Abdominal Sepsis : A Multidisciplinary Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43191
Massimo Sartelli, Matteo Bassetti, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This book examines in detail the topic of sepsis, with a focus on intra-abdominal sepsis. Particular attention is devoted to source control in the management of the infection, antimicrobial therapy and sepsis support, which represent the cornerstones of treating patients with abdominal sepsis. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach is highlighted not only by the instructive and informative sections on the acute manifestations of appendicitis, cholecystitis, and cholangitis, perforations…
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- Other Authors
- Sartelli, Massimo
- Bassetti, Matteo
- Martin-Loeches, Ignacio
- Responsibility
- Massimo Sartelli, Matteo Bassetti, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 405 p.) : 49 illus., 34 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Hot topics in acute care surgery and trauma
- ISBN
- 9783319597041
- 9783319597034 (print ed.)
- 9783319597058 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2520-8284
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Digestive System Diseases - microbiology
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Intraabdominal Infections - diagnosis
- Intraabdominal Infections - therapy
- Sepsis - therapy
- Specialty
- Gastroenterology
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Abstract
- This book examines in detail the topic of sepsis, with a focus on intra-abdominal sepsis. Particular attention is devoted to source control in the management of the infection, antimicrobial therapy and sepsis support, which represent the cornerstones of treating patients with abdominal sepsis. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach is highlighted not only by the instructive and informative sections on the acute manifestations of appendicitis, cholecystitis, and cholangitis, perforations and diverticulitis, Clostridium difficile infection and the role of candida in abdominal sepsis, but also by an extensive discussion of issues including antimicrobial resistance, damage control surgery, principles of antimicrobial therapy, hemodynamic support, adjunctive therapies, and thromboprophylaxis. Abdominal sepsis is the host's systemic inflammatory response to intra-abdominal infections. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates, and represents the second most common cause of sepsis-related mortality at intensive care units. Gathering contributions by authoritative experts from all around the world, this book will allow acute care surgeons, abdominal surgeons, intensive care clinicians, and students to broaden their understanding of intra-abdominal sepsis in daily clinical practice.
- Contents
- 1. Classifications and principles of treatment -- 2. Peritonitis and intra-peritoneal inflammatory mediators -- 3. Imaging diagnosis -- 4. Higk risk patients and prognostic factors -- 5. Acute appendicitis -- 6. Acute cholecystitis -- 7. Acute cholangitis -- 8 Pyogenic liver abscess -- 9. Gastroduodenal perforations -- 10. Small bowel perforations -- 11. Acute colonic diverticulitis -- 12. Post-operative peritonitis -- 13. Damage control surgery in managing abdominal sepsis -- 14. Ongoing peritonitis -- 15. Clostridium difficile infection -- 16. Complicated Intra-abdominal infections: Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy -- 17. Antimicrobial armamentarium -- 18. Antimicrobial resistance in intra-abdominal infections -- 19. The role of candida in abdominal sepsis -- 20. Use and interpretation of peritoneal swabs -- 21. Appropriate antimicrobial therapy in critically ill patients -- 22. Haemodynamic support -- 23. Adjunctive therapies -- 24. Impact and management of abdominal compartment syndrome in patients with abdominal sepsis -- 25. Tromboprohilaxis in patients with abdominal sepsis -- 26. Nutrition in patients with abdominal sepsis.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis and Thygeson's Superficial Punctate Keratitis : In Vivo Morphology in the Human Cornea
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31124
Helena M. Tabery.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2012.
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- Online
Adenovirus epithelial keratitis and Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis (TSPK) are apparently disparate diseases. While adenovirus eye infections are very common, caused by a known agent, and highly infectious, TSPK is comparatively rare, of unknown causation, and seemingly non-contagious. Despite these differences, the two diseases are often confused in clinical practice owing to the similarity between adenovirus epithelial infiltrates and 'coarse' epithelial TSPK lesions. This book pres…
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- Other Authors
- Tabery, Helena M
- Responsibility
- Helena M. Tabery
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 131 p. : 148 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783642216343
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adenovirus Infections, Human
- Corneal opacity - pathology
- Epithelium, Corneal - pathology
- Keratitis - pathology
- Keratitis - case reports
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Ophthalmology
- Abstract
- Adenovirus epithelial keratitis and Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis (TSPK) are apparently disparate diseases. While adenovirus eye infections are very common, caused by a known agent, and highly infectious, TSPK is comparatively rare, of unknown causation, and seemingly non-contagious. Despite these differences, the two diseases are often confused in clinical practice owing to the similarity between adenovirus epithelial infiltrates and 'coarse' epithelial TSPK lesions. This book presents the morphological features, dynamics, and sequelae of adenovirus and Thygeson's keratitides captured at high magnification in the living human cornea. It thereby fills the existing void between conventional photographs and slit-lamp observations. Case reports demonstrate the importance of patient history in differential diagnosis, illustrate the need for familiarity with early manifestations of adenovirus infections, and assist in the diagnosis of rare variants of TSPK. Furthermore, the detailed observations on the natural course of the diseases ensure that the book will serve not only as a diagnostic tool but also as a reference when evaluating the effects of potential new treatments.
- Contents
- Part I. Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis -- 1. The Morphology of Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis -- 2. Adenovirus Type 8 Epithelial Keratitis: The Development, Accompanying Signs, and Sequelae -- 3. Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis Caused by Various Serotypes (Ad3, 4, and 7) -- 4. The Development of Subepithelial Infiltrates: A Sequence of Events -- Part II. Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis -- 5. The Morphology of Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis (TSPK) -- 6. Typical Cases of Thygeson’s Punctate Epithelial Keratitis (TSPK) -- 7. Three Atypical Cases of Thygeson’s Superfi cial Punctate Keratitis (TSPK).
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
African Americans and HIV/AIDS : understanding and addressing the epidemic
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30484
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2010.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- McCree, Donna Hubbard
- Jones, Kenneth Terrill
- O'Leary, Ann
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9780387783215
- Subjects (MeSH)
- HIV infections - United States
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - United States
- African Americans
- Subjects (LCSH)
- AIDS
- Public health
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
AIDS Activism, Science and Community Across Three Continents
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41412
Robert Lorway.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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- Online
This book critically examines the many complex entanglements between AIDS activism and HIV science. It takes readers on a medical anthropological expedition across time and space that highlights the stakes from the perspective of those most affected by the epidemic. Author Robert Lorway reveals how early in the HIV epidemic, amid inadequate government leadership, communities of people living with and directly affected by HIV and AIDS rose to become a vital force at the forefront of prevention r…
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- Author
- Lorway, Robert
- Responsibility
- Robert Lorway
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 153 pages) : 14 illus.
- Series Title
- Social aspects of HIV
- ISBN
- 9783319421995
- 9783319421971 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-6559
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - psychology
- Community Health Services
- HIV infections - psychology
- Patient Advocacy
- Sociological Factors
- Abstract
- This book critically examines the many complex entanglements between AIDS activism and HIV science. It takes readers on a medical anthropological expedition across time and space that highlights the stakes from the perspective of those most affected by the epidemic. Author Robert Lorway reveals how early in the HIV epidemic, amid inadequate government leadership, communities of people living with and directly affected by HIV and AIDS rose to become a vital force at the forefront of prevention responses. Yet now, more than three decades later, HIV prevention and treatment is increasingly being placed under the jurisdiction of clinical, epidemiological, and management scientific expertise. In this kind of context, where does activism figure into the possibility of more democratized collaborations between affected communities, scientists, and policy makers? Coverage draws upon the findings from an array of community research projects conducted in Canada, India, and Kenya over a 22-year period. It weaves together rich, original data sources that range from in-depth qualitative interviews, field notes, and primary and secondary archival document retrievals in these three regions. Offering a rich diversity in perspectives, this book tackles the broader themes related to global health policy, science, and transnational activism at the same time as it highlights the experiences and local arenas where debates about activism and science play out. In the end, Lorway questions the growing expectation for affected communities themselves to produce sound evidence to legitimize their advocacy projects. He calls for the planners and implementers of biomedically oriented HIV research and interventions to more meaningfully engage with communities in ways that de-monopolize decision making as a matter of ethics and improved scientific practice.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Section I. Canada: Professionalization -- 1. A Vital Response -- 2. Treatment Rebellions -- Section II. India: Techno-Bureaucratization -- 3. Geographies of Intervention -- 4. Documenting Sovereignty -- III. Kenya: Bioexperimentalization -- 5. A South-to-South Collaboration -- 6. The Logic of Verification -- Conclusion.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
AIDS-Associated viral oncogenesis
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29673
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Meyers, C
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Series Vol.
- 133
- Series Title
- Cancer treatment and research
- ISBN
- 9780387468167
- Subjects (MeSH)
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Oncogenic Viruses
- Subjects (LCSH)
- AIDS
- Oncology
- Infectious diseases
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
AIDS in Pakistan : Bureaucracy, Public Goods and NGOs
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43273
Ayaz Qureshi.
--Singapore:
Palgrave Macmillan
, c2018.
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- Location
- Online
This book is the first full-length study of HIV/AIDS work in relation to government and NGOs. In the early 2000s, Pakistan's response to HIV/AIDS was scaled-up and declared an area of urgent intervention. This response was funded by international donors requiring prevention, care and support services to be contracted out to NGOs: a global policy considered particularly important in Pakistan where the high risk populations are criminalized by the state. Based on unparalleled ethnographic access …
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- Author
- Qureshi, Ayaz
- Responsibility
- Ayaz Qureshi
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 217 p
- ISBN
- 9789811062209
- 9789811062193 (print ed.)
- 9789811062216 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- HIV Infections
- Health Policy
- Public-Private Sector Partnerships
- Other Subjects
- Pakistan
- Specialty
- Policy
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This book is the first full-length study of HIV/AIDS work in relation to government and NGOs. In the early 2000s, Pakistan's response to HIV/AIDS was scaled-up and declared an area of urgent intervention. This response was funded by international donors requiring prevention, care and support services to be contracted out to NGOs: a global policy considered particularly important in Pakistan where the high risk populations are criminalized by the state. Based on unparalleled ethnographic access to government bureaucracies and their dealings with NGOs, Qureshi examines how global policies were translated by local actors and how they responded to the evolving HIV/AIDS crisis. The book encourages readers to reconsider the orthodoxy of policies regarding public-private partnership by critiquing the resulting changes in the bureaucracy, civil society and public goods. It is a must-read for students, scholars and practitioners concerned with neoliberal agendas in global health and development.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. AIDS in the Islamic Republic -- 3. The HIV prevention market -- 4. Enterprising bureaucrats -- 5. Surviving hard times -- 6. Participating in the Global Fund -- 7. Responsibility for care and support -- 8. AIDS activism and "civil society" -- 9. Conclusion.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
AIDS : no greater challenge, solving the mysteries
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat52786
[by] David Spurgeon.
--Ottawa, ON:
Medical Research Council of Canada
, [1990?].
- Call Number
- WC 503 S795 1990
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WC 503 S795 1990
- Author
- Spurgeon, David
- Corporate Author
- Medical Research Council of Canada
- Responsibility
- [by] David Spurgeon
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, ON
- Publisher
- Medical Research Council of Canada
- Date of Publication
- [1990?]
- Physical Description
- 63 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- HIV
- HIV Infections
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- In library use
An atlas of the clinical microbiology of infectious diseases. Vol. 1, Bacterial agents
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22553
Bottone, Edward J.
--Boca Raton, FL:
Parthenon Publishing
, 2006.
- Call Number
- WC 17 B751a 2006 v. 1 REF
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WC 17 B751a 2006 v. 1 REF
- Author
- Bottone, Edward J
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- Parthenon Publishing
- Date of Publication
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 160 p.
- Series Title
- Encyclopedia of visual medicine series
- ISBN
- 1842142194
- 9781842142196
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communicable Diseases - microbiology - Atlases
- Bacterial Infections - microbiology - Atlases
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Loan Period
- In library use
An evaluation of the implementation of Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS recommendations
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53322
Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS.
--[s.l.]:
[s.n.]
, 1992.
- Call Number
- WC 503.6 N99 1992
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WC 503.6 N99 1992
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS
- Place of Publication
- [s.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Date of Publication
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 59 p.
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- HIV Infections
- Nova Scotia
- Notes
- Cover title.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Antibiotic Policies : Controlling Hospital Acquired Infection
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat30848
Ian M. Gould, Jos W.M. van der Meer, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2012.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Hospitals worldwide are currently suffering an epidemic of infections, generated in and spreading in those instituitions whose very "raison d'etre" is to protect and improve the health of their patients. This paradox comes at a time of possibly unprecedented investment in preventative measures (infection control). To better control these infections, however, we need to understand their causes, many of which are related, paradoxically, to the success of antibiotic therapy. It is possible that th…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Gould, Ian M
- Meer, Jos W.M van der
- Responsibility
- Ian M. Gould, Jos W.M. van der Meer, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 209 p. : 6 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9781441917348
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Infection Control - organization & administration
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Infections - drug therapy
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical virology
- Microbiology
- Infectious diseases
- Abstract
- Hospitals worldwide are currently suffering an epidemic of infections, generated in and spreading in those instituitions whose very "raison d'etre" is to protect and improve the health of their patients. This paradox comes at a time of possibly unprecedented investment in preventative measures (infection control). To better control these infections, however, we need to understand their causes, many of which are related, paradoxically, to the success of antibiotic therapy. It is possible that the golden era of antibiotics led subconsciously to a loss of emphasis on the importance of hygiene in the control of HAI. Moreover, the majority of HAIs are due to multiply antibiotic resistant bacteria whose emergence has been hastened by over-enthusiastic antibiotic prescribing. Accumulating evidence also suggests that antibiotics not only select for resistance but can actually increase the numbers of HAIs and even their virulence. This comprehensive compilation, written by eminent international researchers, explores these hypothesis in the context of recent epidemiology and evidence for the success of various antibiotic stewardship measures in controlling and even reversing resistance. It contains chapters by acclaimed authors on all the major causes of HAI, including MRSA, VRE, Clostridium difficile and multi resistant gram negative infections which are increasingly pan-resistant and untreatable; the nearest thing we have yet experienced to a "Doomsday bug". This book is an excellent source of information for students, researchers and practitioners in infection control, hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial prescribing and microbiology.
- Contents
- Healthcare Associated Infections: The Size of the Problem -- The Antibiotic Paradox -- The Epidemiology of Pan/Extreme Drug Resistance -- Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship to Control Resistance - how should it be done? -- Controlling Clostridium difficile infection and the role of antibiotic stewardship -- The control of MRSA -- The role of antibiotic policies in controlling VRE -- The control of ESBL producing bacteria -- Controlling Hospital-Acquired Infection due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) -- Control of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter infections -- The control of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas: Insights into epidemiology and management -- Multidrug-resistant infections in low-resource health care settings -- Germ Shed Management in the United States -- Required actions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anti-infective guidelines for community-acquired infections
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24461
Anti-infective Review Panel.
(2010 ed.)
--Toronto, ON:
MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
, 2010.
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2010 REF
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2010 REF
- Corporate Author
- Anti-infective Review Panel
- Edition
- 2010 ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 9781894332101
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy - Practice Guideline
- Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use - Practice Guideline
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Copies
- 3
- Loan Period
- In library use
Anti-infective guidelines for community-acquired infections
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26072
Anti-infective Review Panel.
(2013 ed.)
--Toronto, ON:
MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
, 2013.
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2019
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2019
- Corporate Author
- Anti-infective Review Panel
- MUMS Guidelines Clearinghouse
- Responsibility
- Anti-infective Review Panel
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
- Date of Publication
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 9781894332149
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use - Practice Guideline
- Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy - Practice Guideline
- Contents
- Antibiotic prescribing pearls -- Eye infections -- Respiratory infections -- Skin infections -- Genitourinary infections -- Central nervous system infections -- Gastrointestinal infections -- Prophylaxis -- Appendices.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Dickson Building
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Anti-infective guidelines for community-acquired infections
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26073
Anti-infective Review Panel.
(2013 ed.)
--Toronto, ON:
MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
, 2013.
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2013 REF
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2013 REF
- Corporate Author
- Anti-infective Review Panel
- MUMS Guidelines Clearinghouse
- Responsibility
- Anti-infective Review Panel
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
- Date of Publication
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 9781894332149
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use - Practice Guideline
- Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy - Practice Guideline
- Contents
- Antibiotic prescribing pearls -- Eye infections -- Respiratory infections -- Skin infections -- Genitourinary infections -- Central nervous system infections -- Gastrointestinal infections -- Prophylaxis -- Appendices.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Sub-Location
- REFERENCE
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- In library use
Anti-infective guidelines for community-acquired infections
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat26078
Anti-infective Review Panel.
(2010 ed.)
--Toronto, ON:
MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
, 2010.
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2010
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WC 195 A629 2010
- Corporate Author
- Anti-infective Review Panel
- Edition
- 2010 ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- MUMS Guideline Clearinghouse
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 9781894332101
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy - Practice Guideline
- Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use - Practice Guideline
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Arthropod Borne Diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41251
Carlos Brisola Marcondes, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Arthropod borne diseases cause enormous morbidity and mortality in most countries, mostly in those situated in tropical areas, but also in temperate regions. This book provides organized information on all arthropod related diseases, to prevent suffering and deaths, for medical students and professionals. Since arthropod borne diseases are present in many regions of the world and can even surprise professionals and lays in non-endemic regions, like malaria in UK and Canada, the author and its m…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Marcondes, Carlos Brisola
- Responsibility
- Carlos Brisola Marcondes, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 645 pages) : 158 illus., 137 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319138848
- 9783319138831 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Arbovirus Infections
- Arthropod Vectors
- Communicable Diseases
- Parasitic Diseases
- Abstract
- Arthropod borne diseases cause enormous morbidity and mortality in most countries, mostly in those situated in tropical areas, but also in temperate regions. This book provides organized information on all arthropod related diseases, to prevent suffering and deaths, for medical students and professionals. Since arthropod borne diseases are present in many regions of the world and can even surprise professionals and lays in non-endemic regions, like malaria in UK and Canada, the author and its many expert collaborators are sure that it will be essential in all hospitals, clinics and medical libraries around the world. As arthropod borne diseases of domesticated animals are very numerous and in some cases related to human diseases, they are also included in the book.
- Contents
- 1. General comments and importance of arthropod-related diseases -- 2. Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases -- 3. Blood sucking insects and history -- 4. Blood sucking, vector-parasite relationship and transmission of diseases -- 5. Generalities on arboviruses -- 6. Yellow fever -- 7. Dengue -- 8. Other flaviviruses -- 9. Togaviridae -- 10. Bunyaviruses -- 11. Plague and tularemia -- 12. Rickettsial infections, Bartonella infections and coxiellosis -- 13. Borreliosis: Lyme disease and relapsing fever -- 14. Ehrlichiosis -- 15. Anaplasmosis -- 16. Leishmaniasis -- 17. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) -- 18. Sleeping sickness, nagana -- 19. Other trypanosomiasis -- 20. Malaria -- 21. Babesiosis -- 22. Theileriosis -- 23. Hepatozoonosis -- 24. Lymphatic filariasis -- 25. Onchocerciasis -- 26. Mansonelliasis -- 27. Dirofilariasis -- 28. Loiasis -- 29. Thelaziosis (canine eye-worm) -- 30. Habronemosis -- 31. Flies -- 32. Sucking and biting lice -- 33. Fleas -- 34. Diseases caused by Acari (ticks and mites) -- 35. Other irritating Arthropods (beetles, bugs, centipedes etc.) -- 36. Allergy to bites of hematophagous arthropods -- 37. Geoprocessing and expected distribution of diseases (including deforestation, global warming and other changes) -- 38. Wolbachia: influence on pathogeny, treatment and control of arthropod borne diseases.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Asian immigrants in North America with HIV/AIDS : stigma, vulnerabilities and human rights
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat34053
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book explores a number of issues related to the stigma arising from HIV/AIDS infection, perceived or actual discrimination from the community and society, and the extent of vulnerabilities for infected Asian refugees and immigrants. It assesses the health care and treatment regimen for HIV/AIDS accessed by immigrants and refugee claimants in North America, including treatments offered by the health-care system and ethnic communities, and their perceptions and biases relating to HIV/AIDS is…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Ullah, A. K. M. Ahsan
- Other Authors
- Huque, Ahmed Shafiqul
- Responsibility
- AKM Ahsan Ullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 198 pages)
- ISBN
- 9789812871190 (electronic bk.)
- 9789812871183
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Asian Continental Ancestry Group
- Emigrants and Immigrants
- HIV Infections
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Minority Health
- Social Stigma
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Other Subjects
- Canada
- Abstract
- This book explores a number of issues related to the stigma arising from HIV/AIDS infection, perceived or actual discrimination from the community and society, and the extent of vulnerabilities for infected Asian refugees and immigrants. It assesses the health care and treatment regimen for HIV/AIDS accessed by immigrants and refugee claimants in North America, including treatments offered by the health-care system and ethnic communities, and their perceptions and biases relating to HIV/AIDS issues. On another level, the book identifies the ways in which HIV-sufferer immigrants and refugees/refugee claimants from Asia are vulnerable to discrimination due to 1) lack of information about HIV/AIDS incidence in the community; 2) inability of the health system to respond appropriately; and 3) the community's need for introspection on their own health issues. This book reveals the dynamics that influence choice, behavior, and lifestyle of HIV sufferer immigrants, adds to the existing knowledge about refugees and migrants, and proposes a unified theory of discrimination and stigmatization within the context of human rights. In addition, the book presents a number of policy recommendations based on empirical findings with a view to helping reshape polices regarding refugee HIV sufferers and their social ramifications. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in any field from social sciences, health and psychology, as well as practitioners in the field of development and public policy.
- Contents
- 1. Refugees, Immigrants and HIV/AIDS -- 2. Understanding and Exploring HIV/AIDS and Discrimination -- 3. Poverty, Migrants and HIV/AIDS in Canada -- 4. Discrimination, Xenophobia and Stigmatization -- 5. Vulnerability and Resilience in Living with HIV/AIDS -- 6. Managing the Crisis and Policy Directions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The AST handbook of transplant infections
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25634
edited by Deepali Kumar, Atul Humar [...] ; on behalf of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.
--West Sussex, England:
Wiley-Blackwell
, 2011.
- Call Number
- WO 660 A852 2011
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WO 660 A852 2011
- Other Authors
- Kumar, Deepali
- Humar, Atul
- Responsibility
- edited by Deepali Kumar, Atul Humar [...] ; on behalf of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice
- Place of Publication
- West Sussex, England
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date of Publication
- 2011
- Physical Description
- xv, 171 p.
- ISBN
- 9780470658277
- 0470658274
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communicable Disease Control
- Immunosuppressive agents - adverse effects
- Postoperative Complications - prevention & control
- Bacterial Infections - therapy
- Mycoses - therapy
- Virus Diseases - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Communicable diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Complications--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Format
- Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Attitudes of psychiatric nurses toward patients with HIV/AIDS
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat20684
Tobacca, Allan.
--Halifax, NS:
Dalhousie University
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WC 503 T551A 1998
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WC 503 T551A 1998
- Author
- Tobacca, Allan
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Dalhousie University
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Nurses
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- HIV infections
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Avant de faire le test du VIH
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37466
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. HIV Clinic.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2020.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2165
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
VIH signifie virus de l’immunodéficience humaine. Contrairement à d’autres virus, le corps ne peut pas se débarrasser du VIH. Le SIDA (syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise) survient lorsque le VIH détruit le système immunitaire, ce qui entraîne des infections et des cancers graves et potentiellement mortels. Le test de dépistage détecte uniquement le VIH, pas le SIDA. Ce dépliant explique ce qui suit : mode de propagation du VIH, avantages et inconvénients du test de dépistage, procédure du test…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. HIV Clinic
- Alternate Title
- Before your HIV test
- Before your human immunodeficiency virus test
- Before your AIDS test
- Before your acquired immunodeficiency syndrome test
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2020
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (6 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- HIV
- Subjects (LCSH)
- HIV infections
- Specialty
- Infectious Diseases
- Abstract
- VIH signifie virus de l’immunodéficience humaine. Contrairement à d’autres virus, le corps ne peut pas se débarrasser du VIH. Le SIDA (syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise) survient lorsque le VIH détruit le système immunitaire, ce qui entraîne des infections et des cancers graves et potentiellement mortels. Le test de dépistage détecte uniquement le VIH, pas le SIDA. Ce dépliant explique ce qui suit : mode de propagation du VIH, avantages et inconvénients du test de dépistage, procédure du test, fiabilité du test, délai d’obtention du résultat du test et façon de communiquer le résultat, résultat négatif, positif et indéterminé, ainsi que personnes ayant accès aux résultats de votre test.
- This pamphlet is a French translation of the English pamphlet 2122, "Before Your HIV Test". HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV. This means that once you have HIV, you will have it for life. AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) happens when HIV destroys your immune system, leading to serious and life-threatening infections and cancers. An HIV test only checks for HIV. It does not test for AIDS. This pamphlet explains how HIV is spread, the pros and cons of being tested for HIV, how an HIV test is done, and whether the test is accurate. Info is also provided on how you will get your test result and how long it will take, and what negative, positive, and indeterminate test results mean. Info on who has access to your test results is included.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: HIV Clinic Staff
- Pamphlet Number
- 2165
Bacterial Infections and the Kidney
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41705
Anjali A. Satoskar, Tibor Nadasdy, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art but practical approach to the diagnosis and management of bacterial infection associated renal disease. The chapters address the different types of glomerular, tubulointerstitial and vascular diseases, associated with bacterial infections, describe diagnostic pitfalls, provide differential diagnosis and discuss treatment and management. Easy to follow diagnostic algorithms and tables are included for practical usefulness. The…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Satoskar, Anjali A.
- Nadasdy, Tibor
- Responsibility
- Anjali A. Satoskar, Tibor Nadasdy, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : 93 illus., 77 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319527925
- 9783319527901 (print ed.)
- Abstract
- This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art but practical approach to the diagnosis and management of bacterial infection associated renal disease. The chapters address the different types of glomerular, tubulointerstitial and vascular diseases, associated with bacterial infections, describe diagnostic pitfalls, provide differential diagnosis and discuss treatment and management. Easy to follow diagnostic algorithms and tables are included for practical usefulness. The text provides a large number of color microphotographs, illustrations and each chapter refers to the most important up to date literature in the area. All chapters are written by experts in the field and will include the most up-to-date clinical information. A comprehensive but user friendly resource on renal complications of bacterial infection, such as this book, is overdue, particularly now in the era of staphylococcus epidemic and emerging new resistant bacterial strains. Bacterial Infections and the Kidney will be an important resource for pathologists, nephrologists, general internists, infectious disease specialists, and urologists. Transplant surgeons may find the chapter on transplant pyelonephritis very useful.
- Contents
- 1. Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis -- 2. Staphylococcus Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis -- 3. Glomerulonephritis Associated with Other Bacterial Infections -- 4. Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis -- 5. The Management of Bacterial Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis -- 6. Infection-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy -- 7. Direct Bacterial Infection of the Renal Parenchyma: Pyelonephritis in Native Kidneys -- 8. Bacterial Infection of the Renal Allograft.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
