Epilepsy at School
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38076
IWK. Neurology.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1263
- Available Online
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Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by seizures. Seizures are abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain that results in a change in behavior and/or function.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neurology
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Child Health
- Nervous system
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Neurology
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by seizures. Seizures are abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain that results in a change in behavior and/or function.
- Notes
- Adapted by IWK Health from the Canadian Pediatric Society's resource, "Epilepsy at School", with permission from the Canadian Pediatric Society, 2021.
- Responsibility
- IWK Neurology, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1263
Health Justice in India : Citizenship, Power and Health Care Jurisprudence
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46473
Edward Premdas Pinto.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2021.
- Available Online
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- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
This book presents important fields of research in public healthcare in India from an interdisciplinary and health systems perspectives. Discussing how the exchange of power between the health justice triad, viz., the State (judiciary as the arm of the State), legal and medical professions, and civil society, cumulatively shapes the outcomes of health justice for citizens, it provides insights into India’s juridico-legal processes and of seeking justice in healthcare. It critically assesses civ…
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- Author
- Pinto, Edward Premdas
- Responsibility
- Edward Premdas Pinto
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 295 p.) : 11 illus., 4 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811581434
- 9789811581427 (Print ed.)
- 9789811581441 (Print ed.)
- 9789811581458 (Print ed.)
- Other Subjects
- India
- Specialty
- Policy
- Public Health
- Sociology, Medical
- Abstract
- This book presents important fields of research in public healthcare in India from an interdisciplinary and health systems perspectives. Discussing how the exchange of power between the health justice triad, viz., the State (judiciary as the arm of the State), legal and medical professions, and civil society, cumulatively shapes the outcomes of health justice for citizens, it provides insights into India’s juridico-legal processes and of seeking justice in healthcare. It critically assesses civil society’s counter-hegemonic role in bolstering justice in health care and examines the potential of transforming health care jurisprudence into health justice. Repositioning the social right to healthcare as integral to social citizenship and social justice, and opening avenues for inter-professional and interdisciplinary power discourse in public health policy research, the book is of interest to academics, practitioners, students, researchers, and the wide academic community working in public health care issues broadly.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Citizenship, Pursuit of Health Justice and Health Care Jurisprudence -- 3. An Overview of Health Care jurisprudence in India -- 4. Health Care Jurisprudence and Health Justice: Procedural and Substantive Justice Dimensions -- 5. Health Justice and the Dialectics of Power: State, Medical Profession and Civil Society -- 6. Conclusion.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Imaging of diseases of the chest
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31560
(5th ed.)
--[Edinburgh?]:
Mosby
, 2010.
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- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
This is the ideal resource for all those requiring an authoritative and up-to-date review of imaging appearances of diseases of the lung, pleura and mediastinum. Chest radiography and CT are integrated with other imaging techniques, including MRI and PET, where appropriate. The clinical and pathologic features of different diseases are provided in varying degrees of detail with more in depth coverage given to rarer and less well understood conditions. A single volume, comprehensive reference te…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Hansell, David M
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- [Edinburgh?]
- Publisher
- Mosby
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 1197 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780723434962
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Radiology
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Chest - Imaging
- Chest - Diseases - Diagnosis
- Lung Diseases - diagnosis
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Thoracic Injuries - diagnosis
- Abstract
- This is the ideal resource for all those requiring an authoritative and up-to-date review of imaging appearances of diseases of the lung, pleura and mediastinum. Chest radiography and CT are integrated with other imaging techniques, including MRI and PET, where appropriate. The clinical and pathologic features of different diseases are provided in varying degrees of detail with more in depth coverage given to rarer and less well understood conditions. A single volume, comprehensive reference text on chest radiology. Provides in a single resource all of the information a generalist in diagnostic radiology needs to know. Concisely and clearly written by a team of 4 internationally recognized authors. Avoids the inconsistency, repetition, and unevenness of coverage that is inherent in multi-contributed books. Multimodality coverage integrated throughout every chapter. All of the applicable imaging modalities are covered in a clinically relevant, diagnostically helpful way. Approximately 3,000 high quality, good-sized images. Provides a complete visual guide that the practitioner can refer to for help in interpretation and diagnosis. Covers both common and uncommon disorders. Provides the user with a single comprehensive resource, no need to consult alternative resources. Access the full text online and download images via Expert Consult Access the latest version of the Fleischner Society's glossary of terms for thoracic imaging. Outlines, summary boxes, key points used throughout. Makes content more accessible by highlighting essential information
- Contents
- Technical considerations -- The normal chest -- Basic patterns in lung disease -- Basic HRCT patterns of lung disease -- Infections of the lungs and pleura -- The immunocompromised patient -- Pulmonary vascular diseases and pulmonary edema -- Inhalational lung disease -- Drug- and radiation-induced lung disease -- Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and immunologic diseases of the lungs -- Idiopathic diffuse lung diseases -- Diseases of the airways -- Neoplasms of the lungs, airways, and pleura -- Mediastinal and aortic disease -- Pleura and pleural disorders -- Congenital anomalies -- Chest trauma
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- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
[In French] L’épilepsie à l’école
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38077
IWK. Neurology.
Halifax, NS:
IWK Health Centre
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1263-FR
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by seizures. Seizures are abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain that results in a change in behavior and/or function.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- IWK. Neurology
- Alternate Title
- Epilepsy at School
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- IWK Health Centre
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Child Health
- Nervous system
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Neurology
- Children--Health and hygiene
- Abstract
- Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by seizures. Seizures are abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain that results in a change in behavior and/or function.
- Notes
- In French. Adapted by IWK Health from the Canadian Pediatric Society's resource, "Epilepsy at School", with permission from the Canadian Pediatric Society, 2021.
- Responsibility
- IWK Neurology, Halifax, NS
- Pamphlet Number
- PL-1263-FR
The New Drug Reimbursement Game : A Regulator's Guide to Playing and Winning
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39086
Brita A.K. Pekarsky.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive text presents a rigorous framework from within which regulators can respond strategically to the claim by the pharmaceutical industry that lower drug prices today lead to a loss for the population's future health due to less innovation. It starts with a critical review of the empirical evidence of the return to consumers on their ongoing investment into high drug prices in order to increase future innovation. The implicit, critical and unrealistic assumption inherent in these…
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- Author
- Pekarsky, Brita A.K
- Responsibility
- Brita A.K. Pekarsky
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 248 p. : 9 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319089034
- 9783319089027 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Drug Industry - economics
- Drugs, Investigational
- Pharmaceutical Research
- Abstract
- This comprehensive text presents a rigorous framework from within which regulators can respond strategically to the claim by the pharmaceutical industry that lower drug prices today lead to a loss for the population's future health due to less innovation. It starts with a critical review of the empirical evidence of the return to consumers on their ongoing investment into high drug prices in order to increase future innovation. The implicit, critical and unrealistic assumption inherent in these studies is identified, namely that the health budget can be expanded to purchase drugs at higher prices without an opportunity cost, for example, the foregone benefits of alternative investments in health care infrastructure. Price effectiveness analysis (PEA), is introduced. PEA informs the question of how the innovative surplus from the new drug should be allocated between the manufacturer and the consumer so as to optimise society's welfare. The method allows the decisions by the regulator and the firm to be analysed jointly by specifying the firm's production and revenue functions in terms of the clinical innovation of a new drug; the incremental effect used in the summary metric of cost effectiveness analysis. An economic value of innovation that takes into account opportunity cost under conditions of economic efficiency in the health system is proposed: the health shadow price. The limitations of the non-strategic methods that currently inform the highly contested new drug subsidy game are presented and the relative strengths of PEA are demonstrated. Health technology assessment quantifies both the clinical innovation of a new drug and its financial impact on the health system. Cost effectiveness analysis tests the relationship between the incremental cost and incremental effect of a new drug for target patients, at a given price. PEA tests the relationship between the price of a new drug and the health of the whole population, now and into the future. It achieves this by taking into account current inefficiency in both resource allocation and the displacement process, and the relationship between price and future innovation.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Political Economy of New Drugs and the Value of Pharmaceutical Innovation -- 2. Reframing the Political Economy of New Drugs -- 3. The Social Rate of Return on Investment in Pharmaceutical Research and Development -- 4. The Clinical Value of Innovation -- 5. The Shadow Price, -- Part II. The New Drug Decision Threshold -- 6. The Health Shadow Price, ßc -- 7. The Health Shadow Price and the Economic Context -- 8. The “New Drug Reimbursement” Game -- Part III. The New Drug Decision Threshold and the Relationship Between Price and Innovation -- 9. The “Pharmaceutical R&D Financing” Game -- 10. The “Pharmacotherapy Needs a Premium” Game -- 11. Conclusion -- Glossary of Characters -- Glossary of Phrases -- Glossary of Prices and Costs in Price-Effectiveness Analysis -- Glossary of Notation and Parameters.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The SAGES Manual : Perioperative Care in Minimally Invasive Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40555
Richard L. Whelan, editor ; James W. Fleshman, Dennis L. Fowler, associate editors ; illustrations by Vaune Hatch.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2006.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
The perfect execution of a minimally invasive operative technique is only part of the equation for ensuring a favorable surgical outcome. It is also essential to have a complete understanding of the entire spectrum of perioperative care, including preoperative evaluation, technique selection, and postoperative management. Further, it is important to understand the physiologic impact of the C02 pneumoperitoneum. The SAGES Manual of Perioperative Care in Minimally Invasive Surgery provides strate…
- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Whelan, Richard L
- Fleshman, James W
- Fowler, Dennis L
- Other Authors
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
- Responsibility
- Richard L. Whelan, editor ; James W. Fleshman, Dennis L. Fowler, associate editors ; illustrations by Vaune Hatch.
- Alternate Title
- Manual of Perioperative Care in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 491 p. : 106 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9780387290508
- 9780387236865 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Intraoperative Complications - prevention & control
- Laparoscopy
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Perioperative Care - methods
- Postoperative Complications - prevention & control
- Abstract
- The perfect execution of a minimally invasive operative technique is only part of the equation for ensuring a favorable surgical outcome. It is also essential to have a complete understanding of the entire spectrum of perioperative care, including preoperative evaluation, technique selection, and postoperative management. Further, it is important to understand the physiologic impact of the C02 pneumoperitoneum. The SAGES Manual of Perioperative Care in Minimally Invasive Surgery provides strategies for successful patient management before, during and after laparoscopic surgery. This easy-to-read manual includes comprehensive and authoritative coverage of perioperative concepts and strategies that not only optimize outcomes but also ensures quality patient care beyond the operating room: guidelines for preoperative evaluation of healthy and complex patients strategies for successful outcomes, including OR setup, patient positioning, anesthetic considerations, exposure technique, port closure method, and hernia prevention multiple port arrangements for most operations and port placement schemes that take into account the B.M.I. of the patient managing trocar placement-related bleeding, prophylaxis against DVT, prevention of intraoperative hypothermia and subcutaneous emphysema when to convert to an open procedure physiologic, immunologic, and oncologic implications of CO2 pneumoperitoneum, prevention of port-site tumors, minimizing the risk of gas embolism postoperative considerations including fluid replacement, ambulation and early postoperative performance criteria The SAGES Manual of Perioperative Care in Minimally Invasive Surgery is written by recognized experts and reflects the Society's commitment to surgical education.
- Contents
- Part I. Perioperative Management and Evaluation -- Preoperative Evaluation of the Healthy Laparoscopic Patient -- Preoperative Evaluation of Complex Laparoscopic Patients -- Preoperative Patient Instructions -- Contraindications to Laparoscopy -- Perioperative Antibiotics in Laparoscopic Surgery -- Part II. Intraoperative Management, Positioning, Setup, and Port Placement -- Introductory Remarks Concerning Operating Room Setup, Patient Positioning, and Port Placement Chapters -- Intraoperative Management of the Laparoscopic Patient -- Summary of Intaoperative Physiologic Alterations Associated with Laparoscopic Surgery -- Patient Positioning and Logistics in the Operating Room During Laparoscopic Biliary Surgery -- Hepatobiliary, Cholecystectomy, and Common Bile Duct Exploration (CBDE). Includes Cholangiography and Intraoperative Choledochoscopy: Port Placement Arrangements -- Operating Room Setup and Patient Positioning for Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Gastric Banding -- Minimally Invasive Procedures for Morbid Obesity: Port Placement Arrangements -- Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup for Laparoscopic Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Port Placement Arrangements for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Surgery -- Minimally Invasive Esophageal Resection: Patient Position and Room Setup -- Port Placement for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy -- Hernia Repair: Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup -- Hernia Repair: Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup -- Spinal Access Operating Room Setup and Patient Positioning -- Spinal Access Surgery Port Placement Arrangements -- Operating Room Setup and Patient Positioning for Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy and Donor Nephrectomy -- Port Placement in Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy and Donor Nephrectomy -- Colorectal Resections: Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup -- Port Placement Arrangements: Laparoscopic-Assisted Colorectal Resections -- Port Placement Arrangements for Hand-Assisted Colorectal Resections -- Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup: Splenectomy -- Splenectomy: Port Placement Arrangements -- Laparoscopic Ultrasonography: Patient Positioning and Operating Room Setup -- Laparoscopic Ultrasonography: Port Placement Arrangements -- Intraoperative Upper and Lower Endroscopy Considerations -- Choice of Laparoscopic Exposure Method -- Anchoring Laparoscopic Ports -- Trocar- and Port-Related Bleeding -- Prophylaxis Against Deep Venous Thrombosis -- Hypothermia -- Implications of Subcutaneous Emphysema and How to Avoid and/or Limit Its Development -- Fluid Management and Renal Function During a Laparoscopic Case Done Under CO2 Pneumoperitoneum -- Port Site Closure Methods and Hernia Prevention -- Part III. Postoperative Management of the Laparoscopic Patient -- Perioperative Fluid Management -- Ambulation and Early Postoperative Performance Criteria -- Pulmonary Considerations -- Resumption of Diet and Recovery of Bowel Function -- Wound Management and Complications -- Postoperative Restrictions After Laparoscopic Operations -- Part IV. Physiologic Implications of CO2 Pneumoperitoneum and Minimally Invasive Methods -- Cardiovascular Effects of CO2 Pneumoperitoneum -- Pulmonary Implications of CO2 Pneumoperitoneum in Minimally Invasive Surgery -- Renal Ramifications of CO2 Pneumoperitoneum -- The Systemic Oncologic Implications of Surgery -- Liver Function and Portal Blood Flow -- Port Site Tumors: Local Oncologic Effect -- Port Site Tumors: Means of Prevention -- Immunologic Consequences and Considerations of the Laparoscopic Approach -- Effect of Patient Position on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Function -- Pros and Cons of Alternate Gases and Abdominal Wall Lifting Methods -- Risk of Gas Embolism with CO2 and Other Gases -- Impact of CO2 Pneumoperitoneum on Body Temperature and the Integrity of the Peritoneal Lining -- Adhesion Formation -- Impact of Minimally Invasive Methods on Postoperative Pain and Pulmonary Function -- Ergonomics in Laparoscopic Surgery -- Decision to Convert to Open Methods.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Societal Impact of Headache : Burden, Costs and Response
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44752
Timothy J. Steiner, Lars Jacob Stovner, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume describes the impact of headache disorders on public health, and their adverse consequences for society. It opens with an overview of relevant headache disorders before describing, qualitatively, how the burdens attributable to these disorders fall upon adults, adolescents and children. In the second section, beginning with a methodological introduction discussing the principles and potential pitfalls of epidemiological studies assessing prevalence, headache-attributed burden and fu…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Steiner, Timothy J.
- Stovner, Lars Jacob
- Other Authors
- European Headache Federation
- Responsibility
- Timothy J. Steiner, Lars Jacob Stovner, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 244 p.) : 17 illus., 16 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Headache
- ISBN
- 9783030247287
- 9783030247263 (Print ed.)
- 9783030247270 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-652X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cost of Illness
- Global Burden of Disease
- Headache Disorders - epidemiology
- Headache - epidemiology
- Health Services Accessibility
- Specialty
- Pain Management
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This volume describes the impact of headache disorders on public health, and their adverse consequences for society. It opens with an overview of relevant headache disorders before describing, qualitatively, how the burdens attributable to these disorders fall upon adults, adolescents and children. In the second section, beginning with a methodological introduction discussing the principles and potential pitfalls of epidemiological studies assessing prevalence, headache-attributed burden and functional impact, the burdens of headache including financial cost are examined quantitatively and in detail. The third section critically reviews society’s response, its inadequacies and the scope for improvement. Topics here include the political failure to recognize the public ill-health and cost that are the consequences of inadequate headache care; the role of the WHO in addressing the problem; headache service organization, delivery and quality; and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions. The book closes by considering the way forward. This volume contains important messages for primary care and is likely to be of even greater interest to headache specialists and those concerned with public health and health policy.
- Contents
- Part I. Headache and Public Ill Health -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Meaning of “Headache” in the Context of Society -- 3. Headache in Children and Adolescents: A Broader Approach Is Needed than in Adults -- 4. Headache-Attributed Burden: Its Qualitative Components -- 5. Headache Disorders and the World Health Organization -- Part II. Quantifying Headache -- 6. Epidemiological Methods for Headache Studies -- 7. Methodology of Headache Measurement -- 8. The Global Burden of Headache in Published Studies -- 9. Headache in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Studies -- 10. Headache in the HUNT Study: Analytical Headache Epidemiology as a Source of Added Knowledge -- 11. Headache, Functional Impact and Environment -- 12. The Financial Costs of Headache - Part III. Society’s Response to Headache -- 13. Barriers to Care -- 14. Dismantling the Barriers -- 15. The Healthcare Solution to Headache -- 16. Evaluation: Quality in Headache Services -- Part IV. Conclusions -- 17. The Way Forward.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Street nurse
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46298
[presented by] Bashari Films ; produced in association with Knowledge Network and Saskatchewan Communication Network.
--Mississauga, ON:
distributed by McNabb and Connolly
, 2016.
- Call Number
- HV 4510 T6 S74 2002
- Location
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
For years, as one of Toronto's 50 or so street nurses, Cathy Crowe has tended to the needs of the homeless. But she is also a passionate advocate on behalf of the homeless, writing letters to editors, appearing on radio and television, making submissions to the United Nations, and pleading with various levels of government, as she tries to get long term, permanent help for those who have fallen through the cracks and found themselves subsisting on society's margins.
- Call Number
- HV 4510 T6 S74 2002
- Other Authors
- Bishari Film Productions
- Responsibility
- [presented by] Bashari Films ; produced in association with Knowledge Network and Saskatchewan Communication Network
- Place of Publication
- Mississauga, ON
- Publisher
- distributed by McNabb and Connolly
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD-video (45 min.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Homeless Persons
- Social Problems
- Public Health Nursing
- PersonalSubject
- Crowe, Cathy
- Abstract
- For years, as one of Toronto's 50 or so street nurses, Cathy Crowe has tended to the needs of the homeless. But she is also a passionate advocate on behalf of the homeless, writing letters to editors, appearing on radio and television, making submissions to the United Nations, and pleading with various levels of government, as she tries to get long term, permanent help for those who have fallen through the cracks and found themselves subsisting on society's margins.
- Format
- DVD
- Publication Type
- Popular Works
- Location
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
