Medical statistics : a practical approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53811
Lee, Tze-San.
--Hackensack, NJ:
World Scientific
, 2021.
- Call Number
- WA 950 L477 2021
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WA 950 L477 2021
- Author
- Lee, Tze-San
- Place of Publication
- Hackensack, NJ
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 407 p.
- ISBN
- 9.79E+12
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biometry - methods
- Research Design
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Medical statistics : a textbook for health sciences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53812
Walters, Stephen J.
(5th ed.)
--[Hoboken, NJ]:
John Wiley & Sons
, 2021.
- Call Number
- WA 950 C189 2021
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WA 950 C189 2021
- Author
- Walters, Stephen J.
- Other Authors
- Campbell, Michael J.
- Machin, David
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- [Hoboken, NJ]
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 433 p.
- ISBN
- 9.78E+12
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biometry - methods
- Research Design
- Statistics as Topic
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Health, United States, 2019
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26857
National Center for Health Statistics (US).
(2019 edition)
--Hyattsville, MD:
National Center for Health Statistics
, 2021.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Open access
- Location
- Online
Health, United States, 2019 is the 43rd report on the health status of the nation and is submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Health, United States series presents an annual overview of national trends in key health indicators. …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Corporate Author
- National Center for Health Statistics (US)
- Edition
- 2019 edition
- Place of Publication
- Hyattsville, MD
- Publisher
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
- Health Status Indicators
- Social Determinants of Health
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Specialty
- Demography
- Public Health
- Abstract
- Health, United States, 2019 is the 43rd report on the health status of the nation and is submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Health, United States series presents an annual overview of national trends in key health indicators. The 2019 report presents current information and trends on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures in a 20-figure Chartbook. The Health, United States, 2019 Chartbook is supplemented by several other products, including Trend Tables, an At-a-Glance table, Appendixes, and Spotlight Infographics available for download on the Health, United States website at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/index.htm.
- Contents
- Highlights: Health Status and Determinants -- Health Care Access and Utilization -- Health Care Resources -- Health Care Expenditures and Payers -- Chartbook: Health Status and Determinants -- Health Care Access and Utilization -- Health Care Resources -- Health Care Expenditures and Payers -- Chartbook Data Tables -- Technical Notes -- References -- Trend Tables Appendixes: Appendix I. Data Sources -- Appendix II. Definitions and Methods.
- Access
- Open access
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Statistics
- Location
- Online
AMA manual of style : a guide for authors and editors
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30784
JAMA Network editors, Stacy L. Christiansen, MA [and 9 others].
(11th ed.)
--New York:
Oxford University Press
, [2020].
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Corporate Author
- American Medical Association
- Other Authors
- Christiansen, Stacy L.
- Responsibility
- JAMA Network editors, Stacy L. Christiansen, MA [and 9 others]
- Edition
- 11th ed.
- Alternate Title
- American Medical Association manual of style
- AMA manual styleguide
- Stylebook
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication
- [2020]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 1227 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- ISBN
- 9780190246556
- 0190246553
- 9780190246563
- 0190246561
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Authorship
- Editorial Policies
- Medical Writing - standards
- Publishing
- Specialty
- Communication
- Contents
- Types of articles -- Manuscript preparation for submission and publication -- References -- Tables, figures, and multimedia -- Ethical and legal considerations -- Editorial assessment and processing -- Grammar -- Punctuation -- Plurals -- Capitalization -- Correct and preferred usage -- Non-English words, phrases, and accent marks -- Abbreviations -- Nomenclature -- Eponyms -- Greek letters -- Units of measure -- Numbers and percentages -- Study design and statistics -- Mathematical composition -- Editing, proofreading, tagging, and display -- Publishing terms -- Resources.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Hunter's tropical medicine and emerging infectious diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32071
Edward T. Ryan ... [et al.].
(10th ed.)
--Edingburgh, UK:
Elsevier
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
New emerging diseases, new diagnostic modalities for resource-poor settings, new vaccine schedules … all significant, recent developments in the fast-changing field of tropical medicine. Hunter’s Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10th Edition, keeps you up to date with everything from infectious diseases and environmental issues through poisoning and toxicology, animal injuries, and nutritional and micronutrient deficiencies that result from traveling to tropical or subtropica…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Ryan, Edward T.
- Responsibility
- Edward T. Ryan ... [et al.]
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Alternate Title
- Tropical medicine & emerging infectious diseases
- Place of Publication
- Edingburgh, UK
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, p.
- ISBN
- 9780323555128
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Tropical Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Tropical Medicine
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Specialty
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Tropical Medicine
- Abstract
- New emerging diseases, new diagnostic modalities for resource-poor settings, new vaccine schedules … all significant, recent developments in the fast-changing field of tropical medicine. Hunter’s Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10th Edition, keeps you up to date with everything from infectious diseases and environmental issues through poisoning and toxicology, animal injuries, and nutritional and micronutrient deficiencies that result from traveling to tropical or subtropical regions. This comprehensive resource provides authoritative clinical guidance, useful statistics, and chapters covering organs, skills, and services, as well as traditional pathogen-based content. You’ll get a full understanding of how to recognize and treat these unique health issues, no matter how widespread or difficult to control.
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Radiation Oncology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44574
edited by Frederik Wenz.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
In this major reference work, a team of leading experts provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the ever-changing field of radiation oncology. The publication is divided into three volumes, the first of which covers basics such as radiotherapy techniques, treatment documentation, clinical radiobiology, and patient management. In the second volume, all aspects of clinical radiation therapy are discussed in depth for the full range of tumor types. In order to ensure that the reader has…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Wenz, Frederik
- Responsibility
- edited by Frederik Wenz
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- ISBN
- 9783319526195
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - radiotherapy
- Radiation Oncology - methods
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Radiotherapy
- Notes
- "Living reference work."
- Abstract
- In this major reference work, a team of leading experts provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the ever-changing field of radiation oncology. The publication is divided into three volumes, the first of which covers basics such as radiotherapy techniques, treatment documentation, clinical radiobiology, and patient management. In the second volume, all aspects of clinical radiation therapy are discussed in depth for the full range of tumor types. In order to ensure that the reader has a full understanding of cancer management in each scenario, information is also provided on diagnosis and classification, general management principles, the role of surgical and systemic therapy, and prognosis. The third volume focuses on medical physics, covering the mathematical and computer science background, biophysics, radiation physics, instrumentation, tracer kinetic modeling, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, radiation sources and detectors, biomedical engineering, imaging techniques, radiation treatment planning, and quality assurance. This book will be invaluable for all radiation oncologists. It is published as part of the SpringerReference program, which delivers access to living editions constantly updated through a dynamic peer-review publishing process.
- Contents
- Basic Radiobiology -- Basic Statistics and Clinical Studies in Radiation Oncology -- Cancer Stem Cells in Radiation Oncology -- Cell Cycle Effects in Radiation Oncology -- DNA Repair in Radiation Oncology -- Embryonal Tumors -- Immune Modulatory Effects of Radiotherapy -- Molecular Biomarkers in Radiation Oncology -- Pain Management -- Palliative Care -- Psychological Support -- Radiation Induced Nausea and Emesis (RINV) -- Radiation Therapy for Small-Cell Lung Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Acoustic Neuroma -- Radiation Therapy in Basal Cell Carcinoma -- Radiation Therapy in Bladder Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Brain Metastasis of Solid Tumors: A Challenge for the Future -- Radiation Therapy in Burkitt Lymphoma -- Radiation Therapy in Carcinomas of the Renal Pelvis and the Ureters -- Radiation Therapy in Colon Carcinoma -- Radiation Therapy in Craniopharyngioma -- Radiation Therapy in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma -- Radiation Therapy in Endometrial Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Esophageal/Gastroesophageal Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Follicular Lymphoma -- Radiation Therapy in Gastric Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Radiation Therapy in High-Grade Gliomas -- Radiation Therapy in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma -- Radiation Therapy in Kaposi’s Sarcoma -- Radiation Therapy in Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma (Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia) -- Radiation Therapy in Mantle Cell Lymphoma -- Radiation Therapy in Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphomas -- Radiation Therapy in Meningiomas -- Radiation Therapy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma -- Radiation Therapy in Mesothelioma -- Radiation Therapy in Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Peripheral T-Cell and Cutaneous Lymphomas -- Radiation Therapy in Precursor T-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/Leukemia -- Radiation Therapy in Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma -- Radiation Therapy in Primary Lymphoma of the CNS -- Radiation Therapy in Rectal Cancer -- Radiation Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma -- Radiation Therapy in Thymoma -- Radiation Therapy in Tumors of the Pituitary Gland -- Radiosurgery of Brain Arteriovenous and Cavernous Malformations -- Radiotherapy for Ductal Cancer In Situ (DCIS) of the Breast -- Signal Transduction in Radiation Oncology.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Innovations in Global Mental Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44580
edited by Sam Okpaku.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Over the course of the last decade, political and mental entities at large have embraced global mental health: the idea that psychiatric health is vital to improved quality of life. Physicians globally have implemented guidelines recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 2007, thereby breaking down barriers to care and improving quality of life in areas where these practices have been implemented. Programs for training and education have expanded as a result. Clinician…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Okpaku, Sam
- Responsibility
- edited by Sam Okpaku
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- ISBN
- 9783319701349
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Health Policy
- Mental Health Services - organization & administration
- Organizational Innovation
- Notes
- "Living reference work."
- Abstract
- Over the course of the last decade, political and mental entities at large have embraced global mental health: the idea that psychiatric health is vital to improved quality of life. Physicians globally have implemented guidelines recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in 2007, thereby breaking down barriers to care and improving quality of life in areas where these practices have been implemented. Programs for training and education have expanded as a result. Clinicians benefit more from both local resources in some regions as well as in international collaboration and technological advancements. Even amidst all of these positive outcomes, clinicians still face some stumbling blocks. With worldwide statistics estimating that 450 million people struggle with mental, neuropsychiatric, and neurological disorders—25 percent of the world’s non-communicable disease burden—rising to these challenges prove to be no small feat, even in wealthy Western nations. Various articles and books have been published on global mental health, but few of them thoroughly cover the clinical, research, innovative, and social implications as they pertain to psychiatry; often, only one of these aspects is covered. A comprehensive text that can keep pace with the rapidly evolving literature grows more and more valuable each day as clinicians struggle to piece together the changes around the world that leave open the possibility for improved outcomes in care. This book seeks to boldly rectify this situation by identifying innovative models of service delivery, training, education, research funding, and payment systems that have proven to be exemplary in implementation and scalability or have potential for scalability. Chapters describe specific barriers and challenges, illuminating effective strategies for improved outcomes. This text is the first peer-reviewed resource to gather prestigious physicians in global mental health from around the world and disseminate their expertise in the medical community at large in a format that is updateable, making it a truly cutting-edge resource in a world constantly changed by medical, scientific, and technological advances. Innovations in Global Mental Health is the ultimate resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians, hospitalists, policy makers, and all medical professionals at the forefront of global mental health and its implications for the future.
- Contents
- A Community-Based Mental Health Intervention: Promoting Mental Health Services in Rwanda -- Can Laws “Commit” Governments to Provide Mental Health Services? A Role for Human Rights in Securing Resources -- Challenges and Opportunities in Delivering Mental Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Challenges in Health Workforce Planning: Caring for a Healthy Health Workforce -- Challenges in Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care in Vietnam -- China’s Role in the Biological Psychiatry Research -- Connections at the Crossroads of the Pacific: Hawaii‘s Experiences with Video Teleconferencing for Education, Collaboration, and Services -- Evidence for Action: Stimulating Research to Address the Global Mental Health Treatment Gap -- From Innovation to Scale: Policy Engagement for Enhanced Community-Based Depression Care in Vietnam -- From Transcultural Psychiatry to Global Mental Health: The Development of a Global Mental Health Program at the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia -- Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Education -- Innovating Care of Addictions in Low-Resource Settings -- Lessons from Research Innovations in Depression and HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Mental Health System Reform in Brazil: Innovation and Challenges for Sustainability -- Performing Urbanity Through Carnival on the Streets of Rio de Janeiro: Practical Approaches for Reducing Stigmatization of the “Mad” in Cities -- The Jamaican LMIC Challenge to the Biopsychosocial Global Mental Health Model of Western Psychiatry -- Volunteering in Mental Health.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Monitoring the health of populations by tracking disease outbreaks : saving humanity from the next plague
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44793
by Steven E. Rigdon & Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Today the citizens of developed counties have never experienced a large-scale disease outbreak. One reason is the success of the public health community, including epidemiologists and biostatisticians, in tracking and identifying disease outbreaks. Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague is the story of the application of statistics for disease detection and tracking.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Rigdon, Steven E.
- Other Authors
- Fricker, Ronald D Jr.
- Responsibility
- by Steven E. Rigdon & Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series
- ASA-CRC series on statistical reasoning in science and society
- ISBN
- 9780367242831
- 9781351725019
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biostatistics - methods
- Disease Outbreaks
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Public Health Practice
- Statistics as Topic
- Specialty
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Abstract
- Today the citizens of developed counties have never experienced a large-scale disease outbreak. One reason is the success of the public health community, including epidemiologists and biostatisticians, in tracking and identifying disease outbreaks. Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague is the story of the application of statistics for disease detection and tracking.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases : A Comprehensive Guide to Management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44873
Mauro Monteiro Correia, Michael A. Choti, Flavio G. Rocha, Go Wakabayashi, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed condition in oncology, affecting around 1.23 million individuals per year, according to recent statistics. Of these patients, about 50% will develop liver metastases and approximately 20% will present a stage IV disease at diagnosis. These statistics make colorectal liver metastases (CLM) an issue of major importance in current oncology. The area of CLM is subject to great and continuous advances, as its pathophysiologic mechanisms are bett…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- Mauro Monteiro Correia, Michael A. Choti, Flavio G. Rocha, Go Wakabayashi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 598 p.) : 97 illus., 67 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030254865
- 9783030254858 (Print ed.)
- 9783030254872 (Print ed.)
- 9783030254889 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Colorectal Neoplasms - complications
- Liver Neoplasms - secondary
- Neoplasm Metastasis - diagnosis
- Neoplasm Metastasis - therapy
- Prognosis
- Specialty
- Gastroenterology
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed condition in oncology, affecting around 1.23 million individuals per year, according to recent statistics. Of these patients, about 50% will develop liver metastases and approximately 20% will present a stage IV disease at diagnosis. These statistics make colorectal liver metastases (CLM) an issue of major importance in current oncology. The area of CLM is subject to great and continuous advances, as its pathophysiologic mechanisms are better understood and more therapeutic and surgical options are developed. Consequently, all professionals involved with the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of CLM should be kept up to date with the latest advances on the field, to provide high standard medical care to their patients. This book is designed to present the state-of-the-art in CLM management and, in doing so, to review the current evidence on CLM, discussing all important topics in the field. Coverage is broad and comprehensive, encompassing introductory topics (history, definitions, epidemiology, etc.), basic science subjects (molecular biology, genetics, dissemination process, etc.) and practical clinical topics (tumor behavior, diagnosis, drug therapy, radiation therapy, surgery, ablation, multidisciplinary teams, etc.). Although comprehensive on the coverage and selection of topics, each chapter is concise and objective, dissecting topics in a practical and direct format. Evidences and recommendations are included. Chapters display a brief introduction of the common knowledge, go straight to the detailed revision of the most recent years of the literature, and end with practical closing observations. This book is a tool for professionals (general and cancer surgeons, HPB surgeons, clinical oncologists, gastroenterologists and medical residents) and interns who search for a qualified and reader friendly revision on topics concerning Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases.
- Contents
- 1. Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases (CRLM) - Historical Aspects -- 2. The Biology of Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 3. Molecular Biomarkers for the Management of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 4. Diagnosis of Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 5. Role of Imaging in the Management of Patients with Potentially Resectable CRLM -- 6. Staging Classifications of Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 7. Prognostic Factors of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis -- 8. Clinical Scoring Systems for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 9. What Is the Impact of Positive Margins in the Liver? -- 10. Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and the Management of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 11. Defining Resectability of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: Technical and Oncologic Perspectives -- 12. Algorithms for Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastasis -- 13. Treatment Options for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases in the Presence of Extrahepatic Disease -- 14. Anatomical, Physiological, and Kinetic Evaluation of the Future Liver Remnant of CRLM After Portal Vein Embolisation -- 15. Systemic Therapy for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: Sorting Through the Options -- 16. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: Indications and Results -- 17. Management of Disappearing Liver Metastasis Following Preoperative Chemotherapy -- 18. Conversion Chemotherapy for CRLM-Best Associations, and Does Conversion Translate into Longer Survival? -- 19. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for CRLM: Indications and Results -- 20. Surgical Outcome of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases in Our Facility: Efficacy of Conversion Surgery in Initially Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 21. Immunotherapy in the Management of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis -- 22. Adjuvant Hepatic Arterial Infusion Therapy -- 23. Sequencing of Systemic Chemotherapy for Unresectable CRLM -- 24. Role of Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Chemotherapy for Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 25. Enhanced Recovery After Liver Surgery -- 26. Surgical Results for Synchronous Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 27. Resection of Metachronous Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: Surgical Outcomes -- 28. Laparoscopic Resections for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 29. Robotic Partial Hepatectomy for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases -- 30. Navigation and Augmented Reality for Liver Surgery -- 31. Staged Hepatectomies for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: When and How -- 32. Parenchymal-Sparing Surgery: What Is Behind It? -- 33. Resection of the Primary in Unresectable Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases – Is It Worth? -- 34. Liver Pedicle Lymphadenectomy: How and When? -- 35. ALPPS for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases—Short and Long-Term Results -- 36. Ablative Techniques for CRLM: Alone or in Association -- 37. Chemoembolization for Colorectal Liver Metastases -- 38. Role of Y90 Radioembolization in Hepatic Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma -- 39. Liver Transplantation for CRLM—Is It Ever Indicated? -- 40. External Radiation for Unresectable CRLM -- 41. Lessons from Collaborative Big Data—Insights from LiverMetSurvey Registry -- 42. Prognosis and Management of Recurrent Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pediatric Board Study Guide : A Last Minute Review
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44989
Osama I. Naga, editor.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Building upon the highly successful 1st edition, this book is a comprehensive review designed to prepare pediatric residents, fellows, and pediatricians for the General Pediatrics Certifying Examination, and for the American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification. Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review, 2nd edition, covers all aspects of pediatric medicine. Each chapter has been updated according to the most recent content specifications provided by the ABP. The 2nd edition…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Naga, Osama I.
- Responsibility
- Osama I. Naga, editor
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 1180 p.) : 193 illus., 117 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030212674
- 9783030212667 (Print ed.)
- 9783030212681 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pediatrics
- Specialty
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- Building upon the highly successful 1st edition, this book is a comprehensive review designed to prepare pediatric residents, fellows, and pediatricians for the General Pediatrics Certifying Examination, and for the American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification. Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review, 2nd edition, covers all aspects of pediatric medicine. Each chapter has been updated according to the most recent content specifications provided by the ABP. The 2nd edition provides more illustrations, diagrams, radiology images, and clinical case scenarios to further assist readers in reviewing pediatric subspecialties. New chapter topics include nutrition, sports medicine, patient safety, quality improvement, ethics, and pharmacology. Finally, the book closes with a “Last Minute Review” of high-yield cases arranged in the same sequence as the chapters, providing readers with a concise study guide of critical cases and conditions. Pediatric residents and fellows preparing for the board examination, pediatricians, and pediatric subspecialists preparing for certification maintenance will find Pediatric Board Study Guide: A Last Minute Review, 2nd edition easy to use and omprehensive, making it the ideal resource and study tool.
- Contents
- 1. General Pediatrics -- 2. Neonatology -- 3. Adolescent Medicine -- 4. Genetic Disorders -- 5. Metabolic Disorders -- 6. Mental and Behavioral Health -- 7. Emergency Medicine -- 8. Critical Care -- 9. Infectious Diseases -- 10. Hematology/Oncology -- 11. Allergy and Immunology -- 12. Endocrinology -- 13. Orthopedics -- 14. Sports Medicine -- 15. Rheumatology -- 16. Neurology -- 17. Ophthalmology -- 18. Ear, Nose, and Throat -- 19. Cardiology -- 20. Pulmonology -- 21. Nutrition -- 22. Gastroenterology -- 23. Nephrology -- 24. Fluids and Electrolytes -- 25. Urology -- 26. Dermatology -- 27. Psychosocial Issues and Child Abuse -- 28. Ethics -- 29. Research and Statistics -- 30. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement -- 31. Pharmacology and Pain Management -- 32. Radiology Review -- 33. Last-Minute Review.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Examination Questions
- Outline
- Problems and Exercises
- Location
- Online
Oncologic Critical Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45058
Joseph L. Nates, Kristen J. Price, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This major reference work is the most comprehensive resource on oncologic critical care. The text reviews all significant aspects of oncologic ICU practices, with a particular focus on challenges encountered in the diagnosis and management of the critically ill cancer patient population. Comprised of over 140 chapters, the text explores such topics as the organization and management of an oncologic ICU, diseases and complications encountered in the oncologic ICU, multidisciplinary care, surgica…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Nates, Joseph L.
- Price, Kristen J.
- Other Authors
- Oncologic Critical Care Research Network
- Responsibility
- Joseph L. Nates, Kristen J. Price, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 2099 p.) : 225 illus., 145 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- ISBN
- 9783319745886
- 9783319745879 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods
- Intensive Care Units
- Neoplasms - complications
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Specialty
- Critical Care
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This major reference work is the most comprehensive resource on oncologic critical care. The text reviews all significant aspects of oncologic ICU practices, with a particular focus on challenges encountered in the diagnosis and management of the critically ill cancer patient population. Comprised of over 140 chapters, the text explores such topics as the organization and management of an oncologic ICU, diseases and complications encountered in the oncologic ICU, multidisciplinary care, surgical care, transfusion medicine, special patient populations, critical care procedures, ethics, pain management, and palliative care. Written by worldwide experts in the field, Oncologic Critical Care is a valuable resource for intensivists, advance practice providers, nurses, and other healthcare providers, that will help close significant knowledge and educational gaps within the realm of medical care for critically ill cancer patients.
- Contents
- Part I. Organization and Management of an Oncologic Critical Care Unit -- Part II. Pharmacologic Considerations for the ICU Cancer Patient -- Part III. Dermatologic Complications -- Part IV. Neurologic Diseases -- Part V. Respiratory Diseases -- Part VI. Cardiovascular Diseases -- Part VII. Gastrointestinal Disease -- Part VIII. Renal and Genitourinary Disease -- Part IX. Metabolic/Endocrine Complications -- Part X. Hematologic Diseases -- Part XI. Transfusion Medicine -- Part XII. Vascular Complications -- Part XIII. Infectious Diseases -- Part XIV. Special Patient Populations -- Part XV. Critical Care Procedures -- Part XV.I Perioperative Management of the Surgical Cancer Patient -- Part XVII. Pain Management -- Part XVIII. Ethics and Palliative Care -- Part XIX. Pediatric Oncologic Critical Care.
- [provided by publisher:] Oncologic Critical Care Department Organization -- Critical Care Staffing -- ICU Admission and Discharge Criteria -- Quality Assurance and Improvement -- ICU Utilization -- Current Trends in ICU Beds, Use, Occupancy, and Costs in the United States -- Early Warning Systems for the ICU -- Patient Risk Prediction Model (Severity of Illness Scores) -- Rapid Response Team -- Nursing -- Pharmacy -- Nutrition -- Physical and Occupational Therapy -- Patient Support -- Advocacy and Social Work -- Chaplaincy -- Role of the APPs in the Onco-ICU -- Credentialing -- Competencies -- Chemotherapy -- Considerations for Medications Commonly Utilized in the Oncology Population -- Supportive Care Considerations -- GHVD, TEN, and Mycosis Fungoides -- Medication-induced Neurotoxicity -- Delirium and Psychosis -- Seizures and Status Epilepticus -- Stroke -- Increased Intracranial Pressure (brain mets, ich, hydrocephalus, etc) -- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) -- Tumor-related Diseases/Neoplastic Meningitis/Leptomeningeal Disease -- Frequent CNS Infections in the Immunosuppressed Patient -- Intracranial Hemorrhage Focused on Cancer and Hemato-oncologic Patients -- Spinal Cord Compression -- TCD in the ICU -- Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure -- Oxygen therapy (low-flow and high-flow oxygen therapy) -- Respiratory Care of the Critically Ill Patient -- Management of Tracheobronchial Diseases -- Pulmonary Hypertension -- ARDS and the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in the cancer patient -- Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage -- Differentiation (Retinoic acid ATRA) Syndrome -- Late Non Infectious Pulmonary Complications in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Treatment-related Lung Injury -- Pneumonia in the Cancer Patient -- Ventilatory Strategies and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation -- Noninvasive Ventilation -- High Frequency Ventilation -- Prone Ventilatory Therapy -- Bi-Level and Airway Pressure Release Ventilation -- NAVA -- ECMO in Cancer Patients -- Tracheostomy: Appropriateness and Indications in Cancer Patients -- Pleural Disease, Malignant and Benign Pleural Effusions -- Sleep Disorders in the Oncologic ICU -- Hemodynamic evaluation -- Acute Coronary Syndrome Thrombocytopenia and Antiplatelet Therapy in the Cancer Patient -- Interventional Cardiology in the Cancer Patient -- Arrhythmias in the Cancer Patient -- Management of Pericardial Effusions/Tamponade -- Chemotherapy-related Cardiovascular Complications -- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Cancer Patient -- Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Malignant Ascites -- Hepatobiliary Disease -- Acute abdomen in the cancer patient -- Hematuria -- Hemorrhagic cystitis -- Obstructive Uropathy in the Cancer Patient -- Acute Renal Failure -- Renal Replacement Therapy -- Adrenal Emergencies -- Carcinoid Crises -- Thyroid Emergencies -- Electrolytic Abnormalities -- Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia in the Cancer Patient -- Malignant Hematological Diseases -- Benign Hematological Diseases -- Immunology and molecular biology for the intensivist -- Statistics -- Blood Products -- Transfusion Reactions -- Transfusion Related Lung Injury -- Alternatives to Blood Products -- Massive Bleeding Protocol -- Transfusion Thresholds -- Management of Arterial Bleeding -- Prevention and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Cancer Patient -- SVC Syndrome -- Catheter-related Deep Vein Thrombosis -- Infection Control Procedures -- Neutropenic Fever -- Sepsis and Management of Septic Shock -- Management of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms -- Fungal Infections -- Viral Infections -- Bacterial and Atypical Infections -- Catheter and Device Related Infections -- Nosocomial Infections and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia -- Protozoal Infections in the Cancer Patients -- Antibiotic Stewardship -- Tropical diseases in the cancer patient -- Soft tissue infections -- Neurosurgery -- Head & Neck Surgery -- Plastic Surgery & Flap Graft Management -- Thoracic Surgery -- GI Surgery -- Hepatic Surgery -- Pancreatic Surgery -- Genitourinary Surgery -- Orthopedic Surgery -- Interventional Radiology -- Radiation Therapy & Gamma Knife Procedures -- MRI -- Outpatient Surgery -- Management of the Pregnant Critically Ill Cancer Patient -- Special Considerations of Hemato-Oncologic Critically Ill Patient -- Pediatric Cancer Critical Care -- ICU Procedures by APP -- Management of the Airway in the Cancer Patient -- Use of Ultrasound Guidance -- Interventional Radiology Procedures -- Do Not Resuscitate Orders -- Ethics Consultation -- End of Life Care -- Medical Futility -- Acute Pain -- Chronic Pain -- Substance Withdrawal -- Palliative Care in the critically ill cancer patient -- Outcomes in Critically Ill Oncologic Patients.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Public Health Informatics and Information Systems
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45210
J.A. Magnuson, Brian E. Dixon, editors.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
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- Location
- Online
This 3rd edition of a classic textbook examines the context and background of public health informatics, explores the technology and science underlying the field, discusses challenges and emerging solutions, reviews many key public health information systems, and includes practical, case-based studies to guide the reader through the topic. The editors have expanded the text into new areas that have become important since publication of the previous two editions due to changing technologies and …
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- Other Authors
- Magnuson, J.A.
- Dixon, Brian E.
- Responsibility
- J.A. Magnuson, Brian E. Dixon, editors
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 524 p.) : 71 illus., 30 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Health informatics
- ISBN
- 9783030412159
- 9783030412142 (Print ed.)
- 9783030412166 (Print ed.)
- 9783030412173 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1431-1917
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medical Informatics Applications
- Public Health Informatics
- Organizational Case Studies
- Abstract
- This 3rd edition of a classic textbook examines the context and background of public health informatics, explores the technology and science underlying the field, discusses challenges and emerging solutions, reviews many key public health information systems, and includes practical, case-based studies to guide the reader through the topic. The editors have expanded the text into new areas that have become important since publication of the previous two editions due to changing technologies and needs in the field, as well as updating and augmenting much of the core content. The book contains learning objectives, overviews, future directions, and review questions to assist readers to engage with this vast topic. The Editors and their team of well-known contributors have built upon the foundation established by the previous editions to provide the reader with a comprehensive and forward-looking review of public health informatics. The breadth of material in Public Health Informatics and Information Systems, 3rd edition makes it suitable for both undergraduate and graduate coursework in public health informatics, enabling instructors to select chapters that best fit their students’ needs.
- Contents
- Part I. Context for Public Health Informatics -- Public Health Informatics: an Introduction -- History of Public Health Information Systems and Informatics -- Public Health Informatics in the Larger Context of Biomedical and Health Informatics -- Governmental and Legislative Context for Informatics -- Role of Informatics in Bridging Public and Population Health -- Part II. The Science of Public Health Informatics -- Information Infrastructure to Support Public Health -- Data Sources and Data Tools: Preparing for the Open Data Ecosystem -- Public Health Information Standards -- Privacy and Confidentiality of Public Health Information -- Health Systems Security -- Electronic Health Records: Origination, Adoption, and Progression -- Public Health Analytics and Big Data -- Project Management and Public Health Informatics -- Part III. Key Public Health Information Systems -- Informatics in Disease Prevention and Epidemiology -- Public Health Laboratories -- The US National Vital Statistics System -- Syndromic Surveillance – a Practical Application of Informatics -- Part IV. Challenges and Solutions -- New Means of Data Collection and Accessibility -- Interoperability and Health Information Exchange for Public Health -- Geographic Information Systems -- Public Health Decision Support Systems -- Part V. Case Studies: Information Systems and the Strata of Public Health -- Local and Regional Public Health Informatics -- Public Health Informatics and the American Indian/Alaska Native Populations: Improving Community Health Despite Challenges -- Advancing Informatics Policy and Practice: A State Perspective -- National Public Health Informatics, United States -- Perspectives on Global Public Health Informatics -- Improving immunization through informatics: Perspectives from the BID Initiative Partnership with Tanzania and Zambia -- Public Health Informatics: the Path Forward.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Trials
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45298
Timothy M. Pawlik, Julie A. Sosa, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This extensively revised second edition is a unique and portable handbook focusing on clinical trials in surgery. It includes new educational materials addressing the rapid evolution of novel research methodologies in basic science, clinical and educational research. The underlying principles of clinical trials, trial design, the development of a study cohort, statistics, data safety, data monitoring, and trial publication for device and drug trials are also discussed. Clinical Trials provides …
- Available Online
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- Other Authors
- Pawlik, Timothy M.
- Sosa, Julie A.
- Responsibility
- Timothy M. Pawlik, Julie A. Sosa, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 258 p.) : 26 illus., 16 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Success in academic surgery
- ISBN
- 9783030354886
- 9783030354879 (Print ed.)
- 9783030354893 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2194-7481
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- General Surgery
- Specialty
- Research
- General Surgery
- Abstract
- This extensively revised second edition is a unique and portable handbook focusing on clinical trials in surgery. It includes new educational materials addressing the rapid evolution of novel research methodologies in basic science, clinical and educational research. The underlying principles of clinical trials, trial design, the development of a study cohort, statistics, data safety, data monitoring, and trial publication for device and drug trials are also discussed. Clinical Trials provides a comprehensive resource on clinical trials in surgery and describes all the stages of a clinical trial from generating a hypothesis through to trial publication and is a valuable resource for all practicing and trainee academic surgeons.
- Contents
- 1. The History of Clinical Trials -- 2. Ethics (Informed Consent and Conflicts of Interest) -- 3. Generating a Testable Hypothesis and Underlying Principles of Clinical Trials -- 4. Trial Design: Overview of Study Designs -- 5. Defining the Study Cohort: Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria -- 6. Pragmatic Trials and Approaches to Transforming Care -- 7. Clinical Trials: Ensuring Quality and Standardization -- 8. Steps in Device and Drug Pathway Development: Clinical Trials, Similarities, and Differences -- 9. Statistics: Setting the Stage -- 10. Clinical Trials: Handling the Data -- 11. Data Safety Monitoring Boards -- 12. Planning for Data Monitoring and Audits -- 13. The Budget -- 14. Regulatory Considerations in Human Subjects Research -- 15. Publishing Your Clinical Trial -- 16. Pragmatic Clinical Trials -- 17. Cooperative Clinical Trials -- 18. International Trials: Surgical Research Networks -- 19. Inclusion of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials -- 20. Participation in Clinical Trials as a Clinical Trialist for the Community Surgeon.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World : Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45389
Hector Y. Adames, Yvette N. Tazeau, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This volume provides a broad and critical presentation of the behavioral and psychosocial treatments of Latinxs with dementia in the United States (U.S.) and across a representative sample of Spanish-speaking countries in the world. The compendium of chapters, written by researchers, practitioners, and policy analysts from multiple disciplines provides a deep exploration of the current state of dementia care for Latinxs in the U.S. and around the globe. The volume is designed to increase and st…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Adames, Hector Y.
- Tazeau, Yvette N.
- Responsibility
- Hector Y. Adames, Yvette N. Tazeau, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 415 p.) : 8 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9781071601327
- 9781071601303 (Print ed.)
- 9781071601310 (Print ed.)
- 9781071606940 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Dementia - diagnosis
- Dementia - epidemiology
- Dementia - therapy
- Mental Health Services
- Other Subjects
- Latin America
- Specialty
- Mental Health Services
- Abstract
- This volume provides a broad and critical presentation of the behavioral and psychosocial treatments of Latinxs with dementia in the United States (U.S.) and across a representative sample of Spanish-speaking countries in the world. The compendium of chapters, written by researchers, practitioners, and policy analysts from multiple disciplines provides a deep exploration of the current state of dementia care for Latinxs in the U.S. and around the globe. The volume is designed to increase and strengthen the collective scientific and sociocultural understanding of the epidemiological and biopsychosocial factors, as well as the overlapping systemic challenges that impact diagnosis and symptom management of Latinxs with dementia. The authors introduce policy options to reduce risk factors for dementia and present culturally-responsive interventions that meet the needs of Latinx patients and their caregivers. Caring for Latinxs with Dementia in a Globalized World: Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments is a resource that accentuates and contextualizes the heterogeneity in nationality, immigration, race, sexual orientation, gender, and political realities. It is a key reference for a wide range of fields inclusive of demography, geriatrics, gerontology, medicine, mental health, neurology, neuropsychology, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacology, psychiatry, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, sociology, and statistics all of which, collectively, bear on the problem and the solutions for better care for Latinxs affected by dementia.
- Contents
- Part I. Characterizing the Context: Latinxs and Dementia -- 1. Demographics and the Epidemiological Risk Factors for Dementia in Hispanic/Latino Populations -- 2. Contextual, Cultural, and Socio-political Issues in Caring for Latinxs with Dementia: When the Mind Forgets and the Heart Remembers -- 3. Meta-Analysis of Dementia Rates in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean -- Part II. Evaluation, Assessment, and Diagnosis -- 4. Treating Medical Comorbidities Associated with Dementia among Latinos -- 5. Functional Assessment in Latinos with Dementia: A Review of Tools and Cultural Considerations -- 6. Latinos with Dementia and Depression: Contemporary Issues and Assessment Challenges -- 7. Neurological, Psychiatric, and Affective Aspects of Dementia in Latinxs -- Part III. Supportive Interventions and Services -- 8. Latino Families Living with Dementia: Behavioral Issues and Placement Considerations -- 9. Educational, Diagnostic, and Supportive Psychosocial Interventions for Latinos with Dementia -- 10. Cognitive Rehabilitation for Maintenance of Function in Latinos with Dementia -- 11. Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia in Latinos: Pharmacological, Non-pharmacological, and Ethnocultural Healthcare Interventions -- 12. Intersectionality as a Practice of Dementia Care for Sexual and Gender Minoritized Latinxs -- 13. Stress and Coping: Conceptual Models for Understanding Dementia among Latinos -- 14. Grief, Loss, and Depression in Latino Caregivers and Families affected by Dementia -- Part IV. International Perspectives: The Americas and Beyond -- 15. Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments of Dementia in Mexico -- 16. Dementia Care in Guatemala, Central America -- 17. Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments of Dementia in the Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico -- 18. Dementia Treatment and Health Disparities among Puerto Ricans: The Impact of its Cultural and Political Histories -- 19. Dementia Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care in Colombia, South America -- 20. Behavioral and Psychosocial Treatments of Dementia in Spain -- Part V. Social/Public Policy and Community Perspectives -- 21. Community Partnerships and the Care of Latinos with Dementia: A Call for Action -- 22. Latinos and Dementia: Prescriptions for Policy and Programs that Empower Older Latinos and their Families.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cancer : The Enemy from Within : A Comprehensive Textbook of Cancer’s Causes, Complexities and Consequences
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45516
Carolyn Compton.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Holdings
- Cape Breton Regional: 2005 - 2007.
- Location
- Online
This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author’s many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the major milestones and setbacks in the ongoing…
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- Author
- Compton, Carolyn
- Responsibility
- Carolyn Compton
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Holdings
- Cape Breton Regional: 2005 - 2007.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 330 p.) : 157 illus., 149 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030406516
- 9783030406509 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406523 (Print ed.)
- 9783030406530 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Burden of Disease
- Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Neoplasms - epidemiology
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Palliative Care
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This comprehensive, ground-breaking title presents, in simplifying style, the driving and organizing principles of cancer, making this multidimensional, highly complex disease easily understandable for readers. Developed out of the renowned author’s many years of teaching a widely popular, several-hundred-student college course, this 12-chapter book begins with an account of the history of cancer as a medical and public health problem, as well as the major milestones and setbacks in the ongoing quest to understand the wide variety of cancers that continue to impact the world. Subsequent chapters then address pathogenesis, incidence and mortality statistics, risk factors, causal factors, screening challenges and victories, treatment strategies, and disease prevention approaches. This wealth of clinical information is further supplemented with socioeconomic discussions on the financial, social, ethical, technological, regulatory, political, and logistical challenges that limit progress in cancer research. A soon to be gold-standard text that thoroughly and expertly describes cancer as a composite, adaptive system, Cancer: The Enemy from Within equips and empowers all undergraduate students and graduate students to better understand this continually perplexing disease. Clinicians across all disciplines may also find this work of great interest.
- Contents
- 1. The Nature and Origins of Cancer -- 2. Cancer Initiation, Promotion and Progression and the Acquisition of Key Behavioral Traits -- 3. Understanding the Hallmark Characteristics of Cancer -- 4. A Short History of Cancer – How Did We Get Here? -- 5. Who Gets Cancer and Why? What Are the Consequences for Human Life and Longevity? How Can We Intervene? How Can We Track Progress? -- 6. Screening for Cancer: Find It Early; Treat It Early; Save Lives -- 7. Fundamentals of Cancer Diagnosis and Assessment -- 8. Local Therapy for Cancer -- 9. Systemic Therapy for Cancer -- 10. Palliative Care, Hospice, and End of Life -- 11. Development of New Cancer Therapies -- 12. Cancer and Society.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Insights and Examination Techniques in Ophthalmology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat45592
Thomas Kuriakose.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book elucidates the principles of sound clinical examination in ophthalmology. Based on the author’s extensive teaching experience, it makes the case for arriving at a diagnosis through detailed clinical examinations, including history taking, knowledge of clinical epidemiology, and using only the most relevant clinical tests. Starting with basic chapters on relevant statistics and clinical epidemiology, the book covers history-taking, visual function assessment, slit lamp examination, and…
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- Author
- Kuriakose, Thomas
- Responsibility
- Thomas Kuriakose
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 241 p.) : 144 illus., 132 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9789811528903
- 9789811528897 (Print ed.)
- 9789811528910 (Print ed.)
- 9789811528927 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Eye Diseases - diagnosis
- Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
- Optometry - methods
- Physical Examination
- Specialty
- Ophthalmology
- Abstract
- This book elucidates the principles of sound clinical examination in ophthalmology. Based on the author’s extensive teaching experience, it makes the case for arriving at a diagnosis through detailed clinical examinations, including history taking, knowledge of clinical epidemiology, and using only the most relevant clinical tests. Starting with basic chapters on relevant statistics and clinical epidemiology, the book covers history-taking, visual function assessment, slit lamp examination, and examinations of each important field (e.g. the lids, orbit, cornea, iris and pupil, glaucoma patients, sclera, lens, posterior segment, pediatric patient and neuro-ophthalmology) in separate chapters. Full of practical tips on examining patients at the clinic, the book also describes the rationale behind each clinical test and its interpretation. It is also hoped that teachers who come across this book will evaluate students on the basis of these relevant clinical examinations rather than quizzing them on esoteric clinical tests that are not routinely used and are of little clinical value. This book is intended to help all ophthalmologists, beginners and veterans alike, improve their clinical examination thinking and skills.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of Statistics and Epidemiology for Clinical Diagnosis: Connecting the Dots -- 3. History Taking: The Most Important Clinical Test -- 4. Visual Function and Its Assessment -- 5. Evaluating Refractive Error and Prescribing Glasses -- 6. The Slit Lamp Examination -- 7. Examination of Lids, Adnexa and Orbit -- 8. Examination of Ocular Motility and Squint -- 9. Examination of the Cornea and Ocular Surface -- 10. Examination of Sclera -- 11. Examination of Iris and Pupil -- 12. Examination of Lens -- 13. Clinical Evaluation of Glaucoma Patient -- 14. Examination of Posterior Segment -- 15. Neuro-Ophthalmology -- 16. Examination of a Child -- 17. Systemic Examination and Examination of the Sinuses, Nose and Throat -- 18. Putting It All Together for the Patient.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30635
Greenhalgh, Trisha.
(Sixth edition)
--Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Greenhalgh, Trisha
- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Place of Publication
- Hoboken, NJ
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781119484721 (ePub)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Journalism, Medical
- Research - methods
- Specialty
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Contents
- Why read papers at all? -- Searching the literature -- Getting your bearings : what is this paper about? -- Assessing methodological quality -- Statistics for the non-statistician -- Papers that report trials of drugs treatment and other simple interventions -- Papers that report trials of complex interventions -- Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests -- Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) -- Papers that tell you what to do (guidelines) -- Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses) -- Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) -- Papers that report questionnaire research -- Papers that report quality improvement case studies -- Papers that describe genetic association studies -- Applying evidence with patients -- Criticisms of evidence-based healthcare.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anaesthesia, intensive care and perioperative medicine A-Z : an encyclopaedia of principles and practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32262
Steve M. Yentis, Nicholas P. Hirsch, James K. Ip.
(6th ed.)
--Edinburgh, UK:
Elsevier
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
For 25 years Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine A-Z has provided a comprehensive resource of the relevant aspects of pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, physics, statistics, medicine, surgery, general anaesthetic practice, intensive care, equipment, and the history of anaesthesia and intensive care. Originally prepared as essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar exams, this fully updated edition will also prove as …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Yentis, Steve M.
- Other Authors
- Hirsch, Nicholas
- Ip, James K
- Responsibility
- Steve M. Yentis, Nicholas P. Hirsch, James K. Ip
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Alternate Title
- Anesthesia, intensive care & perioperative medicine A-Z : an encyclopedia of principles & practice
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, UK
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 654 p.
- ISBN
- 9780702071652
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesiology - Encyclopedias
- Anesthesia - Encyclopedias
- Critical Care - Encyclopedias
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Anesthesia--Encyclopedias
- Anesthesiology--Encyclopedias
- Critical care medicine--Encyclopedias
- Abstract
- For 25 years Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine A-Z has provided a comprehensive resource of the relevant aspects of pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, physics, statistics, medicine, surgery, general anaesthetic practice, intensive care, equipment, and the history of anaesthesia and intensive care. Originally prepared as essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar exams, this fully updated edition will also prove as invaluable as ever for all anaesthetists and critical care physicians, as well as operating department practitioners and specialist nurses.
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Ebersole and Hess' gerontological nursing & healthy aging
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42274
Touhy, Theris A.
(Second Canadian edition)
--Milton, ON:
Elsevier Canada
, c2019.
- Call Number
- WY 152 T722e 2019
- Location
- Dickson Building
Featuring the most up-to-date CGNA guidelines, plus a variety of learning features on statistics, legislation, practice guidelines, standards of care, and examples relevant to Canadian practice.
- Call Number
- WY 152 T722e 2019
- Author
- Touhy, Theris A.
- Other Authors
- Jett, Kathleen F.
- Boscart, Veronique
- McCleary, Lynn
- Edition
- Second Canadian edition
- Alternate Title
- Gerontological nursing and healthy aging
- Place of Publication
- Milton, ON
- Publisher
- Elsevier Canada
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- xiii, 495 pages : illustrations
- ISBN
- 9781771720939
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging
- Geriatric Nursing - Canada
- Specialty
- Geriatrics
- Nursing
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Featuring the most up-to-date CGNA guidelines, plus a variety of learning features on statistics, legislation, practice guidelines, standards of care, and examples relevant to Canadian practice.
- Contents
- Section 1: Foundations of Healthy Aging -- 1. Introduction to Healthy Aging -- 2. Gerontological Nursing History, Education, and Roles -- 3. Communicating with Older Adults -- 4. Culture, Ethnicity, and Aging -- 5. Nursing Documentation -- Section 2: Changes of Aging -- 6. Biological Theories and Physical Changes of Aging -- 7. Social, Psychological, Spiritual, and Cognitive Aspects of Aging -- 8. Nutritional Needs -- 9. Hydration and Continence -- 10. Rest, Sleep, and Activity -- 11. Promoting Healthy Skin and Feet -- 12. Maintaining Mobility and Environmental Safety -- 13. Assessment Tools in Gerontological Nursing -- 14. Safe Medication Use for Older Adults -- Section 3: Coping with Chronic Illness in Later Life -- 15. Living with Chronic Illness -- 16. Pain and Comfort -- 17. Diabetes Mellitus -- 18. Bone and Joint Health -- 19. Visual and Auditory Changes -- 20. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disorders -- 21. Cognitive Impairment and Neurological Disorders -- Section 4: Caring for Older Adults and Their Caregivers -- 22. Economic and Legal Issues -- 23. Relationships, Roles, and Transitions -- 24. Mental Health and Wellness in Late Life -- 25. Loss, Death and Palliative Care -- 26. Care Across the Continuum.
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Textbooks
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
How to write better medical papers
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43843
Michael Hanna.
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book guides medical researchers through all stages of transforming their data and ideas into a published paper. Many researchers in medicine struggle to get their research written and published. One reason for this is that most medical researchers have not received much instruction in the subjects needed to write and publish scientific papers: research methodology, ethics, statistics, data visualization, writing, revising, and the practicalities of publishing. This book tackles all the maj…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Hanna, Michael
- Responsibility
- Michael Hanna
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783030029555
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Medical Writing
- Publishing
- Specialty
- Communication
- Abstract
- This book guides medical researchers through all stages of transforming their data and ideas into a published paper. Many researchers in medicine struggle to get their research written and published. One reason for this is that most medical researchers have not received much instruction in the subjects needed to write and publish scientific papers: research methodology, ethics, statistics, data visualization, writing, revising, and the practicalities of publishing. This book tackles all the major scientific issues that routinely lead to manuscripts getting rejected from the journals.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
