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  • Prise en charge des troubles du langage écrit chez l'enfant

    • 1st Edition
    • Séverine Casalis + 2 more
    • French
    La maîtrise de la lecture est aujourd'hui un enjeu fondamental pour l'enfant tant du point de vue de son épanouissement, de sa réussite scolaire que de son insertion professionnelle future. Cet ouvrage permettra au lecteur d'appréhender les troubles spécifiques du langage écrit et les différentes prises en charge possibles de ces troubles. Dans une première partie, les troubles spécifiques du langage écrit sont présentés à partir de l'analyse des différentes composantes de la lecture. Une place très importante est accordée aux dyslexies de l'enfant (95% de la recherche). Les auteurs abordent ensuite la dysorthographie et les liens entre troubles du langage oral et écrit. Dans une deuxième partie, les auteurs s'attachent à décrire les solutions pour remédier aux troubles et proposent une synthèse des grandes orientations en rééducation, présentée à la fois selon un point de vue chronologique, géographique et théorique. Le lecteur, orthophoniste, rééducateur, psychologue, trouvera aussi un chapitre sur les entraînements rééducatifs et les stratégies de compensation illustrés d'études de cas.

  • Essential Clinical Procedures

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    • 3rd Edition
    • Richard W. Dehn + 1 more
    • English
    Written by foremost experts in the field, the 3rd Edition of Essential Clinical Procedures presents the latest common diagnostic and treatment-related procedures that you need to know as a physician assistant! Clear and concise, this medical reference book leads you step-by-step through over 70 techniques commonly seen in primary care and specialist settings, equipping you to deliver the best and safest care to your patients.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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