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  • Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: An Update, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40-2
    • Sam S. Chang
    • English
    Of the three types of bladder cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) is the most common form and is diagnosed in over 70% of cases. This issue of the Urologic Clinics focuses on NMIBC and includes articles on periopertive chemotherapy, office fulguration, TURBT, surveillance strategies, and radiation therapy in type-1 tumors.

  • Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 44-2
    • Jason A. Lowe + 1 more
    • English
    This issue, focusing on Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures, will open with a general overview of fragility fractures, common treatments, and costs involved. The issue then focuses on a variety of different topics, like new therapies, atypical and extraordinarily complex fractures, and an update on treatment protocols. Because of the very nature of fragility fractures, much of the content is focused on the geriatric patient, though not all.

  • Pet Imaging of Brain Tumors, An Issue of PET Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8-2
    • Sandip Basu + 1 more
    • English
    This issue discusses the clinical application of PET Imaging in assessing brain tumors, Including what a neuro-oncologist’s expectations should be. One article discusses how PET can help in developing reliable response evaluation criteria in brain tumors; another reviews modern tracers for brain tumors. The evolving role of PET-MRI in brain tumors is examined. Parametric mapping of multiple PET tracers with MRI response evaluation is reviewed. Another article discusses the role of early and delayed PET imaging and novel quantitative techniques in hybrid imaging for brain tumors. The perspective of pediatric imaging is also given.

  • Cholestatic Liver Diseases, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17-2
    • Cynthia Levy
    • English
    Dr. Levy is a key leader in the field of hepatology , and she has enlisted authors who are top experts in their fields to submit state-of-the-art clinical reviews on cholestatic liver diseases. Articles are devoted to genetic determinants of cholestasis, nuclear receptors as drug targets, drug-induced cholestasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, therapeutic advances in primary biliary cirrhosis, overlap syndromes, autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis, secondary sclerosing cholangitis, Focus is also on familial cholestasis, allagile syndrome and other hereditary causes of cholestasis, Systemic causes of cholestasis, advances in pathogenesis and treatment of pruritus, care of the cholestatic patient, and transplantation for cholestatic diseases . Readers will come away with a full overview of the diagnosis and treatment of cholestatic liver diseases.

  • Endoscopic Approach to the Patient with Biliary Tract Disease, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23-2
    • Jacques Van Dam
    • English
    Dr. Van Dam is one of key leaders in the field of diagnostic endoscopy, and he has enlisted authors who are top experts in their fields to submit state-of-the-art clinical reviews on endoscopy and biliary tract disease. Articles are devoted to infections, choledoscopy, common bile duct stones, benign and malignant bile duct strictures, motility disorders, and EUS access and drainage of the common bile duct. Attention is also given to patients with bile duct injury, congenital anomalies, and to liver transplant patients. Readers will come away with a full overview of endoscopy and the patient with biliary tract disease.

  • Pediatric Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-2
    • Margaret M. Parker
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics edited by Dr. Margaret Parker on Pediatric Critical Care features topics such as:1. Acute Respiratory Failure,Post-op Cardiac Surgery,Septic Shock, Acute Renal Failure ,Traumatic Brain Injury,Encephalitis,... Asthmaticus ,Status Epilepticus, Bleeding/coagulopath... , and Transfusion.

  • Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions and Thrombectomy for Acute Myocardial Infarction, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2-2
    • Samir R. Kapadia + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics covers bypass graft lesions and thrombectomy. Expert authors review the most current information available about saphenous vein grafts, including distal embolic protection devices, drug eluting stents vs bare metal stents, management of complications, optimal stenting, and more. Adjunctive pharmacotherapy for thrombotic coronary lesions and thrombectomy devices in coronary intervention are also discussed. Keep up-to-the-minute with the latest developments in this important aspect of interventional cardiology practice.

  • Psychodynamic Treatment Approaches to Psychopathology, vol 2, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-2
    • Rachel Z Ritvo + 1 more
    • English
    Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics covers topics in three major categories in two volumes of this series: 1. Approaches to Specific Conditions; 2. Special Features in Working with Children; 3. Research Presented for the Clinician. Specific conditions covered are: Anxiety, Trauma, Depression, Eating Disorders, Incipient Borderline Personality Disorders, and the Medically Ill Youth. Special Features include the various therapies in Psychodynamic psychotherapy: Play Techniques, Use of Boardgames, Perspectives on Psychotropic Medications for Children, Parent Work, Family Therapy, and Dyadic Therapies. Research for Clinicians includes Neuroscience, Evidence Base, and Developmental Perspectives.

  • Shiatsu für Schwangerschaft und Geburt

    • 1st Edition
    • Suzanne Yates
    • German
    Shiatsu als "sanfte", aber wirkungsvolle Behandlungsmethode während der Schwangerschaft! Das Buch informiert Sie umfassend in Wort und Bild über die ganze Bandbreite der Möglichkeiten und worauf Sie bei schwangeren Patientinnen besonders achten müssen.

  • 100 situations clés en médecine générale

    Évaluation, Diagnostic, Thérapeutique
    • 1st Edition
    • Jean-Louis Schlienger
    • French
    Le médecin traitant, en première ligne dans le parcours de soin, responsable et acteur clé du premier diagnostic, du soin et/ou de l'orientation du malade doit faire face à des situations extrêmement variées et souvent complexes. Il doit faire preuve en toutes circonstances de savoir mais aussi de savoir-être et de savoir-faire. Destiné à l'aider dans cette mission, ce guide pratique décrit en détail 100 situations essentielles de la pratique quotidienne du médecin traitant. Ces situations sont consacrées à des champs aussi divers que la relation médecin-malade, la réparation, le dépistage, la prescription, la petite chirurgie, le suivi du diabète, l'évaluation du risque, l'altération de l'état général, les céphalées, les otalgies ou les gastro-entérites du nourrisson. Il propose des réponses concrètes, claires et précises aux questions que se posent le praticien et l'oriente dans ses décisions. Ce guide pratique, très richement illustré et documenté, offre un grand nombre d'arbres diagnostics, de tableaux récapitulatifs, d'encadrés et de points clés pour accéder rapidement à l'information recherchée. Rédigé pour les médecins de famille et ceux qui aspirent à le devenir, il s'appuie sur la formation continue pour les médecins généralistes dispensée à la faculté de médecine de Strasbourg. Il est le fruit de toutes les demandes et interrogations de ces derniers durant les sessions de formation. Un contenu en ligne de plus de 150 QCM et de cas cliniques permettra également aux lecteurs de s'auto-évaluer et de se tester sur des cas réels. Cet ouvrage, conçu pour répondre aux besoins des médecins généralistes, intéressera également les jeunes internes et les étudiants en médecine qui y trouveront toutes les informations indispensables à leur pratique quotidienne.

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