Achieving Respiratory Health Equality : A United States Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41479
Juan Carlos Celedón, editor.
--Cham:
Humana Press
, 2017.
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This book addresses health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, providing a definitive reference on this prominent issue. Expert authors explore questions such as: * What is the evidence that respiratory health disparities exist? * What do we know about the causes of the disparities? * What are the clinical implications? * What can be done to address disparities and thus achieve respiratory health equality? Recognizing the magnitu…
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- Celedón, Juan Carlos
- Other Authors
- American Thoracic Society
- Responsibility
- Juan Carlos Celedón, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 205 pages) : 22 illus., 19 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783319434476
- 9783319434452 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Status Disparities
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Risk Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Other Subjects
- United States
- Abstract
- This book addresses health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, providing a definitive reference on this prominent issue. Expert authors explore questions such as: * What is the evidence that respiratory health disparities exist? * What do we know about the causes of the disparities? * What are the clinical implications? * What can be done to address disparities and thus achieve respiratory health equality? Recognizing the magnitude of this problem, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Executive Committee created a Health Equality and Diversity Committee, with an initial mandate of defining respiratory health disparities and respiratory health equality in the United States. This book will follow the format of a workshop on respiratory health equality held before the 2015 ATS International Meeting and led by editor Juan Carlos Celedón. Written by the workshop presenters and other distinguished guests, this book will focus closely on major risk factors for disparities in respiratory health, and potential approaches to eliminate such disparities. Achieving Respiratory Health Equality in the United States is a timely resource for researchers, clinicians, and public health practitioners in respiratory medicine.
- Contents
- 1. Overview -- 2. Race and Ethnicity -- 3. The Influence of Social and Economic Conditions on Respiratory Health -- 4. Air Pollution and Climate Change -- 5. Migrant Health -- 6. Acculturation -- 7. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community and Respiratory Health -- 8. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia -- 9. Cystic Fibrosis -- 10. Obstructive Airway Diseases -- 11. Sickle Cell Disease -- 12. Graduate Medical Education -- 13. Personalized Medicine -- 14. Health Policy: Toward Achieving Respiratory Health Equality -- 15. A Roadmap for Achieving Respiratory Health Equality.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Adaptive Sports Medicine : A Clinical Guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42985
Arthur Jason De Luigi, editor.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This first-of-its-kind text provides a comprehensive presentation and review of the unique aspects of adaptive sports medicine and adaptive athletes, who are increasingly active and prominent, not only individually and in local leagues and organizations but also in larger settings like the Paralympics. Divided into thematic sections, part one covers the history and natural course of the care, policies and laws that have been developed over the years for persons with disabilities, as well as the…
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- De Luigi, Arthur Jason
- Responsibility
- Arthur Jason De Luigi, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 402 p.) : 157 illus., 127 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319565682
- 9783319565668 (print ed.)
- 9783319565675 (print ed.)
- 9783319859446 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Athletic Injuries
- Risk Factors
- Sports Medicine - methods
- Sports for Persons with Disabilities
- Specialty
- Sports Medicine
- Abstract
- This first-of-its-kind text provides a comprehensive presentation and review of the unique aspects of adaptive sports medicine and adaptive athletes, who are increasingly active and prominent, not only individually and in local leagues and organizations but also in larger settings like the Paralympics. Divided into thematic sections, part one covers the history and natural course of the care, policies and laws that have been developed over the years for persons with disabilities, as well as the biomechanics and technology of wheelchair sports and adaptive sports prostheses. The medical considerations of the adaptive athlete comprise part two, including injury epidemiology, emergent care, and surgical and rehabilitative considerations. Part three, by far the most extensive section, discusses specific wheelchair and adaptive sports, including adaptive running, cycling, water sports and throwing sports, wheelchair basketball, softball and rugby, as well as adaptive combative and extreme sports. Selected topics, including event planning, advocacy and controversies such as doping, are covered in part four. A comprehensive yet practical text, Adaptive Sports Medicine is a go-to resource and will be an invaluable reference for any sports medicine or primary medicine practitioner working with this unique population.
- Contents
- Part I. Adaptive Sports Medicine: History, Technology and Biomechanics -- 1. History of Adaptive and Disabled Rights within Society, Thus Creating the Fertile Soil to Grow, Adaptive Sports -- 2. Wheelchair Sports Technology and Biomechanics -- 3. Technology and Biomechanics of Adaptive Sports Prostheses -- Part II. Medical Considerations in Adaptive Sports Medicine -- 4. Review of Injury Epidemiology in Paralympic Sports -- 5. Medical Considerations in Adaptive Sports -- 6. Emergent Care of the Adaptive Athlete -- 7. Surgical Considerations in the Adaptive Athlete -- 8. Rehabilitation of the Adaptive Athlete -- Part III. Adaptive Sports -- 9. Adaptive Running -- 10. Adaptive Cycling -- 11. Adaptive Golf: History, Rules and Equipment Modifications, and Sport-Specific Injuries -- 12 Wheelchair Basketball -- 13. Wheelchair Rugby -- 14. Power (Wheelchair) Soccer -- 15. Wheelchair Softball -- 16. Wheelchair Dance Sport -- 17. Wheelchair Fencing -- 18. Wheelchair Curling -- 19. Wheelchair Tennis and Para-table Tennis -- 20. Adaptive Volleyball -- 21. Adaptive Water Sports -- 22. Ice Sled Hockey (Sledge Hockey Outside the United States) -- 23. Adaptive Alpine Skiing and Para-snowboarding -- 24. Adaptive Throwing Sports: Discus, Javelin, Shot Put, and Boccia -- 25. Shooting Sports (Archery, Air Rifle, Trapshooting) -- 26. Weight Lifting in Adaptive Sport -- 27. Adaptive Combative Sports (Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts) -- 28. Adaptive Extreme Sports -- Part IV. Selected Topics in Adaptive Sports Medicine -- 29. Adaptive Sports Event Planning -- 30. Policy and Advocacy Initiatives to Promote the Benefits of Sports Participation for Individuals with Disability -- 31. Controversies in Adaptive Sports.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advances in Geroscience
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39908
Felipe Sierra, Ronald Kohanski, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can help readers to better understand how aging is a…
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- Sierra, Felipe
- Kohanski, Ronald
- Responsibility
- Felipe Sierra, Ronald Kohanski, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 622 p. : 39 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9783319232461
- 9783319232454 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aging - physiology
- Chronic Disease
- Geriatrics
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a new scientific discipline termed Geroscience. Geroscience examines the molecular and cellular mechanisms that might explain why aging is the main risk factor for most chronic diseases affecting the elderly population. Over the past few decades, researchers have made impressive progress in understanding the genetics, biology and physiology of aging. This book presents vital research that can help readers to better understand how aging is a critical malleable risk factor in most chronic diseases, which, in turn, could lead to interventions that can help increase a healthy lifespan, or "healthspan". The book begins with an analysis of the Geroscience hypothesis, as well as the epidemiological underpinnings that define aging as a candidate main risk factor for most chronic diseases. Next, each chapter focuses on one particular disease, or group of diseases, with an emphasis on how basic molecular and cellular biology might explain why aging is a major risk factor for it. Coverage in the book includes: cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementias, stroke, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes asthma, emphysema, kidney disease, vision impairment, and AIDS/HIV. It finishes with a chapter on pain in the elderly and an overview of future steps needed to bring the newly acquired knowledge into the clinic and the public at large.
- Contents
- The Geroscience Hypothesis: Is It Possible to Change the Rate of Aging? / Steven N. Austad -- Etiological Role of Aging in Chronic Diseases: From Epidemiological Evidence to the New Geroscience / Linda P. Fried and Luigi Ferrucci -- The Impact of Aging on Cancer Progression and Treatment / Shenghui He and Norman E. Sharpless -- The Impact of Cancer Treatments on Aging / Changhan Lee and Valter Longo -- Cardiovascular Disease and Aging / Ying Ann Chiao, Edward Lakatta, Zoltan Ungvari, Dao-Fu Dai and Peter Rabinovitch -- The Impact of Aging on Ischemic Stroke / Farida Sohrabji -- Parkinson's Disease and Aging / Julie K. Andersen -- The Role of Aging in Alzheimer's Disease / Geoffrey A. Kerchner and Tony Wyss-Coray -- Aging and the Bone-Muscle Interface / Simon Melov and Clifford J. Rosen -- Osteoporosis and Mechanisms of Skeletal Aging / Julie Glowacki and Tamara Vokes -- Osteoarthritis in the Elderly / Richard F. Loeser and Martin Lotz -- Diabetes and Aging / Nicolas Musi and Andrzej Bartke -- Renal Aging and Transplantation / John P. Higgins and Stuart K. Kim -- Asthma and Aging / Nicola A. Hanania and Paula Busse -- Aging in COPD and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Cecilia Sanchez -- Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vision Impairment / Jayakrishna Ambati and Charles Wright -- HIV and Aging: Parallels and Synergistic Mechanisms Leading to Premature Disease and Functional Decline / Anna Hearps, Katherine Schafer, Kevin High and Alan Landay -- Pain in the Elderly / Roger B. Fillingim, Dennis C. Turk and Robert P. Yezierski -- The Way Forward / translation: James L. Kirkland.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advances in Transplant Dermatology : Clinical and Practical Implications
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39140
Fiona Zwald, Marc D. Brown, editors.
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Springer
, c2015.
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This book provides an informative update on scientific advances relating to transplant dermatology that may be applicable to clinical practice. Commentary is provided on the emerging role of viruses in transplant dermatology, the management of skin disease secondary to transplant medication, sunscreen use in transplant recipients, the role of revision of immunosuppression, and advances in photodynamic therapy. The latest staging and management criteria for high-risk squamous cell carcinoma and …
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- Other Authors
- Zwald, Fiona
- Brown, Marc D
- Responsibility
- Fiona Zwald, Marc D. Brown, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 117 p. : 17 illus., 15 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319124452
- 9783319124445 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - complications
- Risk Factors
- Skin Transplantation - adverse effects
- Abstract
- This book provides an informative update on scientific advances relating to transplant dermatology that may be applicable to clinical practice. Commentary is provided on the emerging role of viruses in transplant dermatology, the management of skin disease secondary to transplant medication, sunscreen use in transplant recipients, the role of revision of immunosuppression, and advances in photodynamic therapy. The latest staging and management criteria for high-risk squamous cell carcinoma and the implications for clinical practice are then analyzed. Finally, the management of other cutaneous malignancies is discussed, covering malignant melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, and rarer tumors that also behave aggressively and require special consideration in solid organ transplant patients. Each particular advance is addressed in an individual chapter by leaders in the field. The book both expands current knowledge and complements previous textbooks on the subject.
- Contents
- 1 Update on Benign and Inflammatory Skin Disease Secondary to Transplant Medication -- 2 Advances in Photoprotection -- 3 Update on Our Understanding of HPV as a Risk Factor for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Organ Transplant Recipients -- 4 Advances in Our Understanding of Immunosuppression as a Risk Factor for Cutaneous SCC: Evidence for Revision of Immunosuppressive Therapy -- 5 Advances in Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant and Premalignant Lesions in Transplant Dermatology -- 6 Update on Staging, Definition, and Chemoprevention of “High- Risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma” in Organ Transplant Recipients -- 7 Advances in Management of “High-Risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma” in Organ Transplant Recipients -- 8 Advances in Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Organ Transplant Recipients: Role of Polyoma Virus and Immunosuppression -- 9 Update in Melanoma in Organ Transplant Patients.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Aging and money : reducing risk of financial exploitation and protecting financial resources
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33917
Ronan M. Factora, editor.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
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Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation. Although this form of elder abuse has been recognized for years, its incidence, prevalence, and impact on the common individual has been only more recently brought to the spotlight. Despite these circumstances, recognition of risk factors and indicators of financial exploitation are not widely disseminated. Additionally, once situations are identified and confronted, the knowledge of what to do next is lacki…
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- Factora, Ronan M.
- Responsibility
- Ronan M. Factora, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 204 pages)
- Series Title
- Aging medicine
- ISBN
- 9781493913206 (electronic bk)
- 9781493913190
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Aged
- Banking, Personal
- Crime Victims
- Mental Competency
- Risk Factors
- Social Welfare
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Abstract
- Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation. Although this form of elder abuse has been recognized for years, its incidence, prevalence, and impact on the common individual has been only more recently brought to the spotlight. Despite these circumstances, recognition of risk factors and indicators of financial exploitation are not widely disseminated. Additionally, once situations are identified and confronted, the knowledge of what to do next is lacking. These gaps are present within the medical community, law-enforcement, and the finance community areas where opportunities for recognition and intervention are common. Our elders often have no idea of what to do when they see their own risk or when they fall victim. Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources helps clinicians to integrate identification of such indicators of abuse into their geriatric assessment as well as guide them in performing an assessment of an individual's financial decision-making capacity when appropriate. Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources is an essential new text that provides the practicing clinician with information on identifying risk factors and clinical clues associated with financial exploitation and how to incorporate these steps into their practice.
- Contents
- Financial Exploitation of the Elderly: Review of the Epidemic—Its Victims, National Impact, and Legislative Solutions -- One Piece of the Puzzle-Financial Exploitation and Elder Abuse -- Barriers to Recognition -- Financial Abuse of the Elderly: Risk Factors -- Screening Older Patients for Risk Factors Associated with Financial Exploitation -- Clinical Assessment of Financial Decision Making Capacity -- Next Steps: Documentation and Accessing Community Healthcare Resources -- Financial Exploitation: The Legal Perspective -- Financial and Legal Methods to Protect Individuals from Financial Exploitation -- Critical Documents Associated with Aging: An Organized Guide to Personal Files -- Who Can You Turn To: the Role of Adult Protective Services (APS) and Other Community Resources -- Being the Advocate-Disseminating Knowledge About Financial Exploitation to the Community -- Future Directions: Public Policy and Advocacy.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Alzheimer’s disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50329
Borenstein, Amy.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2016.
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- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Borenstein, Amy
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9780128045381
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology
- Disease Susceptibility
- Risk Factors
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Alzheimer's disease : life course perspectives on risk reduction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40552
Amy R. Borenstein and James Mortimer.
--Amsterdam, Netherlands:
Elsevier / Academic Press
, c2016.
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- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Borenstein, Amy R
- Other Authors
- Mortimer, James
- Responsibility
- Amy R. Borenstein and James Mortimer
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Publisher
- Elsevier / Academic Press
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 435 p.
- ISBN
- 978012804538
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology
- Disease Susceptibility
- Risk Factors
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Anesthesia for the high-risk patient
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27728
edited by Ian McConachie.
(2nd ed.)
--Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
, 2009.
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- Location
- Online
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- Author
- McConachie, Ian
- Responsibility
- edited by Ian McConachie
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Series Title
- Cambridge medicine
- ISBN
- 9780511576652 (ebook)
- 9780521710183 (paperback)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthesia - adverse effects - Handbooks
- Perioperative Care - Handbooks
- Risk Factors - Handbooks
- Contents
- Risk and risk assessment / N. Moreland and A. Adams -- Lessons from anaesthetic audits and epidemiological studies / R. Sharma, C. Dunkley, and I. McConachie -- Assessment of cardiovascular risk / N. Moreland and A. Adams -- Perioperative use of cardiac medications in the high-risk patient / C. Railton -- Pharmaco-physiological approaches to the high-risk surgical patient / M. Cutts -- Respiratory risk and complications / J. Granton -- Analgesia for the high-risk patient / C. Clarke and P. Morley-Forster -- Regional anaesthesia for the high-risk patient / S. Dhir -- Anemia, coagulopathy, and blood transfusion / I. McConachie -- The obese or malnourished patient / S. Balasubramanian and P.S. Hegde -- Smoking, alcohol, and recreational drug abuse / G. Evans and I. McConachie -- Identification of the deteriorating patient in the perioperative period / P. Dean, J. Cupitt, and I. McConachie -- Perioperative renal insufficiency and failure / R. Kishen -- The critically ill patient undergoing surgery / I. McConachie -- The elderly patient / S. Vaughan, I. McConachie, and N. Imasogie -- The patient with cardiac disease undergoing noncardiac surgery / C. Harle -- Vascular surgery / D. Sebastian and I. McConachie -- Gastrointestinal surgery / P. Jones and T. Turkstra.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39605
Gabriel Guli¿, Odile Mekel, Bal©zs ©üd©m, Liliana Cori, editors.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2014.
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- Online
Public health continues to evolve as professionals work not only to prevent disease and promote well-being but also to reduce health disparities and protect the environment. To a greater extent, policy is intimately linked to this process, a reality that is gaining traction in the public health sector. With this understanding in mind, Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies introduces an international set of guidelines, Risk Assessment from Policies to Impact Dimension (RAPID). In kee…
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- Other Authors
- Guli¿, Gabriel
- Mekel, Odile
- ©üd©m, Bal©zs
- Cori, Liliana
- Responsibility
- Gabriel Guli¿, Odile Mekel, Bal©zs ©üd©m, Liliana Cori, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 269 p. : 9 illus.)
- ISBN
- 9781461485971
- 9781461485964 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Policy
- Public Health
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- Public health continues to evolve as professionals work not only to prevent disease and promote well-being but also to reduce health disparities and protect the environment. To a greater extent, policy is intimately linked to this process, a reality that is gaining traction in the public health sector. With this understanding in mind, Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies introduces an international set of guidelines, Risk Assessment from Policies to Impact Dimension (RAPID). In keeping with widely recognized models of public health operations, this innovative methodology factors in social, environmental, and economic health determinants to predict adverse outcomes to populations arising from large-scale policy decisions. Case studies from across the European Union illustrate both the intricacies of risk quantification and other components of assessment and possible relationships between policy and health outcomes. And contributors suggest how international health standards may be implemented despite significant cultural and political differences among nations.
- Contents
- Public health, policy analysis, risk assessment and impact assessment -- Risk assessment, Impact assessment and evaluation -- Top-Down Policy Risk Assessment -- Bottom-up policy risk assessment -- Quantification of health risks -- Application of RAPID Guidance on an International Policy -- Use of policy risk assessment results in political decision making.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The atlas of heart disease and stroke
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21744
MacKay, Judith.
--Geneva, Switzerland:
World Health Organization
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WG 210 M153a 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WG 210 M153a 2004
- Author
- MacKay, Judith
- Other Authors
- Mensah, George
- Place of Publication
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Publisher
- World Health Organization
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 924156768
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Diseases - epidemiology - Atlases
- Stroke - epidemiology - atlases
- Risk Factors
- Global Health
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk, Inflammation and Disease
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39237
Filipe Palavra, Fl©vio Reis, Daniela Marado, Armando Sena, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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- Location
- Online
This book discusses recent advances in the area of cardiometabolic risk biomarkers of chronic inflammatory and cardiovascular disorders. Tackling the topic in a systematic manner, the book starts with an introduction to cardiometabolic risk and its clinical relevance, comparing emergent and classical biomarkers. It then goes on to discuss cardiometabolic risk biomarkers in a range of diseases, including diabetes, ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative disorders. Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Ris…
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- Other Authors
- Palavra, Filipe
- Reis, Fl©vio
- Marado, Daniela
- Sena, Armando
- Responsibility
- Filipe Palavra, Fl©vio Reis, Daniela Marado, Armando Sena, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 165 p. : 11 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319160184
- 9783319160177 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biomarkers
- Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis
- Inflammation
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- This book discusses recent advances in the area of cardiometabolic risk biomarkers of chronic inflammatory and cardiovascular disorders. Tackling the topic in a systematic manner, the book starts with an introduction to cardiometabolic risk and its clinical relevance, comparing emergent and classical biomarkers. It then goes on to discuss cardiometabolic risk biomarkers in a range of diseases, including diabetes, ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative disorders. Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Risk, Inflammation and Disease is aimed at doctors specializing in internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, nephrology or endocrinology and will also be of interest to GPs, trainee doctors, and clinical and basic researchers working on cardiovascular and autoimmune disorders.
- Contents
- Inflammation biomarkers and cardiometabolic risk -- Cardiovascular disease -- Diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome -- Ischemic stroke -- Chronic kidney disease -- Immune-mediated inflammatory rheumatic diseases -- Cardiometabolic risk, inflammation and neurodegenerative disorders.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Breast Cancer Risk Reduction and Early Detection
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29751
edited by Edward R. Sauter, Mary B. Daly.
--Boston, MA:
Springer-Verlag US
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Sauter, Edward R
- Other Authors
- Daly, Mary B
- Responsibility
- edited by Edward R. Sauter, Mary B. Daly
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag US
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9780387875835
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
- Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
- Risk Factors
- Radiography
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Oncology
- Gynecology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Cancer Screening in Inflammatory Bowel Disease : A Guide to Risk Management and Techniques
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44388
Joseph D. Feuerstein, Adam S. Cheifetz, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of cancer risks in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as well as the screening modalities used to reduce these risks. Each chapter presents a major malignancy that patients with IBD are at risk from, stemming from the disease itself or from the medications used to treat the disease. Malignancies covered include colorectal cancer, skin cancer, lymphoma, and other cancers. Cancer risk and screening with current and emerging dru…
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- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Feuerstein, Joseph D.
- Cheifetz, Adam S.
- Responsibility
- Joseph D. Feuerstein, Adam S. Cheifetz, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 174 p.) : 14 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030153014
- 9783030153007 (Print ed.)
- 9783030153021 (Print ed.)
- 9783030153038 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - complications
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Gastroenterology
- Medical Oncology
- Abstract
- This book provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of cancer risks in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as well as the screening modalities used to reduce these risks. Each chapter presents a major malignancy that patients with IBD are at risk from, stemming from the disease itself or from the medications used to treat the disease. Malignancies covered include colorectal cancer, skin cancer, lymphoma, and other cancers. Cancer risk and screening with current and emerging drug therapies are also discussed. Written by experts in the field, Cancer Screening in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Guide to Risk Management and Techniques is a valuable resource for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, and primary care physicians who treat and manage patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
- Contents
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- Screening for Colon Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Skin Cancer Risk and Screening in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Female Specific Cancern Risks and Screening in Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Lymphoma Risk and Screening in Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Pouch Neoplasia following IPAA in Patients with Underlying Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- Other Cancers: Small Bowel Cancers, Cholangiocarcinoma, Urinary Tract, and Anal Cancer Risk and Screening in Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Cancer Risks and Screening with Current and Emerging Drug Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- Preventing Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Chemopreventive and Surgical Approaches -- Cancer Risk and Screening in Pediatric Patients -- Colorectal Cancer Risk and Screening in Geriatric Patients -- Use of Biologic Drugs Following an Initial Diagnosis of Malignancy.
- 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…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- 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
Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Cardiometabolic Diseases : Prevention and Management in Clinical Practice
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44271
Peter Kokkinos, Puneet Narayan, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book examines the links between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It presents an overview of the role of PA and CRF in the prevention and management of risk factors associated with cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, obesity, and atherosclerosis. In addition, it explores how these risks vary with different populations such as t…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Kokkinos, Peter
- Narayan, Puneet
- Responsibility
- Peter Kokkinos, Puneet Narayan, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 443 p.) : 56 illus., 25 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030048167
- 9783030048150 (Print ed.)
- 9783030048174 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
- Cardiovascular System - physiology
- Exercise - physiology
- Metabolic Diseases - prevention & control
- Physical Exertion - physiology
- Physical Fitness - physiology
- Respiratory System - physiology
- Risk Factors
- Stress, Physiological - physiology
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Physical Fitness
- Abstract
- This book examines the links between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. It presents an overview of the role of PA and CRF in the prevention and management of risk factors associated with cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, obesity, and atherosclerosis. In addition, it explores how these risks vary with different populations such as the elderly and people of various racial backgrounds. The book also highlights risks associated with exercise and presents a prescription for appropriate and efficacious exercise to minimize risk and maximize health benefits for the heart. Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Prevention and Management of Cardiometabolic Disease is an essential resource for physicians, exercise physiologists, medical students, residents, fellows, nurses, and researchers in cardiology, cardiorespiratory fitness, exercise science, health promotion and disease prevention, public health, and epidemiology.
- Contents
- 1. Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Health: A Historical Perspective -- 2. Exercise, Gene Regulation, and Cardiometabolic Disease -- 3. Exercise and the Mitochondria -- 4. Effect of Exercise on Adult Stem Cells -- 5. Exercise Metabolism in Health and Disease -- 6. Exercise and the Endothelium -- 7. Exertion-Related Acute Cardiovascular Events: Pathophysiologic Considerations, Risk Modulators, and Prophylactic Interventions -- 8. Exercise and Blood Pressure Control in Hypertension -- 9. Role of Physical Activity, Exercise, and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Management of Resistant Hypertension -- 10. Physical Activity, Blood Pressure, and Cardiac Structure and Function -- 11. Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and the Diabetes Spectrum -- 12. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity, and Metabolic Syndrome -- 13. Exercise Interventions in Patients with Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease -- 14. Physical Activity, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Obesity -- 15. The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness -- 16. Physical Activity, Exercise, and Lipids and Lipoproteins -- 17. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Coronary Heart Disease -- 18. Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Heart Failure -- 19. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity, and Stroke -- 20. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Physical Activity, and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation -- 21. Chronic Kidney Disease and Physical Activity -- 22. Physical Activity, Fitness, and Sexual Dysfunction -- 23. Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Context of Cardiac Rehabilitation -- 24. Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health Benefits in Children -- 25. Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Healthcare Costs.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Childbirth-Related Pelvic Floor Dysfunction : Risk Factors, Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39788
Diego Riva, Gianfranco Minini, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book offers an up-to-date overview of childbirth-related pelvic floor dysfunction covering prevention, diagnosis, and management. It encompasses all relevant conditions, with particular focus on genital prolapse, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence. Risk factors for pelvic floor damage related to childbirth are identified, and a 3D simulation of delivery is presented. The role of various diagnostic tools, including pelvic floor ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging and an…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Riva, Diego
- Minini, Gianfranco
- Responsibility
- Diego Riva, Gianfranco Minini, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 197 p. : 68 illus., 48 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319181974
- 9783319181967 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Delivery, Obstetric - adverse effects
- Episiotomy - adverse effects
- Pelvic Floor - injuries
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- This book offers an up-to-date overview of childbirth-related pelvic floor dysfunction covering prevention, diagnosis, and management. It encompasses all relevant conditions, with particular focus on genital prolapse, urinary incontinence, and fecal incontinence. Risk factors for pelvic floor damage related to childbirth are identified, and a 3D simulation of delivery is presented. The role of various diagnostic tools, including pelvic floor ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging and anal sphincter electromyography, is clearly described. The importance of physiotherapy in preventing future alterations is explained, and the indications for surgery, which is reserved for more severe situations, are discussed. The book highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach involving obstetricians, gynecologists, urologists, midwives, radiologists, physiotherapists, muscle laboratory engineers, and computer technicians.
- Contents
- Anatomy And Physiology Of The Pelvic Floor -- Perineal And Anal Sphincter Obstetric Injury -- A Computerized Model Of Pelvic Floor Muscles Physiology During Delivery -- Clinical Approach To The Evaluation Of Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions -- Echographic Diagnosis Of Pelvic Floor Injuries Childbirth Related -- Combined Three-Dimensional Transperineal Ultrasonography (3-D TPUS) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) After Vaginal Delivery -- Pelvic Floor EMG: Principles, Technique And Applications -- Sexual Function After Delivery -- The controversial role of episiotomy -- Perineal Care During Pregnancy, Delivery And Post-Partum -- Genital Prolapse And Urinary Incontinence After Childbirth -- Faecal Incontinence After Childbirth: Diagnostic And Clinical Aspects -- Principles And Methods Of Physiotherapy After Delivery -- Surgery For Urinary Incontinence And Prolapse Shortly After Childbirth -- A Practical Approach To Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions After Childbirth: Diagnostic And Therapeutic Flow-Charts -- Clinical Cases.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Chronic postsurgical pain
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33430
Gérard Mick, Virginie Guastella, editors.
--Cham, Switzerland:
Springer
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Mick, Gérard
- Guastella, Virginie
- Responsibility
- Gérard Mick, Virginie Guastella, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham, Switzerland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 179 pages)
- ISBN
- 9783319043227 (electronic bk.)
- 9783319043210
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Chronic Pain
- Pain, Postoperative - prevention & control
- Perioperative Care
- Risk Factors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Postoperative pain
- Surgery - Complications
- Chronic pain
- Contents
- Part I. Chronic Postsurgical Pain: General Aspects -- 1. How to Study Chronic Postsurgical Pain: The Example of Neuropathic Pain -- 2. Epidemiology of Chronic Postsurgical Pain -- Part II. Risk Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain -- 3. Predisposing Factors for Chronic Postsurgical Pain -- 4. Mononeuropathies Caused by Surgery: From Anatomy to Prevention -- 5. Surgical Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Chronic Postsurgical Pain -- 6. Psychosocial Factors Involved in the Occurrence of Chronic Postsurgical Pain -- Part III. Perioperative Strategies for the Prevention of Postsurgical Pain -- 7. Perioperative Analgesia by Opioids: Rationale and Practical Basics -- 8. The Role of Coxibs in the Management of Postoperative Pain -- 9. Perioperative Strategy for Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain: General Foundations -- 10. Antiepileptics and Perioperative Anti-hyperalgesia: A Survey -- Part IV. Clinical Aspects of Chronic Postsurgical Pain -- 11. Neuropathic Postsurgical Pain -- 12. Scar Neuromas -- 13. Chronic Post-mastectomy Pain: Clinical Aspects -- 14. Chronic Pain After Total Knee Replacement.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Controversies in Device Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44743
Jonathan S. Steinberg, Andrew E. Epstein, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book addresses the tough clinical issues faced by electrophysiologists and cardiologists who treat patients with Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices (CIEDs) in real-world practice. With contributions from widely recognized international leaders in the field, this 10-chapter resource covers a variety of controversies with CIEDs, from discerning what device is appropriate to use for heart failure to ethical issues in their use at the end of a patient’s life. To supplement these discussion…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Steinberg, Jonathan S.
- Epstein, Andrew E.
- Responsibility
- Jonathan S. Steinberg, Andrew E. Epstein, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 140 p.) : 43 illus., 32 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030228828
- 9783030228811 (Print ed.)
- 9783030228835 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Pacemaker, Artificial
- Risk Factors
- Abstract
- This book addresses the tough clinical issues faced by electrophysiologists and cardiologists who treat patients with Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices (CIEDs) in real-world practice. With contributions from widely recognized international leaders in the field, this 10-chapter resource covers a variety of controversies with CIEDs, from discerning what device is appropriate to use for heart failure to ethical issues in their use at the end of a patient’s life. To supplement these discussions, chapters review opposing positions on both sides of a controversy and present clinical material to illustrate the different perspectives. Clinical Controversies in Device Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias is an essential resource not only for physicians, residents, and fellows in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiology but also for associated professionals including nurses and technicians who work with CIEDs.
- Contents
- 1. The Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy -- 2. Risk Stratification Beyond Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance -- 3. Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillators -- 4. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure in Patients Without Left Bundle Branch Block -- 5. Biventricular Pacing for Patients with Complete Heart Block -- 6. CRT Devices in Heart Failure: Does the Patient Need a Pacemaker or Defibrillator? -- 7. His Bundle Pacing Versus Biventricular Pacing for CRT -- 8. Replacement of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators When Ventricular Function Has Recovered -- 9. Use of Implantable Monitors for Arrhythmia Detection -- 10. Ethical Conundra in CIED Therapy: Ethical Implantation, Ethical End-of-Life Care.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Manual of Total Cardiovascular Risk
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28414
by Neil R. Poulter.
--London:
Springer-Verlag
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Poulter, Neil R
- Responsibility
- by Neil R. Poulter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9781848002531
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
- Risk Factors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cardiology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Relevance of Genetic Factors in Pulmonary Diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43400
Takeshi Kaneko, editor.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book describes the underlying genetic basis of common pulmonary diseases and discusses their pathogenesis and pathophysiology. These insights provide the basis for understanding different subtypes and phonotypes, and will promote better treatment strategies and individualized medicine. The book provides new and valuable information for the development of the areas of study, as well as practical guidelines for clinicians engaged in treating pulmonary diseases. This volume of the Respiratory…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Kaneko, Takeshi
- Responsibility
- Takeshi Kaneko, editor
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 344 p.) : 55 illus., 36 illus. in color
- Series
- Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements
- Series Title
- Respiratory disease series
- ISBN
- 9789811081446
- 9789811081439 (print ed.)
- 9789811081453 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2509-5552
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Lung Diseases - diagnosis
- Lung Diseases - genetics
- Lung Diseases - physiopathology
- Precision Medicine
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Genetics, Medical
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- This book describes the underlying genetic basis of common pulmonary diseases and discusses their pathogenesis and pathophysiology. These insights provide the basis for understanding different subtypes and phonotypes, and will promote better treatment strategies and individualized medicine. The book provides new and valuable information for the development of the areas of study, as well as practical guidelines for clinicians engaged in treating pulmonary diseases. This volume of the Respiratory Disease Series : Diagnostic Tools and Disease Managements will broaden the understanding of beginning and experienced researchers and clinicians who treat pulmonary diseases. Moreover, residents and clinicians engaged in medical oncology will find it a valuable guide to support them in their day-to-day work.
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Clinical development of genomic medicine in pulmonary diseases: Are genetic factors enough to determine the phenotype and inheritance of pulmonary diseases? -- 2. Statistical approaches and strategies for complex diseases - Overview - : What is the rationale for the genome-wide approach to understand complex diseases - its application and limitations -- Part II. Genetic Disorders in Pulmonary Disease -- 3. Bronchial asthma: Is asthma inherited? -- 4. COPD - Hereditary (A1-AT) and Non-hereditary: What are the roles of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of COPD? -- 5. Smoking behavior and cessation (nicotine addiction): Are genetic factors involved in smoking behavior? -- 6. Cystic fibrosis, Primary ciliary dyskinesia and Diffuse panbronchiolitis - Hereditary and Non-Hereditary: What are the roles of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of these diseases? -- 7. Pulmonary Fibrosis -Hereditary and Nonhereditary: What are the role of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis? -- 8. Other diffuse lung diseases - Diffuse cystic lung diseases (LAM, TSC, BHD), Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: What are the roles of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of these diseases? -- 9. Pulmonary vascular diseases. Pulmonary hypertension and HHT: What are the roles of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of pulmonary vascular diseases? -- 10. Mycobacterial infection—TB and NTM: What are the roles of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of mycobacterial infection? -- 11. Pulmonary malignancies (1). Lung cancer: What are the roles of genetic factors in lung cancer pathogenesis? -- 12. Pulmonary malignancies (2). Mesothelioma: What are the Roles of Genetic Factors in the Pathogenesis of Mesothelioma? -- 13. Genetic Factors in Sleep Disorders: What are the roles of genetic factors in the pathogenesis of sleep disorders? -- 14. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicities: What should we know about genetic factors that affect the pharmacotherapy of pulmonary diseases? -- Part III. Oncogenic Driver Mutation (Somatic Mutations) in Lung Cancer -- 15. EGFR: How important is EGFR mutation status in the management of lung cancer? -- 16. ALK, and others: How important are ALK, and other mutations in the management of lung cancer? -- Part IV. Current Topics -- 17. Application of high-throughput technologies in personal genomics: How is the progress in personal genome service? -- 18. Nucleic acid amplification-based diagnostics for pulmonary diseases : What is the current state and perspectives of nucleic acid amplification technologies used in diagnostics associated with pulmonary diseases?
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
