ABC of transfusion
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23637
Contreras, Marcela.
(4th ed.)
--Chichester, England:
Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WB 356 A134 2009
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 356 A134 2009
- Author
- Contreras, Marcela
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, England
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- vii, 119 p.
- Series Title
- ABC series
- ISBN
- 9781405156462
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Blood Transfusion
- Transfusion Medicine
- Contents
- The blood donor: demographics, donor selection and tests on donor blood -- Supply and demand for blood and blood components, and stock management -- Compatibility testing before transfusion and blood ordering policies -- Transfusion of red cells -- Platelet and granulocyte transfusions -- Haemolytic disease of the newborn and its prevention -- Fetal and neonatal transfusion -- Plasma, plasma products and indications for their use (to include plasma exchange) -- Human albumin solutions and the controversy of crystalloids versus colloids -- The treatment of massive haemorrhage: in surgery and in trauma -- Immunological complications of transfusion -- Infectious complications of blood transfusion: bacteria and parasites -- Infectious complications of blood transfusion: viruses -- vCJD and its impact on the UK blood supply -- Risks of transfusion in the context of haemovigilance. SHOT: the UK haemovigilance system -- Alternatives to allogeneic blood transfusion including autologous transfusion -- Blood substitutes -- Appropriate use of blood and better blood transfusion -- Cellular and immunotherapies -- Blood transfusion in a regulatory environment and the EU directive.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
About Nova Scotia Health’s smoke and tobacco reduction policy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36768
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Mental Health and Addictions, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Respiratory Therapy Services, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Occupational Health Safety and Wellness.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1547
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Nova Scotia Health promotes a smoke-free, tobacco-free, and vape-free environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Nova Scotia Health is committed to helping people smoke less, stop smoking, and stay smoke-free. This pamphlet provides information about smudging ceremonies, stopping smoking, referral to Tobacco Free Nova Scotia (TFNS), and what to do if you decide you are ready to try to quit tobacco. Contact information for TFNS and the Stop Smoking Program is provided. The French version of …
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Mental Health and Addictions
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Respiratory Therapy Services
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Occupational Health Safety and Wellness
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([2] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Smoking Cessation
- Tobacco Use Cessation Devices
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Smoking cessation
- Smoking cessation products
- Specialty
- Hospitals
- Abstract
- Nova Scotia Health promotes a smoke-free, tobacco-free, and vape-free environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Nova Scotia Health is committed to helping people smoke less, stop smoking, and stay smoke-free. This pamphlet provides information about smudging ceremonies, stopping smoking, referral to Tobacco Free Nova Scotia (TFNS), and what to do if you decide you are ready to try to quit tobacco. Contact information for TFNS and the Stop Smoking Program is provided. The French version of this pamphlet 1548, "Politique de réduction du tabagisme de Santé Nouvelle-Écosse," is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Mental Health & Addictions, Respiratory Therapy, Occupational Health Safety & Wellness
- Pamphlet Number
- 1547
Advances in molecular toxicology. Vol. 1
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27194
edited by James C. Fishbein.
--Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Elsevier
, 2006.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Fishbein, James C
- Responsibility
- edited by James C. Fishbein.
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9786610707997
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Toxicology
- Molecular Biology
- Contents
- Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editor's Preface -- Bioactivation of Estrogens to Toxic Quinones -- Introduction -- Mechanisms of Estrogen Carcinogenesis -- Oxidation of Catechol Estrogens to O-Quinones -- DNA Damage Induced by Catechol Estrogens -- Protein Damage Induced by Catechol Estrogens -- Role of the Estrogen Receptor in Estrogen Carcinogenesis -- Substitution of the 4-Hydroxy group on Catechol Estrogens with Fluorine Abolishes Quinoid Formation while Maintaining Estrogenic Activity -- Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Diverse Mechanisms of Endogenous Nucleobase Deamination in DNA and RNA -- Introduction -- Simple Hydrolytic Mechanisms -- Nitrosative Deamination and Inflammation -- Enzymatic Deamination of Nucleobases -- Purine Metabolism as a Source of Nucleobase Deamination in DNA and RNA -- Repair and Mutagenesis of Nucleobase Deamination Products -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Site-Specific Modification of the Electrophile Sensor Protein Keap1 and Activation of Nrf2-Dependent Gene Expression -- Introduction -- Patterns of Keap1 Modification by Electrophiles -- Relationship of Keap1 Modification Sites and Functionally Significant Cysteine Residues -- Electrophile-Induced Ubiquitination of Keap1 -- Unresolved Questions about Electrophile-Induced Activation of NRF2 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Genotoxicity of Chlorophenols and Ochratoxin A -- Introduction -- Chlorophenols -- Ochratoxin A -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Idiosyncratic Drug Reactions: Clinical Evidence for Mechanistic Hypotheses -- Background -- Postulated Mechanisms -- Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Subject Index -- Last Page
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Ageing Immune System and Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41474
Valquiria Bueno, Janet M. Lord, Thomas A. Jackson, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The present book intends to provide an update on immunosenescence and how deficiencies in the immune system contribute to a higher susceptibility to infections, decline in organ function, reduced vaccination responses, age-related disease and the ageing process itself, negatively affecting longevity. Our focus is on the main changes in immune system cells and their products occurring during the ageing process and the possible consequences for health and disease. This includes: discussion of the…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Bueno, Valquiria
- Lord, Janet M
- Jackson, Thomas A
- Responsibility
- Valquiria Bueno, Janet M. Lord, Thomas A. Jackson, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 182 pages) : 19 illus., 11 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319433653
- 9783319433639 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - immunology
- Immune System - physiopathology
- Immunosenescence
- Abstract
- The present book intends to provide an update on immunosenescence and how deficiencies in the immune system contribute to a higher susceptibility to infections, decline in organ function, reduced vaccination responses, age-related disease and the ageing process itself, negatively affecting longevity. Our focus is on the main changes in immune system cells and their products occurring during the ageing process and the possible consequences for health and disease. This includes: discussion of the modulatory and/or suppressive mechanisms associated with the alterations in T regulatory cells, B regulatory cells and Myeloid Derived Suppressor cells; changes in the immune system observed in chronic neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, lung disease and frailty will also be discussed. Most importantly we provide recent literature information about possible interventions (focusing on physical activity) that could alleviate the negative effects of immunosenescence. The Ageing Immune System and Health is a comprehensive guide on the field intended to all physicians, researchers, professors and students interested on relationship between immune system, ageing and health.
- Contents
- 1. Innate Immunosenescence and Its Impact on Health in Old Age -- 2. Effects of Ageing on Adaptive Immune Responses -- 3. The DNA Methylome: An Interface Between the Environment, Immunity, and Ageing -- 4. The Role of CMV in Immunosenescence -- 5. Effects of Ageing on the Vaccination Response -- 6. Immunosenescence and the Ageing Lung -- 7. Cancer, Ageing and Immunosenescence -- 8. Immune to Brain Communication in Health, Age and Disease: Implications for Understanding Age-Related Neurodegeneration -- 9. Frailty and Ageing -- 10. Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Immunesenescence.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Alcohol, nutrition, and health consequences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32449
Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi, editors.
--New York, NY:
Humana Press
, c2013.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Alcohol, Nutrition, and Health Consequences provides practical, data-driven resources to help the reader understand the basics, treatments and preventive strategies that are involved in the understanding of how alcohol may affect healthy individuals as well as those with chronic alcohol use with or without relevant infectious diseases, obesity, diabetes and/or neurocognitive declines. It will also help the clinician define the causes and types of nutritional changes due to alcohol use and also …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Watson, Ronald Ross
- Preedy, Victor R
- Zibadi, Sherma
- Responsibility
- Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 578 p. : 70 ill., 8 ill. in color)
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Series Title
- Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9781627030472
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alcohol-Related Disorders - complications
- Ethanol - adverse effects
- Ethanol - metabolism
- Nutrition Disorders - etiology
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Nutrition
- Personal health and hygiene
- Emergency medicine
- Abstract
- Alcohol, Nutrition, and Health Consequences provides practical, data-driven resources to help the reader understand the basics, treatments and preventive strategies that are involved in the understanding of how alcohol may affect healthy individuals as well as those with chronic alcohol use with or without relevant infectious diseases, obesity, diabetes and/or neurocognitive declines. It will also help the clinician define the causes and types of nutritional changes due to alcohol use and also explain how nutrition can be used to ameliorate its consequences. Chapters present the application of current nutritional knowledge by physicians and dietitians. Specific areas involving alcohol-related damage due to nutritional changes are reviewed, including heart disease, obesity, digestive tract cancers, lactation, brain function, and liver disease. In addition, alcohol's effects on absorption of minerals and nutrients, a key role in causing damage are treated. The importance of diet in modifying alcohol and its metabolite damage is also explained. Alcohol, Nutrition, and Health Consequences is essential reading for alcohol therapists and researchers as well as primary care physicians and dietitians and is an easy reference to help the clinician, student, and dietitian comprehend the complex changes caused by direct and indirect effects of ethanol at the cellular level via its nutritional modification.
- Contents
- Alcoholic and Nutrition: an Overview -- Genetics of alcohol metabolism -- Laboratory models available to study alcohol and nutrition -- Ethanol-induced lipid peroxidation and apoptosis in embryopathy -- Alcohol Use During Lactation: Effects on the Mother Infant Dyad -- Moderate alcohol administration: oxidative stress and nutritional status -- Alcohol use and abuse: Effects on Body Weight and body composition -- Alcohol Nutrition and health inequalities -- The effect of diet on protein modification by ethanol metabolites -- Vitamin B12 deficiency in alcoholics -- Alcohol American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Alcohol: Biology, Nutrition and Positive Programs -- Metabolism of Ethanol to Acetaldehyde in the Rat Mammary Tissue. Inhibitory Effects of Plant Polyphenols and Folic Acid -- Dietary zinc supplementation and prenatal ethanol exposure -- Tocotrienol and cognitive dysfunction induced by alcohol -- Soy Products Affecting Alcohol Absorption and Metabolism -- Oats supplementation and alcohol-induced oxidative tissue damage -- Fish oil n-3 fatty acids to prevent hippocampus and cognitive dysfunction in experimental alcoholism -- Alcohol in HIV and possible interactions with antiretroviral medications -- Popular energy drinks and alcohol -- The psychological synergistic effects of alcohol and caffeine -- Alcohol and Smoking: A correlation of use in youth? -- Are there Physiological Correlations between alcohol and tobacco use in adults? -- Alcohol, HIV/AIDS and Liver Disease -- Nutritional status, socioeconomic factors, alcohol and cataracts -- Alcohol Intake and High Blood Pressure -- Alcohol and dyslipidemia -- Dietary antioxidants in chronic alcoholic pancreatitis -- Alcohol consumption, lifestyle factors and risk of type 2 diabetes -- Alcohol, overweight, and obesity -- Nutrition alcohol and anorectic and bulimic adolescents -- Viral infections and cancer during alcohol use -- Ethanol and hepatocarcinogenesis -- Alcohol, diet and their interaction in colorectal and urinary tract tumors -- Alcohol, acetaldehyde and digestive tract cancer -- Alcohol Intake and Esophageal Cancer: Epidemiologic Evidence -- A Nutritional approach to prevent alcoholic liver disease -- Nutraceutical potential of indigenous plant foods and herbs for treatment of alcohol related Liver damage -- Alcohol and nutrition as risk factors for chronic liver disease -- Alcohol-related liver disease: Roles of insulin resistance, lipotoxic ceramide accumulation and endoplasmic reticulum stress -- Nutrition and alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: The significance of cholesterol -- Dietary fatty acids and alcoholic liver disease -- Nutrition in alcoholic steatohepatitis -- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and vitamin A.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anesthesia for trauma : new evidence and new challenges
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33912
Corey S. Scher, editor.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anesthesia for Trauma is a comprehensive, clinically oriented text for practitioners and trainees in anesthesia, pain management, and critical care. It covers core topics, from initial assessment and blood and blood products, to the multi-trauma patient and trauma by major anatomical region. Burns receive especially extensive coverage. Special considerations when administering anesthesia to traumatically injured children, pregnant women, and older people are reviewed, as are foundational areas …
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- Other Authors
- Scher, Corey S.
- Responsibility
- Corey S. Scher, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 464 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781493909094 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493909087
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia - methods
- Perioperative Care
- Traumatology - methods
- Wounds and Injuries - surgery
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Anesthesia in traumatology
- Anesthesiology
- Traumatic Surgery
- Emergency medicine
- Abstract
- Anesthesia for Trauma is a comprehensive, clinically oriented text for practitioners and trainees in anesthesia, pain management, and critical care. It covers core topics, from initial assessment and blood and blood products, to the multi-trauma patient and trauma by major anatomical region. Burns receive especially extensive coverage. Special considerations when administering anesthesia to traumatically injured children, pregnant women, and older people are reviewed, as are foundational areas such as clinically relevant physiology and the growing role of trauma simulation in training. Readers will find leading edge coverage of microvascular surgery, pain management, and critical care of trauma patients as well as up-to-date chapters on trauma in the military, civilian trauma systems, and disaster management. The book concludes with a unique 'must-read' chapter for all clinicians on the link between substance abuse and penetrating trauma.
- Contents
- 1. Initial Assessment and Management of the Trauma Patient -- 2. Airway Management in Trauma -- 3. Physiological Derangement of the Trauma Patient -- 4. Blood Transfusion and Coagulation Disorders -- 5. General Principles of Intraoperative Management of the Severe Blunt or Polytrauma Patient: The Resuscitative Phase -- 6. Pain Control in Acute Trauma -- 7. Chronic Pain in Trauma Patients -- 8. Brain Injuries: Perianesthetic Management -- 9. Anesthesia for Cervical Spinal Cord Injury -- 10. Anesthetic Assessment and Treatment of Facial and Ocular Trauma -- 11. Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries -- 12. Musculoskeletal Injuries and Microvascular Surgery -- 13. Assessment and Physiology of Burns -- 14. Management of Burns and Anesthetic Implications -- 15. Perioperative Pediatric Anesthesia Trauma Considerations -- 16. Trauma in the Pregnant Patient -- 17. Anesthesia for the Geriatric Trauma Patient -- 18. Trauma Critical Care -- 19. Trauma Simulation -- 20. Civilian Trauma Systems -- 21. Modern Military Trauma -- 22. Disaster Preparedness -- 23. Substance Abuse in Trauma and the Anesthesia Care.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
An illustrated guide to pediatric surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat34058
Ahmed H. Al-Salem.
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Written in a simple point by point style for ease of use, this volume covers all aspects of pediatric surgery with emphasis on important points for diagnosis and management. Each chapter covers a topic with emphasis on the most common conditions in neonatal and general pediatric surgery. The text is well illustrated with clinical, operative, radiological, and histopathological color figures and illustrations. The book also presents some of the rare conditions encountered in pediatric surgery, a…
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- Author
- Al-Salem, Ahmed H.
- Responsibility
- Ahmed H. Al-Salem
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 609 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319066653 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319066646
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Surgical Procedures, Operative - Outlines
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Children - Surgery
- Pediatric surgery
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- Written in a simple point by point style for ease of use, this volume covers all aspects of pediatric surgery with emphasis on important points for diagnosis and management. Each chapter covers a topic with emphasis on the most common conditions in neonatal and general pediatric surgery. The text is well illustrated with clinical, operative, radiological, and histopathological color figures and illustrations. The book also presents some of the rare conditions encountered in pediatric surgery, as well as common pediatric urology conditions.
- Contents
- Intravenous Fluids, Blood and Blood Products -- Nutrition and Caloric Requirements for Infants and Children -- Venous Access in Infants and Children -- Abdominal Wall Hernias and Hydroceles -- Lymphangiomas -- Hemangiomas -- Branchial Cysts, Sinuses and Fistulae -- Sternomastoid Tumor of Infancy and Torticollis -- Infantile Fibromatosis and Myofibromatosis -- Thyroglossal Cyst -- Undescended Testes (Cryptorchidism) -- Varicocele -- Acute Scrotum -- Esophageal Atresia and/or Tracheoesophageal Fistula -- H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula -- Congenital Esophageal Stenosis -- Achalasia -- Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis -- Congenital Gastric Outlet Obstruction (Pyloric and Antral Atresia and Web) -- Gastric Volvolus -- Congenital Duodenal Obstruction -- Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction -- Congenital Intestinal Stenosis and Atresia -- Intussusception -- Intestinal Malrotation -- Meckel's Diverticulum -- Meconium Ileus -- Meconium Plug Syndrome -- Small Left Colon Syndrome -- Congenital Rectal Stenosis and Atresia -- Necrotizing Enterocolitis -- Hirschprung's Disease (Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon) -- Congenital Segmental Dilatation of the Intestines -- Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome -- Perianal Abscess and Fistula-in-Ano -- Gastroschisis -- Omphalocele -- The Spleen -- Splenogonadal Fusion -- Cholelithiasis and Choledocholithiasis -- Choledochal Cyst -- Biliary Atresia -- Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Pseudocyst in Children -- Congenital Pancreatic Cysts -- Intestinal Polyps and Polyposis Syndromes -- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia -- Eventration of the Diaphragm -- Morgagni's Hernia -- Congenital Paraesophageal Hernia -- Congenital Lobar Emphysema -- Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation -- Bronchogenic Cyst -- Pulmonary Sequestration -- Anorectal Malformations -- Cloacal Anomalies -- Cloacal Extrophy -- Hepatoblastoma -- Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma -- Neuroblastoma -- Ovarian Cysts and Tumors -- Pediatric Liver Tumors -- Renal Tumors: Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma) -- Teratoma -- Testicular Tumors -- Thyroid Tumors -- Disorders of Sex Development -- Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome -- Hypospadias -- Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction -- Posterior Urethral Valve -- Vesicoureteral Reflux -- The Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2018
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43200
Jean-Louis Vincent, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Vincent, Jean-Louis
- Responsibility
- Jean-Louis Vincent, editor
- Continues
- Yearbook of intensive care medicine
- Intensive care medicine : annual update
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 709 p.) : 70 illus
- ISBN
- 9783319736709
- 9783319736693 (print ed.)
- 9783319736716 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2191-5709
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency medicine
- Critical care medicine
- Specialty
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Abstract
- The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.
- Contents
- Part I. Sepsis: underlying mechanisms -- Part II. Antimicrobial issues -- Part III. Cardiovascular concerns -- Part IV. Cardiovascular resuscitation -- Part V. Respiratory support -- Part VI. Monitoring: new aspects -- Part VII. Acute renal failure -- Part VIII. Renal replacement therapy -- Part IX. Fluid administration -- Part X. Coagulopathy and blood products -- Part XI. Acute cerebral concerns -- Part XII. Therapeutic issues -- Part XIII. Moving the patient -- Part XIV. The future -- Index.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Antibiotic resistance : mechanisms and new antimicrobial approaches
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40553
[edited by] Kateryna Kon and Mahendra Rai.
--Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Elsevier / Academic Press
, c2016.
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- View e-Book
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches discusses up-to-date knowledge in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and all recent advances in fighting microbial resistance such as the applications of nanotechnology, plant products, bacteriophages, marine products, algae, insect-derived products, and other alternative methods that can be applied to fight bacterial infections. Understanding fundamental mechanisms of antibiotic resistance is a key step in the discovery of ef…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Kon, Kateryna
- Rai, Mahendra
- Responsibility
- [edited by] Kateryna Kon and Mahendra Rai
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Elsevier / Academic Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 413 p.
- ISBN
- 9780128036426
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Nanotechnology
- Abstract
- Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms and New Antimicrobial Approaches discusses up-to-date knowledge in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and all recent advances in fighting microbial resistance such as the applications of nanotechnology, plant products, bacteriophages, marine products, algae, insect-derived products, and other alternative methods that can be applied to fight bacterial infections. Understanding fundamental mechanisms of antibiotic resistance is a key step in the discovery of effective methods to cope with resistance. This book also discusses methods used to fight antibiotic-resistant infection based on a deep understanding of the mechanisms involved in the development of the resistance.
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Antibody Therapy : Substitution—Immunomodulation—Monoclonal Immunotherapy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42891
edited by Paul Imbach.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This practical manual, written by well-known experts, reviews current indications for the use of IgG concentrates and some other modern immunomodulators and provides fundamental information on present-day immunomodulation in patients (and mice). The book opens by tracing the transition from IgG substitution to IgG immunomodulation and providing expert updates on immunomodulatory indications in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, including hematologic, neurologic, dermatologic, and other dise…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Imbach, Paul
- Responsibility
- edited by Paul Imbach
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 363 p.) : 47 illus., 32 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319680385
- 9783319680378 (print ed.)
- 9783319680392 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal - therapeutic use
- Immunoglobulin G - therapeutic use
- Immunologic Factors
- Immunomodulation
- Specialty
- Regenerative Medicine
- Abstract
- This practical manual, written by well-known experts, reviews current indications for the use of IgG concentrates and some other modern immunomodulators and provides fundamental information on present-day immunomodulation in patients (and mice). The book opens by tracing the transition from IgG substitution to IgG immunomodulation and providing expert updates on immunomodulatory indications in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, including hematologic, neurologic, dermatologic, and other diseases. Basic aspects of IgG concentrates, including methods of production, safety, currently available products, and mechanisms of action, are then discussed. An entire chapter is devoted to the different aspects of immunomodulatory IgG treatment in the bleeding disorder immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Finally, the transition from polyclonal to monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment is addressed in detail, covering mAb development, methods, mechanisms of action, adverse effects, and more. Particular attention is paid to theáexample of anti-CD20 (B-cell) antibody.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anticoagulation and Hemostasis in Neurosurgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40033
Christopher M. Loftus, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book is an up-to-date reference on all aspects of anticoagulation and hemostasis in neurosurgery. After an opening section on basic principles and drug classes in current use, detailed consideration is given to coagulation issues relevant to all patients, not just neurosurgical ones. The coverage includes, for example, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. A variety of important issues specific to neurosurgical practice are then addressed, an…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Loftus, Christopher M
- Responsibility
- Christopher M. Loftus, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 404 p. : 61 illus., 43 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319273273
- 9783319273259 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anticoagulants - therapeutic use
- Blood Coagulation Disorders - therapy
- Blood Coagulation - drug effects
- Blood Loss, Surgical - prevention & control
- Hemostasis, Surgical
- Neurosurgical Procedures
- Perioperative Care
- Abstract
- This book is an up-to-date reference on all aspects of anticoagulation and hemostasis in neurosurgery. After an opening section on basic principles and drug classes in current use, detailed consideration is given to coagulation issues relevant to all patients, not just neurosurgical ones. The coverage includes, for example, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. A variety of important issues specific to neurosurgical practice are then addressed, and the book concludes with a summary of current guidelines and best practices. As the population ages and prophylactic anticoagulation for different cardiac disorders is validated by cooperative trials, it is becoming ever more important that practicing neurosurgeons have the requisite knowledge to manage optimally the opposing processes of anticoagulation and hemostasis. Nevertheless, only a modest amount of structured information is at present available on the subject, with the consequence that decision making is too often insufficiently informed. This book, written by recognized experts, is designed to rectify this situation by bringing together the latest knowledge from across the entire discipline. It will be of daily value for neurosurgeons and trainees worldwide and will also be of interest to emergency room physicians, surgeons in general, critical care physicians, neurologists, and hospital medicine specialists.
- Contents
- Part 1. General Principles -- Physiology of Hemostasis -- Laboratory Assessment of Physiologic and Pathologic Hemostasis -- Current Anticoagulation Drugs and Mechanisms of Action -- Reversal of Target-Specific Oral Anticoagulants -- Overview, Treatment, Measurement, and Modification of Platelet Function -- Role of Antiplatelet Therapy in Neurosurgery: Efficacy and Safety Profiles -- Part 2. Coagulation Issues Across all Patient Spectrums -- Congenital Coagulation Disorders -- Acquired Coagulation Disorders -- Regulation and Dysregulation of Fibrinolysis -- Risks Associated with Administration of Allogeneic Blood Components -- Common Coagulation Disorders That May Arise Intraoperatively -- Evaluation and Management of Untoward Intraoperative Bleeding -- Treatment of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) -- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) -- Anticoagulation in Cardiovascular Diseases -- Workup and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolus -- Part 3. Coagulation Issues Specific to Neurosurgery -- Classes of Drugs and Blood Products for Acute Reversal of Anticoagulant Effect -- Rescue Strategies to Facilitate Emergency Neurosurgery in Patients on Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Agents -- Considerations for Coagulation in the Multi-Trauma Patient -- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis -- Coagulation Studies in Preoperative Neurosurgery Patients -- Safe Strategies for Gradual Suspension and Re-institution of Anticoagulation to Permit Elective Surgery -- Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage due to Coagulation Disorders -- Prophylactic Screening for Venous Thromboembolism in Neurosurgical Patients -- Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Neurosurgery -- Can Patients with Known Intracranial and Intraspinal Vascular Lesions be Anticoagulated? -- Intrathecal Access and Devices in Patients on Antiplatelet or Anticoagulant Therapy -- Is it Safe to Shunt Anti-coagulated NPH Patients? -- Surgical Hemostasis in the Era of Anticoagulation: Guidelines and Recommendations Summary.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Antimicrobial Resistance in the 21st Century
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42795
I.W. Fong, David Shlaes, Karl Drlica, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Antimicrobial resistance is now a general problem. Many of us have elderly relatives who died from a drug-resistant infection, and some of us have suffered from a resistant urinary infection that likely came from intestinal bacteria following antibiotic consumption. Antimicrobial Resistance in the 21st Century provides a broad introduction to the subject in which the situation with problematic pathogens is detailed, the biology of resistance is described, and gaining approval for new antibiotic…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Fong, I.W. (Ignatius W.)
- Shlaes, David
- Drlica, Karl
- Responsibility
- I.W. Fong, David Shlaes, Karl Drlica, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 775 p.) : 106 illus., 74 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Emerging infectious diseases of the 21st century
- ISBN
- 9783319785387
- 9783319785370 (print ed.)
- 9783319785394 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Specialty
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Abstract
- Antimicrobial resistance is now a general problem. Many of us have elderly relatives who died from a drug-resistant infection, and some of us have suffered from a resistant urinary infection that likely came from intestinal bacteria following antibiotic consumption. Antimicrobial Resistance in the 21st Century provides a broad introduction to the subject in which the situation with problematic pathogens is detailed, the biology of resistance is described, and gaining approval for new antibiotics is discussed. Some topics are immediately practical, such as watching for resistant pathogen sub-populations in cultures taken from patients; other topics point to future research efforts that may lead to new antimicrobials and ways to stimulate the action of existing ones. Overall, Antimicrobial Resistance in the 21st Century provides an update for physicians, serves as a starting point for graduate students interested in solving the resistance problem, and may serve as a text for a course on resistance. Lay readers familiar with microbiology will gain an appreciation for a medical issue that promises to be one of the most important of our time.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Coordinated Global Action is Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance -- Part I: Examples of Resistance -- 2. Antimicrobial Resistance Among Streptococcus pneumoniae -- 3. Emergence of MRSA in the Community -- 4. Resistance of Gram-negative Bacilli to Antimicrobials -- 5. Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis -- 6. Anaerobic Bacteria: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Resistance Patterns -- 7. Clinical Significance and Biologic Basis of HIV Drug Resistance -- 8. Resistance of Herpesviruses to Antiviral Agents -- 9. Heteroresistance: A Harbinger of Future Resistance -- Part II: Biology of Resistance -- 10. Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance -- 11. Transmissible Antibiotic Resistance -- 12. Antibiotics and Resistance in the Environment -- 13. Phenotypic Tolerance and Bacterial Persistence -- 14. Staphylococcus aureus Adaptation During Infection -- 15. Bacterial Signal Transduction Systems in Antimicrobial Resistance -- 16. Fluoroquinolone Interactions with Bacterial Type II Topoisomerases and Target-mediated Drug Resistance -- Part III: Finding New Antimicrobials -- 17. Natural Products in Antibiotic Discovery -- 18. The New vs. Old Target Debate For Drug Discovery -- 19. Non-quinolone Topoisomerase Inhibitors -- 20. Antimicrobial-Mediated Bacterial Suicide -- 21. PK/PD-based Prediction of "Anti-mutant" Antibiotic Exposures Using In Vitro Dynamic Models -- Part IV: Bringing Compounds to Market -- 22. The Role of Pharmacometrics in the Development of Antimicrobial Agents -- 23. New Regulatory Pathways for Antibacterial Drugs -- 24. Economic Incentives for Antibacterial Drug Development: Alternative Market Structures to Promote Innovation.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Approved scent-free products : Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS)
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36499
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Chronic Care Service.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1943
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
This pamphlet gives a list of types of products that have been approved by the Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS) as not having any added scents or fragrances. These products can be found in the health food section of grocery stores or in health food stores. Please only use scent-free products before coming to ICCS for your in-person appointments. See pamphlet 1933 - Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS) Scent-free Information for instructions on becoming scent-free for your appointments.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Integrated Chronic Care Service
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([6] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Odorants - prevention & control
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Odor control
- Abstract
- This pamphlet gives a list of types of products that have been approved by the Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS) as not having any added scents or fragrances. These products can be found in the health food section of grocery stores or in health food stores. Please only use scent-free products before coming to ICCS for your in-person appointments. See pamphlet 1933 - Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS) Scent-free Information for instructions on becoming scent-free for your appointments.
- Notes
- Previous title: Approved scent-free personal care products : Integrated Chronic Care Service (ICCS)
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Integrated Chronic Care Service
- Pamphlet Number
- 1943
Atlas of Hysteroscopy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45506
Andrea Tinelli, Luis Alonso Pacheco, Sergio Haimovich, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides a wealth of detailed hysteroscopic images, illustrating the various gynecological pathologies that can be directly diagnosed by hysteroscopy. Providing comprehensive coverage, the book examines each pathology on the basis of concrete images, offering readers support with the diagnostic evaluation. This is especially important when there are recrudescent pathologies, such as TBC, which can often confuse physicians in the context of diagnosis, and with regard to oncological, in…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Tinelli, Andrea
- Alonso Pacheco, Luis
- Haimovich, Sergio
- Responsibility
- Andrea Tinelli, Luis Alonso Pacheco, Sergio Haimovich, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 230 p.) : 529 illus., 527 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030294663
- 9783030294656 (Print ed.)
- 9783030294670 (Print ed.)
- 9783030294687 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Hysteroscopy
- Uterus - pathology
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Abstract
- This book provides a wealth of detailed hysteroscopic images, illustrating the various gynecological pathologies that can be directly diagnosed by hysteroscopy. Providing comprehensive coverage, the book examines each pathology on the basis of concrete images, offering readers support with the diagnostic evaluation. This is especially important when there are recrudescent pathologies, such as TBC, which can often confuse physicians in the context of diagnosis, and with regard to oncological, infectious and infertility issues. Written by prominent experts in the field, this atlas offers an extremely useful and comprehensive tool for all gynecologists, which can support them to overcome any diagnostic doubts and arrive at an accurate diagnosis.
- Contents
- Part I -- Vaginoscopy -- Cyclic endometrial changes -- The atrophic endometrium -- Part II -- The role of hysteroscopy in diagnosis and management of cervical lesions -- Uterine polyps -- Hysteroscopy and fibroids -- The role of hysteroscopy in diagnosis and management of uterine anomalies -- Adhesions and Asherman -- The role of hysteroscopy in diagnosis and management endometriosis and adenomyosis: the current perspective -- Isthmocele -- Infections and inflamations -- Retained products of conception -- Endometrial hyperplasia -- Endometrial Cancer -- Part III -- Hysteroscopy and abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) -- Hysteroscopy and infertility -- The role of hysteroscopy in diagnosis and management of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) -- Hysteroscopy during menopause -- Hysteroscopy during pregnancy -- Hysteroscopy and contraception -- Hysteroscopy and tubal pathologies -- Complications in hysteroscopy.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Atlas
- Location
- Online
Atlas of Pediatric Surgery : Principles and Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44905
Ahmed H. Al-Salem.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides a practical guide to the congenital and acquired problems related to pediatric surgery and urology. A range of topics are covered, including abdominal wall hernias, hemangioma and vascular malformations, gastrochesis, achalasia, congenital gastric outlet obstruction, renal and liver tumors, intestinal malrotation, and hydronephrosis. The book aims to be a quick reference text for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric surgery conditions and presents information relevant to …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Al-Salem, Ahmed H.
- Responsibility
- Ahmed H. Al-Salem
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 910 p.) : 1214 illus., 1070 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030292119
- 9783030292102 (Print ed.)
- 9783030292126 (Print ed.)
- 9783030292133 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Child
- Infant
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Specialty
- Pediatrics
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Abstract
- This book provides a practical guide to the congenital and acquired problems related to pediatric surgery and urology. A range of topics are covered, including abdominal wall hernias, hemangioma and vascular malformations, gastrochesis, achalasia, congenital gastric outlet obstruction, renal and liver tumors, intestinal malrotation, and hydronephrosis. The book aims to be a quick reference text for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric surgery conditions and presents information relevant to general surgeons, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, and medical trainees.
- Contents
- 1. Intravenous Fluids, Electrolytes, Blood And Blood Products Transfusion -- 2. Nutrition For Infants And Children -- 3. Venous Access For Infants And Children -- 4. Dermoid Cysts -- 5. Sternocleidomastoid Tumor And Torticollis -- 6. Thyroglossal Cyst -- 7. Branchial Cyst, Sinus And Fistula -- 8. Infantile Fibromatoosis -- 9. Epulis -- 10. Ranula -- 11. Abdominal Wall Defects -- 12. Abdominal Wall Hernias And Hydroceles -- 13. Umbilical Abnormalities In Infants And Children -- 14. Hemangiomas And Vascular Malformations -- 15. Lymphangiomas -- 16. Undescended Testes (Cryptorchidism) -- 17. Acute Scrotum -- 18. Varicocele -- 19. Pediatric Abdominal And Thoracic Traum -- 20. Omphalocele -- 21. Gastroschesis -- 22. Biliary Atresia -- 23. Choledochal Cyst -- 24. Congenital Pancreatic Cyst -- 25. Pancreatitis And Pancreatic Pseudocyst -- 26. Cholelithiasis And Choledochocholilithiasis -- 27. Nesidioblastosis: Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy (PHHI) -- 28. The Spleen And Splenic Disorders -- 29. Acue Appendicitis -- 30. Minimal Invasive Surgery In The Pediatric Age Group -- 31. Congenital Lobar Emphysems -- 32. Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation -- 33. Bronchopulmonary Sequestration -- 34. Bronchogenic Cyst -- 35.Meckel’s Diverticulum -- 36. Intussusception -- 37. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia -- 38. Congenital Morgagni’s Hernia -- 39. Congenital Paraesophageal Hernia -- 40. Eventration Of Diaphragm -- 41. Esophageal Atresia And Tracheoesophageal Fistula -- 42. Congenital Esophageal Stenosis -- 43. H-Type Tracheoesohageal Fistula -- 44. Achalasia -- 45. Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis -- 46. Gastric Volvolus -- 47. Congenital Gastric Outlet Obstruction -- 48. Congenital Duodenal Obstruction -- 49. Congenital Intestinal Atresias And Stenoses -- 50. Intestinal Malrotation -- 51. Gastrointestinal Duplications -- 52. Necrotizing Enterocolitis -- 53. Meconium Ileus -- 54. Hirschprung’s Disease -- 55. Congenital Rectal Atresia And Stenosis -- 56. Congenital Segmental Dilatation Of Intestines -- 57. Meconium Plug Syndrome -- 58. Neonatal Small Left Colon Syndrome -- 59. Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalisis Syndrome (Berdon Syndrome) -- 60. Intestinal Polyps And Polyposis Syndromes -- 61. Anorectal Malformations -- 62. Perianal Abscesses And Fistulae -- 63. Cloacal Anomalies -- 64. Cloacal Extrophy -- 65. Renal Tumors: Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma) -- 66. Neuroblastoma -- 67. Liver Tumors -- 68. Rhabdomyosarcoma -- 69. Lymphomas In Children -- 70. Ovarian Cysts and Tumors -- 71. Thyroid Tumors in Children -- 72. Testicular Tumors -- 73. Teratomas -- 74. Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome (Hernia Uteri Inguinalis) -- 75. Hypospadias -- 76. Epispadias and the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex -- 77. Hydrocolpos, Vaginal Agenesis, and Atresia -- 78. Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction -- 79. Hydronephrosis in Infants and Children -- 80. Vesicoureteric Reflux -- 81. Posterior Urethral Valve -- 82. Disorders of Sexual Development.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Atlas
- Location
- Online
Basic Sciences in Anesthesia
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42886
edited by Ehab Farag, Maged Argalious, John E. Tetzlaff, Deepak Sharma.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This textbook presents the most recent evidenced-based knowledge in basic sciences in anesthesia. It covers topics from the syllabus of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) basic science exam, including anatomy, pharmacology, physiology, physics in anesthesia, and more. In each chapter, key points summarize the content, followed by a pertinent and concise discussion of the topic, ending with multiple choice questions with answers and suggested further reading. Basic Sciences in Anesthesia…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Farag, Ehab
- Argalious, Maged
- Tetzlaff, John E.
- Sharma, Deepak
- Responsibility
- edited by Ehab Farag, Maged Argalious, John E. Tetzlaff, Deepak Sharma
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 651 p.) : 54 illus., 26 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319620671
- 9783319620657 (print ed.)
- 9783319620664 (print ed.)
- 9783319872254 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia
- Biological Science Disciplines
- Specialty
- Anesthesiology
- Abstract
- This textbook presents the most recent evidenced-based knowledge in basic sciences in anesthesia. It covers topics from the syllabus of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) basic science exam, including anatomy, pharmacology, physiology, physics in anesthesia, and more. In each chapter, key points summarize the content, followed by a pertinent and concise discussion of the topic, ending with multiple choice questions with answers and suggested further reading. Basic Sciences in Anesthesia is aimed at residents taking the ABA basic science of anesthesia examination, and any other anesthesiologist or trainee with an interest in the topic.
- Contents
- Section 1: Applied Anatomy -- Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia -- Central Neuraxial Anatomy and Anesthetic Application (Central Neuraxial Blockade) -- Anatomy of the Brain and the Spinal Cord -- Anatomy of the Airway/Airway Management -- Section 2: Pharmacology -- Pharmacology—General Concepts -- Pharmacology of Non-Opioid Intravenous Anesthetics -- Pharmacology of Opioids -- Clinical Pharmacology of Drugs Acting at the Neuromuscular Junction -- Pharmacology of Local and Neuraxial Anesthetics -- Pharmacology of Inhaled Anesthetics -- Cardiovascular Anatomy and Pharmacology -- Respiratory Pharmacology -- Renal Pharmacology -- Pharmacology of Anticoagulants, Antithrombotics, and Antiplatelet Drugs -- Perioperative Intravenous Fluid Therapy -- Section 3: Physiology -- Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems -- Cardiovascular Physiology -- Respiratory System Physiology -- Physiology of the Autonomic Nervous System -- Physiology of Temperature Control -- Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Physiology -- Renal Physiology -- Physiology of the Endocrine System and Metabolic Complications in Anesthesia -- Section 4: Anesthetic Management Topics -- Preoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery -- Premedication -- Monitored Anesthesia Care -- Blood Products Transfusion -- Complications in Anesthesia -- The Postoperative Period -- Perioperative Pain Management -- Special Problems in Anesthesiology -- Section 5: Physics in Anesthesia -- The Anesthesia Machine -- Physical Measurements in Anesthesia -- Breathing Systems -- Physics of Instrumentation -- Electrical Safety in the Operating Room -- Mechanical Ventilation -- Statistics Made Simple: Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Design for the Anesthesiologist.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Best Practices in Processing and Storage for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43148
Joseph Schwartz, Beth H. Shaz, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This concise book examines clinically relevant issues relating to the ways in which bone marrow, cord blood and apheresis products, are processed and stored for the purpose of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy. The twin aims are to offer up-to-date content covering a wide spectrum of topics and controversies and to provide practitioners in the field of transplant and cell therapy with practical, immediately applicable information from the internationally experts in the field. …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Schwartz, Joseph
- Shaz, Beth H.
- Responsibility
- Joseph Schwartz, Beth H. Shaz, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 160 p.) : 19 illus., 10 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319589497
- 9783319589480 (print ed.)
- 9783319589503 (print ed.)
- 9783319865171 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2569-1376
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Specimen Handling - methods
- Abstract
- This concise book examines clinically relevant issues relating to the ways in which bone marrow, cord blood and apheresis products, are processed and stored for the purpose of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy. The twin aims are to offer up-to-date content covering a wide spectrum of topics and controversies and to provide practitioners in the field of transplant and cell therapy with practical, immediately applicable information from the internationally experts in the field. Each chapter focuses on a particular subject, and numerous working tables, algorithms, and figures are included. Whenever appropriate, the reader's attention is drawn to the availability of potentially high-impact clinical trials and expert practices. The authors are all experts who have been carefully selected for their knowledge of the topics that they address. The book will appeal to clinical and laboratory personnels, residents, fellows, and faculty members responsible for the care of hematopoietic cell transplant products and patients. Its format ensures that it will also serve as a robust, engaging tool to aid vital activities in every hematology and oncology trainee's daily work.
- Contents
- Journey of Hematopoietic Cells: Procurement to Infusion -- Regulations & Accreditation of Processing Laboratories -- Part I: HPC, Apheresis and HPC, Marrow: Donor qualification -- Routine HPC Apheresis & Marrow processing -- CD34 Enrichment /T-cell depletion -- Cryopreservation: Techniques, Freezing Solutions -- Hematopoietic Cell Graft Thawing—Best Practices -- Part II: HPC, Cord Blood: CB Donor Qualification -- Cord Blood Processing -- Cord Blood Graft Assessment -- Cord Blood Graft Thawing - Best Practices -- Hematopoietic Graft Handling during Transportation.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Beverage Impacts on Health and Nutrition
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39930
Ted Wilson, Norman J. Temple, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive and authoritative second edition offers food scientists, nutritionists, public health specialists, and those involved in the research and development of new beverages an exhaustive survey of how common beverages impact our health and nutrition, as well as a basis for research designed to produce healthier beverages. Every year brings an improvement in our understanding of how the many types and aspects of what we drink (beverages) impact our health and a desire to understand …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Wilson, Ted
- Temple, Norman J
- Responsibility
- Ted Wilson, Norman J. Temple, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 369 p. : 23 illus., 15 illus. in color)
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Series Title
- Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9783319236728
- 9783319236711 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Beverages
- Dietary Supplements
- Food Labeling - standards
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Abstract
- This comprehensive and authoritative second edition offers food scientists, nutritionists, public health specialists, and those involved in the research and development of new beverages an exhaustive survey of how common beverages impact our health and nutrition, as well as a basis for research designed to produce healthier beverages. Every year brings an improvement in our understanding of how the many types and aspects of what we drink (beverages) impact our health and a desire to understand the current state of affairs for beverage technology. There is still no new single book that provides objective reviews on the wide range of global health issues associated with alcoholic ad non-alcoholic beverages. Beverage Impacts on Nutrition and Health, Second Edition is the single best source of reviews that describe beverage history; coffee, tea, alcohol, wine, cranberry and citrus juice, tea, coffee, dairy milk, soy milks and breast milk. Furthermore the book contains up-to-date reviews that describe beverage effects on satiety and energy balance, recommendations for persons with diabetes and metabolic syndrome, nutritional supplementation for the elderly, performance enhancement by athletes, energy drinks, and bottled water qualities. The final chapters summarize soft drink marketing issues, health effects of sugar and high fructose corn syrup, beverage ingredient functions, beverage labeling regulation and the importance of trends in beverage development. These updated chapters are objectively written to emphasize peer-reviewed references and minimize the anecdotal references often seen in the current literature describing beverages and their impact on our health and nutrition. All chapters are authored by recognized authorities from industry, the health-care system, and universities. This book contains 24 concise and user-friendly chapters intended to enable readers to grasp the message quickly and easily.
- Contents
- Part 1: Introduction to Beverages -- How Beverages Impact Health and Nutrition -- A Brief History of Human Beverage Consumption: Pre-History to the Present -- Part 2: Health Effects of Coffee, Tea, Wine, Alcohol, and Juices -- Coffee consumption and its impact on health -- Health Benefits of Tea Consumption -- What are the Health Implications of Alcohol Consumption? -- Nonalcoholic Components of Wine and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease -- Cranberry Juice: Effects on Health -- Citrus Juices Health Benefits -- Part 3: Health Effects of Milk: Dairy, Soy and Breast -- Effect of Cow's Milk on Human Health -- Are soy-milk products viable alternatives to cow's milk?- Human Milk and Infant Formula: Nutritional Content and Health Benefits -- Part 4: Beverage Health Effects on Energy Balance, Diabetes, and in Older Adults -- Beverages, satiation, satiety, and energy balance -- Beverage Considerations for Persons with Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus -- Oral Nutritional Supplementation Using Beverages for Older Adults -- Part 5: Health Effects of Sports Drinks, Energy Drinks and Water -- Sports Beverages for Optimizing Physical Performance -- Energy Drinks: the Elixirs of Our Time -- The Nutritional Value of Bottled Water -- Part 6: Marketing of Soft Drinks and Effects of Beverage Sweeteners -- Marketing of Soft Drinks to Children and Adolescents: Why we Need Government Policies -- Sugar in Beverages: Effects on Human Health -- High fructose corn syrup use in beverages: Composition, manufacturing, properties, consumption, and health effects -- Part 7: Beverage Mechanics: Color, Taste, Labeling, and Ingredient Function -- The crucial role of color in the perception of beverages -- Functions of Common Beverage Ingredients -- Labeling Requirements for Beverages in the United States -- Part 8: What is the Future of What We Will Chose to Drink? -- Beverage Trends Affect Future Nutritional Health Impact.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Bioactive dietary factors and plant extracts in dermatology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32453
Ronald Ross Watson, Sherma Zibadi, editors.
--New York, NY:
Humana Press
, c2013.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The role of Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology provides current and concise scientific appraisal of the efficacy of foods, nutrients, herbs, and dietary supplements in preventing dermal damage and cancer as well as improving skin health. This important new volume reviews and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive foods and their components derived particularly from vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Primary emphasis is on t…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Watson, Ronald Ross
- Zibadi, Sherma
- Responsibility
- Ronald Ross Watson, Sherma Zibadi, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (544 p.)
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Series Title
- Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9781627031677
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Plant Extracts - therapeutic use
- Skin Diseases - diet therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Food science
- Nutrition
- Family medicine
- Public health
- Personal health and hygiene
- Abstract
- The role of Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology provides current and concise scientific appraisal of the efficacy of foods, nutrients, herbs, and dietary supplements in preventing dermal damage and cancer as well as improving skin health. This important new volume reviews and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive foods and their components derived particularly from vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Primary emphasis is on treatment and prevention of dermal damage focusing on skin cancers with significant health care costs and mortality. Bioactive Dietary Factors and Plant Extracts in Preventive Dermatology brings together expert clinicians and researchers working on the different aspects of supplementation, foods, and plant extracts and nutrition and skin health. Their expertise provides the most current knowledge in the field and will serve as the foundation for advancing future research.
- Contents
- Section A: Overview -- 1.Mediterranean Diet and Skin health -- 2.Immune mediated disorders of skin'role of dietary factors and plant extracts? -- 3.UV irradiations, micronutrient supplementation and cutaneous health: overview -- 4.Skin Health and Metabolic Complications -- 5.Probiotics and skin health -- Section B: Dietary Nutrients and Skin -- 6. Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic Acid): Antioxidant involved in skin care -- 7.Omega 3 fatty acid in psoriasis -- 8.Arginine derived nitric oxide: Key to healthy Skin -- 9.Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid): Useful in skin diseases -- Section C: Plant and plant components and skin care -- 10.Turmeric (Curcuma longa L) the Indian golden curry spice as a skin care agent: validation of the traditional uses -- 11.Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) the dietary agent in skin care: a review -- 12.Amla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn) the Indian indigenous berry in skin care -- 13.Review on the use of Aloe Vera (Aloe) in dermatology -- Section D: Dietary components and skin health -- 14.Chocolate and Skin Health -- 15.Natural Dietary Factors (Products), Antioxidants and Skin Health -- 16.Nutrient-Rich Botanicals In Skin Health Focus On Avena sativa -- 17.The Role of Polyphenols in Skin Health -- 18.Resveratrol in dermal health -- 19.Skin care properties of grape seed polyphenols, a byproduct of the winery industry -- 20.Skin health benefits of coenzyme Q10 -- 21.Protection against free radicals (UVB irradiation) of water soluble enzymatic extract from rice bran. Study using human keratinocyte monolayer and reconstructed human epidermis -- Section E:Essential nutrients and skin cancer -- 22.Folate Nutrition in Skin Health and Skin Cancer Prevention -- 23.Vitamin D and skin cancer: Meet sunshine half-way -- 24.Vitamin E in Skin Cancer and Aging Skin -- Section F: Dietary components and skin cancer -- 25.Dietary Plant Extracts and Foods in Prevention and Skin Cancer: An Overview -- 26.Promising Plant Extracts with In Vivo Anti-Melanoma Potential -- 27.Molecular sensors and mediators of skin cancer preventative phytochemicals -- 28.Soyabean key role in skin cancer -- 29.Bioactive Polyacetylenes in Carrots in Cancer Prevention -- 30.Chocolate: a role in skin care and cancer -- 31.N-acetylcysteine for Reduction in Oxidative Stress/Damage and Prevention of Melanoma -- 32.An Indian spice: Turmeric,in Relation to Skin Health and Cancer -- 33.Green tea (Camellia sinensis): key role in skin cancer -- 34. Camellia sinensis (tea) in the prevention of UV-induced carcinogenesis: a mechanistic overview -- 35.Melanoma and Leptin -- Section G:Plants and plant components and non-cancerous skin diseases -- 36.Curcuma longa: use for skin disease care -- 37.Western diet-mediated mTORC1-signaling in acne, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and related diseases of civilization: Therapeutic role of plant-derived natural mTORC1 inhibitors -- 38.Legumes and Preventive Dermatology -- 39.Licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn used for dermatitis -- 40.Role of Emhlica officinalis in prevention of skin disease -- 41.Sphaeranthus indicus: skin disease preventive plant -- 42.Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana. Linn): role in prevention of skin disorders -- 43.Exploring Neem (Azadirachta indica) for Antidermatophytic Activity -- 44.Pongamia pinnata (Linn) used in skin disease -- 45.Aloe vera: use for skin disease -- 46.Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. (Menispermaceae): Beneficial effect on skin diseases -- 47.Withania somnifera: use for skin disease -- 48.The Role of Probiotics in Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) and Skin Allergy Reactions Prevention and Therapy.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Biobanks and tissue research
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40978
Christian Lenk, Judit Sándor, Bert Gordijn, editors.
--Dordrecht:
Springer
, c2011.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Lenk, Christian
- Sándor, Judit, 1962-
- Gordijn, Bert, 1965-
- Responsibility
- Christian Lenk, Judit Sándor, Bert Gordijn, editors
- Place of Publication
- Dordrecht
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 238 p. : ill.)
- Series Vol.
- v. 8
- Series Title
- International library of ethics, law and technology
- ISBN
- 9789400716735
- 9789400716728 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethical Issues
- Biological Specimen Banks - ethics
- Biological Specimen Banks - legislation & jurisprudence
- Ethics, Research
- Patient Rights
- Contents
- Part I Biobanks, Tissue Research and the Public -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Public Trust and Public Bodies: The Regulation of the Use of Human Tissue for Research in the United Kingdom -- 3. Biobanks and Research: Scientific Potential and Regulatory Challenge -- 4. A Sense of Entitlement: Individual vs. Public Interest in Human Tissue -- 5. Social Aspects of Biobanking: Beyond the Public/Private Distinction and Inside the Relationship Between the Body and Identity -- Part II. The Rights of Donors and Patients -- 6. One Sample, One Share! A Proposal to Redress an Inequity with Equity -- 7. Research on Human Biological Materials: What Consent Is Needed, and When -- 8. Reconsidering Consent and Biobanking -- 9. What’s Wrong with Forensic Uses of Biobanks? -- Part III. Regulation of Tissue Research -- 10. A Unified European Approach on Tissue Research and Biobanking? A Comparison -- 11. Ireland and the United Kingdom’s Approaches to Regulation of Research Involving Human Tissue -- 12. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Biobanks for Research in the European-Mediterranean Area -- 13. The Circulation of Human Body Parts and Products: When Exclusive Property Rights Mask the Issue of Access -- 14. Anonymity and Privacy in Biobanking.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
