Atlas of Operative Techniques in Primary Cleft Lip and Palate Repair
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45578
Percy Rossell-Perry.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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Few books have been published before with details on preoperative planning, markings and performance of primary surgical techniques to correct the cleft lip and palate deformity. This information is commonly required by surgeons. Scientific papers, conferences, and video clips of these surgical procedures are limited in details about how to address this common disease. This book provides a comprehensive overview of surgery for the correction of primary cleft lip and palate, including planning, …
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- Author
- Rossell-Perry, Percy
- Responsibility
- Percy Rossell-Perry
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 400 p.) : 430 illus., 418 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030446819
- 9783030446802 (Print ed.)
- 9783030446826 (Print ed.)
- 9783030446833 (Print ed.)
- Specialty
- Orthognathic Surgery
- Abstract
- Few books have been published before with details on preoperative planning, markings and performance of primary surgical techniques to correct the cleft lip and palate deformity. This information is commonly required by surgeons. Scientific papers, conferences, and video clips of these surgical procedures are limited in details about how to address this common disease. This book provides a comprehensive overview of surgery for the correction of primary cleft lip and palate, including planning, selecting the most suitable techniques, markings, performing operative techniques, and preoperative care. Unlike other literature on the topic, which focuses on surgical techniques, this operative atlas (with detailed illustrations) covers the entire spectrum of this congenital deformity: classification of cleft lip and palate, management protocols, unilateral cleft lip surgery, bilateral cleft lip surgery, cleft palate surgery, post operative care and case studies. It will be a unique and valuable resource for surgeons treating this common condition.
- Contents
- 1. Anatomy -- 2. Classification -- 3. Protocol -- 4. Preoperative considerations -- 5. Unilateral cleft lip repair -- 6. Bilateral cleft lip repair -- 7. Cleft palate repair.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Atlas
- Location
- Online
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement : Stories from the Frontline
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44710
Steven K. Kapp, editor.
--Singapore:
Palgrave Macmillan
, c2020.
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- Open access
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- Online
This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, a…
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- Other Authors
- Kapp, Steven K.
- Responsibility
- Steven K. Kapp, editor
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 330 p.) : 7 illus., 6 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811384370
- 9789811384363 (Print ed.)
- 9789811384387 (Print ed.)
- 9789811384394 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cultural Diversity
- Human Rights
- Mental Health - ethics
- Minority Health
- Psychology, Social - ethics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- People with disabilities
- Child psychiatry
- Social work
- Medical ethics
- Abstract
- This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, and their possible threshold of the advocacy establishment. The actions covered are legendary in the autistic community, including manifestos such as “Don’t Mourn for Us”, mailing lists, websites or webpages, conferences, issue campaigns, academic project and journal, a book, and advisory roles. These actions have shifted the landscape toward viewing autism in social terms of human rights and identity to accept, rather than as a medical collection of deficits and symptoms to cure.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Gaining Community -- 2. Historicizing Jim Sinclair’s “Don’t Mourn for Us”: A Cultural and Intellectual History of Neurodiversity’s Origins -- 3. From Exclusion to Acceptance: Independent Living on the Autistic Spectrum -- 4. Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse -- 5. Autistics.org and Finding our Voices as an Activist Movement -- 6. Losing -- Part II: Getting Heard -- 7. Neurodiversity.com: A Decade of Advocacy -- 8. Autscape -- 9. The Autistic Genocide Clock -- 10. Shifting the System: AASPIRE and the Loom of Science and Activism -- 11. Out of Searching Comes New Vibrance -- 12. Two Winding Parent Paths to Neurodiversity Advocacy -- 13. Lobbying Autism’s Diagnostic Revision in the DSM-5 -- 14. Torture in the Name of Treatment: The Mission to Stop the Shocks in the Age of Deinstitutionalization -- 15. Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies -- 16. My Time with Autism Speaks -- 17. Covering the Politics of Neurodiversity: And Myself -- 18. “A Dream Deferred” No Longer: Backstory of the First Autism and Race Anthology -- Part III: Entering the Establishment? -- 19. Changing Paradigms: The Emergence of the Autism/Neurodiversity Manifesto -- 20. From Protest to Taskforce -- 21. Critiques of the Neurodiversity Movement -- 22. Conclusion.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Anesthesiology II : Lessons from Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44450
Jonathan L. Benumof, Gerard R. Manecke, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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- Online
Written by experts in the anesthesiology field, this unique resource explores the various issues and complications that arise during the administration of anesthesiology in various clinical settings. To convey the depth and breadth of these potential obstacles, 26 real-life cases are explored and examined throughout the book. Each chapter includes a case summary, discussion questions, and selected references - all of which are supplemented by high quality illustrations and images that provide d…
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- Other Authors
- Benumof, Jonathan L.
- Manecke, Gerard R.
- Responsibility
- Jonathan L. Benumof, Gerard R. Manecke, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 511 p.) : 207 illus., 166 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030123659
- 9783030123635 (Print ed.)
- 9783030123642 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia - adverse effects
- Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control
- Patient Harm - prevention & control
- Specialty
- Anesthesiology
- Abstract
- Written by experts in the anesthesiology field, this unique resource explores the various issues and complications that arise during the administration of anesthesiology in various clinical settings. To convey the depth and breadth of these potential obstacles, 26 real-life cases are explored and examined throughout the book. Each chapter includes a case summary, discussion questions, and selected references - all of which are supplemented by high quality illustrations and images that provide distinctive visual synopses of key teaching points. Clinical Anesthesiology II: Lessons from Morbidity and Mortality Conferences is an indispensable guide that functions as both a pragmatic reference and compelling read for practitioners and critical care medicine trainees.
- Contents
- Part I: CASES RESULTING IN PERIOPERATIVE DEATH -- Death During Monitored Anesthesia Care -- Anesthesia During Liver Transplant: Hepatic Function, TEG, Massive Transfusion, States of Liver Transplantation, MELD Scoring -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Falling Through Caregiver Cracks to Death -- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Pulmonary Aspiration -- Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage During Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy -- Part II: CASES RESULTING IN PERIOPERATIVE NEAR DEATH OR VERYSERIOUS COMPLICATIONS -- A Case of CHARGE Syndrome and Hypoxemia -- A Patient With ALS Requiring Intubation -- Blowtorch Airway Fire -- Anesthetic Implications of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the Surgical Repair of Scoliosis -- Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum -- Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the Premature Infant -- Part III: CASES RESULTING IN PERIOPERATIVE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS -- Post-operative Respiratory Distress in the PACU: A Unique Differential Diagnosis -- An Undiagnosed Intraoperative Pheochromocytoma -- LMA Morbidity: A Case of Unilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Plasy -- Management of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST) -- Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency in a Patient with Subglottic Stenosis -- Part IV: CASES REQUIRING DIFFICULT AND/OR UNUSUAL ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT -- Cesarean Section in a Heart Failure Patient with Previous Lumbosacral Spine Surgery -- Organization Promotes Safety: A Step Forward -- A Case of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Anesthetic Management of Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support and Status Post Heart Transplantation -- A Minor Hiccup: Singultus, Regurgitation, and Aspiration under Anesthesia -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Massive Hemorrhage after Dilatation and Curettage -- Intraoperative Bradycardia and Asystole -- Anesthesia for the Obese Parturient -- Management of Intracardiac Thrombus During Orthotopic Liver Transplant -- Preventing Perioperative Complications of Epidermolysis Bullosa.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Case Reports
- Location
- Online
Clinical anesthesiology : lessons learned from morbidity and mortality conferences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33819
Jonathan L. Benumof, editor.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Online
The book presents more than 60 real-life cases which together memorably and succinctly convey the depth and breadth of clinical anesthesiology. Each chapter includes a case summary, questions, lessons learned, and selected references. Tables and distinctive visual synopses of key teaching points enhance many chapters. The cases have been selected by Dr. Benumof from the Morbidity and Mortality (M & M) conferences of the Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, which he…
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- Other Authors
- Benumof, Jonathan
- Responsibility
- Jonathan L. Benumof, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 563 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461486961 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461486954
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia - adverse effects - Case Reports
- Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control - Case Reports
- Patient Harm - prevention & control - Case Reports
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Anesthesiology
- Anesthesia - Case studies
- Abstract
- The book presents more than 60 real-life cases which together memorably and succinctly convey the depth and breadth of clinical anesthesiology. Each chapter includes a case summary, questions, lessons learned, and selected references. Tables and distinctive visual synopses of key teaching points enhance many chapters. The cases have been selected by Dr. Benumof from the Morbidity and Mortality (M & M) conferences of the Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, which he has moderated the last several years, and residents and junior faculty have crafted them into the chapters of this book. Structured in a novel way, the UCSD Anesthesiology M & Ms maximize teaching and learning, and these cases bring that experience right to the reader's finger tips. Case coverage of respiration- and circulation-related problems, obstetrics, neurology, pain and regional anesthesia, pediatrics, outpatient surgery, and special topics; Resource for anesthesiology and critical care medicine trainees; Review tool for board certification or recertification; Fun reading; Valuable lessons.
- Contents
- I. Respiration-Related Cases -- 1. Cannot Ventilate, Cannot Intubate Due to Airway Hemorrhage -- 2. Pulmonary Edema Following Attempted Nasal Intubation for Mandibular Fracture Repair -- 3. Loss of Critical Airway -- 4. Anterior Mediastinal Mass -- 5. Awake Intubation with a NIM Tube: How is it done? -- 6. Hemodynamic Collapse Following a Mainstem Intubation -- 7. Hypoxemia During Tracheostomy -- 8. Anesthetic Depth and Mask Ventilation in the Prone Position -- 9. Jet Ventilation through a Cookgas Airway Exchange Catheter -- 10. End of Case Evaluation and Management of a Patient Post Airway Mass Excision -- 11. Possible Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury -- 12. Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Dead in Bed -- 13. Bilevel Positive Air Pressure, Decreased Sensorium, Aspiration and Capnography -- 14. Perioperative Management of a Patient Previously Treated with Bleomycin Undergoing Thoracic Surgery -- 15. Intra-Operative Airway Fire -- 16. Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome -- II. Circulation-Related Cases -- 17. Hemorrhage During Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aorta -- 18. Pacemakers and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators -- 19. Acute Myocardial Infarction during Laparoscopic Surgery -- 20. Sickle Cell and Preeclampsia -- 21. Dysrhythmias in a Patient with Crohn's Disease -- 22. Hematologic Disorders: Hemophilia and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation -- 23. Blood Transfusion and the Jehovah's Witness Patient -- 24. Cardiac and Pulmonary Contusions -- 25. Intraoperative Coagulopathy -- 26. Hypotension in Chronic Methamphetamine User -- 27. Venous Air Embolism During Arteriovenous Malformation Repair -- 28. Cardiac Tamponade -- 29. Case of Intraoperative New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation -- 30. Valvular Disease -- III. Obstetrics-Related Cases -- 31. Labor Epidural with Unrecognized Dural Puncture, Causing High Sensory Block, Hypotension, Fetal Bradycardia and Post Dural Puncture Headache -- 32. Acute Pulmonary Dysfunction Immediately After Cesarean Delivery Under General Anesthesia -- 33. Jehovah's Witness With Placenta Previa and Increta for Cesarean Hysterectomy -- 34. A Pregnant Patient With Mitral Stenosis -- 35. Unrecognized Uterine Hyperstimulation Due to Oxytocin and Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia -- 36. Super Morbidly Obese Patient for Elective Repeat Cesarean Section -- 37. Probable Amniotic Fluid Embolus -- 38. Emergent Cesarean Section -- 39. Pregnancy Plus Atrial Septal Defect vs Eisenmenger Syndrome -- 40. Uterine Abruption -- IV. Pediatric-Related Cases -- 41. Neonatal Resuscitation Following Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery -- 42. Anxious, Coughing and Bound to Obstruct -- V. Special Diseases/Conditions/Situations -- 43. Hypothermia During Laparoscopic Nephrectomy -- 44. Operating Room Management Case Scenarios -- 45. Anaphylaxis Reactions -- 46. Autonomic Dysreflexia -- 47. Porphyrias -- 48. Monitored Anesthesia Care: Medical Implications; and Wrong-Sided Operations: Legal Implications -- 49. Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Urgent Anesthesia Setting -- 50. Fever, Altered Mental Status, and Rigidity in the Perioperative Course -- VI. Neuro/Neuromuscular-Related Cases -- 51. Emergent Craniotomy for Evacuation of Epidural Hematoma -- 52. Hyperkalemia and Residual Neuromuscular Blockade after Kidney Transplantation -- 53. A Defasciculating Dose of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blocker -- 54. Postoperative Monocular Vision Loss -- 55. Delayed Emergence After Aneurysm Clipping -- VII. Pain and Regional Anesthesia Related Cases -- 56. Unintentional Dural Puncture in a Patient with Severe Preeclampsia -- 57. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome -- 58. Vascular Absorption of Local Anesthetic Producing Systemic Toxicity -- 59. Inadvertent High Spinal in Parturient -- VIII. Outpatient Surgery-Related Cases -- 60. Plastic Surgery in a Surgeon's Office -- 61. Orthopedic Surgery in an Ambulatory Surgicenter -- 62. Eye Surgery at an Outpatient Surgicenter -- 63. Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at an Outpatient Sugicenter.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Critical thinking in clinical practice : improving the quality of judgements and decisions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24295
Gambrill, Eileen.
(2nd ed.)
--Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons
, 2005.
- Call Number
- WB 102 G192c 2005
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WB 102 G192c 2005
- Author
- Gambrill, Eileen
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- 2005
- Physical Description
- xv, 631 p. : ill.
- ISBN
- 9780471471189
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Contents
- The need for critical thinking in clinical practice -- Sources of influence on decisions that clinicians make -- Reasons and reasoning: the heart of making decisions -- Different views of knowledge and how to get it: exploring your personal epistemology -- The influence of language and persuasion strategies -- Formal and informal fallacies: mistakes in thinking and how to avoid them -- Classification, pseudoauthority, and focusing on pathology -- Content and procedural knowledge -- Taking advantage of research on judgment, problem solving, and decision making -- Evidence-based practice: a philosophy and process for thinking ethically and critically about decisions -- Posing questions and searching for answers -- Critical appraisal of practice-related research: the need for skepticism -- Making decisions about data collection -- Discovering causes of clients' problems: common biases -- Predictions about clients and treatment effectiveness: improving the odds -- Enhancing the quality of case conferences, team meetings, and organizational culture -- Overcoming personal obstacles to critical thinking -- Maintaining critical thinking skills.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Doing Clinical Ethics : A Hands-on Guide for Clinicians and Others
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40881
Daniel K. Sokol.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2012.
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In this Brief, Daniel Sokol interprets "doing medical ethics" broadly to capture the application of ethical knowledge to a concrete situation, rather than just resolving a moral dilemma contained within a case. It instructs clinicians on how to identify and analyse a clinical ethics case, and guides the reader in publishing in general medical, specialist medical, and medical ethics journals, and through presenting on ethical issues at conferences. In addition to this, advice on how to teach med…
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- Author
- Sokol, Daniel K
- Responsibility
- Daniel K. Sokol
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 83 p.) : 13 illus.
- Series Vol.
- [v. 1]
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Ethics
- ISBN
- 9789400727830
- 9789400727823 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2211-8101
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ethics, Clinical
- Abstract
- In this Brief, Daniel Sokol interprets "doing medical ethics" broadly to capture the application of ethical knowledge to a concrete situation, rather than just resolving a moral dilemma contained within a case. It instructs clinicians on how to identify and analyse a clinical ethics case, and guides the reader in publishing in general medical, specialist medical, and medical ethics journals, and through presenting on ethical issues at conferences. In addition to this, advice on how to teach medical ethics, and apply for research ethics approval, is included.
- Contents
- 1. Clinical ethics at the coal face -- 2. Clinical ethics on paper -- 3. Teaching clinical ethics to medical students and clinicians -- 4. Submitting an application to a Research Ethics Committee (REC) -- Conclusion and Appendices.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
A DXA primer for the practicing clinician : a case-based manual for understanding and interpreting bone densitometry
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33697
Angelo A. Licata, Susan E. Williams.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Location
- Online
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the principal x-ray technology used to diagnose osteoporosis in its early, asymptomatic stages, to assess treatment efficacy, and to guide treatment decisions. It remains the gold standard today. A DXA Primer for the Practicing Clinician: A Case-Based Manual for Understanding and Interpreting Bone Densitometry is based on actual clinical encounters and treatment dilemmas encountered by the authors. The content is derived from years of clinical practice …
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- Author
- Licata, Angelo A
- Other Authors
- Williams, Susan E
- Responsibility
- Angelo A. Licata, Susan E. Williams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 167 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781441913753 (electronic bk.)
- 9781441913746
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Absorptiometry, Photon - Case Reports
- Bone Density
- Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging - Case Reports
- Osteoporosis - diagnosis - Case Reports
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Bone densitometry
- Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
- Osteoporosis - Diagnosis
- Endocrinology
- Rheumatology
- Médecine
- Abstract
- Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the principal x-ray technology used to diagnose osteoporosis in its early, asymptomatic stages, to assess treatment efficacy, and to guide treatment decisions. It remains the gold standard today. A DXA Primer for the Practicing Clinician: A Case-Based Manual for Understanding and Interpreting Bone Densitometry is based on actual clinical encounters and treatment dilemmas encountered by the authors. The content is derived from years of clinical practice and presentations given by the authors at regional and national conferences. It exemplifies not only the complete body of knowledge provided through these lectures but also the full range of previously undiscussed nuances of DXA interpretation. This practical, easy-to-read text captures many of the common challenges of DXA interpretation that clinicians often encounter. The central focus of the book is the presentation of what is normal and what is problematic when using DXA. It presents real-life case histories, their corresponding DXA images, the problems encountered and their solutions.
- Contents
- Introduction: How does one go from bone mineral density measurements to a diagnosis of osteoporosis -- What Is Osteoporosis? -- What Happens After I Order a DXA? -- What Is FRAX®?-- The DXA Report: What Every Referring Clinician Needs to Know -- Technological Errors in DXA Scanning: Common Errors in Diagnosing and Monitoring -- Monitoring Treatment Efficacy: DXA Pearls and Pitfalls -- Special Considerations in Common GI Diseases, Obesity, and Following Bariatric Surgery -- UFOs: Unexpected Foreign Objects -- Challenging Cases.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Establishing Medical Reality : Essays In The Metaphysics And Epistemology Of Biomedical Science
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40572
edited by Harold Kincaid and Jennifer McKitrick.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2007.
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- Location
- Online
Medicine raises numerous philosophical issues. Most discussed have been debates in bioethics. Yet contemporary medicine is also a rich source of controversies and examples that raise important issues in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and metaphysics. This volume approaches the philosophy of medicine from the broad naturalist perspective that holds that philosophy must be continuous with, constrained by, and relevant to empirical results of the natural and social sciences and that…
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- Other Authors
- Kincaid, Harold, 1952-
- McKitrick, Jennifer
- Responsibility
- edited by Harold Kincaid and Jennifer McKitrick
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 236 p.)
- Series Vol.
- v. 90
- Series Title
- Philosophy and medicine
- ISBN
- 9781402052163
- 9781402052156 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy, Medical
- Abstract
- Medicine raises numerous philosophical issues. Most discussed have been debates in bioethics. Yet contemporary medicine is also a rich source of controversies and examples that raise important issues in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and metaphysics. This volume approaches the philosophy of medicine from the broad naturalist perspective that holds that philosophy must be continuous with, constrained by, and relevant to empirical results of the natural and social sciences and that believes that the history, sociology, politics, and ethics of science provide relevant information for philosophical analysis. One traditional topic covered by several of the contributions is the nature of disease, but the approach is largely from the philosophy of science rather than traditional linguistic analysis. The complex interplay of epistemological and sociological factors in producing evidence in medicine is discussed by chapters on collective medical discussion making, experimental medicine, "genetic" diseases, mental illness, and race and gender categories. The upshot is a volume that ties medicine to contemporary issues in philosophy of science and metaphysics like no other. "An excellent collection of essays in the philosophy of medicine. Whereas most philosophical work about medicine has been concerned with medical ethics, this volume focuses more on key questions in epistemology and metaphysics, although many of these are also relevant to ethical issues. Some of the chapters are among the best I have read in the philosophy of medicine on their respective topics." Professor Paul Thagard, Philosophy Department, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Normality, Disease and Enhancement -- Holistic Theories of Health as Applicable to Non-Human Living Beings -- Disease and the Concept of Supervenience -- Decision and Discovery in Defining "Disease" -- Race and Scientific Reduction -- Towards an Adequate Account of Genetic Disease -- Why Disease Persists: An Evolutionary Nosology -- Creating Mental Illness in Non-Disordered Community Populations -- Gender Identity Disorder -- Clinical Trials as Nomological Machines: Implications for Evidence-Based Medicine -- The Social Epistemology of NIH Consensus Conferences -- Maternal Agency and the Immunological Paradox of Pregnancy -- Violence and Public Health: Exploring the Relationship Between Biological Perspectives on Violent Behavior and Public Health Approaches to Violence Prevention -- Taking Equipoise Seriously: The Failure of Clinical or Community Equipoise to Resolve the Ethical Dilemmas in Randomized Clinical Trials.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
How to present : the ultimate guide to presenting your ideas and influencing people using techniques that actually work
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26258
Michelle Bowden.
--Milton, Qld:
John Wiley & Sons
, c2013.
- Call Number
- HF 5718.22 B784 2013
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
Do you get nervous when presenting at work? Do you want to showcase your knowledge, influence people and accelerate your career? Would you like to learn the secrets of successful speaking, communicating and presenting? How to Present reveals how you can be a confident, clear and influential presenter every time. Presentation skills expert Michelle Bowden shares her internationally proven 13-step system to exceptional presenting, starting with analysis (plan what you would like to achieve), the…
- Call Number
- HF 5718.22 B784 2013
- Author
- Bowden, Michelle
- Responsibility
- Michelle Bowden
- Place of Publication
- Milton, Qld
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 293 p.
- ISBN
- 9781118476246
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communication
- Persuasive Communication
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public speaking
- Business presentations
- Abstract
- Do you get nervous when presenting at work? Do you want to showcase your knowledge, influence people and accelerate your career? Would you like to learn the secrets of successful speaking, communicating and presenting? How to Present reveals how you can be a confident, clear and influential presenter every time. Presentation skills expert Michelle Bowden shares her internationally proven 13-step system to exceptional presenting, starting with analysis (plan what you would like to achieve), then design (put your presentation together) and delivery (communicate your message for results). Whether you're presenting or speaking to one person or thousands, this is the essential guide to becoming an outstanding presenter. How to Present will help you: maximise your impact in meetings, conferences and conversations; manage your nerves so you feel calm and confident; engage your audience and master the art of persuasion; deliver your message clearly and with authority; command attention and achieve your goals! There is no other book on the market like this that will take you step-by-step through the process of successful presenting.
- Contents
- Phase 1. Analysis, be clear on your goals -- Phase 2. Design, write your presentation -- Phase 3. Delivery, captivate your audience -- Resources -- Index.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Intracranial Pressure & Neuromonitoring XVI
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43190
Thomas Heldt, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
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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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- 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
Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Research : Skills and Strategies
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45377
Aarthi Ramlaul, editor.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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This exciting new book equips radiography students and practitioners with the key skills and strategies required to undertake research within medical imaging and radiotherapy and to disseminate the research findings effectively. Quantitative and qualitative research methods are covered, with guidance provided on the entire research process, from literature researching, information management and literature evaluation through to data collection, data analysis, and writing up. Attention is drawn …
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- Other Authors
- Ramlaul, Aarthi
- Responsibility
- Aarthi Ramlaul, editor
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 427 p.) : 71 illus., 36 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030379445
- 9783030379438 (Print ed.)
- 9783030379452 (Print ed.)
- 9783030379469 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomedical Research - methods
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Radiotherapy
- Specialty
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Radiotherapy
- Research
- Abstract
- This exciting new book equips radiography students and practitioners with the key skills and strategies required to undertake research within medical imaging and radiotherapy and to disseminate the research findings effectively. Quantitative and qualitative research methods are covered, with guidance provided on the entire research process, from literature researching, information management and literature evaluation through to data collection, data analysis, and writing up. Attention is drawn to sampling errors and other potential sources of bias, and the conduct of randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses are clearly explained. Specific instruction is given on the structure and presentation of dissertations, writing journal articles for publication, and the dissemination of research findings at conferences. Information on patient and public involvement in research and research funding bodies are also provided with advice on how to maximize the likelihood of success when submitting applications for funding.
- Contents
- Part I. Getting started with research -- 1. History of research -- 2. Finding a research question -- 3. Literature searching -- 4. Literature evaluation and critique -- 5. Reflective practice and the patient voice -- 6. Ethical considerations -- Part II. Research planning -- 7. Planning your research study -- 8. Types of information -- 9. Epidemiological research methods -- 10. Sampling errors, bias and objectivity -- 11. Research outcome measures -- Part III. Health technology assessment -- 12. Health technology assessment -- Part IV. Dosimetry and service evaluation -- 13. Dosimetry -- 14. Clinical audit -- Part V. Data analysis -- 15. Quantitative methods and analysis -- 16. Qualitative methods and analysis -- Part VI. Writing up and disseminating -- 17. Dissertation structure and presentation -- 18. Writing for publication and presenting at conferences -- 19. Applying for research funding -- 20. Research writing: tips and common errors.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Prostate Cancer Survivorship
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43420
Sanchia S. Goonewardene, Raj Persad.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This book provides information on a range of issues related to prostate cancer survivorship, including; psychosexual care, health related quality of life, treatment, follow-up care, new psychosexual pathways, and acute and chronic co-morbidities. The book also covers the needs and challenges in survivorship care, the requirements of care, the future of survivorship care, and role of patient conferences. This book aims to give oncologists, urologists, and specialist nurses help in how to manage …
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- Author
- Goonewardene, Sanchia S.
- Other Authors
- Persad, Raj
- Responsibility
- Sanchia S. Goonewardene, Raj Persad
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 369 p.) : 26 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319653587
- 9783319653570 (print ed.)
- 9783319653594 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cancer Survivors
- Prostatic Neoplasms - complications
- Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Urology
- Abstract
- This book provides information on a range of issues related to prostate cancer survivorship, including; psychosexual care, health related quality of life, treatment, follow-up care, new psychosexual pathways, and acute and chronic co-morbidities. The book also covers the needs and challenges in survivorship care, the requirements of care, the future of survivorship care, and role of patient conferences. This book aims to give oncologists, urologists, and specialist nurses help in how to manage patients in the prostate cancer survivorship phase. This guidance is based on real life experiences handling prostate cancer survivorship, and is developed further through utilising the views of both health care professionals and patients.
- Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Prostate cancer -- 4. Cancer survivorship -- 5. Prostate cancer and radical treatment -- 6. Definition of Psychosexual care and importance post-surgery for prostate cancer. 7. Barriers to psychosexual care -- 8. Impact of Psychosexual care on patient health related quality of life (QOL) -- 9. Importance of addressing psychosexual concerns -- 10. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment for improved sexual function -- 11. Post treatment monitoring for recurrence - the Çÿusual pathway -- 12. Current follow-up care pathway vs. a new Çÿpsychosexual' pathway -- 13. Current prostate cancer survivorship care pathways -- 14. Impact of Acute and chronic co-morbidities on psychosexual concerns -- 15. Barriers to psychosexual care- the "psycho-social" part -- 16. Assessment of psychosexual concerns, health related quality of life and acute and chronic co-morbidities in patients post-surgery for prostate cancer -- 17. Psychosexual interventions -- 18. Needs, challenges and UK survivorship initiative and solutions -- 19. Needs and challenges in survivorship care -- 20. Systematic review—Requirement for care -- 21 Systematic review - search strategy -- 22. Systematic Review - eligibility and types of studies to be included -- 23. Systematic review: identifying studies, data extraction and quality assessment of studies -- 24. Systematic review - characteristics of studies -- 25. Statement of main findings -- 26. Quality assessment of studies: systematic review -- 27. Did the studies address clearly focused issues? -- 28. Recruitment of cohorts -- 29. Tools used in assessment -- 30. Confounding factors and alteration of study design for studies in systematic review -- 31. Unmet needs and psychosexual concerns -- 32. Medical components of psychosexual pathways- medications and erectile devices -- 33. Medical components of psychosexual pathways- intracavernosal injection therapy and penile prostheses -- 34. Requirement for psychosexual pathways -- 35. Communication and support -- 36. Psychosexual concerns and time since procedure -- 37. Patient age, co-morbidities and psychosexual concerns -- 38. Psychosexual impairment, degree of surgery and erectile aids -- 39. Psychosexual care and quality of life -- 40. Psychosexual care and Integration back into society -- 41. Strengths and limitations- systematic review -- 42. Findings in relation to other psychosexual studies and trends in literature Çô systematic review -- 43. Current systematic reviews relating to systematic review -- 44. Psychosexual care and unmet need, Requirements for a psychosexual pathway and components of pathways -- 45. Psychosexual care and role of couple -- 46. Interventions on psychosexual concerns -- 47. Statement of main findings and specific areas of unmet needs arising from systematic review -- 48. Systematic review—conclusion -- 49. Follow-up pathway structures -- 50. Research methods in survivorship -- 51. Patient focus group results -- 52. Healthcare professional focus group results -- 53. Generation of themes -- 54. Survivorship care an unmet need -- 55. A new model of care -- 56. Areas to address in psychosexual care and survivorship -- 57. The future for survivorship care -- 58. Impact of psychosexual care on uro oncology -- 59. Impact of acute and chronic co-morbidities on survivorship -- 60. Assessment of psychosexual concerns, health related quality of life and acute and chronic co-morbidities in patients post-surgery for prostate cancer -- 61. Psychosexual interventions in survivorship care -- 62. Psychosexual care Çô the literature -- 63. Current NHS care -- 64. Unmet needs -- 65. The Worcestershire Prostate cancer database -- 66. The Prostate Cancer Survivorship care assessment tool -- 67. Role of patient conferences in current care -- 68. Prostate cancer survivorship- a systematic review -- 69. Medical requirements in survivorship -- 70. Sexual impairment in survivorship -- 71. Work related symptoms and support -- 72. Diet and exercise -- 73. Survivorship Inerventions -- 74. Development of survivorship interventions -- 75. Survivorship studies, methods of follow-up -- 76. Survivorship needs -- 77. Lack of care -- 78. Exercise and nutrition -- 79. Communication and families -- 80. Areas of care to be developed -- 81. Mixed methods research -- 82. Symptom control in survivorship care -- 83. Ongoing health needs -- 84. Medical requirements in survivorship -- 85. Work related symptoms -- 86. Medical care and communication -- 87. Psychosexual impairment and adjuvant therapy -- 88. Psychosexual care- what the literature says -- 89. Systematic review- diet and exercise therapy -- 90. UK diet and exercise studies -- 91. Medical requirements in survivorship -- 92. Diet and exercise- is it important? -- 93. Diet and exercise interventions -- 94. Patient diet and exercise needs.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Reports of the Ross Conferences on Pediatric Research
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat52652
Ross Research
- Holdings
- #1, - #40, 1950 - 1962 ; #44 - #91, 1962 - 1986 ; #93, 1987 ; #94, 1988 ; #106 - #108, 1996 - 1999.
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Publisher
- Ross Research
- Holdings
- #1, - #40, 1950 - 1962 ; #44 - #91, 1962 - 1986 ; #93, 1987 ; #94, 1988 ; #106 - #108, 1996 - 1999.
- ISSN
- 1066-3614
- Format
- Journal
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Loan Period
- 1 week
Surgical Oncology Manual
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39999
Frances C. Wright, Jaime Escallon, Moises Cukier, Melanie E. Tsang, Usmaan Hameed, editors.
(2nd ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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In 2011, the General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program at the University of Toronto sought to develop a practical approach to common oncology problems faced by general surgeons in a collaboration between current and previous fellows, as well as staff at the University of Toronto, including experts from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Odette Cancer Centre (at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, and St. Joseph's Hospital.…
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- Responsibility
- Frances C. Wright, Jaime Escallon, Moises Cukier, Melanie E. Tsang, Usmaan Hameed, editors
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 341 p. : 4 illus., 2 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319262765
- 9783319262741 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - surgery
- Notes
- Originally published by the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada, March 25, 2013.
- Abstract
- In 2011, the General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program at the University of Toronto sought to develop a practical approach to common oncology problems faced by general surgeons in a collaboration between current and previous fellows, as well as staff at the University of Toronto, including experts from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Odette Cancer Centre (at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, and St. Joseph's Hospital. This effort culminated in the publication of the Surgical Oncology Manual in March, 2012. The first edition received excellent feedback on its utility from both trainees and practicing surgeons alike. With the ever-changing landscape of surgical oncology, this edition is updated with new evidence and topics in the field, providing a succinct review of surgical oncology with a summary of key evidence in the work-up, treatment, and follow-up for each cancer site as well as a section of "Pearls", derived from the wide breadth of experience, skills, and abilities of the contributors. A clear, concise format has proven invaluable to the intended audience: surgical oncology fellows, practicing general surgeons, general surgery residents, and medical students.
- Contents
- 1. Tumours of the Adrenal Gland -- 2. Ampullary Cancer -- 3. Anal Cancer -- 4. Breast Cancer -- 5. Cholangiocarcinoma -- 6. Colon Cancer -- 7. Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 8. Gallbladder Cancer -- 9. Desmoid Fibromatosis and Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans -- 10. Gastric Adenocarcinoma -- 11. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours -- 12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- 13. Melanoma -- 14. Merkel Cell Carcinoma -- 15. Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences -- 16. Neuroendocrine Tumours (GastroEnteroPancreatic) -- 17. Non-melanoma Skin Cancer -- 18. Palliative Surgical Care -- 19. Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas -- 20. Peritoneal Surface Malignancies -- 21. Rectal Cancer -- 22. Retroperitoneal and Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas -- 23. Thyroid Cancer.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Surgical Oncology Manual
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45453
Frances C. Wright, Jaime M. Escallon, Moises Cukier, Melanie E. Tsang, Usmaan Hameed, editors.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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This third edition manual provides a comprehensive, insightful, evidenced-based review of general surgical oncology and serves as a valuable resource for general surgeons in training, practicing general surgeons, and surgical oncologists. The volume describes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates clinical, radiologic, and pathologic data in formulating practical clinical management, and offers a practical approach to the most common situations when treating cancer patients. Each chapter …
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- Frances C. Wright, Jaime M. Escallon, Moises Cukier, Melanie E. Tsang, Usmaan Hameed, editors
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 526 p.) : 19 illus., 17 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030483630
- 9783030483623 (Print ed.)
- 9783030483647 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - surgery
- Specialty
- Surgical Oncology
- Abstract
- This third edition manual provides a comprehensive, insightful, evidenced-based review of general surgical oncology and serves as a valuable resource for general surgeons in training, practicing general surgeons, and surgical oncologists. The volume describes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates clinical, radiologic, and pathologic data in formulating practical clinical management, and offers a practical approach to the most common situations when treating cancer patients. Each chapter focuses on an individual malignancy and describes the presentation of the malignancy, integrated management based on stage, landmark trials, and suggestions for who to discuss at multidisciplinary cancer conferences. Multiple tables in each chapter provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field. Clinical “pearls” or tips and tricks from high volume surgeons at the University of Toronto are also discussed. The third edition of the Surgical Oncology Manual will serve as a critical resource for general surgeons in training and practicing surgeons dealing with this challenging field.
- Contents
- 1. Tumors of the Adrenal Gland -- 2. Ampullary Cancer -- 3. Anal Cancer -- 4. Breast Cancer -- 5. Cholangiocarcinoma -- 6. Colon Cancer -- 7. Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 8. Desmoid Fibromatosis and Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans -- 9. Esophageal Cancer -- 10. Gallbladder Cancer -- 11. Gastric Adenocarcinoma -- 12. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor -- 13. Geriatric Surgical Oncology -- 14. Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- 15. Malignancy of Unknown Primary -- 16. Melanoma -- 17. Merkel Cell Carcinoma -- 18. Neuroendocrine Tumors (Gastroenteropancreatic) -- 19. Non-melanoma Skin Cancer -- 20. Palliative Surgical Care -- 21. Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas -- 22. Peritoneal Surface Malignancies -- 23. Rectal Cancer -- 24. Retroperitoneal and Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas -- 25. Tumors of the Thyroid Gland.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Systemic Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Disorders in Pediatrics
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39239
Rolando Cimaz, editor.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2015.
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This comprehensive volume provides the current state of the art use of corticosteroids in the pediatric age group. The book consists of 14 chapters written by leading authors from around the world. The first chapters deal with historical notes, general concepts on treatment with corticosteroids with regard to indications and side effects, and the basic pharmacologic properties of these compounds. The rest of the book is devoted to the specific use of corticosteroids in the different pediatric s…
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- Cimaz, Rolando
- Responsibility
- Rolando Cimaz, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 184 p. : 12 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319160566
- 9783319160559 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use
- Inflammation - drug therapy
- Pediatrics - methods
- Abstract
- This comprehensive volume provides the current state of the art use of corticosteroids in the pediatric age group. The book consists of 14 chapters written by leading authors from around the world. The first chapters deal with historical notes, general concepts on treatment with corticosteroids with regard to indications and side effects, and the basic pharmacologic properties of these compounds. The rest of the book is devoted to the specific use of corticosteroids in the different pediatric subspecialties. Despite advances with newer effective immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids still remain the mainstay of therapy for many disorders. Rolando Cimaz is Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Meyer Children's Hopital in Florence, Italy, and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated from Milan University in Italy in 1987, is a specialist in Pediatrics (1991) and in Rheumatology (2003), and did his Fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology in Dallas, Texas, USA, in 1993-1994. He was Maitre de Conférences des Universités at Université Claude Bernard-Lyon in Lyon, France from 2005 to 2007. His main interest is pediatric rheumatology, and he has special expertise and scientific interest in osteoporosis, antiphospholipid antibodies, Kawasaki disease, synovial T cells, and neonatal lupus. Currently he is involved in many research projects, nationally and internationally. He has been on the Council of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society from 1999 to 2005 (treasurer), and from 2014-present (Research Chair). He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Italian Society of Pediatrics, and the French Society of Pediatric Inflammatory Diseases. He is co-author of more than 230 peer-reviewed articles on PubMed, as well as more than 20 book chapters, all in the field of pediatric rheumatology. He is, or has been, on the Editorial board of several international journals (Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Lupus, Arthritis and Rheumatism) and co-edited the book "Systemic Autoimmune Diseases in Pediatrics.".
- Contents
- [publisher supplied] Systemic Corticosteroids for Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disorders in Children Introduction -- Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Childhood Rheumatic Diseases: A Historical Review -- Systemic Corticosteroids for Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disorders in Children: Clinical Aspects -- The molecular and cellular mechanisms responsible for the anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids -- CORTICOSTEROIDS IN JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS -- Systemic Corticosteroids in Childhood Vasculitides -- Steroids in paediatric-onset SLE and other connective tissue diseases -- GLUCOCORTICOID IN PEDIATRIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS -- CORTICOSTEROIDS IN PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY -- Corticosteroids in pediatric endocrinology -- SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROIDS IN RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN CHILDREN -- Corticosteroids in Paediatric Nephrology -- Corticosteroids in neonatology: Postnatal corticosteroids in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. Program
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42793
Subhash Chandra Parija, Vikram Kate, editors.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2018.
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This book on Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. program focuses on the difficulties students encounter with regard to choosing a guide; selecting an appropriate research title considering the available resources; conducting research; and ways to overcome the hardships they face while researching, writing and preparing their dissertation for submission. Thesis writing is an essential skill that medical and other postgraduates are expected to learn during their academic career as a mandatory p…
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- Parija, Subhash Chandra
- Kate, Vikram
- Responsibility
- Subhash Chandra Parija, Vikram Kate, editors
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 317 p.) : 83 illus., 70 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811308901
- 9789811308895 (print ed.)
- 9789811308918 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Academic Dissertations as Topic
- Education, Graduate
- Writing
- Specialty
- Education, Medical
- Abstract
- This book on Thesis Writing for Master's and Ph.D. program focuses on the difficulties students encounter with regard to choosing a guide; selecting an appropriate research title considering the available resources; conducting research; and ways to overcome the hardships they face while researching, writing and preparing their dissertation for submission. Thesis writing is an essential skill that medical and other postgraduates are expected to learn during their academic career as a mandatory partial requirement in order to receive the Master's degree. However, at the majority of medical schools, writing a thesis is largely based on self-learning, which adds to the burden on students due to the tremendous amount of time spent learning the writing skills in addition to their exhausting clinical and academic work. Due to the difficulties faced during the early grooming years and lack of adequate guidance, acquiring writing skills continues to be a daunting task for most students. This book addresses these difficulties and deficiencies and provides comprehensive guidance, from selecting the research title to publishing in a scientific journal.
- Contents
- Part I. Deciding on the Topic/Area of Research/Approval -- Thesis, Dissertation and Project -- Objectives of Writing Thesis -- Choosing a Suitable Research Area and Supervisor -- Assessing Availability of Facilities, Infrastructure and Resources -- Obtaining Support and Grants for Research -- How to Write a Protocol -- Approval of the Institute Review Board, Ethics Committee and Registering with the Clinical Trial Registry -- Part II. Conduct of Research and Analysis -- Plan and Conduct of Research: Observational and Interventional Study Designs -- Data Management in Clinical Research -- Preparing and Decoding the Master Chart -- Statistical Analysis: Data Presentation and Statistical Tests -- Part III. Structuring the Material and Writing the Thesis -- Preparing a Title Page, Abstract and Table of Contents Page -- Methods and Materials in a Thesis -- Writing the Review of Literature in a Thesis -- Drawing Observations from Data and Making Conclusions -- Preparing Figures and Tables -- Citations and References with Citation and H-Index -- Part IV. Editing the Thesis -- Editing for Language and Avoiding Ambiguity in Data Presentation -- Plagiarism and Copyright, Acknowledgements, Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest -- Part V. Publishing and Presenting the Research Work -- Preparing Manuscript from Thesis Material and Selecting Journals for Submission -- Presenting Thesis in Conferences: Oral and Poster Presentation -- Part VI. Thesis for Master’s Degree/Specialty And Sub-Specialty Courses in Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy Course -- Writing Thesis for Speciality Courses in Medicine -- Writing Thesis for Sub-speciality Courses in Medicine -- Dissertation Writing for Master of Science Course -- Writing Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy Course -- Part VII. Statistical/English Language/ Plagiarism Software -- Statistical Packages for Data Analysis -- English Language and Other Software Used in Thesis -- Plagiarism Software.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
