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Antibiotic Resistance: Challenges and Opportunities, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 30-2
May 27, 2016
Robert A. Bonomo + 1 more
English
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For many years, physicians and the public assumed that the discovery of new antimicrobial agents would outpace the ability of bacteria to mutate and develop drug resistance. Yet the development of new antibiotics has not kept up with bacterial evolution, especially since the late 1990’s. At that time a multitude of pharmaceutical companies abandoned antibiotic research because of strong economic disincentives. For example, it is challenging for these companies to recuperate the investment (typically in the hundreds of millions of dollars) made in developing a new antibiotic, which is typically prescribed for a few days, compared to drugs that treat chronic conditions like heart disease or mental illness. This situation has led the U.S. federal government to take a more active lead in addressing antibiotic resistance. Recently, the White House announced an action plan that includes improving surveillance, developing better diagnostic tools, accelerating drug development, and improving global coordination of antibiotic resistance issues. Equally important is the $1.2 billion dollars that has been pledged to fund these efforts. While we await the implementation of new policies, this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America brings together leading authorities in the field of antibiotic resistance who discuss current issues including antibiotic stewardship, the changing role of the microbiology laboratory in determining antibiotic resistance in gram-negative pathogens, the continuing spread of metallo-β-lactamases... ESBLs and KPCs, antibiotic options for treating resistant gram-negative infections such as colistin and tigecycline, resistance mechanisms and new treatment options for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, emerging resistance mechanisms in aminoglycosides, issues with antibiotic resistance in immunocompromised patients, new β-lactamase inhibitors in the clinic, and resistance in VRE and Staphylococcus aureus. Additionally, combination therapy for resistant gram-negative infections has been advocated by some authorities and the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy will be reviewed.

Bone Grafts, Bone Graft Substitutes, and Biologics in Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 21-4
November 23, 2016
Sheldon S. Lin
English
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This issue of Fooot and Ankle Clinics will focus on Injectable rh-PDGF in collagen carrier for hindfoot fusion; Vancouver experience of rh-PDGF; B2-A polypeptide in foot ankle fusion; Adipose-derived msc in hindfoot fusion; Polyvinyl for hallux rigidis; New development of novel hammer toe and mt plate; Large BM Intra articular allograft; and many other articles surrounding bone grafts, bone graft substitutes, and biologics.

Infection and Malignancy in Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 43-1
November 29, 2016
Kevin Winthrop + 1 more
English
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This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics will include articles such as: Vaccines and Biologics- efficacy and toxicity; Improving Vaccine administration in Practice; HCV and rheumatology; HBV reactivation and rheumatic disease; Herpes zoster in rheumatic diseases; Opportunistic infections in biologic therapy, risk and prevention; and many more!

Imaging of Brain Tumors, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 24-4
October 15, 2016
Rivka R. Colen
English
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This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of Brain Tumors, and is edited by Dr. Rivka Colen. Articles will include: Multiparametric Imaging Analysis: MR Spectroscopy; Genomics and MicroRNAs in Glioma; Metabolomics and Hyperpolarization MRI in Brain Tumors; Imaging Genomics in Glioma; Radiomics and Big Data in Imaging; RANO Criteria and Clinical Endpoints; Gliomas: The New WHO Brain Tumor Pathological/Molecul... Classification and Clinical and Radiographic Classifications; Liposomal Contrast Agents and Nanoparticles in Brain Tumor Imaging; Multiparametric Imaging Analysis: Perfusion, and more!

Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck: Lessons Learned from Unfavorable Results, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

1st Edition
Volume 43-4
September 10, 2016
Fu-Chan Wei + 1 more
English
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This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, edited by Drs. Fu-Chan Wei and Nidal Farhan Al Deek, is devoted to Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck: Lessons Learned from Unfavorable Results. Articles in this issue include: The Triangle of Failure: Failure in Planning, Selection, and Execution; Lessons Learned from Unfavorable Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction: Chang Gung Experience; Lessons Learned from Unfavorable Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction: M.D Anderson Cancer Center Perspective; Lessons Learned from Unfavorable Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction: Japan National Cancer Center Point of View; Insights from Mexico on the Unfavorable Results after Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck; “A Word” from University of Toronto on the Unfavorable Results after Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck; Mount Sinai Medical Center and their Experience with Unfavorable Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction; Mayo Clinic Experience with Unfavorable Results after Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck; University of Washington at Seattle and the Unfavorable Results after Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck; Henri Mondor Experience with Unfavorable Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction; Liverpool Opinion on Unfavorable Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction: Lessons Learned; The Osteoradionecrosis as Untoward Outcomes Following Successful Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck; Trismus as Untoward Outcomes after Successful Free Tissue Transfer to Head and Neck; and Oro- and –Naso- Cutaneous Fistulae as Untoward Outcomes after Successful Free Tissue Transfer to Head Neck.

Hyperhidrosis, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 26-4
October 2, 2016
Peter B. Licht
English
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This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Peter Licht, is devoted to Management of Hyperhidrosis. Dr. Licht has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: History of Sympathetic Surgery; Pathophysiology of Hyperhidrosis; Emerging Nonsurgical Treatments for Hyperhidrosis; Selecting the Right Patient for Surgical Treatment of Hyperhidrosis; Targeting the Sympathetic Chain for Primary Hyperhidrosis: An Evidence-Based Review; Reversibility of Clipping for Primary Hyperhidrosis; Robotic Sympathectomy; Reconstruction of the Sympathetic Chain; Quality of Life Changes Following Surgery for Hyperhidrosis; Management of Compensatory Sweating after Sympathetic Surgery; Less Common Side Effects Following Sympathetic Surgery; Facial Blushing: Patient Selection and Long Term Results; Management of Plantar Hyperhidrosis; and more!

Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 34-2
May 6, 2016
Joseph P. Martinez + 1 more
English
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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Joseph Martinez and Autumn Graham, focuses on Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Articles include: Gastrointestinal Bleed; Abdominal pain in the Immuncompromised Patient Lower Abdominal Pain: Diverticulitis, Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Appendicitis;Acute Abdominal Pain in the Bariatric Surgery Patient;The Vomiting Patient: Bowel Obstruction, Cyclic Vomiting and Gastroparesis; Diarrhea; Non-abdominal Abdominal Pain;Evidence Based Approach to Abdominal Pain;Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient; Abdominal Pain in Children; Evaluating the patient with Right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and more!

Controversies in Fracture Care, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 48-1
November 25, 2016
Frederick M. Azar + 6 more
English
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This issue of Orthopedic Clinics will cover controversies in fracture care. Orthopedic fractures are a common daily acute health issue and this issue will include everything from timing of debridement in open fracture treatment, to use of bone graft substitutes.

Minimally Invasive Surgery in Foot and Ankle, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 21-3
August 22, 2016
Anthony Perera
English
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This issue will include: Percuataneous Surgery for mild to moderate hallux valgus, percuataneous surgery for severe hallux valgus, technique and outcomes of chevron and basal osteotomies, percutaneous metatarsalgia and lesser toe surgery, distal minimally invasive metatarsal ostetomies and lesser toe correction, and many more exciting articles.

Management of the Cleft Patient, An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 28-2
May 10, 2016
Kevin Smith
English
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This issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on Management of the Cleft Patient. Articles will include: Final Nasal Surgery; Prenatal Counseling, Ultrasound Diagnosis, and the Role of Maternal/Fetal Medicine of the Cleft Lip and Palate Patient; International Missions: Establishing a Longitudinal and Sustainable Team Approach; Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Velopharanyngeal Insufficiency; Feeding Infants with Clefts and Post-operative Management of the Infant Cleft Lip and Palate; Funding Cleft Patients in Need/Foundation and Fundraising; Latham Alveolar Molding and Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding; Surgical Management of Tessier Facial Clefts; Otologic Concerns for Cleft Lip and Palate Patients; Distraction for Large Maxillary Anterior-Posterior Discrepancy in Cleft Patients; and more!

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