APLS : pediatric emergency medicine resource
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat52809
Fuchs, Susan.
American Academy of Pediatrics.
(5th ed.)
--Burlington, MA:
Jones & Bartlett Learning
, 2012.
- Call Number
- WS 205 A36 2012 RES
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE
- Call Number
- WS 205 A36 2012 RES
- Author
- Fuchs, Susan
- Corporate Author
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Other Authors
- Yamamato, Loren
- Other Authors
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burlington, MA
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Date of Publication
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 535 p. : ill.
- ISBN
- 9.78E+12
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergencies
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Life Support Care
- Child
- Infant
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 1 week
Diversity in organizations : a critical examination
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33129
Cedric Herring and Loren Henderson.
--New York, NY:
Routledge
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Diversity in Organizations argues that ensuring a diverse workforce composition has tangible benefits for organizations. Rather than relying on touchy-feely arguments, Herring and Henderson present compelling evidence that directly links diversity to the bottom line. Presented accessibly, without shying away from the contentious aspects of diversity, the book also provides concrete advice and guidance to those who seek to implement diversity programs and initiatives in their organizations, and…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Herring, Cedric
- Other Authors
- Henderson, Loren
- Responsibility
- Cedric Herring and Loren Henderson
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 224 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781317802228 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Minority Groups
- Personnel Management
- Psychology, Industrial
- Workplace - organization & administration
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Diversity in the workplace
- Organizational behavior
- Personnel management
- Abstract
- Diversity in Organizations argues that ensuring a diverse workforce composition has tangible benefits for organizations. Rather than relying on touchy-feely arguments, Herring and Henderson present compelling evidence that directly links diversity to the bottom line. Presented accessibly, without shying away from the contentious aspects of diversity, the book also provides concrete advice and guidance to those who seek to implement diversity programs and initiatives in their organizations, and to make their companies more competitive. Students taking classes in diversity, human resource management, sociology of work, and organizational psychology will find this a comprehensive, helpful resource
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Functional Electromyography : Provocative Maneuvers in Electrodiagnosis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29977
by Loren M. Fishman, Allen N Wilkins.
--Boston, MA:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2011.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Fishman, Loren M
- Other Authors
- Wilkins, Allen N
- Responsibility
- by Loren M. Fishman, Allen N Wilkins
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- ISBN
- 9781607610205
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Electromyography
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Neurology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Gender Confirmation Surgery : Principles and Techniques for an Emerging Field
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44868
Loren S. Schechter, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Gender confirming surgery represents one of many therapies for individuals with gender dysphoria and can be pivotal in allowing individuals to become their true selves. An emerging field, this text represents a continuing evolution of surgical techniques, as well as a framework around whisurgical therapies are based. Providing a fundamental understanding of the surgical principles while also recognizing the fast-paced nature of the advances in technique, Gender Confirmation Surgery touches upon…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Schechter, Loren S.
- Responsibility
- Loren S. Schechter, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 274 p.) : 180 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030290931
- 9783030290924 (Print ed.)
- 9783030290948 (Print ed.)
- 9783030290955 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Sex Reassignment Procedures - methods
- Sex Reassignment Surgery - methods
- Transgender Persons
- Specialty
- Sexual Health
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Abstract
- Gender confirming surgery represents one of many therapies for individuals with gender dysphoria and can be pivotal in allowing individuals to become their true selves. An emerging field, this text represents a continuing evolution of surgical techniques, as well as a framework around whisurgical therapies are based. Providing a fundamental understanding of the surgical principles while also recognizing the fast-paced nature of the advances in technique, Gender Confirmation Surgery touches upon the challenges and complexities in the surgical care of transgender individuals, featuring detailed sections for transwomen and transmen surgeries, non-surgical options, and establishing educational programs. Written as a guide primarily for surgeons in plastics, urology, and gynecology, this book can also appeal to primary care practitioners, mental health professionals, and endocrinologists. By representing an evolution of technique and advances in the field, Gender Confirmation Surgery offers a framework around whipractitioners can familiarize themselves with gender surgery.
- Contents
- 1. History, Societal Attitudes, and Contexts -- 2. Etiology of Gender Dysphoria -- 3. History of Gender Identity and Surgical Alteration of the Genitalia -- 4. Language and Terminology in Transgender Health -- 5. The Mental Health Assessment for Surgery -- 6. Primary Care for the Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Patient -- 7. Hormone Therapy for Transgender Women -- 8. Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men -- 9. Medical Management of the Adolescent Individual with Gender Dysphoria -- 10. Male-to-Female Breast Augmentation and Body Contouring -- 11. The Importance of Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery -- 12. Facial Gender Affirmation Surgery: Facial Feminization Surgery and Facial Masculinization Surgery -- 13. Fertility Preservation Options for Transgender and Trans Masculine Patients Planning Hysterectomy 14. Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty -- 15. Intestinal Vaginoplasty -- 16. Chest Masculinization Surgery -- 17. Urethral Anatomy and Urethral Reconstruction in Phalloplasty and Metoidioplasty -- 18. MLD (Musculocutaneous Latissimus Dorsi) Phalloplasty -- 19. Radial Forearm (RF) and Anterolateral Thigh (ALT) Phalloplasty Reconstruction -- 20. Management of Urethral Complications Following Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty -- 21. Strategies to Optimize Sexual Function with Feminizing and Masculinizing Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery -- 22. Postoperative Care from the Primary Care Perspective -- 23. Religious Attitudes Toward Gender-Confirming Surgery -- 24. Establishment of a Gender Confirmation Program.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Inflammatory Bowel Disease : From Bench to Bedside
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40487
edited by Stephan R. Targan, Fergus Shanahan, Loren C. Karp.
(2nd edition)
--New York:
Springer
, c2003.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside is a detailed and comprehensive story of the local and systemic pathophysiology of intestinal inflammation including management strategies. Research advances and current concepts of etiopathogenesis in the context of what is already known of the clinicopathologic features of these disorders are explored. This volume blends recent advances in the basic and clinical sciences as they relate to inflammatory bowel disease and emphasizes the effective…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Targan, Stephan R
- Shanahan, Fergus
- Karp, Loren C
- Responsibility
- edited by Stephan R. Targan, Fergus Shanahan, Loren C. Karp
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2003
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 903 p. : 98 illus., 9 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9780387258089
- 9780387258072 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Abstract
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside is a detailed and comprehensive story of the local and systemic pathophysiology of intestinal inflammation including management strategies. Research advances and current concepts of etiopathogenesis in the context of what is already known of the clinicopathologic features of these disorders are explored. This volume blends recent advances in the basic and clinical sciences as they relate to inflammatory bowel disease and emphasizes the effectiveness of a team approach of basic scientists and clinician investigators in this field.
- Contents
- Section 1. The laboratory bench -- 1. Introduction: Inflammatory bowel diseases: from bench to bedside -- 2. The changing faces of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis -- 3. Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease -- 4. Experimental mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease: new insights into pathogenic mechanisms -- 5. The normal intestinal mucosa: a state of 'controlled inflammation' -- 6. The lymphocyte-epithelial-bacterial interface -- 7. The mucosal inflammatory response. Cytokines and chemokines -- 8. Role of the microcirculation in chronic gut inflammation -- 9. Remission, relapse, intestinal healing and repair -- 10. Antibodies in the exploration of inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis and disease stratification -- 11. Pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease: the effect of inflammation on intestinal function -- 12. Systemic consequences of intestinal inflammation -- Section II. The bedside -- 13. Understanding symptoms and signs in inflammatory bowel disease -- 14. Clinical course and complications of ulcerative colitis and ulcerative proctitis -- 15. Clinical features and complications of Crohn's disease -- 16. Mechanisms of systemic inflammation associated with intestinal injury -- 17. Pathology of inflammatory bowel diseases: a critical appraisal in diagnosis and management -- 18. An endoscopic and histologic perspective of diagnosis: when, where, and what to do -- 19. Radiologic (radiographic) and imaging features of ulcerative cohtis and Crohn's disease -- 20. New diagnostic approaches in inflammatory bowel disease -- 21. Differential diagnosis of colitis -- 22. 'Disease management' in chronic medical conditions -- 23. Pharmacoeconomics and inflammatory bowel disease -- 24. Measuring quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease -- 25. Clinical pharmacology in inflammatory bowel disease: optimizing current medical therapy -- 26. Multi-site therapeutic modalities for inflammatory bowel diseases - mechanisms of action -- 27. Targeted therapies for inflammatory bowel disease -- 28. Role of antibiotics and probiotics in the management of inflammatory bowel disease -- 29. Nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease -- 30. Medical management of ulcerative colitis -- 31. Surgical management of ulcerative colitis -- 32. Pouchitis: clinical characteristics and management -- 33. Medical therapy for Crohn's disease -- 34. Surgery for Crohn's disease -- 35. Postoperative prevention of recurrence of Crohn's disease -- 36. The molecular pathology of inflammatory bowel disease-associated neoplasia and preneoplasia -- 37. Dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease: clinical pathology and current surveillance methods -- 38. Hepatobiliary disorders -- 39. Articular and ocular complications of inflammatory bowel disease -- 40. Cutaneous manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease -- 41. Fertility and pregnancy in inflammatory bowel disease -- 42. Special considerations in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease in the pediatric age group -- 43. Microscopic colitis: collagenous and lymphocytic colitis -- 44. Colon ischemia -- 45. Diversion colitis -- 46. Pseudomembranous colitis and Clostridium difficile infection -- 47. Infectious colitis -- 48. Human immunodeficiency virus and inflammatory bowel disease -- 49. Bone metabolism and inflammatory bowel disease -- Section III. Back to the laboratory bench -- 50. Epilogue: Bench to bedside and back to bench.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Integrative Pain Medicine : The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29487
edited by Joseph F. Audette, Allison Bailey.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Audette, Joseph F
- Other Authors
- Bailey, Allison
- Responsibility
- edited by Joseph F. Audette, Allison Bailey
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- Series Title
- Contemporary Pain Medicine
- ISBN
- 9781597453448
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pain Management - methods
- Complementary Therapies
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Pain medicine
- Alternative medicine
- Contents
- Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Legal and Ethical Issues in Integrative Pain Management / Michael H. Cohen -- Pt. II. Future Trends in CAM Research -- 2. Basic Mechanisms of Pain / Frank Willard -- 3. Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain Perception / Norman W. Kettner -- 4. Neuroimaging for the Evaluation of CAM Mechanisms / Vitaly Napadow, Rupali P. Dhond and Norman W. Kettner -- 5. Integrating Dry Needling with New Concepts of Myofascial Pain, Muscle Physiology, and Sensitization / Jay P. Shah -- 6. Potential Role of Fascia in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain / Helene M. Langevin -- 7. Biochemical and Nutritional Influences on Pain / Steve Parcell -- 8. Exercise Testing and Training in Patients with (Chronic) Pain / Harriet Wittink and Tim Takken -- Pt. III. Therapeutic Techniques -- 9. Meditation and Chronic Pain / Joshua Wootton -- 10. Adjunctive Hypnotic Management of Acute Pain in Invasive Medical Interventions / Gloria Maria Martinez Salazar, Salomao Faintuch and Elvira V. Lang -- 11. Energy-Based Therapies for Chronic Pain / Eric Leskowitz -- 12. Tai Chi in Pain Medicine / Joseph F. Audette -- 13. Yoga in Pain Management / Loren Fishman and Ellen Saltonstall -- 14. Contemporary Aquatic Therapy and Pain Management / Douglas W. Kinnaird and Bruce E. Becker -- 15. Osteopathic Medicine in Chronic Pain / James H. Gronemeyer and Alexios G. Carayannopoulos -- 16. Chiropractic Pain Management: An Integrative Approach / Norman W. Kettner -- 17. Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork in Integrative Pain Management / Arthur Madore and Janet R. Kahn -- 18. Acupuncture in Pain Management / David Wang and Joseph F. Audette -- 19. Nutrition and Supplements for Pain Management / Maria Sulindro-Ma, Charise L. Ivy and Amber C. Isenhart -- 20. Botanicals in the Management of Pain / Tieraona Low Dog -- 21. Chinese Herbal Medicine for Pain / David Euler -- Pt. IV. Integrative Models -- 22. Integrative Pain Medicine Models: Women’s Health Programs / Allison Bailey and Meryl Stein -- 23. Integrative Medicine: History, Overview, and Applications to Pain Management / Joseph Mosquera.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Models of madness : psychological, social and biological approaches to schizophrenia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24473
Read, John.
--New York, NY:
Routledge
, 2004.
- Call Number
- Wm 203 R283m 2004
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- Wm 203 R283m 2004
- Author
- Read, John
- Other Authors
- Mosher, Loren R.
- Bentall, Richard P.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 373 p.
- ISBN
- 9781583919064
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Pediatric Radiology Review
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28692
edited by Michael D. Pappas, Loren G. Yamamoto, Okechukwu Anene.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Pappas, Michael D
- Other Authors
- Yamamoto, Loren G
- Anene, Okechukwu
- Responsibility
- edited by Michael D. Pappas, Loren G. Yamamoto, Okechukwu Anene
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- ISBN
- 9781597451468
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Radiography - Child - Examination Questions
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Radiology, Medical
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Pediatrics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Surgical management of the transgender patient
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42344
[edited by] Loren S. Schechter.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, c2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Schechter, Loren S.
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Loren S. Schechter.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (128 p. : ill.)
- ISBN
- 9780323480895
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Sex Reassignment Procedures - methods
- Sex Reassignment Surgery - methods
- Transgender Persons
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background; Definitions; Epidemiology; History; Cause -- 3. Medical Therapy; Diagnosis; Hormonal therapy; Primary and preventative care; Adolescent therapy -- 4. Surgical Therapy; Embryology; Goals of surgical therapy; Multidisciplinary treatment -- 5. Surgical Therapy for Transwomen; Penile disassembly and inversion; Intestinal vaginoplasty; Complications; After-discharge care; Additional procedures for transwomen -- 6. Surgical Therapy for Transmen; Chest surgery; Genital surgery for transmen -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Vaginoplasty Consent -- Appendix B: Chest Surgery Consent -- Appendix C: Phalloplasty Consent -- Appendix D: Preoperative and Postoperative Instructions -- Appendix E: Postoperative Vaginoplasty Instructions -- Appendix F: Postoperative Chest Surgery Instructions -- Appendix G: Postoperative Metoidioplasty Instructions -- Appendix H: Postoperative Phalloplasty Instructions.
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Surgical management of the transgender patient
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat51284
Schechter, Loren S.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Schechter, Loren S.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- ISBN
- 9780323480895
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Sex Reassignment Procedures - methods
- Sex Reassignment Surgery - methods
- Transgender Persons
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
