Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)

Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
Author: Bruno J. Vellas
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1999
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3805568037

This book is the first of a new series which will present the proceedings of the newly established Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series: Clinical & Performance Programme aimed at adult nutrition. Undernutrition is a common phenomenon in elderly people, and malnutrition reaches significant levels in those being in hospital, nursing homes or home care programs. Consequences of malnutrition often go unrecognised owing to the lack of specific validated instruments to assess nutritional status in frail elderly persons. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) provides a single, rapid assessment of nutritional status in the elderly of different degrees of independence, allowing the prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition to be determined and to evaluate the efficacy of nutritional intervention and strategies. Easy, quick and economical to perform, it enables staff to check the nutritional status of elderly people when they enter hospitals or institutions and to monitor changes occurring during their stay. Moreover, the MNA is predictive of the cost of care and length of stay in hospital. This publication will be of immense assistance to heads of geriatric teaching units, teachers in nutrition, clinicians general practitioners and dieticians, enabling them to better detect, recognise and start treatment of malnutrition in the elderly.

Clinical CT

Clinical CT
Author: Suzanne Henwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1999-01-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781900151566

Aims to give radiographers working in CT on a regular basis an extended knowledge of CT protocols and how they should be adapted to optimise image quality.

The Great Pox

The Great Pox
Author: Jon Arrizabalaga
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300069341

A century and a half after the Black Death killed over a third of the population of Western Europe, a new plague swept across the continent. The Great Pox - commonly known as the French Disease - brought a different kind of horror: instead of killing its victims rapidly, it endured in their bodies for years, causing acute pain, disfigurement and ultimately an agonising death. The authors analyse the symptoms of the Great Pox and the identity of patients, richly documented in the records of the massive hospital of 'incurables' established in early sixteenth-century Rome. They show how the disease threw accepted medical theory and practice into confusion and provoked public disputations among university teachers. And at the most practical level they reveal the plight of its victims at all levels of society, from ecclesiastical lords to the poor who begged in the streets. Examining a range of contexts from princely courts and republics to university faculties, confraternities and hospitals, the authors argue powerfully for a historical understanding of the Great Pox based on contemporary perceptions rather than on a retrospective diagnosis of what later generations came to know as 'syphilis'.

Long Live the Free Pericardium !

Long Live the Free Pericardium !
Author: Montserrat Gascon Segundo
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand France
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2012
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 2810622434

This book explains in a clear and simple way what life is and how it flows within our cells, between people and through people. It is a practical manual that will help us to "feel" life, to vibrate and breathe the life inside of our bodies and of all living beings. A key focus of this work is how emotional impact affects our pericardium, which is the membrane that envelops, maintains and protects the heart.

Middle Ear Surgery

Middle Ear Surgery
Author: Henning Hildmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2006-10-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3540476717

This comprehensive, richly illustrated textbook provides a systematic approach to frequent otological operations. Procedures in surgery of the ear canal, acute and chronic middle ear diseases, otosclerosis, cochlear implantation and vertigo are visualized step-by-step to acquaint the beginner with proven surgical repertoires. The book is written by two famous experts, and even the experienced surgeon will find valuable hints and suggestions to facilitate routine middle ear operations.

Operative Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Operative Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery
Author: Mark E. Easley
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 2722
Release: 2016-08-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1496363353

Achieve the best outcomes with expert, practical, highly visual guidance! This expert clinical reference features just the foot and ankle surgery content from Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, the comprehensive 4-volume set edited by Sam W. Wiesel, MD. Ideal for practitioners who wish to focus on mastering today’s best foot and ankle surgery procedures, it you step-by-step through each technique in a consistent manner, using concise, bulleted text, full-color illustrations, and full-color intraoperative photographs to clearly convey exactly what to look for and how to proceed.

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
Author: Christina Marshall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2019-06-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781641160735

Bioinformatics is a rapidly growing branch of science, which integrates the concepts of biology, engineering, mathematics and computer science in order to develop software tools. These tools are used in analyzing and interpreting biological data. Functional genomics is a sub-field of molecular biology, which uses the tools of bioinformatics to understand the diverse aspects of genes such as regulation of gene expression, DNA sequencing, gene transcription, protein-protein interactions, etc. There has been rapid progress in these fields and their applications are finding their way across multiple industries. This book is compiled in such a manner, that it will provide in-depth information about the theory and practice of bioinformatics and functional genomics. Students, researchers, experts, geneticists, biologists and biological engineers will benefit alike from this book.

Stroke in Childhood

Stroke in Childhood
Author: Paediatric Stroke Working Group
Publisher: Royal College of Physicians
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2004
Genre: Brain
ISBN: 1860162363

Stroke occuring in childhood although less common, presents serious challenges. This guideline is based on the expertise of a multidisciplinary working group and include the views of patients, parents and families.

Técnicos Especialistas en Radiodiagnóstico. Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS). Temario específico. Vol.II

Técnicos Especialistas en Radiodiagnóstico. Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS). Temario específico. Vol.II
Author: Varios autores
Publisher: EDITORIAL CEP
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre:
ISBN: 846818246X

El presente manual contiene el material adecuado para la preparación eficaz de las pruebas de acceso a las plazas vacantes de Técnico Especialista en Radiodiagnóstico del Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS). El presente volumen desarrolla los temas 28 a 49 específicos correspondientes al temario específico establecido para la categoría profesional de Técnicos Especialistas en Radiodiagnóstico del Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS), según lo establecido en la convocatoria publicada en el BOJA núm. 182, de 21 de septiembre de 2016.