Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) : Inherited Heart Disease Clinic
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34669
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Inherited Heart Disease Clinic.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0631
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy thickens the heart muscle. It usually affects the wall between the 2 bottom chambers (called the septum). When the muscle thickens, it gets stiff. This makes it hard for the bottom chambers to relax and fill with blood before each heartbeat. Thick heart muscle can cause scar tissue. Scar tissue can put you at a higher risk of dangerous, fast heart rhythms. The pamphlet gives the cause of HCM, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Further resources are also given.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Inherited Heart Disease Clinic
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart--Hypertrophy
- Myocardium--Diseases
- Specialty
- Cardiovascular system
- Abstract
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy thickens the heart muscle. It usually affects the wall between the 2 bottom chambers (called the septum). When the muscle thickens, it gets stiff. This makes it hard for the bottom chambers to relax and fill with blood before each heartbeat. Thick heart muscle can cause scar tissue. Scar tissue can put you at a higher risk of dangerous, fast heart rhythms. The pamphlet gives the cause of HCM, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Further resources are also given.
- Notes
- Previous title: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) : Inherited Heart Disease (IHD) Clinic
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Inherited Heart Disease Clinic, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 0631
Abdominal aneurysm
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34473
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Vascular Surgery.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0591
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
An aneurysm happens when a blood vessel gets bigger than normal. When an aneurysm happens in the main artery of the abdomen, it is called an abdominal aneurysm. This pamphlet explains why an aneurysm happens, who is at risk, how it is diagnosed, why it is life-threatening, and how it is treated. The French version of this pamphlet 2079, "Anévrisme de l’aorte abdominale", is also available.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Vascular Surgery
- Alternate Title
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (4 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Abdominal aneurysm
- Abdominal aorta
- Abstract
- An aneurysm happens when a blood vessel gets bigger than normal. When an aneurysm happens in the main artery of the abdomen, it is called an abdominal aneurysm. This pamphlet explains why an aneurysm happens, who is at risk, how it is diagnosed, why it is life-threatening, and how it is treated. The French version of this pamphlet 2079, "Anévrisme de l’aorte abdominale", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Vascular Surgery, QEII
- Pamphlet Number
- 0591
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35157
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cobequid Community Health Centre. Respiratory Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1233
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive (gets worse over time) lung disorder. It is most commonly caused by smoking. COPD can be chronic (ongoing) bronchitis, emphysema, or a combination of both. This pamphlet identifies persons at risk for COPD, the signs and symptoms to watch for, and how it is diagnosed and managed.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Cobequid Community Health Centre. Respiratory Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Diseases
- Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive
- Abstract
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive (gets worse over time) lung disorder. It is most commonly caused by smoking. COPD can be chronic (ongoing) bronchitis, emphysema, or a combination of both. This pamphlet identifies persons at risk for COPD, the signs and symptoms to watch for, and how it is diagnosed and managed.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Respiratory Services, Cobequid Community Health Centre
- Pamphlet Number
- 1233
YAG laser capsulotomy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams34346
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Eye Care Centre.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0464
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
A cataract is when the lens in your eye gets cloudy over time. The lens sits in a capsule (clear sac). During surgery, the cloudy lens is removed, leaving the capsule in place. A lens implant is put in front of the capsule. In up to half of patients who have had cataract surgery, the capsule also gets cloudy. When this happens, vision becomes blurred. This cloudiness can be treated with a YAG laser. The YAG laser is used to make an opening in the capsule (capsulotomy), like making a hole in a p…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Eye Care Centre
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Posterior Capsulotomy
- Cataract Extraction
- Capsule Opacification - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cataract--Surgery--Complications
- Cataract
- Abstract
- A cataract is when the lens in your eye gets cloudy over time. The lens sits in a capsule (clear sac). During surgery, the cloudy lens is removed, leaving the capsule in place. A lens implant is put in front of the capsule. In up to half of patients who have had cataract surgery, the capsule also gets cloudy. When this happens, vision becomes blurred. This cloudiness can be treated with a YAG laser. The YAG laser is used to make an opening in the capsule (capsulotomy), like making a hole in a piece of plastic wrap. Vision is usually clearer 1 to 2 days after the treatment. The pamphlet describes getting ready for treatment, what happens during, and what to expect after. A list of possible complications are given. The French version of this pamphlet 1947, "Capsulotomie au laser YAG", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Eye Care Centre
- Pamphlet Number
- 0464
Veterans' Oral Health Program : Information for veterans and their families
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35510
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Veterans' Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1024
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This program was developed to make sure that each veteran gets the best oral care. Some of the things this program includes are: oral health assessments on admission and each year, as well as regular dental check-ups. You or your family will be asked to provide some additional supplies. This pamphlet provides space for you or your health care team to write out the supplies you will need and the types of care that you will get.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Veterans' Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Oral Health
- Veterans
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Hospital dental service
- Veterans
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Abstract
- This program was developed to make sure that each veteran gets the best oral care. Some of the things this program includes are: oral health assessments on admission and each year, as well as regular dental check-ups. You or your family will be asked to provide some additional supplies. This pamphlet provides space for you or your health care team to write out the supplies you will need and the types of care that you will get.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by Veterans' Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 1024
Capsulotomie au laser YAG
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36510
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Eye Care Centre.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1947
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
On parle d’une cataracte quand le cristallin de votre œil devient trouble ou opaque avec le temps. Le cristallin se trouve dans une capsule (ou enveloppe). Pendant la chirurgie, le cristallin opaque est enlevé, mais la capsule demeure en place. Une lentille intraoculaire est placée à l’avant de la capsule. Jusqu’à la moitié des capsules des personnes qui ont subi une chirurgie pour la cataracte deviendront brumeuses elles aussi. Quand cela se produit, la vision devient trouble. Cette opacité pe…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Eye Care Centre
- Alternate Title
- YAG laser capsulotomy
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Posterior Capsulotomy
- Cataract Extraction
- Capsule Opacification - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cataract--Surgery--Complications
- Cataract
- Abstract
- On parle d’une cataracte quand le cristallin de votre œil devient trouble ou opaque avec le temps. Le cristallin se trouve dans une capsule (ou enveloppe). Pendant la chirurgie, le cristallin opaque est enlevé, mais la capsule demeure en place. Une lentille intraoculaire est placée à l’avant de la capsule. Jusqu’à la moitié des capsules des personnes qui ont subi une chirurgie pour la cataracte deviendront brumeuses elles aussi. Quand cela se produit, la vision devient trouble. Cette opacité peut être traitée au moyen d’un laser YAG. Le laser YAG est utilisé pour faire une ouverture dans la capsule (capsulotomie), comme lorsque l’on fait un trou dans une pellicule d’emballage en plastique. La vision est généralement plus claire 1 à 2 journées après le traitement. La présente brochure explique comment se préparer, ce qui se passe pendant le traitement et à quoi s’attendre après. On y présente aussi une liste des complications possibles.
- This is a French translation of the English pamphlet 0464, “YAG Laser Capsulotomy”. A cataract is when the lens in your eye gets cloudy over time. The lens sits in a capsule. During surgery, the cloudy lens is removed, leaving the capsule in place. A lens implant is put in front of the capsule. In up to half of patients who have had cataract surgery, the capsule also becomes cloudy. When this happens, vision becomes blurred. This cloudiness can be treated with a YAG laser. The YAG laser is used to make an opening in the capsule (capsulotomy), like making a hole in a piece of plastic wrap. Vision is usually clearer 1 to 2 days after the treatment. The pamphlet describes getting ready for treatment, what happens during, and what to expect after. A list of possible complications are given.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Eye Care Centre
- Pamphlet Number
- 1947
Blepharospasm (eyelid twitching)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37510
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Eye Care Centre.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2241
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Blepharospasm (also called benign essential blepharospasm) is a rare condition that affects the eyelid muscles on both sides of your face. It causes eyelid twitching or blinking that you cannot control. In severe (very bad) cases, blepharospasm can affect your ability to see. This pamphlet provides the possible cause and a list of symptoms. Topics include who typically gets blepharospasm, how it is diagnosed, treatment, and things you can do to relieve symptoms.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Eye Care Centre
- Alternate Title
- Eyelid twitching
- Benign essential blepharospasm
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (5 p.): digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Blepharospasm
- Eyelid Diseases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Eyelids--Diseases
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Abstract
- Blepharospasm (also called benign essential blepharospasm) is a rare condition that affects the eyelid muscles on both sides of your face. It causes eyelid twitching or blinking that you cannot control. In severe (very bad) cases, blepharospasm can affect your ability to see. This pamphlet provides the possible cause and a list of symptoms. Topics include who typically gets blepharospasm, how it is diagnosed, treatment, and things you can do to relieve symptoms.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Eye Care Centre
- Pamphlet Number
- 2241
Managing Myositis : A Practical Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44898
Rohit Aggarwal, Chester V. Oddis, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive book serves as a guide in the day-to-day management of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), with a particular emphasis on adult dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), juvenile dermatomyositis, necrotizing myositis, and inclusion body myositis. Practical in nature, it presents IIM concepts in a straightforward fashion, with high-quality figures, algorithms, and flowcharts supplementing each of the expertly authored chapters. The book begins with an introdu…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Aggarwal, Rohit
- Oddis, Chester V.
- Responsibility
- Rohit Aggarwal, Chester V. Oddis, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 364 p.) : 81 illus., 65 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030158200
- 9783030158194 (Print ed.)
- 9783030158217 (Print ed.)
- 9783030158224 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Myositis - complications
- Myositis - diagnosis
- Myositis - therapy
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Rheumatology
- Abstract
- This comprehensive book serves as a guide in the day-to-day management of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), with a particular emphasis on adult dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), juvenile dermatomyositis, necrotizing myositis, and inclusion body myositis. Practical in nature, it presents IIM concepts in a straightforward fashion, with high-quality figures, algorithms, and flowcharts supplementing each of the expertly authored chapters. The book begins with an introduction to myositis, providing an overview of the myositis basics and what type of patient is affected. Subsequent chapters are organized by the sequence in which a physician often manages myositis, from initial presentation and workup, to diagnosis, treatment, and finally prognostic and long-term outcome factors. The key differentials in various diagnostic studies are thoroughly examined, including electromyography, muscle biopsy, and MRI. Managing Myositis: A Practical Guide is an easy to-read, indispensable resource for internists, rheumatologists, dermatologists, pulmonologists, and neurologists.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to Myositis -- 2. Myositis Basics/Who Gets Myositis -- 3. Evaluating the patient with suspected myositis -- 4. Asymptomatic HyperCKemia -- 5. Clinical Features of Myositis Patients: Muscular Manifestations -- 6. Clinical Features of Myositis Patients: Skin Manifestations -- 7. Clinical Features of Myositis Patients: Lung Manifestations -- 8. Clinical Features of Myositis Patients: Cardiac Manifestations -- 9. Clinical Features of Myositis Patients: Juvenile Dermatomyositis clinical features -- 10. Clinical Features of Myositis Patients: Other Manifestations: Arthritis, Raynaud Phenomenon, Constitutional -- 11. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Definition and Classification of Myositis -- 12. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Electrodiagnostic Testing -- 13. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Muscle biopsy and interpretation -- 14. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Skin Biopsy and Interpretation -- 15. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Lung Biopsy and Interpretation -- 16. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Muscle MRI -- 17. Making the Diagnosis of Myositis: Beyond the History and Physical Examination: Laboratory Testing in Myositis -- 18. Role of ANA and Myositis Autoantibodies in Diagnosis -- 19. Role of Myositis Autoantibodies in Management and Prognosis -- 20. Traditional Myositis Autoantibodies: Synthetase, Mi-2, SRP, Ku, PM-Scl, Ro, U1RNP -- 21. Dermatomyositis-associated Autoantibodies: TIF1-?, NXP2, and MDA5 -- 22. Newly described Myositis Autoantibodies: HMGCR, NT5C1A, SAE, PUF60 -- 23. Myositis Mimics: The Differential Diagnosis of Myositis -- 24. Immune Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM) -- 25. Cancer Associated Myositis -- 26. Myositis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease -- 27. Pregnancy in Myositis -- 28. Pathogenesis of Myositis -- 29. Management Considerations: Pharmacologic Intervention -- 30. Management Considerations: Juvenile Dermatomyositis -- 31. Management Considerations: Refractory Skin Rash and Calcinosis -- 32. Management Considerations: Interstitial Lung Disease -- 33. Role of Exercise in the Management of Myositis -- 34. Dietary Considerations in Myositis -- 35. Distinguishing Disease Activity and Damage in Myositis.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Scrub's Bible : How to Assist at Cataract and Corneal Surgery with a Primer on the Anatomy of the Human Eye and Self Assessment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45291
Richard S. Koplin, David C. Ritterband, Emily Schorr, John A. Seedor, Elaine Wu.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The second edition of The Scrub's Bible is a timely, comprehensive resource, which will include extensive chapter and content updates, along with 50 new images and drawings. Updated sections will delve into subjects of endothelial transplantation, as well as cataract surgery and new medical and technological developments: femtosecond lasers, innovations in premium lens implant technologies, optiwave refractive analysis, and combined glaucoma and cataract surgery. Additional extensive chapter up…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Koplin, Richard S.
- Other Authors
- Ritterband, David C.
- Schorr, Emily
- Seedor, John A.
- Wu, Elaine
- Responsibility
- Richard S. Koplin, David C. Ritterband, Emily Schorr, John A. Seedor, Elaine Wu
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 221 p.) : 141 illus., 106 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030443450
- 9783030443443 (Print ed.)
- 9783030443467 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cataract Extraction - methods
- Corneal Transplantation - methods
- Ophthalmic Assistants
- Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - instrumentation
- Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - methods
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Abstract
- The second edition of The Scrub's Bible is a timely, comprehensive resource, which will include extensive chapter and content updates, along with 50 new images and drawings. Updated sections will delve into subjects of endothelial transplantation, as well as cataract surgery and new medical and technological developments: femtosecond lasers, innovations in premium lens implant technologies, optiwave refractive analysis, and combined glaucoma and cataract surgery. Additional extensive chapter updates in the surgical tray, self-assessment, and corneal transplantation will be described in great detail as well. Directed at the growing number of untutored personnel aspiring to enter the disciplines of ophthalmic technicianry and surgical assisting, The Scrub's Bible, 2nd edition remains a key entry level guide to understanding the human eye, its basic anatomy, and physiology. Absorbing this information serves as the foundation for the authors, who are all skilled and respected eye surgeons, educators, and surgery center owners, to draw the reader through the fundamentals of the two most common areas of ophthalmic surgery: cataract and corneal/refractive surgery. The Scrub's Bible 2nd edition will build upon the first edition--remaining a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read tool that is broken down into discreet and understandable elements, meant to avoid the intimidating rhetoric of a standard reference.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of Eye Surgery -- 3. The Advent of Ambulatory Eye Surgery -- 4. The Eye and Its Anatomical Considerations -- 5. How We See -- 6. Contemplating Cataract Surgery -- 7. How the Patient Gets from the Front Door of the ASC to Your OR Suite -- 8. Decorum in the OR -- 10. Setting Up Your OR Suite -- 11. The Phaco Machine -- 12. Setting up the Phaco Machine -- 13. Troubleshooting the Phaco Machine -- 14. Cataract Surgery: More than One Way to Skin a Cat -- 15. Femto Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery (FLACS) -- 16. Performing Phaco -- 17. Lens Implants and Implantation: Determining Lens Power and Design -- 18. Glaucoma Treatment as an Adjunct to Cataract Surgery -- 19. Complications Encountered, Instruments at the Ready: Here Is a List of “What-Ifs” and “What to Do’s” -- 20. The Surgical Tray for Cataract Surgery (Example) -- 21. Surgeon-Specific Instruments -- 22. Self-Assessment Test Cataract Surgery -- 23. Surgical Checklist -- 24. Secondary IOLs -- 25. Corneal Surgery: The Cornea – How It Works -- 26. Corneal Transplantation: Penetrating Keratoplasty -- 27. Corneal Transplantation: Keratoprosthesis -- 28. Corneal Transplantation: Endothelial Keratoplasty/DSAEK -- 29. Corneal Transplantation: Endothelial Keratoplasty/DMEK -- 30. Pterygium Surgery -- 31. Band Keratopathy Removal -- 32. Complications Encountered, Instruments at the Ready: Here Is a List of “What Ifs” and “What to Do’s” -- 33. Surgical Tray: Penetrating Keratoplasty -- 34. Surgical Tray: Keratoprosthesis -- 35. Surgical Tray: DSAEK -- 36. Surgical Tray: DMEK -- 37. Surgical Tray Pterygium -- 38. Self-Assessment Test for Corneal Surgery -- 39. Resource Materials -- 40. Glossary of Terms -- 41. Medications List.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cancer : The Enemy from Within : A Comprehensive Textbook of Cancer’s Causes, Complexities and Consequences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45516
Carolyn Compton.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Holdings
- Cape Breton Regional: 2005 - 2007.
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author’s many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the major milestones and setbacks in the ongoing…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Compton, Carolyn
- Responsibility
- Carolyn Compton
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Holdings
- Cape Breton Regional: 2005 - 2007.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 330 p.) : 157 illus., 149 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030406516
- 9783030406509 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406523 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406530 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Burden of Disease
- Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Neoplasms - epidemiology
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Palliative Care
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author’s many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the major milestones and setbacks in the ongoing quest to understand the wide variety of cancers that continue to impact the world. Subsequent chapters then address pathogenesis, incidence and mortality statistics, risk factors, causal factors, screening challenges and victories, treatment strategies, and disease prevention approaches. This wealth of clinical information is further supplemented with socioeconomic discussions on the financial, social, ethical, technological, regulatory, political, and logistical challenges that limit progress in cancer research. A soon to be gold-standard text that thoroughly and expertly describes cancer as a composite, adaptive system, Cancer: The Enemy from Within equips and empowers all undergraduate students and graduate students to better understand this continually perplexing disease. Clinicians across all disciplines may also find this work of great interest.
- Contents
- 1. The Nature and Origins of Cancer -- 2. Cancer Initiation, Promotion and Progression and the Acquisition of Key Behavioral Traits -- 3. Understanding the Hallmark Characteristics of Cancer -- 4. A Short History of Cancer – How Did We Get Here? -- 5. Who Gets Cancer and Why? What Are the Consequences for Human Life and Longevity? How Can We Intervene? How Can We Track Progress? -- 6. Screening for Cancer: Find It Early; Treat It Early; Save Lives -- 7. Fundamentals of Cancer Diagnosis and Assessment -- 8. Local Therapy for Cancer -- 9. Systemic Therapy for Cancer -- 10. Palliative Care, Hospice, and End of Life -- 11. Development of New Cancer Therapies -- 12. Cancer and Society.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Oral irons and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35375
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Renal Program.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1469
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Your red blood cells need iron to help carry oxygen through your body. Many people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have anemia (not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood). Oral irons, such as ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous fumarate, and FeraMAX® 150, will give you enough iron to make make hemoglobin. This will make sure your body gets enough oxygen. How to take and store these medicines, and what side effects to watch for are reviewed.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Renal Program
- Alternate Title
- Oral irons and CKD
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Renal insufficiency, chronic - complications
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - drug therapy
- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency - drug therapy
- Abstract
- Your red blood cells need iron to help carry oxygen through your body. Many people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have anemia (not enough red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood). Oral irons, such as ferrous sulfate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous fumarate, and FeraMAX® 150, will give you enough iron to make make hemoglobin. This will make sure your body gets enough oxygen. How to take and store these medicines, and what side effects to watch for are reviewed.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Renal Program
- Pamphlet Number
- 1469
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.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Open access
- Location
- 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…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- 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
Late Preterm Infants : A Guide for Nurses, Midwives, Clinicians and Allied Health Professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44127
Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume analyses the distinct care needs of late preterm infants and their parents by reflecting on the best available evidence to inform on practice and latest innovations in care. It addresses the spectrum of issues experienced by late preterm infants and their parents to ensure their health life trajectories. We define late preterm infants as those born between 34 to 36 weeks’ gestational age. The book uses creative writing prompts and a narrative style to gain insight and self-reflectio…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Premji, Shahirose Sadrudin
- Responsibility
- Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 152 p.) : 20 illus., 8 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319943527
- 9783319943510 (Print ed.)
- 9783319943534 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infant Care
- Infant, Premature
- Maternal-Child Nursing
- Pediatric Nursing
- Specialty
- Perinatology
- Abstract
- This volume analyses the distinct care needs of late preterm infants and their parents by reflecting on the best available evidence to inform on practice and latest innovations in care. It addresses the spectrum of issues experienced by late preterm infants and their parents to ensure their health life trajectories. We define late preterm infants as those born between 34 to 36 weeks’ gestational age. The book uses creative writing prompts and a narrative style to gain insight and self-reflection in and on practice to move the reader to embracing best practices. Issues such as mother’s physical and emotional health, father’s burden in postpartum period and neurodevelopmental outcomes of late preterm infants are specifically addressed. Areas of innovation are shared for consideration to prompt readers thinking about continuous improvement in quality of care. The book shares local and global perspectives to address the common concerns related to care of late preterm infants and their families, and to foster a partnership in promoting their health all across the globe. It is intended to any health care providers such as nurses, midwives, physicians and other allied care professionals like health visitors, community health workers.
- Contents
- 1. Who is the late preterm infant and what trouble can he potentially gets into after birth? -- 2. Mother’s physical health before delivery matters: what happens and why?! Why is hypoglycaemia a potential concern forlate preterm infants? -- 3. Mother’s emotional health during pregnancy matters: what happens and why?! -- 4. What do I need to know about the father of a late preterm infant to support him in the postpartum period? -- 5. The social organization of nurses’ work with late preterm infants in non-tertiary settings: say that again? -- 6. Why is it so hard to breastfeed a late preterm infant and what can I do to help parents? -- 7. Why is it so hard to breastfeed a late preterm infant and how to help parents? -- 8. Am I a frequent flyer? Taking care of late preterm infants and their parents in the community -- 9. Late preterm infants and neurodevelopmental outcomes: Why do I need to serve and return? Are there innovative therapies we can explore? -- 10. Perspectives from health care providers local to global: Words of wisdom. Personal reflections of caring for late preterm infants -- 11. The alternative facts about late preterm infants: You mean there are fake stories about me?
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Managing low back pain
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36518
Nova Scotia Health Authority. The BACK Program (Dalhousie University), Nova Scotia Health Authority. Department of Emergency Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Physiotherapy.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1967
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
You are not alone. Back pain is very common and usually gets better over time without any prescription or diagnostic imaging (such as an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan). This guide includes some tips to help you manage your back pain at home. Exercises to do when you are having pain are listed (along with pictures to help guide you). Other general tips and treatment options are given. Symptoms are given for when to see your family health care provider versus when to go directly to the Emergency Departm…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. The BACK Program (Dalhousie University)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Department of Emergency Medicine
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Physiotherapy
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Low Back Pain - prevention and control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Backache
- Backache--Patients--Rehabilitation
- Abstract
- You are not alone. Back pain is very common and usually gets better over time without any prescription or diagnostic imaging (such as an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan). This guide includes some tips to help you manage your back pain at home. Exercises to do when you are having pain are listed (along with pictures to help guide you). Other general tips and treatment options are given. Symptoms are given for when to see your family health care provider versus when to go directly to the Emergency Department. The French version of this pamphlet 2189, "Traitement de la lombalgie (mal au bas du dos)," is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: The BACK Program (Dalhousie University), Physiotherapy (NSHA) and Department of Emergency Medicine (NSHA)
- Pamphlet Number
- 1967
Talking to children about death and grief : information for parents and caregivers
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36603
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2024
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet outlines how to help your child cope with dying, death, and grief. It explains how children may react when someone is very ill, planning appropriately for family visits at the hospital or hospice, the importance of making time to talk to your child, guidance on whether children should be present at death, and guidance on telling a child that someone has died. Other topics include: getting ready for rituals and funerals, the importance of children needing to talk about grief openly…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (16 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Child
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Death
- Grief
- Grief in children
- Abstract
- This pamphlet outlines how to help your child cope with dying, death, and grief. It explains how children may react when someone is very ill, planning appropriately for family visits at the hospital or hospice, the importance of making time to talk to your child, guidance on whether children should be present at death, and guidance on telling a child that someone has died. Other topics include: getting ready for rituals and funerals, the importance of children needing to talk about grief openly, keeping reminders of your loved one, how their reactions may differ from those of an adult, and asking for extra support when your child gets anxious. Tips for developmental stages (e.g., children aged 3 to 5, aged 6 to 8, and aged 9 to 12) are given and a list of online resources are provided. The French version of this pamphlet 2146, "Parler de la mort et du deuil aux enfants : Information pour les parents et les personnes qui s’occupent des enfants", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: NSHA Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 2024
Parler de la mort et du deuil aux enfants : Information pour les parents et les personnes qui s’occupent des enfants
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36772
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2146
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Ce dépliant explique comment aider votre enfant à faire face à la fin de vie, à la mort et au deuil. Il explique comment les enfants peuvent réagir lorsqu'une personne est très malade, comment planifier adéquatement les visites de la famille à l'hôpital ou au centre de soins palliatifs et l'importance de prendre le temps de parler à votre enfant. Il fournit aussi des conseils quant à la présence ou non des enfants au moment du décès et des recommandations pour annoncer à un enfant qu'une person…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Alternate Title
- Talking to children about death and grief
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (18 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Child
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Death
- Grief
- Grief in children
- Abstract
- Ce dépliant explique comment aider votre enfant à faire face à la fin de vie, à la mort et au deuil. Il explique comment les enfants peuvent réagir lorsqu'une personne est très malade, comment planifier adéquatement les visites de la famille à l'hôpital ou au centre de soins palliatifs et l'importance de prendre le temps de parler à votre enfant. Il fournit aussi des conseils quant à la présence ou non des enfants au moment du décès et des recommandations pour annoncer à un enfant qu'une personne est décédée. On y traite également des sujets suivants : la préparation aux rituels et aux funérailles, l'importance pour les enfants de parler ouvertement de leur peine, la nécessité de garder des souvenirs de l'être aimé, la façon dont les réactions des enfants peuvent différer de celles des adultes et la nécessité de demander du soutien lorsque l'enfant est anxieux. On fournit des conseils pour les différents stades de développement (p. ex., les enfants de 3 à 5 ans, de 6 à 8 ans et de 9 à 12 ans) et une liste de ressources en ligne.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of "Talking to Children About Death and Grief: Information for Parents and Caregivers" pamphlet 2024. This pamphlet outlines how to help your child cope with dying, death, and grief. It explains how children may react when someone is very ill, planning appropriately for family visits at the hospital or hospice, the importance of making time to talk to your child, guidance on whether children should be present at death, and guidance on telling a child that someone has died. Other topics include: getting ready for rituals and funerals, the importance of children needing to talk about grief openly, keeping reminders of your loved one, how their reactions may differ from those of an adult, and asking for extra support when your child gets anxious. Tips for developmental stages (e.g., children aged 3 to 5, aged 6 to 8, and aged 9 to 12) are given and a list of online resources are provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: NSHA Integrated Palliative Care Services
- Pamphlet Number
- 2146
Traitement de la lombalgie (mal au bas du dos)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37477
Nova Scotia Health Authority. The BACK Program (Dalhousie University), Nova Scotia Health Authority. Department of Emergency Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Physiotherapy.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2189
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Vous n'êtes pas seul. Les douleurs au dos sont très fréquentes et diminuent généralement avec le temps, sans médicaments d'ordonnance ou imagerie diagnostique (comme une radiographie, une IRM ou une TDM). Ce guide comprend quelques conseils pour vous aider à traiter votre mal de dos à la maison. On y présente des exercices à faire lorsque vous avez mal, ainsi que des images pour vous guider. D'autres conseils généraux et possibilités de traitement sont fournis. Les symptômes sont indiqués pour …
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. The BACK Program (Dalhousie University)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Department of Emergency Medicine
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Physiotherapy
- Alternate Title
- Managing low back pain
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Low Back Pain - prevention and control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Backache
- Backache--Patients--Rehabilitation
- Abstract
- Vous n'êtes pas seul. Les douleurs au dos sont très fréquentes et diminuent généralement avec le temps, sans médicaments d'ordonnance ou imagerie diagnostique (comme une radiographie, une IRM ou une TDM). Ce guide comprend quelques conseils pour vous aider à traiter votre mal de dos à la maison. On y présente des exercices à faire lorsque vous avez mal, ainsi que des images pour vous guider. D'autres conseils généraux et possibilités de traitement sont fournis. Les symptômes sont indiqués pour savoir quand consulter votre fournisseur de soins de santé familial et quand vous rendre directement au service des urgences.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of the English pamphlet 1967, "Managing Low Back Pain". You are not alone. Back pain is very common and usually gets better over time without any prescription or diagnostic imaging (such as an X-ray, MRI, or CT scan). This guide includes some tips to help you manage your back pain at home. Exercises to do when you are having pain are listed (along with pictures to help guide you). Other general tips and treatment options are given. Symptoms are given for when to see your family health care provider versus when to go directly to the Emergency Department.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: The BACK Program (Dalhousie University), Physiotherapy (NSHA) and Department of Emergency Medicine (NSHA)
- Pamphlet Number
- 2189
Practical Pediatric Cardiology : Case-Based Management of Potential Pitfalls
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39677
Alan G. Magee, Jan Till, Anna N. Seale, editors.
(1st ed.)
--London:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book is a collection of cases highlighting situations which can ensnare even the best cardiologist working with pediatric patients. Heart disease in children has a number of diagnostic traps for the unwary, and many of those involved in the specialty have been caught at one time or another. Although the cases contained within these pages illustrate the importance of taking a good history and performing a thorough examination, the most important lesson is learning to keep an open mind and d…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Magee, Alan G
- Till, Jan
- Seale, Anna N
- Responsibility
- Alan G. Magee, Jan Till, Anna N. Seale, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 163 p. : 57 illus., 34 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447141839
- 9781447141822 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Diseases - diagnosis
- Heart Diseases - therapy
- Abstract
- This book is a collection of cases highlighting situations which can ensnare even the best cardiologist working with pediatric patients. Heart disease in children has a number of diagnostic traps for the unwary, and many of those involved in the specialty have been caught at one time or another. Although the cases contained within these pages illustrate the importance of taking a good history and performing a thorough examination, the most important lesson is learning to keep an open mind and develop the ability to think laterally. For example, it is sometimes very difficult to differentiate between respiratory and cardiac disease in infants and between neurological and cardiac conditions in older children, and the consequences of taking the wrong path can be significant. Practical Pediatric Cardiology is made up of concise chapters that are designed to shed some light on the often difficult management decisions in this group of patients. The chapters represent a wide range of clinical experience and thus will be useful for all readers from those in training through nursing and emergency medical professionals to practicing pediatric cardiologists and cardiac surgeons.
- Contents
- 1. It's Enough to Make You Anxious -- 2. Fetal AVSD or Maybe Not? -- 3. Mind the Gap -- 4. Dilated Cardiomyopathy: If You Don't Suspect, You Can't Diagnose! -- 5. Syncope: It's All in the History -- 6. Chest Pain in Children: Not Always Benign -- 7. Coronary Artery Imaging Is Crucial -- 8. The Woes Lie Below -- 9. When Not to Intubate Babies Receiving 100% Oxygen -- 10. A Child with a Long QT? -- 11. Breathlessness in an Ex-Prem When All Is Not What It Seems -- 12. Think Outside the Chest -- 13. The Fontan Circulation: Never Forget the Atrial Septum -- 14. Is This Really Bronchiolitis? -- 15. A Neonatal Dilemma -- 16. The Collapsing Teenager -- 17. Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Think of the Diet -- 18. A T-Wave Tight Spot -- 19. Don't Forget the Head and Neck Vessels -- 20. The Test that Gets Forgotten -- 21. Don't Ignore Reverse Differential Cyanosis -- 22. Pulmonary Resistance: How Best to Measure? -- 23. Cardiomyopathy in Infants: Look at the Rhythm, Then Look Again.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Case Reports
- Location
- Online
Handbook of Lymphoma
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39742
Anas Younes, editor.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Handbook of Lymphoma is an in-depth and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and management of patients with the disease. The Handbook aims to provide healthcare professionals with an informative and up-to-date guide to the latest developments in the treatment of patients with both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system and, as with other cancers, is a disease of the body's cells. Usually, cells divide in the body in an orderly an…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Younes, Anas
- Responsibility
- Anas Younes, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 112 p. : 7 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319084671
- 9783319084664 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Lymphoma - therapy
- Neoplasm Staging
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- The Handbook of Lymphoma is an in-depth and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis, staging, treatment, and management of patients with the disease. The Handbook aims to provide healthcare professionals with an informative and up-to-date guide to the latest developments in the treatment of patients with both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system and, as with other cancers, is a disease of the body's cells. Usually, cells divide in the body in an orderly and controlled manner, however when this process gets out of control and the cells carry on dividing in an abnormal manner a tumor can form known as lymphoma in one or more groups of lymph nodes. This field has seen increasing development in the available options for treating patients with lymphoma particularly in the recent emergence and approval of targeted therapies. In this clinically focused Handbook, the authors address these advances by looking at treatment recommendations for both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and also making suggestions on the future outlook for patients with this disease. This Handbook is an invaluable and educational source of topical information for all medical and healthcare professionals with an interest in lymphoma.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Risk factors, etiology, and pathogenesis -- World Health Organization classification -- Staging -- Treatment overview -- Treatment of B-cell lymphomas -- Treatment of T-cell lymphomas -- Treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma -- Management of human immunodeficiency virus-associated lymphomas.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Alzheimer's Turning Point : A Vascular Approach to Clinical Prevention
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40255
Jack C. de la Torre.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This compelling text provides an overview of the available technology for early detection and therapeutic management of vascular risk factors to Alzheimer's before severe cognitive impairment symptoms appear. Chapters bring the reader from the trackless clinical research that has characterized Alzheimer's progress for the last 20 years, to a nexus of new ideas and concepts that can change our outlook of this dementia. In-depth examinations of various hypotheses, preventive measures, current and…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- de la Torre, Jack C
- Responsibility
- Jack C. de la Torre
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 251 p. : 34 illus., 29 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319340579
- 9783319340562 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alzheimer Disease - prevention & control
- Brain - blood supply
- Dementia - prevention & control
- Abstract
- This compelling text provides an overview of the available technology for early detection and therapeutic management of vascular risk factors to Alzheimer's before severe cognitive impairment symptoms appear. Chapters bring the reader from the trackless clinical research that has characterized Alzheimer's progress for the last 20 years, to a nexus of new ideas and concepts that can change our outlook of this dementia. In-depth examinations of various hypotheses, preventive measures, current and prospective treatments are openly and clearly explored. The author discusses in depth his proposal of the vascular hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease which has become a mother-lode for basic and clinical studies and a key approach to the prevention of this dementia. Alzheimer's Turning Point offers professionals, students and those looking to learn more about this disorder a fresh clinical perspective of this devastating disease.
- Contents
- 1 How does Alzheimer's begin and who gets it? -- 2 Forming memories -- 3 Masquerading as dementia -- 4 Alzheimer's: then and now -- 5 Unproven hypotheses on the cause of Alzheimer's -- 6 Other hypotheses on the cause of Alzheimer's disease -- 7 Alzheimer noise -- 8 Social contract and Alzheimer's -- 9 Genetics of Alzheimer's -- 10 Powering the brain -- 11 Pharmaceuticals and Alzheimer's -- 12 Alzheimer vascular risk factors -- 13 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Advanced Aging -- 14 A Personal Account of How a Scientific Hypothesis Blooms Into a Life of Its Own -- 15 Clinical tools to detect and predict individuals at risk of Alzheimer's -- 16 The turning point for Alzheimer's -- 17 How poor brain blood flow promotes Alzheimer's disease -- 18 Interventions that may increase cerebral blood flow -- 19 Great Expectations -- 20 A road to new thinking -- 20 A Road to New Thinking.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
