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This handbook offers sound, up-to-date, practical information and advice about the complete spectrum of approaches to contraception and reproductive sexual health. It gives detailed explanation of all contraceptive methods, including how to use them, contra-indications, interactions and the anxieties clients may have. Some of the problems encountered are highlighted and suggestions given as to how these may be resolved. This is the only current book on contraception written by a nurse and it discusses the role of the professional in detail.

This volume covers the three types of cross-sectional imaging that are in common use today - computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound (US). The book is a simplified text that illustrates how each modality can be most appropriately used. Using a clear and simple style, each section includes a description of the relevant technique, followed by illustrated anatomical examples of where the use of the modality is best considered. This book will be of help not just to medical students and junior doctors, but to many others working in the health profession.

At last, here's a practical, concise, and easy-to-use guide for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, allergic disorders, immunodeficiencies, and disorders of immune function in the neonate, child, and adolescent. Written and designed especially for use by the practitioner in general practice, an effective combination of concise text and useful summary features allows you to quickly assess and interpret presenting signs and symptoms and formulate an effective plan for management.Written by a leading expert in the field, "Essential Pediatric Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology" features: practical approaches to the assessment and treatment of Asthma, Food allergy, Urticaria and angioedema, Atopic dermatitis, Allergic rhinitis, Inherent immune deficiency, Recurrent infections and more; diagnostic principles of allergic and immunodeficiency disorders, with coverage of common presentations and differential diagnoses, including extensive coverage of investigation of allergies, pulmonary function studies, and laboratory testing; a very useful summary of therapeutic approaches in pediatric allergy and immunology, including drugs and delivery systems.This book also provides: in-depth coverage of childhood asthma, with case examples and updates on the latest practice guidelines and new understanding of the underlying pathophysiology; a concise review of the function and development of the immune system; summaries, lists, tables, and charts that effectively summarize information for ease of reference; clear, practical presentations on complex immune system issues. Allergic and immune deficiency disorders can be difficult to assess and manage. With its easy-to-use format, this handy reference provides practical, authoritative guidance to lead you quickly to an accurate differential diagnosis and effective management strategy.

From large cross-sectional studies of autopsy material, it seems as if a time course of Alzheimer's Disease, at least on average, can be mapped out: a pattern of hierarchical vulnerability for neuronal loss and neurofibrillary tangles beginning in medial temporal lobe structures proceeding through association areas. Plaques follow their own temporal course, with widespread cortical deposits occurring even early in a disease process. The whole process may well take twenty years, the first half of which may be without overt symptoms.

Drawing on the expertise of a distinguished international team, this book contains 200 recent papers in the peer-reviewed literature that will affect the practice of physicians managing osteoporotic patients. Each paper is summarized, reviewed, and placed in clinical context. Coverage includes the underlying causes of osteoporosis and the latest differing views on prevention and non-pharmacological strategies. The book also reviews new drugs and the possibilities of further pharmaceutical advances. It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest clinical research, carefully assessed and put into clinical context.

Stedman's Medical Eponyms, Second Edition has been fully updated and revised to include the wealth of eponymous terms encountered in medicine. Medical language professionals, medical transcriptionists, and students will find this new edition to be a comprehensive resource, with clear, concise definitions for each term along with accurate spellings. The A-Z section lists names alphabetically, with the related eponymous terms and definitions provided as subentries. New additions users will find in this revised edition include Alder-Reilly anomaly, Lenz-Majewski syndrome, Ramirez EndoForehead(TM) dissector, and more! Stedman's Medical Eponyms, Second Edition is also available on CD-ROM.

Edited by two preeminent leaders in the use of ultrasound in surgical practice, this volume is a state-of-the-art guide to preoperative and intraoperative applications of ultrasound. The book familiarizes surgeons with current equipment, scanning techniques, and interventional instrumentation and provides detailed instruction on diagnostic and interventional ultrasound for specific surgical diseases in each anatomic region. A major portion of the book focuses on intraoperative, laparoscopic, and endoscopic ultrasound in abdominal organs. Coverage also includes ultrasound in trauma and acute care settings. Hundreds of ultrasound images complement the text. Line drawings are used to clarify the images where necessary.

Children with brain and spinal tumors account for 20-25% of childhood cancers. Until the early 1990s there had been little progress in the development of new treatments, and outcomes were not improving despite advances seen in other childhood cancers. During the past 10 years, however, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in the subject among pediatric specialists worldwide, and new multi-disciplinary teams have become established. There are encouraging early signs of improvement in outcomes, and more are anticipated. The appearance of this comprehensive, but practical, evidence-based review of brain and spinal tumors in children is therefore very timely. The content includes detailed coverage of the diagnosis, clinical management, after care and monitoring, and underlying biology of brain and spinal tumors in children. International in approach, it draws on the experience of the European Childhood Brain Tumour Committee, linked to the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, and various multi-centre clinical trials to reflect the various approaches to management that have arisen around the world.

This brand new text, is an essential practical guide for junior doctors and medical students making the transition from medical school to life on the wards. 'I think that this book is an excellent idea' - 4th year medical student. The hands-on guide to imaging takes a systems focused approach and is very easy to consult when on the job.Written to help you get the most of your Radiology department, this book gives you: pointers on how to evaluate the appropriate Radiology required; reference on patient care and preparation; guidance on analysing results and patient feedback; advice on following the correct procedures; the best information about imaging techniques; 150 detailed images; help on how to deal effectively with the Radiology department; Health and Safety advice; hints on how to organise paperwork and work through the mass of hospital forms; details on how to manage budgets effectively; and, a quick reference, pocket-sized reassurance. This book intends to help you understand the practical issues that aren't taught at Medical School. Why not see for yourself how it can help you?

Practical, clinically focused, and highly illustrated, this new guide includes content not covered in any other book, presented in a user-friendly format. Part I introduces the concepts of subjective evaluation, observation/posture, related referral joint testing, neurovascular testing, palpation, and range of motion testing. Part II comprises the bulk of the text, covering the major shoulder tests that clinicians perform. Part III features supplemental tests used in the clinical setting. Finally, Part IV pulls all the information together by testing students and clinicians alike with a series of case studies. The reader will also find extensive, up-to-date references for further research or study.

There is a widespread belief that skin diseases of the male genitalia are poorly understood, difficult to diagnose and unsatisfactory to treat. The aim of this book is to disabuse non-dermatology specialists of these misapprehensions, in addition to venereologists, urologists, general practitioners, primary care physicians, and trainee dermatologists. The book greatly aids understanding of this challenging area of disease. The contents are arranged according to the nature of the clinical problem at hand. Appealing to both the non-specialist and specialist, "Male Genital Skin Disease" places an emphasis on working up the diagnosis and effective management thereafter. Both common diseases and rarities are comprehensively covered, and the book is illustrated with over 700 full colour photographs, representing one of the largest and most diverse collections currently in print.

A case-based collection of monographs on the most complex matters in acute neurology, this book provides thoughtful analysis of the topics by experts in the field. Careful and critical review of available evidence is combined with the practical opinion of the authors. The decision-making process is expounded in all its science and art, and clinically relevant conclusions are realised for each case presented. Focused clinical descriptions of the unlimited dilemmas and tough calls encountered in the practice of neurology. This book is a collection of discussions and criticisms revolving around these decisions that are very difficult to make.