Bøger i The Clinics: Internal Medicine serien

Guest editor Chad Kessler has assembled an expert panel of authors on the topic of Alterations of Consciousness. Articles include: The Mental Status Examination in Emergency Practice, Dizzy and Confused: A Step-by-Step Evaluation of the Clinician¿s Favorite Chief Complaint, Diagnosis and Evaluation of Syncope in the Emergency Department, The Emergency Department Approach to Syncope: Evidence-based Guidelines and Prediction Rules, Pediatric Syncope: Cases from the Emergency Department, Seizures as a Cause of Altered Mental Status, Central Nervous System Infections as a Cause of an Altered Mental Status? What is the Pathogen Growing in Your Central Nervous System?, Traumatic Alterations in Consciousness: Traumatic Brain Injury, and more!

Features topics such as - Role of Fungi in Atopic Dermatitis; The Infectious Aspects of Atopic Dermatitis; Contact Allergy in Atopic Dermatitis; Role of the Nurse Educator in Atopic Dermatitis; Investigational and Unproven Therapies in Atopic Dermatitis; Addressing Psychosocial Aspects of Atopic Dermatitis; and, more.

Provides the rheumatologist with the information on diagnosis and treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. This title includes topics such as: epidemiology; history; pathogenesis; autoantibodies in ANCA-associated vasculitis (including drug-induced ANCAs); and, pauci-immune renal disease.

Addresses hypercoagulable states, such as antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, cancer-associated thrombosis, and coagulopathy associated with sepsis. This title discusses new anticoagulants including oral Xa inhibitors, oral IIa inhibitors, and use of low molecular weight heparin to improve survival in cancer patients.

An Institute of Medicine report has concluded that 'there is a lack of knowledge and awareness about chronic viral hepatitis on the part of health-care and social-service providers. This book features a group of experts in this field to present their expertise about this disease.

Provides a comprehensive review of the diagnosis, management, and treatment of penile and urethral cancer. This title covers clinical reviews devoted to core issues, such as: Premalignant and early carcinomas of the penis and scrotum; Reconstruction of the penis after surgery; and, Micrographic surgery for penile tumors.

Hypertensive heart disease, the number one cause of death associated with hypertension, refers to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and enlargement of the heart that occur because of high blood pressure. This title summarizes the advances in diagnosing, treating, and preventing this potentially fatal disease.

Focuses on Orthopaedic injuries and emergencies with topics such as: Management and Treatment of Neck and Cervical Injuries; Management and Treatment of Shoulder/Humerus/ Clavicle Injuries; Management and Treatment of Elbow and Forearm Injuries; and, Management and Treatment of Pelvic and Hip Injuries.

Covers such topics as: virus-induced airway injury and asthma inception; pediatric infectious diseases and asthma; rhinoviruses and inception or exacerbation of asthma; and, respiratory syncytial virus infections in the adult asthmatic-role of viral subversion and host susceptibility in RSV infection.

Includes topics such as: benign liver tumor, vascular disorders of the liver, autoimmune hepatitis, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Special emphasis is given to articles devoted to immuno chemistry in liver tumors, hepatic granulomas, and diagnostic pitfalls in liver transplantation.

Features topics such as: Epidemiology of Falls in Older Adults; Exercise for Fall Prevention; Cardiac Causes of Falls and their Treatment; Medications and Falls; Vision and Fall Prevention; Preventing Falls in the Hospital; and, Public Health Approach to Falls on a State and National Level.

Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Therapy is a hugely important therapy option for sleep medicine specialists. This title examines PAP therapy from different angles, in adults and children, to deliver a collection of reviews for the clinician.

Offers a comprehensive review of cancer patient treatment methods in the Intensive Care Unit. This title covers topics such as Admission Criteria and Prognostication in Cancer Patients Admitted to the ICU and Diagnostic Strategies and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure in Cancer Patients Requiring Intensive Care.

Offers information regarding the transmission of hepatitis viruses in various healthcare settings. This book delves with a patient safety subject that specifically targets healthcare professionals, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, dentists and all healthcare workers to adopt and share a variety of best practices to prevent this adverse event.

Offers information, with articles on: Prostate Cancer: To Screen or Not To Screen; High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Ready for Primetime; The Case for Open verses Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy; and, Primary and Salvage Prostate Cancer Cryotherapy.

Features 17 articles that address the neurologic implications of systemic illnesses. This title includes articles such as: neurologic presentations of infective endocardititis; neurologic presentations of acid-base imbalance, electrolyte abnormalities, and endocrine emergencies; and, neurologic presentation of renal disease.

Endoscopic sinus surgery has become one of the most commonly performed operations in otolaryngology, with over 400,000 cases performed annually. This title appraises the technological developments in endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery, and also examines the updates to instrumentation.

Reviewing the Health Issues in Indigenous Children, this title features articles on Infant care, Immunization, Growth and nutrition, Pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections, Chronic respiratory disorders: asthma and bronchitis, Acute and chronic diarrhea, Glomerulonephritis (GN) and managing the risks of chronic renal disease.

With cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, the topic of preventive cardiology deserves intense examination. This title explores important topics, such as the burden of cardiovascular disease, updates on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, geared towards the elderly patient.

Includes articles on psychological and behavioral issues influencing women's health including depression, sexual function, intimate partner violence, and substance dependence.

"Practice Management, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America".

Offers an update in the specialty of sleep medicine. This issue includes topics such as: The Neurobiology of Sleep; Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Central Sleep Apnea (including complex sleep apnea and ASV); Pediatric Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders; Hypoventilation Syndromes; Metabolism in OSA; and, Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep Apnea.

Gastroenterologists will play an active role in the evaluation and treatment of these patients. This title covers the developments in the areas of medical therapy, surgical options, and endoscopic treatments for obese patients.

Presents information about endoluminal techniques that have been developed for removing Barrett's esophagus. This title emphasises on circumferential balloon-based radiofrequency ablation, ALA and porfimer sodium photodynamic therapy (PDT), endoscopic mucosal resection, submucosal dissection, and liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide cryotherapy.

Presents a summary of evidence-based therapies of how to manage emergency care for cancer disorders. This title includes articls that deal with specific presentation syndromes, such as malignant epidural spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, and airway obstruction.

Examines various aspects of osteoarthritis. This book features articles on the following topics: epidemiology; etiopathogenesis; the role of bone and meniscus in disease genesis; genetics; joint mechanics; symptoms, imaging; overview of management; obesity and management of body weight; and, the role of muscle in disease genesis.

Feature such article topics as - Frailty and Late Life Decline; The Epidemiology of Frailty and Late Life Vulnerability; The Physiology of Frailty; Frailty and Muscle Mass Decline; Frailty and Anemia; Immune System Alterations in Frailty; CMV/ Viral Infections and Frailty; Frailty and Chronic Disease; and, Aging Biology and Frailty.

Examining Perinatal HIV/AIDS, this title offers reviews on topics including Epidemiology of perinatal HIV infection: US and worldwide; Biology of perinatal HIV transmission - Timing, virologic and immunologic factors; and, Viral sequencing from HIV-infected mothers and infants.