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Taylor & Francis Ltd Counselling a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse: A
Book SynopsisThis book provides a vivid insight into working with a client who is a survivor of child sexual abuse. Using fictitious dialogue it illustrates the person-centered approach and relates it to how memories can surface, and the impact that this can have on the client and counselor. It provides a deep insight into the counseling relationship and the counselor’s use of supervision, highlighting discussion points throughout to aid training and reflection. It is essential reading for all counseling trainers and psychotherapists and all other health professionals dealing with people who have suffered sexual abuse in childhood.Trade Review"…a powerful and demanding relational encounter in which I found myself fully engaged from beginning to end.—Mary Pipes, Counsellor, Norwich Centre Projects"The content leaves you in no doubt that this book is written by a skilled and experienced professional…"—Healthcare Counselling & Psychotherapy Journal"…there is a need for text books that bring the experience of therapy alive…"—Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal"Even though the ‘dialogue’ here is fictitious, it evidently arises from depth of clinical experience and never rings false."—Mental Health Today"The author uses a fictional account of a therapeutic process to cover key issues faced by survivors of abuse, including fear of dissociation, coming to terms with recovered memories, and working with feelings of blame, grief and anger."—Care and Health MagazineTable of ContentsChild sexual abuse. The person-centered approach. Background and review. Counseling and supervision sessions listed throughout. Points for discussion.
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PCCS Books Beyond Prozac: Healing Mental Distress
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Practical Pain Management Handbook: The
Book SynopsisThe successful management of chronic pain remains an elusive goal. As more complex diagnostic and intervention procedures become available, patients and clinicians alike have ever-greater expectations of banishing the problem of pain altogether. Unfortunately this hope is rarely fulfilled and the frustration experienced by everyone affected by chronic pain has remained more or less the same over the last two or three decades. Based on over 40 years' of experience and research The Practical Pain Management Handbook is a unique resource specifically designed for therapists involved in running Pain Management Programmes (PMPs). This engaging and effective handbook includes: intensive inpatient and extended outpatient programmes all of which are at least 25 hours in length; interactive materials designed to be used to form the basis of group discussion. Where there is a question in the text the suggested answer material is provided; assignments and tasks that can be used as homework or group session exercises; both standard Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) technologies as both have been found to be valuable in PMPs. The handbook is organised into sections to fit a useful logical sequence but can be adapted to suit your preference.Table of ContentsThe successful management of chronic pain remains an elusive goal. As more complex diagnostic and intervention procedures become available, patients and clinicians alike have ever-greater expectations of banishing the problem of pain altogether. Unfortunately this hope is rarely fulfilled and the frustration experienced by everyone affected by chronic pain has remained more or less the same over the last two or three decades. Based on over 40 years' of experience and research The Practical Pain Management Handbook is a unique resource specifically designed for therapists involved in running Pain Management Programmes (PMPs).This engaging and effective handbook includes: intensive inpatient and extended outpatient programmes all of which are at least 25 hours in length interactive materials designed to be used to form the basis of group discussion. Where there is a question in the text the suggested answer material is provided assignments and tasks that can be used as homework or group session exercises both standard Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) technologies as both have been found to be valuable in PMPs
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JP Medical Ltd MRCP Part 1: 400 BOFs: Second Edition
Book SynopsisMRCP PART 1: 400 BOFs, Second Edition, offers a wealth of practice questions covering the full range of topics tested in the MRCP Part 1 exam. Presented in a clear layout, chapters mirror the MRCP Part 1 syllabus to enable structured revision in each clinical specialty. Featuring fully descriptive answers and extensive referencing, this book provides the essential revision tool to maximise chances of exam success. With over 10% new practice material, including a new section on geriatric medicine in line with recent changes to the MRCP Part 1 syllabus, MRCP PART 1: 400 BOFs 2nd Edition remains the go to resource for all candidates taking the MRCP Part 1 written exam. 400 BOFs, reflecting the breadth of topics encountered in the actual exam New section on geriatric medicine to reflect recent changes to the MRCP Part 1 exam syllabus Practical advice on how to approach revision and useful tips to improve exam technique First edition published March 2013 (9781907816444) Amazon reviews of the first edition: Very good book, really useful A valuable read during my preparation for MRCP part 1. It has a good range of topics pitched at a medium to hard difficulty level...Recommended.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Cardiology Chapter 2: Clinical pharmacology, therapeutics and toxicology Chapter 3: Clinical sciences Chapter 4: Dermatology Chapter 5: Endocrinology Chapter 6: Gastroenterology Chapter 7: Haematology and oncology Chapter 8: Neurology Chapter 9: Ophthalmology Chapter 10: Psychiatry Chapter 11: Renal medicine Chapter 12: Respiratory medicine Chapter 13: Rheumatology Chapter 14: Tropical medicine, infectious and sexually transmitted diseases Chapter 15: Geriatric medicine
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Fairlight Books Inside the Bone Box
Book SynopsisNicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful facade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage and haunted by past mistakes, Anderton has been eating to forget. His wife, meanwhile, has turned to drink. There are sniggers behind closed doors - how can a surgeon be fat? When mistakes are made and his old adversary steps in to take advantage, Anderton knows things are coming to a head...Trade Review'This slim novel asks some big questions, with compassion, wry humour and elegant, understated prose' —Kate Vane, crime novelist; 'The beautiful writing pulled me right into this book. I loved how the story unfolded, each thread carefully unravelled. The characters had true psychological depth, and the relationships between them were so life-like' —Sophie Van Llewyn, author of 'Bottled Goods'; 'I loved Inside the Bone Box: the visual imagery is excellent, and as a radiographer before bookselling I really appreciated the fine details of neurosurgery' —Georgia Duffy, owner of Imagined Things bookshop, Harrogate; 'Very accurate with respect to the medical and surgical aspects of the storyline' —Nick Thomas, Consultant Neurosurgeon
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Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd The Unfinished Child
Book SynopsisWhen Marie MacPherson, a mother of two, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at thirty-nine, she feels guilty. Her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. Marie''s dilemma is further complicated when she becomes convinced something is wrong with her baby. She then enters the world of genetic testing and is entirely unprepared for the decision that lies ahead.Intertwined throughout the novel is the story of Margaret, who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome in 1947, when such infants were defined as unfinished children. As the novel shifts back and forth through the decades, the lives of the three women converge, and the story speeds to an unexpected conclusion.With skill and poise, debut novelist Theresa Shea dramatically explores society''s changing views of Down syndrome over the past sixty years. The story offers an unflinching and compassionate history of the treatment of people with Down syndrome and their struggle for basic human rights. Ultimately, The Unfinished Child is an unforgettable and inspiring tale about the mysterious and complex bonds of family, friendship, and motherhood.
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Rushmore Press LLC The Dialogue of a Heart and Mind Disconnect
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Rutgers University Press A COVID Charter, A Better World
Book SynopsisWith unprecedented speed, scientists have raced to develop vaccines to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control and restore a sense of normalcy to our lives. Despite the havoc and disruption the pandemic has caused, it’s exposed exactly why we should not return to life as we once knew it. Our current profit-driven healthcare systems have exacerbated global inequality and endangered public health, and we must take this opportunity to construct a new social order that understands public health as a basic human right. A COVID Charter, A Better World outlines the steps needed to reform public policies and fix the structural vulnerabilities that the current pandemic has made so painfully clear. Leading scholar Toby Miller argues that we must resist neoliberalism’s tendency to view health in terms of individual choices and market-driven solutions, because that fails to preserve human rights. He addresses the imbalance of geopolitical power to explain how we arrived at this point and shows that the pandemic is more than just a virus—it’s a social disease. By examining how the U.S., Britain, Mexico, and Colombia have responded to the COVID-19 crisis, Miller investigates corporate, scientific, and governmental decision-making and the effects those decisions have had on disadvantaged local communities. Drawing from human rights charters ratified by various international organizations, he then proposes a COVID charter, calling for a new world that places human lives above corporate profits.Trade Review"Toby Miller offers bold governing principles to secure the rescue, perhaps even the thriving, of humans and the planet. However one might amend his charter, it is impossible to reject its premise, which positively screeches from Miller's accounting of how the pandemic was lived in four nations: we cannot go on like this." -- Wendy Brown * author of In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Anti-Democratic Politics in the West *"The COVID pandemic has made it possible for many to see that the current economic system and the legislation that it promotes do not work. Toby Miller makes a cogent argument for the need to change course in economic and social policy, both nationally and globally. With his strong reputation in cultural and media studies, and more recently in Latin American Studies, I am confident that this project will have a significant impact in those fields and beyond." -- George Yúdice * author of The Expediency of Culture: Uses of Culture in the Global Era *"The Environment of the Vaccine – the Vaccine and the Environment," by Toby Miller * Democratic Left *"Toby Miller offers bold governing principles to secure the rescue, perhaps even the thriving, of humans and the planet. However one might amend his charter, it is impossible to reject its premise, which positively screeches from Miller's accounting of how the pandemic was lived in four nations: we cannot go on like this." -- Wendy Brown * author of In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Anti-Democratic Politics in the West *"The COVID pandemic has made it possible for many to see that the current economic system and the legislation that it promotes do not work. Toby Miller makes a cogent argument for the need to change course in economic and social policy, both nationally and globally. With his strong reputation in cultural and media studies, and more recently in Latin American Studies, I am confident that this project will have a significant impact in those fields and beyond." -- George Yúdice * author of The Expediency of Culture: Uses of Culture in the Global Era *"The Environment of the Vaccine – the Vaccine and the Environment," by Toby Miller * Democratic Left *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Year of the Mask 1 Before the Crisis 2 During the Crisis 3 After(?) the Crisis 4 The Charter Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Hachette Livre - BNF La Circulation Et Le Pouls: Histoire,
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Springer Editions Oral Presentation in Medicine
Book SynopsisScientific knowledge may be communicated in the written form or orally. Written communication (medical writing) usually takes the form of original or research papers, which appear in scientific journals. Oral communication in medicine is usually made during a meeting and is often called a free paper. Oral medical communication abides by certain rules. The objectives of this book are to examine and discuss these rules. Oral medical communication involves taking the floor to speak, whether it be as a speaker, the person who gives the talk in front of an audience, or as part of the audience, who can then ask questions or make comments. The go between is called the moderator. Some forms of oral communication are more specific to meetings with a large audience: free papers, panel discussions or roundtables, posters, and videos. Others are more characteristic of smaller audiences: hospital staff meet ings, or literature update sessions. Educational talks have a didactic goal and resemble a lecture, for instance, in a course, or are closer to a case report, when they are given during a small class get-together.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "This book is an educational manual featuring guidelines on spoken communication in medicine, with particular advice on how to convey a scientific message … . this text provides specific and really interesting techniques in medical publishing … . The information contained in this volume can be of great importance to clinicians, researchers and also students who have an interest in the improvement of their communicative capabilities and possibilities." (M. Monticone, Minerva Medica, Vol. 96 (1), 2005)Table of ContentsPrimary target audiences: - The Speechgiver: Role, posture, public presentation, exposé, oral expression, support materials, slides, posters, video and film, blackboard, or chart. Response to questions from the audience. Settings - informal communications, conferences, round tables, scientific posters, documentary, library, sessions. - The moderator: Role, Pre-Congress: text review, pre-exposé, presentation of the speaker and his/her subject during and after the exposé. Initiating, maintaining and concluding the discussion. - The public: Role-Taking the podium in responding to a question or comment.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Biomedical Product Development: Bench to Bedside
Book SynopsisThis textbook covers all the steps in manufacturing a biomedical product from bench to bedside. It specifically focuses on quality assurance and management and explains the different good practice principles in the various phases of product development as well as how to fulfill them: Good laboratory practice, good manufacturing practice and good clinical practice. It provides readers with the know-how to design biomedical experiments to ensure quality and integrity, to plan and conduct standard preclinical studies and to assure the quality of the final manufactured biomedical products. Importantly, it also addresses ethical concerns and considerations.The book discusses the guidelines and ethical considerations for preclinical and clinical studies, to allow readers to identify safety concerns regarding biomedical products and to improve pre-clinical studies for the development of better products.This textbook is a valuable guide for biomedical students (B.Sc., M.S., and Ph.D. students) in the field of molecular medicine, medical biotechnology, stem cell research and related areas, as well as for professionals such as quality control staff, tissue bankers, policy-makers and health professionals.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Radiology Survival Kit: What You Need to Know
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a basic introduction to radiology and imaging along with the minimum required knowledge written from a practical clinical perspective. Presenting essential definitions and critical images, this textbook offers key references in a welcomed concise format, targeting medical students and interns undertaking the USMLE and house staff of any specialty desiring a resource for practical and useful information relevant to and including medical imaging of common diseases and conditions. Organized by signs, symptoms, history, disease, imaging and imaging findings, and clinical service/specialty, this textbook thoughtfully addresses the early challenges faced by medical students and interns preparing for their beginning rotation or internship. Allowing readers to bypass dense radiology books too cluttered with detail, organized by body part instead of clinical relevance, or not inclusive of the latest developments and technologies, this textbook prepares students and house staff to enter and to succeed in this most rapidly evolving field in medicine.The Radiology Survival Kit: What You Need to Know for USMLE and the Clinics is a practical, clinically-oriented textbook offering an early career perspective intended for first through fourth year medical students and house staff, including interns and residents from any discipline, as well as radiology and radiography students and technologists, radiology and ICU nurses, nursing students, radiology administrators, and foreign medical graduates.Table of ContentsBasic Principles of Radiology.- Cases you Never Want to Miss, EVER.- What you Need to Know about Each Modality, Organized by Clinical History.- Practical Rules for Ordering Tests: Organized by Signs and Symptoms.- Practical Rules for Ordering Texts and Preparing Patients: Organized by Disease and Clinical Service.- What to Ignore at 2 AM and How to Identify and Follow Up on Incidental Findings.-Interventional Radiology: General.- Interventional Radiology: Vascular.- How to Use Ultrasound to Place a Central Line, or Peform Paracentesis and Thoracentesis.- Interventional Emergencies.- Interventional Oncology. Image Processing.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Essential Writing, Communication and Narrative
Book SynopsisWhen the COVID- 19 pandemic occurred, all the main communication systems of medical research have undergone an epochal change. Many online journals and magazines have tried to publish inherent works of this specific problem as soon as possible, soliciting and preferring them to others, thus changing the system of free acceptance of scientific works once. Moreover, the way to communicate these works has no longer occurred through standard Scientific Congresses but with other systems, websites/streaming and webinars or virtual conferences. Now there is something systematic missing, which foresees that this may last in the future, in the post COVID-19 era (AC): the communication system of the medical sciences will be different from now on. There will be far fewer classical-style conferences like the ones so popular before COVID-19 outbreak (BC) but there will be more webinars, in streaming and virtual conferences. This new book fits well in this period, creating a bridge between those who do research, how it is communicated, what are the classic communication methods and what is all the necessary background to communicate with new tools. The book idea is based on the legacy left by Michael Faraday, the famous American chemist, who sensed how communicating what happens in science can make the difference between the success and failure of the research itself: “A lecturer should appear easy and collected, undaunted and unconcerned” “Lecturers which really teach will never be popular; lecturers which are popular will never really teach “ Michael Faraday, "Advice to lecturers", 1848 The volume approach is multidisciplinary and written by top experts in the field of communication and education. It will be a useful tool for scientists in this moment of epochal change in medical communication. Table of ContentsThe Island Of Research (Do Not Block The Path Of Enquiry).- Big Data, Metanalysis And Sistematic Reviews : The Jungle Of Statistics.- Essentials On Writing A Paper For A Peer Reviewed Journal.- The Value Of The Websites And Online Journals .- Ways To Implement Your Key Messages.- The “ Classical” Meetings And Congresses.- The New Ways To Communicate Your Research: Webinars And Beyond.- The Virtual Theatre : The Lure, The Title, The Scene, The Backstage, The Space.- The World Of Audience : Listeners Or Gazers, Learned Or Unlearned.- Connect And Be Understood.- Narrative Science And Medicine.- The Legacy Of Michael Faraday.
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Springer International Publishing AG Human Flourishing: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Neuroscience, Health, Organizations and Arts
Book SynopsisThis open access book presents a novel multidisciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing. The study of the good life or Eudaimonia has been a central concern at least since Aristotelian times. This responds to the common experience that we all seek happiness. Today, we are immersed in a new paradoxical boom, where the pursuit of happiness seems to permeate everything (books, media, organizations, talks), but at the same time, it is nowhere, or at least very difficult to achieve. In fact, it is not easy to even find a consensus regarding the meaning of the word happiness. Seligman (2011), one of the fathers of the positive psychology, confirmed that his original view the meaning he referred to was close to that of Aristotle. But, he recently confessed that he now detests the word happiness, since it is overused and has become almost meaningless. The aim of this open access book is to shed new light on human flourishing through the lenses of neurosciences and health, organizations, and arts. The novelty of this book is to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the importance of human flourishing in our lives. The book will examine further how different initiatives, policies and practices create opportunities for generating human flourishing.Table of ContentsIntroduction: In the pursuit of human flourishing.- PART I: NEUROSCIENCE AND HEALTH.- PART II: ORGANIZATION AND POLICIES.- PART III: CARE AND FLOURISHING.- PART IV: ARTS, FASHION AND LITERATURE.- Conclusion – What we have learnt form multidisciplinary views on Human Flourishing.- List of contributors
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Springer International Publishing AG Surgical Procedures of the Spine for
Book SynopsisThis book equips the intraoperative monitoring provider (both technologist and physician) with details of commonly monitored surgical procedures of the spine. This knowledge better allows the monitorist to identify critical phases of the surgery and correlate those with neuroanatomical and functional risk at each phase. Chapters are authored by a surgeon and neurophysiologist, with the surgeon contributing procedural content and the neurophysiologist contributing information on how the monitoring integrates within the context of the procedure. It is the first book that incorporates content about the surgical procedure directly with the intraoperative monitoring plan for the surgery. This text will have a wide audience throughout the medical specialty of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; it will be of interest to technologists, interpreting physicians or neurophysiologists, anesthesiologists, and surgeons; essentially anyone on the surgical team that lacks a detailed knowledge of both the surgical procedure and the neurophysiology. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Surgeries Involving C1 and C2 a. Posterior C1-2 instrumentation and fusion techniques b. Occipito-cervical fusion c. Far lateral transcondylar approaches d. Trans-oral approaches to C1-2 e. Chiari decompression Chapter 2 Sub-Axial Cervical Procedures a. Approaches to high cervical pathologies- anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (C3-4) b. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion c. Posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion d. Anterior and posterior cervical spine surgery (360 degrees) e. Anterior approaches to low cervical spine pathologies- cervico-thoracic junction f. Cervical spine deformity correction surgeries- corpectomies, osteotomies Chapter 3—Scoliosis Correction Chapter 4—Thoracic Spine Surgery a. Thoracic microdiscectomy b. Thoracic corpectomies- trans-thoracic, thoraco-abdominal and extra-cavitary approaches c. Kyphoplasty Chapter 5—Lumbar Spine Surgery a. Lumbar microdiscectomy b. Lumbar laminectomy c. Lumbar fusion techniques- TLIF, PLIF, LLIF, ALIF d. Deformity corrections in the lumbar spine e. Lumbar corpectomies- retroperitoneal approach Chapter 6—Minimally Invasive Approaches a. Posterior cervical lamino-foraminotomy b. Anterior cervical foraminotomy c. MIS spinal fusion techniques- TLIF and LLIF d. MIS microdiscectomy and laminectomy e. MIS deformity corrections including corpectomy Chapter 7—Tumors of the Spine a. Primary spine tumors b. Extradural extramedullary tumors c. intradural extramedullary tumors d. Intradural intramedullary tumors a. Metastatic spine tumors: surgical decision
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Springer International Publishing AG The New Science of Medicine & Management: A
Book SynopsisThis exciting, first-of-its-kind title describes the blossoming new science of medicine and management—the concepts, methodologies, techniques, and tools that create value for patients, populations, caregivers, staff, and healthcare organizations. Developed out of the innovative and powerful physician executive MBA program at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, The New Science of Medicine & Management describes what physician leaders need to know and do to fix problems that can erode value in complex healthcare environments in which they practice medicine. The book is motivated by a singular proposition—Every Physician a Leader; Every Leader a Collaborative Team Player and a new definition of high-value health care. Composed of the best 18 of approximately 200 outstanding physician-led business school projects, the book is based on the collective efforts and experiences of 33 authors and coauthors, 28 of whom are physicians and 19 of whom have an MD and an MBA degree. The work is grounded in three important assertions: First, the clinical side of complex professional medical organizations such as hospitals has traditionally been led by highly skilled, highly experienced medical practitioners trained in the underlying biomedical disciplines and applied medical sciences. Second, there is research evidence that managers with clinical backgrounds can run better healthcare organizations, and a growing number of physician-led multispecialty groups are outperforming organizations run by lay managers. Third, physicians and other caregivers should have some training in the new science of medicine and management; moreover, and very importantly, the transition from clinician to clinical manager and leader is challenging and requires training in the new science of medicine and management. State of the art, developed by expert physician leaders in the field, and replete with a wide range of management insights and lessons, this book asks important questions and offers an exciting and comprehensive resource for all physicians, health administrators, and clinicians interested in not only the science of medicine and management and in developing physician-led teams but, crucially, in ensuring value in healthcare by improving patient outcomes, safety, affordability, and employee well-being.Table of Contents Improving access to and quality of palliative & hospice care via provider and patient education Operating Room rapid response Innovation team impacting measurable efficiencies Improved transplantation operational performance through a transplant specific database integration with the hospital electronic medical record. Globalization of the new science of medicine and management Low tech visual systems to impact ED efficiency metrics Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis Feeding Protocol: a Prototype to Decrease the Variance in Postoperative Care Delivery "Physician of the day" structure for pediatric surgery service to improve quality through enhanced teamwork Low Dose CT scanning (LDCT) screening program for an at risk cancer population Impacting a focused set of NSQIP outcomes elements that are actionable and achievable to improve all NSQIP results and overall outcomes and quality of care. Maximizing Operating Room efficiency using revenue cycle and operations management tools. Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory Improvements through effective data management. Management of late surgical case cancellations to improve efficiency Structured data collection Insurance industry pilot using an evidence based approach The Sholdice Clinic as an example of synergizing operations management, medical care, and creative finance. Establish new leadership and business structures in a rural ED to improve key indices. Primary Care Practice Redesign Maximizing the first hundred days of medical executive positions-lessons from a CMO Successful use of marketing, branding, and alignment to tackle tobacco use. Development and implementation of a standardized procedural antibiotic protocol in a multi office urology practice. Benefits and challenges in diminishing operating room waste stream Routine post-reduction radiographs in children-challenging the paradigm Transparency and communication in the consent process regarding procedural sedation
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Springer International Publishing AG A Pocket Guide for Medical Students: From
Book SynopsisThis book is addressed to future and enrolled medical students, as well as new graduated doctors, with the main aim to help them getting the grips of what the medical degree is all about and what are the different phases encountered as well as how to survive them. There are various aspects that medical students should be aware of, some “hidden issues” that no one will tell you unless they have passed from the experience themselves. This book will also feature the author’s personal experiences both as a student and a lecturer. This is a unique feature that will enable readers to understand that they are not alone, others have experienced their fears and desires. Readers will be provided with tips on how to survive the course, how to deal with arising issues, and how to balance studying and living a life. This book intends to also highlight the importance of researching during medical school and how to go about it as well as how to prepare CVs and job interviews. An insight into life beyond medical school is also provided. Thanks to the practical and easy-to-use outline – in accordance with various stages from enrolling to preclinical and clinical stages expectations, from targeting work-life balance to conducting research, preparing for a medical job interview and life beyond-, this book will benefit and guide all future medical doctors through their medical school years.Table of Contents1. Why Medical School and How to enrol?2. Congratulations on making it to medical school – now what?3. Is it all study without fun?4. The clinical years5. Research during medical school6. Preparation for the foundation doctor job interview7. Life after the medical course
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Springer Distracted Doctoring
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- 1.Medicine Enters the Computer Age.- 2.Addiction to Technology & Speed.- 3.Documenting While Doctoring: Attention and Distraction in the Exam Room.- 4.The Impact of Technology on Communication Within the Patient-Physician Relationship.- 5.Physician Dissatisfaction, Stress, and Burnout, and Their Impact on Patient Care.- 6.Managing Distractions Through Advocacy, Education, and Change.- 7.Electronic Devices as Potential Sources of Biological Contamination.- 8.The Dangers of Social Media Affecting Professional Reputation.- 9.Digital Distraction and Legal Risk.- 10.Electronic Etiquette:A Curriculum for Health Professionals.- 11.Mindful Practitioners, Mindful Team and Mindful Organizations Attending to Core Tasks of Medicine.- 12.Psychological Safety and the Relationship with Electronic Distraction.- 13.How to write professional notes in the EMR.- 14.PRIMUM NON NOCERE.- 15.Virtual Reality as an Innovative and Mindful Approach to Advance Patient Centered Care in the 21st Century.- 16.Cyberloafing in Healthcare.-17.Surgical Technology and Surgical Processing - Noise & Electronic Distraction and the Impact on Quality Patient Care.- 18.Minimizing Electronic Noise and Distraction in the Work Place- A Risk Officers Perspective.- 19.ELECTRONIC CHALLENGES TO PATIENT SAFETY AND CARE.- 20.Administrative Considerations in Providing Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age.- 21.Risk Reduction and Vigilance in Anesthesia.
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Mdpi AG Mechanisms of Adiponectin Action
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Mdpi AG Insomnia: Beyond Hyperarousal
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Springer Verlag GmbH Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2: Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Madrid 1975
Table of ContentsSection I. Cerebral Palsy and Hyperkinesias.- Experiences of Stereotaxic Surgery on Cerebral Palsy Patients.- Multilocular Lesions in the Therapy of Cerebral Palsy.- Stereotactic Lesions of the Pulvinar for Hypertonus and Dyskinesias.- Combined Transtentorial Dentatotomy With Pulvinarotomy in Cerebral Palsy.- Neurosurgical Treatment of Spasticity and Dyskinesias.- Long-Term Assessment of Stereotactic Dentatotomy for Spasticity and Other Disorders.- Long-Term Review of Dentatectomy in Dystonia Musculorum Deformans and Cerebral Palsy.- New Aspects in the Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Palsy.- Chronic Cerebellar Stimulation in Spastic Choreo-Athetosis.- Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis With Dorsal Column Stimulation.- Percutaneous Rhizotomy of the Articular Nerve of Luschka for Low Back and Sciatic Pain.- Stereotactic Surgery in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.- Section II. Techniques.- Tomography in Stereotaxis. A New Stereoencephalotome Designed for this Purpose.- Computerized Graphic Display of Results of Subcortical Stimulation During Stereotactic Surgery.- A Computer Programme System for Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- Electrophysiological Set-Up for Data Acquisition and Processing During Stereotaxic Surgery: Demonstration on Pulvinar Units.- Estimation of the Neural Noise Within the Human Thalamus.- Technical Factors in Stereotaxic Hypophysectomy.- Structural, Ultrastructural and Functional Reactions of the Brain After Implanting Yttrium 90 Rods Used in Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- Section III. Neurophysiology.- The Study of Recovery and Modification of the Evoked Potentials and Motor Answers in the Motor System.- Modification of Thalamic Evoked Activity by Dorsal Column Stimulation.- Auditory Evoked Potentials Recorded From Chronic Implanted Gyrus of Heschl in Man.- The Effect of Graded Thermocoagulation on Trigeminal Evoked Potentials in the Cat.- Functional Exploration of the Spinomedullary Junction.- Role of the Amygdala and Hypothalamus in the Control of Gastric Secretion in Human Beings.- The Effects of Drugs on the Field Potential in the Caudate Nucleus Following Nigra Stimulation.- The Relationship of Hallucinations to the Depth Structures of the Temporal Lobe.- Section IV. Pain.- Observation of Kindling Phenomenon in Treatment of the Pain by Means of Stimulation in Thalamus.- Electroanalgesia.- Anterior Pulvinotomy in the Treatment of Intractable Pain.- Paraqueductal Mesencephalotomy for Facial Central Pain.- Late Results of Central Stereotactic Interventions for Pain.- Stereotactic Cryothalamotomy for Pain.- Limbic Target Surgery in the Treatment of Intractable Pain With Drug Addiction.- Advantage and Limits of Intracerebral Pain Stereotaxy.
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Springer Verlag GmbH Glossary of Neurotraumatology: About 200 Neurotraumatological Terms and Their Definitions in English, German, Spanish, and French
Book SynopsisThe Committee of Neurotraumatology of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies decided to elaborate a Glossary of Neuro traumatology, and for this purpose appointed a subgroup of members of this Committee, headed by Dr. E. S. Gurdjian, whose report follows this preface. The main reason for the Committee's decision was the hope that the diffusion of the Glossary through "Acta Neurochirurgica" may bring about a better understanding of neurotraumatological terminology on a worldwide scale. The Glossary should facilitate the classification and the comparison of traumatic lesions of the Nervous System. It will consequently be easier to compile statistics and correctly interpret the informations thus obtained. The very commendable initiative of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in revising the terminology of head injuries and in publishing this work in Vol. 12 (1966) of "Clinical Neurosurgery" constitutes an important contribution. In 1977 the Glossary now presented endeav ours to complete and bring up to date the definitions of anatomical or physiological modifications in the neurotraumatological field. We wish to express our thanks to Dr. Gurdjian and to the other members of the Neurotraumatological Committee who were responsible for the elaboration of this Glossary and whose efforts to standardise, as much as possible, the language used by scientists of different nationalities, have resulted in a better understanding between neurosurgeons.Table of ContentsGlossary of Neurotraumatology / Neurotraumatologisches Wörterbuch / Glosario de Neurotraumatología / Glossaire de Neurotraumatologie.
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Springer Verlag GmbH Critical Resection Length and Gap Distance in Peripheral Nerves: Experimental and Morphological Studies
Book SynopsisThe Second World War gave rise to a previously inconceivable number of peripheral nerve injuries. Only later on did these injuries occasion renewed intensive research in this field of neurosurgery. Among the factors which have promoted this development is the operating microscope with more refined surgical techniques. Of course, surgery of peripheral nerve injuries in peacetime is not to be compared with that in wartime. Only rapid wound healing enables a secondary suture to be performed at a favorable time, after about four weeks. Besides in most cases the defect of substance is not as great as in war injuries, in which the so-called "critical resection length" (Seddon) was the cause of the greatest difficulties and consti tuted the crucial obstacle to good success. The experienced surgeons of the Second World War always knew that the specified dimensions were far too great for the critical resection length. They could only resort to attempting a suture even when there was a great gap be tween the ends of the nerves. Precise information was not available on direct damage to the axis cylinder or alteration due to vascular factors when stretching the various nerves, above all during the later mobilization of joint decompressions. In my opinion, the experimental investigations of the author can make a contribution here. The precisely executed and afterwards carefully analyzed experiments appear very likely to be applicable to human conditions as regards their percentages of total nerve length.Table of ContentsA. Introduction.- B. The Problem.- C. Material and Methods.- I. Selection of Appropriate Subjects.- II. Anatomy of the Sciatic Nerve in Rabbits.- III. Operative Technique.- IV. Determination of the Critical Resection Length.- V. Identification of Physical Parameters.- VI. Clinical Studies.- VII. Histological Studies.- D. Results.- I. Mechanical Properties.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion.- II. Clinical Observations.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion..- III. Macroscopic Findings.- IV. Histological Results.- 1. Sciatic Nerve.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion.- 2. Vasa Nervorum.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion.- 3. Nerve Rcot.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion.- 4. Spinal Cord and Spinal Ganglia.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion.- 5. Muscles.- a) Findings.- b) Discussion.- E. Synopsis of All Results and Their Clinical Relevance.- I.- II.- F. Summary.- References.
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Springer Verlag GmbH The Pathogenesis of Hypertensive Encephalopathy: Experimental Data and Their Clinical Relevance With Special Reference to Neurosurgical Patients
Book SynopsisThis monograph aims to provide a survey of recent research on the pathogenesis of hypertensive encephalopathy. Or, in other words, to relate experimental results directly to a clinical problem. I am convinced that a very important task of experimental medical research is to find applications to the relevant clinical problem as soon as possible, and to avoid distraction by an increasingly over whelming accumulation of new information from all fields of scientific work. This is undoubtedly easier for a clinician than for a scientist who is only concerned with fundamental research; success ful research for clinical medicine thus requires that clinicians and scientific specialists in the theoretical medical branches cooperate with each other. To fulfill this aim the clinician must be able to think in pathophysiological terms to a considerable extent, which will scarcely be possible if he is involved in routine clinical medicine alone. Experimental work thus presents a real challenge to the physician who wishes to solve a medical problem and also possesses scientific curiosity. Besides an answer to his question, he has the opportunity to obtain a real feeling for what he has learned to call "physiologi cal". I hope with my own experimental work to provide a convincing example of how such work may serve as an impressive reminder to the clinician of the possibly grave consequences of underestimating a development in the course of a serious illness, for instance a hyper tensive episode following head injury.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Methods.- 2.1. The Cranial Window Technique.- 2.1.1. Introduction and Historical Survey.- 2.1.1.1. Development of Technique.- 2.1.1.2. The Brain Surface.- 2.1.2. Description of the Present Method.- 2.1.2.1. Operative Procedure.- 2.1.2.2. Technical Equipment.- 2.1.3. Performance of Experiments.- 2.1.3.1. CO2-Reactivity Test.- 2.1.3.2. Induction of Acute Hypertension.- 2.2. Macroscopy and Microangiography.- 2.3. Fluorescence Microscopy.- 2.4. Electron Microscopy.- 2.5. Measurement of Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Venous Pressure.- 2.6. Discussion of Methods.- 2.6.1. The Window Technique.- 2.6.2. The Photometric Measurements.- 2.6.3. Drugs Used for Production of Hypertension.- 3. Results.- 3.1. The Normal Pial Vessels.- 3.2. Pial Arteriolar Diameter Changes During Hypertension.- 3.2.1. Hypertension During Normccapnia and Normal pH.- 3.2.2. Hypertension During Metabolic Acidosis and Hypercapnia.- 3.2.3. Hypertension During Hypocapnia.- 3.2.4. Hypertension During Metabolic Alkalosis.- 3.2.5. Photometric Results.- 3.2.6. The Sausage-String Phenomenon.- 3.2.7. Discussion.- 3.3. Reactions of Pial Veins and Their Possible Significance in the Origin of Extravasations.- 3.4. The Development of Brain Edema.- 3.4.1. Macroscopy.- 3.4.2. Fluorescence Microscopy.- 3.4.3. Electron Microscopy.- 3.4.3.1. Transendothelial Vesicular Transport.- 3.4.3.2. Tight Junctions.- 3.4.3.3. Diffuse Transendothelial Passage.- 3.4.3.4. Changes in Astrocytes and Neurons.- 3.4.3.5. Discussion.- 3.4.4. General Considerations on Edema.- 3.5. Changes in Intracranial and Cerebral Venous Pressure During Acute Hypertension.- 3.5.1. Intracranial Pressure.- 3.5.2. The Venous Volume-Pressure Relationship.- 3.5.3. The Role of Venous Pressure Increase.- 3.6. Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements in Acute Hypertension.- 3.7. General Discussion and Conclusions.- 3.7.1. Discussion.- 3.7.2. Conclusions.- 4. The Clinical Significance of the Experimental Results.- 4.1. The Interdependence of Blood Pressure and Intracranial Pressure.- 4.2. Clinical Occurrence of Acute Hypertensive Episodes.- 4.3. Special Reference to Neurosurgical Patients.- 5. Epilogue.- 6. Acknowledgements.- References.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG The Superficial Veins of the Human Brain: Veins of the Brain Stem and of the Base of the Brain
Book SynopsisInterest in a detailed anatomical description our knowledge of the venous system has of the veins of the human brain is of fairly been advanced more by radiological than by recent date. The general layout of the dural anatomical methods. This is due to the diffi- culty of obtaining a post-mortem display of sinuses and of the large encephalic veins the veins. Injection techniques often give de- that drain into them has long been known, ceptive results; most authors use back-flow but a more detailed study of the venous sys- tem has been made necessary by recent ad- injection from the larger collecting veins, vances in neurosurgery and neuroradiology. but this method generally gives very incom- plete results. The technique we have used is The progress and methods of neurora- diology have made it possible to follow the radically different, consisting of an arterial superficial venous network * further and injection of a solution of indian ink and gel- further. There are obvious practical advan- atine. When this injection is successful the tages in having a detailed knowledge of the arterial, capillary, and venous networks of venous network and these are not to be de- the encephalon are clearly displayed; the re- rived from a knowledge of the arterial net- sults are particularly clear in the venous work: the venous network is in close con- network which is visible from the main veins to their smallest branches.Table of ContentsI. Introduction.- II. Material and Methods.- 1. Techniques of Removal.- 2. Injection Techniques.- 3. Observation Techniques.- III.The Larger Superficial Veins of the Brain Stem and of the Base of the Brain.- A. Infratentorial System.- 1. Anterior Venous Drainage System.- 2. Lateral Venous Drainage System.- a) The Superior Petrosal Vein.- b) Satellite Veins of the Cranial Nerves.- 3. Posterior Venous Drainage.- B. Supratentorial System.- 1. The Basilar Vein System.- a) Point of Origin of the Basilar Vein.- b) Ventral Segment of the Basilar Vein.- c) Laterodorsal Segment of the Basilar Vein.- d) Variations in the Drainage of the Supratentorial Venous Flow.- e) Anastomoses Linking the Left and Right Basilar Systems.- C. Anastomoses between the Supra-and Infratentorial Venous Systems.- 1. Anteromedian Anastomosis.- 2. Anterolateral Anastomoses.- 3. Lateral Anastomoses.- IV. Regional Architecture of the Superficial Veins.- A. The Superficial Veins of the Medulla.- 1. The Veins of the Anterior Side of the Medulla.- a) The Longitudinal System.- b) The Transverse System.- 2. The Veins of the Lateral Sides of the Medulla.- 3. The Veins of the Dorsal Side of the Medulla.- B. The Superficial Veins of the Pons.- 1. The Longitudinal System.- 2. The Transverse System.- C. The Superficial Veins of the Ventral Side of the Diencephalon.- 1. The Longitudinal System.- 2. The Transverse System.- D. The Superficial Veins of the Mesencephalon.- 1. The Superficial Veins of the Dorsal Side of the Mesencephalon.- a) The Main Venous Drainage of the Dorsal Side of the Mesencephalon.- b) Regional Study of the Superficial Venous Networks.- 2. The Superficial Veins of the Ventral Side of the Mesencephalon or Veins of the Cerebral Peduncles.- a) The Longitudinal Peduncular Veins.- b) The Transverse Peduncular Veins.- V. Conclusions.- 1. Intrinsic Anastomoses.- 2. Extrinsic Anastomoses.- a) Extrinsic Infratentorial Drainage.- b) Extrinsic Supratentorial Drainage.- References.- Illustrations.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Current Concepts in Pediatric Radiology
Book SynopsisThe first radiological examination of an infant was reported as early as 1896. This was the prelude to a tremendous amount of pioneer work which was accomplished in the following decades. Interaction of increasing experience, technical improvement and new therapeutic achievement led to the present status of pediatric radiology. In almost any investigation and evaluation of childhood disease, pediatric radiology has a cardinal role. The establishment of the European Society of Pediatric Radiology in 1963, and the start of the journal Pediatric Radiology 10 years later, have created international platforms for the circulation of rapidly accumulating knowledge. Both ventures have helped to underpin high educational standards in the specialty. In many countries national post-graduate courses have contributed quite admirably to favourable trends. More than ever, today medicine is an international science: medical training on an international level has therefore come to stay. This results in a more rapid dissemination of "Current Concepts in Pediatric Radiology" among all those devoted to this fascinating branch of radiology. This book, mainly based on the lectures given at the First International Post-Graduate Course sponsoned by the Swedish Society of Pediatric Radiology in May 1976, presents the contribu tions of the distinguished guest speakers on selected topics.Table of ContentsRadiology of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn. A “Gamut of Pattern” Approach.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Preliminary Scan of the “Babygram”.- 2.1 The Main Types of Pattern to be Distinguished.- 3. Conclusion.- References.- Chronic Lung Disorders in Childhood.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Chronic Aspiration Pneumonia.- 3. Congenital Malformations.- 4. Allergic Diseases.- 5. Systemic Diseases.- 6. Chronic Infections.- 7. Conclusion.- References.- Therapeutic Embolization of Arteriovenous Pulmonary Fistulas by Catheter Technique.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Case Histories.- 3. Discussion.- 4. Summary.- References.- Pediatric Gastrointestinal Fiberendoscopy.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Instruments.- 3. Preparation and Premedication.- 4. Training.- 5. Indications and Findings.- 6. Therapeutic Aspects of Endoscopy.- 7. Conclusion.- References.- The Esophagus in Infancy.- References.- Less Common Disease Patterns in the Gastro-Intestinal Tract with a Special Note on Meconium Ileus.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Oesophageal Atresia.- 3. Isolated (H-type) Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula.- 4. Achalasia.- 5. Chronic Granulomatous Disease.- 6. Hiatal Hernia.- 7. Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis.- 8. Peptic Ulceration.- 9. Acute Pancreatitis.- 10. Meconium Ileus.- References.- Small Intestine—the Terminal Ileum Loop.- References.- Current Views on the Diagnosis of Colonic Aganglionosis.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Pathogenesis.- 3. Pathophysiology.- 4. Diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s Disease.- 4. 1. Clinical Diagnosis.- 4.2. Radiological Diagnosis.- 4.3. Manometric Diagnosis.- 4.4. Histological Diagnosis.- 5. Conclusion.- 5.1 Acknowledgements.- References.- Renal Cysts and Cystlike Conditions in Infancy and Childhood.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Multicystic Kidney.- 3. Familial Cystic Renal Conditions.- 4. Miscellaneous Renal Cystic Conditions.- References.- Aspects of Acute Kidney Injury in Young Infants.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Kidney and the Shock State.- 2.1 Pathological Types of Kidney Injury.- 2.2 Clinical Causes of the Shock State.- 3. Clinical Features and Radiological Findings in Tubular Necrosis and Medullary Necrosis.- 3.1 Acute Illness.- 3.2 Late Studies.- 3.3 Experimental Confirmation of the Urographie Findings.- 4. Clinical Features and Radiological Findings in Renal Venous Thrombosis.- 4.1 Clinical Features.- 4.2. Radiological Findings.- 5. Involvement of other Organs in the Shock State.- 6. Conclusion.- References.- The Radiology of the Vesico-Ureteric Junction.- References.- The Prostate in Pediatric Radiology.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Radiologic Examination.- 3. The Prostatic Tissue.- 3.1 Malformation.- 3.2 Hematoma.- 3.3 Infection.- 3.4 Tumours.- 4. The Prostatic Channels.- 4.1 Anomalous Channels.- 4.1.1. Bowel Fistula.- 4.1.2 Transprostatic Ureter.- 4.2 Normally Existing Channels.- 4.2.1 The Utricle.- 4.2.2 The Ejaculatory Ducts.- 4.2.3 The Glandular Ducts.- References.- Approaches to the Evaluation of the Hand in the Congenital Malformation Syndromes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Alterations in Configuration of the Hand Bones.- 3. Evaluation of the Size of the Hand Bones.- 3.1 The Metacarpal Sign.- 3.2 Bone Length Measurements.- 3.3 Bone Quality.- 3.4 Slenderness Ratios.- 4. Determination of Skeletal Maturation.- 5. Summary.- References.- Lesions of the Spine.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Vertebral Anomalies — a Useful Clue.- 3. Scoliosis as a Presenting Sign.- 4. Back Pain in Children.- 4.1 Infection.- 4.2 Eosinophilic Granuloma.- 4.3 Tumors.- 4.4 Aneurysmal Bone Cyst.- 4.5 Osteoblastoma.- 4.6 Osteoid Osteoma.- 4.7 Trauma.- 5. Summary.- References.- Hydrocephalus in Children. A Radiological Study.- 1. Definition and Classification.- 2. Distribution of Patients.- 3. Plain Skull Examination.- 4. Special Procedures and Results.- 5. Differential Dignosis.- 6. Conclusion.- References.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Computerized Tomography
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Antitumour and Antiviral Substances of Natural Origin
Table of Contents1. eneral Considerations.- 2. Design of Screening Programmes.- 3. Microbial Sources.- 4. Plant Sources.- 5. Marine Sources.- 6. Animal and Other Sources.- References.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG New Aspects of Storage and Release Mechanisms of Catecholamines: Held at Grosse Ledder near Cologne, Germany, October 9th- 12th, 1969
Book SynopsisWelcome.- Opening Remarks.- Session 1 Origin and Axonal Transport of Adrenergic Nerve Granules.- Studies on the Origin of the Granulated and Non-granulated Vesicles.- The Effects of Drugs on Axonal Transport of Amine Storage Granules.- Invited Comment.- Session 2a Mechanism of Transmitter Release with Special Reference to the Problem of Exocytosis (I).- Opening Remarks.- Immunological Properties of Chromogranin.- Immunohistochemical Localization of Chromogranins in Sheep Sympathetic Neurons and their Release by Nerve Impulses.- Session 2b Mechanism of Transmitter Release with Special Reference to the Problem of Exocytosis (II).- Quantal Aspects of the Secretion of Catecholamines and Dopamine-?-hydroxylase from the Adrenal Medulla.- Some Aspects of the Quantal Release of the Adrenergic Transmitter.- Some Further Aspects on the Release of the Adrenergic Transmitter.- Quantal or Graded Secretion of Adrenal Medullary Hormone and Sympathetic Neurotransmitter.- Session 3 Chemical Sympathectomy.- Chemical Sympathectomy with 6-Hydroxydopamine.- Session 4a Effects of Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines (I).- Effect of Some Metabolic Factors and Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines in vitro and in vivo.- Saturation of the Uptake of Noradrenaline as a Determinant of Pharmacological Effects.- Cholinomimetic Drugs and Release of the Adrenergic Transmitter.- Session 4b Effects of Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines (II).- Membrane Effects of Catecholamine Releasing Drugs.- Effect of Angiotensin on Noradrenaline Release of the Isolated Rabbit Heart.- Neuronal and Hormonal Control of Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase Activity.- Session 4c Effects of Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines (III).- Effect of Drugs on AmineUptake Mechanisms in the Brain.- Release of Monoamines in the Central Nervous System.- The Effect of Different Neuroleptic Drugs on the Monoamine Neurons of the Rat Brain.- Release of Catecholamines from the Hypothalamus by Drugs and Electrical Stimulation.- Session 5.- General Discussion.- Author Index.Table of ContentsWelcome.- Opening Remarks.- Session 1 Origin and Axonal Transport of Adrenergic Nerve Granules.- Studies on the Origin of the Granulated and Non-granulated Vesicles.- Discussion.- The Effects of Drugs on Axonal Transport of Amine Storage Granules.- Discussion.- Invited Comment.- Discussion.- Session 2a Mechanism of Transmitter Release with Special Reference to the Problem of Exocytosis (I).- Opening Remarks.- Immunological Properties of Chromogranin.- Discussion.- Immunohistochemical Localization of Chromogranins in Sheep Sympathetic Neurons and their Release by Nerve Impulses.- Discussion.- Session 2b Mechanism of Transmitter Release with Special Reference to the Problem of Exocytosis (II).- Quantal Aspects of the Secretion of Catecholamines and Dopamine-?-hydroxylase from the Adrenal Medulla.- Discussion.- Some Aspects of the Quantal Release of the Adrenergic Transmitter.- Discussion.- Some Further Aspects on the Release of the Adrenergic Transmitter.- Discussion.- Quantal or Graded Secretion of Adrenal Medullary Hormone and Sympathetic Neurotransmitter.- Discussion.- Session 3 Chemical Sympathectomy.- Chemical Sympathectomy with 6-Hydroxydopamine.- Discussion.- Session 4a Effects of Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines (I).- Effect of Some Metabolic Factors and Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines in vitro and in vivo.- Discussion.- Saturation of the Uptake of Noradrenaline as a Determinant of Pharmacological Effects.- Discussion.- Cholinomimetic Drugs and Release of the Adrenergic Transmitter.- Discussion.- Session 4b Effects of Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines (II).- Membrane Effects of Catecholamine Releasing Drugs.- Discussion.- Effect of Angiotensin on Noradrenaline Release of the Isolated Rabbit Heart.- Discussion.- Neuronal and Hormonal Control of Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase Activity.- Discussion.- Session 4c Effects of Drugs on Uptake and Release of Catecholamines (III).- Effect of Drugs on Amine Uptake Mechanisms in the Brain.- Discussion.- Release of Monoamines in the Central Nervous System.- Discussion.- The Effect of Different Neuroleptic Drugs on the Monoamine Neurons of the Rat Brain.- Discussion.- Release of Catecholamines from the Hypothalamus by Drugs and Electrical Stimulation.- Discussion.- Session 5.- General Discussion.- Author Index.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Current Topics in Pathology 58
Table of ContentsExperimental Metabolic Disorders and the Subcellular Reaction Pattern (Morphometric of Hepatocyte Mitochondria). With 25 Figures.- Insulitis - A Morphological Review. With 18 Figures.- Cytologic and Histologic Aspects of Toxically Induced Liver. With 8 Figures.- Age-Related Bone Changes (Histomorphometric Investigation of the Structure of Human Cancellous Bone). With 15 Figures.- Perinatal and Newborn Deaths (Necropsy Findings in 970 Term, Preterm and Small-for-Date Births). With 3 Figures.- Author Index.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Current Problems in the Epidemiology of Cancer and Lymphomas: Symposium of the Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung der Krebskrankheiten Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. Düsseldorf, 4th-6th November, 1971
Table of ContentsOpening Remarks.- General Problems.- The World Health Organization’s Programme for the Histopathological Definition and Classification of Tumours.- Investigation on the Epidemiological Significance of Detailed Cancer Data—Preliminary Results.- Respiratory Tract.- Multiplicity of Lung Tumour Classifications.- The Significance of Asbestos in Tissue.- Thyroid Gland.- Histologic Classification as a Problem in the Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer.- Leukemia and Thyroid Carcinoma Found among A-Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima.- Alimentary Tract.- Migrant Studies in Alimentary Tract Cancer.- Histological Types of Gastric Cancer and its Relationship with Intestinal Metaplasia.- Liver.- Primary Carcinomas of the Liver in Hong Kong. Some Possible Aetiological Factors.- Recent Techniques and Hypotheses in the Epidemiology of Liver Cancer.- The Aflatoxins and Human Liver Cancer.- Prostate.- Latent Carcinoma of the Prostate.- Mortality and Morbidity of Prostatic Carcinoma.- The Incidence of Carcinoma of Prostate: An Epidemiological Survey.- Other Genital Organs.- Correlates of Histologic Differentiation of Carcinoma of the Penis Results from a Five Year Survey in Uganda, 1964—1968.- Cervical Carcinogenesis: An Epidemiologic Model Adaptable to Control Pro gram.- Breast.- Hormones in the Aetiology and Clinical Course of Breast Cancer.- The Ovarian Etiology of Human Breast Cancer.- Lymphomas.- Primary Intestinal Lymphoma: Clinical Manifestations and Possible Effect of Environmental Factors.- Detection and Assessment of Case Clustering in Burkitt’s Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s Disease.- Epidemiologic and Immunologic Considerations on the Pathogenesis of Burkitt’s Tumor.- Etiology of Burkitt’s Lymphoma.- Epidemics of Hodgkin’s Disease.- Hodgkin’s Disease in Childhood—An Epidemiological Study in Northern Ger many.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Experimental and Clinical Effects of L-Asparaginase: International Symposium of Experimtal and Clinical Effects of L-Asparaginase, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1969
Table of ContentsOpening Remarks.- I. L-Asparaginase and the Asparagine Metabolism.- Asparaginase and Cancer — Yesterday and Today.- L-Asparaginase: Early Findings and Current Studies on the Metabolism of L-Asparagine in Lymphoma Cells.- Studies on the Control of Asparagine Biosynthesis in Mamalian Tissues.- II. Preparative Aspects.- Isolation and Crystallisation of L-Asparaginase from E. coli.- Biochemical Characterization of L-Asparaginases from E. coli.- Some Physicochemical Aspects of L-Asparaginase Therapy.- III. Pharmacokinetics.- The Distribution and Clearance of L-Asparaginase.- Pharmacokinetic Behavior of L-Asparaginase in Men and in Animals.- The Partitioning of L-Asparaginase between Blood and Lymph.- Critical Influence of an Enzyme-Elevating Virus upon Long-Term Remissions of Mouse Leukemia Following Asparaginase Therapy.- IV. Experimental Effects.- Experimental Studies with L-Asparaginase in Mouse Leukemias.- Experimental Investigations on Problems of the Clinical Use of L-Asparaginase.- Studies on the Glutaminase Activity of E. coli Asparaginase in Tissue Culture.- L-Asparaginase in the Treatment of Neoplastic Diseases of the Dog, Cat and Cow.- The Cytomorphological Effects of L-Asparaginase in Sensitive Cells.- Inhibitation by L-Asparaginase from E. coli of Human Malignant Melanoma Cells Growing in vitro.- Influence of L-Asparaginase Preparations of E. coli and Agouti Serum on the Homograft Reactivity in the Mouse.- Studies on the Immunosuppressive Activity of L-Asparaginase.- Experimental Immunosuppression with L-Asparaginase.- V. Animal Toxicity.- Experimental Studies on the Toxicity of Crasnitin in Animals.- VI. Resistance Problems.- The Effect of Asparaginase on Some Animal-Tumors.- Studies of Resistance to L-Asparaginase in Human Leukemia.- The Antigenicity of E. coli-Asparaginase.- Studies on Antibody Formation in Patients Treated with L-Asparaginase.- VII. Clinical Effects and Side Effects.- Treatment of Acute Leukemia with L-Asparaginase.- Clinical Experience with L-Asparaginase.- Clinical Experience with L-Asparaginase.- Results of a Cooperative Study with L-Asparaginase in Human Leukemias. Report of the Section “Oncology” of the Paul-Ehrlich-Society for Chemotherapy.- Clinical Experience with L-Asparaginase.- Treatment of Acute Leukemia with L-Asparaginase — Preliminary Results on 84 Cases.- The Place of the L-Asparaginase in the Treatment of Acute Leukemias.- With Reference to Blastogenesis Inhibition by L-Asparaginase.- Some Clinical Observations on the Treatment with L-Asparaginase of the Acute Leukemias.- Clinical Trials of Asparaginase in Chemotherapy-Resistant Acute Leukemias.- Use of Asparaginase in Conjunction with Cytosine Arabinoside in Acute Leukemia in Children.- Clinical Studies with L-Asparaginase in Dermatomyositis.- Blood Coagulation Changes under L-Asparaginase Therapy.- The Hemostatic Defect Induced by Treatment with Asparaginase in Leukemia.- Dysmetabolic and Neurological Complications in Leukemic Patients Treated with L-Asparaginase.- A Summary of the Clinical Status of Asparaginase.
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Springer Verlag GmbH Proceedings of the 6th European Congress of Neurosurgery: Organized by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Paris, July 15–20, 1979. Vol. 1
Book SynopsisOrganized by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Paris, July 15-20, 1979Table of ContentsPrognostic Assessment of Coma in Relation to Age.- Adding up the Glasgow Coma Score.- Protocol for Reception, Management, and Assessment of Head Injuries.- Eye Movements as a Prognostic Factor.- The Clinical Criteria in Gravity Assessment of Acute Head Injuries Associated With Coma.- Combined Clinical and EEG Examinations for Assessment of Severity of Acute Head Injuries.- Using the Spectral Analysis of the EEG for Prognosis of Severe Brain Injuries in the First Post-Traumatic Week.- Prognostic Aspects of Electroclinical and Neuroendocrine Data in Severe Brain Injury.- Early Prognosis After Severe Human Head Injury Utilizing Multimodality Evoked Potentials.- Heart Rate Studies in Association With Electroencephalography (EEG) as a Means of Assessing the Progress of Head Injuries.- Prognostic Information From EEG and ICP Monitoring After Severe Closed Head Injuries in the Early Post-Traumatic Phase.- Symptoms of Temporal Lobe Contusions in the Early Period Post-Trauma.- Significance of Intracranial Pressure and Neurological Deficit as Prognostic Factors in Acute Severe Brain Lesions.- Prognostic Value of the Intracranial Pressure Levels During the Acute Phase of Severe Head Injuries.- The Prognostic Value of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring After Severe Head Injuries.- Prognostic Signs During Continuous Monitoring of the Ventricular Fluid Pressure in Patients With Severe Brain Injury.- CT, EEG, and ICP Recordings During Intensive Care of Acute Head Injuries.- CT Scan, ICP, and Early Neurological Evaluation in the Prognosis of Severe Head Injury.- Post-Traumatic Acute Rise of ICP Related to Subclinical Epileptic Seizures.- Serum Myelin Basic Protein, Clinical Responsiveness, and Outcome of Severe Head Injury.- The Significance of Cerebral and Systemic Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Early Prognosis of Brain Injury.- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Related to Outcome in Head Injury.- Prognostic Significance of the Changes in the Carbohydrate Metabolism in Severe Head Injury.- CKBB-Isoenzymes as a Sign of Cerebral Injury.- Disturbances of the Carbohydrate Metabolism in Acute Head Trauma.- The Prognostic Value of Osmolality Within the First Week of Sustaining Head Injury.- Post-Traumatic Amnesia, Post-Concussional Symptoms, and Accident Neurosis.- Burdens Imposed on the Relatives of Those With Severe Brain Damage Due to Injury.- The Nature of Physical, Mental and Social Deficits Contributing to the Categories of Good Recovery, Moderate and Severe Disability in the Glasgow Global Outcome Scale.- Long-Term Prognosis After Severe Head Injury.- Factors Determining Prognosis in Acute Subdural Haematoma.- Factors Influencing the Outcome of Coma in Severely Injured Patients.- Age and Outcome of Severe Head Injury.- Early Prognosis of Severe Head Injuries in Children.- Prognosis in Diffuse Injury.- Prognosis in Patients With Severe Head Injury.- Prognostic Factors in Acute Head Injuries—Brain Stem Contusion During the First Week.- Prognosis of the Individual Patient With Severe Head Injury.- Predicting the Outcome of Individual Patients in the First Week After Severe Head Injury.- Head Injury Prognosis: Calculations From Clinical Data.- Predicting Outcome After Severe Head Injury—A Computer-Assisted Analysis of Neurological Symptoms and Laboratory Values.- Risk Factors in Severe Head Injury.- The Prediction of Outcome of Patients Admitted Following Head Injury in Coma With Bilateral Fixed Pupils.- Forecasting Peculiarities of Intracerebral Pressure and Local Cerebral Blood Flow Data and Methods of Outcome Forecasting in the Early Postoperative Period.- Sleep Alterations During Post-Traumatic Coma as a Possible Predictor of Cognitive Defects.- Assessment of Outcome Following Large Decompressive Craniectomy in Management of Serious Cerebral Contusion.- Outcome of Acute Subdural Haematoma Following Decompressive Hemicraniectomy.- Early Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Intracranial Haematomas and Laceration Foci as the Main Factor for Favourable Prognosis.- Local CBF in the Laceration Focus in Patients With Craniocerebral Trauma.- Brain Injuries—Causes of Death, and Life Expectancy.- On Comparing Series of Head Injured Patients.- Effect of Therapy on Prognosis of Cerebral Contusions.- The Assessment of the Efficacy of Different Therapies for Severe Head Injuries.- Phenomena Associated With Focal Ischaemia in the Central Nervous System.- Experimental Cerebral Hypoxia and Ischaemia in Cats.- Experimental Middle Cerebral Artery Embolization and Embolectomy.- Pentothal Protection for Delay Cerebral Revascularization.- Techniques of End-To-Side Anastomosis—Experimental Evaluation and Clinical Findings.- A New Technique for End-To-Side Anastomosis Between Small Arteries.- A Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) Study of the Re-Endothelialization of the Carotid End-To-Side Anastomosis in the Rat.- Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Endothelial Surface of Small Diameter Vein Grafts in Rats Treated With Heparin.- Venous Patch in Arteries of 1 mm External Diameter.- Application of Magnetobiological Effects in Restorative Cerebral Angiosurgery.- Microvascular Repair With Neodymium-YAG Laser.- Surgical Possibilities in the Third Portion of the Vertebral Artery (Above C2).- Assessment of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Using the XE-133 Inhalation Method in Patients Undergoing EIAB Surgery.- Cortical Arterial Pressure in Extra-Intracranial Anastomosis.- Animal Experiments With Doppler Flow Transducers.- The Role of Anastomoses in Brain Circulation.- Cerebral Revascularization With Extra-Intracranial Anastomoses for Vascular Lesions of Traumatic Malformative, and Tumours Origin.- Prevention of Brain Stem Stroke by Microvascular Anastomosis.- The Importance of the Early Diagnosis of Preocclusive Carotid Artery Lesions.- Microsurgical Approach to Bilateral Carotid Artery Occlusion.- Tandem Lesions of the Internal Carotid Arteries and Their Management.- Multiple Angiographic Studies and Tri-Dimensional Assessment of Regional Cerebral Perfusion on Patients Treated by EC-IC Bypass.- ExtraIntracranial Cerebral Anastomosis Operation in Acute Ischaemia as an Emergency.- EICA in Transient Ischaemic Attacks and Neurological Deficits.- Extra-Intracranial Anastomosis in Patients With Completed Strokes.- Effect of Extra-Intracranial Arterial Bypass (EIAB) on Cerebral Circulation and EEG.- Advantage of Using Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HO) in Combination With Extra-Intracranial Arterial Bypass (EIAB) in the Treatment of Completed Stroke.- Six Hundred Endovascular Neurosurgical Procedures in Vascular Pathology.- Endovascular Method of Excluding From the Circulation Saccular Cerebral Arterial Aneurysms, Leaving Intact Vessels Patient.
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Springer Verlag GmbH Stereotactic Treatment of Epilepsy: Symposium under the Sponsorship of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Bratislava 1975
Book Synopsishas further broadened controversial though this subject and indeed the results of amygdaloidotomy may be. lt was Jinnai in 1963 who first published his work on the control of intractable epilepsy by interruption of conduction pathways of the epileptic discharge using stereotactic lesions in the field of Forel. This was followed by lesions in the thalamus by Mullen in 1967, and by capsular lesions by Bertrand in 1970 and myself in 1971. In the macroscopic form this was carried out by section of the inter hemispheric cerebral connections by open operation by Vogel in 1969. This has been an important contribution to knowledge of the basic mechanisms of the propagation of the epileptic discharge and to our understanding of brain function but I would look to stereotactic techniques for the greater development potential. There are, of course, limitations. Bilateral lesions of effective size are difficult to achieve without side effects, particularly in respect of speech (notably dysarthria) and yet are essential if intractable epilepsy is to be con trolled in severity and frequency. Increased accuracy of target siting and control of the size of lesion are not the whole answer for inevi tably there are areas where important neuronal circuits are very crowded. But we should not underestimate the contribution of surgery. Increasingly the medical therapy of epilepsy is under scrutiny.Table of Contents“Chronic” Electrodes in SEEG Exploration of Partial Epilepsies.- The Role of Focal and Extrafocal Structures in the Triggering of Epileptic Spikes: An Experimental Study.- The Value of Electrostimulation in Epileptic Focus Localization.- Graphic Representation of the Epileptic Focus.- Stereoelectrosubcorticography in Epilepsy, the Focus and Epileptogenic System.- An Analysis of Routine-EEG-Findings with a View to Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy.- The Seizure Active Site Demonstrated by Chronically Implanted Electrodes.- Multifocal Epilepsy: Surgical Treatment after Stereo-EEG Study.- The Motor Mechanism of Some Types of Epilepsy.- Clinical and Electrophysiological Effects of Chronic Epileptic Lesion in Split-Brain Cats.- Determination of the Functional Hierarchy in Multifocal Epilepsy.- Computer Analysis of the Telemetered EEG in the Study of Epilepsy and Schizophrenia.- Investigation of Epileptic Structure Properties by Transfer Function.- Catecholamine Levels in Penicillin-Induced Epileptic Focus of the Cat Cerebral Cortex.- Antivitamin B6 Induced Ultrastructural Changes in the Hippocampus of the Convulsant Rabbit and Its Biochemical Correlates.- Formation of Glutamate and GABA in Epileptogenic Tissue from Human Hippocampus in vitro.- Anatomical Rationale of Ablative Surgery for Temporal Lobe Seizures and Dyscontrol: Suggested Stereo-Chemode Chelate-Blockade Alternative.- Carotis Hexobarbital Test; a Method for Investigation of Interhemispherial Synchrony in Generalized Spike-Wave Mechanisms.- Anatomo-Physiological Variability of Deep Brain Structures and Stereo-Neurosurgery of Epilepsy.- Some Electrophysiological Characteristics of the Spontaneous Activity of the Amygdala and Effect of Hypothalamic Stimulation on the Amygdalar Units Responses.- Contribution to Surgical Terminology in Epilepsy.- Conventional Surgery in Epilepsy.- Application with Classic Craniotomy in the Treatment of Focal Epilepsy.- Stereotactic Treatment of Epilepsy in the Light of Pathophysiological Disease Concept.- Forel-H-Tomy for the Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy.- Stereotactic Fornicotomy in Temporal Epilepsy: Indications and Long-Term Results.- Late Results of Stereotactic Surgery of Epilepsy Predominantly Temporal Lobe Type.- Stereo-Electroencephalographic Exploration and Epilepsia Partialis Continua.- Basic Targets and the Different Epilepsies.- Effects of Stereotactic Operations in the Treatment of Epilepsies—Neurological Aspects.- Effects of Stereotactic Lesions in Intractable Epilepsy.- New Possibilities of Stereotactic Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE).- Results of Amygdalotomy and Fornicotomy in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Behaviour Disorders.- Stereotactic Amygdalotomy in the Light of Neut.opsychological Investigations.- Stereotactic Surgery of the Limbic System in Epilepsy.- Stereotactic Lesions of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in Epilepsy.- Lessons from Amygdaloid Surgery in Long-Term Observation.- Evaluation of Psychopathological Changes in Epileptic Personality after Stereotactic Treatment.- Centrencephalic Epilepsy and Suboccipital Derivations.- Some Observations in Treatment Stimulation of Epilepsy.- Stereotactic Lesions for the Control of Intractable Epilepsy.- Experiences with Pharmacological Methods for the Lateralization of Temporal Epileptic Foci.
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