Product Description: Both a dedicated website and a critically acclaimed reference, Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 4th e-dition provides readers with all of the latest scientific and clinical advances in the field. Over 170 international experts present the most recent data, management guidelines, and treatments for the full range of sleep problems—all in a versatile multimedia format that keeps users absolutely current.
Product Description: Diving and Subaquatic Medicine is a concise and clinically authoritative guide to all aspects of diving medicine. It encompasses the full range of diving disorders exhibited by both amateur and professional deep sea divers, presenting each medical disorder from an historical, etiological, clinical, pathological, preventative and therapeutic perspective. Explanations are interspersed with relevant case histories, illustrations, boxed summaries and highlighted key points for rapid reference, whilst introductory chapters on physics, physiology, and equipment make the book invaluable reading for those new to the field. The new edition has been completely revised throughout to include the latest research and diving data, as well as important coverage of newly described diseases of diving, modern types of diving and diving equipment, and free and indigenous diving. Comprehensive appendices contain vital diving data.
Product Description: University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Proceedings of the 12th Biomedical Simulations Resource Short Course on Bioengineering Approaches to Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine, held May 30, 1995 in Seattle, Washington.
Product Description: The immuno-compromised patient is more susceptible to a broader range of infections than others, and infections of the respiratory tract are among the first and most common to be encountered.
In this book the authors review current options for management for a group of patients that present unique challenges to the clinician, and for whom the choices of effective therapy are often limited.
Most up to date book available dedicated specifically to this topic
Major management issue in respiratory medicine for critical care, transplant and cancer patients
Reviews important new advances in therapeutics, including drug resistance
Product Description: The article is excerpted from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.
Disease/disorder articles contain some or all of the following sections:
Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism that produces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibility to the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used to diagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested and when; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care or management of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physical therapy, etc.
Alternative treatments -- overview of alternative/complementary therapies that may be used to treat the condition
Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring
Test/treatment articles contain some or all of the following sections:
Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the test/treatment
Purposes -- why and when this test/treatment is prescribed
Precautions -- when this test/treatment should not be prescribed
Descriptions -- overview of the test/treatment including cost, length of time required, procedures followed, whether typically covered by insurance
Preparation -- pre-test treatment procedures, if any
Aftercare -- post-test treatment procedures, if any
Risks -- any complications/side effects commonly associated with the test/treatment
Normal results -- for tests, describes the normal values; for treatments, describes the anticipated outcomes
Diving Medicine by: Alfred A. Bove, Jefferson Davis 15 used from $72.10 24 Thirdparty New from $77.20 Edition: 4 Media: Hardcover EAN: 9780721694245 ISBN: 0721694241 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: 2003-10-10 Publisher: Saunders
Product Description: Diving Medicine has earned a worldwide reputation as the definitive source on diving safety and the management of diving-related health conditions. The New, 4th Edition has been completely revised and updated while still retaining its practical clinical orientation. It covers basic diving physiology • the pathophysiology of decompression sickness • assessment of physical fitness for diving • diagnosis and treatment of diving-related disorders • and much more.
Product Description: The article is excerpted from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.
Disease/disorder articles contain some or all of the following sections:
Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism that produces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibility to the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used to diagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested and when; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care or management of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physical therapy, etc.
Alternative treatments -- overview of alternative/complementary therapies that may be used to treat the condition
Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring
Test/treatment articles contain some or all of the following sections:
Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the test/treatment
Purposes -- why and when this test/treatment is prescribed
Precautions -- when this test/treatment should not be prescribed
Descriptions -- overview of the test/treatment including cost, length of time required, procedures followed, whether typically covered by insurance
Preparation -- pre-test treatment procedures, if any
Aftercare -- post-test treatment procedures, if any
Risks -- any complications/side effects commonly associated with the test/treatment
Normal results -- for tests, describes the normal values; for treatments, describes the anticipated outcomes
Product Description: The issue provides a valuable, updated resource on PAH, including topics such as epidemiology; assessing response to therapy; pathology; genetics and mediators; diagnosis; standard therapies; endothelin receptor antagonists prostanoids, and nitric oxide pathway in the treatment of PAH; combination therapy and new types of agents; surgical therapies; porto-pulmonary hypertension; and pulmonary hypertension associated with respiratory diseases, left heart disease, congenital heart disease, and thromboembolic disease. This issue provides a definitive handbook on the most important topics in PAH.
Product Description: This authoritative text is written by leaders in pulmonary rehabilitation. It is clearly written, logically organized, well referenced, and emphasizes evidence-based practice and a contemporary multidisciplinary approach. Offering unrivaled depth, this edition updates coverage of the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation, therapeutic interventions, smoking cessation, exercise training, and much more as well as important research such as the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report. This text prepares students for the Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) exam and the written registry and clinical simulations portions of the Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) exams.
Information on existing techniques and procedures is expanded and updated in chapters on lung transplantation, functional performance assessment and training, and the management of pulmonary rehabilitation services.Illustrations, photographs, tables, and boxes address new and important information, reinforcing and simplifying the material.A hard cover and portable size offer durability and convenience.Reader-friendly features in each chapter include an outline, professional skills objectives, and a summary, allowing easy access to content and highlighting important concepts and ideas.
New chapters covering new advances and discoveries in respiratory care:
Systemic Effects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DisordersComplementary Alternative Medicine for Patients with Chronic Lung DiseasePulmonary Rehabilitation and Lung Volume Reduction SurgeryManagement of and Reimbursement for Pulmonary Rehabilitation ServicesExercise and Pulmonary Hypertension
New and revised illustrations and photographs.Expanded coverage of patients with respiratory diseases other than COPD as well as pediatric pulmonary patients.New and revised pedagogy including chapter outlines and updated objectivesEnhanced chaptersAddresses the latest research and reports including The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report recommending pulmonary rehabilitation.
