Dementia : comprehensive principles and practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat34118
edited by Bradford C. Dickerson and Alireza Atri.
--Oxford, UK:
Oxford University Press
, c2014.
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Dementia: comprehensive principles and practice is a clinically-oriented book designed for clinicians, scientists, and other health professionals involved in the diagnosis, management, and investigation of disease states causing dementia. A "who's who" of internationally-recognized experts contribute chapters emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach to understanding dementia. The organization of the book takes an integrative approach by providing three major sections that (1) establish the neu…
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- Dickerson, Bradford C
- Atri, Alireza
- Responsibility
- edited by Bradford C. Dickerson and Alireza Atri
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, UK
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 608 p.
- ISBN
- 9780199928460
- 9781306939270 (elec. bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Dementia
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Dementia
- Abstract
- Dementia: comprehensive principles and practice is a clinically-oriented book designed for clinicians, scientists, and other health professionals involved in the diagnosis, management, and investigation of disease states causing dementia. A "who's who" of internationally-recognized experts contribute chapters emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach to understanding dementia. The organization of the book takes an integrative approach by providing three major sections that (1) establish the neuroanatomical and cognitive framework underlying disorders of cognition, (2) provide fundamental as well as cutting-edge material covering specific diseases associated with dementia, and (3) discuss approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of dementing illnesses.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Postmortem toxicology of abused drugs
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27308
edited by Steven B. Karch.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2008.
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- Author
- Karch, Steven B
- Responsibility
- edited by Steven B. Karch
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 200 p.
- ISBN
- 9781420054545
- 1420054546
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Autopsy - methods
- Forensic Toxicology - methods
- Street drugs - poisoning
- Contents
- Introduction to postmortem toxicology / W. Lee Hearn and H. Chip Walls -- Specimen selection, collection, preservation, and security / Bradford R. Hepler and Daniel S. Isenschmid -- Common methods in postmortem toxicology / W. Lee Hearn and H. Chip Walls -- Strategies for postmortem toxicology investigation / edited and revised by Henrik Druid -- Quality assurance in postmortem toxicology / Wilmo Andollo -- Interpretation of postmortem drug levels / Graham R. Jones
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of decision making
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24746
edited by Paul C. Nutt and David C. Wilson.
--Chichester, England:
John Wiley & Sons
, 2010.
- Call Number
- HD 30.23 N978h 2010
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- HD 30.23 N978h 2010
- Author
- Nutt, Paul C.
- Other Authors
- Wilson, David C.
- Responsibility
- edited by Paul C. Nutt and David C. Wilson
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, England
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xix, 698 p.
- Series Vol.
- v. 6
- Series Title
- Blackwell encyclopaedia of management
- ISBN
- 9781405161350
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Decision making
- Contents
- 1. Crucial Trends and Issues in Strategic Decision Making -- 2. Research on Strategic Decisions: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead -- 3. Decision Making: It's Not What You Think -- 4. Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking -- 5. The Political Aspects of Strategic Decision Making -- 6. Organizational Identity and Strategic Decision Making -- 7. Building a Decision-making Action Theory -- 8. A Decision Process Model to Support Timely Organizational Innovation -- 9. Decision Making in Groups: Theory and Practice -- 10. Decision Making in Professional Service Firms -- 11. Risk Taking and Strategic Decision Making -- 12. Decision Errors of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Kind -- 13. Decision Making in Public Organizations -- 14. Strategic Decision Making and Knowledge: A Heideggerian Approach -- 15. Challenges of Using IT to Support Multidisciplinary Team Decision Making -- 16. The Bradford Studies: Decision Making and Implementation Processes and Performance -- 17. Comparing the Merits of Decision-making Processes -- 18. Of Baseball, Medical Decision Making, and Innumeracy -- 19. The Dimensions of Decisions: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation -- 20. Empirical Methods for Research on Organizational Decision-Making Processes -- 21. On the Study of Process: Merging Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches -- 22. The Bradford Studies: Issues Raised by These and Other Studies for the Understanding of Decision Making: -- 23. Discussion and Implications: Toward Creating a Unified Theory of Decision Making.
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- Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Interventional Urology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39921
Ardeshir R. Rastinehad, David N. Siegel, editors ; Peter A. Pinto, Bradford J. Wood, associate editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2016.
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This book provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the evolving techniques and current status of interventional urology. The book is organized by organ system with subtopics covering imaging technologies, interventional techniques, and clinical outcomes for the vast variety of interventional urologic procedures. It represents the first single text covering these topics and will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. Written by experts in the field, Interventio…
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- Ardeshir R. Rastinehad, David N. Siegel, editors ; Peter A. Pinto, Bradford J. Wood, associate editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 408 pages) : 254 illus., 133 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319234649
- 9783319234632 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diagnostic Techniques, Urological
- Radiology, Interventional - methods
- Urologic Diseases
- Urology - methods
- Abstract
- This book provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the evolving techniques and current status of interventional urology. The book is organized by organ system with subtopics covering imaging technologies, interventional techniques, and clinical outcomes for the vast variety of interventional urologic procedures. It represents the first single text covering these topics and will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. Written by experts in the field, Interventional Urology provides a richly illustrated, image-guided, state-of-the art review of this new field, that will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, interventional urologists, interventional radiologists, researchers, and residents with an interest in interventional urology.
- Contents
- Part I: History -- History of Interventional Radiology -- Imaging the Urinary Tract: Fundamentals of Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Image Fusion Principles: Theory -- Part II: Prostate -- Prostate Imaging -- Imaging of Benign Prostatic Conditions -- Transrectal Ultrasound of the Prostate -- Fusion Guided Prostate Biopsy -- Template Mapping Biopsies: An Overview of Technique and Results -- Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and Elastographic imaging -- High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer -- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy -- IRE for Prostate Cancer -- Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer -- Radiation Therapy: Brachytherapy -- Selective Arterial Prostatic Embolization (SAPE): BPH Embolization -- Treatments for Benign Conditions of the Prostate Gland -- Part III: Kidney -- Kidney Imaging -- Renal Mass Biopsy -- Urinary Diversion and Drainage -- Renal Ablations -- Renal Angiography and Embolization -- Nutcracker Syndrome -- Renal Artery Stenosis -- Part IV: Bladder/Ureter -- Hemorrhagic Cystitis -- Endovascular Management of Priapism and Erectile Dysfunction -- Part V: Adrenal -- Adrenal Imaging -- Adrenal Interventions -- Part VI: Retroperitoneum -- Varicocele and Pelvic Congestion Syndrome -- Retroperitoneal Biopsy: Indications and Imaging Approach.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
3D Imaging in Endodontics : A New Era in Diagnosis and Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40198
Mohamed Fayad, Bradford R. Johnson, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This book is designed to provide the reader with a full understanding of the role of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in helping to solve many of the most challenging problems in endodontics. It will shorten the learning curve in application of this exciting imaging technique in a variety of contexts: difficult diagnostic cases, treatment planning, evaluation of internal tooth anatomy prior to root canal therapy, nonsurgical and surgical treatments, early detection and treatment of resorpti…
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- Fayad, Mohamed
- Johnson, Bradford R
- Responsibility
- Mohamed Fayad, Bradford R. Johnson, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 152 p. : 103 illus., 67 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319314662
- 9783319314648 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
- Dental Pulp Diseases - diagnosis
- Dental Pulp Diseases - therapy
- Endodontics - methods
- Imaging, three-dimensional
- Abstract
- This book is designed to provide the reader with a full understanding of the role of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) in helping to solve many of the most challenging problems in endodontics. It will shorten the learning curve in application of this exciting imaging technique in a variety of contexts: difficult diagnostic cases, treatment planning, evaluation of internal tooth anatomy prior to root canal therapy, nonsurgical and surgical treatments, early detection and treatment of resorptive defects, and outcomes assessment. The ability to obtain an accurate 3D representation of a tooth and the surrounding structures by means of noninvasive CBCT imaging is changing the approach to clinical decision making in endodontics. Clinicians long accustomed to working in very small, three-dimensional spaces are no longer constrained by the limitations of two-dimensional imaging. The challenges of mastering the new technology can, however, be daunting. The detailed guidance contained in this book will help endodontists to take full advantage of the important benefits offered by CBCT.
- Contents
- Principles of Cone Beam Computed Tomography -- Utilization of Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Endodontic Diagnosis -- The Impact of Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Non-surgical and Surgical Treatment Planning -- Three dimensional evaluation of internal tooth anatomy -- Non-surgical treatment utilizing Cone Beam Computed Tomography -- Surgical Treatment Utilizing Cone Beam Computed Tomography -- The Use of Cone Beam Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis and Management of Root Resorption.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Textbook of Rapid Response Systems : Concept and Implementation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41342
Michael A. DeVita, Ken Hillman, Rinaldo Bellomo, Mandy Odell, Daryl A. Jones, Bradford D. Winters, Geoffrey K. Lighthall, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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The latest edition of this text is the go-to book on rapid response systems (RRS). Thoroughly updated to incorporate current principles and practice of RRS, the text covers topics such as the logistics of creating an RRS, patient safety, quality of care, evaluating program results, and engaging in systems research. Edited and written by internationally recognized experts and innovators in the field, Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concepts and Implementation, Second Edition is a valuable re…
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- DeVita, Michael A.
- Hillman, Ken
- Bellomo, Rinaldo
- Odell, Mandy
- Jones, Daryl A.
- Winters, Bradford D.
- Lighthall, Geoffrey K.
- Responsibility
- Michael A. DeVita, Ken Hillman, Rinaldo Bellomo, Mandy Odell, Daryl A. Jones, Bradford D. Winters, Geoffrey K. Lighthall, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 392 pages) : 53 illus., 28 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319393919
- 9783319393896 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration
- Hospital Rapid Response Team - organization & administration
- Organizational Innovation
- Patient Care Management
- Patient Safety
- Abstract
- The latest edition of this text is the go-to book on rapid response systems (RRS). Thoroughly updated to incorporate current principles and practice of RRS, the text covers topics such as the logistics of creating an RRS, patient safety, quality of care, evaluating program results, and engaging in systems research. Edited and written by internationally recognized experts and innovators in the field, Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concepts and Implementation, Second Edition is a valuable resource for medical practitioners and hospital administrators who want to implement and improve a rapid response system.
- Contents
- Part I: RRSs and Patient Safety -- Why Have a Rapid Response System? Cold with Fear: The Patient and Family Experience of Failure to Rescue -- Rapid Response Systems History and Terminology -- RRS's General Principles -- Measuring Safety -- Medical Trainees and Patient Safety -- RRS and the Culture of Safety -- Creating Process and Policy Change in Health Care -- The Assessment and Interpretation of Vital Signs -- Multiple Parameter Track and Trigger Systems -- Causes of Failure-To-Rescue -- Dying Safely -- Rapid Response Systems: A Brief Review of the Evidence -- Making the Business Case for a Rapid Response System -- Part II: Creating an RRS -- Hospital size and Location and Feasibility of the Rapid Response System -- Barriers to the Implementation of RRS -- An Overview of the Afferent Limb -- The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System Activation -- Nurse-Led Rapid Response Teams -- MET: Physician-led RRTs -- Pediatric RRSs -- Rapid Response Systems and the Septic Patient -- Other Efferent Limb Teams: Crises that Require Specialized Resources -- Crisis Teams for Obstetric Patients -- Personnel Resources for Responding Teams -- Equipment, Medications, and Supplies for a Rapid Response Team -- Governance of the Rapid Response System -- Part III: Monitoring of Efficacy and New Challenges -- Continuous Monitoring for Early Detection of Deterioration on General Care Units -- Dying Safely -- The Second Victim -- Rapid Response Teams in Teaching Hospitals -- The Nurse's View of RRS -- Opportunities for Resident Training with Rapid Response Systems -- Optimizing RRSs Through Simulation -- Evaluating Effectiveness of Complex System Interventions -- Rapid Response Systems: Education for Ward Staff Caring for At-Risk and Deteriorating Patients -- Setting up a Standardized Process and Outcome Assessment Tool -- The Impact of Rapid Response Systems on Not For Resuscitation (NFR) Orders.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Best evidence for spine surgery : 20 cardinal cases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31858
editors, Rahul Jandial, Steven R. Garfin ; associate editors, Christopher Ames ... [et al.].
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier Saunders
, c2012.
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Best Evidence for Spine Surgery provides representative cases that help you determine the optimal surgical interventions for your patients. Drs. Rahul Jandial and Steven R. Garfin, and a balanced team of prominent neurosurgeons and orthopaedists, address the trend toward a more collaborative approach between spine and orthopaedic surgery. This easy-to-read, evidence-based resource also features "Tips from the masters" for a quick review of important elements of diagnosis and treatment and onlin…
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- Jandial, Rahul
- Garfin, Steven R
- Ames, Christopher P
- Responsibility
- editors, Rahul Jandial, Steven R. Garfin ; associate editors, Christopher Ames ... [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier Saunders
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781455723256 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Spine - surgery - Case Reports
- Evidence-Based Medicine - Case Reports
- Orthopedic Procedures - methods - Case Reports
- Spinal Diseases - surgery - Case Reports
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Spine - Surgery - Case studies
- Evidence-based medicine - Case studies
- Spine - Diseases - Case studies
- Spine - surgery - Case Reports
- Evidence-Based Medicine - Case Reports
- Orthopedic Procedures - methods - Case Reports
- Spinal Diseases - surgery - Case Reports
- Abstract
- Best Evidence for Spine Surgery provides representative cases that help you determine the optimal surgical interventions for your patients. Drs. Rahul Jandial and Steven R. Garfin, and a balanced team of prominent neurosurgeons and orthopaedists, address the trend toward a more collaborative approach between spine and orthopaedic surgery. This easy-to-read, evidence-based resource also features "Tips from the masters" for a quick review of important elements of diagnosis and treatment and online access at www.expertconsult.com with fully searchable text and downloadable images. Choose the best options for your patients using evidence that supports the optimal surgical intervention for each case. Access the fully searchable text online at www.expertconsult.com, along with a downloadable image gallery and a video library demonstrating nuances of key techniques. Apply a multi-disciplinary approach through coverage that reflects the changing nature of the specialty with chapters written by neurosurgeons and orthopaedists. Quickly review the most important elements of diagnosis through "Tips from the masters." Easily find the information you need with a consistent, case-based format that clearly presents evidence and techniques.
- Contents
- Cervical disk herniation : anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion versus arthroplasty / Mir H. Ali, Frank M. Phillips -- Multilevel anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion : bone-grafting options / Sheeraz A. Qureshi, Andrew C. Hecht, Scott D. Boden -- Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament : anterior versus posterior approach / Garrick W. Cason, Edward R. Anderson III, Harry N. Herkowitz -- Minimally invasive approaches to thoracic disk herniations / Alfred T. Ogden, Michael G. Kaiser, Richard G. Fessler -- Lumbar disk herniation with mild neurological deficit : microdiskectomy versus conservative treatment / Kelli L. Crabtree, Paul M. Arnold -- Cervical spondylosis-spinal stenosis : laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion / Yu-Po Lee, Niraj Patel, Steven R. Garfin -- Lumbar degenerative disk disease : fusion versus artificial disk / Michael F. Duffy, Jack E. Zigler -- Degenerative spondylolisthesis with radicular pain : decompression only versus decompression and fusion / Tuan V. Nguyen, Robert A. McGuire Jr. -- Asymptomatic intradural Schwannoma : surgery versus radiosurgery versus observation / Christopher E. Mandigo, Paul C. McCormick -- Pseudotumor : transoral versus posterior fusion / Daniel M. Sciubba ... [et al.] -- Odontoid fracture in the elderly : odontoid screws versus posterior fusion / Harvey E. Smith, Scott D. Daffner, Alexander R. Vaccaro -- C1-C2 fusion : transarticular screws versus Harms procedure / Thomas J. Kesman, Bradford L. Currier -- Multilevel cervical corpectomy : anterior-only versus circumferential instrumentation / Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Christopher M. Bono -- Cervical jumped facets and incomplete neurological deficit : closed reduction versus urgent surgery / Michael A. Finn, Paul A. Anderson -- Laminectomy across cervico thoracic junction : fusion versus non fusion / Timothy E. Link, Rahul Jandial, Volker K.H. Sonntag -- Vertebral metastases : ventral and dorsal approach versus lateral -- Extracavitary transpedicular approach / John H. Shin, Edward C. Benzel -- Degenerative scoliosis: anterior and posterior fusion versus posterior fusion / Krishna Gumidyala, Sigurd Berven -- Sagittal imbalance: multiple Smith-Petersen osteotomies versus pedicle substraction osteotomies / Jamal McClendon ... [et al.] -- L1-S1 fusion: extending to T12 and pelvis and when to include L5-S1 anterior grafting / Steven Mardjetko -- High-grade spondylolisthesis : reduction and fusion versus in situ fusion / Matthew B. Maserati, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Adam S. Kanter.
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