Decision Making in Medicine

Decision Making in Medicine
Author: Stuart B. Mushlin
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323041078

This popular reference facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic decision making for a wide range of common and often complex problems faced in outpatient and inpatient medicine. Comprehensive algorithmic decision trees guide you through more than 245 disorders organized by sign, symptom, problem, or laboratory abnormality. The brief text accompanying each algorithm explains the key steps of the decision making process, giving you the clear, clinical guidelines you need to successfully manage even your toughest cases. An algorithmic format makes it easy to apply the practical, decision-making approaches used by seasoned clinicians in daily practice. Comprehensive coverage of general and internal medicine helps you successfully diagnose and manage a full range of diseases and disorders related to women's health, emergency medicine, urology, behavioral medicine, pharmacology, and much more. A Table of Contents arranged by organ system helps you to quickly and easily zero in on the information you need. More than a dozen new topics focus on the key diseases and disorders encountered in daily practice. Fully updated decision trees guide you through the latest diagnostic and management guidelines.

Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Techniques for the General Surgeon

Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Techniques for the General Surgeon
Author: V. Suzanne Klimberg
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030401960

This book covers an up-to-date review of advances in the management strategies for patients with breast cancer and their co-morbidities. Oncoplasty has become the standard of care for breast conservation surgery and can lead to improving aesthetic outcomes of breast cancer surgery, without compromising oncological outcomes. The goal of the text is to increase the competencies and performance of healthcare professionals involved in treating this patient population, which will ultimately improve the aesthetic outcomes, quality of life and overall survival of patients with breast disease and breast cancer. Written by experts in the field, chapters address a wide range of breast surgery techniques that help the general surgeon provide improved oncologic and aesthetic results for patients. The authors have detailed not only best practice for conventional procedures but also new and evolving techniques. Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Techniques for the General Surgeon serves as a valuable resource not only for medical students but also for the general surgeon seeking to improve results in private practice and for professors learning and teaching new breast surgery techniques.

Pet bird diseases and care

Pet bird diseases and care
Author: Indranil Samanta
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789811036736

This book provides fundamental information on pet birds, menaces, and advances made in the diagnosis and treatment of menaces. It is the only book covering all species of pet birds, menaces and their individual management. The handful of related books available worldwide are largely outdated and focus on a single species or breed of pet bird. The book encompasses the history of bird keeping, common breeds of birds, their nutritional requirements, list of zoonotic diseases transmitted by birds and guideline for their prevention. It covers infectious, non-infectious clinical and metabolic diseases, and toxicity in detail with a special focus on the history of diseases, etiology, affected hosts, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment. Separate chapters detail relevant diagnostic techniques, management and care practices, including updated information. The book offers an invaluable guide for students and teachers in the field of (avian) veterinary medicine, scientists/research scholars working in related fields, and avian medicine practitioners, as well as all those progressive bird owners who want to know the basics of their care and management.

Perineal and Anal Sphincter Trauma

Perineal and Anal Sphincter Trauma
Author: Abdul H Sultan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1846285038

This book clarifies and explains perineal anatomy and the pathophysiology of anal incontinence as well as applied pharmacology. It also institutes the new recommended classification of perineal tears, and describes anal sphincter repair techniques. The emphasis is on correct post-operative management, management of pregnancy following previous anal sphincter injury, and prevention of anal sphincter tears. The book will interest students, colorectal surgeons, physiotherapists, midwives, continence advisors, labour wards and lawyers.

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Author: wim ceelen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2007-03-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0387489932

This is the first volume to provide a multidisciplinary approach to peritoneal carcinomatosis encompassing molecular mechanisms, histopathology, regional and systemic cytotoxic therapy, and surgical options. Illustrations aid the reader throughout in the many facets of this disease. The book will be of particular interest for medical, surgical and gynecological oncologists faced with the complexities of decision making in patients suffering from PC.

Who's who in America

Who's who in America
Author: John William Leonard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1374
Release: 1901
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.

Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Author: Keyvan Nouri
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2012-03-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1447121511

This book is written for dermatologists, otolaryngologists, facial plastic surgeons and any physician who want to provide state of the art treatment for skin cancer patients. Considering the high incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers such as Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (accounting for over one million cases per year in the United States) and since Mohs Micrographic Surgery has become the treatment of choice for these skin cancers, the popularity of this technique has been increasing dramatically, worldwide.