Medicina

Jean-Pierre Barral sviluppa ulteriormente in questo libro i concetti e le tecniche già descritte nel lavoro precedente "Manipo

La seconda edizione del dizionario, ad opera di Elena Racchini, è il risultato di un sistematico lavoro di revisione, ampliame

This book provides complete coverage of all aspects of foot and ankle medical and surgical care in the popular "Secrets" format. This book covers anatomy, lab and radiographic evaluation, all the common and serious disorders of the foot and ankle, surgical management, including arthroscopy endoscopy, trauma and sports injuries, pediatric and geriatric care, tumors, emergencies, postop complications, and drug treatment.

The first edition of the "Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology" established itself as a clinical reference text for practising nephrologists worldwide. The second edition comes five years later, during which time there have been significant advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of renal disease and advances in therapy. The text argues that placing existing treatment on a firm scientific basis or stopping ineffective or dangerous treatment is as important as introducing proven new therapies, and all the contributors have taken this fully into account.

Since its publication in 1987, Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes has become the standard textbook in this field world-wide Over the past ten years, the field of economic evaluation in health care has expanded considerably, with a rapid rise in the number of published studies, and wider recognition of their use in health care decision-making. Developments in economic evaluation have also led to the publication of several guidelines for study methodology, most recently those proposed by the United States Public Health Services Panel. The new edition of Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes follows the same basic structure as the first edition. The key methodological principles are outlined using a critical appraisal checklist that can be applied to any published study. The methodological features of the basic forms of analysis (cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, and cost-benefit analysis) are then explained in more detail. The book has been greatly revised and enlarged, especially with respect to cost-utility and cost- benefit analysis, where major methodological developments have taken place. New to this edition are chapters on collecting and analysing data, and presenting and using economic evaluation results. The new edition will be required reading for anyone commissioning, undertaking, or using economic evaluations in health care, and will be popular with health service professionals, health economists, and health-care decision makers.