies médicales et leurs significations

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