Comprehensive Cardiovascular Medicine in the Primary Care Setting
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28781
edited by Peter P. Toth, Christopher P. Cannon.
--New York, NY:
Humana Press
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Toth, Peter P
- Other Authors
- Cannon, Christopher P
- Responsibility
- edited by Peter P. Toth, Christopher P. Cannon
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 603 p. : ill.)
- Series Title
- Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
- ISBN
- 9781603279635
- 9781603279628 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Primary Health Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cardiology
- Primary health care
- Contents
- Part I. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors -- 1. Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Characterization of Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Factors -- 2. Atrial Hypertension -- 3. Management Dyslipidemia -- 4. Obesity and Therapeutic Approaches to Weight Loss -- 5. Inflammatory Markers and Novel Risk Factors -- 6. Deciphering Cardiovascular Genomics and How They Apply to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention -- 7. The Metabolic Syndrome: 2009 -- 8. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Primary Care Setting -- Part II. Coronary Artery Disease -- 9. Evaluation of Chest Pain and Myocardial Ischemia -- 10. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- 11. ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- 12. Coronary Artery Stenting -- 13. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting -- 14. Cardiac Rehabilitation -- Part III. Peripheral Forms of Venous and Arterial Disease -- 15. Carotid Artery Disease -- 16. Peripheral Arterial Disease -- 17. Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism -- 18. Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale -- 19. Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Stroke -- 20. Aortic Aneurysms -- 21. Erectile Dysfunction -- Part IV. Cardiac Disease -- 22. Valvular Heart Disease -- 23. Pericardial Diseases -- 24. Common Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias -- 25. Evidence-based Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart Failure -- Part V. Cardiac Imaging -- 26. Coronary Calcium Scoring -- 27. Cardiac Computed Tomography -- 28. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cardiorenal Syndrome : Mechanisms, Risk and Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29194
edited by Adel E. Berbari, Giuseppe Mancia.
--Milan:
Springer-Verlag
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Berbari, Adel E
- Other Authors
- Mancia, Giuseppe
- Responsibility
- edited by Adel E. Berbari, Giuseppe Mancia
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9788847014633
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular Diseases - complications
- Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology
- Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
- Kidney Failure, Chronic - physiopathology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Management of Acute Kidney Problems
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29242
edited by Achim Jörres, Claudio Ronco, John A. Kellum.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Jörres, Achim
- Other Authors
- Ronco, Claudio
- Kellum, John A
- Responsibility
- edited by Achim Jörres, Claudio Ronco, John A. Kellum
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9783540694410
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acute Kidney Injury - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Nephrology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Kidney Transplantation : A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29512
edited by Dianne B. McKay, Steven M. Steinberg.
--Boston, MA:
Springer-Verlag US
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- McKay, Dianne B
- Other Authors
- Steinberg, Steven M
- Responsibility
- edited by Dianne B. McKay, Steven M. Steinberg
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag US
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9781441916907
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Perioperative Care - methods
- Postoperative Complications - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Nephrology
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical MRI of the Abdomen : Why, How, When
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29896
edited by Nicholas C. Gourtsoyiannis.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag
, c2011.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas C
- Responsibility
- edited by Nicholas C. Gourtsoyiannis
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- ISBN
- 9783540856894
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Abdomen - pathology
- Digestive system diseases - diagnosis
- Kidney - pathology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Pelvis - pathology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Gastroenterology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anaesthesia, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine A.P.I.C.E. : Proceedings of the 23rd Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine Catania, Italy : November 5-7, 2010
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30800
Antonino Gullo (ed.).
--Milan:
Springer
, c2011.
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- Location
- Online
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- Other Authors
- Gullo, Antonino
- Responsibility
- Antonino Gullo (ed.)
- Alternate Title
- APICE 23
- Former Title
- Anesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (380 p.)
- ISBN
- 9788847020146
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia - methods
- Critical Care - methods
- Pain - drug therapy
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Critical Care - Congresses
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Anesthesiology
- Critical care medicine
- Contents
- Continuing Medical Education: Can I Think what I Read? -- Clinical Pharmacology: Pharmacological Manipulation in ICU. Kidney: Renal Injury. Ventilation: Adult and Paediatric:Respiratory Mechanics: Principles, Utility and Advances. Capnometry/Capnography in Prehospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation. Ventilatory Strategies in Acute Lung Injury. Mechanical Ventilation beyond the PICU -Cardiovascular Monitoring: The NEXFIN Monitor A Totally Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitor. Doppler Echocardiography in ICU Patients: Does It Improve Outcome? -- Management of Cardiac Arrest:Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest. Nasopharyngeal Cooling during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Amplitude Spectrum Area as a Predictor of Successful Defibrillation Advances in Experimental and Clinical Research: Physiopathology and Severity of Post-Resuscitation Myocardial Dysfunction: Effects of Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger Isoform-1 (NHE-1) Inhibitors and Erythropoietin. Experimental Treatment for Preservation of Mechanically Competent Cardiac Activity following Cardiac Arrest. Erythropoietin Facilitates Return of Spontaneous Circulation and Survival in Victims of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest -- Infections, Sepsis and Organ Dysfunction: Pathophysiology of Resistance amongst Aerobic Gram-negative Bacilli in Particular Acinetobacter Species. What Have we Learned from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign? Source Control. Immunoglobulins in Sepsis. Extracorporeal Endotoxin Removal in Sepsis. Perioperative Medicine: Perioperative Medicine An Introduction. Neuraxial Analgesia for Caesarean and Vaginal Delivery and Childhood Learning Disabilities. Off-label Drugs in Perioperative Medicine: Clonidine. Spinal Cord Stimulation. Cost Effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Management of Severe Angina. Spinal Cord Stimulation:Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures in Neurotrauma. Disaster Medicine: Disaster Preparedness. Medical Emergency Response in Toxicological Mass Casualty. Quality of Care: Telemedicine to Improve Care in the Critically Ill. Professionalism, Quality of Care and Pay-for-Performance Services.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation : A Practical Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29426
edited by T. R. Srinivas, Daniel A. Shoskes.
--Totowa, NJ:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2011.
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- Online
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- Author
- Srinivas, T. R
- Other Authors
- Shoskes, Daniel A
- Responsibility
- edited by T. R. Srinivas, Daniel A. Shoskes
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Series Title
- Current clinical urology
- ISBN
- 9781607616429
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Urology
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The little black book of urology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30730
Ellsworth, Pamela.
(3rd ed.)
--Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett Learning
, c2012.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- Ellsworth, Pamela
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Sudbury, MA
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett Learning
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 272 p.
- Series Title
- Little black book series
- ISBN
- 9781449620035 (pbk)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Urologic Diseases - Handbooks
- Genital Diseases, Male - Handbooks
- Contents
- Diseases of the adrenal -- Diseases of the kidney and ureter -- Diseases of the bladder -- Diseases of the urethra -- Diseases of the testes, scrotum, and intrascrotal contents -- Diseases of the prostate -- Diseases of the penis -- Diseases of the kidney and ureter in children -- Diseases of the bladder in children -- Diseases of the urethra in children -- Diseases of the penis in children -- Diseases of the testes and scrotum in children -- Other diseases in children.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide : Text and Review
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30830
editors, Steven E. Lucking .. [et al.].
--London:
Springer
, c2012.
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Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide; Text and Review is an invaluable resource for pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) practitioners. Allowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both text and study guide with the advanced physiology and pathophysiology required for the higher level PCCM practitioner. This Text and Review is physiologically based covering major pediatric critical care principles and specific disease entities commonly encountered by the PCCM practitione…
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- Other Authors
- Lucking, Steven E
- Responsibility
- editors, Steven E. Lucking .. [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 952 p. : 246 ill., 78 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9780857299239
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods
- Critical Illness
- Emergencies
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide; Text and Review is an invaluable resource for pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) practitioners. Allowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both text and study guide with the advanced physiology and pathophysiology required for the higher level PCCM practitioner. This Text and Review is physiologically based covering major pediatric critical care principles and specific disease entities commonly encountered by the PCCM practitioner. Pathophysiologic aspects unique to the pediatric patient are emphasized. The high number of illustrations and detailed coverage of each topic allow the reader to gain an insight into the normal physiology, abnormalities in the disease process, treatment strategies and case-orientated questions that will reinforce important ideas learned in the chapter.
- Contents
- 1. Fundamentals of Gas Exchange and the Assessment of Oxygenation and Ventilation -- 2. Oxygen Delivery and Oxygen Consumption in Pediatric Critical Care -- 3. Hemodynamics -- 4. Regional Circulations -- 5. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function -- 6. Overview, Structure and Function of the Nephron -- 7. Physiology of skeletal muscle and the neuromuscular junction -- 8. Assessment of Neurologic Function -- 9. Endothelial Interactions and Coagulation -- 10. The Inflammatory Response -- 11. Genetic Predisposition to Critical Illness in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit -- 12. Conventional Mechanical Ventilation -- 13. Non-Conventional Mechanical Ventilation -- 14. Mechanical and Electrical Myocardial Support -- 15. Renal Replacement Therapies and other Extracorporeal Therapies -- 16. Pharmacology -- 17. Cardiovascular Drug Therapy -- 18. Sedation and Analgesia -- 19. Neuromuscular Blockade -- 20. Use of Blood Products -- 21. Nutrition in Critical Illness -- 22. Upper Airway Obstruction -- 23. Severe Asthma -- 24. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- 25. Acute Pulmonary Infections -- 26. Circulatory Failure/Shock -- 27. Sepsis -- 28. Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome -- 29. Disorders of Cardiac Rhythm -- 30. Post-operative Cardiac Care -- 31. Cerebral Resuscitation and Traumatic Brain Injury -- 32. Neurological Diseases in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine -- 33. Approach to the Critically Ill Infant -- 34. Nosocomial Infections -- 35. Fluid/Electrolyte/Acid--Base Abnormalities -- 36. Acute Kidney Injury -- 37. Acute Liver Injury and Failure in Children -- 38. Hematology and Oncology in Critical Illness -- 39. Critical Care Endocrinology -- 40. Metabolic Crises -- 41. Trauma/Burn -- 42. Toxicology for the Pediatric Intensivist.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Interventional Oncology : A Practical Guide for the Interventional Radiologist
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30842
Peter R. Mueller, Andreas Adam, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Interventional Oncology is a fast-growing new field, as well as an emerging specialty. Many minimally-invasive, imaging-guided procedures seem set to replace more traditional open surgical techniques of treating solid tumors in a variety of organs. The aim of this book is to describe new interventional radiological methods in a succinct and practical form. Diagnostic radiological considerations relevant to the selection and follow-up of patients are also covered. The book begins with an overvie…
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- Mueller, Peter R
- Adam, Andreas
- Responsibility
- Peter R. Mueller, Andreas Adam, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 190 p. : 75 ill., 25 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781441914699
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Radiology, Interventional
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Interventional radiology
- Oncology
- Abstract
- Interventional Oncology is a fast-growing new field, as well as an emerging specialty. Many minimally-invasive, imaging-guided procedures seem set to replace more traditional open surgical techniques of treating solid tumors in a variety of organs. The aim of this book is to describe new interventional radiological methods in a succinct and practical form. Diagnostic radiological considerations relevant to the selection and follow-up of patients are also covered. The book begins with an overview of the basic principles of current interventional techniques, including thermal ablation, high intensity focused ultrasound, and embolization. Later chapters focus on tumors of the liver, kidney, lung, and bone, placing new interventional techniques in context by referring to the surgical and oncologic methods of treating the same conditions. With an emphasis on best practices, Interventional Oncology: A Practical Guide for the Interventional Radiologist will serve as a definitive guide to practicing physicians involved in this rapidly evolving field.
- Contents
- Part I. Principles -- 1. Principles of Medical Oncology and Chemotherapy -- 2. Modern Radiation Therapy Approaches: Targeted and Ablative Strategies -- 3. Principles of Radiofrequency Ablation -- 4. Principles of Cryoablation -- 5. Principles of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound -- 6. The Role of Diagnostic Imaging in the Planning and Evaluation of Ablation Techniques -- 7. Principles of Embolization -- Part II. Liver -- 8. Nonradiological Treatment for Liver Tumors -- 9. Principles of Liver Embolization -- 10. Radiofrequency Ablation and Microwave Ablation for Liver Tumors -- Part III. Kidney -- 11. Nonradiological Treatment for Renal Tumors -- 12. Embolotherapy for Renal Tumors -- 13. Radiofrequency Ablation, Cryotherapy, and Microwave Ablation for Renal Tumors -- Part IV. Lung -- 14. Nonradiological Treatment for Lung Tumors -- 15. Radiofrequency Ablation, Microwave Ablation, and Cryoablation for Lung Tumors -- Part V. Bone -- 16. Radiation Therapy of Bone Metastasis -- 17. Percutaneous Bone Tumor Management.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30852
Victor R. Preedy, editor.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Growth is one of the human body's most intricate processes: each body part or region has its own unique growth patterns. Yet at the individual and population levels, growth patterns are sensitive to adverse conditions, genetic predispositions, and environmental changes. And despite the body's capacity to compensate for these developmental setbacks, the effects may be far-reaching, even life-long. The Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease brings this significant and comp…
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- Preedy, Victor R
- Responsibility
- Victor R. Preedy, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (clxxi, 3164 p. : 953 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9781441917959
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Growth and development
- Growth Disorders
- Human Development
- Notes
- In 3 volumes, not available separately.
- Abstract
- Growth is one of the human body's most intricate processes: each body part or region has its own unique growth patterns. Yet at the individual and population levels, growth patterns are sensitive to adverse conditions, genetic predispositions, and environmental changes. And despite the body's capacity to compensate for these developmental setbacks, the effects may be far-reaching, even life-long. The Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease brings this significant and complex field together in one comprehensive volume: impact of adverse variables on growth patterns; issues at different stages of prenatal development, childhood, and adolescence; aspects of catch-up growth, endocrine regulation, and sexual maturation; screening and assessment methods; and international perspectives. Tables and diagrams, applications to other areas of health and disease, and summary points help make the information easier to retain. Together, over 180 self-contained chapters in 15 sections cover every area of human growth, including: Intrauterine growth retardation; Postnatal growth in normal and abnormal situations; Cells and growth of tissues; Sensory growth and development; Effects of disease on growth; Methods and standards for assessment of growth; and more. The Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease is an invaluable addition to the reference libraries of a wide range of health professionals, among them health scientists, physicians, physiologists, nutritionists, dieticians, nurses, public health researchers, epidemiologists, exercise physiologists, and physical therapists. It is also useful to college-level students and faculty in the health disciplines, and to policymakers and health economists.
- Contents
- SECTION 1. Low and very low birth weight infants -- 1. Development of thyroid function in very low birth weight infants -- 2. Growth after very low birth weights: Germany perspectives -- 3. First trimester fetal growth and low birth weight -- 4. Following up very low birth weight children to preschool age -- 5. Zinc and low birth weight -- 6. Early nutrition and very low birth weights infants -- 7. Aggressive nutritional strategy in very low birth weight infants: impact on growth -- 8. Visual development in very low birth weight infants -- 9. Visual ability in very low birth weight infants -- 10. Parental relationships with very low birth weight infants -- SECTION 2. Intrauterine growth retardation -- 11. Intrauterine growth standards -- 12. Risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries: role of interuterine growth retardation -- 13. Growth outcomes in intrauterine growth retardation: Australian perspectives -- 14. Neurodevelopment outcome of children with intrauterine growth retardation: A longitudinal, 10-year prospective study -- 15. Memory functions of children with intrauterine growth restriction -- 16. Intrauterine growth and intelligence -- 17. Drug exposure and intrauterine growth -- 18. Intrauterine growth retardation and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children -- 19. Ultrasound brain lesions in intrauterine growth retardation -- 20. Intrauterine growth restriction and blood pressure -- 21. Treatment for Short stature after intrauterine growth retardation -- 22. Anthropometric parameters and intrauterine growth retardation: Togo perspectives -- SECTION 3. Preterm infants -- 23. Periodic breathing in term and preterm infants -- 24. The relationship between growth and perinatal factors in preterm infants -- 25. Growth curves for preterm infants -- 26. Development of oral feeding skills in the preterm infant -- 27. Growth factors and endocrine milieu in preterm and term infants -- 28. Protein metabolism in preterm infants: implications for growth -- 29. Birth weight standards, fetal growth, and preterm infants -- 30. Maturation and growth indices of the brain in preterm infants -- 31. The development of cerebral cortex in prematurely born infants -- 32. Development of motor coordination and attention in preterm infants and relation to intensive care -- 33. Inflammatory and growth mediators in the blood in preterm infants -- 34. Weight gain and linear growth in milk feeding in preterm infants -- 35. Brain volume in preterm infants -- 36. Impact of prematurity on school-age outcomes -- 37. Visual and visuocognitive development in children born very prematurely -- SECTION 4. Postnatal growth in normal and abnormal situations -- 38. Defects on long arm of chromosome 20 and postnatal growth retardation -- 39. Postnatal growth in HIV -- 40. Postnatal growth failure and Z score -- 41. Prediction of postnatal growth curves for premature infants -- 42. Adiposity during preweaning postnatal growth -- 43. Postnatal development in cleft palate -- 44. Blood pressure and postnatal growth in schoolchildren: World and Mexico perspectives -- 45. Hormonal regulation of postnatal growth in children -- 46. Postnatal growth and growth hormone -- 47. Postnatal weight increase and growth velocity of very low birth weight infants: Italian perspectives -- SECTION 5. Catch-up growth -- 48. Weight requirements for Catch-up growth in girls with eating disorders -- 49. Catch-up growth and corticosteroids -- 50. Thyroid function during Catch-up growth -- 51. Endocrine aspects of catch-up growth -- 52. Catch-up growth: Hertfordshire studies -- 53. Catch-up growth up to ten year olds: Dutch perspectives -- 54. Catch-up growth and supine length/height in preterm infants -- 55. Catch-down growth and short-statured parents -- 56. Adiposity and insulin resistance after catch-up growth -- 57. Catch-up and normal growth of children on long-term dialysis -- 58. Lung development in children and in catch-up growth -- 59. Catch-up growth in refugee children -- 60. Failure to achieve catch-up growth: Spanish studies -- 61. Catch-up growth: Mexico perspectives -- 62. Growth surveillance of those without catch-up -- 63. Serum adiponectin levels, insulin resistance, and lipid profile in catch-up and non-catch-up growth -- SECTION 6. Sexual maturation -- 64. Genital development in boys and testosterone levels -- 65. Pesticides and male genital growth -- 66. Pesticides and sexual development in girls -- 67. Disorders of breast growth -- 68. Sexual maturity in slums and rural areas -- 69. Breast development and the environment -- 70. Precocious puberty and growth of breast tissue -- 71. Gonadotropin-suppressive therapy and sexual growth -- 72. Sexual dimorphism and cortisol -- 73. Growth and sexual maturation in psychological disorders -- SECTION 7. Cells and growth of tissues -- 74. Growth and development of the brain -- 75. Growth and development of the kidney -- 76. Growth and development of the intestine -- 77. Growth and development of bone -- 78. Growth and development of muscle -- 79. Growth and development of liver -- 80. Growth and development of heart -- 81. Growth and development of dentofacial tissue -- SECTION 8. Sensory growth and development -- 82. Multisensory reweighting in children -- 83. Motor development in normal children and in disease -- 84. Speech and language development in normal children and in disease -- 85. Visual development -- 86. Development of hearing -- 87. Speech intelligibility development in hearing impaired -- 88. Development of the immune system -- SECTION 9. Country and regional aspects of growth and growth monitoring -- 89. Overview: Child development in developing countries -- 90. Rural versus urban growth in 47 developing countries -- 91. Effect of infant feeding on growth in 20 developing countries -- 92. Field-testing growth standards in different countries -- 93. Breast-feeding and growth in Lebanon -- 94. Features of normal and abnormal growth in India -- 95. Features of normal and abnormal growth in China -- 96. Features of normal and abnormal growth in Brazil -- 97. Features of normal and abnormal growth in Russia -- SECTION 10. Effects of disease on growth -- 98. Impaired bone mineral density in children with cerebral palsy -- 99. Growth in sickle cell disease -- 100. The NIH MRI study of normal brain development in the young -- 101. Minerals and growth: an example with zinc -- 102. Fetal alcohol exposure and infant growth -- 103. Iron deficiency anemia and infant growth -- 104. Growth in children with severe hemophilia -- 105. Growth in autism -- 106. Growth in Down syndrome -- 107. HIV-infected children and growth -- 108. Growth in short bowel syndrome (SBS) -- 109. Child growth and livelihood security -- 110. Growth in cerebral palsy -- 111. Growth in congenital heart disease -- SECTION 11. Exercise, sports, and growth -- 112. Elite sport practice in children: effects on growth -- 113. Effects of gymnastics on growth and pubertal maturation in young girls -- 114. Physical activity and bone growth and development in children -- 115. Child growth in physical activity skill development and dietary modification -- 116. The interaction of exercise, stress, and inflammation on growth -- 117. Growth hormone response to exercise -- 118. Physical activity and bone growth -- 119. Infant mental development index -- SECTION 12. Endocrine Control and Regulation of Growth -- 120. Growth deceleration and corticosteroids -- 121. Leptin and ghrelin in growth -- 122. Insulin-like growth factor and growth -- 123. Adiponectin and growth -- 124. Thyroid hormones and growth -- 125. Growth hormone and child growth -- 126. Growth hormone, Prader-Willi syndrome, and growth -- SECTION 13. Assessment of Growth -- 127. The 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards -- 128. WHO Child Growth Standards and the CDC 2000 growth charts -- 129. International growth standards for school-aged children and adolescents -- 130. Infant growth modeling and assessment of growth -- 131. Use of weight, height, and body mass index to indicate growth failure -- 132. Assessment of psychomotor development and growth -- 133. Growth and development in developing countries: what standards? -- 134. Use of MRI to monitor brain growth -- 135. Neonatal screening methods -- 136. False positives and sensitivity in growth monitoring -- 137. Z scores: what they are and how to use them -- 138. Percentiles: what they are and how to use them -- 139. Growth velocity curves: what they are and how to use them -- 140. Physical activity measured by accelerometry: completing growth evaluations.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome : Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30880
Steven E. Lipshultz, Sarah E. Messiah, Tracie L. Miller, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2012.
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In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome: conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents. During this time, we have little knowledge of the global and cumulative detrimental health effects of childhood obesity. As obese children age, not only will their health be negative…
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- Lipshultz, Steven E
- Messiah, Sarah E
- Miller, Tracie L
- Responsibility
- Steven E. Lipshultz, Sarah E. Messiah, Tracie L. Miller, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 378 p. : 35 ill., 30 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447123668
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Pediatrics
- Metabolic diseases
- Abstract
- In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, together known as the metabolic syndrome: conditions previously unheard of in children and adolescents. During this time, we have little knowledge of the global and cumulative detrimental health effects of childhood obesity. As obese children age, not only will their health be negatively affected, but infertility and pregnancy complications associated with the metabolic syndrome will affect generations to come. The work force will undoubtedly be affected because of increased sick days and decreased work productivity. Identifying children and adolescents at the earliest stages of chronic disease onset should be the goal of clinical practice, yet there is no clear guidance for defining the risk of metabolic syndrome or appropriate risk-factor thresholds in these groups. If children are identified early in the disease process, lifestyle and clinical interventions can be instituted when they are potentially more effective. Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: Comprehensive Clinical Review and Related Health Issues approaches the pediatric metabolic syndrome by elucidating its effects on specific organ systems and by considering the problem through understanding the social, psychological and economic consequences of it. The Editors have recruited an invited group of esteemed experts in the field to provide the most timely and informative approaches on how to deal with this health crisis. Through educating our practitioners, our future researchers, our health and community organizations, our legislators and our families and children, we have the best chance at improving the health trajectory of the next generation.
- Contents
- Why should we write a book on pediatric metabolic syndrome? Commentaries from Worldwide Experts -- Epidemiology of the Metabolic Syndrome in Youth: A Population-to-Clinical-Based Perspective -- Perinatal Epidemiology of Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors -- Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes -- Effects of Metabolic Syndrome on Atherosclerosis in Childhood -- Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Kidney Disease -- Metabolic Syndrome and Related Liver Diseases -- The Relationship between Asthma, Sleep Apnea and other Respiratory Disorders and Childhood Metabolic Syndrome -- The Relationship between Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Bone Health -- The Relationship of Childhood Obesity with Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure -- Childhood Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer Risk -- Neurocognitive and Psychological Correlates of Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood -- Genomics of Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome -- Physical Activity Assessment and Intervention -- Nutritional Evaluation and Intervention -- Pharmacological Therapies of Metabolic Syndrome -- Bariatric Surgery to Reverse Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents -- Moving Clinic- and Community-based Practice into Policy to Address Child Healthy Weight (and vice versa).
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Imaging and Technology in Urology : Principles and Clinical Applications
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30881
Steve Payne, Ian Eardley, Kieran O'Flynn, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2012.
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Imaging and Technology in Urology: Principles and Clinical Applications is a practical and user-friendly consolidated source book for urologists, and urologists in training, regarding the basic science of imaging modalities used on a day-to-day basis in urological practice. Similarly, the intention is to provide an introduction to the technology that is used in the practice of urological surgery and the management of urological patients in the clinical setting. This knowledge is one of the eigh…
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- Payne, Steve
- Eardley, Ian
- O'Flynn, Kieran
- Responsibility
- Steve Payne, Ian Eardley, Kieran O'Flynn, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 385 p. : 113 ill., 67 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447124221
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diagnostic Techniques, Urological
- Urography - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiology, Medical
- Urology
- Abstract
- Imaging and Technology in Urology: Principles and Clinical Applications is a practical and user-friendly consolidated source book for urologists, and urologists in training, regarding the basic science of imaging modalities used on a day-to-day basis in urological practice. Similarly, the intention is to provide an introduction to the technology that is used in the practice of urological surgery and the management of urological patients in the clinical setting. This knowledge is one of the eight separate disciplines examined in the oral component of the knowledge examination for independent, consultant, practice in urology in the UK. The book is also valuable to urologists and urological trainees outside of the UK and in other surgical specialities.
- Contents
- Part 1 Imaging: Radiology -- Principles of X-ray Production and Radiation Protection -- How to Perform a Clinical Radiograph and Use a C-arm -- Contrast agents -- How to do an IVU -- Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) -- The physics of ultrasound -- How to Ultrasound a Suspected Renal Mass -- How to Ultrasound a Painful Testis and a Testicular Mass -- How to Perform a Trans-Rectal Ultrasound Scan and Prostate Biopsy -- How to Manage a Hydronephrotic Kidney -- Principles of Computed Tomography (CT) -- How to do a CT Urogram (CTU) -- How to do a CT in a Patient with Presumed Upper Tract Trauma -- Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- How to do an MRI of the Pelvis -- Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) -- Vascular Embolization Techniques in Urology -- Part 2 Imaging: Nuclear Medicine -- Radionuclides and their Uses in Urology -- Counting and Imaging in Nuclear Medicine -- Principles of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning -- How to do a Renogram -- How to do a Diuresis Renogram -- How to do a DMSA Scan -- How to do a Radioisotope Glomerular Filtration Rate Study -- How to do a Bone Scan -- How to do a Transplant Renogram -- Dynamic Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Penile Cancer -- Part 3 Technology: Diagnostic -- Urinalysis -- Principles of Urine Microscopy and Microbiological Culture -- Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) -- Metabolic Assessment of Urinary Tract Stones -- Principles of Pressure Measurement -- Principles of Measurement of Urinary Flow -- How to Carry Out a Videocystometrogram (VCMG) -- The Whitaker test -- Sphincter electromyography (EMG) -- Tumour Markers -- Urine Cytology -- Histopathological Processing, Staining and Immunohistochemistry -- Part 4 Technology: Operative -- Principles of Urological Endoscopes -- Rigid Endoscope Design -- Light Sources, Light Leads and Camera Systems -- Peripherals for Endoscopic Use -- Peripherals for laparoscopic use -- Peripherals for mechanical stone manipulation -- Contact lithotripters -- Endoscopic use of Laser Energy -- Double J Stents and Nephrostomy -- Urinary Catheters, Design and Usage -- Prostatic and Urethral Stents -- Urological Prosthetics -- Meshes in Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse -- Biological meshes -- Principles of Tissue Transfer in Urology -- Theatre Design and Patient Safety -- Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention -- Principles of Decontamination -- Operative Tissue Destruction -- Sutures and Clips -- Monopolar Diathermy -- Bipolar Diathermy -- Alternatives to Electro-Surgery -- Haemostatic Agents, Sealants and Adhesives -- Irrigation Fluids and their Hazards -- Insufflants and their Hazards -- Laparoscopic Ports -- Setting up a Robot -- Part 5 Technology: Interventional -- Neuromodulation by sacral nerve stimulation -- Principles of Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESWL) -- How to carry out Shockwave Lithotripsy -- Prostatic Hyperthermia -- Ablative Therapies: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), Cryotherapy and Radio-Frequency Ablation (RFA) -- Principles of Radiotherapy -- Electro-Motive Drug Administration (EMDA) -- Part 6 Technology of Renal Failure -- Principals of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) -- Principals of Peritoneal Dialysis -- Haemodialysis -- Principles of Renal Transplantation -- Part 7 - Assessment of Technology -- Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) -- Health Technology Assessment.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Urolithiasis : Basic Science and Clinical Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30902
Jamsheer J. Talati ... [et al.], editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2012.
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Urolithiasis: Basic Science and Clinical Practice is a comprehensive text that assists urologists in defining the best choice of treatment for each case through a balanced presentation of underlying science, diagnostic methods and practical tips, with additional discussions on educational issues, costs and management of resources. This user-friendly practical resource is replete with full-color illustrations and radiographs, covering all aspects of stone disease, and offering perspectives from…
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- Talati, Jamsheer J
- Responsibility
- Jamsheer J. Talati ... [et al.], editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xl, 982 p. : 365 ill., 242 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781447143871
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Urolithiasis
- Urinary Calculi - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Urology
- Abstract
- Urolithiasis: Basic Science and Clinical Practice is a comprehensive text that assists urologists in defining the best choice of treatment for each case through a balanced presentation of underlying science, diagnostic methods and practical tips, with additional discussions on educational issues, costs and management of resources. This user-friendly practical resource is replete with full-color illustrations and radiographs, covering all aspects of stone disease, and offering perspectives from Europe, the Americas, China, South Asia, Africa, and Australia. Topics include the biochemical and physiological basis of stone formation, treatment options, complications, assessment of techniques and technologies available, and guidelines on the prevention of stone recurrence. Urolithiasis: Basic Science and Clinical Practice is the definitive text on stone disease and is a must read for young consultants starting a new practice, and urologists in residence and training.
- Contents
- Part I. Epidemiology -- 1. Epidemiology of Kidney Stones in the European Union -- 2. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in North America -- 3. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in Pakistan -- 4. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in Northern India -- 5. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in Kerala, South India -- 6. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in China -- 7. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in South America -- 8. Epidemiology: South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa -- 9. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in Australia -- 10. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in Saudi Arabia with an Overview of the Regional Differences -- 11. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in Iran -- 12. Epidemiology of Stone Disease Over a 40-Year Period in Japan -- 13. Epidemiology of Stone Disease in the Russian Federation and Post-Soviet Era -- 14. Renal Stone Disease in Different Racial Groups -- Part II. Etiology -- 15. Stone Composition and Morphology: A Window on Etiology -- 16. The Genetics of Kidney Stones -- 17. Familial Clustering of Stone Disease -- 18. Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis: Basic and Clinical Aspects -- 19. Oxalate and Urolithiasis -- 20. Anti-Inflammatory Proteins in Kidney Stone Matrix -- 21. Physiology of Renal Handling of Citrate -- 22. Urinary Citrate and Stone Disease -- 23. Renal Tubular Acidosis and Stone Formation -- 24. Nephrolithiasis and its Interrelationship with Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone, and Calcium -- 25. Current Understanding of the Role of Randall's Plaque -- 26. Melamine-Associated Urinary Stone -- 27. Trace Elements in Urolithiasis -- 28. Infection Stones -- 29. Epidemiological and Etiological Considerations -- Part III. Diagnosis -- 30. Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Stones: An Overview -- 31. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Stone Disease in Emergency Settings -- 32. The Utilization of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Urolithiasis -- 33. The Role of Radiological Imaging -- 34. Radiation Exposure in Uroradiology -- 35. The Use of Low Dose CT Scanning -- 36. The Physics of Ultrasound and X-rays: A Primer for Urologists -- Part IV. Technology and Innovation -- 37. The Stone Surgeon/Lithotomists' Armamentarium: Today and Tomorrow -- 38. Physics and Technique of Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) -- 39. Laser Lithotripsy Physics -- 40. Bioeffects of Shock Wave Lithotripsy -- 41. History and Development of the Ureteroscope: What Does the Future Hold? -- 42. The Operating Room Technicians' and Nurses' Roles in Urologic Surgery -- 43. Innovation in Stone Disease -- Part V. Management Strategies -- 44. The Management of a Patient with an Acute Stone Problem -- 45. Open Surgery: Current Status and Techniques -- 46. Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Present Indications and Future Prospects -- 47. What You Should Know about Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy and How You Can Improve Your Performance -- 48. Examples of Clinical Problems that Might Be Encountered in Patients Treated with Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy -- 49. SWL of Renal and Ureteral Stones: The Chinese Experience -- 50. Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS) -- 51. Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) -- 52. Tubeless Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy -- 53. Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: The Chinese Approach -- 54. Percutaneous Nephrostomy, Antegrade Stent Placement, and Radiological Control of Post- PCNL Bleeding -- 55. Management Strategies for Staghorn Stones -- 56. Ureteral Stone Management: An Overview -- 57. Ureteroscopy for Ureteric Stones -- 58. Tricks for Successful Ureteroscopy -- 59. Lasers in Stone Disease -- 60. Ureteric Stents: Their Use and Abuse -- 61. Ureteric Stenting: Tips and Tricks -- 62. Transperitoneal Laparoscopic and Retroperitoneoscopic Stone Treatment -- 63. Role of Robotic-Assisted Surgery in the Management of Urolithiasis -- 64. Management of Urinary Bladder Calculi -- 65. Current Status of Medical Expulsion Therapy for Urinary Calculi -- 66. Dissolution of Stones by Oral and Irrigative Therapy -- 67. Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Urinary Stones -- 68. Patient Safety and the Importance of Informed Consent -- 69. Anesthesia and Pain Relief for Procedures Performed to Manage Urolithiasis -- Part VI. Management of Stones under Special Circumstances -- 70. Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Endourological Intervention, and Hemostatic Defects -- 71. Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices -- 72. Stone Disease in Pregnancy -- 73. Minimally Invasive Treatment of Calculi in Renal Anomalies -- 74. Kidney Stones and Chronic Kidney Disease -- 75. Calculus Renal Failure in Pakistan -- 76. Urolithiasis in Renal Transplant Donors and Recipients -- 77. Primary Hyperoxaluria: The Role and Timing of Liver and Kidney Transplantation -- Part VII. Pediatric Urolithiasis -- 78. Metabolic Stone Disease in Children -- 79. Pediatric Urinary Stone Disease in China -- 80. Patient Evaluation and Comparison of Stone-Removing Strategies in Pediatric Patients with Urinary Tract Stones -- 81. Pediatric Vesicle Stone -- 82. Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Renal Stone in Children -- 83. Endourological Approaches to Renal and Ureteric Calculi in Children -- Part VIII. Prevention of Recurrence -- 84. Biochemical Risk Evaluation in Patients with Urolithiasis -- 85. Application of Physical Methods to Kidney Stones and Randall's Plaque Characterization -- 86. General and Specific Dietary Advice for the Prevention of Stone Recurrence -- 87. Overview of Stone Prevention Strategies in China -- 88. Management of Hypercalciuria and Oxalates in the Prevention of Stone Recurrence -- 89. Citrate Therapy for Calcium and Uric Acid Stones -- 90. The Importance of Water and Other Fluids in the Prevention of Stone Recurrence -- 91. Orthophospates -- 92. Management of Cystinuria -- 93. The Detection and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients with Urolithiasis -- 94. Normocalcemic Hyperparathyroidism: An Illustrative Case Scenario -- 95. How to Perform a Successful Exploration of the Neck for Primary Hyperparathyroidism -- Part IX. Education, Training, Assessment, and Development -- 96. Professional Development and Competence of Physicians -- 97. Assessment in Post-Graduate Training -- 98. Assessment of Competence -- 99. Modern Concepts on Cognito-Psychomotor Skill Development -- 100. Integration of Competences -- 101. Education and Training of an Academic Urologic Surgeon -- 102. Advanced Training of a Practicing Urologist in Stone Disease Management -- 103. Across Semantic Turfs: The Need for Broader Education -- 104. Stimulating Research and Innovation in Residents -- Part X. Equitable Management of Stone Disease -- 105. Bringing Sophisticated High Technological Surgical Care to the Rural Masses: What Is India Doing? -- 106. Bringing Highly Technological Urolithiasis Care to a Billion People: What Is China Doing? -- 107. Lithotriptor Sharing -- 108. Choosing and Purchasing Expensive Medical Equipment: A Hospital Perspective -- 109. Comparative Costs of Various Treatment Strategies and Preventive Measures -- 110. Financial Options for Purchase, Lease, and Hire of Lithotriptors -- 111. The Engagement of Philanthropy -- 112. The Impact on Health Care of the Recent Global Epidemiological Trends in Urolithiasis -- 113. Societal Changes and the Etiology of Stone Disease -- Part XI. Case Scenarios -- 114. Case Scenarios and Interesting Images in Urolithiasis -- Part XII. Epilogue.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30905
Anil Chandraker, Mohamed H. Sayegh, Ajay K. Singh, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Though kidney transplantation is considered a routine procedure, there are still significant challenges in post-transplant management. Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation is a clinically focused authoritative guide to the management of kidney transplantation. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference summarizes the recent changes in the field of transplantation, offering the complete range of up-to-date information on all the various aspects of basic immunobiology and the medical care o…
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- Chandraker, Anil
- Sayegh, Mohamed H
- Singh, Ajay K
- Responsibility
- Anil Chandraker, Mohamed H. Sayegh, Ajay K. Singh, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 242 p. : 20 ill., 12 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461400080
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Immunology
- Nephrology
- Surgery
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Abstract
- Though kidney transplantation is considered a routine procedure, there are still significant challenges in post-transplant management. Core Concepts in Renal Transplantation is a clinically focused authoritative guide to the management of kidney transplantation. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference summarizes the recent changes in the field of transplantation, offering the complete range of up-to-date information on all the various aspects of basic immunobiology and the medical care of the transplant recipient. Written by a team of renowned authorities in renal transplantation, this concise resource is intended for both the nephrologist and the non-specialist with an interest in kidney transplantation.
- Contents
- Transplantation Immunobiology -- Basic Histocompatibility Testing Methods -- Medical Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor -- Evaluation of Renal Transplant Candidates -- Surgical Management of the Renal Transplant Recipient -- Overview of Immunosuppressive Therapies in Renal Transplantation -- Allograft Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Management -- Approach to Medical Complications after Kidney Transplantation -- Infectious Complications in Renal Transplant Recipients -- Recurrent and De-Novo Glomerulonephritis after Kidney Transplantation.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pediatric Dialysis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30921
Bradley A. Warady, Franz Schaefer, Steven R. Alexander, editors.
(2nd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Since the inaugural publication of Pediatric Dialysis in 2004, a wide range of advances have taken place in dialysis-related care, leading to a wealth of new knowledge in the field. Pediatric Dialysis, Second Edition brings this knowledge together to provide the most comprehensive source of state-of-the-art information on the dialysis of infants, children and adolescents. With new chapters, updated chapters and references, and contemporary, unique perspectives from authors who are leaders in th…
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- Warady, Bradley A
- Schaefer, Franz
- Alexander, Steven R
- Responsibility
- Bradley A. Warady, Franz Schaefer, Steven R. Alexander, editors
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 807 p. : 150 ill., 81 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461407218
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Renal Dialysis
- Renal Insufficiency
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Nephrology
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- Since the inaugural publication of Pediatric Dialysis in 2004, a wide range of advances have taken place in dialysis-related care, leading to a wealth of new knowledge in the field. Pediatric Dialysis, Second Edition brings this knowledge together to provide the most comprehensive source of state-of-the-art information on the dialysis of infants, children and adolescents. With new chapters, updated chapters and references, and contemporary, unique perspectives from authors who are leaders in the global pediatric nephrology community, Pediatric Dialysis, Second Edition is, once again, an authoritative reference that will facilitate best practices in both acute and chronic dialysis. Experienced clinicians and trainees alike will find Pediatric Dialysis, Second Edition not only another valuable contribution to the literature but an indispensable guide to managing their pediatric patients on dialysis.
- Contents
- Notes on the History of Dialysis Therapy in Children -- The Biology of Dialysis -- The Demographics of Dialysis in Children -- Organization and Management of a Pediatric Dialysis Program -- Pediatric Dialysis in Developing Countries -- The Decision to Initiate Dialysis in a Pediatric Patient -- Initiation of Maintenance Renal Replacement Therapy in Infants -- Urologic Issues in Pediatric Dialysis Patients -- Conservation of Residual Renal Function in Children Reaching End-Stage Renal Disease -- Peritoneal Access in Children Receiving Dialysis -- Technical Aspects and Prescription of Peritoneal Dialysis in Children -- Peritoneal Dialysis Solutions -- Peritoneal Dialysis During Infancy -- Peritonitis and Exit-Site Infections in Children Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis -- Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis in Children -- Hemodialysis Vascular Access in Children -- Technical Aspects of Hemodialysis in Children -- Prescribing and Monitoring Hemodialysis for Pediatric Patients -- Maintenance Hemodialysis During Infancy -- Intensified Hemodialysis in Children -- Common Complications of Hemodialysis -- Meeting Nutritional Goals for Children Receiving Maintenance Dialysis -- Technical Aspects of Controlled Enteral Nutrition in Pediatric Dialysis Patients -- Growth and Pubertal Development in Dialyzed Children and Adolescents -- Diagnosis and Management of Renal Osteodystrophy and Metabolic Bone Disease in Children -- The Cardiovascular Status of Pediatric Dialysis Patients -- Management of Renal Anemia in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease -- Immune Function and Immunization in Dialyzed Children -- Neurological Effects and Cognitive Development -- Psychosocial Adjustment and Adherence of Children and Adolescents on Dialysis -- Drug Administration and Pharmacogenomics in Children Receiving Acute or Chronic Renal Replacement Therapy -- Use of Contrast Agents in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease -- Long Term Outcome of Chronic Dialysis in Children -- The Quality of Child and Family Life on Dialysis -- Transitioning the Adolescent Dialysis Patient to Adult Care -- The Ethics of Withholding or Withdrawing Dialysis in the Pediatric ESRD Patient -- Acute Kidney Injury in Children: Diagnosis and Treatment with Peritoneal Dialysis, Hemodialysis and CRRT -- The Development of CRRT for Infants and Children -- Extracorporeal Liver Replacement Therapy for Pediatric Patients. Dialytic Therapy of Inborn Errors of Metabolism -- Pediatric Therapeutic Apheresis -- Extracorporeal Therapy for Drug Overdose and Poisoning in Children.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Atlas of Diabetes
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30932
edited by Jay Skyler.
(4th ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Diabetes mellitus is increasing in incidence, prevalence, and importance as a chronic disease throughout the world. The International Diabetes Federation projects that by 2030 there will be 438 million people with diabetes on a global scale. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control calculates that 25.8 million people (or 8.3% of the population) have diabetes and nearly 2 million Americans develop diabetes each year. Thus, the burden of diabetes is enormous in terms of the magnitude…
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- Skyler, Jay
- Responsibility
- edited by Jay Skyler
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 422 p. : 502 ill., 395 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461410287
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diabetes Mellitus - Atlases
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Diabetes
- Abstract
- Diabetes mellitus is increasing in incidence, prevalence, and importance as a chronic disease throughout the world. The International Diabetes Federation projects that by 2030 there will be 438 million people with diabetes on a global scale. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control calculates that 25.8 million people (or 8.3% of the population) have diabetes and nearly 2 million Americans develop diabetes each year. Thus, the burden of diabetes is enormous in terms of the magnitude of the population affected. There has been an exciting explosion of knowledge about fundamental mechanisms related to diabetes. We have gained insights into the pathogenesis both of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and with that, the prospect of implementing prevention strategies to delay or interdict the disease processes. Great progress has been made in islet transplantation, which offers the potential of reversing diabetes, while approaches to islet replacement by regeneration or stem cell therapy are in their infancy. Whether diabetes prevention will come from advances in understanding the processes of islet neogenesis and proliferation, from genetic engineering, or from protecting xenoislets or stem cells from immunologic attack remains unclear. All are potential avenues of pursuit. This newly revised, comprehensive, four-color Atlas of Diabetes, 4th Edition, is extensively updated with references to the current literature. Developed by leading authorities in the field, this Atlas offers an indispensable collection of images, including algorithms, tables, charts, and schematic drawings. It continues its role as a leading reference work and an invaluable contribution to the field.
- Contents
- Regulation of Insulin Secretion and Islet Cell Function -- Mechanisms of Insulin Action -- Consequences of Insulin Deficiency -- Type 1 Diabetes -- Management of Type 1 Diabetes -- Childhood Diabetes -- Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes -- Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus -- Diabetes and Pregnancy -- Mechanisms of Hyperglycemic Damage in Diabetes -- Management and Prevention of Diabetic Complications -- Eye Complications of Diabetes -- Diabetes and the Kidney -- Diabetic Neuropathies -- Obesity Therapy -- Reversal of Diabetes: Islet Cell Transplantation -- Technology and Diabetes: Insulin Delivery Systems and Glucose Sensing -- Newer Diabetes Medications.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Great Health Care : Making It Happen
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30940
J. Timothy Harrington, Eric D. Newman, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Great Health Care is enlightening and entertaining. It's a must read for physicians, patients, health policymakers and administrators, and the interested public---anyone who wants to understand what great health care is, and how we might build it together. The authors share their stories and motivations and the methods they have used to transform care for their own patients within their own practices and health systems. They thoughtfully explore how we got into this mess, how we can get out of…
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- Harrington, J. Timothy
- Newman, Eric D
- Responsibility
- J. Timothy Harrington, Eric D. Newman, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 258 p. : 53 ill., 40 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461411987
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Chronic Disease
- Health Care Reform
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Abstract
- Great Health Care is enlightening and entertaining. It's a must read for physicians, patients, health policymakers and administrators, and the interested public---anyone who wants to understand what great health care is, and how we might build it together. The authors share their stories and motivations and the methods they have used to transform care for their own patients within their own practices and health systems. They thoughtfully explore how we got into this mess, how we can get out of it, and the barriers to making it happen. "It is not only the impact of chronic diseases on our health and economy that draws us to this subject. It is the intriguing and rewarding potential for improving the status quo through redesigning how chronic disease care is provided and paid for." (Timothy Harrington, MD) "You can't do things differently until you see things differently." (Eric Newman, MD) "We start people on the road to recovery, but the 12 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation is just the warm-up period. The really important part is what happens afterward." (Richard Lueker, MD, Beth McCormick, MS) "We believe the extra-ordinary efforts of our program coordinators are key to our clients' wellbeing and our unusually low readmission rate." (Kathi Farrell, RN, BSN, PHN, Kathleen Sullivan, RN, MSN) "In real life, we are not usually given the chance to have a do-over. But we are given the chance to continuously improve. With the right skill sets, and the right partners, we can transform." (Eric Newman, MD)
- Contents
- Why Chronic Diseases? -- How Has the U.S. Health System Evolved? -- Why has the U. S. Health System Become What It Is? -- Making Chronic Disease Care Great -- Building Systems of Care -- Problem Solving -- Testing and Implementing Solutions -- Managing Complex Processes -- Managing Medical Information: Tools, Rules, and What's Cool -- Measuring Processes and Outcomes of Care -- Teaming: Everyone has a Role to Play -- How Providers Should Be Paid -- Diabetes: Everyone's Number One Priority -- Osteoporosis: Breaking Bones is Not Inevitable -- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnose Early and Treat to Target -- Heart Failure: Reducing Readmissions -- Chronic Kidney Disease: Changing the Mean by Changing the Mien -- Asthma: Identifying and Treating High-Risk Patients -- Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Risk Factors -- Obesity: The Elephant in the Room -- Palliative Care & Hospice: Advancing the Science of Comfort, Affirming the Art of Caring -- Myths and Miscreants -- Improving Care versus Transforming Care -- Translational Research or Industrial Process Improvement: A False Choice -- The Patient Centered Medical Home or System-based Care: Another False Choice -- Preparing Physicians with Optimal Processes and Process Improvement Skills.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Redo Cardiac Surgery in Adults
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30943
Venkat R. Machiraju, Hartzell V. Schaff, Lars G. Svensson, editors.
(2nd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
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Redo cardiac surgeries are challenging cases with a myriad of influential factors, ranging from the patient's pathology to the whimsy of the previous surgeon. Redo Cardiac Surgery in Adults, 2nd Edition clearly outlines practical approaches, surgical techniques, and management of associated conditions such as perioperative stroke and acute kidney function. It covers the spectrum of redo cardiac operations, including coronary artery bypass, mitral valve repair, reoperation for prosthetic mitral …
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- Machiraju, Venkat R
- Schaff, Hartzell V
- Svensson, Lars G
- Responsibility
- Venkat R. Machiraju, Hartzell V. Schaff, Lars G. Svensson, editors
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 205 p. : 95 ill., 73 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461413264
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Heart Diseases - surgery
- Reoperation
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Heart - Surgery
- Thoracic surgery
- Abstract
- Redo cardiac surgeries are challenging cases with a myriad of influential factors, ranging from the patient's pathology to the whimsy of the previous surgeon. Redo Cardiac Surgery in Adults, 2nd Edition clearly outlines practical approaches, surgical techniques, and management of associated conditions such as perioperative stroke and acute kidney function. It covers the spectrum of redo cardiac operations, including coronary artery bypass, mitral valve repair, reoperation for prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis, aortic arch reoperation, descending and thoracoabdominal aortic reoperation, and reoperations following endovascular aortic repair. All redo cardiac surgeries present a complex array of challenges beyond what the original procedure demands. This book, written by an outstanding group of prominent physicians, will give the reader the knowledge and tools to approach these cases with confidence.
- Contents
- 1. Problems Related to Redo Cardiac Surgery -- 2. Practical Approaches to the Current "On-Pump" Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery -- 3. Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Repeat Coronary Revascularization -- 4. Management of Perioperative Stroke -- 5. Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Cardiac Surgery -- 6. Pulmonary Factors in Redo Open Heart Surgery -- 7. Transfusion Therapy in Reoperative Cardiac Surgery -- 8. Anesthesia for Redo Cardiac Surgery -- 9. Options for Advanced Mechanical Support for Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Cardiac Reoperations -- 10. Reoperations for Mitral Valve Disease: Surgical Approaches and Techniques -- 11. Reoperation Following Mitral Valve Repair -- 12. Reoperation for Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis -- 13. Surgical Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Redo Cardiac Operations -- 14. Surgical Management of Tricuspid Valve Disorders -- 15. Reoperation for Aortic Valve Disease -- 16. Reoperation Following Homograft Aortic Valve Replacement -- 17. Prosthetic Aortic Valve and Root Endocarditis -- 18. Reoperation on the Aortic Arch -- 19. Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Reoperations -- 20. Reoperations Following Endovascular Aortic Repair -- 21. Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Heart Disease After Previous Cardiac Surgery.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas : A Companion to the Seventh Editions of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and Handbook
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30955
editors, Carolyn C. Compton .. [et al.].
(2nd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Significantly expanded, expertly and beautifully illustrated, The AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas, 2nd Edition, offers more than 600 illustrations created exclusively for this new edition and is fully updated to reflect the concepts discussed in the 7th Edition of both the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and its companion Handbook. This Atlas illustrates the TNM classifications of all cancer sites and types included in the 7th Edition of the Manual and visually conceptualizes the TNM classifications and s…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Corporate Author
- American Joint Committee on Cancer
- Other Authors
- Compton, Carolyn C
- Responsibility
- editors, Carolyn C. Compton .. [et al.]
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 637 p. : 485 ill., 42 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781461420804
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasm Staging - Atlases
- Neoplasms - classification
- Abstract
- Significantly expanded, expertly and beautifully illustrated, The AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas, 2nd Edition, offers more than 600 illustrations created exclusively for this new edition and is fully updated to reflect the concepts discussed in the 7th Edition of both the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and its companion Handbook. This Atlas illustrates the TNM classifications of all cancer sites and types included in the 7th Edition of the Manual and visually conceptualizes the TNM classifications and stage groupings. Specifically designed for simplicity and precision, the drawings have been verified through multi-disciplinary review to ensure accuracy and relevancy for clinical use. Every illustration provides detailed anatomic depictions to clarify critical structures and to allow the reader to instantly visualize the progressive extent of malignant disease. In addition, nodal maps are included for each site, appropriate labeling has been incorporated to identify significant anatomic structures, and each illustration is accompanied by an explanatory legend. The AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas, 2nd Edition, is an official publication of the American Joint Committee on Cancer, the recognized international leader in state-of-the-art information on cancer staging. This Atlas has been created as a companion to the updated 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, which continues to disseminate the importance of anatomical and pathological staging in the management of cancer. This state-of-the-art, invaluable 2nd Edition includes a CD containing PowerPoint slides of all illustrations, additional color, and a user-friendly, easy-to-read layout. The AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas, 2nd Edition will serve as an indispensable reference for clinicians, registrars, students, trainees, and patients.
- Contents
- Purposes and Principles of Cancer Staging -- Cancer Survival Analysis -- Lip and Oral Cavity -- Pharynx -- Larynx -- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses -- Major Salivary Glands (Parotid, Submandibular, and Sublingual) -- Thyroid -- Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck -- Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction -- Stomach -- Small Intestine -- Appendix -- Colon and Rectum -- Anus -- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor -- Neuroendocrine Tumors -- Liver -- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts -- Gallbladder -- Perihilar Bile Ducts -- Distal Bile Duct -- Ampulla of Vater -- Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas -- Lung -- Pleural Mesothelioma -- Bone -- Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Other Cutaneous Carcinomas -- Merkel Cell Carcinoma -- Melanoma of the Skin -- Breast -- Vulva -- Vagina -- Cervix Uteri -- Corpus Uteri -- Ovary and Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma -- Fallopian Tube -- Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors -- Penis -- Prostate -- Testis -- Kidney -- Renal Pelvis and Ureter -- Urinary Bladder -- Urethra -- Adrenal -- Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas -- Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
