The myth of Alzheimer's : what you aren't being told about today's most dreaded diagnosis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23503
Whitehouse, Peter J.
--New York, NY:
St Martin's Press
, 2008.
- Call Number
- WT 155 W593m 2008
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WT 155 W593m 2008
- Author
- Whitehouse, Peter J
- Other Authors
- George, Daniel
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 317 p.
- ISBN
- 9780312368166
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alzheimer Disease - Popular Works
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
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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- Location
- Online
- Available 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
Medication-Related Falls in Older People : Causative Factors and Management Strategies
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40217
Allen R. Huang, Louise Mallet, editors.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2016.
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- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Comprising a single repository of knowledge and scientific evidence in the field, this book provides strategies to mitigate fall risk by providing information on the complex interactions between aging processes, co-morbid conditions and prescribed medications in older patients. Geriatric health is becoming a more prominent issue as the population ages, and balancing the beneficial effects of medication against the potential and real side-effects in these patients involves a deliberate and thoug…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Huang, Allen R
- Mallet, Louise
- Responsibility
- Allen R. Huang, Louise Mallet, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 261 p. : 12 illus., 9 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319323046
- 9783319323022 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Accidental Falls - prevention & control
- Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- Comprising a single repository of knowledge and scientific evidence in the field, this book provides strategies to mitigate fall risk by providing information on the complex interactions between aging processes, co-morbid conditions and prescribed medications in older patients. Geriatric health is becoming a more prominent issue as the population ages, and balancing the beneficial effects of medication against the potential and real side-effects in these patients involves a deliberate and thoughtful task: physiologic aging, the accumulation of co-morbidities, and the use of drugs to manage various conditions and symptoms generates a unique set of problems for each patient. Falls are a dreaded event in older people. The event can affect a person in a physical, and psychological manner, resulting in soft tissue and bony injury, fear of falling, and depression. The identification of and reduction in fall risks in older people is a worldwide concern, and reducing the incidence of falls is a ubiquitous quality measure of health care delivery. Heterogeneity amongst older people precludes a single solution. However, physicians and others involved in the care of geriatric patients will benefit from the presented insights into how medication use can be modified to limit its impact as a contributing factor.
- Contents
- Part I. Background -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Aging Population and Falls: Consequences and Costs -- 3. Falls Count and Counting Falls: Making Sense of Data About Falls -- Part 2. Drugs and Falls: Why are Older People at Risk? -- Part II.: Drugs and Falls: Why Are Older People at Risk? -- 4. Polypharmacy -- 5. Pharmacology of Drugs in Aging -- 6. Age-Related Physical and Physiologic Changes and Co-Morbidities in Older People: Association with Falls -- 7. Adverse Events & Falls -- 8. Risk Factors for Falls in the Elderly -- Part III. Medications Associated with Falls in the Elderly -- 9. Psychotropic Drugs -- 10. Benzodiazepines -- 11. Drugs for Degenerative Neurologic Conditions: Antiparkinson Medications, Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine -- 12. Antihypertensive and Cardiovascular Medications -- 13. Glucose Control Medications -- Part IV. Management of Medication-Related Falls -- 14. Inappropriate Medications and Risk of Falls in Older Adults -- 15. Identifying Explicit Criteria for the Prevention of Falls -- 16. Approach to Medication Reviews in Older Adults -- 17. Withdrawal of Falls-Risk Increasing Drugs -- 18. Benzodiazepines Withdrawal in the Elderly: A Practical Approach -- 19. Role of Information and Communication Technologies -- 20. A Novel Personalized Falls Risk Calculator Tool: A Prototype for Improving the Safety of Prescribing Through Computerized Decision Support -- 21. Future Directions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Critical Limb Ischemia : Acute and Chronic
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41310
Robert S. Dieter, Raymond A. Dieter, Jr, Raymond A. Dieter, III, Aravinda Nanjundappa, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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- Location
- Online
This book provides a comprehensive overview of acute and chronic critical limb ischemia (CLI). Loss of an extremity, or a portion thereof, is not necessarily a life-ending process, but it is a debilitating experience whether involvement is of the upper or the lower extremity. It reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, etiology, physical examination, imaging modalities, diagnosis, and treatment of limb ischemia. It investigates the most frequent as well as the more unusual etiological process…
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- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- Robert S. Dieter, Raymond A. Dieter, Jr, Raymond A. Dieter, III, Aravinda Nanjundappa, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 671 pages) : 555 illus., 430 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319319919
- 9783319319896 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Extremities - blood supply
- Ischemia - diagnosis
- Ischemia - therapy
- Abstract
- This book provides a comprehensive overview of acute and chronic critical limb ischemia (CLI). Loss of an extremity, or a portion thereof, is not necessarily a life-ending process, but it is a debilitating experience whether involvement is of the upper or the lower extremity. It reviews the epidemiology, pathophysiology, etiology, physical examination, imaging modalities, diagnosis, and treatment of limb ischemia. It investigates the most frequent as well as the more unusual etiological processes that may lead to the most dreaded concern of patients and families: amputation. The therapeutics of CLI has been significantly advanced through the multidisciplinary approach to the patient and disease, a focus that is explored in detail throughout the book. Surgical and endovascular treatment guidelines as well as medical therapy, wound healing, and long-term care are discussed. Featuring an extensive illustration program, Critical Limb Ischemia: Acute and Chronic, is a valuable resource for vascular and endovascular surgeons, vascular medicine specialists, interventional radiologists, and cardiologists.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
