Accidental Injury : Biomechanics and Prevention
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat38971
(3rd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book provides a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental injury and prevention. The editors, Drs. Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum and John W. Melvin are recognized international leaders and researchers in injury biomechanics, prevention and trauma medicine. They have assembled renowned researchers as authors for 29 chapters to cover individual aspects of human injury assessment and prevention. This third edition is thoroughly revised and expanded with new chapters …
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- Other Authors
- Yoganandan, Narayan
- Nahum, Alan M
- Melvin, John W
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 851 p. : 389 illus., 143 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781493917327
- 9781493917310 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- This book provides a state-of-the-art look at the applied biomechanics of accidental injury and prevention. The editors, Drs. Narayan Yoganandan, Alan M. Nahum and John W. Melvin are recognized international leaders and researchers in injury biomechanics, prevention and trauma medicine. They have assembled renowned researchers as authors for 29 chapters to cover individual aspects of human injury assessment and prevention. This third edition is thoroughly revised and expanded with new chapters in different fields. Topics covered address automotive, aviation, military and other environments. Field data collection; injury coding/scaling; injury epidemiology; mechanisms of injury; human tolerance to injury; simulations using experimental, complex computational models (finite element modeling) and statistical processes; anthropomorphic test device design, development and validation for crashworthiness applications in topics cited above; and current regulations are covered. Risk functions and injury criteria for various body regions are included. Adult and pediatric populations are addressed. The exhaustive list of references in many areas along with the latest developments is valuable to all those involved or intend to pursue this important topic on human injury biomechanics and prevention. The expanded edition will interest a variety of scholars and professionals including physicians, biomedical researchers in many disciplines, basic scientists, attorneys and jurists involved in accidental injury cases, and governmental bodies. It is hoped that this book will foster multidisciplinary collaborations by medical and engineering researchers, and academicians and practicing physicians for injury assessment and prevention and stimulate more applied research, education and training in the field of accidental-injury causation and prevention.
- Contents
- Introduction to and applications of injury biomechanics -- Automotive field data in injury biomechanics -- Medical imaging and injury scaling in trauma biomechanics -- Anthropomorphic test devices and injury risk assessments -- Restraint system biomechanics -- Computational modeling in injury biomechanics -- Computational analysis of bone fracture -- Skull and facial bone injury biomechanics -- Biomechanics of brain injury: a historical perspective -- Biomechanics of brain injury: looking to the future -- Neck injury biomechanics -- Upper extremity biomechanics -- Thorax injury biomechanics -- Impact and injury response of the abdomen -- Thoracic spine injury biomechanics -- Lumbar spine injury biomechanics -- Knee, thigh, and hip injury biomechanics -- Leg, foot, and ankle injury biomechanics -- Pain biomechanics -- Thoracolumbar pain: neural mechanisms and biomechanics -- Role of muscles in accidental injury -- Pediatric biomechanics -- Best practice recommendations for protecting child occupants -- Pedestrian injury biomechanics and protection -- Design and testing of sports helmets: biomechanical practical considerations -- Normalization and scaling for human response corridors and development of injury risk curves -- Injury criteria and motor vehicle regulations -- Civil aviation crash injury protection -- Ballistic injury biomechanics.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Acquired damage to the developing brain : timing and causation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat20858
Squier, Waney.
--London, England:
Arnold
, 2002.
- Call Number
- WS 340 A186 2002
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WS 340 A186 2002
- Author
- Squier, Waney
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- Arnold
- Date of Publication
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 227 p.
- ISBN
- 0340759305
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnosis
- Brain - embryology
- Cerebral Palsy - etiology
- Hypoxia, Brain - infant
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis and Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis : In Vivo Morphology in the Human Cornea
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31124
Helena M. Tabery.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2012.
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Adenovirus epithelial keratitis and Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis (TSPK) are apparently disparate diseases. While adenovirus eye infections are very common, caused by a known agent, and highly infectious, TSPK is comparatively rare, of unknown causation, and seemingly non-contagious. Despite these differences, the two diseases are often confused in clinical practice owing to the similarity between adenovirus epithelial infiltrates and 'coarse' epithelial TSPK lesions. This book pres…
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- Tabery, Helena M
- Responsibility
- Helena M. Tabery
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 131 p. : 148 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783642216343
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adenovirus Infections, Human
- Corneal opacity - pathology
- Epithelium, Corneal - pathology
- Keratitis - pathology
- Keratitis - case reports
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Ophthalmology
- Abstract
- Adenovirus epithelial keratitis and Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis (TSPK) are apparently disparate diseases. While adenovirus eye infections are very common, caused by a known agent, and highly infectious, TSPK is comparatively rare, of unknown causation, and seemingly non-contagious. Despite these differences, the two diseases are often confused in clinical practice owing to the similarity between adenovirus epithelial infiltrates and 'coarse' epithelial TSPK lesions. This book presents the morphological features, dynamics, and sequelae of adenovirus and Thygeson's keratitides captured at high magnification in the living human cornea. It thereby fills the existing void between conventional photographs and slit-lamp observations. Case reports demonstrate the importance of patient history in differential diagnosis, illustrate the need for familiarity with early manifestations of adenovirus infections, and assist in the diagnosis of rare variants of TSPK. Furthermore, the detailed observations on the natural course of the diseases ensure that the book will serve not only as a diagnostic tool but also as a reference when evaluating the effects of potential new treatments.
- Contents
- Part I. Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis -- 1. The Morphology of Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis -- 2. Adenovirus Type 8 Epithelial Keratitis: The Development, Accompanying Signs, and Sequelae -- 3. Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis Caused by Various Serotypes (Ad3, 4, and 7) -- 4. The Development of Subepithelial Infiltrates: A Sequence of Events -- Part II. Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis -- 5. The Morphology of Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis (TSPK) -- 6. Typical Cases of Thygeson’s Punctate Epithelial Keratitis (TSPK) -- 7. Three Atypical Cases of Thygeson’s Superfi cial Punctate Keratitis (TSPK).
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advances in Nutrition and Cancer
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Vincenzo Zappia, Salvatore Panico, Gian Luigi Russo, Alfredo Budillon, Fulvio Della Ragione, editors.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2014.
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This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012. This highly multidisciplinary meeting analyzed "nutrition and cancer" from different perspectives and on the basis of distinct and up-to-date experimental approaches. Knowledge on the relation between lifestyle, diet, and cancer is explored in a number of contributions, and the role of dietary intervention in cancer patients is discussed. Issues of vital inter…
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- Zappia, Vincenzo
- Panico, Salvatore
- Russo, Gian Luigi
- Budillon, Alfredo
- Della Ragione, Fulvio
- Other Authors
- International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer (3rd : 2012 : Naples, Italy)
- Responsibility
- Vincenzo Zappia, Salvatore Panico, Gian Luigi Russo, Alfredo Budillon, Fulvio Della Ragione, editors
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 460 p. : 59 illus., 34 illus. in color)
- Series Vol.
- 159
- Series Title
- Cancer treatment and research
- ISBN
- 9783642380075
- 9783642380068 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0927-3042
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Feeding Behavior
- Neoplasms - diet therapy
- Neoplasms - etiology
- Neoplasms - prevention & control
- Abstract
- This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012. This highly multidisciplinary meeting analyzed "nutrition and cancer" from different perspectives and on the basis of distinct and up-to-date experimental approaches. Knowledge on the relation between lifestyle, diet, and cancer is explored in a number of contributions, and the role of dietary intervention in cancer patients is discussed. Issues of vital interest to the research community, such as epidemiological and experimental oncology (genetics, epigenetics, and the mechanisms of action of natural compounds in the diet), receive detailed consideration. A further key topic is the emerging molecular technologies (the "omics") that can cast light on the interplay between nutrition and human malignancies. Chapters take the form of reviews that include sections presenting expert opinions. Advances in Nutrition and Cancer will be an invaluable source of topical information for all researchers and clinicians with an interest in this field.
- Contents
- Part I: Life Style, Diet and Cancer -- The role of metabolic carcinogenesis in cancer causation and prevention: evidence from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition -- Obesity, energy balance and cancer: a mechanistic perspective -- Fruits and vegetables. Updating the epidemiologic evidence for the WCRF-AICR lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention -- The diet as a cause of human prostate cancer -- Mediterranean dietary pattern and chronic diseases -- Dietary salt intake and risk of gastric cancer -- Alcoholic beverages and carbonated soft drinks: consumption and gastrointestinal cancer risks -- Part II: Natural Dietary Molecules -- Anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer drugs from nature -- Selenium and cancer: a story that should not be forgotten--Insights from genomics -- Resveratrol: from basic studies to bedside -- Quercetin: a pleiotropic kinase inhibitor against cancer -- Sulforaphane as a promising molecule for fighting cancer -- Part III: Genetics and Epigenetics -- Functions, aberrations and advances for chromatin modulation in cancer -- Epigenetics and epidemiology: models of study and examples -- Dietary epigenetics in cancer and aging -- Breast cancer and the importance of early life nutrition -- Part IV: Olive Oil in Cancer Prevention -- Olive oil and other dietary lipids in breast cancer -- A holistic approach to study the effects of natural antioxidants on inflammation and liver cancer -- Extra virgin olive oil: from composition to "molecular gastronomy" -- Part V: Life Style Prevention of Cancer -- Life style prevention of cancer recurrence: the yin and the yang -- Part VI: Emerging Breakthroughs -- New perspective for an old antidiabetic drug: metformin as anticancer agent -- Gut microbes, diet and cancer -- Inflammatory angiogenesis and the tumor microenvironment as targets for cancer therapy and prevention -- Nutriomes and personalised nutrition for DNA damage prevention, telomere integrity maintenance and cancer growth control -- Novel approaches in melanoma prevention and therapy -- Concluding remarks.
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- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Congress
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- Online
Analysis of Catastrophes and Their Public Health Consequences : Descriptions, Predictions, and Aggregation of Expert Judgment Supporting Science Policy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45628
Paolo F. Ricci.
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Springer
, c2020.
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Public health policy prospectively and retrospectively addresses the consequences of events ranging from the commonplace to the catastrophic. Informing policymakers and stakeholders by enhancing their understanding of complex causation to justify remedial or precautionary actions is a critical science-policy task. In this book, the key aspects of catastrophes (regardless of their nature) and routine events are identified through a common framework for their analyses, and the analyses of the con…
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- Author
- Ricci, Paolo F.
- Responsibility
- Paolo F. Ricci
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 187 p.) : 53 illus., 24 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030480660
- 9783030480653 (Print ed.)
- 9783030480677 (Print ed.)
- 9783030480684 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disasters
- Forecasting
- Policy Making
- Public Health
- Specialty
- Disaster Medicine
- Health Planning
- Abstract
- Public health policy prospectively and retrospectively addresses the consequences of events ranging from the commonplace to the catastrophic. Informing policymakers and stakeholders by enhancing their understanding of complex causation to justify remedial or precautionary actions is a critical science-policy task. In this book, the key aspects of catastrophes (regardless of their nature) and routine events are identified through a common framework for their analyses, and the analyses of the consequences associated with the potential occurrence of these events also are discussed. The book is not about disaster planning; instead, it is focused on analysis and causation in the context of informing – rather than formulating – public health policy. The author aggregates and fuses scientific information and knowledge in public health policy-science using alternative but complementary methods. The book first focuses on the analysis of catastrophes and commonplace events; the focus then shifts to causal models of multifactorial diseases, particularly at low doses or dose-rates, associated with these events. Topics explored among the chapters include: Policy and Legal Aspects of Precautionary Choices Catastrophes, Disasters, and Calamities: Concepts for Their Assessment Uncertainty: Probabilistic and Statistical Aspects Aggregating Judgments to Inform Precautionary Decision-making The aim of the book is to show that the analyses of events are fundamentally similar, regardless of whether the concern is a global catastrophe or commonplace. Analysis of Catastrophes and Their Public Health Consequences is a text that should engage students, instructors, and researchers in public health, science policy, and preparedness research, as well as serve as a useful resource for policy analysts, practitioners, and risk managers.
- Contents
- 1. Black Swans, Dragon-Kings, and Other Catastrophes: Caught Between Infinitesimals and Googols -- 2. Policy and Legal Aspects of Precautionary Choices -- 3. Catastrophes, Disasters, and Calamities: Concepts for Their Assessment -- 4. Catastrophic Incidents: Critical Information and Knowledge -- 5. Uncertainty: Probabilistic and Statistical Aspects -- 6. Preferences, Choices and Probabilistic Dominance: An Overview -- 7. Heterogeneous and Uncertain Knowledge: Beyond Probabilities -- 8. Aggregating Judgments to Inform Precautionary Decision-making.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Asbestos and Mesothelioma
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41725
Joseph R. Testa, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This volume is comprised of a multidisciplinary assessment of the interplay between asbestos and cancer as well as new research about the biology and treatment of malignant mesothelioma. Chapters on the various types of asbestos and other mineral fibers, epidemiology, history and future of asbestos-related diseases are included. Other reviews present new information about the role of asbestos-related inflammation and genetic factors, including the role of inherited mutations of BAP1, in mesothe…
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- Testa, Joseph R.
- Responsibility
- Joseph R. Testa, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 407 pages) : 65 illus., 43 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Current cancer research
- ISBN
- 9783319535609
- 9783319535586 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2199-2584
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Asbestos - adverse effects
- Mesothelioma - etiology
- Mesothelioma - genetics
- Mesothelioma - therapy
- Abstract
- This volume is comprised of a multidisciplinary assessment of the interplay between asbestos and cancer as well as new research about the biology and treatment of malignant mesothelioma. Chapters on the various types of asbestos and other mineral fibers, epidemiology, history and future of asbestos-related diseases are included. Other reviews present new information about the role of asbestos-related inflammation and genetic factors, including the role of inherited mutations of BAP1, in mesothelioma causation, as well as recent research about gene signatures, cell signaling, and epigenetic mechanisms in asbestos-related diseases. Other chapters provide updates of novel disease biomarkers and prevention, mechanistic lesson from genetically engineered mouse and 3-D models of mesothelioma tumorigenesis and therapeutic resistance. Also included are up-to-date reviews of surgical, molecularly targeted chemotherapeutic, and immunotherapeutic approaches for mesothelioma as well as an overview of legal issues.
- Contents
- 1. Malignant Mesothelioma: An Asbestos Legacy -- 2. Asbestos and Fibrous Erionite -- 3. Epidemiology of Mesothelioma -- 4. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: History, Controversy and Future of a Man-Made Epidemic -- 5. Communities at High Risk in the Third Wave of Mesothelioma -- 6. Mesothelioma Pathology -- 7. Asbestos-Induced Inflammation in Malignant Mesothelioma and Other Lung Diseases -- 8. Germline and Somatic Mutations in Human Mesothelioma and Lessons from Asbestos-Exposed Genetically Engineered Mouse Models -- 9. Gene Signature of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma -- 10. Cell Signaling and Epigenetic Mechanisms in Mesothelioma -- 11. 3D Models of Mesothelioma in the Study of Mechanisms of Cell Survival -- 12. Biomarkers of Response to Asbestos Exposure -- 13. Surgery Approaches in Mesothelioma -- 14. Radiotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma -- 15. Standard Chemotherapy Options and Clinical Trials of Novel Agents for Mesothelioma -- 16. Immunotherapeutic Approaches to Mesothelioma -- 17. Challenges Facing Mesothelioma Patients and Their Families: Medical/Legal Intersections -- 18. The Patient's Experience of Malignant Mesothelioma.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease : New Philosophical and Scientific Developments
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43928
Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett.
--Cham:
Palgrave Macmillan
, c2019.
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- Open access
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- Online
‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 ye…
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- Author
- Bolton, Derek
- Other Authors
- Gillett, Grant
- Responsibility
- Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 149 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783030118990
- 9783030118983 (Print ed.)
- 9783030119003 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Holistic Health
- Philosophy, Medical
- Social Medicine
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Social Sciences
- Abstract
- ‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent developments. The book confronts the rapid changes to psychological science, neuroscience, healthcare, and philosophy that have occurred since the model was first proposed and addresses key issues such as the model’s scientific basis, clinical utility, and philosophical coherence. The authors conceptualise biology and the psychosocial as in the same ontological space, interlinked by systems of communication-based regulatory control which constitute a new kind of causation. These are distinguished from physical and chemical laws, most clearly because they can break down, thus providing the basis for difference between health and disease. This work offers an urgent update to the model’s scientific and philosophical foundations, providing a new and coherent account of causal interactions between the biological, the psychological and social. Derek Bolton is Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, UK. He was awarded a double first in Moral Sciences and a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His subsequent professional career was in clinical psychology and he has published extensively in philosophy of psychiatry as well as basic and clinical health science. Grant Gillett is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His professional career was in Neurosurgery, punctuated by a D. Phil. at Oxford University in philosophy of mind and meta-ethics. He has published extensively in neuroethics, philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of medicine (particularly psychiatry), and the philosophy of medical and social sciences.
- Contents
- 1. The Biopsychosocial Model 40 Years On -- 1.1 Doing Well—But with Underlying Problems -- 1.2 Locating the Content of the Biopsychosocial Model -- 1.3 The General Model: Biopsychosocial Ontology and Interactions -- 2. Biology Involves Regulatory Control of Physical–Chemical Energetic Processes -- 2.1 The New Biology/Biomedicine -- 2.2 The Limitations of Physicalism -- 2.3 Current Biomedicine Is Conducive to the Biopsychosocial Model -- 3. Psychology Regulates Activity in the Social World -- 3.1 The Psychological as Embodied Agency -- 3.2 Biopsychosocial Conditions of Agency -- 3.3 The Socio-Political: Who Gets to Control What? -- 3.4 General Theory of Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4. Biopsychosocial Conditions of Health and Disease -- 4.1 Conditions of Biopsychosocial Life -- 4.2 Biopsychosocial Conceptualisation of Health Conditions -- 4.3 Locating Causes in Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4.4 Compare and Contrast Physical and Mental Health Conditions -- 4.5 Locating the Biopsychosocial Model.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cerebral Palsy : A Multidisciplinary Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43049
Christos P. Panteliadis, editor.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This third edition systematically reviews recent developments in the diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of cerebral palsy, a consequence of foetal and early infant brain damage resulting in lifelong disabilities with a range of clinical characteristics. The first part discusses the definition, aetiology, classification, imaging and neuropathology, while the second focuses on the management of the individual challenges that children with cerebral palsy face, such as spasticity, dyskinesia, f…
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- Panteliadis, Christos P.
- Responsibility
- Christos P. Panteliadis, editor
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 358 p.) : 71 illus., 30 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319678580
- 9783319678573 (print ed.)
- 9783319678597 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cerebral Palsy
- Child
- Infant
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- This third edition systematically reviews recent developments in the diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of cerebral palsy, a consequence of foetal and early infant brain damage resulting in lifelong disabilities with a range of clinical characteristics. The first part discusses the definition, aetiology, classification, imaging and neuropathology, while the second focuses on the management of the individual challenges that children with cerebral palsy face, such as spasticity, dyskinesia, feeding problems and scoliosis. Based on the diverse characteristics of cerebral palsy, children require care from various specialists, including neuro-paediatricians, orthopaedists, psychologists, epidemiologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. This work was written by an international team of such specialists, providing a comprehensive mix of perspectives and expertise.
- Contents
- 1. Cerebral Palsy: A Historical Review -- 2. The Definition of Cerebral Palsy -- 3. Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies -- 4. Philosophy, Epidemiology, and Cerebral Palsy Causation -- 5. Neuropathology of Cerebral Palsy -- 6. Aetiological Factors -- 7. Intrauterine Infection and Cerebral Palsy -- 8. Magnesium Sulfate for the Prevention of Cerebral Palsy -- 9. Early Markers for Cerebral Palsy -- 10. Clinical Characteristics -- 11. Early Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy -- 12. Cranial Ultrasound in Cerebral Palsy -- 13. Brain Imaging: Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- 14. Nuclear and Molecular Imaging in Cerebral Palsy -- 15. Muscle Biology of Contractures in Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 16. Physiotherapeutic Interventions: Bobath, Vojta, and Motor Learning Approaches -- 17. An Overview of Evidence-Based Occupational and Physiotherapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 18. Early Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 19. Hip Dysplasia in Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 20. Scoliosis in Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 21. Management of the Upper Limb in Cerebral Palsy -- 22. Integrated Management in Cerebral Palsy: Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation in Ambulatory Patients -- 23. Bone Status in Cerebral Palsy -- 24. Oral Medication Use in Cerebral Palsy -- 25. Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy -- 26. Dorsal Root Rhizotomy for the Treatment of Spasticity -- 27. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Cerebral Palsy -- 28. Visual Impairment in Cerebral Palsy -- 29. Pulmonary Management of the Patient with Cerebral Palsy -- 30. Gastrointestinal Problems in Children with Cerebral Palsy -- 31. Nutritional Management of the Patient with Cerebral Palsy -- 32. Long-Term Prognosis -- 33. Quality of Life -- 34. Rehabilitation Principles of Adults with Cerebral Palsy.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A clinician's guide to statistics and epidemiology in mental health : measuring truth and uncertainty
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27750
S. Nassir Ghaemi.
--Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
, 2009.
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- Online
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- Author
- Ghaemi, S. Nassir
- Responsibility
- S. Nassir Ghaemi
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 151 p.
- Series Title
- Cambridge medicine
- ISBN
- 9780511581250 (ebook)
- 9780521709583 (paperback)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Mental Disorders - epidemiology
- Psychiatry - methods
- Statistics as Topic
- Contents
- Why data never speak for themselves -- Why you cannot believe your eyes : the three C's -- Levels of evidence -- Types of bias -- Randomization -- Regression -- Hypothesis testing : the dreaded p-value and statistical significance -- The use of hypothesis testing statistics in clinical trials -- The better alternative : effect estimation -- What does causation mean? -- A philosophy of statistics -- Evidence-based medicine : defense and criticism -- The alchemy of meta-analysis -- Bayesian statistics : why your opinion counts -- How journal articles get published -- How scientific research impacts practice -- Dollars, data, and drugs -- Bioethics and the clinician/researcher divide.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Esthetic and Functional Management of Diastema : A Multidisciplinary Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39952
Ugur Erdemir, Esra Yildiz, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This book offers detailed guidance on integrated orthodontic, periodontal, and restorative solutions for the treatment of diastema, highlighting the advantages of such a multidisciplinary approach and presenting suitable clinical protocols for esthetic reconstruction and functional improvement. The coverage includes discussion of diagnosis and explanation of important elements of dentofacial, dentolabial, and dental analysis and relevant soft tissue aspects. Clear advice is provided on treatmen…
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- Erdemir, Ugur
- Yildiz, Esra
- Responsibility
- Ugur Erdemir, Esra Yildiz, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 228 p. : 263 illus., 262 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319243610
- 9783319243597 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- This book offers detailed guidance on integrated orthodontic, periodontal, and restorative solutions for the treatment of diastema, highlighting the advantages of such a multidisciplinary approach and presenting suitable clinical protocols for esthetic reconstruction and functional improvement. The coverage includes discussion of diagnosis and explanation of important elements of dentofacial, dentolabial, and dental analysis and relevant soft tissue aspects. Clear advice is provided on treatment planning, and the various treatment options are fully described, with consideration of new materials and techniques and attention to timing and sequencing. The book benefits from the inclusion of numerous clinical case photos. Diatemas may be defined as gaps or spaces between two or more teeth in the same arch. These spaces may have a multifactorial causation and can negatively affect the dentofacial harmony and smile of the patient. In some situations, closure of interdental spaces can be achieved by using a silicone guide technique or by direct proximal build-ups with resin composites. However, sometimes it is not possible to correct diastemas and achieve the desired esthetic outcome without multidisciplinary interventions. This book will serve as an excellent guide to the management of such cases.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Definition and Causes of Diastema -- Initial Consultation and/or Clinical Considerations (Patient History) -- Diagnosis -- Esthetic Parameters/Smile Design -- Facial-Dentofacial Analysis -- Dentolabial Analysis -- Dental Analysis -- Soft Tissue Considerations in the Management of Diastemas -- Treatment Planning -- Treatment Options, Timing and Sequencing: Orthodontics -- Treatment Options, Timing and Sequencing: Direct-Indirect Restorative Treatment -- Material Selection: Restorative Materials -- Cases: Applications.
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- e-Book
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Gamete and embryo-fetal origins of adult diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33770
He-Feng Huang, Jian-Zhong Sheng, editors.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2014.
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The book Gamete and Embryo-fetal Origins of Adult Diseases introduces various diseases resulting from the abnormal gametogenesis and embryo development, which manifests as growth retardation, birth defects, or increased susceptibility to chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in childhood and adult life, even fertility disorders and the risk of transgenerational transmission. Six common kinds of these diseases are discussed in separate chapters. The autho…
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- Huang, He-Feng
- Sheng, Jian-Zhong
- Responsibility
- He-Feng Huang, Jian-Zhong Sheng, editors
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages)
- ISBN
- 9789400777729 (electronic bk.)
- 9789400777712
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disease - etiology
- Embryonic Development - genetics
- Epigenesis, Genetic - genetics
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn - etiology
- Maternal Exposure - adverse effects
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
- Medical genetics
- Genetic disorders
- Disease - etiology
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn - etiology
- Genetics, Medical
- Reproductive medicine
- Pediatrics
- Human genetics
- Abstract
- The book Gamete and Embryo-fetal Origins of Adult Diseases introduces various diseases resulting from the abnormal gametogenesis and embryo development, which manifests as growth retardation, birth defects, or increased susceptibility to chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in childhood and adult life, even fertility disorders and the risk of transgenerational transmission. Six common kinds of these diseases are discussed in separate chapters. The authors explore the connections between these diseases and epigenetic reprogramming, rapid cell differentiation and organ formation and environmental influences, including assisted reproductive technology and adverse intrauterine environments. With a summary of findings on the causes and progression of adult diseases at the phase of gametogenesis and embryo development, this book provides insights into the pathogenesis of disease and aids in the treatment and prevention of disease, meeting the requirement for improving the quality of the newborn population, and effectively preventing and curing major diseases at an early stage.
- Contents
- 1. Physiology of Gametogenesis -- 2. Physiology of Embryonic Development -- 3. Adverse Intrauterine Environment and Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Diseases -- 4. Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Diabetes -- 5. Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Cardiovascular Diseases -- 6. Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Tumours -- 7. Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Obesity -- 8. Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Mental Disorders -- 9. Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Infertility -- 10. Assisted Reproductive Technology and Gamete/Embryo-Fetal Origins of Diseases -- Erratum.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Humanizing Modern Medicine : An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40622
by James A. Marcum.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2008.
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In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model. To that end he examines the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical boundaries of these medical models. He begins with their metaphysics, analyzing the metaphysical positions and presuppositions and ontological commitments upon which medical knowledge and …
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- Author
- Marcum, James A
- Responsibility
- by James A. Marcum
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 369 p.)
- Series Vol.
- v. 99
- Series Title
- Philosophy and medicine
- ISBN
- 9781402067976
- 9781402067969 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Ethics, Medical
- Philosophy, Medical
- Abstract
- In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model. To that end he examines the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical boundaries of these medical models. He begins with their metaphysics, analyzing the metaphysical positions and presuppositions and ontological commitments upon which medical knowledge and practice is founded. Next, he considers the epistemological issues that face these medical models, particularly those driven by methodological procedures undertaken by epistemic agents to constitute medical knowledge and practice. Finally, he examines the axiological boundaries and the ethical implications of each model, especially in terms of the physician-patient relationship. In a concluding Epilogue, he discusses how the philosophical analysis of the humanization of modern medicine helps to address the crisis-of-care, as well as the question of "What is medicine?" The book's unique features include a comprehensive coverage of the various topics in the philosophy of medicine that have emerged over the past several decades and a philosophical context for embedding bioethical discussions. The book's target audiences include both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as healthcare professionals and professional philosophers. This book is the 99th issue of the Series "Philosophy and Medicine" and it can be considered a crown of thirty years of intensive and dynamic discussion in the field. We are completely convinced that after its publication, it can be finally said that undoubtedly the philosophy of medicine exists as a special field of inquiry.
- Contents
- Introduction: A Philosophy of Medicine? -- Part I. Metaphysics -- 1. Medical Worldviews -- 2. Medical Causation and Realism -- 3. Patient as Body or Person -- 4. Disease or Illness and Health or Wellbeing -- 5. Diagnosis and Therapeutics -- Part II. Epistemology -- 6. Medical Thinking -- 7. Clinical Judging and Decision Making -- 8. Medical Explanations -- 9. Diagnostic Knowledge -- 10. Therapeutic Knowledge -- Part III. Ethics -- 11. Medical Axiology and Values -- 12. Origins of Bioethics and Normative Ethics -- 13. Principlism and the Future of Bioethics -- 14. Emotionally Detached Concern or Empathic Care -- 15. Patient-Physician Relationships -- Conclusion: What Is Medicine?
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Implant Aesthetics : Keys to Diagnosis and Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41653
Edward Dwayne Karateew, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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This book, written by acknowledged experts with international reputations, provides clinicians with detailed guidelines on the nature of the ideal anterior dental implant and, more importantly, how the desired aesthetic outcome is to be achieved. It reflects the incredible paradigm shift that has taken place within implant dentistry during the past 5 years, with recognition of the importance of a "crown down" approach to diagnosis, planning, and treatment, especially in the anterior zone. In or…
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- Karateew, Edward Dwayne
- Responsibility
- Edward Dwayne Karateew, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 450 pages) : 499 illus., 462 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319507064
- 9783319507040 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Dental Implantation - methods
- Dental Implants
- Esthetics, Dental
- Abstract
- This book, written by acknowledged experts with international reputations, provides clinicians with detailed guidelines on the nature of the ideal anterior dental implant and, more importantly, how the desired aesthetic outcome is to be achieved. It reflects the incredible paradigm shift that has taken place within implant dentistry during the past 5 years, with recognition of the importance of a "crown down" approach to diagnosis, planning, and treatment, especially in the anterior zone. In order to ensure reproducibility and predictability of treatment outcomes, the fabrication of an aesthetic dental implant must follow a complex algorithm, which is reviewed in a stepwise approach. Sections are devoted to evaluation of the aesthetic implant patient, immediate implant placement, staged implant placement, and restoration. Readers will come to appreciate how the final emergence profile of the definitive restoration reflects the complex interplay of components below the visible smile zone. Helpful flow charts are included that will assist in optimal performance of the described procedures.
- Contents
- Part I: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations -- 1. Recognition of Risk Factors and Patient Assessment -- 2. Determination of the Sequence of Therapy -- 3. Osseointegration and the Biology of Peri-implant Hard and Soft Tissues -- 4. Revisiting the Role of Implant Design and Surgical Instrumentation on Osseointegration -- 5. Anatomic Considerations in Dental Implant Surgery -- 6. The Aesthetic Challenge: Three-Dimensional Planning Concepts for the Anterior Maxillary Aesthetic Zone -- 7. Clinical Assessment of the Gingiva and Alveolus - 8. Interdisciplinary Planning, Development, and Treatment -- 9. Flap Design, Suturing, and Healing -- 10. Digital Photography and Digital Asset Management -- Part II: Tissue Augmentation Considerations -- 11. Preservation of Alveolar Dimensions at the Time of Tooth Extraction -- 12. Development of Hard Tissues with Block Grafting Techniques -- 13. Guided Bone Regeneration for Aesthetic Implant Site Development -- 14. Development of the Soft Tissue with Gingival Grafting -- 15. Tissue Engineering Approach to Implant Site Development -- Part III Implant Placement and Restoration -- 16. Optimal Implant Position in the Aesthetic Zone -- 17. Parameters of Peri-Implant Aesthetics -- 18. The Single Implant-Crown Complex in the Aesthetic Zone: Abutment Selection and the Treatment Sequencing -- 19. Implant Provisionalization: The Key to Definitive Aesthetic Success -- 20. Biomaterials Used with Implant Abutments and Restorations -- 21. Digital Implant Abutment and Crowns in the Aesthetic Zone -- 22. Challenging Maxillary Anterior Implant-Supported Restorations: Creating Predictable Outcomes with Zirconia -- Part IV: Complications and Their Management -- 23. Peri-implantitis: Causation and Treatment -- 24. Laser-Assisted Treatment of Peri-implantitis -- 25. Prosthetic Solutions to Biological Deficiencies: Pink and White Aesthetics -- Appendix: Implant Checklist.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports : Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39787
Dennis Caine, Laura Purcell, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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Providing a state-of-the-art account of the nature, distribution and determinants of sports injury in children and adolescents, this unique volume uses the public health model to describe the scope of the injury problem and the associated risk factors and evaluate the current research on injury prevention strategies as described in the literature. Thoughtfully divided in six sections, the nature of the young athlete and epidemiology of pediatric and adolescent sports injury are described first.…
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- Caine, Dennis
- Purcell, Laura
- Responsibility
- Dennis Caine, Laura Purcell, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 250 p. : 42 illus., 17 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319181417
- 9783319181400 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2198-266X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adolescent Health
- Athletic Injuries - epidemiology
- Athletic Injuries - prevention & control
- Athletic Injuries - therapy
- Child Health
- Youth Sports
- Abstract
- Providing a state-of-the-art account of the nature, distribution and determinants of sports injury in children and adolescents, this unique volume uses the public health model to describe the scope of the injury problem and the associated risk factors and evaluate the current research on injury prevention strategies as described in the literature. Thoughtfully divided in six sections, the nature of the young athlete and epidemiology of pediatric and adolescent sports injury are described first. Then an overview of the most common types of youth sports injuries as well as more serious injuries (e.g., concussions) and outcomes is presented, followed by a discussion of injury causation and prevention. Suggestions for future research rounds out the presentation. Each chapter is illustrated with tables which make it easy to examine injury factors between studies. Throughout, the editors and contributors have taken an evidence-based approach and adopted a uniform methodology to assess the data available. Ideal for physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and sports scientists alike, Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports concisely and accurately presents the situation faced by clinicians treating young athletes and the challenges they face in keeping up with this growing and active population. Furthermore, the information in this book will be useful to allied health researchers and sport governing bodies as an informed basis for continued epidemiological study and implementation of injury prevention initiatives designed to reduce the incidence and severity of injuries encountered by young athletes.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- The Exceptionality of the Young Athlete -- Part II. Epidemiology of Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Emergency Department Studies -- Epidemiology of Injury in Community Club and Youth Sport Organizations -- Epidemiology of Injury in High School Sports -- Epidemiology of Pediatric and Adolescent Injury in Adventure and Extreme Sports -- Epidemiology of Injury in Elite Youth Sports -- Part III. Overview of Common Injuries -- Overuse Injuries of the Extremities in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Acute Lower Extremity Injuries in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Acute Upper Extremity Injuries in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Back Pain in the Young Athlete -- Part IV. Potentially Serious Injuries and Outcomes -- Concussion in Young Athletes -- Acute Catastrophic Injuries in High School Sports -- Psychological Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Part V. Injury Causation and Prevention -- Risk Factors for Injury in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Injury Prevention in Youth Sports -- Part VI. Future Research in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports -- Injury Research in Pediatric and Adolescent Sports.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Injury Research : Theories, Methods, and Approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30947
Guohua Li, Susan P. Baker, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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From the long-held popular belief, "accidents will happen," it is now recognized that this needn't be the case. More and more, injury is being seen as no accident, not only predictable, but preventable and an important public health issue requiring rigorous study and multiple levels of intervention. To this end, Injury Research: Theories, Methods, and Approaches assembles a team of multidisciplinary experts from around the globe. Early chapters provide a solid foundation for gathering injury d…
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- Li, Guohua
- Baker, Susan P
- Responsibility
- Guohua Li, Susan P. Baker, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 676 p. : 115 ill., 37 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461415992
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Epidemiology
- Trauma
- Abstract
- From the long-held popular belief, "accidents will happen," it is now recognized that this needn't be the case. More and more, injury is being seen as no accident, not only predictable, but preventable and an important public health issue requiring rigorous study and multiple levels of intervention. To this end, Injury Research: Theories, Methods, and Approaches assembles a team of multidisciplinary experts from around the globe. Early chapters provide a solid foundation for gathering injury data and monitoring trends. Research methods and injury-reduction approaches gleaned from public health, medicine, engineering, behavioral science, and other areas demonstrate both the intricacies of causation and the potential for intervention. The result is an authoritative and comprehensive reference relevant across professional fields, geared toward fruitful collaborations. Injury Research is a bedrock text for graduate students and researchers in public health, medicine, biomechanical engineering, safety engineering, and behavioral science working in injury control, violence prevention, emergency medical services, trauma care, risk assessment, accident investigation and litigation, traffic safety, home safety, vehicle and product design, patient safety, health promotion, and public policy. Professionals working in health departments, the insurance sector, health economics, environmental engineering, civil engineering, urban planning, law enforcement, and criminal justice should find it important reading as well.
- Contents
- Part I. Injury Surveillance -- 1. Surveillance of Injury Mortality -- 2. Surveillance of Injury Morbidity -- 3. Injury Surveillance in Special Populations -- 4. Surveillance of Traumatic Brain Injury -- Part II. Injury Causation -- 5. Forensic Patholoy -- 6. Determination of Injury Mechanisms -- 7. Ergonomics -- 8. Experimental Methods -- 9. Epidemiologic Methods -- 10 -- Qualitative Methods -- 11. Environmental Determinants -- 12. Behavioral Determinants -- Part III. Injury Outcome -- 13. Injury Profiling -- 14. Injury Severity Scaling -- 15. Triage -- 16. Prediction Rules -- 17. Biomarkers of Traumatic Injuries -- 18. Functional Outcomes -- 19. Injury Costing Frameworks -- Part IV. Analytical Approaches -- 20. Statistical Considerations -- 21. Video Data Analysis -- 22. Age-Period-Cohort Modeling -- 23. Multilevel Modeling -- 24. Geographic Information Systems -- 25. Spatial Regression -- 26. Social Network Analysis -- Part V. Approaches to Injury Reduction -- 27. Legal Approach -- 28. Public Policy -- 29. Environmental Approach -- 30. Technological Approach -- 31. Behavioral Approach -- 32. EMS and Trauma Systems -- 33. Systems Approach to Patient Safety -- 34. Intervention in Low-Income Countries -- 35. Implementing and Evaluating Interventions -- 36. Economic Evaluation of Interventions.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Integrated palliative care of respiratory disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32305
Stephen J. Bourke, E. Timothy Peel, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2013.
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Palliative care of respiratory disease is often complex because of the high level of symptoms experienced by these patients and the variable and sometimes unpredictable trajectories of these diseases. It is often most appropriate to integrate palliative care into the multidisciplinary team with specialist palliative care clinicians working alongside the respiratory team. This encourages a focus on symptom management, supportive care and quality of life at an earlier stage in the disease process…
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- Bourke, Stephen J
- Peel, E. Timothy
- Responsibility
- Stephen J. Bourke, E. Timothy Peel, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 246 p. : 20 ill., 6 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447122302
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Palliative Care - methods
- Respiratory Tract Diseases - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Internal medicine
- Pneumology
- Pain medicine
- Abstract
- Palliative care of respiratory disease is often complex because of the high level of symptoms experienced by these patients and the variable and sometimes unpredictable trajectories of these diseases. It is often most appropriate to integrate palliative care into the multidisciplinary team with specialist palliative care clinicians working alongside the respiratory team. This encourages a focus on symptom management, supportive care and quality of life at an earlier stage in the disease process, and can facilitate discussions about advanced care planning and end of life issues. Integrated Palliative Care of Respiratory Disease brings together the knowledge, skills and attitudes of specialists in both respiratory and palliative medicine to focus on the palliative care of patients with respiratory diseases. The book begins with an overview of palliative care principles in relation to the palliation of chronic progressive lung disease, then delves into the causation and management of specific respiratory symptoms, and concludes with an overview of the management of the major lung diseases. This comprehensive text deals not only with end of life care but also with symptom control and supportive care to improve the quality of life of those living with advanced progressive lung disease. This book is an invaluable reference for doctors, trainees and clinical nurse specialists in respiratory and palliative medicine, and would be of interest to anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of the complex nature of palliative care in respiratory disease.
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- 1. Palliative Care of Respiratory Disease -- 2. Breathlessness -- 3. Haemoptysis -- 4. Cough and Respiratory Secretions -- 5.Pain in Respiratory Disease -- 6. Lung Cancer -- 7. Pleural Effusions and Mesothelioma -- 8. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- 9. Interstitial Lung Disease -- 10. Cystic Fibrosis -- 11. Respiratory Care in Neuromuscular Disease -- 12. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit -- 13: End of Life Care -- Appendix -- Index.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Intracranial Pressure & Neuromonitoring XVI
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43190
Thomas Heldt, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This book introduces the latest advances relating to the pathophysiology, biophysics, monitoring and treatment of traumatic brain injury, hydrocephalus, and stroke presented at the 16th International Conference on Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring (the "ICP Conference"), held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June 2016 in conjunction with the 6th Annual Meeting of the Cerebral Autoregulation Research Network. Additionally, the conference held special sessions on neurocritical care informa…
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- Heldt, Thomas
- Responsibility
- Thomas Heldt, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 330 p.) : 124 illus., 52 illus. in color
- Series Vol.
- 126
- Series Title
- Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement
- ISBN
- 9783319657981
- 9783319657974 (print ed.)
- 9783319657998 (print ed.)
- 9783319881096 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0065-1419
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Brain Injuries - physiopathology
- Hydrocephalus - physiopathology
- Intracranial Pressure
- Monitoring, Physiologic - methods
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Neurology
- Abstract
- This book introduces the latest advances relating to the pathophysiology, biophysics, monitoring and treatment of traumatic brain injury, hydrocephalus, and stroke presented at the 16th International Conference on Intracranial Pressure and Neuromonitoring (the "ICP Conference"), held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June 2016 in conjunction with the 6th Annual Meeting of the Cerebral Autoregulation Research Network. Additionally, the conference held special sessions on neurocritical care informatics and cerebrovascular autoregulation. The peer-reviewed papers included were written by leading experts in neurosurgery, neurointensive care, anesthesiology, physiology, clinical engineering, clinical informatics and mathematics who have made important contributions in this translational area of research, and their focus ranges from the latest research findings and developments to clinical trials and experimental studies. The book continues the proud tradition of publishing key work from the ICP Conferences and is a must-read for anyone wishing to stay abreast of recent advances in the field.
- Contents
- [Part 1] Traumatic Brain Injury -- Cerebral perfusion pressure variability between patients and between centers -- Pre-hospital predictors of impaired ICP trends in continuous monitoring of paediatric traumatic brain injury patients -- Prognosis and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury in children -- Do ICP - derived parameters help to differentiate Vegetative State (VS) from other outcome groups after traumatic brain injury? -- The Cerebral Arterial Compliance in Severe Head Injury -- The erebrovascular Resistance in Severe Polytraumazed Patients with Intracranial Hematomas -- Computed tomography indicators of deranged ICP-derived indices in paediatric traumatic brain injury -- Mean square deviation of ICP in prognosis of outcomes in severe TBI of children -- KidsBrainIT—A new Multi-centre, multi-disciplinary, and multi-national Paediatric Brain Monitoring Collaboration -- Cerebral haemodynamics during experimental increases in ICP -- What determines outcome in patients that suffer raised intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injury? -- Visualisation of the "Optimal Cerebral Perfusion" landscape in severe traumatic brain injury patients -- Is there a relationship between optimal cerebral perfusion pressure guided management and PaO2/FiO2 ratio after severe traumatic brain injury? -- [Part 2] Brain Monitoring Technology -- Non invasive intracranial pressure in brain injured patients: a comparison between three methods based on Duplex Color -- Analysis of a noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring method in patients with traumatic brain injury -- Comparison of different calibration methods in a non-invasive ICP assessment model -- An Embedded Device for Real-Time Noninvasive ICP Estimation -- Transcranial Bioimpedance Measurement as a Non-Invasive Estimate of Intracranial Pressure -- Pulsed electromagnetic field -- Volumetric Ophthalmic Ultrasound for Inflight Monitoring of Visual Impairment and Intracranial Pressure -- Does the variability of evoked TMD data (Vm) increase as the magnitude of the pulse amplitude increases? -- Analysis of minimally invasive intracranial pressure signals during infusion in the subarachnoid spinal space of pigs -- A Wearable Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Phased Array System -- Comparison of macro- and microcirculatory cerebral blood flow in healthy controls using contrast-enhanced ultrasound -- HDF5 based data format for archiving complex neuro-monitoring data in Traumatic Brain Injury patients -- [Part 3] Neurocritical Care Informatics -- Influence of general anaesthesia on slow vasogenic waves of intracranial pressure -- Critical closing pressure during controlled increase in intracranial pressure -- Effect of mild hypocapnia on critical closing pressure and other mechanoelstic parameters of cerebrospinal system -- Occurrence of CPPopt values in uncorrelated ICP an ABP time series -- Simultaneous transients of ICP and heart rate -- Increasing the Contrast-to-Noise Ratio of MRI Signals for the Regional Assessment of Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation -- Linear and nonlinear SVM finite imputes response -- ICP and antihypertensive drugs -- ICP: From correlation to causation -- A waveform archiving agent for the GE Solar -- Deriving PRx and CPPopt from 0.2 Hz data: Establishing Generalizability to Bedmaster Users -- MFER Representation of Neurointensive Care Waveform Data -- Multi-Scale Peak and Trough Detection Optimised for Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Neuroscience Data -- Room air readings of brain oxygen probes -- What do we mean by cerebral perfusion pressure? -- Investigation of the relationship between the burden of raised ICP and the length of stay in a neuro-intensive care unit -- Optimal cerebral perfusion pressure in a prospective traumatic brain injury cohort -- [Part 4] Hydrocephalus and CSF Biophysics -- Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure Syndrome-Related Globe Deformations in Astronauts are linked to CSF Volume Increase -- MRI criteria for diagnosis of communicating chronic hydrocephalus in adults -- Is there a link between ICP-derived infusion test parameters and outcome after shunting in NPH? -- Mathematical modelling of CSF stroke volume in aqueduct cerebri -- CSF and cerebral blood flows in idiopathic intracranial hypertension -- Significant Association of Slow Vasogenic ICP Waves with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Diagnosis -- ICP monitoring and Phase contrast MRI to investigate intracranial compliance -- Numerical Cerebrospinal System Modeling in Fluid-Structure Interaction -- [Part 5] Cerebrovascular Autoregulation -- Differential systolic and diastolic regulation of the cerebral pressure-flow relationship during squat-stand manoeuvres -- Normative Ranges of Transcranial Doppler Metrics -- Autoregulation enhances collateral flow through the circle of Willis -- Simultaneous assessment of intracranial pressure and pressure reactivity index by ventricular catheter and ICP probe -- Comparison of intracranial pressure and pressure reactivity index obtained through pressure measurements in the ventricle and in the parenchyma during and outside cerebrospinal fluid drainage episodes in a manipulation free patient setting -- Visualizing autoregulation insults and their association with outcome in adult traumatic brain injury -- RAP as an Index of Cerebral Hemodynamic Stability after Brain Injury -- Systolic and diastolic regulation of the cerebral pressure-flow relationship differentially affected by acute sport-related concussion -- Induced Dynamic Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Reactivity (iPRx) and Cerebrovascular Reactivity (iCVRx) Assessment of Cerebrovascular Autoregulation after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with High Intracranial Pressure (ICP) in Rats -- Prediction of the time to syncope occurrence in patients diagnosed with vasovagal syncope -- Statistical signal properties of the pressure-reactivity index (PRx).
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Congress
- Location
- Online
Outcome prediction in cancer
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27210
editor, Azzam F.G. Taktak and Anthony C. Fisher.
(1st ed.)
--Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Elsevier
, 2007.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Taktak, Azzam F.G
- Other Authors
- Taktak, Azzam F. G
- Fisher, Anthony C
- Responsibility
- editor, Azzam F.G. Taktak and Anthony C. Fisher
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- xx, 461 p.
- ISBN
- 6610747288 (electronic bk.)
- 9786610747283 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Prognosis
- Contents
- Cover -- Copyright page -- Foreword -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1: The Clinical Problem -- Chapter 1: The Predictive Value of Detailed Histological Staging of Surgical Resection Specimens in Oral Cancer -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PREDICTIVE FEATURES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY TUMOUR -- 3. PREDICTIVE FEATURES RELATED TO THE REGIONAL LYMPH NODES -- 4. DISTANT (SYSTEMIC) METASTASES -- 5. GENERAL PATIENT FEATURES -- 6. MOLECULAR AND BIOLOGICAL MARKERS -- 7. THE WAY AHEAD? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: Survival after Treatment of Intraocular Melanoma -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INTRAOCULAR MELANOMA -- 3. STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PREDICTING METASTATIC DISEASE -- 4. PREDICTING METASTATIC DEATH WITH NEURAL NETWORKS -- 5. MISCELLANEOUS ERRORS -- 6. A NEURAL NETWORK FOR PREDICTING SURVIVAL IN UVEAL MELANOMA PATIENTS -- 7. CAVEATS REGARDING INTERPRETATION OF SURVIVAL STATISTICS -- 8. FURTHER STUDIES -- 9. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: Recent Developments in Relative Survival Analysis -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CAUSE-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL -- 3. INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION -- 4. EXPECTED SURVIVAL -- 5. RELATIVE SURVIVAL -- 6. POINT OF CURE -- 7. REGRESSION ANALYSIS -- 8. PERIOD ANALYSIS -- 9. AGE STANDARDIZATION -- 10. PARAMETRIC METHODS -- 11. MULTIPLE TUMOURS -- 12. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Section 2: Biological and Genetic Factors -- Chapter 4: Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors of Lung Cancer -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LUNG CANCER INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY -- 3. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: Chaos, Cancer, the Cellular Operating System and the Prediction of Survival in Head and Neck Cancer -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CANCER AND ITS CAUSATION -- 3. FUNDAMENTAL CELL BIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY -- 4. A NEW DIRECTION FOR FUNDAMENTAL CELL BIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY -- 5. COMPLEX SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AS APPLIED TO BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND SURVIVAL ANALYSIS -- 6. METHODS OF ANALYSING FAILURE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -- 7. A COMPARISON OF A NEURAL NETWORK WITH COX'S REGRESSION IN PREDICTING SURVIVAL IN OVER 800 PATIENTS -- 8. THE NEURAL NETWORK AND FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY -- 9. THE DIRECTION OF FUTURE WORK -- 10. SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Section 3: Mathematical Background of Prognostic Models -- Chapter 6: Flexible Hazard Modelling for Outcome Prediction in Cancer: Perspectives for the Use of Bioinformatics Knowledge -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FAILURE TIME DATA -- 3. PARTITION AND GROUPING OF FAILURE TIMES -- 4. COMPETING RISKS -- 5. GLMs AND FFANNs -- 6. APPLICATIONS TO CANCER DATA -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: Information Geometry for Survival Analysis and Feature Selection by Neural Networks -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SURVIVAL FUNCTIONS -- 3. STANDARD MODELS FOR SURVIVAL ANALYSIS -- 4. THE NEURAL NETWORK MODEL -- 5. LEARNING IN THE CPENN MODEL -- 6. THE BAYESIAN APPROACH TO MODELLING -- 7. VARIABLE SELECTION -- 8. THE LAYERED PROJECTION ALGORITHM -- 9. A SEARCH STRATEGY -- 10. EXPERIMENTS -- 11. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: Artificial Neural Networks Used in the Survival Analysis of Breast Cancer Patients: A Node-Negat
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Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Michael C. Brodsky.
(Third edition)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2016.
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Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology, 3rd edition provides the single authoritative resource on the pathophysiology, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of neuro-ophthalmologic disorders in children. This book is encyclopedic in scope, incorporating extensive references for each condition, numerous diagrams and pictures, and a detailed analysis of the clinical disorders included in the differential diagnosis of each condition. The third edition builds upon this format to incorporate new discoveries a…
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- Brodsky, Michael C
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- Michael C. Brodsky
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 823 p. : 294 illus., 146 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781493933846
- 9781493933822 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Eye Diseases
- Neurologic Manifestations
- Abstract
- Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology, 3rd edition provides the single authoritative resource on the pathophysiology, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of neuro-ophthalmologic disorders in children. This book is encyclopedic in scope, incorporating extensive references for each condition, numerous diagrams and pictures, and a detailed analysis of the clinical disorders included in the differential diagnosis of each condition. The third edition builds upon this format to incorporate new discoveries about mechanisms of disease, new diagnostic modalities, advances in treatment in the field of pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, and updated neuroimaging figures.
- Contents
- 1. The Apparently Blind Infant -- Introduction -- Hereditary Retinal Disorders -- Leber Congenital Amaurosis -- Joubert Syndrome -- Congenital Stationary Night Blindness -- Achromatopsia -- Congenital Optic Nerve Disorders -- Cortical Visual Insufficiency -- Causes of Cortical Visual Loss -- Neurologic and Systemic Disorders -- Characteristics of Visual Function -- Neuro-Ophthalmologic Findings -- Diagnostic and Prognostic Considerations -- Role of Visual Attention -- Subcortical Visual Loss (or Periventricular Leukomalacia) -- Neuroimaging Abnormalities and their Implications -- Neuro-Ophthalmologic Findings -- Perceptual Difficulties -- Dorsal and Ventral Stream Dysfunction -- Pathophysiology -- Intraventricular Hemorrhage -- Periventricular and Intraventricular Hemorrhage -- Hemianopic Visual Field Defects in Children -- Delayed Visual Maturation -- Blindsight -- The Effect of Total Blindness on Circadian Regulation -- Horizons -- 2. Congenital Optic Disc Anomalies -- Introduction -- Optic Nerve Hypoplasia -- Excavated Optic Disc Anomalies -- Morning Glory Disc Anomaly -- Optic Disc Coloboma -- Peripapillary Staphyloma -- Megalopapilla -- Optic Pit -- Papillorenal Syndrome (The Vacant Optic Disc) -- Congenital Tilted Disc Syndrome -- Optic Disc Dysplasia -- Congenital Optic Disc Pigmentation -- Aicardi Syndrome -- Doubling of the Optic Disc -- Optic Nerve Aplasia -- Myelinated (Medullated) Nerve Fibers -- The Albinotic Optic Disc -- 3. The Swollen Optic Disc -- Papilledema -- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) in Children -- Optic Disc Swelling Secondary to Neurological Disease -- Optic Disc Swelling Secondary to Systemic Disease -- Uveitis -- Posttraumatic Optic Disc Swelling -- Intrinsic Optic Disc Tumors -- Optic Disc Hemangioma -- Tuberous Sclerosis -- Optic Disc Glioma -- Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and RPE -- Retrobulbar Tumors -- Optic Neuritis in Children -- History and Physical Examination -- Postinfectious Optic Neuritis -- Disseminated Encephalomyelitis -- MS and Pediatric Optic Neuritis -- Devic Disease (Neuromyelitis Optica) -- Prognosis and Treatment -- Course of Visual Loss and Visual Recovery -- Systemic Prognosis -- Systemic Evaluation of Pediatric Optic Neuritis -- Treatment -- Leber Idiopathic Stellate Neuroretinitis -- Ischemic Optic Neuropathy -- Autoimmune Optic Neuropathy -- Pseudopapilledema -- Optic Disc Drusen -- Ocular Disorders Associated with Pseudopapilledema -- Systemic Disorders Associated with Pseudopapilledema -- 4. Optic Atrophy -- Introduction -- Optic Atrophy Associated with Retinal Disease -- Optic Atrophy Vs. Hypoplasia -- Causes of Optic Atrophy in Children -- Compressive/Infiltrative Intracranial Lesions -- Noncompressive Causes of Optic Atrophy in Children with Brain Tumors -- Hereditary Optic Atrophy -- Dominant Optic Atrophy (Kjer Type) -- Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy -- Recessive Optic Atrophhy -- Behr Syndrome -- Wolfram Syndrome (DIDMOAD) -- Toxic/Nutritional Optic Neuropathy -- Neurodegenerative Disorders with Optic Atrophy -- Organic Acidurias -- Optic Atrophy due to Hypoxia-Ischemia -- Traumatic Optic Atrophy -- Miscellaneous Causes -- Summary of the General Approach to the Child with Optic Atrophy -- 5. Transient, Unexplained, and Psychogenic Visual Loss -- Introduction -- Transient Visual Loss -- Migraine -- Epilepsy -- Posttraumatic Transient Cerebral Blindness -- Cardiogenic Embolism -- Nonmigrainous Cerebrovascular Disease -- Miscellaneous Transient Visual Disturbances in Children -- Toxic and Nontoxic Drug Effects -- Summary of Clinical Approach to the Child with Transient Visual Disturbances -- Laboratory Evaluation of Transient Visual Disturbances in Children -- Unexplained Visual Loss in Children -- Causes of Unexplained Visual Loss in Childhood -- Psychogenic Visual Loss in Children -- Clinical Profile -- Neuro-Ophthalmologic Findings -- Categories of Psychogenic Visual Loss in Children -- Management of Psychogenic Visual Loss in Children -- Horizons -- 6. Ocular Motor Nerve Palsies -- Introduction -- Oculomotor Nerve Palsy -- Clinical Anatomy -- Clinical Features -- Partial Forms of Oculomotor Palsy -- Oculomotor Synkinesis -- Etiology -- Vascular Third Nerve Palsy in Children -- Differential Diagnosis -- Management -- Trochlear Nerve Palsy -- Clinical Anatomy -- Clinical Features -- Bilateral Trochlear Nerve Palsy -- Etiology -- Differential Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Abducens Nerve Palsy -- Anatomy -- Clinical Features -- Causes of Sixth Nerve Palsy -- Differential Diagnosis -- Duane Retraction Syndrome -- Management of Sixth Nerve Pals -- Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies in Children -- Horizons -- 7. Complex Ocular Motor Disorders -- Introduction -- Strabismus in Children with Neurological Dysfunction -- Visuovestibular Disorders -- Neurologic Esotropia -- Neurologic Exotropia -- Skew Deviation -- Gaze Palsies, Gaze Deviations, and Ophthalmoplegia -- Horizontal Gaze Palsy in Children -- Congenital Ocular Motor Apraxia -- Vertical Gaze Palsies in Children -- Diffuse Ophthalmoplegia in Children -- Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy -- Botulism -- Fisher Syndrome: A Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome -- Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis -- Tick Paralysis -- Wernicke Encephalopathy -- Miscellaneous Causes of Ophthalmoplegia -- Transient Ocular Motor Disturbances of Infancy -- Transient Neonatal Strabismus -- Transient Idiopathic Nystagmus -- Tonic Downgaze -- Tonic Upgaze -- Neonatal Opsoclonus -- Transient Vertical Strabismus in Infancy -- Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Syndromes -- Congenital Ptosis -- Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking (Trigemino-Oculomotor Synkinesis) -- Congenital Fibrosis Syndrome -- Congenital Horizontal Gaze Palsy with Scoliosis -- Moebius Sequence -- Monocular Elevation Deficiency, or "Double Elevator Palsy" -- Brown Syndrome -- Other Pathologic Synkineses -- Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia -- Cyclic, Periodic, or Aperiodic Disorders Affecting Ocular Structures -- Ocular Neuromyotonia -- Ocular Motor Adaptations and Disorders in Patients with Hemispheric Abnormalities -- Movement Tics -- Eyelid Abnormalities in Children -- Congenital Ptosis -- Excessive Blinking in Children -- Hemifacial Spasm -- Eyelid Retraction -- Apraxia of Eyelid Opening -- Pupillary Abnormalities -- Congenital Bilateral Mydriasis -- Accommodative Paresis -- Adie Syndrome -- Horner Syndrome -- 8. Nystagmus -- Introduction -- Infantile Nystagmus -- Clinical Features -- Onset of Infantile Nystagmus -- Terminology -- History and Physical Examination -- ERG -- Hemispheric Visual Evoked Potentials -- Overlap of Infantile Nystagmus and Strabismus -- Eye Movement Recordings in Infantile Nystagmus -- Contrast Sensitivity and Pattern Detection Thresholds in Infantile Nystagmus -- Theories of Causation -- Visual Disorders Precipitating Infantile Nystagmus -- When to Obtain Neuroimaging Studies in Children with Nystagmus -- Treatment -- Spasmus Nutans -- Russell Diencephalic Syndrome of Infancy -- Monocular Nystagmus -- Nystagmus Associated with Infantile Esotropia -- Torsional Nystagmus -- Horizontal Nystagmus -- Nystagmus -- Nystagmus Blockage Syndrome -- Treatment of Nystagmus Blockage Syndrome -- Vertical Nystagmus -- Upbeating Nystagmus in Infancy -- Congenital Downbeat Nystagmus -- Hereditary Vertical Nystagmus -- Periodic Alternating Nystagmus -- Seesaw Nystagmus -- Congenital versus Acquired Seesaw Nystagmus -- Saccadic Oscillations that Simulate Nystagmus -- Retraction Nystagmus -- Opsoclonus and Ocular Flutter -- Voluntary Nystagmus -- Ocular Bobbing -- Neurological Nystagmus -- Leigh Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy -- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease -- Joubert Syndrome -- Santavuori-Haltia Disease -- Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy -- Deficient Glycoprotein Syndromes -- Down Syndrome -- Hypothyroidism -- Maple Syrup Urine Disease -- Nutritional Nystagmus -- Epileptic Nystagmus -- Cobalamin C Methylmalonic Aciduria and Homocystinuria -- Familial Vestibulocerebellar Disorder -- Summary -- 9. Torticollis and Head Oscillations -- Introduction -- Torticollis -- Ocular Torticollis -- Head Tilts -- Head Turns -- Vertical Head Positions -- Refractive Causes of Torticollis -- Neuromuscular Causes of Torticollis -- Systemic Causes of Torticollis -- Head Oscillations -- Head Nodding with Nystagmus -- Head Nodding without Nystagmus -- Visual Disorders -- Otological Abnormalities -- Systemic Disorders -- 10. Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Neurodegenerative Disorders -- Introduction -- Neuronal Disease -- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis -- Lysosomal Diseases -- Gangliosidoses -- Mucopolysaccharidoses -- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis -- White Matter Disorders -- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy -- Canavan Disease (Spongy Degeneration of Cerebral White Matter) -- Krabbe Disease -- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease -- Cockayne Syndrome -- Alexander Disease -- Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome -- Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis -- Peroxisomal Disorders -- Zellweger Syndrome -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Basal Ganglia Disease -- Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration -- Wilson Disease -- Aminoacidopathies and Other Biochemical Defectsl -- Maple Syrup Urine Disease -- Homocystinuria -- Abetalipoproteinemia -- Mitochondrial Encephalomyelopathies -- Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) -- Leigh Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy -- Mitochondrial Encephalomyelopathy and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) -- Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF) -- Mitochondrial Depletion Syndrome -- Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation -- Horizons -- 11. Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Systemic and Intracranial Disease -- Introduction -- The Phakomatoses -- Neurofibromatosis (NF1) -- Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) -- Tuberous Sclerosis -- Sturge-Weber Syndrome -- von Hippel-Lindau Disease -- Ataxia Telangiectasia -- Linear Nevus Sebaceous Syndrome -- Klippel.
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The philosophy and practice of medicine and bioethics : a naturalistic-humanistic approach
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Barbara Maier, Warren A. Shibles.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2011.
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- Maier, Barbara, 1957-
- Other Authors
- Shibles, Warren A
- Responsibility
- Barbara Maier, Warren A. Shibles
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 543 p.)
- Series Vol.
- v. 47
- ISBN
- 9789048188673
- 9789048188666 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Decision Making - ethics
- Evidence-Based Medicine - ethics
- Philosophy, Medical
- Contents
- 1. Metaphor in Medicine: The Metaphorical Method -- 2. Definition -- 3. Decision-Making: Fallacies and Other Mistakes -- 4. Analysis of Causation in Medicine -- 5. Ethics and Non-ethics -- 6. Medicotheology and Biotheology -- 7. Emotion In Medicine -- 8. Enlightened Versus Normative Management: Ethics versus Morals -- 9. Care: A Critique of the Ethics and Emotion of Care -- 10. Egoism and Altruism in Medicine -- 11. Letting Die -- 12. A Critique of Autonomy and Patient Responsibility -- 13. Philosophy and Ethics of the Body -- 14. Organ Donation: Mandatory Organ Donation Declaration -- 15. Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Question of Beliefs? -- 16. The Philosophy of Prevention -- 17. Ethics Counseling: Philosophy of Medicine Counseling Instead of Medical Ethics Counseling -- 18. Medical Language: The Ordinary Language Approach -- 19. A Critique of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM): Evidence-Based Medicine and Philosophy-Based Medicine -- 20. Lying in Medicine -- 21. The Rhetoric of Death and Dying.
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