Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation : Immunology, Indications, Techniques, and Early Complications
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39265
Antonio Daniele Pinna, Giorgio Ercolani, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book is a comprehensive and innovative guide to abdominal solid organ transplantation (SOT). It explains the main immunological problems involved in abdominal SOT, reviews indications for liver, kidney, and small bowel transplantation, and provides detailed descriptions of techniques for procurement and transplantation. In addition, technical, infectious, and immunological complications and their treatment are fully described. Special attention is devoted to the indications for and outcome…
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- Pinna, Antonio Daniele
- Ercolani, Giorgio
- Responsibility
- Antonio Daniele Pinna, Giorgio Ercolani, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 453 p. : 94 illus., 85 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319169972
- 9783319169965 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Organ Transplantation
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Abstract
- This book is a comprehensive and innovative guide to abdominal solid organ transplantation (SOT). It explains the main immunological problems involved in abdominal SOT, reviews indications for liver, kidney, and small bowel transplantation, and provides detailed descriptions of techniques for procurement and transplantation. In addition, technical, infectious, and immunological complications and their treatment are fully described. Special attention is devoted to the indications for and outcomes of combined kidney-liver and kidney-pancreas transplantation. Clear advice is provided on donor selection and donor safety, and the book concludes by examining medical disease and the risk of solid and hematologic malignancies after transplantation. Abdominal SOT has become the treatment of choice for various end-stage chronic diseases of the liver, kidney, and foregut. Improved knowledge of immunology, the introduction of new immunosuppressive agents, and advances in surgical techniques have all increased the number of potential candidates and led to better outcomes. It is therefore unsurprising that more and more surgeons, physicians, and scientists, as well as students and nurses, are becoming interested in abdominal SOT. This book will provide all practitioners with an excellent, up-to-date summary of knowledge in the field.
- Contents
- Part I Donor evaluation, immunosuppression and early complications in S.O.T.: 1 Immunosuppression in solid organ transplantation -- 2 Infection Complications after Abdominal Organ Transplantation -- 3 National Transplant Network. Donor selection and evaluation criteria -- 4 The safety of donor -- 5 Medical disease after abdominal solid organ transplantation and the risk of solid and hematologic malignant tumor after transplantation) -- Part II Liver Transplantation: 6 Indication and timing -- 7 The donor procurement -- 8 Orthotopic liver transplantation -- 9 Anesthetic and perioperative management for liver transplantation -- 10 Living donor liver transplantation -- 11 Hepatic Acute and chronic rejection -- 12 Postoperative technical complications -- 13 Percutaneous management of biliary and vascular complications -- 14 Re-transplantation (Causes, Outcome) -- Part III Renal transplantation: 15 Indication and timing -- 16 The donor procurement: Standard technique for procurement in cadaveric donors -- 17 Live donor evaluation -- 18 Living donor nephrectomy -- 19 Renal Transplantation: Surgical technique -- 20 The intraoperative and perioperative management of Kidney transplantation -- 21 Kidney acute and chronic rejection -- 22 Kidney Transplantation: Post-Operative Technical Complications -- Part V Intestinal/multivisceral transplantation: 23 Indications and timing -- 24 The donor procurement -- 25 Transplantation -- 26 Abdominal wall transplantation and technique -- 27 Anesthetic and perioperative management for Intestinal transplantation -- 28 Segmental Living-related Small Bowel Transplantation -- 29 Intestinal Acute and Chronic rejection -- Part VI Combined Abdominal Transplantation: 30 Combined Kidney-Liver Transplantation -- 31 Kidney-pancreas Transplantation.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Adherence to antipsychotics in schizophrenia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33775
Emilio Sacchetti, Antonio Vita, Alberto Siracusano, Wolfgang Fleischhacker.
--Milan:
Springer
, c2014.
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Poor adherence to therapy is one of the main obstacles to treatment effectiveness in schizophrenia. It is the main determinant of relapse, hospitalization, symptom persistence, and poor psychosocial functioning and outcome. Adherence to treatment is affected by various factors related to the disease characteristics, to the patient him- or herself, to the treatment, and to the therapeutic relationship. Some of these factors are modifiable, and both pharmacological and non-pharmacological strateg…
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- Sacchetti, Emilio
- Responsibility
- Emilio Sacchetti, Antonio Vita, Alberto Siracusano, Wolfgang Fleischhacker
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 159 pages)
- ISBN
- 9788847026797 (electronic bk.)
- 9788847026780
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
- Medication Adherence
- Medication therapy management
- Patient Compliance
- Schizophrenia - drug therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Schizophrenia - Treatment
- Abstract
- Poor adherence to therapy is one of the main obstacles to treatment effectiveness in schizophrenia. It is the main determinant of relapse, hospitalization, symptom persistence, and poor psychosocial functioning and outcome. Adherence to treatment is affected by various factors related to the disease characteristics, to the patient him- or herself, to the treatment, and to the therapeutic relationship. Some of these factors are modifiable, and both pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies have been developed for this purpose.This book addresses the different aspects of adherence to treatment in schizophrenia and related disorders in a systematic but easy-to-use manual format. Chapters focus on a full range of issues, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to enhance adherence and continuity of care, relevant psychological factors, the importance of the patient-doctor relationship, and the need for an alliance with other care-givers.
- Contents
- Poor adherence to antipsychotic medication in people with schizophrenia: diffusion, consequences, and contributing factors -- Pharmacological strategies to enhance adherence in schizophrenia -- Non-pharmacological strategies to enhance adherence and continuity of care in schizophrenia -- Psychological issues in improving adherence and alliance.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advanced Imaging Techniques in Clinical Pathology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39722
Francesco M. Sacerdoti, Antonio Giordano, Carlo Cavaliere, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2016.
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This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the application of image analysis focusing on the techniques which can be used in every biology and medical laboratory to automate procedures of cell analysis and to create statistics very useful for a comprehension of cell growth dynamics and the effects of drugs on them. This textbook will serve as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, cell analysis. It will provide a concise yet co…
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- Sacerdoti, Francesco M
- Giordano, Antonio
- Cavaliere, Carlo
- Responsibility
- Francesco M. Sacerdoti, Antonio Giordano, Carlo Cavaliere, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 165 p. : 53 illus., 37 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Current clinical pathology
- ISBN
- 9781493934690
- 9781493934676 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-781X
- Abstract
- This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the application of image analysis focusing on the techniques which can be used in every biology and medical laboratory to automate procedures of cell analysis and to create statistics very useful for a comprehension of cell growth dynamics and the effects of drugs on them. This textbook will serve as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, cell analysis. It will provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. All chapters are written by experts in their fields and include the most up-to-date scientific and clinical information. Advanced Imaging Techniques in Clinical Pathology will be of great value to clinical pathologists, biologists, biology researchers, and those working in the clinical and biological laboratory arena.
- Contents
- 1 Introduction -- Part I. Basic Knowledge -- 2 Digital Image Processing -- 3 Statistical Analysis and Software -- Part II. Applications -- 4 Microscopy Techniques -- 5 Cytometry and Pathology -- 6 Advanced Imaging Techniques -- Part III. Diagnostic Imaging and Pathology -- 7 Diagnostic Imaging and Pathology -- 8 Preclinical Techniques in Animals -- 9 Preclinical Imaging: Experimental Example -- 10 Clinical Techniques in Humans -- 11 Clinical Imaging Experimental Example in Pathology -- 12 Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Cutaneous Diseases -- 13 Diagnostic Imaging Techniques: Lessons Learned -- Erratum to: Advanced Imaging Techniques in Clinical Pathology.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advances in laparoscopy of the abdominal wall hernia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33831
Juan Manuel Suarez Grau, Juan Antonio Bellido Luque, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2014.
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With an increase in the use of laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of abdominal wall hernias, this comprehensive book provides a detailed description of the most up-to-date techniques used in the laparoscopic repair of inguinal and ventral incisional hernias. Advances in Laparoscopy of the Abdominal Wall Hernia takes the reader step-by-step through two laparoscopic techniques used in inguinal hernia correction: Extraperitoneal (TEP) and Transabdominal (TAPP), and guides the reader through…
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- Suarez Grau, Juan Manuel
- Bellido Luque, Juan Antonio
- Responsibility
- Juan Manuel Suarez Grau, Juan Antonio Bellido Luque, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781447147008 (electronic bk.)
- 9781447146995
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hernia, Abdominal - surgery
- Herniorrhaphy - methods
- Laparoscopy - methods
- Abstract
- With an increase in the use of laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of abdominal wall hernias, this comprehensive book provides a detailed description of the most up-to-date techniques used in the laparoscopic repair of inguinal and ventral incisional hernias. Advances in Laparoscopy of the Abdominal Wall Hernia takes the reader step-by-step through two laparoscopic techniques used in inguinal hernia correction: Extraperitoneal (TEP) and Transabdominal (TAPP), and guides the reader through the fundamentals of ventral hernia repair. The authors aim to show methods of dealing with rarer hernias and those of atypical location. This book will also inform the reader of the various kinds of meshes used and provides knowledge on how to fix them, as well as the advantages, disadvantages and indications of this type of prosthesis.
- Contents
- 1. A Brief Historical Review of Surgical Treatment of Hernia -- 2. Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall -- 3. Classification of Ventral Hernias and Inguinal Hernias -- 4. Basic Concepts in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair -- 5. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: TAPP -- 6. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: TEP -- 7. Prostheses in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair -- 8. Prostheses Fixation During Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair -- 9. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair -- 10. Prostheses in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair.-11. Fixation of Prostheses in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair -- 12. Laparoscopic Approach in Other Hernias: Subcostal, Xiphoid, Lumbar, Suprapubic, Parastomal, and Spigelian -- 13. Emergency Laparoscopic Surgery of the Abdominal Wall -- 14. Current Advances and New Frontiers in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44707
Amelie G. Ramirez, Edward J. Trapido, editors.
--Cham:
SpringerOpen
, c2020.
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This open access book gives an overview of the sessions, panel discussions, and outcomes of the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference, held in February 2018 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and hosted by the Mays Cancer Center and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio. Latinos – the largest, youngest, and fastest-growing minority group in the United States – are expected to face a 142% rise in cancer cases in coming years. Although there has been substa…
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- Ramirez, Amelie G.
- Trapido, Edward J.
- Responsibility
- Amelie G. Ramirez, Edward J. Trapido, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 329 p.) : 18 illus., 13 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030292867
- 9783030292850 (Print ed.)
- 9783030292874 (Print ed.)
- 9783030292881 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Promotion
- Health Status Disparities
- Hispanic Americans
- Minority Health
- Neoplasms - ethnology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Health promotion
- Oncology
- Social structure
- Social inequality
- Cancer research
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Specialty
- Population Health
- Abstract
- This open access book gives an overview of the sessions, panel discussions, and outcomes of the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference, held in February 2018 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and hosted by the Mays Cancer Center and the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio. Latinos – the largest, youngest, and fastest-growing minority group in the United States – are expected to face a 142% rise in cancer cases in coming years. Although there has been substantial advancement in cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment over the past few decades, addressing Latino cancer health disparities has not nearly kept pace with progress. The diverse and dynamic group of speakers and panelists brought together at the Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference provided in-depth insights as well as progress and actionable goals for Latino-focused basic science research, clinical best practices, community interventions, and what can be done by way of prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in Latinos. These insights have been translated into the chapters included in this compendium. The chapters summarize the presentations and include current knowledge in the specific topic areas, identified gaps, and top priority areas for future cancer research in Latinos. Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos proves to be an indispensable resource offering key insights into actionable targets for basic science research, suggestions for clinical best practices and community interventions, and novel strategies and advocacy opportunities to reduce health disparities in Latino communities. It will find an engaged audience among researchers, academics, physicians and other healthcare professionals, patient advocates, students, and others with an interest in the broad field of Latino cancer.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos -- Part II. Genetics, Environment, Lifestyle, and Cancer -- 2. Disaggregated Hispanic Groups and Cancer: Importance, Methodology and Current Knowledge -- 3. Colorectal Cancer Disparities in Latinos: Genes vs. Environment -- Part III. Cancer Risk, Prevention, and Screening -- 4. Breast Cancer Risk and Mortality in Women of Latin American Origin -- 5. Prostate Cancer in U.S. Latinos: What Have We Learned and Where Should We Focus Our Attention -- 6. Differential Cancer Risk in Latinos: The Role of Diet -- Part IV. The Biology of Cancer Health Disparities -- 7. Biomarkers of Gastric Pre-Malignant Lesions -- 8. Molecular Subtypes and Driver Mutations in Latinos with Gastric Cancer: Implications for Etiological and Translational Research -- 9. The Biology of Breast Cancer Disparities in Hispanics: Current Knowledge, Gaps and Research Opportunities -- 10. Molecular Profiles of Breast Cancer in Hispanic/Latina -- Part V. Advances in Cancer Therapy and Clinical Trials -- 11. Biomarkers and Precision Medicine in Oncology Practice and Clinical Trials -- 12. Overcoming Barriers for Latinos on Cancer Clinical Trials -- Part VI. Cancer in the Era of Precision Medicine -- 13. Breast Cancer Precision Medicine in Hispanics/Latinas: Focus on Luminal B Tumors -- 14. Is Precision Medicine Widening Cancer Care Disparities in Latino Populations? The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Experience -- Part VII. Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship in Latinos -- 15. A Vision for Improving Quality of Life Among Spanish-Speaking Latina Breast Cancer Survivors -- 16. Research Democracy in a Randomized Controlled Trial: Engaging Multiple Stakeholders in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research -- Part VIII. Engaging Latinos in Cancer Research -- 17. Es Tiempo: Engaging Latinas in Cervical Cancer Research -- 18. Reaching Latinos Through Social Media and SMS for Smoking Cessation -- 19. The Need for a Holistic Approach to Prevent Reproductive Cancers among US Latinas: The Potential Impact of Normalizing Sexuality and Improving Communication -- 20. Critical Steps for Engaging Hispanics in Cancer Research: Building Capacity to Enhance Participation in Biospecimen Donation with Hispanic Communities -- Part IX Charting the Future of Cancer Health Disparities Research in Latinos -- 21. Emerging Policies in US Health Care -- 22. A Way Forward: The Future of Cancer Health Disparities Research in Latinos.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
An Atlas of Radioscopic Catheter Placement for the Electrophysiologist
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29734
by Michela Casella, Antonio Dello Russo.
--London:
Springer-Verlag
, c2008.
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- Online
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- Author
- Casella, Michela
- Other Authors
- Russo, Antonio Dello
- Responsibility
- by Michela Casella, Antonio Dello Russo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9781848002272
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiac Catheterization - Atlases
- Radiography
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiology, Medical
- Heart - Surgery
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Atlas of diagnostic oncology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31974
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ; edited by Arthur T. Skarin ; associate editors, Kitt Schaffer, Tad Wieczorek, Janina Longtine.
(4th ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Mosby Elsevier
, c2010.
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- Online
- Available Online
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- Corporate Author
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Other Authors
- Skarin, Arthur T
- Responsibility
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ; edited by Arthur T. Skarin ; associate editors, Kitt Schaffer, Tad Wieczorek, Janina Longtine
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Mosby Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 755 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780323059053
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - diagnosis - Atlases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cancer - Atlases
- Neoplasms - diagnosis - Atlases
- Contents
- The role of molecular probes and other markers in the diagnosis of malignancy / Tad Wieczorek and Janina A. Longtine -- Radiographic evaluation of cancer / Kitt Shaffer and Annick Van Den Abbeele -- Nuclear oncology / Annick van den Abbeele and Steven Burrell -- Cancer of the head and neck region / Robert Haddad and Marshall Posner -- Lung cancer and tumors of the heart and mediastinum / Ravi Salgia and Arthur T. Skarin -- Malignant mesothelioma / Pasi Janne -- Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract and neuroendocrine tumors / Jeffrey Meyerhardt and Matthew Kulke -- Cancer of the genitourinary tract / William K. Oh and Robert Ross -- Gynecologic tumors and malignancies / Ursula Matulonis and David R. Genest -- Breast cancer / Susana M. Campos and Wendy Chen -- Endocrine tumors and malignancies / Francis D. Moore -- Sarcomas of soft tissue and bone and gist / Susan George and George D. Demetri -- Skin cancer / Philip Friedlander and F. Stephen Hodi -- Neoplasms of the central nervous system / Elizabeth A. Maher -- Acute and chronic leukemias / Martha Wadleigh and David D. Dorfman -- Hodgkin's disease and non-hodgkin lymphomas / Eric Jacobsen and David M. Dorfman -- Multiple myeloma and plasma cell dyscrasias / Kenneth C. Anderson and David M. Dorfman -- Solid tumors in childhood / Holcomb E. Grier, Antonio Perez-Atayde, Fredic A. Hoffer -- AIDS-associated malignancies / David T. Scadden -- Hereditary cancers / Judy Garber and Ken Offit -- Complications of cancer / New author and Tad Wieczorek -- Systemic and mucocutaneous reactions to chemotherapy / Joseph P. Eder and Arthur T. Skarin.
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- e-Book
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Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine : Human Structure, Ultrastructure and 3D Reconstruction Images
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39101
Miguel Angel Reina, editor ; José Antonio De Andrés, Admir Hadzic, Alberto Prats-Galino, Xavier Sala-Blanch, André A.J. van Zundert, associate editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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This is the first atlas to depict in high-resolution images the fine structure of the spinal canal, the nervous plexuses, and the peripheral nerves in relation to clinical practice. The Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine contains more than 1500 images of unsurpassed quality, most of which have never been published, including scanning electron microscopy images of neuronal ultrastructures, macroscopic sectional anatomy, and three-dimensional images reconstructe…
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- Reina, Miguel Angel
- Responsibility
- Miguel Angel Reina, editor ; José Antonio De Andrés, Admir Hadzic, Alberto Prats-Galino, Xavier Sala-Blanch, André A.J. van Zundert, associate editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 935 p. : 1788 illus., 988 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319095226
- 9783319095219 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia, Conduction
- Imaging, Three Dimensional
- Nerve Block
- Pain - drug therapy
- Peripheral Nervous System - anatomy & histology
- Spinal Canal - anatomy & histology
- Abstract
- This is the first atlas to depict in high-resolution images the fine structure of the spinal canal, the nervous plexuses, and the peripheral nerves in relation to clinical practice. The Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine contains more than 1500 images of unsurpassed quality, most of which have never been published, including scanning electron microscopy images of neuronal ultrastructures, macroscopic sectional anatomy, and three-dimensional images reconstructed from patient imaging studies. Each chapter begins with a short introduction on the covered subject but then allows the images to embody the rest of the work; detailed text accompanies figures to guide readers through anatomy, providing evidence-based, clinically relevant information. Beyond clinically relevant anatomy, the book features regional anesthesia equipment (needles, catheters, surgical gloves) and overview of some cutting edge research instruments (e.g. scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy). Of interest to regional anesthesiologists, interventional pain physicians, and surgeons, this compendium is meant to complement texts that do not have this type of graphic material in the subjects of regional anesthesia, interventional pain management, and surgical techniques of the spine or peripheral nerves.
- Contents
- Part I. Human Peripheral Nerve -- 1. Ultrastructure of Myelinated and Unmyelinated Axons -- 2. Macrophages, Mastocytes, and Plasma Cells -- 3. Ultrastructure of the Endoneurium -- 4. Ultrastructure of the Perineurium -- 5. Ultrastructure of the Epineurium -- 6. Origin of the Fascicles and Intraneural Plexus -- 7. Macroscopic View of the Cervical Plexus and Brachial Plexus -- 8. Anna Carrera, Francisco Reina -- 9. Macroscopic View of the Lumbar Plexus and Sacral Plexus -- 10. Cross-sectional Microscopic Anatomy of the Sciatic Nerve and its Dissected Branches -- 11. Cross-sectional Microscopic Anatomy of the Sciatic Nerve and Paraneural Sheaths -- 12. Computerized Tomographic Images of Unintentional Intraneural Injection -- 13. Ultrasound View of Unintentional Intraneural Injection -- 14. Histologic Features of Needle-Nerve and Intraneural Injection Injury as Seen on Light Microscopy -- 15. Structure of Nerve Lesions after "In Vitro" Punctures -- 16. Scanning Electron Microscopy View of In Vitro Intraneural Injections -- 17. Injection of Dye Inside the Paraneural Sheath of the Sciatic Nerve in the Popliteal Fossa -- 18. High-Definition and Three-Dimensional Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging of the Sciatic Nerve -- Part II. Component of the Spinal Canal -- 19. Spinal Dural Sac, Nerve Root Cuffs, Rootlets, and Nerve Roots -- 20. Ultrastructure of Spinal Dura Mater -- 21. Ultrastructure of the Spinal Arachnoid Layer -- 22. Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Spinal Dural Sac -- 23. Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Spinal Epidural Fat -- 24. Ultrastructure of Human Spinal Trabecular Arachnoid -- 25. Ultrastructure of Spinal Pia Mater -- 26. Ultrastructure of Spinal Subdural Compartment: Origin of Spinal Subdural Space -- 27. Unintentional Subdural and Intradural Placement of Epidural Catheters -- 28. Ultrastructure of Human Spinal Nerve Roots -- 29. Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Cauda Equine Nerve Roots -- 30. Spinal Nerve Root Lesions after "In Vitro" Needle Puncture -- 31. Nerve Root Cuff Lesions after 'In Vitro" Needle Puncture and Model of "In Vitro" Nerve Stimuli Caused by Epidural Catheters -- 32. Ligamentum Flavum and Related Spinal Ligaments -- 33. The Ligamentum Flavum -- 34. Subarachnoid (Intrathecal) Ligaments -- 35. Displacement of the Nerve Roots of Cauda Equina in Different Positions -- 36. Nerve Root and Types of Needles Used in Transforaminal Injections -- 37. Three-Dimensional Visualization of Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid and Cauda Equina Nerve Roots, and Estimation of a Related Vulnerability Ratio -- 38. Ultrastructure of Nerve Root Cuffs: Dura-Epineurium Transition Tissue -- 39. Ultrastructure of Nerve Root Cuffs: Arachnoid Layer--Perineurium Transition Tissue at Preganglionic, Ganglionic, and Postganglionic Levels -- 40. Spinal Cord Stimulation -- 41. Ultrastructure of Dural Lesions Produced in Lumbar Punctures -- 42. Injections of Particulate Steroids for Nerve Root Blockade: Ultrastructural Examination of Complicating Factors -- 43. Nerve Root and Types of Needles Used in Transforaminal Injections -- Part III. Materials -- 44. Needles in Regional Anesthesia -- 45. Catheters in Regional Anesthesia -- 46. Epidural Filters and Particles from Surgical Gloves -- Part IV. Research Techniques -- 47. Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid, Roots, and Surrounding Structures -- 48. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Root Volume Quantification from Magnetic Resonance Images -- 49. Scanning Electron Microscopy -- 50. Transmission Electron Microscopy.
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- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Atlas
- Location
- Online
Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet in the Elderly Patient
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42575
Antonio Capurso, Gaetano Crepaldi, Cristiano Capurso.
--Cham:
Fondazione Dieta Mediterranea-ONLUS ; Springer
, c2018.
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This book illustrates the role of Mediterranean diet in connection with well-being and particularly its impact on health and elderly care, as well as on the mechanisms of aging. Aging is a natural process of human life. The knowledge that a healthy dietary regimen like the Mediterranean diet can effectively prevent or delay many diseases typically affecting aging people may help to better manage the aging process. From this point of view, knowledge of the numerous benefits of the Mediterranean-…
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- Author
- Capurso, Antonio
- Other Authors
- Crepaldi, Gaetano
- Capurso, Cristiano
- Other Authors
- Fondazione Dieta Mediterranea
- Responsibility
- Antonio Capurso, Gaetano Crepaldi, Cristiano Capurso
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Fondazione Dieta Mediterranea-ONLUS ; Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 439 p.) : 40 illus., 24 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Practical issues in geriatrics
- ISBN
- 9783319780849
- 9783319780832 (print ed.)
- 9783319780856 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-6060
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged
- Diet, Mediterranean
- Healthy Diet
- Olive Oil - pharmacology
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Nutritional Sciences
- Abstract
- This book illustrates the role of Mediterranean diet in connection with well-being and particularly its impact on health and elderly care, as well as on the mechanisms of aging. Aging is a natural process of human life. The knowledge that a healthy dietary regimen like the Mediterranean diet can effectively prevent or delay many diseases typically affecting aging people may help to better manage the aging process. From this point of view, knowledge of the numerous benefits of the Mediterranean-style diet may effectively promote better management of the burden of elderly care. As early as the 1950s, Ancel Keys pointed out the effectiveness of the Mediterranean diet in helping to control, and possibly avoid, myocardial infarction and/or cholesterol metabolism. Quite soon after the first studies were published, it became clear that the Mediterranean diet was beneficial not only in connection with cardiovascular disease but also many other diseases, from diabetes to hypertension, from cancer and thrombosis to neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia. Examining those benefits in detail, this book offers a valuable educational tool for young professionals and caregivers, as well as for students and trainees in Geriatrics and Nutrition.
- Contents
- 1. The Historical Origins and Composition of Mediterranean Diet -- 2. Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO): History and Chemical Composition -- 3. Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and Cardiovascular Disease -- 4. Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus -- 5. Extra-virgin Olive Oil, the Mediterranean Diet, and Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 6. Extra-virgin Olive Oil and Cancer -- 7. Epigenetics/Epigenomics of Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet -- 8. Cereals -- 9. Vegetables -- 10. Fresh Fruit -- 12. Legumes and Pulses -- 13. Fish -- 14. The Smells and Tastes of the Mediterranean Diet: Herbs -- 15. Red and White Wines -- 16. The Impact of the Mediterranean Diet on Aging, Frailty, and Longevity.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Biomaterials in Hand Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28347
edited by Antonio Merolli, Thomas J. Joyce.
--Milan:
Springer-Verlag
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Merolli, Antonio
- Other Authors
- Joyce, Thomas J
- Responsibility
- edited by Antonio Merolli, Thomas J. Joyce
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9788847011953
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Arthroplasty, Replacement - methods
- Biocompatible Materials
- Hand Joints - surgery
- Joint Prosthesis
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Orthopedic surgery
- Biomaterials
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Body contouring and liposuction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32093
J. Peter Rubin ... [et al.].
--Edinburgh:
Elsevier Saunders
, c2013.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Rubin, J. Peter
- Jewell, Mark L.
- Richter, Dirk F.
- Uebel, Carlos O.
- Responsibility
- J. Peter Rubin ... [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Publisher
- Elsevier Saunders
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 614 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781455737963 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Lipectomy - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lipectomy - methods
- Liposuction
- Contents
- pt. 1 Patient evaluation and safety -- 1. Patient safety in body contouring / Angela S. Landfair -- pt. 2 Upper extremity contouring -- 2. Liposuction of the upper extremities / Huseyin Guner -- 3. Brachioplasty with bicipital groove scar / Susan E. Downey -- 4. Brachioplasty - the double ellipse technique / Peter Lin -- 5. Brachioplasty with liposuction resection / Dennis J. Hurwitz -- 6. Limited scar brachioplasty / Lawrence S. Reed -- pt. 3 Breast reshaping -- 7. Fat grafting to the breast / Kamran Khoobehi -- 8. Ultrasound-assisted breast reduction / Alberto di Giuseppe -- 9. Combined abdominal contouring and mastopexy / Carlos O. Uebel -- 10. Breast reshaping using autologous (issues after massive weight loss / Serhan Tuncer -- 11. Combined abdominoplasty and breast enlargement by autologous tissue transfer or transabdominal implant placement / Richard Zienowicz -- 12. Mammaplasty with L-shaped scar / Antonio R. Bozola -- 13. Breast reshaping after massive weight loss, autologous tissue techniques / Dennis J. Hurwitz -- 14. Breast reshaping after massive weight loss, implant based / Michael Loffredo -- pt. 4 Upper trunk contouring -- 15. Liposuction of upper back/bra rolls / Antonio Luiz Rocha Gesualdi Fernandes Neto -- 16. Transverse upper body lift / Christopher D. Knotts -- 17. Upper body lift with lateral excision / Alexander Stoff -- pt. 5 Abdominal contouring procedures -- 18. Aesthetic classification of the abdomen / Alan Matarasso -- 19. Anatomy of the abdominal wall and aesthetic classification / Lydia M. Ferreira -- 20. Lipomyosculpture / Matheus Monseff Vieira Borela -- 21. Classic abdominoplasty with adhesion tension sutures / Ricardo Baroudi -- 22. Lipoabdominoplasly with previous flap resection / Arnaldo L. Miro -- 23. Reverse abdominoplasty / Ricardo A. Arnt -- 24. Endoscopic plication techniques for the treatment of abdominal contour / Lea M. Moraes -- 25. High lateral tension abdominoplasty / Steven Teitelbaum -- 26. Fleur-de-lis abdominoplasty including mons contouring / Christopher D. Knotts -- 27. Panniculectomy in patients with super obesity / Marianne Wolters -- 28.A. Lipoabdominoplasty / Cristianna Bonetto Saldanha -- 28.B. Lipoabdominoplasty in combined body contouring procedures / Angela S. Landfair -- 29. Umbilicoplasty / Juarez Avelar -- 30. Combining abdominal contouring with hernia repair / Oscar Ramirez -- 31. Liposuction of the abdomen and trunk / Aris Sterodimas -- 32. Belt lipectomy/circumferential abdominoplasty / Thomas Scholz -- 33. Progressive tension sutures in abdominoplasty / Harlan Pollock -- pt. 6 Thigh, buttock and lower extremity contouring -- 34. Transverse medial thigh lift / Pierre Nicolau -- 35. Vertical medial thigh lift with liposuction / Scott Woehrle -- 36. Short vertical scar medial thigh lift / James D. Frame -- 37. Autologous gluteal augmentation with mid-pedicle superior pole perforator flaps / Cassio Eduardo Raposo-Amaral -- 38. Liposuction and circumferential lower truncal dermatolipectomy / Alexander Stoff -- 39. Gluteal contouring and rejuvenation / Ronald P. Bossert -- 40.A. Buttock implants: gluteal implant augmentation / Miguel A. Soto-Miranda -- 40.B. Intramuscular buttocks implants: the "XYZ" method / Raul Gonzalez -- 40.C. Buttock implants: gluteal implants / Fernando G. Serra -- 41. Buttock contouring with liposuction and fat injection / Constantino G. Mendieta -- 42. Liposuction of the lower extremities and leg reshaping with fat / Catherine Bergeret-Galley -- 43. Calf and thigh implants / Luis Montellano -- pt. 7 Liposuction and fat grafting -- 44. Liposuction -- history and principles / Peter B. Fodor -- 45. Tumescent local anesthesia for liposuction / Gerhard Sattler -- 46. Treatment of liposuction complications / Hwang Weon Jung -- 47. Fat grafting in body contouring surgery / Jordan Jacobs -- 48. Minimal scar breast augmentation using autologous fat grafting / Harunosuke Kato -- 49. Principles of new invasive modalities / Jason N. Pozner -- 50. Ultrasonic liposuction / Onelio Garcia Jr. -- pt. 8 Body contouring with HIFU or injectables -- 51. High intensity focused ultrasound and non-invasive body contouring / James L. Jewell -- 52. Mesotherapy for body contouring and cellulite / Marion Shapiro -- pt. 9 Special considerations for the massive weight loss patient -- 53. Describing the deformities / Charles K. Herman -- 54. Psychological and nutritional evaluation / Angela S. Landfair -- 55. Staging and combining procedures / Jennifer Capla.
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- Registration required for PDF access.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Breast Cancer in the Post-Genomic Era
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29291
edited by Antonio Giordano, Nicola Normanno.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Giordano, Antonio
- Other Authors
- Normanno, Nicola
- Responsibility
- edited by Antonio Giordano, Nicola Normanno
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- Series Title
- Current clinical oncology
- ISBN
- 9781603279451
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Neoplasms
- Genetic Phenomena
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Breast Diseases : An Evidence-Based Pocket Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44760
Guilherme Novita, Antônio Luiz Frasson, Eduardo Camargo Millen, Felipe Zerwes, Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Holdings
- Nova Scotia Hospital: v. 1, 1990 - v. 8, 1998.
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- Guilherme Novita, Antônio Luiz Frasson, Eduardo Camargo Millen, Felipe Zerwes, Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Holdings
- Nova Scotia Hospital: v. 1, 1990 - v. 8, 1998.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 604 p.) : 201 illus., 131 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030136369
- 9783030136352 (Print ed.)
- 9783030136376 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1043-321X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Neoplasms
- Breast - surgery
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Medical Oncology
- Women's Health
- Contents
- BI-RADS® Classification -- Mammography -- Ultrasonography -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Nuclear Medicine: Sentinel Lymph Node Detection and Radioguided Occult Lesion Localization (ROLL) -- Other Imaging Methods -- Mammographic Screening: General Population -- Special Screening Situations -- Percutaneous Biopsies: Clinical and Radiological Aspects -- Percutaneous Biopsies: Histopathological Aspects -- Histopathological Classification of Benign Lesions -- Breast Lump -- Breast Pain -- Nipple Discharge -- Gynecomastia -- Infectious Breast Diseases -- Classification of Intraductal Precursor and Proliferative Lesions -- Procedure for Cases of Intraductal and Proliferative Lesions -- Ductal Carcinoma in Situ -- Identifying High-Risk Female Patients -- Practical Aspects of Genetic Counseling: Genetic Tests to Identify Risks -- Prevention: Behavioral Measures and Habits -- Prevention: Chemoprevention (Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer) -- Prevention: Risk-Reducing Surgery -- Carcinogenesis and Natural History of Breast Cancer -- Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Classification of Invasive Breast Carcinomas -- Staging and Prognostic Factors -- Epidemiology of Breast Cancer -- Prognostic Predictors: Genetic Signatures, Adjuvant!, and PREDICT -- Mastectomy -- Breast Conserving Surgery -- Axillary Surgery and Other Regional Lymph Nodes -- Non-palpable Lesion Surgery -- Handling of Surgical Specimen -- Principles of Oncoplastic Surgery -- Partial Breast Reconstruction -- Breast Reconstruction with Implants -- Breast Reconstruction with Myocutaneous Flaps -- Autologous Fat Grafting in the Breast: Lipofilling -- Aesthetic Breast Surgery -- Early Breast Cancer -- Locally Advanced Breast Cancer -- Influence on Histologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Subtypes on Therapeutics -- Inflammatory Breast Cancer -- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Occult Breast Cancer -- Paget’s Disease -- Non-epithelial Tumors -- Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer -- Breast Cancer in Young Women -- Breast Cancer in Elderly Women -- Multifocal, Multicentric, and Bilateral Carcinoma -- Breast Cancer in Men -- Local Recurrence After Surgery -- Breast Cancer After Aesthetic Surgery -- Locorregional Treatment in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer -- Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer -- Adjuvant Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer -- Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer -- Anti-HER2 Adjuvant Therapy Neoadjuvant Therapies -- Other Systemic Treatments for Breast Cancer -- Follow-Up After Breast Cancer -- Survivorship: Life After Breast Cancer -- Physical Rehabilitation After Breast Cancer Treatment -- Contraception and Infertility -- Approaching Climacteric Issues -- Metastatic Disease: Therapy and Palliative Care.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Cancer immunotherapy : immune suppression and tumor growth
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27591
Pendergast, George C.
--Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Elsevier Academic Press
, 2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Pendergast, George C
- Other Authors
- Jaffee, Elizabeth M
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Elsevier Academic Press
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 409 p.
- ISBN
- 9780080521855
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
- Immunotherapy
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Contents
- Cancer immunoediting: from immune surveillance to immune escape / Ryungsa Kim -- Immunosurveillance: innate and adaptive antitumor immunity / Masahisa Jinushi and Glenn Dranoff -- Cytokine regulation of immune tolerance to tumors / Ming O. Li and Richard A. Flavell -- Immunological sculpting: natural killer cell receptors and ligands / David A. Sallman and Julie Y. Djeu -- Immune escape: immunosuppressive networks / Shuang Wei, Alfred Chang, and Weiping Zou -- Cytotoxic chemotherapy in clinical treatment of cancer / Rajesh Thirumaran, George C. Prendergast, and Paul B. Gilman -- Targeted therapeutics in cancer treatment / Colin D. Weekes and Manuel Hidalgo -- Concepts in pharmacology and toxicology / Richard A. Westhouse and Bruce D. Car -- Cancer immunotherapy: challenges and opportunities / Andrew J. Lepisto, John R. McKolanis, and Olivera J. Finn -- Cancer vaccines / Freda K. Stevenson ... [et al.] -- Immunotherapy and cancer therapeutics: why partner? / Leisha A. Emens and Elizabeth M. Jaffee -- Immune stimulatory features of classical chemotherapy / Robbert G. van der Most, Anna K. Nowak, and Richard A. Lake -- Dendritic cells and coregulatory signals: immune checkpoint blockade to stimulate immunotherapy / Drew Pardoll -- Regulatory T cells in tumor immunity: role of toll-like receptors / Rong-Fu Wang -- Tumor-associated macrophages in cancer growth and progression / Alberto Mantovani, Paola Allavena and Antonio Sica -- Tumor-associated myeloid-derived suppressor cells / Stephanie K. Bunt ... [et al.] -- Programmed death ligand-1 and galectin-1: pieces in the puzzle of tumor-immune escape / Gabriel A. Rabinovich and Thomas F. Gajewski -- Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in immune escape: regulation and therapeutic inhibition / Alexander J. Muller and George C. Prendergast -- Arginase, nitric oxide synthase, and novel inhibitors of L-arginine metabolism in immune modulation / Susanna Mandruzzato, Simone Mocellin, and Vincenzo Bronte.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005 : Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias (Venice, 2-5 October 2005)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30352
edited by Antonio Raviele.
--Milan:
Springer-Verlag Italia
, c2006.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Raviele, Antonio
- Responsibility
- edited by Antonio Raviele
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Italia
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- ISBN
- 9788847003712
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Arrhythmias, cardiac - congresses
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cardiology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cell Cycle Regulation and Differentiation in Cardiovascular and Neural Systems
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29446
edited by Antonio Giordano, Umberto Galderisi.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Giordano, Antonio
- Other Authors
- Galderisi, Umberto
- Responsibility
- edited by Antonio Giordano, Umberto Galderisi
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9781603271530
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
- Cell Cycle - physiology
- Cell Differentiation - physiology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Physiology
- Neurosciences
- Cardiology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43218
Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi. editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Capello, Fabio
- Gaddi, Antonio Vittorino
- Responsibility
- Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi. editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 679 p.) : 116 illus., 79 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319627311
- 9783319627304 (print ed.)
- 9783319627328 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution - adverse effects
- Environmental Illness - chemically induced
- Environmental Policy
- Global Health
- Public Policy
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Abstract
- This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights.
- Contents
- 1. Pollution and Air Pollution–Related Diseases: An Overview -- 2. Physical and Chemical Properties of Airborne Particulate Matter -- 3. The Relationship Between Health Effects and Airborne Particulate Constituents -- 4. Environment/Climate Air Pollution -- 5. Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutants in Cities -- 6. Outdoor Air Pollution: Effects, Measure and Perception -- 7. Indoor Air Pollution -- 8. Air Pollution and the Health Preservation: The Point of View of a Clinician and of a Cardiologist -- 9. Legal and Ethical Implications of Air Pollution -- 10. Air Pollution in Infancy, Childhood and Young Adults -- 11. Air Pollution and Elderly -- 12. Pollutants and Drugs: Interactions and Human Health -- 13. Epigenetic Effects of Air Pollution -- 14. Complexity in Pollution/Disease Management -- 15. Air Pollution and the Nervous System: Diseases of the Brain Caused by Air Pollutants and Air Pollution -- 16. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases (Risk Factors and the Myocardial Cell Defence) -- 17. Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis -- 18. Air Pollution and Lung Diseases -- 19. Eye and Pollution -- 20. Skin and Air Pollution: State of the Art and New Frontiers -- 21. Air Pollution and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals -- 22. Health Consequences Due to Prenatal Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Exposure -- 23. Postnatal EDC Exposure and Prevention of Endocrine Disruption -- 24. Air Pollution and Cancer -- 25. Air Pollution and Gynecological Diseases -- 26. Air Pollution Effects in Pregnancy -- 27. Model for Pollutant and Disease Monitoring -- 28. Basic Principles for Treatment of Air Pollution-Related Diseases -- 29. Basic Characteristics of Antipollution Devices and PPE -- 30. Exploring the Technologies Behind Air-Cleaning Systems and Indoor Applications -- 31. Basic Characteristics of PPE (II): Industrial Applications -- 32. Sociological Theories on Air Pollution: Between Environmental Justice and the Risk Society Approach -- 33. The Contribution of Digital Sociology to the Investigation of Air Pollution -- 34. Basic Principles of Risk Communication in Air Pollution -- 35. Marketing Issues in Air Pollution Prevention -- 36. Air Pollution: Actions to be Taken -- 37. Conclusions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Trials in Latin America : Where Ethics and Business Clash
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39618
Nuria Homedes, Antonio Ugalde, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The outsourcing of clinical trials to Latin America by the transnational innovative pharmaceutical industry began about twenty years ago. Using archival information and field work in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru, the authors discuss the regulatory contexts and the ethical dimensions of human experimentation in the region. More than 80% of all clinical trials in the region take place in these countries, and the European Medicines Agency has defined them as priority countries in…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Homedes, Nuria
- Ugalde, Antonio
- Responsibility
- Nuria Homedes, Antonio Ugalde, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 291 p. : 9 illus.)
- Series Vol.
- 2
- Series Title
- Research ethics forum
- ISBN
- 9783319013633
- 9783319013626 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2212-9529
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Trials as Topic - ethics
- Drug Industry - ethics
- Human Experimentation - ethics
- Human Rights Abuses
- Other Subjects
- Latin America
- Abstract
- The outsourcing of clinical trials to Latin America by the transnational innovative pharmaceutical industry began about twenty years ago. Using archival information and field work in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru, the authors discuss the regulatory contexts and the ethical dimensions of human experimentation in the region. More than 80% of all clinical trials in the region take place in these countries, and the European Medicines Agency has defined them as priority countries in Latin America. The authors raise questions about the quality of data obtained from the trials and the violation of human rights during their implementation. Their findings are presented in this volume, the first in-depth analysis of clinical trials in the region.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Review and Critique of International Ethical Principles -- 3. Globalization and Clinical Research in Latin America -- 4. The Regulatory Framework and Case Studies from Argentina -- 5. Politics and Clinical Trials in the Province of Cordoba -- 6. Brazil: The System for the Protection of Voluntary Participants in Research -- 7. Progress and Challenges of Clinical Research with New Medications in Brazil -- 8. A Small Country for Big Pharma: Costa Rica -- 9. Cervical Cancer and the Development of HPV Vaccines in Guanacaste, Costa Rica -- 10. Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Trials in Mexico: Theory and Practice -- 11. Who Decides? Informed Consent for Cancer Patients in Mexico -- 12. A View from Inside: Regulation and Ethical Conflicts in Peru -- 13. Conclusion.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Colon Polypectomy : Current Techniques and Novel Perspectives
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43004
edited by Antonio Facciorusso, Nicola Muscatiello.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of current polypectomy techniques and describes new perspectives in the field. A wide variety of topics are covered, including classification of colon polyps, established polypectomy techniques and related controversies, advanced endoscopic resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, the use of submucosal injection solutions, management of complications, management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications, and post-polypectomy end…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Facciorusso, Antonio
- Muscatiello, Nicola
- Responsibility
- edited by Antonio Facciorusso, Nicola Muscatiello
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 155 p.) : 18 illus., 13 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319594576
- 9783319594569 (print ed.)
- 9783319594583 (print ed.)
- 9783319781280 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Colonic Polyps - pathology
- Colonic Polyps - surgery
- Colonoscopy - methods
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection - methods
- Specialty
- Colorectal Surgery
- Abstract
- This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of current polypectomy techniques and describes new perspectives in the field. A wide variety of topics are covered, including classification of colon polyps, established polypectomy techniques and related controversies, advanced endoscopic resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, the use of submucosal injection solutions, management of complications, management of anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications, and post-polypectomy endoscopic surveillance. Information is also provided on a novel risk calculation score for adenoma recurrence after polypectomy, developed by the editors of the book and their colleagues. In acquainting readers with the state of the art in the field, Colon Polypectomy will serve as a valuable reference and practical tool for all who perform the procedure, which is of ever-increasing importance given the recent success of colon cancer screening campaigns in leading to earlier detection of colon polyps.
- Contents
- Classification of Colon Polyps and Risk of Neoplastic Progression -- Non-polypoid Colorectal Neoplasms: Characteristics and Endoscopic Management -- Colonoscopic Polypectomy: Current Techniques and Controversies -- Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Colorectal Lesions -- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection -- Submucosal Injection Solutions for Colon Polypectomy -- Management of Complications after Endoscopic Polypectomy -- Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Medications -- Endoscopic Surveillance After Polypectomy -- Conclusive Remarks and New Perspectives.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Color atlas of immunology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26744
Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester, Antonio Pezzutto ; with contributions by Timo Ulrichs and Alexandra Aicher ; 131 color plates by Jürgen Wiwrth.
--Stuttgart:
Thieme
, c2003.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Burmester, Gerd-Rüdiger
- Other Authors
- Pezzutto, Antonio
- Responsibility
- Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester, Antonio Pezzutto ; with contributions by Timo Ulrichs and Alexandra Aicher ; 131 color plates by Jürgen Wiwrth
- Alternate Title
- Colour atlas of immunology
- Immunology
- Place of Publication
- Stuttgart
- Publisher
- Thieme
- Date of Publication
- c2003
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 322 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780865779648
- 9781604061116 (eISBN)
- Specialty
- Allergy and Immunology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
