Making Sense of Exercise Testing

Making Sense of Exercise Testing
Author: Robert B. Schoene
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-08-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 042989368X

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts. It provides normal physiology integrated with indications for and evaluation of disease states. With a fresh clinical approach, it helps answer reoccurring questions.

Making Sense of Lung Function Tests

Making Sense of Lung Function Tests
Author: Jonathan Dakin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315355353

Respiratory problems are the most common cause of acute admission to hospital. A variety of diagnostic investigations are required, both for acute and clinic assessment. Making Sense of Lung Function Tests, Second Edition familiarises both trainees and more experienced clinicians with the interpretation of a range of respiratory parameters. It places lung function in a clinical context using real-life examples and provides invaluable hands-on guidance. For this second edition Consultant Respiratory Physician Jonathan Dakin and Consultant Anaesthetist Elena Kourteli are joined by Mark Mottershaw, Chief Respiratory Physiologist from Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, all contributing a broad range of expertise and perspectives. Together they have updated the book throughout and added new chapters including an algorithm for interpretation of pulmonary function tests, exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The text offers a clear explanation of the concepts which students find difficult, including: The basis of obstructive and restrictive defects Pattern recognition of the flow volume loop Differences between TLCO and KCO Assessment of oxygenation using PO2 and SO2 The basis of Type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure Distinguishing respiratory and metabolic acidosis The relationship between sleep and respiratory failure The information is presented in an accessible way, suitable for those seeking a basic grounding in spirometry or blood gases, but also sufficiently comprehensive for readers completing specialist training in general or respiratory medicine.

Making Sense of Lung Function Tests

Making Sense of Lung Function Tests
Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1444113909

This pocket-sized handbook presents the many commonly performed tests of respiratory function, investigations that are to respiratory medicine what the ECG is to cardiology. Up to one third of emergency admissions are related to breathing difficulties of one sort or another, and a variety of diagnostic investigations are required. Familiarity with the interpretation of a range of respiratory parameters is therefore a fundamental skill to be acquired during training and improved upon throughout clinical practice. Providing invaluable 'hands-on' guidance for trainees in anaesthetics, medicine and pulmonary function, and also acting as a useful ready reference for the experienced clinician, Making Sense of Lung Function Tests places lung function in a clinical context using 'real-life' examples. The book integrates an understanding of the physiological principles underlying lung function with their interpretation in clinical practice. In reading Making Sense of Lung Function Tests the trainee physician will improve knowledge of the mechanical measurements of lung function, gain understanding of lung capacity and flow rates, be able to monitor the effectiveness of respiration, e.g. through blood gas analysis, and, as a result, will learn quickly how to manage patients requiring lung function tests appropriately and with confidence.

Making Sense of the ECG

Making Sense of the ECG
Author: Andrew Houghton
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2008-05-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1444109693

Electrocardiography is one of the most common investigations performed by physicians, surgeons, general practitioners, nursing staff and paramedics. For cardiologists or those who read ECGs every day, pattern recognition in ECGs can become fairly straightforward; for most others even basic ECGs can present problems. If you are a non-expert, a train

Making Sense of Echocardiography

Making Sense of Echocardiography
Author: Andrew R. Houghton
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2023-08-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000916847

Key Features: • Covers not only the fundamentals of echocardiography including ultrasound physics, but also covers new technologies such as 3D echocardiography. • Provides a comprehensive approach for the echo trainee and also serves as a useful reference for more seasoned echocardiographers. • Incorporates current guidelines and reference intervals throughout.

Making Sense of Sleep Medicine

Making Sense of Sleep Medicine
Author: Karuna Datta
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2022-12-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000805271

This is a practical and patient-complaint focused handbook, directed to motivate non-sleep experts and beginners in sleep medicine and technology. This book provides a basic review of the area of sleep, identifies some common patient presentations and illustrates the types of investigations that should be requested. With sleep and breathing problems being so common and affecting many other chronic clinical conditions, it is important that primary care and other general physicians as well as allied health practitioners have a greater appreciation of this area. This text is a valuable “go-to” handbook for the occasional “sleep” practitioner to refer to. Key Features: • Contains specially packaged with Specific Learning Objectives to each chapter followed by self-assessment questions, case scenarios, basic sleep monitoring techniques in detail with sample reports. • Provides direction to health care professionals who encounter patients with sleep and breathing disorders in their practice. • Uses algorithms and concept maps for dealing with specific symptoms.

Making Sense of Exercise Testing

Making Sense of Exercise Testing
Author: Robert B. Schoene
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2018-08-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0429893698

This book makes sense of complex topics by distilling them to basic concepts. It provides normal physiology integrated with indications for and evaluation of disease states. With a fresh clinical approach, it helps answer reoccurring questions.

Making Sense of Data

Making Sense of Data
Author: J. H. Abramson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2001-09-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199759766

This self-instructional manual on the interpretation and use of epidemiologic data deals with the basic concepts and skills needed for the appraisal of published reports or one's own findings. Applications in clinical medicine, public health, community medicine, and research are all taken into consideration. Making Sense of Data is designed as a workbook of short exercises and instructional self-tests that introduce fundamental approaches and procedures in data interpretation and develop competency in working with epidemiologic tools. Basic concepts are presented in the first section, which also demonstrates the step-by-step assessment of data. The next section discusses rates and other simple measures, and the third shows how to judge their accuracy. Section IV and V deal with more complex issues of associations between variables and the appraisal of cause-effect relationships. Section VI deals with meta-analysis (the critical review and integration of the findings from separate studies) and section VII with the questions to be asked before deciding to apply study results in practice. Numerous changes have been made in this edition, including the addition of a section on the practical application of epidemiological findings, discussions of new topics (Cox proportional hazards regression, qualitative studies, ROC curves), and fresh examples.

Making Sense of Acute Medicine

Making Sense of Acute Medicine
Author: Paul Jenkins
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2010-04-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0340984252

The first 72 hours following assessment and admission to the emergency department are crucial to a patient's care. As the medical practitioner on duty, you need good diagnostic skills and the ability to formulate a quick, safe and appropriate management plan. Making Sense of Acute Medicine is here to help. This book is the perfect introduction to accurate diagnosis for medical students, newly qualified doctors and anyone intimately involved with the delivery of acute medical care. By focusing on the decision-making process in relation to common clinical presentations, Making Sense of Acute Medicine will assist you to: take an accurate history and examine the patient with a focused approach make appropriate investigations requests formulate suitable management plans

Making Sense II

Making Sense II
Author: Rachel Salisbury
Publisher:
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1938
Genre: English language
ISBN: