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Book SynopsisThis book describes cases in medical and pediatrics field in which physicians may encounter in daily practice. Case reports in our book were conducted in a broad range of medical field (medical acupuncture, internal medicine, pediatrics, sports medicine, physical, and rehabilitation, infectious disease, dermatology, and venereology, pulmonology, psychiatry, emergency, and critical care). We combined common and unusual but unique cases in daily practice, which readers will find very interesting. Chapters are divided by nine specific fields including medical acupuncture, internal medicine, sports medicine, physical, and rehabilitation, infectious disease, dermatology and venereology, pulmonology, psychiatry, emergency and critical care, and pediatrics. Our cases are original and might have unexpected presentations of a new and emerging disease. This book will expand knowledge in the field of medicine that is written by our best practitioners and specialists. This valuable bundle of 61 case reports provides access to the case (history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests including laboratory, imaging, and histopathological examination), differential diagnosis, treatment, and educational messages for suggested case solutions. Approach to the cases is explained step-by-step with clear explanations of theory and practice. Essential key learning points and references are included in every case to aid the physician to understand better about the disease and to improve the patient outcomes.

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Book SynopsisVolume 20 begins by exploring the clinical aspects of cryosurgery including: indications, patient selection, contraindications, technique, complications, and post-treatment follow-up. The authors review available data on current and potential agents for the treatment of vitiligo, an acquired disorder of melanin pigmentation that affects approximately 0.5-2% of the population. The available data regarding the role of oral magnesium supplementation in the treatment of prediabetes and high blood pressure is also studied. The long-term safety of intravitreal treatment with ranibizumab for age-related macular degeneration is assessed, noting rare endophthalmitis occurrences and scarce questionable systemic side effects. The inflammatory reaction that follows damage to the bronchiolar epithelium of the small conducting airways, bronchiolitis, is reviewed. Three classifications appear useful in dfining different cases of bronchiolitis: a clinical classification, a histopathological classiifcation, and a radiologic classification. New prosthetic devices for the surgical treatment of hernias are studied, consisting of a combination of biomaterials that provide mesh with the capacity for self-adhesion. The authors explore how laparoscopic cholecystectomies can be performed safely using mirror ports in patients of situs inversus, noting that extreme skill is required to identify the reversed anatomy and to overcome the problem of handedness.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinally, a highly readable, practical guide for physicians that focuses on the ordering of laboratory tests based on the underlying clinical context. A valuable resource that promises to advance health care quality through promoting patient-centred, appropriate care.--Richard G. Hegele, MD, FRCPC, PhD -- Professor & Chair, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto; Chief, Dept. of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Appropriate utilization of clinical laboratory tests is an important part of practicing medicine in the 21st century. Dr. Naugler has done an excellent job by providing the most up-to-date information in a relatively complicated subject in an easy-to-follow format.--Hossein Sadrzadeh, PhD, DABCC, FACB -- Chief, Clinical Biochemistry Section, Calgary Laboratory Services; Clinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary "This is a great book to have handy when questioned about the most appropriate laboratory testing strategy for diagnosis or management. Your reputation as an expert consultant will dramatically increase. Get it!" -- Valerie Ng, PhD, MD (Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital) Doody Review: 94/100 "This is a great book to have handy when questioned about the most appropriate laboratory testing strategy for diagnosis or management. Your reputation as an expert consultant will dramatically increase. Get it!" - Valerie Ng, PhD, MD (Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital) Doody Review: 94/100 Doody Review: 94/100 This is a great book to have handy when questioned about the most appropriate laboratory testing strategy for diagnosis or management. Your reputation as an expert consultant will dramatically increase. Get it! Valerie Ng, PhD, MD (Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital)" Doody Review: 4 Stars, 94/100 ?This is a great book to have handy when questioned about the most appropriate laboratory testing strategy for diagnosis or management. Your reputation as an expert consultant will dramatically increase. Get it! - Valerie Ng, PhD, MD, Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital Doody Review: 4 Stars, 94/100 This is a great book to have handy when questioned about the most appropriate laboratory testing strategy for diagnosis or management. Your reputation as an expert consultant will dramatically increase. Get it! - Valerie Ng, PhD, MD, Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital Doody Review: 4 Stars, 94/100 ?This is a great book to have handy when questioned about the most appropriate laboratory testing strategy for diagnosis or management. Your reputation as an expert consultant will dramatically increase. Get it! - Valerie Ng, PhD, MD, Alameda County Medical Center/Highland Hospital

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Book SynopsisThe one resource you absolutely need for the MCCQE Part II. Up to date with the MCC's 2018 exam revisions. Prepare to ace the Medical Council of Canada's clinical skills exam, the MCCQE Part II. This is the most complete study guide available. Strategies for the MCCQE Part II offers a strategic, efficient, and high-yield approach to the exam, covering every one of the clinical presentations listed by the MCC, and taking into account the likely scenarios you'll encounter. Strategies breaks down each clinical presentation into three sections: MCC particular objective(s): For each clinical presentation, Strategies outlines the focus set by the MCC. MCC differential diagnosis with added evidence: Strategies unpacks the common causal conditions listed by the MCC for each clinical presentation. Strategy for patient encounter: Strategies breaks down in detail the tasks most likely to be required during the patient encounter, including history taking, physical exam, investigations, and management. Strategies also helps you avoid common exam errors identified by the MCC: it alerts you when clinical presentations may involve emergency care, it models open-ended questions for history taking, it clarifies diagnostic goals for history taking and physical exams, and it offers tips for appropriate patient counselling. Strategies for the MCCQE Part II takes the stress out of studying by organizing the information you need to succeed on this crucial exam.

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Book SynopsisMacrosomy, Obesity & Cancer

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Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include a quality improvement imperative on achieving command over hospital acquired infections in intensive care units; medicare and escalating costs; effects of exercise and the impact on cognitive health in normal, healthy, older adults; fluoroquinolones; treatment of skull base tumours with proton radiation therapy; phytobalneotherapy in rheumatic diseases; strategies to increase awareness and adherence to infection control and reduce nosocomial infection rates in neonatal intensive care; neurological side effects of ciprofloxacin; serum amyloid A-LDL as a cardiometabolic risk marker; superwarfarin poisoning; and edemas.

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Book SynopsisThis continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed in this book include the pathogenesis of inclusion body myositis; the coexistence of outbreak of vibrio parahaemolyticus and acyl derived from OA-group toxins in shellfish from southern Chile; the antral ovarian follicle population and its application to fertility and livestock breeding; current achievements in the ovarian follicular reserve; large-scale in vitro embryo production as a tool to improve animal breeding; physio-pathological roles of sirtuins and their therapeutic significance; and xenopus as model animals for studying larval to adult tissue remodeling and adult organ formation.

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Book SynopsisThe problem of time wasting, unnecessary referral to specialists by primary care practitioners is universal. This book provides young doctors with a series of cases from which they can develop their judgement of whether to refer or not.Table of ContentsJaundice; resistant hypertension; breathlessness; dyspepsia; "Mrs Neverwell"; headaches;, swollen legs; polyarthritis; chest pain; "funny turns"; dizziness; backpain.

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Book SynopsisPreparing for the Royal College of Radiologists MCQ Exams? You need the MCQ Book for the FRCR from Clinical Press. Sitting these mock examinations is an excellent method of testing your ability, preparing for the real event and revising at the same time!

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Book SynopsisOver ten percent of people infected with the COVID virus will suffer with long COVID syndrome. Up until now, more than one million people have been affected with this syndrome in the United Kingdom alone, and the incidence worldwide is estimated to be more than 35 million people, although this may be the tip of the iceberg. The World Health Organization has highlighted a need for the three Rs -- Recognition, Research and Rehabilitation. Long COVID syndrome can be frustrating and disabling, even many months or years after the infection; sufferers complain of fatigue, pain, post-exertional malaise, cognitive dysfunction and many other systemic symptoms. It can be challenging for healthcare professionals to recognise the disease and for patients who are suffering from the condition it can have a wide and far-reaching impact on their lives and day-to-day activities. Being a relatively new condition, many healthcare professionals, now more than ever, need to have the requisite knowledge to recognise and manage this severely debilitating disease. This book will be useful to all frontline healthcare professionals to help diagnose, manage and direct patients to the available resources. General practitioners, physiotherapists, pain therapists, nurses, surgeons, physicians, junior doctors, psychologists, medical students and other clinicians will be able to update their knowledge on long COVID syndrome with this easy-to-read book. Patients will also find the book useful to understand the basis of the disease and how they can seek help. This comprehensive treatise covers a wide variety of topics on long COVID syndrome including the aetiopathogenesis, recognition, systemic involvement, investigations, guidelines on management, available resources, systemic management and pain/fatigue management. This book will be handy for candidates preparing for various examinations conducted by the Royal College of General Practitioners, UK (MRCGP), Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK (FRCA), Faculty of Pain Medicine, UK (FFPMRCA), College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI), European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EDAIC), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA), World Institute of Pain (FIPP/CIPS), National Board of Examinations of India (Dip NB), and the American and Canadian board examinations, as well as other examinations conducted by medical boards across the globe. The author is a consultant in pain medicine who has published extensively on various topics and specialises in treating long COVID patients. He has written many textbooks in the fields of anaesthesia and pain, and conducts regular examination courses attended by candidates from all over the world. He is also a regular invited lecturer on the specialist subject of long COVID syndrome.

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Book SynopsisDesigned as reference material to increase knowledge of the human body. Beautiful full-colour illustrations help enhance understanding of the body or illness. Suitable for healthcare professions, patients, students, educators and parents.

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Book SynopsisDesigned as reference material to increase knowledge of the human body. Beautiful full-colour illustrations help enhance understanding of the body or illness. Suitable for healthcare professions, patients, students, educators and parents.

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Book Synopsis1 Introduction - Kara J. Mitchell, Nason P. Hamlin2 Styles of Medical Consultation - Rachel E. Thompson, Nason P. Hamlin3 The Preoperative Evaluation - Molly Blackley Jackson, Christopher J. Wong4 Perioperative Medication Management - Anna L. Golob, Tyler Lee5 Anesthesia Pearls - Gail A. Van Norman6 Cardiovascular Risk Stratification - Molly Blackley Jackson7 Ischemic Heart Disease - Molly Blackley Jackson8 Perioperative Beta-blockers - Paul B. Cornia, Kay M. Johnson9 Atrial Fibrillation - Kay M. Johnson, Paul Cornia10 Hypertension - Nason P Hamlin, Gail A. Van Norman11 Valvular Heart Disease - Divya Gollapudi12 Implantable Cardiac Electronic Devices - G. Alec Rooke13 Diabetes Mellitus - Nason P. Hamlin, Kara J. Mitchell14 Stress-Dose Steroids - Kara J. Mitchell15 Thyroid Disease - Jennifer R. Lyden, Jeanie C. Yoon16 Liver Disease and Perioperative Risk - Kara J. Mitchell1

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Understanding Fibroids 2. Diagnosis of Fibroids 3. Clinical Rainbow of Fibroids 4. Management of Fibroids in Adolescent Girl 5. Fibroids and Infertility 6. Fibroids in Pregnancy 7. Management of AUB with Fibroid 8. Management of Fibroids in Perimenopausal Women 9. Management of Fibroids in a Menopausal Woman 10. Can We Leave Fibroids Alone? 11. Surgical Management of Fibroids 12. Controversies Regarding Fibroid Morcellation 13. Medical Management of Fibroids 14. Newer Nonsurgical Treatment Options for Fibroids 15. Fibroids and Malignancy 16. Recurrence and Treatment Outcomes in Fibroids 17. Fibroids and Sexual Dysfunction 18. Fibroids and Gastrointestinal Symptoms 19. Genitourinary Dysfunction in Uterine Fibroids 20. Infrequent or Atypical Fibroid Syndrome 21. What ’s New in the World of Fibroids? 22. How Much Should She Worry? Reassuring Patients with Fibroids 23. Holistic Approach to Fibroids 24. Uterine Fibroid in a Nutshell 25. Case Scenarios 26. Perplexing Situations with Fibroids 27. Counseling in a Patient of Fibroid 28. Emerging and Hopeful Strategies toward Nonsurgical Management of Fibroids 29. Ulipristal: Experience in Few Cases 30. Fibroid Management Guidelines Index

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times–bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition.Winner of the 2015 Gold Nautilus Book Award in Science & Cosmology In his groundbreaking work The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge introduced readers to neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to change its own structure and function in response to activity and mental experience. Now his revolutionary new book shows how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. The Brain’s Way of Healing describes natural, noninvasive avenues into the brain provided by the energy around us—in light, sound, vibration, and movement—that can awaken the brain’s own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects. Doidge explores cases wh

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides innovative methods to evaluate the attainment and contributions of primary systems and practitioners. It extends Starfield's 1992 book by highlighting two additional areas: equity in health services and health, and overlap between clinical medicine and public health. It provides an important basis for future directions in health policy.Trade Review"This book is the synthesis of a lifetime of work in this field....It is a descriptive work of great sweep and erudition and follows primary care as it has evolved and mutated in myriad health care systems....it will be valuable to any reader who is interested in the multiple ways in which primary care intersects with the health care system."--JAMA "The primary care reforms now in process...make Barbara Starfield's book especially important and timely....This one has a wealth of new information."--Canadian Family Physican "This book is both a comprehensive reference for those new to the field and a thoughtful review for those with more experience."--Annals of Internal Medicine "Dr. Starfield's book is an excellent assemblage of data about primary care's contribution to society....This book belongs in the library of every physician who must argue for the importance of family medicine in society....Nowhere will one find a more comprehensive single source with more authoritative analysis by a phyician who takes the consumer perspective."--Family MedicineTable of ContentsI. PRIMARY CARE AND HEALTH; II. PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE; III. ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRIMARY CARE; IV. PATIENTS AND POPULATIONS; V. HEALTH POLICY AND PRIMARY CARE

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Book SynopsisThe field of social cognitive neuroscience has captured the attention of many researchers during the past ten years. Much of the impetus for this new field came from the development of functional neuroimaging methods that made it possible to unobtrusively measure brain activation over time. Using these methods over the last 30 years has allowed psychologists to move from simple validation questions -- would flashing stimuli activate the visual cortex -- to those about the functional specialization of brain regions-- are there regions in the inferior temporal cortex dedicated to face processing-- to questions that, just a decade ago, would have been considered to be intractable at such a level of analysis. These so-called intractable questions are the focus of the chapters in this book, which introduces social cognitive neuroscience research addressing questions of fundamental importance to social psychology: How do we understand and represent other people? How do we represent social grTrade ReviewTodorov, Fiske and Prentice have assembled the leading figures of the nascent field of social neuroscience in a volume that is rich with ideas and the data to support them. Using data from brain lesions, EEG, and fMRI, the authors consider how brain systems are organized to support social behavior. The text considers brain systems involved in issues such as racism and dehumanized perception, the distinction between thinking about the self and about others, self-regulation and the symbolic processing of affect, emotional decision making, the components of trustworthiness in face perception, and the fate of the soul. This book is very accessible and will appeal to a broad audience that includes scientists within related fields of psychology and neuroscience, but also non-experts who are interested in how social behavior is organized in the brain. --Gregory McCarthy, Professor of Psychology, Yale University "Social Neuroscience has revolutionized how people think about social behavior. In a collection of compelling rigorous essays, the leading experts lay out the foundations of this exciting new field. This is the cutting edge of science." --Shelley E. Taylor, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles "Social Neuroscience provides an up-to-date survey of key themes and findings, focusing on cognitive neuroscience studies in humans. Contributions from many of the major players in the field cover topics ranging from face perception, to stereotyping and bias, to regulation, decision-making and moral judgment. Especially valuable are brief synthetic commentaries at the end of each section. The volume will be an accessible introduction for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, and a valuable reference source for all investigating human social cognition. Importantly, the contributions all convey the excitement of the field and point to future studies, fuel for motivating the next generation of young scientists in social neuroscience." --Ralph Adolphs, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, California Institute of Technology "Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind is an informative and valuable resource for a diverse audience and various professional fields- including social psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, medicine, political science, economics, and philosophy- as well as for laymen with an ardent interest in biophilosophical inquiry." -- Sigmund Hough, PhD, ABPP, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; Maggi Budd, PhD, MPH, ABPP, Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; PsychCRITIQUESTable of ContentsIntroduction - A. Todorov, S. T. Fiske, and D. Prentice I. Understanding and representing other people 1. How has cognitive neuroscience contributed to social psychological theory? - Adrianna C. Jenkins & Jason P. Mitchell (Harvard University) 2. You, me, and my brain: Self and other representations in social cognitive neuroscience - Jamil Zaki and Kevin Ochsner (Columbia University) 3. Distributed processes for retrieval of person knowledge - M. Ida Gobbini (University of Bologna, Italy) 4. Evaluating faces on social dimensions - Alexander Todorov (Princeton University) 5. Commentary: Social neuroscience and the representation of others - James V. Haxby (Princeton University) II. Understanding and representing social groups 6. Perceiving social category information from faces: Using ERPs to study person perception - Tiffany A. Ito (University of Colorado, Boulder) 7. Multiple mechanisms for regulating of intergroup bias: Contributions from social neuroscience - David M. Amodio (New York University) 8. Perceiving humanity - Lasana T. Harris and Susan Fiske (Princeton University) 9. Commentary: Us versus them: The social neuroscience of perceiving outgroups - Nalini Ambady & Reginald Adams(Tufts University) III. Regulation of social behavior 10. Self-regulation and evaluative processing - Dominic J. Packer, Amanda Kesek (University of Toronto) & William A. Cunningham (The Ohio State University) 11. The neural basis of emotional decision-making - Jennifer S. Beer & Jamil P. Bhanji (University of California, Davis) 12. Social neuroscience of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity: Considering anger and approach motivation - Eddie Harmon-Jones & Cindy Harmon-Jones (Texas A&M University) 13. Why symbolic processing of affect can disrupt negative affect: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience investigations - Matthew D. Lieberman (University of California, Los Angeles) 14. Commentary: Emotion in social neuroscience - Liz Phelps (New York University) IV. Navigating social life 15. The social brain in interactive games - James Rilling (Emory University) 16. Social pain: Experiential, neurocognitive, and genetic correlates - Naomi I. Eisenberger (University of California, Los Angeles) 17. Could an aging brain contribute to subjective well-being?: The value added by a social neuroscience perspective - John T. Cacioppo, Gary G. Berntson, Antoine Bechara, Daniel Tranel, Hanna Damasio & Louise C. Hawkley 18. Social neuroscience and the soul's last stand - Joshua D. Greene (Harvard University) 19. Commentary: Building a social brain General commentary: Hanging with social neuroscientists - Marcia Johnson (Yale University) Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides essential information about the variety of seizure disorders to serve as a basic epilepsy reference guide for students and practicing clinical neuropsychologists. In addition to epilepsy neuropsychological assessment issues, the book provides an overview of the known cognitive effects of seizures as well as the adaptive, emotional, and psychiatric consequences of epilepsy including a chapter on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Diagnostic tests, such as EEG and structural neuroimaging, are described and the leading treatment options are detailed with a chapter on pharmacologic therapies which reviews the known cognitive and behaivoral side effects of specific antiepileptic drugs. Many of the more rare epilepsy disorders have been included in the appendices for quick and easy reference. The book also details the role of neuropsychology within the epilepsy surgery process including pre/post surgery cognitive evaluations, cortical stimulation mapping, functional neuroiTrade Review"Overall, I recommend this book for neuropsychologists who see epilepsy patients. Its use as a reference will be facilitated after an initial read of the whole book, which will also provide clinicians with a solid overview of the field... the strength of this volume lies in its brevity. I very much liked the short, half to one-page descriptions of syndromes provided in the appendix, and found myself reaching for this book more than once during the review process to familiarize myself with a specific surgical procedure or refresh my memory of a specific seizure type." -- Christian von Thomsen, Psy.D., Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA "The book Neuropsychology of Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery provides a fabulous overview of epilepsy and seizures that includes diagnosis, etiology, and treatment, with a focus on neuropsychological aspects of the epilepsies and their management. The book is easy to read, and includes tables that nicely summarize a wealth of information...This volume is sure to become a core reference and teaching guide for the neuropsychology of epilepsy for years to come." -- Mike R. Schoenberg, The Clinical NeuropsychologistTable of ContentsPREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART ONE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF EPILEPSY FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS Chapter 1 Introduction Definitions Epidemiology Etiology Role of Neuropsychologist in Epilepsy Role of Neuropsychologist in Epilepsy Surgery Chapter 2 Classification of Epilepsy Disorders Tradition Classification of Seizure Disorders Partial Seizure Disorders Simple Partial Seizures Complex Partial Seizures Generalized Seizure Disorders Absence Seizures Tonic-Clonic Seizures Epidemiology of Seizure Disorders Etiology of Seizure Disorders Chapter 3 Epilepsy Syndromes Localization-Related Epilepsies Idiopathic Localization-Related Symptomatic Localization-Related Symptomatic Reflex Epilepsies Temporal Lobe Epilepsies Frontal Lobe Epilepsies Parietal Lobe Epilepsies Occipital Lobe Epilepsies Crytogenic Localization-Related Epilepsies Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes Idiopathic Generalized Syndromes Childhood Absence Epilepsy Juvenile Absence Epilepsy Cryptogenic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes Undetermined Epilepsy Syndromes Acquired Epileptic Aphasia Continuous Spike-Waves during Slow Sleep Special Syndromes Febrile Convulsions Isolated Status Epilepticus Epidemiology of Epilepsy Syndromes Etiology of Epilepsy Syndromes Non-Epileptic Seizures Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Chapter 4 Diagnostic Tests in Epilepsy Electrophysiology Interictal Scalp Recordings EEG Patterns in Partial Epilepsies EEG Patterns in Generalized Epilepsies Structural Neuroimaging in Epilepsy Chapter 5 Medical (Non-Surgical) Treatment of Epilepsy Pharmacological Therapies Older Antiepileptic Drugs Newer Antiepileptic Drugs Antiepileptic Drug Adverse Effects Antiepileptic Drugs in Women Pregnancy / Teratogenic Effects AED Treatment in Children Cognitive & Behavioral Effects Review of Specific Antiepileptic Drugs Use of AEDs in Bipolar Disorder Suicidality and Antiepileptic Drugs Ketogenic Diet Chapter 6 Neuropsychological Assessment in Epilepsy Selection of Neuropsychological Tests Factors Contributing to Cognitive Decline Confounding Factors in Test Interpretation Cognitive Deficits in Epilepsy Attention ADHD Memory Intelligence Language Visual-Perceptual & Spatial Functions Executive Functions Childhood Learning Disabilities Quality of Life Assessment Driving Issues in Epilepsy Case Example: Preoperative Cognitive Testing Chapter 7 Psychological and Psychiatric Disorders in Epilepsy Risk Factors Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Psychotic Disorders Personality Disorders Interictal Behavioral Syndrome of TLE Epilepsy-Specific Psychological Disorders Chapter 8 Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) Diagnosis2 Prevalence Etiology Symptoms Assessment Treatment PART TWO SURGICAL TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY Chapter 9 Neuropsychological Assessment in Epilepsy Surgery Preoperative Neuropsychological Assessment Purposes of Preoperative Assessment Lateralization & Localization Risk for Postoperative Impairment Establish a Baseline Prediction of Seizure Control Postoperative Neuropsyhological Assessment Case Example: Right Temporal Lobectomy Chapter 10 Other Neuropsychological Procedures in Epilepsy Surgery Intracarotid Amobarbital (Wada) Procedure Wada Testing in Children Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Electro-Cortical Stimulation Mapping Case Example: Wada Predicts Amnesia Chapter 11 Medical Aspects of Epilepsy Surgery Criteria for Surgical Evaluation Diagnostic Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery Noninvasive Video-EEG Monitoring Magnetic Resonance Iimaging (MRI) Functional Neuroimaging Monitoring with Intracranial Electrodes Epilepsy Surgery Procedures Vagus Nerve Stimulation Anterior Temporal Lobectomy Frontal Lobectomy Parietal Lobecotomy Occipital Lobectomy Lesionectomy Hemispherectomy Corpus Callosotomy Multiple Subpial Transection Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy Implanted Brain Stimulators Case Example: Brain Stimulator Candidate Appendix I: Traditional Classification of Epileptic Seizures - Description of Seizure Types Not Covered in Text Simple partial seizures with motor signs Simple partial seizures with somatosensory or special sensory symptoms Simple partial seizures with autonomic symptoms or signs Simple partial seizures with psychic signs Simple partial seizures with cognitive signs Simple partial seizures with affective signs Simple partial seizures with illusions Simple partial seizures with hallucinations Generalized seizure disorders Atypical absence seizures Myoclonic Seizures Clonic Seizures Tonic Seizures Atonic Seizures Appendix II: Classification of Epilepsy Syndromes - Description of Seizure Types Not Covered in Text Idiopathic Localization-Related Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms Reading epilepsy Hot water epilepsy Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy Symptomatic Localization-Related Rasmussen's syndrome Reflex epilepsies Photosensitive seizures Musicogenic epilepsy Eating epilepsy Startle epilepsy Frontal lobe epilepsies Precentral frontal lobe seizures Premotor frontal lobe seizures Supplementary motor area (SMA) seizures Dorsolateral prefrontal lobe seizures Orbitofrontal lobe seizures Medial frontal lobe seizures Frontal opercular seizures Parietal lobe epilepsies Postcentral gyrus seizures Superior parietal lobule seizures Inferior parietal lobule seizures Paracentral parietal lobe seizures Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes Benign neonatal familial convulsions Benign neonatal convulsions (non-familial) Benign myoclonic epilepsy of childhood Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) Epilepsy with tonic-clonic seizures upon awakening Cryptogenic or Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes West syndrome (infantile spasms) Myoclonic-astatic seizures Epilepsy with myoclonic absences Appendix III:Wada Assessment Procedures and Rating Criteria at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Procedure for measuring Wada language at MCG Procedure for measuring Wada memory at MCG MCG Wada Evaluation scoring form Glossary of Common Epilepsy Terms

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Book SynopsisPsychosomatic Medicine (PM) is a rapidly developing subspecialty of psychiatry focusing on psychiatric care of patients with other medical disorders. PM specialists diagnose and manage psychiatric symptoms in a variety of medical settings, optimize their patients'' medical care, and expand understanding regarding the role of psychological factors in health and disease.Dr. Kurt Ackerman and Dr. Andrea DiMartini presernt Psychosomatic Medicine , portable handbook geared to helping psychiatric and other medical practitioners and trainees to stay current in their understanding of the practice of psychosomatic medicine. Drawing practical techniques and wisdom from their team of contributors, Psychosomatic Medicine provides readers with historical background, key clinical information and guidelines, readily accessible charts and tables, exercises to aid in self-assestment, and suggestions for further reading to spark additional learning in this rapidly developing field of psychiatry.Trade ReviewIncreasing recognition of the effects of comorbid psychiatric disorders that accompany medical conditions mandates that all physicians including psychiatrists, understand that recognition and management of such coexisting clinical entities is imperative. This convenient volume encompasses such information in a practical yet comprehensive manner. From common symptoms such as anxiety, depression, insomnia and agitation to specific disease entities where psychiatric disorders commonly coexist, the book offers the clinician a guide to effective and evidence based management. Psychosomatic Medicine should be on the desk or in the pocket of all clinicians, whether a seasoned practitioner or a resident. * Thomas N. Wise, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. *This is a small and portable handbook packed with the latest information on commonly encountered psychosomatic medicine topics. It summarizes current scientific literature and condenses it down to need-to-know basics. Its standardized format, easy-to-reference tables, and eloquent conciseness make it incredibly easy to use. Clinicians and trainees in psychiatric and medical practice will find this a valuable tool. * - Heather Huang, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. History of Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry ; 2. Psychiatric Consultation in the Inpatient General Medical Setting ; Psychiatric Diagnosis and Management in the General Medical Setting ; 3. Mood Disorders and Insomnia in the General Medical Setting ; 4. Anxiety in the General Medical Setting ; 5. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders ; 6. Psychopharmacology in the General Medical Setting ; 7. Management of Agitation in the General Medical Setting ; 8. Strategies to Improve Coping and Manage Maladaptive Behaviors in the General Medical Setting ; 9. Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity ; Psychiatric Presentations Associated with Neurologic and Other Medical Conditions ; 10. Delirium ; 11. Neurocognitive Disorders in the General Medical Setting ; 12. Psychiatric Presentations Associated with Neurologic Illness ; 13. Psychiatric Presentations Associated with Organ Failure and Systemic Illness ; Emergent Complications of Medication and Substance Use ; 14. Catatonia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome ; 15. Toxidromes: Toxicology and the Psychiatric Patient ; 16. Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal States in the General Medical Setting ; Special Topics in Psychosomatic Medicine ; 17. Perinatal Psychiatry ; 18. Psycho-Oncology ; 19. Organ Transplant Psychiatry ; 20. Psychiatric Evaluation and Management of Pain ; 21. Psychiatry in Palliative Care ; 22. Future Directions in Psychosomatic Medicine

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Book SynopsisJust Enough Physiology takes the reader on a guided tour of cardiopulmonary physiology. You''ll discover how the heart, lungs, and circulation work in extreme environments so that you''re better equipped to understand how they function-or malfunction-at the bedside, in the operating room, or in the intensive care unit. Just Enough Physiology also shows the field through the eyes of some of its most colorful pioneers. While the stories are fascinating in their own right, they also reinforce the foundational principles of physiology and reveal how those discoveries were made-sometimes at great risk, and often against stiff resistance. Written as bite-sized topics, Just Enough Physiology caters to the way people learn, study, and remember. Every subject can be read and mastered in one brief sitting. Like the brain teasers that are included at the end of each chapter, Just Enough Physiology emphasizes the logic, and not just the details, behind physiology. Just Enough Physiology will prepaTable of Contents1. Pressure and Its Measurement ; 2. Atmospheric and Alveolar Pressures ; 3. Hydrostatic Pressure ; 4. Doctor Dolittle Visits a Sitting Case ; 5. In the Loop-Left Ventricular Pressures ; 6. What Goes Around Comes Around-Venous Return ; 7. Pushmi-Pullyu and the Right Atrium ; 8. Pressure and Flow-Chickens and Eggs ; 9. Down But Not Out-Circulatory Arrest Pressures ; 10. Starling's Riddle of the Broken Heart ; 11. Oxygen and the Gradients of Life ; 12 The Two Doctors Fick ; 13 A Breath of Fresh Air-Ventilation ; 14 Pulmonary Function Tests ; 15 Where Breath Meets Blood-Lung Perfusion ; 16 Bird Brains and Bird Breath ; 17 Diffusion Limitation-Montana Style ; 18 Man, Machine, and Homeostasis ; 19 Putting It All Together-Manned Space Flight

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Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Section 1: Should I Stay or Should I Go? ; Chapter 1: If I'm a Good Doctor, Why Do I Want to Do Something Else? ; Chapter 2: The Metamorphosis of Medicine and How it Affects You. ; Chapter 3: Is it OK if I Leave Medicine? ; Chapter 4: The Vision: What Do I Want to Do Next? ; Section 2: The Facts ; Chapter 5: What Else Am I Going to Do Anyways? A World of Opportunities. ; Chapter 6: Numbers: The Taboo Nobody Wants to Talk About. ShhhEL It's All in Here. ; Section 3: The Road Map - Finally. ; Chapter 7: Getting the Right Job. ; Chapter 8: The Physician Entrepreneur. ; Chapter 9: Accepting the Job: Before and After. ; Chapter 10: You Will Always Be a Doctor. ; References

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Trade ReviewGenomics and Clinical Medicine is the first textbook to comprehensively examine Medicine, especially pathophysiology and pathogenesis, through the lens of genomics. * JAMA *...written by an equally outstanding roaster of authors, deal with all aspects of Genomic Medicine. The book combines general principles, and specific aspects of clinical practice, all in the light of genome analysis and the current laboratory methodologies." * Stylianos E. Antonarakis, Professor and Chairman of Genetic Medicine, University of Geneva, President of Human Genome Organization, Geneva, Switzerland *...most physicians have had little or no training in genetics or genomics, and will be hard pressed to quickly acquire the scientific principles, the medical knowledge, and the psychosocial skills that will be necessary for the successful introduction of genomic medicine. Busy practitioners will desperately need an authoritative source of information that includes both principles and specific applications. The introduction of this textbook, with its distinguished and authoritative list of contributors, thus arrives in the nick of time. Welcome to the genome era. * Francis S. Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA *...the book is a nice overview of developments in different fields of genomic medicine, written by a number of experts who give a thorough description of their argument. * European Journal of Human Genetics *Genomics and Clinical Medicine could be used during the first or second year of medical school to provide an underpinning of genomics as a unifying theme to the diverse array of topics that are typically taught at this time. * New England Journal of Medicine *This is a pioneering work of two doctors who as editors, have undertaken a monumental project, compiling a lot of relatively new knowledge put on paper by a total 50 pioneers in genomic medicine. All the authors and Drs. Kumar and Eng are to be congratulated for this unique, massive contribution to better understanding of disease so that eventually, millions of people can benefit from their work, to lead healthier lives. * Biz India Book Review *Table of ContentsPart I: Principles of Genomic Medicine ; 1. Genes, genetics and human genomics- Dhavendra Kumar ; 2. The human genome- structure and organization- Andrew P. Read ; 3. Human Proteomics- Brian Morrissey, Lisa Staunton, Stephen R Pennington ; 4. Epigenetics, Epigenomics and Human Disease- Aravind Ramesh, Cihangir Yandim, Theona Natisvili, Marta Mauri, Piu Pik Law, Jackson P.K. Chan, Santiago Uribe Lewis, Richard Festenstein ; 5. Genes, genome and developmental malformations- Dhavendra Kumar ; 6. Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Systems Medicine- Binay Panda and Neeraja M Krishnan ; 7. Pharmacogenomics - Critical Component of Genomic Medicine- Wolfgang Sadee ; 8. New Drug Development, Drug Response, and Precision Medicines- Michelle Penny and Duncan McHale ; 9. Mitochondrial genetics and genomics in clinical medicine- Agnes Rotig and Dhavendra Kumar ; 10. Genomics Technology in Clinical Diagnostics- Kevin White ; 11. Microbial Genomics: targeted antimicrobial therapy and genome vaccines- Immaculada Margarit & Rino Rappuoli ; 12. Nutritional genomics- Zhenglong Gu, Kaixiong Ye and Patrick J. Stover ; 13. Genomics in Public and Population Health- Anastasia L. Wise and Teri A. Manolio ; 14. Genetic testing and genomic screening- Angus J. Clarke ; 15. Biobanking for genomics-based translational medicine- Steven J. Madore ; 16. Genetics and Genomics Education: The Path from Helix to Health- Reed E. Pyeritz ; 17. Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Clinical Genomics- Caroline F. Wright, Anna Middleton & Michael Parker ; 18. The regulation of human genomics research- Jane Kaye ; Part II: Genomics in Clinical Practice ; 19. Genetic and genomic approaches to clinical medicine - Dhavendra Kumar ; 20. Genetic and genomic taxonomy of human disease - Dhavendra Kumar ; 21. Genomics of complex cardiovascular disease- Foram Ashar and Dan E. Arking ; 22. Genomics of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity-V. Radha and V. Mohan ; 23. Genetics and genomics of osteoporosis and related disorders- Yoshiji Yamada ; 24. Genetics and Genomics of chronic kidney disease- Albert C.M.Ong and Alexander P. Maxwell ; 25. Genetics and genomics in clinical hematology I- Hemostasis and Thrombosis- John Mcvey ; 26. Genetics and genomics in clinical hematology II- Inherited disorders of haemoglobin- David J. Weatherall ; 27. Genetics and genomics in clinical hematology III- Acute leukemias- Kenneth Mills ; 28. Genetics and Genomics of Chronic Inflammatory disorders I: Inflammatory Bowel Disease- Saad Pathan ; 29. Genetics and Genomics of Chronic Inflammatory disorders II: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Related Arthropathies- Kate McAllister and Stephen Eyre ; 30. Genetics and Genomics of Chronic Inflammatory disorders III: Bronchial asthma- William Cookson ; 31. Genetics and genomics of neuro-psychiatric diseases I: Seizure disorders - William Owen Pickrell ; 32. Genetics and genomics of neuro-psychiatric diseases II: Multiple Sclerosis- Katharine Harding and Neil Robertson ; 33. Genetics and genomics of neuro-psychiatric diseases III: The Common Dementias- Amy Gerrish, Rebecca Sims and Julie Williams ; 34. Genetics and genomics of neuro-psychiatric diseases IV: Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder - Jinbo Fan ; 35. Genetics and genomics of neuro-psychiatric diseases V: Learning and behavioural disorders- F Lucy Raymond ; 36. Clinical Cancer Genomics - Joanne Ngeow and Charis Eng ; 37. Genomics and Infectious diseases: Susceptibility, resistance and anti-microbial therapy-Michaela Fakiola, Wei Lu, Sarra E. Jamieson and Christopher S. Peacock ; 38. Genomic perspectives of clinical immunology- Cornelius L. Verweij ; 39. Genomic applications in Clinical Pediatrics- Vinod Varghese, Sian Morgan and Ian Frayling ; 40. Genetics and Genomics in clinical ophthalmology I: The spectrum of genetic eye disease-Graeme CM Black ; 41. Genetics and Genomics in clinical ophthalmology II: Glaucoma - Roshanak Sharafieh, Anne H. Child and Mansoor Sarfarazi ; 42. Genetics and Genomics in clinical ophthalmology III: Age-Related Macular Degeneration- Mark E. Kleinman and Jayakrishna Ambati ; 43. Genomic applications in audiological medicine- Daphne Karfunkel-Doron, Zippora Brownstein and Karen B. Avraham ; 44. Genetics and Genomics of skin diseases I: Diseases of the epidermis: eczema, psoriasis- Paul Bowen ; 45. Genetics and Genomics of skin diseases II: Genomics of pigmentation and skin cancer- Eugene Healy ; 46. The genetic and genomic practice of reproductive medicine- Dhavendra Kumar ; 47. Stem cell Genomics - Kyle M. Loh & Bing Lim & Lay Teng Ang ; 48. Genomic applications in critical care medicine- Mathew Frise, Charles Hinds & Julian Knight ; 49. Targeted molecular therapy- Mark Davies & Julian Sampson ; 50. Glossary for genetic and genomic medicine- terms, definitions and phrases- Dhavendra Kumar ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford American Handbook of Clinical Medicine Second Edition provides portable and rapid guidance when assessing symptoms and medical conditions presenting in patients.Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; List of contributors ; Symbols and abbreviations ; 1 Thinking about medicine ; 2 Epidemiology ; 3 Clinical skills ; 4 Symptoms and signs ; 5 Cardiovascular medicine ; 6 Pulmonary medicine ; 7 Gastroenterology ; 8 Renal medicine ; 9 Endocrinology ; 10 Neurology ; 11 Rheumatology and musculoskeletal conditions ; 12 Oncology ; 13 Surgery ; 14 Infectious diseases (ID) ; 15 Hematology ; 16 Geriatric medicine ; 17 Biochemistry ; 18 Radiology ; 19 Practical procedures ; 20 Emergency Medicine ; Index 746

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Book SynopsisClinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but why. When physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mind. What they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goals. Such goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicine.The Nature of Clinical Medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itself. The chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goals. The central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patient. According to Eric Cassell, everything else, including the diseaseTrade ReviewReading Eric Cassells latest contribution to the medical humanities The Nature of Clinical Medicine is like sipping a fine glass of claret. It requires slow savoring in order to benefit fully from the insights that Dr. Cassell has distilled over a professional lifetime of clinical practice and careful reflection. Cassells book is full of deep insights and human wisdom borne from his rewarding career of treating and caring deeply for patients. * Hillel D. Braune, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 36, No. 2 (2015) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chapter 1. The Goals of Medicine ; Chapter 2. A Story about a Patient with Aortic Stenosis ; Chapter 3. What are Facts in Medicine? ; Chapter 4. Clarify the Chain of Events that Led to the Present State: The Case as a Narrative ; Chapter 5. The Case of Myra Manner ; Chapter 6. Examine Your Presuppositions and Preconceptions ; Chapter 7. Separate and Examine the Values at Issue ; Chapter 8. A Question of Judgment ; Chapter 9. The Patient, the Doctor, And the Relationship ; Chapter 10. Observation, Prognosis, and Prognosticating ; Chapter 11. Thinking in Medicine ; Chapter 12. Accepting the Challenge

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