The best practice : how the new quality movement is transforming medicine
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Charles Kenney.
--New York:
Public Affairs
, c2008.
- Call Number
- W 84 AA1 K36b 2008
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
Americans have always thought their healthcare system was the best in the world. But starting in the late 1990s, shocking reports emerged that showed this was far from the truth. Treatment-related deaths or complications were found to be the fifth leading cause of death for Americans, and hundreds of thousands of patients were being harmed by botched medical procedures. Spurred by the quality crisis, a group of visionary physicians led by Donald Berwick and Paul Batalden embarked on a study of …
- Call Number
- W 84 AA1 K36b 2008
- Author
- Kenney, Charles
- Responsibility
- Charles Kenney
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Physical Description
- xii, 315 p.
- ISBN
- 9781586486198
- 1586486195
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medical Errors - prevention & control
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Quality of Health Care
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- Americans have always thought their healthcare system was the best in the world. But starting in the late 1990s, shocking reports emerged that showed this was far from the truth. Treatment-related deaths or complications were found to be the fifth leading cause of death for Americans, and hundreds of thousands of patients were being harmed by botched medical procedures. Spurred by the quality crisis, a group of visionary physicians led by Donald Berwick and Paul Batalden embarked on a study of industrial quality improvement techniques, daring to apply them to the practice of medicine despite resistance from the medical community. The Best Practice tells the story of this burgeoning movement, and of how the medical landscape is being radically transformed--for the better.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
Ocular disease : mechanisms and management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31547
[edited by] Leonard A. Levin, Daniel M. Albert.
--[Philadelphia]:
Saunders/Elsevier
, 2010.
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Ocular Disease-a newly introduced companion volume to the classic Adlers Physiology of the Eye-correlates basic science and clinical management to describe the how and why of eye disease processes and the related best management protocols. Editors Leonard A. Levin and Daniel M. Albert-two of the world's leading ophthalmic clinician-scientists-have recruited as contributors the most expert and experienced authorities available in each of the major areas of ophthalmic disease specific to ophthalm…
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- Other Authors
- Levin, Leonard A
- Albert, Daniel M
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Leonard A. Levin, Daniel M. Albert
- Place of Publication
- [Philadelphia]
- Publisher
- Saunders/Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 687 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780702029837
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Eye Diseases
- Eye - physiopathology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Ophthalmology
- Eye - Diseases
- Eye - Diseases - Treatment
- Eye Diseases
- Eye - physiopathology
- Ophtalmologie
- Œil - Maladies
- Œil - Maladies - Traitement
- Notes
- "Expert consult"--Cover
- Abstract
- Ocular Disease-a newly introduced companion volume to the classic Adlers Physiology of the Eye-correlates basic science and clinical management to describe the how and why of eye disease processes and the related best management protocols. Editors Leonard A. Levin and Daniel M. Albert-two of the world's leading ophthalmic clinician-scientists-have recruited as contributors the most expert and experienced authorities available in each of the major areas of ophthalmic disease specific to ophthalmology: retina, cornea, cataract, glaucoma, uveitis, and more. The concise chapter structure features liberal use of color-with 330 full-color line artworks, call-out boxes, summaries, and schematics for easy navigation and understanding. In print and online at expertconsult.com, this comprehensive resource provides you with a better and more practical understanding of the science behind eye disease and its relation to treatment. Includes access to the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com, along with images and references. Covers all areas of disease in ophthalmology including retina, cornea, cataract, glaucoma, and uveitis for the comprehensive information you need for managing clinical cases. Presents a unique and pragmatic blend of necessary basic science and clinical application to serve as a clinical guide to understanding the cause and rational management of ocular disease
- Contents
- Loss of corneal transparency / Russell L McCally -- Abnormalities of corneal wound healing / Audrey M Bernstein -- Wound healing after laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy / Fabricio Witzel de Medeiros and Steven E Wilson -- Genetics and mechanisms of hereditary corneal dystrophies / John D Gottsch -- Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy / Vinay Gutti, David S Bardenstein, Sudha Iyengar, and Jonathan H Lass -- Keratoconus / M Cristina Kenney and Ronald N Gaster -- Infectious keratitis / Michael S Gilmore, Susan R Heimer, and Ai Yamada -- Corneal graft rejection / Daniel R Saban, Mohammad H Dastjerdi, and Reza Dana -- Corneal edema / Daniel G Dawson and Henry F Edelhauser -- Corneal angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis / Chih-Wei Wu, David Ellenberg, and Jin-Hong Chang -- Ocular surface restoration / Julie T Daniels, Genevieve A Secker, and Alex J Shortt -- Herpetic keratitis / Pranita P Sarangi and Barry T Rouse -- Ocular allergy / Neal P Barney, Ellen B Cook, James L Stahl, and Frank M Graziano -- The lacrimal gland and dry-eye disease / Darlene A Dartt -- Immune mechanisms of dry-eye disease / Austin K Mircheff and Joel E Schechter -- Disruption of tear film and blink dynamics / Jianhua Wang and Anuj Chauhan -- Abnormalities of eyelid and tear film lipid / Gary N Foulks and Douglas Borchman -- Dry eye: abnormalities of tear film mucins / Ann-Christin Albertsmeyer and Ilene K Gipson -- Steroid-induced glaucoma / Abbot F Clark, Xinyu Zhang, and Thomas Yorio -- Biomechanical changes of the optic disc / Ian A Sigal, Michael D Roberts, Michael JA Girard, Claude F Burgoyne, and J Crawford Downs -- Pigmentary dispersion syndrome and glaucoma / Michael G Anderson -- Abnormal trabecular meshwork outflow / Paul A Knepper and Beatrice YJT Yue -- Pressure-induced optic nerve damage / James C Tsai -- Exfoliation (pseudoexfoliation) syndrome / Robert Ritch and Ursula Schultzer-Schrehardt -- Angle closure glaucoma / Shamira Perera, Nishani Amerasinghe, and Tin Aung -- Central nervous system changes in glaucoma / Yeni N Yücel and Neeru Gupta -- Retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma / Heather R Pelzel and Robert W Nickells -- Wound-healing responses to glaucoma surgery / Stelios Georgoulas, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, Stephen Brocchini, and Peng Tee Khaw -- Blood flowchanges in glaucoma / Leopold Schmetterer and Mark Lesk -- Biochemical mechanisms of age-related cataract / David C Beebe, Ying-Bo Shui, and Nancy M Holekamp -- Posterior capsule opacification / Judith West-Mays and Heather Sheardown -- Diabetes-associated cataracts / Peter F Kador -- Steroid-induced cataract / Abbas Samadi -- Presbyopia / Jane F Koretz -- Restoration of accommodation / Stephen D McLeod and Michelle Trager Cabrera -- Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome / Amy Lin and Roger F Steinert -- Optic neuritis / John R Guy and Xiaoping Qi -- Abnormal ocular motor control / James A Sharpe and Arun Sundaram -- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (idiopathic pseudotumor cerebri) / Deborah M Grzybowski and Martin Lubow -- Giant cell arteritis / Lynn K Gordon -- Ischemic optic neuropathy / Helen Danesh-Meyer -- Optic nerve axonal injury / Daniela Toffoli and Leonard A Levin -- Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy / Alfredo Sadun and Alice Kim -- Optic atrophy / Nathan T Tagg and Randy H Kardon -- Nystagmus / Frank Proudlock and Irene Gottlob -- Toxic optic nerve neuropathies / FT "Fritz" Fraunfelder and FW "Rick" Fraunfelder -- Uveal melanoma / Zelia MS Correa and J William Harbour -- Genetics of hereditary retinoblastoma / Alejandra G de Alba Campomanes and Joan M O'Brien -- Molecular basis of low-penetrance retinoblastoma / Katie Matatall and J William Harbour -- Vasculogenic mimicry / Robert Folberg and Andrew J Maniotis -- Treatment of choroidal melanoma / Aimee V Chappelow and Andrew P Schachat -- Sebaceous cell carcinoma / Alon Kahana, Jonathan T Pribila, Christine C Nelson, and Victor M Elner -- Neurofibromatosis / Robert Listernick and David H Gutmann -- Phthisis bulbi / Ingo Schmack, Hans E Volcker, and Hans E Grossniklaus -- Myopia / Terri L Young -- Pathogenesis of Graves' ophthalmopathy / A Reagan Schiefer and Rebecca S Bahn -- Duane syndrome / Joseph L Demer -- Amblyopia / Robert F Hess and Nigel Daw -- Strabismus / Christopher S von Bartheld, Scott A Croes, and L Alan Johnson -- Albinism / Gerald F Cox and Anne B Fulton -- Aniridia / Elias I Traboulsi -- Color vision defects / Maureen Neitz and Jay Neitz -- Acute retinal vascular occlusive disorders / Sohan Singh Hayreh -- Retinal photic injury: laboratory and clinical findings / Daniel Organisciak and Marco Zarbin -- Vascular damage in diabetic retinopathy / Timothy S Kern and Suber Huang -- Neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy / Corey B Westerfeld and Joan W Miller -- Diabetic macular edema / Pascale Massin, Michel Paques, and Jean-Antoine Pournaras --Dry age-related macular degeneration and age-related macular degeneration pathogenesis / Marco Zarbin and Janet S Sunness -- Neovascular age-related macular degeneration / David E Lederer, Scott W Cousins, and Karl G Csaky -- Inhibition of / Anthony P Adamis and Adrienne Berman -- Retinal detachment / Steven K Fisher and Geoffrey P Lewis -- Retinopathy of prematurity / Mary Elizabeth Hartnett and Cynthia A Toth -- Retinal energy metabolism / Robert A Linsenmeier -- Retinitis pigmentosa and related disorders / Eric A Pierce -- Visual prostheses and other assistive devices / Muhammad Ali Memon and Joseph F Rizzo III -- Paraneoplastic retinal degeneration / Grazyna Adamus -- Cellular repopulation of the retina / Budd AL Tucker, Michael J Young, and Henry J Klassen -- Proliferative vitreoretinopathy / Clyde Guidry -- Immunologic mechanisms of uveitis / Steven Yeh, Zhuqing Li, and Robert B Nussenblatt -- Herpesvirus retinitis / Sally S Atherton and Mei Zheng -- Sympathetic ophthalmia / Mirunalini Kumaradas and Narsing A Rao -- Scleritis / Srilakshmi M Sharma and James T Rosenbaum -- Infectious uveitis / Pooja Bhat, Allen Tony Jackson, and C Stephen Foster -- Ocular sarcoidosis / Russell N Van Gelder and Suzanne M Dintzis
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