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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 31, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0792317327
ISBN-13: 978-0792317326.

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The provocative title stems from the recent International Blood Transfusion Symposium in Groningen, The Netherlands held under the auspicies of the World Health Organization (WHO), International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) and Council of Europe (CoE). Transfusion medicine is a new discipline which has a wide remit. As defined recently, transfusion medicine deals with that part of the healthcare system which undertakes appropriate provision and use of human blood resources; transfusion practice is therefore a collective activity linking the blood donor with the patient. Transfusion medicine occupies areas in which it is deemed to be important or even essential that medical practitioners contribute to this bridging process. The broad issues and complex practices are presented in the masterly Introduction by the WHO’s Assistant Director General with emphasis on education and multidisciplinary facets involving transfusion medicine. The challenging subjects are dealt in great details with a wealth of personal experience by 24 experts from the U.K., France, The Netherlands, U.S.A., Australia, Germany, Sweden, WHO and the Council of Europe. This is a comprehensive yet concise state of the art presentation involving donor and delivery system, ethics and legal elements, effects of modern techniques, importance of management and the future directions in this new economic environment. The book has been divided into four sections which discuss both the facts and the fiction.

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Paperback: 818 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 11, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521542596
ISBN-13: 978-0521542593.

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Now with updated ACLS algorithms An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine is a much-needed resource for individuals practicing in this challenging field. It takes a novel approach, describing in detail the best and most current methods including initial patient evaluation, generation of differential diagnoses, problem-solving and management of challenging conditions based on presenting symptoms. Unlike other textbooks, in which the diagnosis is known, this textbook approaches clinical problems as clinicians approach patients – without full knowledge of the final diagnosis. It provides an understanding of how to approach patients with undifferentiated conditions, ask the right questions, gather historical data, utilize physical examination skills and order and interpret laboratory and radiographic tests. It provides current management and disposition strategies with controversies presented, including pearls and summary points for each topic covered. The book is multi-author, each contributor chosen because of a track record in teaching as well as being internationally recognised experts in the specialty.

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Hardcover: 678 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0306461404
ISBN-13: 978-0306461408.

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This volume provides an overview of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues. Applications of these theories and methods are reviewed to promote health through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. It is intended to allow its use as text for introductory causes to the field of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as a reference for researchers and practitioner’s actively working in this area.

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Hardcover: 450 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 15, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387736921
ISBN-13: 978-0387736921.

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The neuronal circuit that generates breathing, the regulation of breathing, and its integration with other physiological systems is of utmost importance to human health. However, breathing abnormalities are common, and sleep apnea alone is estimated to affect 18 million in the United States. As one of the major complications of obesity, the prevalence of sleep apnea is likely to increase in the coming years. Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), asthma, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and the pathophysiology of panic and related anxiety states also involve aspects of respiratory control.

Integration in Respiratory Control: From Genes to Systems comprises the proceedings of the 10th Oxford Conference held at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, from the 19th to the 24th of September, 2006. This series of meetings was originally begun to bring physiologists and mathematicians together, in order to address critical issues in understanding the control of breathing. This volume includes the latest findings and developments at the genomic, cellular, and system levels that pertain to the physiology of cardio-respiratory control, including integrative physiology and modeling, central integration and neuromodulation, rhythm generation and plasticity, chemosensory transduction and signaling, pre- and post-natal development, and post-genomic perspectives.

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Hardcover: 812 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 10, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402043767
ISBN-13: 978-1402043765.

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It is now ten years since the first Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine was published. During this time there have been many major advances: our understanding of the actions of hyperbaric oxygenation has been elucidated by several studies; clinical practice is becoming more scientific; various consensus-derived organisational and operational recommendations and guidelines are now widely accepted.

As for Europe, these positive developments are largely due to the continuous action of the European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM). One of the most successful initiatives was the start of a specific European research action sponsored by the EU Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) programme. The specific COST Action for hyperbaric medicine, COST B14, has been completed and has provided the impetus for the publication of this new Handbook.

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Hardcover: 1600 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth Edition edition (December 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0683306790
ISBN-13: 978-0683306798.

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Univ. of Texas, Houston. Major clinical diagnostic reference for the emergency room radiologist. Emphasizes conventional radiology, with expanded sections on the growing role of ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging and their applications. High-quality radiographs and corresponding line drawings are included. DNLM: Emergencies.

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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (January 28, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0632040238
ISBN-13: 978-0632040230.

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Text covers all aspects of basic clinical biochemistry and hematology, and includes test-by-test interpretation of laboratory results. Information on sampling techniques, selection and use of an external laboratory, and near-patient testing, and the practice laboratory is included. Previous edition: c1989. Softcover.

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Hardcover: 353 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521854822
ISBN-13: 978-0521854825.

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This book is a unique resource on the influence cancer and cancer treatments have on cognition. The majority of cancer patients on active treatment experience cognitive impairments often referred to as ‘chemobrain’ or ‘chemofog’. In addition, patients with primary or metastatic tumors of the brain often experience direct neurologic symptoms. This book helps health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes and provides practical information to help improve care by reviewing and describing brain-behavior relationships; research-based evidence on cognitive changes that occur with various cancers and cancer treatments; assessment techniques, including neurocognitive assessment and neuroimaging techniques; and intervention strategies for affected patients. In short, it will explain how to identify, assess and treat these conditions.

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Hardcover: 1558 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (October 27, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0123694205
ISBN-13: 978-0123694201.

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This two-volume set provides an in-depth look at one of the most promising avenues for advances in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of human disease. The inclusion of the latest information on diagnostic testing, population screening, predicting disease susceptibility, pharmacogenomics and more presents this book as an essential tool for both students and specialists across many biological and medical disciplines, including human genetics and genomics, oncology, neuroscience, cardiology, infectious disease, molecular medicine, and biomedical science, as well as health policy disciplines focusing on ethical, legal, regulatory and economic aspects of genomics and medicine.

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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (July 31, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 084935594X
ISBN-13: 978-0849355943.

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This two-volume set is an in-depth examination of the unique complexities that exist in transfusing pediatric patients. It thoroughly examines transfusion therapy in neonates, genetic hematologic disorders, and pediatric oncology, and it reviews risks and administration techniques unique to pediatrics.

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