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Contents:
Part 1: General Otolaryngology
Syndromes and eponyms
Obstructive sleep apnea
Laser and radiofrequency surgery-- Anesthesia for head and neck surgery
Surgical hemostasis and clotting mechanisms
Related neurology and neurosurgery
The chest for ENT
Nutrition, fluid, and electrolytes
Antimicrobial therapy in otolaryngology--Head and neck surgery
Parmacology and therapeutics
Head and neck manifestations of HIV
Granulomatous diseases of the head and neck
Part 2: Otology/Neurotology/Audiology
Anatomy of the ear
Audiology
Electrical response audiometry
Vestibular and balance disorders
Congential hearing loss
Tinnitus
Hearing rehabilitation: Surgical and nonsurgical
Cochlear implants
Facial nerve paralysis
Infections of the temporal bone
Noninfectious disorders of the ear
Tumors of the temporal bone
Endoscopic meddle ear surgery
Part 3: Rhinology --Sinonasal development and anatomy
Nasal function and the evaluation of taste/smell
Acute rhinosinusitis
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Fungal Rhinosinusitis
Diseases of the nasal cavity
Tumors of the paranasal sinuses
Endoscopic sinus surgery
Endoscopic skull base surgery
Part 4: Head and Neck
Salivary gland diseases
Anamony, physiology, and disorders of the oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus
Neck spaces and fascial planes
Thyroid and parathyroid glands
Cysts and tumors of the jaw
Carotid body tumors and vascular anomalies
TNM classification in otolaryngology--Head and neck surgery
Malignant melanoma of the head and neck
Tumors of the larynx
Tumors of the oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus
The role of chemotherapy for head and neck cancer
Radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
Tumor biology of head and neck cancer
Skull base surgery
Part 5: Laryngology
The larynx
Part 6: Pediatrics
Embryology of clefts and pouches
Cleft lip and palate
Pediatric otolaryngology
Part 7: Facial plastic & reconstructive surgery
Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive head and neck surgery
Craniomaxillofacial trauma-- Orbital fractures
ENT-Related ophthalmology
Part 8: Allergy
Immunology and allergy
Part 9: Review
Highlights and pearls.

Summary: K-taping in theory - the special elastic tape's properties, basic principles and effects -- fundamentals of k-tape application -- contraindications. K-taping in practice -- the four major application techniques (muscle, ligament, correction, lymph applications), each described in detail and illustrated with a clinical case -- 70 particularly common medical conditions, and their treatment using k-tape applications -- each technique illustrated in up to six full-color photos and anatomical drawings -- concise step-by-step instruction, covering the specifics of each medical condition, plus additional practical tips -- memo boxes, summarizing the main points to remember.

Contents:
1. The k-taping method. From theory to therapeutic methodology
the elastic stretch k-tape
indications of inadequate tape quality
tape with pharmaceutically active ingredients
user and areas of application
training for k-taping therapists
cross-tape
basic functions and effects of k-taping
improvement of muscle function
elimination of circulatory impairments
pain reduction
support of joint function
application and removal of the tape
contraindications
color theory
diagnosis
references. 2. The four applications. Muscle applications
muscle function
mode of action of the k-taping
executing the application
ligament application
ligament applications (Ligamenta)
ligament application for tendons
spacetape
corrective applications
functional correction
fascia correction
lymphatic applications
causes of lymphostasis
mode of action of lymphatic applications
references. 3. Muscle applications. Muscle applications for the upper extremities
trapezius
deltoid
biceps brachii
tricepts brachii
infraspinatus
extensor carpi radialis longus muscle
muscle applications for the trunk
pectoralis minor
pectoralis major
rectus abdominis
external oblique
internal oblique
iliacus
intrinsic back musculature (erector spinae), application for the lumbar region
muscle application for the lower extremities
abductor longus
rectus femoris
biceps femoris
semimembranosus
gluteus maximus
tibiallis anterior
extensor halluscis longus
references. 4. Ligament applications. Ligaments and tendons
collateral ligaments of the knee
patellar ligament
achilles tendon
lateral collateral ligaments of the ankle joint
special form of ligament application: spacetape
spacetape pain point
spacetape trigger point
references. 5. Corrective applications. Functional correlation
patella correction
scoliosis
spinous process correction
fascia correction
fascia correction of iliotibial tract
inflammation of the superficial pes anserinus
frontal headache
anterior shoulder instability
hallux valgus. 6. Applications for specific indications. Head
tinnitus
migraine
whiplash
temporomandibular joint
trunk
thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
Asthma
Scoliosis
Lumbar Vertebral Syndrome (LVS)
Micturition disorder
menstrual disorders
uterine prolapse
scar tape
upper extermities
impingement syndrome
bicepts tendonitis
epicondylitis
carpal tunnel sydrome (CTS)
Wrist stabilization
finger contusion
lower extremities
hip problems
torn muscle fibers
osteoarthritis of the knee joint
achilodynia
ankle joint distortion
splayfoot, fallen arch, and flatfoot. 7. Lymphatic applications. Upper extremities
drainage of medial upper arm
drainage of lateral upper arm
drainage of forearm/entire arm
drainage of hand
protein fibrosis (stemmer sign) in the hand
drainage using the arm spiral tape
lower extremities
drainage of the thigh
drainage of the lower leg/entire leg
drainage of the entire leg
drainage of the foot
stemmer sign in the foot
drainage using the leg spiral tape
trunk
drainage of upper trunk quadrant
drainage of lower trunk quadrant I
drainage of lower trunk quadrant II
drainage of abdoment
additional lymphatic applications
drainage of face
drainage of shoulder joint
drainage of knee joint
fibrosis/hematoma. 8. Neurological applications. Nervus medianus
nervus radialis
nervus ulnaris
nervus ischiadicus
nervus trigeminus
facial paresis
extention of the finger
extension of the hand
rotation of the upper arm
colonic support
abdominal spiral
fecal incontinence
references. 9. Gynecological applications. Abdominal support
cross-tape antenatal preparation
breast engorgement
mastitis
transverse muscles (postnatal)
lymph application>>Mama<<-- postural correction.

Contents:
1. The K-Taping Method
2. The Four Application Techniques
3. Tape applications for specific indications.

Summary: "This book proffers a new conceptual framework of sex, gender, and sexual identity, presenting data that documents these identities as typical and extensive rather than exceptional. A Kaleidoscope of Identities reveals the more elusive elements of sex, gender, and sexual life which are often difficult to capture in quantifiable variables"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
The Past
Theory and Method
Identity Reminiscences
The Future.

Summary: "Now in brilliant full color throughout, Kandarpa's Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures, 6th Edition, is a convenient, easy-access guide to all current radiologic procedures. Focusing on time-tested protocols, tailored imaging and current procedural equipment, this popular, practical handbook by Drs. Krishna Kandarpa, Lindsay Machan, Robert Lewandoski, and Parag J. Patel features extensive updates to keep you current with rapid growth in the field. It's an ideal resource not only for practicing interventional and general radiologists, but also for fellows and residents in training, IR nurses, and special procedure technologists. Covers indications, contraindications, preparation, technique, postprocedural management, prevention, and management of complications for every procedure. Includes expanded information on innovative oncological & lymphatic interventions. Features an all-new full-color design and illustrations, and an outline format for quick reference. Provides must-know information on vascular access and catheter-directed angiography, vascular imaging, trans-arterial procedures, trans-venous procedures, non-vascular procedures, and intra-procedural patient management. Discusses risk management, nursing management, and drugs and dosages. Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech. "-- Provided by publisher.

Summary: This new edition of the principal reference on occupational dermatology provides the most comprehensive updated overview of its clinical management. It contains a number of new and heavily revised chapters, taking into account recent developments in the understanding and clinical management of occupational dermatitis. Since its first publication in 2000, it has served as the main reference on the topic for general and occupational dermatologists, occupational physicians, and health workers in other fields. It provides a comprehensive overview of clinical appearances, epidemiology, diagnostic approaches, contact materials, patient care, and prevention. This third edition of Kanerva?s Occupational Dermatology has been revised and extended to take into account recent developments. The emphasis is very much on evidence-based dermatology, and the coverage is both completely up-to-date and exceptionally detailed. The layout allows for both in-depth reading and quick access to practical information, with the inclusion of concise tables, algorithms, and figures on how to optimize the diagnostic procedure for daily patient management. It continues to ensure that experts and students alike are acquainted with newly emerging conditions and the latest advances.

Contents:
General Aspects
Clinical Aspects
Causative Factors
Diagnosis
Therapy
Prognosis
Prevention
Job Descriptions
Chemistry and Concentrations of Patch Test Allergens.

Summary: "Through eight outstanding editions, Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology has been the classic specialty textbook, providing the perfect ophthalmology foundation for trainees and a valuable reference source for experienced practitioners. Building on the previous edition by Dr. Brad Bowling, Dr. John Salmon from Oxford University has comprehensively revised the textbook. The 9th Edition retains Dr. Kanski's highly effective format of succinct text and visually dynamic presentation, providing authoritative, focused guidance on the diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders. Extremely well organized and comprehensive in scope, this visually stunning book reflects the latest advances in the field, facilitating quick comprehension to enhance learning, aid exam preparation and guide clinical practice. As a general ophthalmic textbook, this is the gold standard."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Examination techniques
Eyelids
Lacrimal drainage system
Orbit
Dry eye
Conjunctiva
Cornea
Corneal and refractive surgery
Episclera and sclera
Lens
Glaucoma
Uveitis
Ocular tumours
Retinal vascular disease
Acquired macular disorders
Hereditary fundus dystrophies
Retinal detachment
Vitreous opacities
Neuro-ophthalmology
Ocular tumors
Ophthalmic side effects of systemic medication
Trauma.

Contents:
V. 1
Neural sciences
Neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology
Contributions of the psychological sciences
Contributions of the social sciences
Quantitative and experimental methods in psychiatry
Theories of personality and psychopathology
Diagnosis and psychiatry: examination of the psychiatric patient
Clinical manifestations of psychiatric disorders
Classification in psychiatry
Neurocognitive disorders
Substance-related disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
Pathological and problem gambling: gambling disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Somatic symptom and related disorders
Factitious disorder
Dissociative disorders
Normal sexuality and sexual disorders
Feeding and eating disorders
Sleep disorders
Impulse-control disorders
Adjustment disorders
Personality disorders
V. 2
Psychosomatic medicine
Additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention
Cultural concepts of distress and assessment
The neuropsychiatry of human aggression
Special areas of interest
Psychiatric emergencies
Psychotherapies
Biological therapies
Child psychiatry
Child psychiatry examination
Genetics in child psychiatry
Neuroimaging in psychiatric disorders of childhood
Temperament: risk and protective factors for child psychiatric disorders
Intellectual disability
Specific learning disorder
Developmental coordination disorder
Communication disorders
Autism spectrum disorder and social communication disorder
Attention-deficit disorders
Distruptive behavior disorders in children and adolescents
Feeding and eating disorders of infancy and early childhood
Tic disorders
Elimination disorders
Other disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence
Mood disorders in children and adolescents
Anxiety disorders in children
Early-onset psychotic disorders
Child psychiatry: psychiatric treatment
Child psychiatry: special areas of interest
Adulthood
Geriatric psychiatry
Public psychiatry
Psychiatric education
Ethics and forensic psychiatry
History of psychiatry
World aspects of psychiatry
Appendix A: History of psychiatry table
Appendix B: Glossary of psychiatry and psychology terms.

Summary: Completely revised to bring you up to date with current DSM-5 classifications, new medications, and more, Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry, Sixth Edition, is a concise, easy-to-use guide to diagnosing the full range of psychiatric disorders in both adults and children. Brief summaries of psychiatric disorders include key aspects of etiology, epidemiology, clinical features, and suggestions for treatment--back cover.

Contents:
Neural sciences
Contributions of the psychosocial sciences
Contributions of the sociocultural sciences
Theories of personality and psychopathology
Examination and diagnosis of the psychiatric patient
Classification in psychiatry
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders
Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
Dissociative disorders
Psychosomatic medicine
Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
Feeding and eating disorders
Normal sleep and sleep-wake disorders
Human sexuality and sexual dysfunctions
Gender dysphoria
Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct disorders
Substance use and addictive disorders
Neurocognitive disorders
Personality disorders
Emergency psychiatric medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine in psychaitry
Other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention
Physical and sexual abuse of adults
Psychiatry and reproductive medicine
Psychotherapies
Psychopharmacological treatment
Brain stimulation methods
Child psychiatry
Adulthood
Geriatric psychiatry
End-of-life issues
Public psychiatry
Forensic psychiatry and ethics in psychiatry
World aspects of psychiatry.

Summary: "Current, comprehensive, and evidence-based, Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care Management, 8th Edition, offers practical guidance from today’s international leaders in cardiac anesthesiology, helping you to optimize perioperative outcomes, avoid complications, and ensure maximum patient safety. Dr. Joel A. Kaplan, along with an expert team of associate editors, guides you through today’s clinical challenges, including expanded coverage of critical care, the newest approaches to perioperative assessment and management, state-of-the art diagnostic techniques, and cardiovascular and coronary physiology"-- publisher's description.

Contents:
Cardiology Consultation and Assessment of Cardiac Risk 1
The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in the Adult Patient
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
The Cardiorespiratory Effects of COVID-19
Cardiac Physiology
Coronary Physiology
Cardiovascular Pharmacology of Anesthetics
Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Monitoring of the Heart and Vascular System
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Transesophageal Echocardiography: Advanced Echocardiography Concepts
Central Nervous System Monitoring
Coagulation Monitoring
Anesthesia for Myocardial Revascularization
Valvular Heart Disease: Repair and Replacement
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Thoracic Aorta
Uncommon Cardiac Diseases
Cardiac Transplantation
Lung Transplantation
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Durable Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices for Heart Failure
Structural Heart Disease Procedures
Electrophysiology Procedures
Cardiopulmonary Bypass : Pathophysiology and Management
Discontinuing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Coagulation and Transfusion Management
Enhanced Recovery Programs in Cardiac Surgery
Pain Management for the Cardiac Patient
Central Nervous System Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery
Critical Care Ultrasound
Postoperative Respiratory Care
Postoperative Cardiovascular Management
Intensive Care Unit Management of Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support
Postoperative Care of the Heart and Lung Transplant Patient
General Critical Care.

Summary: "The 11th Edition of Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension continues to integrate the latest basic science findings and clinical trial data to provide current, practical, evidence-based recommendations for treatment and prevention of all forms of hypertension. As in previous editions, abundant algorithms and flow charts are included to aid clinicians in decision-making."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Hypertension in the population at large
Measurement of blood pressure
Primary hypertension : pathogenesis
Primary hypertension : natural history and evaluation
Treatment of hypertension : why, when, how far
Treatment of hypertension : lifestyle modifications
Treatment of hypertension : drug therapy
Hypertensive crises
Renal parenchymal hypertension
Renovascular hypertension
Primary aldosteronism
Pheochromocytoma (with a preface about incidental adrenal masses)
Hypertension induced by cortisol or deoxycorticosterone
Other forms of identifiable hypertension
Hypertension with pregnancy and the pill
Hypertension in childhood and adolescence.

Contents:
Cardiac risk, imaging, and the cardiology consultation
Cardiac catheterization laboratory : diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the adult patient
Cardiac electrophysiology : diagnosis and treatment
Cardiac physiology
Coronary physiology and atherosclerosis
Molecular and genetic cardiovascular medicine and systemic inflammation
Pharmacology of anesthetic drugs
Cardiovascular pharmacology
Electrocardiographic monitoring
Monitoring of the heart and vascular system
Basic intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
Central nervous system monitoring
Coagulation monitoring
Anesthesia for myocardial revascularization
Valvular heart disease : replacement and repair
Congenital heart disease in adults
Thoracic aorta
Uncommon cardiac diseases
Anesthesia for heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Procedures in the hybrid operating room
Mechanical assist devices for heart failure
Reoperative cardiac surgery
Patient safety in the cardiac operating room
Cardiopulmonary bypass management and organ protection
Extracorporeal devices including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Transfusion medicine and coagulation disorders
Discontinuing cardiopulmonary bypass
Postoperative respiratory care
Postoperative cardiovascular management
Central nervous system dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass
Long-term complications and management
Postoperative pain management for the cardiac patient.

Summary: The chapters in Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia for Noncardiac Surgery have been written by acknowledged experts in each specific area, and the material has been coordinated to maximize its clinical value. Recent information has been integrated from anesthesiology, surgery, cardiology, critical care medicine, and clinical pharmacology to present a complete clinical picture. This “essential” information will assist the clinician in understanding the basic principles of each subject and facilitate their application in practice. Because of the large volume of information presented, several teaching aids have been included to help highlight the most important clinical information. Teaching boxes include many of the key take-home messages. In addition, the Key Points at the start of each chapter highlight the major areas covered. Finally, each chapter includes a list of Suggested Reading for additional information, rather than an extensive list of references.

Contents:
1. Perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and management for noncardiac surgery
2. Perioperative approach to the high-risk cardiac patient
3. Care of the patient with coronary stents undergoing noncardiac surgery
4. Cardiovascular implantable electronic device management in noncardiac surgery
5. Left venticular assist device-supported patient presenting for noncardiac surgery
6. Anesthesia for noncardiac surgery after heart transplant
7. Pulmonary hypertension in noncardiac surgical patients
8. Adult congential heart disease in noncardiac surgery
9. Cardiovascular monitoring in noncardiac surgery
10. Echocardiography in noncardiac surgery
11. Cardiovascular pharmacology in noncardiac surgery
12. General, regional, or monitored anesthesia care for the cardiac patient undergoing noncardiac surgery
13. Vascular surgery: endovascular and open surgery
14. The cardiac patient for thoracic noncardiac surgery
15. Anesthesia for cardioversion and electrophysiologic procedures
16. Cardiac patients requiring emergent noncardiac surgery
17. Cardiac considerations during orthotopic liver transplantation
18. The pregnant patient with cardiac disease
19. Goal-directed fluid therapy, perioperative pain management, and enhanced recovery
20. Management in the postanesthesia care unit of complications in cardiac patients
21. Postoperative care of the critically ill
22. Reducing major adverse cardiac events and all-cause mortality in noncardiac surgery: perioperative strategies.

Contents:
PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Pharmacodynamics
Chapter 3: Pharmacokinetics
Chapter 4: Drug Metabolism
Chapter 5: Pharmacogenomics
PART II: AUTONOMIC DRUGS
Chapter 6: Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
Chapter 7: Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
Chapter 8: Cholinoceptor Blockers & Cholinesterase Regenerators
Chapter 9: Sympathomimetics
Chapter 10: Adrenoceptor Blockers
PART III: CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
Chapter 11: Drugs Used in Hypertension
Chapter 12: Drugs Used in the Treatment of Angina Pectoris
Chapter 13: Drugs Used in Heart Failure
Chapter 14: Antiarrhythmic Drugs
Chapter 15: Diuretics & Other Drugs That Act on the Kidney
PART IV: DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOTH MUSCLE
Chapter 16: Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids
Chapter 17: Vasoactive Peptides
Chapter 18: Prostaglandins & Other Eicosanoids
Chapter 19: Nitric Oxide, Donors, & Inhibitors
Chapter 20: Drugs Used in Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
PART V: DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 21: Introduction to CNS Pharmacology
Chapter 22: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Chapter 23: Alcohols
Chapter 24: Antiseizure Drugs
Chapter 25: General Anesthetics
Chapter 26: Local Anesthetics
Chapter 27: Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
Chapter 28: Drugs Used in Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders
Chapter 29: Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium
Chapter 30: Antidepressants
Chapter 31: Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists
Chapter 32: Drugs of Abuse
PART VI: DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, & GOUT
Chapter 33: Agents Used in Cytopenias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Chapter 34: Drugs Used in Coagulation Disorders
Chapter 35: Agents Used in Dyslipidemia
Chapter 36: NSAIDs, Acetaminophen, & Drugs Used in Rheumatoid Arthritis & Gout
PART VII: ENDOCRINE DRUGS
Chapter 37: Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones
Chapter 38: Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs
Chapter 39: Corticosteroids & Antagonists
Chapter 40: Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
Chapter 41: Pancreatic Hormones, Antidiabetic Agents, & Glucagon
Chapter 42: Drugs That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
PART VIII: CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS
Chemotherapeutic Drugs: Introduction
Chapter 43: Beta-Lactam Antibiotics & Other Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors
Chapter 44: Chloramphenicol, Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Streptogramins, & Linezolid
Chapter 45: Aminoglycosides
Chapter 46: Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Fluoroquinolones
Chapter 47: Antimycobacterial Drugs
Chapter 48: Antifungal Agents
Chapter 49: Antiviral Chemotherapy & Prophylaxis
Chapter 50: Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents & Urinary Antiseptics
Chapter 51: Clinical Use of Antimicrobials
Chapter 52: Antiprotozoal Drugs
Chapter 53: Antihelminthic Drugs
Chapter 54: Cancer Chemotherapy
Chapter 55: Immunopharmacology
PART IX: TOXICOLOGY
Chapter 56: Environmental & Occupational Toxicology
Chapter 57: Heavy Metals
Chapter 58: Management of the Poisoned Patient
PART X: SPECIAL TOPICS
Chapter 59: Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Disorders
Chapter 60: Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications
Chapter 61: Drug Interactions
Appendix I: Strategies for Improving Test Performance
Appendix II: Key Words for Key Drugs.

Summary: "This book is designed to help students review pharmacology and to prepare for both regular course examinations and board examinations. The twelfth edition has been revised to make such preparation as active and efficient as possible. As with earlier editions, rigorous standards of accuracy and currency have been maintained in keeping with the book's status as the companion to the Basic & Clinical Pharmacology textbook."--Preface

Contents:
Part I: Basic principles. Introduction
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Drug metabolism
Pharmacogenomics
Part II: Autonomic drugs. Introduction to autonomic pharmacology
Cholinoceptor-activating & cholinesterase-inhibiting drugs
Cholinoceptor blockers & cholinesterase regenerators
Sympathomimetics
Adrenoceptor blockers
Part III: Cardiovascular drugs. Drugs used in hypertension
Drugs used in the treatment of angina pectoris
Drugs used in heart failure
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Diuretics & other drugs that act on the kidney
Part IV: Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle. Histamine, serotonin, drugs used in obesity, & the ergot alkaloids
Vasoactive peptides
Prostaglandins & other eicosanoids
Nitric oxide, donors, & inhibitors
Drugs used in asthma & chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Part V: Drugs that act in the central nervous system. Introduction to CNS pharmacology
Sedative-hypnotic drugs
Alcohols
Antiseizure drugs
General anesthetics
Local anesthetics
Skeletal muscle relaxants
Drugs used in parkinsonism & other movement disorders
Antipsychotic agents & lithium
Antidepressants
Opioid analgesics & antagonists
Drugs of abuse
Part VI: Drugs with important actions on blood, inflammation, & gout. Agents used in cytopenias; hematopoietic growth factors
Drugs used in coagulation disorders
Agents used in dyslipidemia
NSAIDs, acetaminophen, & drugs used in rheumatoid arthritis & gout
Part Vii: Endocrine drugs. Hypothalamic & pituitary hormones
Thyroid & antithyroid drugs
Adrenocorticosteroids & adrenocortical antagonists
Gonadal hormones & inhibitors
Pancreatic hormones, antidiabetic drugs, & glucagon
Agents that affect bone mineral homeostasis
Part VIII: Chemotherapeutic drugs
Chemotherapeutic drugs: introduction
Beta-lactam antibiotics & other cell wall- & membrane-active antibiotics
Tetracyclines, macrolides, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, streptogramins, & oxazolidinones
Aminoglycosides & spectinomycin
Sulfonamides, trimethoprim, & fluoroquinolones
Antimycobacterial drugs
Antifungal agents
Antiviral agents
Miscellaneous antimicrobial agents & disinfectants, antiseptics, & sterilants
Clinical use of antimicrobial agents
Antiprotozoal drugs
Clinical pharmacology of the antihelminthic drugs
Cancer chemotherapy
Immunopharmacology
Part IX: Toxicology. Environmental & occupational toxicology
Heavy metals
Management of the poisoned patient
Part X: Special topics. Drugs used in gastrointestinal disorders
Dietary supplements & herbal medications
Important drug interactions & their mechanisms
Appendices. Strategies for improving test performance
Key words for key drugs

Summary: "This book is designed to help students review pharmacology and to prepare for both regular course examinations and board examinations"--Preface.

Contents:
Part I: Basic principles. Introduction
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Drug metabolism
Pharmacogenomics
Part II: autonomic drugs. Introduction to autonomic pharmacology
Cholinoceptor-activating & cholinesterase-inhibiting drugs
Cholinoceptor blockers & cholinesterase regenerators
Sympathomimetics
Adrenoceptor blockers
Part III: Cardiovascular drugs. Drugs used in hypertension
Drugs used in the treatment of angina pectoris
Drugs used in heart failure
Antiarrhythmic drugs
Diuretics & other drugs that act on the kidney
Part IV: Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle. Histamine, serotonin, drugs used in obesity, ergot alkaloids, & other drugs used in migraine
Vasoactive peptides
Prostaglandins & other eicosanoids
Nitric oxide, donors, & inhibitors
Drugs used in asthma & chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Part V: Drugs that act in the central nervous system. Introduction to CNS pharmacology
Sedative-hypnotic drugs
Alcohols
Antiseizure drugs
General anesthetics
Local anesthetics
Skeletal muscle relaxants
Drugs used in Parkinsonism & other movement disorders
Antipsychotic & bipolar disorder agents
Antidepressants
Opioid analgesics & antagonists
Drugs of abuse
Part VI: Drugs with important actions on blood, inflammation, & gout. Agents used in cytopenias; hematopoietic growth factors
Drugs used in coagulation disorders
Agents used in dyslipidemia
NSAIDs, acetaminophen, & drugs used in rheumatoid arthritis & gout
Part VII: Endocrine drugs. Hypothalamic & pituitary hormones
Thyroid & antithyroid drugs
Adrenocorticosteroids & adrenocortical antagonists
Gonadal hormones & inhibitors
Pancreatic hormones, antidiabetic drugs, & glucagon
agents that affect bone mineral homeostasis
Part VIII: Chemotherapeutic drugs: introduction. Beta-lactam antibiotics & other cell wall- & membrane-active antibiotics
Tetracyclines, macrolides, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, streptogramins, & oxazolidinones
Aminoglycosides & spectinomycin
Sulfonamides, trimethoprim, & fluoroquinolones
Antimycobacterial drugs
Antifungal agents
Antiviral agents
miscellaneous antimicrobial agents & disinfectants, antiseptics, & sterilants
Clinical use of antimicrobial agents
Antiprotozoal drugs
Clinical pharmacology of the antihelminthic drugs
Cancer chemotherapy
Immunopharmacology
Part IX: Toxicology. Environmental & occupational toxicology
Heavy metals & chelators
Management of the poisoned patient
Part X: Special topics. Drugs used in gastrointestinal disorders
Cannabinoid drugs
Dietary supplements & herbal medications
Important drug interactions & their mechanisms
Strategies for improving test performance
Key words for key drugs.

Summary: "Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology is the wide-ranging, engaging guide students have counted on for decades. To be as clinically relevant as possible, the book includes sections that specifically address the clinical choice and use of drugs in patients and the monitoring of their effects, along with case studies that introduce clinical problems. chapter opens with a case study, covers drug groups and prototypes, and closes with summary tables and diagrams that encapsulate important information. Updated to reflect the latest research, this sixteenth edition features a new chapter on cannabinoids, USMLE-style questions, new drug tables, and more"--Publisher's description.

Contents:
Section I: Basic principles. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation
Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action
Drug Biotransformation
Pharmacogenomics
Section II: Autonomic drugs. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs
Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs
Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs
Section III: Cardiovascular-renal drugs. Antihypertensive Agents
Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris & Coronary Syndromes
Drugs Used in Heart Failure
Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
Diuretic Agents
Section IV: Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle. Histamine, Serotonin, Anti-Obesity Drugs, & the Ergot Alkaloids
Vasoactive Peptides
The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds
Nitric Oxide
Drugs Used in Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Section V: Drugs that act in the central nervous system. Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
The Alcohols
Antiseizure Medications
General Anesthetics
Local Anesthetics
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders
Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium
Antidepressant Agents
Opioid Agonists & Antagonists
Drugs of Abuse
Section VI: Drugs used to treat diseases of the blood, inflammation, & gout. Agents Used in Cytopenias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation
Agents Used in Dyslipidemia
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout
Section VII: Endocrine drugs. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones
Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs
Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists
The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
Pancreatic Hormones & Glucose-Lowering Drugs
Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
Section VIII: Chemotherapeutic drugs. Beta-Lactam & Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics--' Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol, Streptogramins, Oxazolidinones, & Pleuromutilins
Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin
Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones
Antimycobacterial Drugs
Antifungal Agents
Antiviral Agents
Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants
Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents
Antiprotozoal Drugs
Pharmacology of the Antihelminthic Drugs
Cancer Chemotherapy
Immunopharmacology
Section IX: Toxicology
Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental
Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators
Management of the Poisoned Patient
Section X: Special topics. Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology
Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology
Dermatologic Pharmacology
Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Cannabinoid Drugs
Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents
Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications
Rational Prescribing & Prescription Writing
Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms
Appendix 1: Vaccines, Immune Globulins, & Other Complex Biologic Products.

Contents:
Section 1 Classic anatomic neurology
1. First encounter with a patient
2. Signs of central nervous system disorders
3. Psychogenic neurologic deficits
4. Cranial nreve impairments
5. Peripheral nerve disorders
6. Muscle disorders
Section 2 Major neurologic symptoms
7. Dementia
8. Aphasia and anosognosia
9. Headaches
10. Epilepsy
11. TIAs and strokes
12. Visual disturbances
13. Congenital cerebral impairments
14. Neurologic aspects of chronic pain
15. Multiple sclerosis
16. Neurologic aspects of sexual function
17. Sleep disorders
18. Involuntary movement disorders
19. Brain tumors, Metastatic cancer, and paraneoplastic syndromes
20. Lumbar puncture and imaging studies
21. Neurotransmitters and drug abuse
22. Traumatic brain injury
Appendix 1 Patient and family support groups
Appendix 2 Costs of various tests and treatments
Appendix 3 Diseases transmitted by chromosome or mitochondria abnormalities
Appendix 4 Chemical and biological neurotoxins.

Summary: This book aims to provide readers with up-to-date information on clinical research, diagnostic methods and treatment choice of Kawasaki disease. First chapters describe clinical symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of Kawasaki disease. Hot topics of precision medicine, big data analysis, genetics study, psychologic problems and allergic diseases after Kawasaki diseases are also discussed in details. Written by experts with wealthy experience in the field, this book will be an invaluable reference for pediatricians and clinicians working in the field of Kawasaki disease.

Contents:
1 Introduction and history of Kawasaki disease
2 Clinical symptoms of Kawasaki disease
3 The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease and the development of new biomarkers
4 Treatment of Kawasaki disease
5 Precision medicine and big data research of Kawasaki disease
6 Complication of Kawasaki disease
7 How to prevent complication of KD?
8 Imaging of Coronary Artery Abnormalities in Kawasaki Disease with Emphasis on Multi-Modalities
9 Clinical research of Kawasaki disease
10 Laboratory research and score system of KD
11 Genetic study of Kawasaki disease
12 Epigenetic study in Kawasaki disease
13 Transcriptomics in Kawasaki Disease
14 Immune responses in Kawasaki Disease
15 Anemia in Kawasaki Disease
16 Psychological or Mental Issues in Kawasaki Disease
17 Infection or not in Kawasaki Disease
.18 Kawasaki disease shock syndrome and mild KD
19 Gut Microbiota in Kawasaki Diseases
20 Allergic diseases and association with Kawasaki Disease.

Contents:
The Perinatal Postmortem from a Clinician?s Viewpoint
The Perinatal Necropsy: Methodology
Genetic and Epigenetic Basis of Development and Disease
The Placenta and Umbilical Cord
Perinatal Imaging
Epidemiology of Fetal and Neonatal Death
Pathology of Early Pregnancy Loss
Congenital Abnormalities: Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening
The Impact of Infection During Pregnancy on the Mother and Baby
Perinatal Haematology
Genetic Metabolic Disease
Fetal Hydrops
Pathology of Twinning
Macerated Stillbirth
Intrapartum Problems
Prematurity
Iatrogenic Disease
Congenital Tumors
The Cardiovascular System
The Respiratory System
The Alimentary Tract and Exocrine Pancreas
Liver and Gallbladder
The Urinary System
The Reproductive System
The Endocrine System
The Reticuloendothelial System
Brain Malformations
Degenerative and Metabolic Brain Diseases
Acquired Diseases of the Nervous System
Skeletal Muscle and Peripheral Nerves
The Skeletal System
The Skin
The Special Senses.- Forensic Aspects of Perinatal Pathology.

Summary: This sixth edition provides an overview of fetal and neonatal pathology through a system-based approach. This book contains new chapters on immunology, with a continued focus on molecular aspects of pathology in the perinatal setting. The general principles of perinatal pathology and their clinical situations are also discussed, along with specific pathological entities and their organ systems. Keeling's Fetal and Neonatal Pathology, sixth edition aims to help the reader treat common problems through anatomical pathology findings and is relevant to practicing and trainee pathologists, obstetricians, maternal and fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, and pediatricians.

Contents:
1. The Perinatal Postmortem from a Clinician's Viewpoint
2. The Perinatal Necropsy
3. Genetic and Epigenetic Basis of Development and Disease
4. The Placenta and Umbilical Cord
5. Perinatal Imaging
6. Epidemiology of Fetal and Neonatal Death
7. Pathology of Early Pregnancy Loss
8. Congenital Abnormalities: Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening
9. The Impact of Infection During Pregnancy on the Mother and Baby
10. Perinatal Hematology
11. Genetic Metabolic Disease
12. Fetal Hydrops
13. Pathology of Twinning
14. Macerated Stillbirth
15. Intrapartum Problems
16. Prematurity
17. Iatrogenic Disease
18. Congenital Tumors
19. The Cardiovascular System
20. The Respiratory System
21. The Alimentary Tract and Exocrine Pancreas
22. Liver and Gallbladder
23. The Urinary System
24. The Reproductive System
25. The Endocrine System
26. The Reticuloendothelial System
27. Brain Malformations
28. Degenerative and Metabolic Brain Diseases
29. Acquired Diseases of the Nervous System
30. Skeletal Muscle and Peripheral Nerves
31. The Skeletal System
32. The Skin
33. The Special Senses
34. Forensic Aspects of Perinatal Pathology
35. General pathology
36. Pathology in different organ systems
37. Immunology.

Summary: Extensively revised from cover to cover, Kendig and Wilmott's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 10th Edition, continues to be your #1 choice for reliable, up-to-date information on all aspects of pediatric respiratory disorders. This highly respected reference is accessible to specialists and primary care providers alike, with coverage of both common and less common respiratory problems found in the newborn and child. Detailed and thorough, this edition covers basic science and its relevance to today's clinical issues as well as treatment, management, and outcomes information, making it an ideal resource for day-to-day practice as well as certification or recertification review and other professional examinations such as pHERMES.

Contents:
Scientific Basis of Pediatric Pulmonology
Clinical Tools of Pediatric Pulmonology
Neonatal Pediatric Pulmonology
Respiratory Infections
Asthma and Other Wheezing Disorders
Cystic Fibrosis and Other Causes of Chronic Airway Infection
Diffuse Lung Disease
Respiratory Complications in the Immunocompromised Child
Pulmonary Vascular Disease
The Aerodigestive Model
Disorders of Paediatric Sleep and Control of Breathing
The Critically Ill Child
Miscellaneous Pulmonary Disorders
Emerging Threats to Children's Lung Health.

Summary: Kenneth Warren was a powerful figure in twentieth century medicine whose work transformed public health policy and tropical medicine, and who left a profound legacy in global health thinking. A prolific writer and researcher, Warren was respected for his scientific research, winning awards and accolades, while his later role as activist, agitator, innovator and connoisseur of science brought him international recognition. His career in medicine is remembered for three enduring achievements: · His efforts to introduce modern biomedical science to the study of infectious diseases in the developing world · The proselytising energy he brought to the ethical challenge of how to provide the most cost-effective health care to the world's poorest people · His tenure as Director of Health Sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation, during which time he inaugurated the Great Neglected Diseases of Mankind Programme Told through personal interviews with both Warren's supporters and detractors, the story of Warren's career, inexorably interwoven with the GND programme, is a compelling narrative that has not only enduring implications for current medical research, funding and healthcare across the globe, but also a long-standing legacy for the future ways in which we combat disease in the developing world.

Summary: Keratoconus is a progressive disease of the cornea which can lead to blindness as irregular astigmatism increases. The study of the ectasic diseases of the cornea has evolved considerably in the last several years and this has brought new tools for the keratoconus diagnosis and treatment. A better understanding of treatment options can enhance visual rehabilitation and prevent blindness in these patients. This book provides the reader deeply and updated information on keratoconus treatment. Written by experts from worldwide, presents clinical, genetic, metabolic and biomechanical aspects in the development of the disease, the proper intervention time, the imaging tests used for diagnosis and keratoconus monitoring, as well as details new surgical procedures (as contact lenses and laser technologies) using modern methods with wide technological application. Two pioneers in the keratoconus treatment bring their valuable contribution in specific chapters. Ophthalmologists will find a practical and useful approach of new technologies to get the best results for their patients. This book will really impact changes in the therapeutic conduct of corneal surgeons.

Summary: This book provides a practical guide to the most recent advances in the diagnostic management of corneal ectasia. Clear, concise chapters address new standardized nomograms of treatment of early progressive ectasia, new epithelium on future crosslinking with and without oxygen supplement, customized protocols, laser assisted corneal regularization protocols and the new femtolaser assisted lamellar corneal transplant. Clinicians and surgeons seeking a go-to guide on the topic of corneal ectasia will find this book to be an essential resource for the latest developments and predicted future trends in the field.

Contents:
Keratoconus imaging: current advances & broad horizons
Pachymetry-Guided CXL and New Enhanced Epi-On CXL approaches
Customized Surface Ablation Plus CXL
CXL at the slit lamp and the Sub 400 protocol for thin corneas
Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segments - A Form of Mid- Peripheral Intra-Stromal Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.-Visual rehabilitation and keratocounus stability: Toric ICL, Toric IOL and the VIVA ICL for presbyopia.-The Tear Film and Ocular Surface Changes in Keratoconus
Femto-DALK.

Summary: "Offering practical clinical guidance for early diagnosis and effective management, Keratoconus: Diagnosis and Management is a concise, easy-to-read guide to help mitigate loss of vision in patients in a way that does not interfere with quality of life. From early diagnosis and intervention through the most up-to-date treatment and surgical approaches, this consolidated reference covers the essential information needed by cornea fellows and specialists, general ophthalmologists, residents, and optometrists"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Keratoconus: a brief history
Keratoconus: definitions
Epidemiology of keratoconus
Genetics of keratoconus
Pathophysiology of keratoconus
Biomechanics of keratoconus
Keratoconus classification systems
Clinical course and progression of keratoconus
Differential diagnosis of keratoconus
Keratoconus: associated systemic diseases
Inflammation in keratoconus
Psychology of keratoconus
Artificial intelligence in keratoconus
Corneal topography in keratoconus
Scheimpflug imaging for keratoconus and ectatic disease
Dual Scheimpflug tomography and Placido topography
Ocular wavefront analysis
Epithelial thickness mapping for keratoconus screening by vhf digital ultrasound or anterior segment oct
Confocal microscopy
Other diagnostic imaging tools for keratoconus
Keratoconus: diagnosis and management with spectacles and contact lenses
Surgical planning in keratoconus
Intrastromal corneal ring segments mechanism and techniques
Anatomy of intracorneal ring segments for the treatment of keratoconus and other corneal ectasias
Intrastromal corneal ring segments: outcomes and complications
Corneal cross-linking: history, physiology, and techniques
Corneal cross-linking: results and complications
Corneal collagen cross-linking in pediatric patients with keratoconus
Corneal laser surgery for keratoconus
Phakic intraocular lenses
Lamellar keratoplasty in keratoconus
Penetrating keratoplasty in keratoconus
Combined procedures for keratoconus
Alternative surgical techniques: bowman's layer transplantation and stromal regenerating techniques
Cataract surgery in the keratoconus patient
Cellular therapy of the corneal stroma: a new type of corneal surgery for keratoconus and corneal dystrophies--a translational research experience
Medical and surgical management of corneal hydrops
Central keratoconus: case study
Very early keratoconus: case study
Advanced keratoconus: case study.

Summary: The book covers various aspects of the management of keratoconus, which is a leading cause of visual impairment in young adults. It focuses on the epidemiology and risk factors of keratoconus with a special focus on Southeast Asia. Keratoconus affects the quality of vision, thereby affecting the quality of life. While most patients present with defective vision, many are diagnosed accidentally during screening for refractive surgery. The book covers the varied epidemiology of keratoconus across different parts of the world. It discusses many systemic and ocular diseases associated with keratoconus. The book covers the newer diagnostic techniques and various treatment procedures for keratoconus, helping in diagnosing keratoconus in the early stages and closely watching the progression. It discusses various contact lenses to improve vision quality; widely used collagen crosslinking, and its various modifications for halting the progression. It also explains the surgical approach for keratoconus, such as penetrating keratoplasty, lamellar keratoplasty and other lens-assisted procedures. The book is relevant for general ophthalmologists and cornea specialists.

Contents:
Epidemiology of Keratoconus
Etiology and Risk Factors of Keratoconus
Biomechanics of Keratoconus
Pathophysiology and Histopathology of Keratoconus
Clinical Diagnosis of Keratoconus
Classifications and Patterns of Keratoconus
Differential Diagnosis of Keratoconus
Keratoconus in Children
Allergic Eye Disease and Keratoconus
Topography and Tomography of Keratoconus
Newer Diagnostic Technology for Diagnosis of Keratoconus
Acute Corneal Hydrops: Etiology, Risk Factors, and Management
Contact Lenses for Keratoconus
Corneal Cross-Linking in Keratoconus
Penetrating Keratoplasty in Keratoconus
Lamellar Keratoplasty in Keratoconus
Intracorneal Ring Segments in Keratoconus
Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implantation in Kertaoconus
Stromal Augmentation Techniques for Keratoconus
Cataract Surgery in Keratoconus
Refractive Surgery in Management of Keratoconus
Artificial Intelligence in the Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus
Changing Paradigm in the Diagnosis and Management of Keratoconus.

Summary: This book covers the field of keratoprosthesis in detail and focuses specifically on the Boston type 1 keratoprosthesis (KPro), which is the device most widely used today. Extensive information is provided on all aspects of KPro surgery, from history and preoperative evaluation to surgical techniques and postoperative management of complications. Surgical videos are included that will aid both beginning and advanced corneal surgeons in mastering these procedures. In addition, essential basic science concepts relevant to keratoprosthesis surgery are explained, and other keratoprostheses in use around the world are considered. A brief overview of integrating artificial corneas is provided, and the future of keratoprosthesis is also discussed. The book is written by some of the most distinguished and renowned experts in the field.

Contents:
Introduction and History Of PKP & KPRO: History of Penetrating Keratoplasty (PKP)
History of Keratoprosthesis (KPRO) and Artificial Corneas. Anatomic and Physiological considerations: Anatomy and Physiology of the Cornea
Anterior segment considerations for Keratoprosthesis
Corneal wound healing and keratoprosthesis
Overview of Relevant Clinical Disorders and their relation to Keratoprosthesis. Section III. Boston Keratoprosthesis: Materials, Engineering and Specifications of Boston KPRO types I and II
Indications and Contraindications of Boston KPRO types I and II
Boston KPRO types I Surgical Techniques
Corneal and Anterior Segment Imaging Boston KPRO type I
Boston KPRO type I: Outcomes
Boston KPRO type I: Complications
Boston KPRO type I and Glaucoma
Boston KPRO type I: The role of the Contact Lens
Boston KPRO type I: Vitreo-retinal Considerations
Boston KPRO type I: Oculoplastic Complications
Boston KPRO type I: Management of the Immunocompromised Patient
Boston KPRO type I: in the Pediatric Age Group
Prophylaxis and management of Infections in Boston KPRO type I
Boston KPRO type II: Indications, Techniques, Outcomes and Complication Management
Boston KPRO types I and II: Future Directions. Other Non-Integrating Keratoprosthesis and Artificial Corneas: OOKP: Indications, Contraindications and Surgical Techniques
OOKP: Outcomes, Complications and Management
Korea Seoul Type KPRO: Indications, Contraindications and Surgical Techniques
Russian KPRO: Indications, Contraindications and Surgical Techniques
KeraKlear KPRO: Indications, Contraindications and Surgical Techniques
AlphaCor: Indications, Contraindications, Techniques and Outcomes
Supradescemetic KPRO, Indications, Contraindications Technique and Outcomes. Integrating Artificial Corneas: Biological Challenges to Ideal Integrated Artificial Corneas
Integrated Artificial Corneas: Current Developments
Integrated Artificial Corneas : Future Directions.

Contents:
--1. The cardiac catheterization laboratory
2. Arterial and venous access
3. Coronary angiography and ventriculography
4. Invasive hemodynamics
5. Peripheral arterial disease and angiography
6. Interventional cardiology procedures
7. The electrophysiology laboratory and electrophysiologic procedures
8. High-risk cardiac catheterization
9. Special techniques
10. Research techniques
11. Optimization of quality in the cardiac catheterization laboratory --

Summary: "The family Falconidae constitutes a group of small to medium-sized diurnal raptors whose monophyly is strongly supported. Kestrels are included in the subfamily Falconinae. There are at least 13 species that belong to the kestrel group, but recent genetic studies suggest that the number of kestrel species might be larger, possibly 16. The paleontological and molecular evidences are congruent in suggesting an evolutionary radiation of kestrels from the Late Miocene (5.6 to 9.8 million years ago) through the Early Pleistocene"-- Provided by publisher.

Summary: This book presents the latest data from basic research and clinical trials supporting the effectiveness of ketamine as a treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, and suicidal behavior, setting these positive findings within the context of the serious problem of ketamine abuse. The first part of the book focuses on the evidence regarding ketamine abuse, with specific reference to Asian countries, and discusses countermeasures and complication management. It then addresses the mechanisms underlying the antidepressant and side effects of ketamine, which have remained elusive, describing and discussing important new research findings. Further, it explains insights gained from whole brain imaging in rodents and from behavioral pharmacology, and presents evidence regarding the role of gut microbiota, the NMDA receptor GluN2D subunit, and the lateral habenula in the actions of ketamine. These advances form the basis for the safer use of ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression and are expected to lead to the development of new antidepressants. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
1.Determination of ketamine in the river of China
2.Ketamine abuse in Taiwan
3.Ketamine problem in Hong Kong
4. Hair analysis of ketamine
5. Brain imaging of ketamine abusers
6.Management of complications of ketamine abuse
7.Action site of ketamine in the NMDA receptor channel
8.Synaptic modulation in the effect of ketamine
9.Rodents whole-brain imaging in the effects of ketamine
10. Behavioral pharmacology of ketamine: An overview of preclinical studies
11.Antidepressant potential of ketamine enantiomers
12.Effects of ketamine on pain-related depression
13.Role of gut microbiota in the antidepressant actions of ketamine and its enantiomers
14. The role of NMDA receptor GluN2D subunit in the effects of ketamine and enantiomers
15.Roles of the lateral habenula in the actions of ketamine
16.Comparison of antidepressant action of ketamine and group II mGlu receptor antagonists
17.Antidepressant effects of ketamine in Taiwanese patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Contents:
1. History of Ketamine Use and its Clinical Indications
2. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology of Ketamine
3. Ketamine: Clinical Studies in Treatment-Resistant Depressive Disorders
4. Ketamine and Suicidality
5. Ketamine: Safety, Tolerability, and Impact on Neurocognition
6. Ketamine's Mechanisms of Rapid Antidepressant Activity: Evidence Gleaned from Pre-Clinical Studies
7. Ketamine's Mechanisms of Rapid Antidepressant Activity: Evidence Gleaned from Clinical Studies
8. Ketamine and Electroconvulsive Therapy
9. Beyond Depressive Disorders: Emerging Data for the Use of Ketamine in OCD, PTSD, and Alcohol/Substance Use Disorders.

Summary: Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology provides a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. Leading international authorities write short, accessible, well-referenced chapters which bring readers up-to-date with key developments and likely future advances in the relevant subject areas. This book encompasses topics such as inpatient and outpatient clinical information systems, clinical decision support systems, health information technology, genomics, mobile health, telehealth and cloud-based computing. Additionally, it discusses privacy, confidentiality and security required for health data. Edited by internationally recognized authorities in the field of clinical informatics, the book is a valuable resource for medical/nursing students, clinical informaticists, clinicians in training, practicing clinicians and allied health professionals with an interest in health informatics.

Contents:
An overview of clinical informatics
Inpatient clinical information systems
Outpatient clinical information systems
Electronic clinical documentation
Interoperability
Privacy and security
Public policy and health informatics
Health information technology and value
Organizational and behavioral issues
Medication management, and laboratory and radiology testing
Bioinformatics and precision medicine
Clinical decision support and knowledge management
Mobile health
A sociotechnical approach to electronic health record related safety
Predictive analytics and population health
An apps-based information economy in healthcare
Cloud-based computing
Social and consumer informatics
Machine learning in healthcare
The future of medical informatics.

Summary: Short case studies, based on real stories from the health care arena, ensure that each chapter of this book is rooted in descriptions of nursing practise that are grounded, salient narratives of nursing care. The reader is assisted to explore the ethical dimension of nursing practice: what it is and how it can be portrayed, discussed, and analysed within a variety of practice and theoretical contexts. One of the unique contributions of this book is to consider nursing not only in the context of the individual nurse-patient relationship but also as a social good that is of necessity limited, due to the ultimate limits on the nursing and health care resource. This book will help the reader consider what good nursing looks like, both within the context of limitations on resources and under conditions of scarcity. Indeed, any discussion of ethical issues in nursing should be well grounded in a conceptualisation of nursing that nursing students and practising nursing can recognise, accept and engage with. Nursing, like medicine, social work and teaching has a clear moral aim--to do good. In the case of nursing to do good for the patient. However it is vital that in the pressurised, constrained health service of the 21st century, we help nurses explore what this might mean for nursing practice and what can reasonably be expected of the individual nurse in terms of good nursing care.

Contents:
1. Nursing and the Ethical Dimension of Practice
2. A Duty-Based Approach for Nursing Ethics & Practice
3. Utilitarianism as an Approach to Ethical Decision Making in Health Care
4. Virtue Ethics and Nursing Practice
5. Care Ethics and Nursing Practice
6. The Concept of Person
7. Patient Autonomy in Nursing and Healthcare Contexts
8. The Nurse as Patient Advocate?
9. Ethical Issues at the Beginning of Life
10. Ethical Issues at the End of Life
11. Ethical Issues in Mental Health Nursing
12. Resource Allocation and Rationing in Nursing Care
13. Values-based Nursing and Fitness to Practice Issues
14. Ethical Principles in Healthcare Research
15. Clinical and Organisational Ethics: Implications for Healthcare Practice.

Summary: This book adds in chapter 1 and 2 the MIN-key techniques Laser and sealing, completing the 3 MIN-key techniques of the first volume. In chapter 3 the evolution of anatomy to a key-concept of MIN is described, presenting theory and reality of anatomical perspectives that can be used by the MIN-surgeon directly in the OR. Anatomy must be elaborated according to Gestalt-Theory to become a Key of MIN. Still anatomy is the "House of Medicine", giving a mental place to all knowledge, theories and biological functions. The "surgical simulation concept" of chapter 4 as trainings environment follows, also as a key-concept of MIN. In this chapter we draw the line from Gestalt-Anatomy to a Surgical Simulation Application in Pathological Anatomy exemplified in aneurysm cases. Chapter 5 presents the best preservation technique of anatomical perishable matter, forming durable, dry and odorless specimen of unknown precision and beauty. The scientific value of this unique technique and the benefit for MIN are shown by many examples.With the Plastination gallery of chapter 6 the best head-plastinates and sheet-plastinates of head and brain complete the volume. Many of the specimen have been shown around the globe in the famous exhibitions "body worlds" (Prof. Dr. G. v. Hagens/Inventor of Plastination).

Contents:
Laser
Sealing/Tachosil
Evolution of Anatomy to a Key of MIN
Laboratory: Surgical Simulation and Training for MIN
The Role of Plastination for Research, Planning Strategies, Surgical Simulation and Training for MIN
Plastination Gallery.

Summary: This book presents a wealth of images of the different diseases and conditions encountered in the field of uroradiology with the aim of enabling the reader to recognize lesions, to interpret them appropriately, and to make correct diagnoses. The images have been selected because they depict typical or classic findings and provide a route to lesion recognition that is superior to memorization of descriptions. The imaging modalities represented include CT, CT angiography, CT urography, MRI, MRA, MRU, diffusion-weighted MRI and ADC mapping, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, sonography, conventional angiography, excretory urography, retrograde pyelography, cystography, urethrography, and voiding cystourethrography. For each depicted case, important imaging features are highlighted and key points identified in brief accompanying descriptions. Readers will find that the book provides excellent guidance in the selection of imaging modalities and facilitates diagnosis. It will be an ideal ready source of information on key imaging features of urinary tract diseases for medical students, residents, fellows, and physicians handling these diseases.

Contents:
Normal variant and congenital anomalies.- Urinary tract infection.- Renal cystic disease
Renal parenchymal neoplasms.- Lesions of the renal pelvicalyceal system, ureter, bladder and urethra
Vascular diseases
Retroperitoneum
Adrenal gland.- Male reproductive system: Prostate , seminal vesicles and testicular lesions.- Female reproductive system: Uterine body, uterine cervix, ovary, vagina
Nephrological, systemic and non-urinary diseases with urinary tract involvement.

Contents:
Simulation Training in the Intensive Care Unit
Assessment and management of the delirious patient in the Intensive Care Unit
Management of stroke in a non neuro-intensive care unit
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation for Critically Ill Patients
Pain in Intensive Care
Regional Anaesthesia in the Intensive Care Unit
Dynamic Assessment of the Heart-Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit
The Role of Lung Ultrasound on the Daily Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient
Acute Liver Failure: Diagnosis and Management for the General Intensive Care
The Initial Surgical Management of the Critically Ill Burn Patient
The Critically Ill Burn Patient
How do we get it right?
Venous Thromboembolism Prevention and the Role of Non-Coumarin Oral Anticoagulants in the Intensive Care Units
Magnesium and Cell Membrane Stability in the Critically Ill Patient
Transfer of the Sickest Patient in the Hospital: When, How and by Whom.

Summary: "The book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of key issues in perinatal mental health. Classic topics such as screening, assessment, pharmacological, psychological and psychosocial interventions of the most common conditions (depression, anxiety disorders, etc.) are combined with lesser known issues, such as mother-infant relationship disorders or thoughts of infant-related harm and aggressive behaviors, sleep disturbances in puerperium, obsessional disorders, fetal death etc., paying particular attention to specific groups of perinatal patients like mothers with cancer, adolescents, fathers, migrants, and preterm babies. The chapters written by health professionals working in hospitals, community services or voluntary agencies alternate with contributions from researchers whose fields of expertise include biology and neuroscience, diagnosis and special needs, treatment and prognosis, etc., striking a balance between scientific investigation and clinical practice.The book offers a valuable tool for a wide range of professionals like psychiatrists, psychologists, gynecologists, midwives, oncologists, pediatricians, and social workers, who want to improve their clinical practice and the effectiveness of their treatment pathways using evidence from perinatal health research."-- Provided by publisher

Summary: Keys to Running Successful Research Projects: All the Things They Never Teach You provides a step-by-step guide for the management of a successful research project or program. Through the use of illustrative case studies, the book covers all aspects of management that should be included during researcher training, helping researchers overcome the many challenges they face in their day-to-day management of people, time and resources. Links throughout provide more detailed information from gold standard sources on every topic. It is a must-have reference for postdocs, research managers and administrators in colleges, universities, hospitals and research institutes. In addition, it is an ideal resource for those working in grant and contract funding groups in the life sciences and medical fields.

Summary: This book provides clear guidance on how to achieve excellent functional results and avoid failures when performing cystectomy and orthotopic bladder substitution. The opening sections present helpful checklists relating to patient selection, preoperative management, the procedures themselves, intraoperative measures, postoperative management, and actions to be taken in the event of various symptoms and complications. The remainder of the book focuses in detail on a variety of specific points of interest such as how and why to attempt a nerve-sparing cystectomy, the role of pelvic lymph node dissection, physical and physiological considerations relevant to reservoir construction, metabolic consequences of the incorporation of bowel into the urinary tract, preservation of renal function, and quality of life issues. The information provided may not only be instrumental to urologists, but also to specialized health care professionals, as well as the concerned patients.

Contents:
Part I: Checklist: What to do and not to do Part II: Checklist: What to do if... Part III: Specific anesthesia during cystectomy to improve postoperative outcome
Why to attempt a nerve-sparing cystectomy?- Seminal vesicle sparing cystectomy-what can be expected?- The role of pelvi lymph node dissection and its extent in patients with orthotopic bladder substitute
Physical anc physiological considerations for reservoir construction
Bowel segments in the urinary tract
metabolic consequences
Preservation of renal function
Quality fo life with orthotopic bladder substitution.

Contents:
Structure of matter
Nuclear transformations
Production of x-rays
Clinical radiation generators
Interactions of ionizing radiation
Measurement of ionizing radiation
Quality of x-ray beams
Measurement of absorbed dose
Dose distribution and scatter analysis
A system of dosimetric calculations
Treatment planning i : isodose distributions
Treatment planning ii : patient data acquisition, treatment verification, and
Inhomogeneity corrections
Treatment planning iii: field shaping, skin dose, and field separation
Electron beam therapy
Low-dose-rate brachytherapy: rules of implantation and dose specification
Radiation protection
Quality assurance
Total body irradiation
Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
Stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery
Stereotactic body radiation therapy
High-dose-rate brachytherapy
Prostate implants: technique, dosimetry, and treatment planning
Intravascular brachytherapy
Image-guided radiation therapy
Proton beam therapy.

Summary: "This edition includes new chapters and updates of prior chapters designed to keep pace with the many exciting innovations in radiation oncology. It is our hope that this edition will bring readers from yesterday's standard of care to today's state of the art and provide a peek over the horizon at the dawn of a new era in which the science and the art of radiation oncology come together as never before. The science includes new understanding of the potential lurking within discoveries in physics, biology and technology. The art is the integrated clinical application of those discoveries, in concert with advances in systemic therapies. For example, there is a new chapter on the treatment planning implications of combined immunotherapy and radiation. This and other chapters hold clues that may lead us beyond local control of an individual tumor to a future in which a systemic response may be ignited by the application of modern radiation techniques and systemic therapies in proper sequence and intensity. In addition, there is a re-focus on the patient, beginning with a new chapter on treatment planning and patient safety"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Section I: General considerations. Surgical approaches to the heart and great vessels
Preparation for cardiopulmonary bypass
Myocardial preservation
Venting and deairing of the heart
Section II: Surgery for acquired heart disease. Surgery of the aortic valve
Surgery of the mitral valve
Surgery of the tricuspid valve
Surgery of the aorta
Surgery for coronary disease
Surgery for mechanical complications of myocardial infarction
Heart transplantation
Cardiac tumors
Surgery for atrial fibrillation
Section III: Surgery for congenital heart defects. Patent ductus arteriosus
Coarctation of the aorta
Pulmonary artery banding
Vascular ring and pulmonary artery sling
Systemic pulmonary shunting
Atrial septal defect
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Ventricular septal defect
Atrioventricular septal defect
Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Transposition of the great vessels
Aortopulmonary window
Truncus arteriosus
Ebstein anomaly
Interrupted and hypoplastic aortic arch
The Norwood principle
The Fontan principle
Coronary artery anomalies.

Contents:
Embryology, Anatomy and Histology of the Kidney
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Non-Neoplastic Disease Presenting as a Renal Lesion
Overview and Staging of Renal Neoplasms
Conventional Forms of Renal Neoplasia
Familial Forms of Renal Cell Carcinoma and Associated Syndromes
Translocation-Associated Carcinoma
Collecting Duct Carcinoma and Renal Medullary Carcinoma
Emerging and Recently Described Subtypes of Renal Carcinoma
Non-Epithelial Renal Neoplasms of the Adult Kidney
Pediatric Renal Neoplasms
Glomerular Disease
Non-Neoplastic Kidney Diseases in the Setting of a Renal Mass.

Summary: "A guide to creating a multi-disciplinary program approach to kidney and pancreas transplantation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Kidney Transplantation Overview
Recipient evaluation
Pre- and Post-Transplant Medical Considerations
Donor Evaluation
Immunology
Pharmacology
Anesthesia
Operative Technique : Donor
Operative Technique : Recipient
Post-Transplant Considerations
Quality Management
Basic Science
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Cutaneous Manifestations
Imaging
Pathology
Pancreas Transplantation
Operative Technique
Complications
Non-Urological
Pathology
Imaging
Islet Cell Transplantation
Clinico-Pathologic Cases.

Contents:
Embryology of the Urinary Tract
Normal Development of Renal Function of the Newborn
Fluid and Electrolytes in the Newborn
Special Considerations
Tools for the Assessment of Renal Function in the Newborn
Oral and Parenteral Nutrition of the Newborn with Urinary Tract Disease
Fetal Urology
Imaging of the Urinary Tract in Newborns
Urinary Tract Infections
Hydronephrosis
Posterior Urethral Valves
Prune Belly Syndrome
Structural Abnormalities of the External Genitalia and Urinary Tract
Structural Abnormalities of the kidney and Ureter
Neonatal Tumors involving the Urinary Tract
Cystic Kidney Disease
Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury
Renal Replacement Therapy in the Neonate
Neonatal Hypertension
Electrolyte Abnormalities in the Newborn.

Contents:
Part 1: Epidemiology and Biology Epidemiology of Kidney Cancer
Pathological Classification
Molecular Biology of Kidney Cancer
Biomarkers for Kidney Cancer
Genetic Heterogeneity of Kidney Cancer
Metabolic Basis of Kidney Cancer. Part 2: Clinical Considerations Clinical Presentation and Staging.- Hereditary Kidney Cancer. Part 3: Surgical and Local Control Modalities Surgical Approaches to Early Stage Kidney Cancer
Cytoreductive Nephrectomy
Metastasectomy
Energy Ablative Techniques in Kidney Cancer
The Role of Radiation Therapy in Kidney Cancer. Part 4: Systemic Therapy Considerations Adjuvant Systemic Therapy
Cytokines and Vaccine Therapy
PD1 and PDL1 Targeted Therapy
Angiogenesis Inhibitor Therapy
The Role of mTOR inhibitors and PI3K Pathway Blockade
Sequential versus Combination Strategies
Presurgical Therapy in Kidney Cancer
Toxicity Management for Patients on Targeted Therapies
Emerging Agents in Kidney Cancer.

Summary: This book provides a comprehensive overview of pathology of kidney tumors along with radiological features and up to date treatment strategies that enable the readers to avail this information in day to day pathology sign-out as well as interaction with clinical colleagues of different disciplines. It also serves as a referral resource for the current medical or surgical practice while preparing for examinations or maintenance of certification. Written by experts in the field, chapters contain an updated review of important pathologic parameters mandated for diagnosis and reporting with emphasis on updated information regarding new developments in this interesting field. Numerous high-resolution color images aptly illustrate the various pathologic entities and their features as outlined in the text section along with tables that highlight the differential diagnoses and salient ancillary features. Kidney Cancer serves as a quick reference for all categories of readers alike, and provides up-to-date information on renal tumor pathology, radiology and management that are required in daily practice.

Contents:
Surgical Considerations in Renal Tumors
Renal Cell Carcinoma: The Oncologist's Point of View
Normal Anatomy and Histology of the Kidney: Importance for Kidney Tumors
Benign Renal Epithelial / Epithelial and Stromal Tumors
Major Subtypes of Renal Cell Carcinoma
New and Emerging Subtypes of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Renal Mass Biopsy
Mesenchymal Kidney Tumors
Pediatric Renal Tumors: Diagnostic Updates
Neuroendocrine Kidney Tumors
Hereditary Syndromes Associated with Kidney Tumors
Lymphoid Neoplasms of the Kidney
Tumors of the Renal Pelvis
Non-Neoplastic Changes in Nephrectomy Specimens for Tumors
Application of Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis of Renal Cell Neoplasms
Cytology of Kidney Tumors
Diagnostic Imaging in Renal Tumors. Molecular Pathology of Kidney Tumors
Targeted Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Specimen Handling: Radical and Partial Nephrectomy Specimens
Staging and Reporting of Renal Cell Carcinomas.

Contents:
Drosophila Malpighian tubules: a model for understanding kidney development, function, and disease / Naveen Kumar Gautam, Puja Verma, and Madhu G. Tapadia
Zebrafish pronephros development / Richard W. Naylor, Sarah S. Qubisi, and Alan J. Davidson
Zebrafish as a model of kidney disease / Elvin E. Morales and Rebecca A. Wingert
Use of Xenopus frogs to study renal development/repair / Shoshoni T. Droz and Kelly A. McLaughlin
Tissue-specific functions of p53 during kidney development / Zubaida Saifudeen
Growth factor regulation in the nephrogenic zone of the developing kidney / Leif Oxburgh, Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, and Aaron Brown
Development and diseases of the collecting duct system / Lihe Chen, Paul J. Higgins, and Wenzheng Zhang
Origin and function of the renal stroma in health and disease / Christopher J. Rowan, Sepideh Sheybani-Deloui, and Norman D. Rosenblum
Imaging, analysing and interpreting branching morphogenesis in the developing kidney / Kieran M. Short and Ian M. Smyth
Genetic syndromes affecting kidney development / Abhijeet Pal and Kimberly J. Reidy
Primary cilia in cystic kidney disease / Prachee Avasthi, Robin L. Maser, and Pamela V. Tran
Inflammation and fibrosis in polycystic kidney disease / Cheng Jack Song, Kurt A. Zimmerman, Scott J. Henke, and Bradley K. Yoder
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT): role and implications in kidney fibrosis / Ana S. Cruz-Solbes and Keith Youker.

Summary: This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review in the field of experimental and human nephrogenesis. The book reviews new data on the effects on kidney development by neonatal asphyxia, obstructive uropathies, nephrotoxic drugs, malnutrition, underfeeding, overfeeding, and provides all possible preventive measures to ensure the well-being of the kidney at birth. The book also discusses the possible implications between renal development and the insurgence of kidney disease in adult life, and the correlation with renal carcinogenesis. Written by well recognized experts in their fields, Kidney Development in Renal Pathology is a valuable tool for pathologists, neonatologists, nephrologists, gynecologists, and researchers with an interest in kidney diseases.

Contents:
Development of the Human Kidney:Morphological Events
Molecular Regulation of Kidney Development
Development of the the Human Kidney: Immunohistochemical Findings
Kidney Development: New Insights on Transmission Electron Microscopy
The Human Kidney at Birth: Structure and Function in Transition
Perinatal Asphyxia and Kidney Development
Lessons on Kidney Development from Experimental Studies
Do c-Thymosins Play a Role in Human Nephrogenesis?
Malnutrition and Renal Function.

Summary: This book is the first title that focuses exclusively on kidney disease and its impact in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The increasing prevalence of vascular risk factors such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension coupled with increased longevity has resulted in a worldwide epidemic of cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Never has the impact of one organ system on the other been so profound, as in the current context of cardio-renal interactions. The cross talk between the heart and kidneys is highly relevant in the field of interventional cardiology, given the increasing number of trans-catheter procedures being performed in patients with underlying kidney disease. These procedures also have a significant impact on kidney function and require thoughtful interdisciplinary planning by a cardiorenal team, to achieve optimal outcomes This book assembles the collective expertise of several international leaders in the field of interventional cardiology and nephrology to summarize this complex interface. The book is divided into seven sections to comprehensively cover the topic, including sections on best practices with reduction of contrast associated acute kidney injury, cutting edge techniques to minimize kidney risk with complex interventions, impact of transcatheter valvular procedures on kidney function and the utility of cardio-nephrology teams. Less recognized complications with high morbidity such as athero-embolic renal disease are featured prominently, to increase awareness in the interventional cardiology and nephrology communities. This book is a valuable resource for interventional and structural cardiologists, general cardiologists and nephrologists dealing with the significant overlap areas between these two specialties. It is also relevant to medical students, trainee physicians in nephrology and cardiology, advanced care practitioners and nursing personnel in both specialties . Given the major impact of kidney function on outcome s in patients undergoing cardiac procedures, this textbook serves as a focal point to integrate relevant clinical data from both specialties and help interventional cardiologists achieve optimal outcomes, especially in patients with (or at risk for) kidney disease.

Contents:
Coronary artery disease in CKD: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Outcomes
Noninvasive testing in the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease in CKD: Scope, Pitfalls and Future Directions
Peripheral Arterial Disease in CKD: Disease Burden, Outcomes and Interventional Strategies
Cardiovascular impact of Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease
Platelet Function testing and antiplatelet agent choice in CKD
Choice of stents and clinical outcomes in patients with CKD
Revascularization strategies in CKD: PCI vs CABG
Approach to revascularization in the potential kidney transplant recipient
Nephrology consultative approach and risk stratification prior to revascularization in CKD
Contrast Induced AKI: Epidemiology, risk stratification and prognosis
Contrast induced AKI: Pathophysiological Mechanisms
Prevention of Contrast Induced AKI: Summary of volume optimization strategies
Prevention of Contrast induced AKI: Contrast medium selection, adjuvant strategies and best clinical practices
Intra procedural and operator strategies for reduction of contrast induced AKI
Effect of Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices on Renal Function
Renal athero-embolic disease: An underdiagnosed entity
Acute kidney injury with trans catheter aortic valve replacement
Impact of kidney disease in catheter based mitral valve interventions
Acute kidney injury with peripheral vascular interventions
Renal Artery Stenosis: State of the Art in Diagnosis and Management
Renal Denervation: Physiology, scope and current evidence
Economic impact of AKI and CKD in cardiac interventions
Biomarkers in early risk stratification and management of post catheterization AKI
Utilization of the cardio nephrology collaborative in the era of value based medicine.

Summary: This practical guide helps readers take charge of their health and explores the best ways to eliminate this painful disease. Kidney Stone Disease: Say NO to Stones! looks at the formation and prevention of the four major types of kidney stones, explores several different treatment options including open surgery and provides guidance on what to expect before, during and after treatment. Case histories are found at the end of each chapter to guide the reader on the different types of treatment appropriate for specific conditions. Written by a team of experts in the field, Kidney Stone Disease: Say NO to Stones! includes the latest information on risk factors, dietary and lifestyle choices, as well as state-of-the-art treatments.

Contents:
Section A. My personal encounter with the Medical Profession, Surgery and Pain
1. Room #2: The test I could not study for
2. Visiting the other side: The roller coaster ride continues!
Section B. The significance of Stone Disease
3. The Urinary Tract: The Inside Story!
4. Rock of Ages: Stones have stood the test of time!
5. Facts and Figures: Stones by the numbers!
6. Urinary Tract Stones: From the invisible to the clearly distinct and discernible stone!
7 Stone Characteristics: Not all stones are created equal!.- Section C. Risk factors, Risk Group
8. Metabolic and Hereditary Factors: Are you stone prone?
9. The Stone Belt
10. Sex and Stones: Sex and stones may break your bones, but water will not harm you!
11. Pregnancy and Stones: Stubborn Stone Situations
12. Children and Elderly with Stones: Stones for the Ages!
13. Obesity and stones: Losing the waist is more than weight!
Section D. The Work-up
14. Symptoms: Listen to how your stone is communicating with you!
15. The incidental Stone- It may not be so insignificant!
16. Stone Disease Imaging: There is more to x-rays than what we see!
Section E. Treatment
17. Who, what, where and when to treat: Who should be my Urologist? Pick your doc to break your rock!
18. Meeting your expectations: What to anticipate before, during and after treatment!
19. Medical Therapy: Mind your Medicines!
20.The Surgical Procedure: No Doc, No Shock!
21. Treatment of Complex Stones: Location, Location, Location!
22. Ureteral Stents: To stent or not to stent, that is a great question!
23. Managing your pre-operative and post-operative pain
Section F. Prevention
24. Stop the Stones! Necessary tests to determine your risk for stones
25. Hydration: Why we drink, when to drink, what to drink, and how much to drink, that is the question!
26. Complimentary Medicine: A Natural and Healthy approach to Stone Prevention
27. Nutrition Recommendations to Prevent Kidney Stones: Realistic dietary goals and expectations
28. Diet Fads and Stones: Is your diet all cracked up to what it is supposed to be?
29. Maintain control: Managing your expectations!
Section G. Bonus
30. Update: What is new on the horizon.- 31. Special Stone Stories
32. Billing, Coding and Your Stone: What the Patient should know!
33. ObamaCare and your stone: Good news, bad news!.

Summary: "With the increased prevalence of kidney transplantation, transplant recipients are being treated in a variety of clinical settings -- often beyond the transplant center. There is a greater need for clinicians and allied healthcare professionals to have appropriate guidance on managing these patients. Kidney Transplantation offers the latest evidencebased information on the full range of dilemmas in the medical management of kidney transplant recipients before, during and after transplantation. Beginning with the selection of patients who are candidates for transplantation, this authoritative guide covers the care of the patient on the waiting list and evaluation of donors, preoperative care, induction and immunosuppression maintenance. This wealth of new information and guidelines will serve as an important resource for the best possible care for transplant patients."--Publisher's website.

Summary: This book presents state of the art knowledge on all aspects of kidney transplantation in recipients in whom desensitization strategies are necessary in order to overcome immunologic barriers such as anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) donor-specific antibody and ABO blood group incompatibility. Readers will find detailed, up-to-date information on the various immunomodulating therapies that may be employed in these circumstances and the outcomes that may be expected. Full guidance is provided on preoperative evaluation and management and post-transplantation care. In addition, the pathology of antibody-mediated rejection and acute cellular rejection in this context is discussed. For most patients with end-stage renal disease, kidney transplantation offers significant benefits compared with dialysis, but especially sensitization to HLAs remains a major clinical obstacle to success. Kidney Transplantation in Sensitized Patients will assist in achieving optimal results in individual patients. It will be an important resource for everyone involved in the care of kidney transplant recipients.

Contents:
Intro; Contents;
1: Introduction to Kidney Transplantation in sensitized patients; Definition of Sensitization; Donor-Specific Antibody (DSA); Non-HLA Antibody; Histocompatibility Testing and Virtual Crossmatching; Epitope; Prevalence of Sensitization in Kidney Transplantation; Causes of Sensitization; Approach to the Highly Sensitized Candidate; Allocation System; Acceptable Mismatch Program; Desensitization; Kidney Paired Exchange; Conclusion; References;
2: Preoperative Evaluation of Sensitized Patients; HLA Typing; Serologic Typing; Molecular Typing; HLA Antibody Testing Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity CrossmatchTest Principle and Methods; Interpretation; Flow Cytometry Crossmatch; Principle; Methods; Interpretation; Solid Phase Immunoassay; Principle; Methods; Interpretation; Limitations; C1q SAB Assay; Principle; Methods; Interpretation; Limitations; Epitope Analysis; Correlation of Each Methodology; Cases of Sensitized Patients; A Case with Low-Level Anti-Class I and -Class II HLA Antibodies; A Case with High-Level Anti-Class II HLA Antibodies; A Case with CDC(+) and C1q(+) Anti-HLA Antibodies but with Stable Postoperative Course A Case with High-Level Anti-Class II HLA Antibodies with Postoperative DSA(-) ABMRReferences;
3: Preoperative Management (Desensitization); Overview of Desensitization Protocol; Plasmapheresis or Immunoadsorption for Desensitization; IVIG for Desensitization; Rituximab for Desensitization; Proteasome Inhibitors for Desensitization; Complement Inhibitors for Desensitization; Anti-IL-6 Receptor Blockers for Desensitization; IgG-Degrading Enzyme of Streptococcus pyogenes (IdeS) for Desensitization; References
4: Induction and Maintenance Immunosuppressants in Sensitized Renal Allograft RecipientsIntroduction; Induction Immunosuppressive Regimen; Antithymocyte Globulin; Rituximab; Bortezomib; Alemtuzumab; Maintenance Immunosuppression; Conclusion; References;
5: Postoperative Management; Monitoring and Prevention of Infectious Disease; Cytomegalovirus; BK Virus; Management of Hyperglycemia; Management of Hypertension; Management of Dyslipidemia; References;
6: Complication from Desensitization; Complication from Rituximab; Infection; AMC Case of Hepatitis in Anti-CD20; Rejection; Lung Disease Cardiac DiseaseOthers; Acute Thrombocytopenia; Complication from Bortezomib; GI Toxicity; Peripheral Neuropathy; Hematologic Toxicity; Compensatory Humoral Reaction; Others; Complication from IVIg; Thromboses; Hemolysis; Myocardial Infarction; Others; Complication from Eculizumab; Infection; Others; Complication from C1 Esterase Inhibitor (C1 INH); Infection; Others; Complication from IgG Endopeptidase (IdeS); Rebound Antibody Reaction; Immunogenicity of IdeS; Infection; Complication from Anti-IL-6R mAb (Tocilizumab: TCZ); Infection; Others; Complication from Plasmapheresis

Summary: Collecting and synthesizing all of the most recent literature on Kienböck's disease from around the world, this comprehensive text aims to provide a more dynamic, nuanced treatment algorithm for this enigmatic condition. Part I consolidates the basic science on Kienböck's and the lunate, including anatomy, pathology, biomechanics and etiology. Clinical assessment is covered in part II, including radiology, advanced imaging and arthroscopy. The natural history and progression of the condition in children, adults and the elderly is also presented. By far the largest section, part III describes the roles and methods of the various management strategies for Kienböck's, from minimally invasive techniques to arthroscopic and arthroplastic procedures. The final chapter draws from all of these concepts, establishes a new algorithm and provides a direction for the future. Written and edited by leaders in the field, and including supplemental video features for select chapters, Kienböck's Disease: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment is a remarkable text that helps unlock this mysterious condition, and will be a valuable resource for hand and orthopedic surgeons, residents and trainees worldwide.

Contents:
Part I. Basic Science. Osseous Anatomy and Microanatomy of the Lunate
Vascularity of the Lunate
Lunate Bone Morphology and Its Association with Kienböck's Disease
Wrist Biomechanics as Applied to the Lunate and Kienböck's Disease
Pathoanatomy of Kienböck's Disease
Etiology of Kienböck's Disease
Part II. Clinical Assessment. Clinical Presentation, Natural History and Classification of Kienböck's Disease
Basic Imaging and Differential Diagnosis of Kienböck's Disease
Advanced Imaging of Kienböck's Disease
Acute Lunate Fractures and Translunate Dislocations
Arthroscopic Assessment and Treatment of Kienböck's Disease
Part III. Management. Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Treatment of Kienböck's Disease
Radial Shortening and Ulnar Lengthening Operations for Kienböck's Disease
Radial Closing Wedge Osteotomy for Kienböck's Disease
Osteochondral Free Flap Reconstruction of Advanced Kienböck's Disease
Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid and Scaphocapitate Fusion in Kienböck's Disease
Radioscapholunate Fusion in Kienböck's Disease
Lunarectomy and Progressive Capitate Lengthening (Modified Graner Wilhelm Procedure)
Arthroscopic Reconstructive Procedures for Kienböck's Disease: Arthroscopic Assisted Bone Grafting
Arthroscopic Reconstructive Procedures for Kienböck's Disease
Pyrocarbon Arthroplasty for Kienböck's Disease
Wrist Hemiarthroplasty Combined with Proximal Row Carpectomy
Total Wrist Arthroplasty
Total Wrist Fusion in the Management of Kienböck's Disease
The Future of Kienböck's Disease: A New Algorithm.

Summary: "In 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful entrance into the national conversation on race. In a media landscape dominated by racially biased images of welfare queens and crack babies, Killing the black body exposed America's systemic abuse of Black women's bodies. From slave masters' economic stake in bonded women's fertility to government programs that coerced thousands of poor Black women into being sterilized as late as the 1970s, these abuses pointed to the devaluation of Black motherhood--and the neglect of Black women's reproductive needs in mainstream feminist and civil rights agendas. Now, some two decades later, Killing the Black body remains as crucial as ever--a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:
Reproduction in bondage
The dark side of birth control
From Norplant to the contraceptive vaccine : the new frontier of population control
Making reproduction a crime
The welfare debate : who pays for procreation?
Race and the new reproduction
The meaning of liberty.

Contents:
HTRF kinase assay development and methods in inhibitor characterization / Yong Jia, Mari Manuia, and Jose Juarez
Application of eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase (eEF-2K) for cancer therapy : expression, purification, and high-throughput inhibitor screening / Clint D. J. Tavares ... [et al.]
Recombinant kinase production and fragment screening by NMR spectroscopy / Byeonggu Han and Hee-Chul Ahn
Bioluminescence methods for assaying kinases in quantitative high-throughput screening (qHTS) format applied to yes1 tyrosine kinase, glucokinase, and PI5P4Kα lipid kinase / Mindy I. Davis, Douglas S. Auld, and James Inglese
Using bioluminescent kinase profiling strips to identify kinase inhibitor selectivity and promiscuity / Hicham Zegzouti, Jacquelyn Hennek, and Said A. Goueli
Measuring activity of phosphoinositide lipid kinases using a bioluminescent ADP-detecting assay / Andrew W. Tai and Jolanta Vidugiriene
High-throughput radiometric kinase assay / Krisna C. Duong-Ly and Jeffrey R. Peterson
High-content assay to screen for modulators of EGFR function / Christophe Antczak and Hakim Djaballah
Monitoring protein kinase expression and phosphorylation in cell lysates with antibody microarrays / Hong Zhang, Xiaoqing Shi, and Steven Pelech
From enzyme to whole blood : sequential screening procedure for identification and evaluation of p38 MAPK inhibitors / Silke M. Bauer ... [e tal.]
Genetically encoded fluorescent indicators to visualize protein phosphorylation in living cells / Moritoshi Sato and Yoshio Umezawa
Characterization of an engineered Src kinase to study Src signaling and biology / Leanna R. Gentry .. [et al.]
Screening one-bead-one-compound peptide libraries for optimal kinase substrates / Thi B. Trinh and Dehua Pei
Determination of the substrate specificity of protein kinases with peptide micro- and macroarrays / Shenshen Lai ... [et al.]
Rapid identification of protein kinase phosphorylation site motifs using combinatorial peptide libraries / Chad J. Miller and Benjamin E. Turk.

Summary: Includes risk management, enterprise resource planning, outsourcing, combinatorial synthesis and technology, functional foods, process automation, electronic chemicals, specialty silicones, mergers and acquisitions, nanoparticles, bioinformatics, ISO 14000, micron-scale chemical analysis, medical applications of biodegradable materials, product development, strategies, drug discovery strategies, chemistry of aging, single-site catalysis, custom manufacturing, and global chemical market analysis.

Contents:
Agrochemicals
Analytical Techniques
Biochemistry & Biotechnology
Chemical Reactions
Dyes and Pigments
Energy
Environmental Protection, Industrial Safety
Environmental Protection, Industrial Safety
Fat, Oil, Food and Feed, Cosmetics
Inorganic Chemicals
Materials
Metals and Alloys
Organic Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals
Polymers and Plastics
Processes & Process Engineering
Processes & Process Engineering
Processes and Process Engineering
Renewable Resources
Special Topics.

Contents:
-- 1. Patient Safety, Quality, and Evidence-Based Medicine
2. Antenatal and Intrapartum Care of the High-Risk Infant
3. Resuscitation and Initial Stabilization
4. Physical Growth : Physical Examination of the Newborn Infant and the Physical Environment
5. Nutrition and Selected Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract
6. Genetics, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, and Newborn Screening
7. Care of the Parents
8. Developmental Care--Understanding and Applying the Science
9. Respiratory Problems
10. Assisted Ventilation --11. Glucose, Calcium, and Magnesium
12. Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
13. Infections in the Neonate
14. The Heart
15. The Kidney
16. Hematologic Problems
17. Neonatal Brain Disorders
18. Neonatal Imaging --19. The Outcome of Neonatal Intensive Care
20. Ethical Issues --

Summary: This book presents the latest insights into all the critical aspects of Klinefelter's Syndrome, in order to promote a more homogeneous a medical approach to this condition, leading to better and more "evidence-based" support, and improving patient satisfaction. It offers physicians and all health professionals involved in treating these patients (andrologists, pediatricians, endocrinologists, psychologists) a comprehensive overview and a useful tool for their daily clinical practice.

Contents:
Intro
Preface
Contents
1: Introduction: From a Disabling Condition to a Variant of Normalcy
References
2: Epidemiology of an Underdiagnosed Syndrome
2.1 Difficulties in Prevalence Estimation
2.2 Prevalence of Klinefelter Syndrome
2.3 Conclusions
References
3: Causes of Extra Chromosome(s)
3.1 Mechanism of the Supernumerary X Chromosome
References
4: Different Karyotypes, Same Disease?
4.1 48,XXYY
4.2 48,XXXY
4.3 49,XXXXY
References
5: Genetic and Epigenetic Aspects of the Supernumerary X Chromosome 5.1 Maternal or Paternal Origin of the Suprannumerary X Chromosome
5.2 X Chromosome Inactivation and Gene Dosage
5.3 Genetic Aspects Related to the Androgen Receptor
5.4 Role of the Genes Belonging to Pseudoautosomal Regions (PAR)
5.5 X-Linked Copy Number Variations (CNVs) in the Klinefelter Syndrome
5.6 Involvement of Epigenetic Mechanisms
5.7 Aneuploidy and Cancer
References
6: Prenatal Counselling and Management in the Early Neonatal Period
6.1 Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening of Chromosome Variations
6.2 Need for Counselling and Good Communication 6.3 Pre- and Post-Test Session
6.4 Internet Challenge
6.5 Towards the Birth of the Child
References
7: Early Developmental Pathways and Communication Good Practices
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Motor Development and Neurological Aspects in KS
7.3 Communication and Language
7.4 Executive Function and Learning Disabilities
7.5 Behaviour and Emotional-Relational Aspects
7.6 How and When Communicating to the Child
References
8: The Diagnosis of Klinefelter Syndrome at Prepubertal Age
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Clinical Markers of KS
8.3 Hormones 8.4 hCG Test
8.5 Penis Length
8.6 Testicular Volume
8.7 Histology
8.8 Predictive Markers of Sperm Retrieval in Prepuberal and Peripubertal Age
References
9: The Pediatric Management of Klinefelter Syndrome: What to Do and When from Infancy to Puberty
9.1 Clinical Picture and Diagnosis at Different Ages
9.2 Pediatric Problems in KS Children and Their Monitoring
References
10: Klinefelter Syndrome: From a Disabling Condition to a Variant of Normalcy: Neuropsychiatric Aspects
References
11: Testicular Development
References
12: The Klinefelter Puberty 12.1 Epidemiology and Diagnosis
12.2 Phenotype
12.3 Androgen Development
12.4 Spermatogenesis
12.5 Body Composition
12.6 Bone Mass
12.7 Malignancies
12.8 Testosterone Supplementation
12.9 Conclusions
References
13: Genetic of Gametes
13.1 Background
13.2 Male Gametogenesis
13.2.1 Spermatogenesis Disruption in KS
13.3 Gene Expression Alterations in KS Testis
13.4 Epigenetics and KS
13.5 KS and ART
13.6 Conclusions
References
14: Phenotype of the Adulthood
14.1 Introduction

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1. T. Bauchschmerzen.
2. T. Körperschmerzen.

Summary: "Surgical skill does make a difference. Despite advances in implant design and the introduction of surgical navigation and robotics it remains clear that judgement, experience and insight still have no substitute"--Provided by publisher.

Summary: This book offers a comprehensive guide to knee arthroplasty that will assist in achieving excellent outcomes based on a sound understanding and technique. An introductory section on the primary knee arthroplasty that covers preoperative planning, surgical exposures, step by step approach to knee arthroplasty, unicondylar knee arthroplasty and radiological assessment are discussed in detail. The next section is devoted to topics pertaining to knee replacement in complex situations like bone defects, stiff knees, previous failed trauma and extra-articular deformities. A separate section has been dedicated to use of technology like Computer navigation and Robotics in TKA. An extensive section explains the causes and management of potential complications, including instability, infections, and periprosthetic fracture. Individual chapters focussing on multimodal pain management, deep vein thrombosis, rehabilitation and newer advances have been included .The surgical techniques appropriate for revision knee arthroplasty are described separately, and guidelines on how to deal with bone loss, instability, gap balancing, joint line restoration, and use of bulk allografts, hinges and condylar replacement prosthesis are provided. The authors are all respected experts from the United Kingdom, United States,India and Europe. The language of the book is easy to read, user friendly with colourful pictorial representation of relevant surgical steps. Case based discussions, surgical tips and pearls and summary has been added in each chapter. The references given at the end of each chapter would be useful for those doing research. This book should be of interest to practicing orthopaedic surgeon across the globe, beginner arthroplasty surgeons, postgraduate students of orthopaedics, DNB students and those preparing for board exams. This book will serve as a reference book for Master Arthroplasty surgeons as well as a compendium on Knee Arthroplasty.

Contents:
SECTION I : PRIMARY TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Chapter 1:Preoperative Planning in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 2: Surgical Exposures In Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 3: Implant Evolution and Design Rationale in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 4: Basics in Total Knee Arthroplasty: a step by step approach to a varus knee
Chapter 5: Total Knee Arthroplasty In Knees With Fixed Flexion Deformity
Chapter 6: Total knee replacement in a valgus arthritic knee
Chapter 7: Mobile Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 8: Fixed Bearing Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 9: Radiological Assessment Of Total Knee Arthroplasty
SECTION II : TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN COMPLEX PRIMARY SITUATIONS
Chapter 10: Total Knee Arthroplasty In Stiff/Ankylosed Knees
Chapter 11: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Extra-Articular Deformity
Chapter 12: Post High Tibial Osteotomy Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 13: Total knee Arthroplasty in osteoarthrosis complicated with stress Fractures
Chapter 14: Management of Bone Defects in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 15: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Morbidly Obese
Chapter 16: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Post-trauma and Failed fixations
Chapter 17: Sliding Condylar Osteotomy for Managing Severe Deformities in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 18: Total Knee Arthroplasty In Genu Recurvatum
Chapter 19: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Persons with Haemophilia
Chapter 20: Total Knee Arthroplasty In Patient With History Of Previous Knee Sepsis
SECTION III : MANAGING COMPLICATIONS POST TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Chapter 21: Periprosthetic Fractures following Total Knee Replacement
Chapter 22: Management of Extensor Mechanism Disruption in Total Knee
Chapter 23: Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty :an algorithmic approach
Chapter 24: Management of The Stiff Total Knee Replacement
Chapter 25: Knee Prosthetic Instability
Chapter 26: Periprosthetic Joint Infection - Diagnosis and principles of management
Chapter 27: D.A.I.R : Concept and Results
Chapter 28: Single Stage Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty for Periprosthetic
Chapter 29: Revision for Infected Total Knee Replacement
SECTION IV : TECHNOLOGY IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Chapter 30: The Science Behind Computer Assisted Surgery Of The Knee
Chapter 31: Computer assisted total knee arthroplasty: a step wise approach
Chapter 32: Navigation Assisted Unicondylar Knee Replacement
Chapter33: Patient Specific Instrumentation in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 34: Overview of Robotics in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 35: Total Knee Arthroplasty using robotics (MAKO)
Chapter 36: Robotic Assisted Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 37: Fast Track Total Knee Arthroplasty
SECTION V : REVISION TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Chapter 38: Mechanisms of failure in total knee arthroplasty: diagnosis & evaluation
Chapter 39: Exposure Options in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 40: Prosthesis extraction in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 41: Prosthesis selection and rationale for use in revision total knee arthroplasty
Chapter 42: Management of bone defects in revision total knee arthroplasty
Chapter 43: Managing bone defects in Revision total knee replacement: concept and use of tantalum cones
Chapter 44: Gap Balancing In Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 45: Joint line Restoration in Revision Total knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 46: Rotating Hinge knee in Primary and Revision knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 47: Revision of Failed Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty To A Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 48: Re-Revision Of A Previously Revised Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Bulk Allografts in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 50 : Condylar Replacement Prosthesis as a salvage in Knee Arthroplasty
SECTION VI : ADVANCES IN PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
Chapter 51: Managing Soft Tissue Deficiencies In Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 52: Multimodal Pain Management in Total knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 53: Deep Vein Thrombosis: Prophylaxis And Management
Chapter 54: Optimal Rehabilitation after Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Summary: This book provides detailed guidance on knee arthroscopy that reflects the very latest advances in this ever-changing field. Among the techniques covered are reconstruction of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, meniscal repair and transplantation, cartilage repair by means of osteochondral allograft transplantation and autogenous osteochondral transfer, medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction, and high tibial osteotomy. In each case, clear descriptions of technique are supported by a wealth of high-quality illustrations, with identification of potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. In addition, the latest knowledge is presented on anatomy and biomechanics. The book is written by recognized experts in sports injuries and knee disorders. It will serve as an up-to-date reference for the experienced knee surgeon and an ideal source of information for all who wish to broaden their knowledge of and improve their skills in knee arthroscopy, whether general orthopaedists, orthopaedic trainees, or sports medicine physicians.

Summary: This concise and handy book offers practical guidance to orthopedic surgeons and residents willing to master knee arthroscopy techniques in their daily practice. Based on scientific evidence but also mirroring expert know-how and best practices, it equips readers with essential information, tips and tricks to avoid and prevent intraoperative minor and major complications. Clearly and uniformly written, and featuring a wealth of intraoperative pictures, the book guides readers step-by-step through each of the presented arthroscopic procedures--from patient positioning, through meniscal suture approaches and hamstring grafting, to ACL, PCL and MPFL reconstructions. Covering all the basic and practical aspects this book is a must-read for residents and young orthopedic surgeons wanting to gain insights into this surgical technique and valuable tool for practicing orthopedists, sports physicians and physiotherapists with an interest in knee arthroscopy.

Contents:
1 Introduction
2 The basics: patient's positioning, different approaches of the knee
3 Meniscal sutures: all inside, out-in and posterior horn reinsertion
4 Hamstring graft: acl reconstruction with quadruple bundle gracilis and semitendinosis tendons
5 Quadruple Hamstring graft: single 4-strand semitendinosis tendon
6 BTB graft using patellar tendon
7 Lateral tenodesis: extra articular reconstruction with the fascia lata using a modified
8 Christel-Djian technique
9 The Posterior Cruciate Ligament: PCL reconstruction using the semitendinosis
10 The MPFL: double bundle reconstruction using the gracilis with femoral and tibial rigid fixations
11 Simulator learning
12 Annex: preparation of single 4-strand semitendinosus tendon graft.

Summary: This book provides a complete overview of the various types of fractures around the knee. Each chapter addresses anatomical key features, surgical procedures, postoperative regimes and complication strategies. International knee experts discuss how to improve nailing techniques as well as pearls and pitfalls for each type of knee fracture. Current clinical outcomes are included throughout and the authors recommend their preferred therapeutic approach and salvage measures if required. Knee Fractures is an essential, go-to resource for orthopaedic surgeons dealing with the total spectrum of simple and complex knee fractures in daily clinical practice.

Contents:
Anatomy of the knee
Epidemiology and Classification of distal femur fractures
Preoperative planning in distal femur fractures
External fixation of distal femur fractures
Nailing of distal femur fractures
Plating and screwing of distal femur fractures
Epidemiology and Classification of proximal tibia fractures
Preoperative planning in proximal tibia fractures
External fixation of proximal tibia fractures
Nailing of proximal tibia fractures
Plating and screwing of proximal tibia fractures
Epidemiology and Classification of patella fractures
Preoperative planning in patella fractures
Wire, screw and plate fixation of patella fractures
Peri-prosthetic fractures around the knee
Nonunions around the knee
Malunion around the knee
Post traumatic bone defects around the knee
Geriatric fractures around the knee
Post-treatment following fractures around the knee.

Summary: This booklet, in A to Z format, is a succinct but wide-ranging guide to the use of MRI for investigations of the knee joint. It provides easily retrievable answers to the questions that arise frequently during daily radiological practice. All relevant injuries and disorders are covered, typically with brief descriptions of pathological and clinical characteristics, guidance on selection of imaging technique, identification of potential diagnostic clues, and highlighting of useful tips and tricks. In addition, practical, state-of-the-art information is provided on other aspects of relevance. Characteristic images are included as necessary. Knee Imaging, published within the series A-Z Notes in Radiological Practice and Reporting, will be of value for both residents and general radiologists. Beyond assisting in MR reporting, it will help examination candidates in their preparation.

Summary: This book presents up-to-date knowledge on all aspects of total knee joint arthroplasty (TKA). It opens by considering indications for TKA and implant selection, covering basic science, design, and prosthetic materials. The basic and advanced operative procedures, along with theoretical background, are then described in detail for both primary and revision surgery. The operative techniques for TKA in specific and complex conditions are included. Complications of TKA and their treatment are also discussed, and clear guidance is provided on postoperative management and patient education. The author introduces his personal surgical tips and opinions on controversial issues based on his experience of TKA in some 6,000 cases. Numerous helpful illustrations and radiographs from the author's caseload are presented to assist readers in carrying out the described procedures.

Contents:
Chapter 1: Patient Selection
Chapter 2: Implant Selection
Chapter 3: Preparation for the Operation
Chapter 4: Surgical Techniques
Chapter 5: TKA in Specific Conditions
Chapter 6: Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 7: Postoperative Management
Chapter 9: Revision Arthroplasty
Chapter 10: Optional Techniques.

Summary: Knee ligament injuries are very common and are frequently sports related, although they may arise from trauma experienced during everyday activities. This book provides in-depth descriptions of the extra articular surgical techniques that may be employed when performing ligament reconstruction in patients with injuries involving the posterolateral and posteromedial corners of the knee. It is intended as a practical, how to manual that will be of value for both the trainee and the more experienced surgeon. Many of the techniques relate to the central pivot of the knee, i.e. the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments. For each technique, indications, presurgical planning, postsurgical follow-up and complications are discussed in addition to the surgical details. Numerous tips and pearls are provided and the techniques are clearly depicted in informative high-quality illustrations.

Summary: This book provides a concise and accessible resource for evaluating, diagnosing, and managing common knee disorders. The chapters are presented in a clear, and easily understood style so that practitioners can readily apply the information in their day-to-day clinical practice. The Knee Made Easy opens with discussion of the anatomy, biomechanics, clinical examination and radiological imaging of the knee, followed by commonly encountered clinical symptoms and conditions of the knee. Each clinical condition is demonstrated with the background, presentation, investigations, and treatment options. Medical students, generalist doctors, junior orthopaedic doctors, and physiotherapists will find this book to be an essential go-to guide for effectively treating the most common knee disorders and improving patients' care.

Contents:
Introduction
Knee clinical anatomy
Knee Biomechanics tibiofemoral articulation
Knee Biomechanics patellofemoral articulation
Clinical history for knee conditions
Clinical Examination of the knee
Investigations for knee disorders
Challenges in managing knee disorders
Surgical interventions for knee disorders
External devices for disorders of the knee
Knee injection and needling therapy
Knee physiotherapy a surgeons perspective
Knee pain
Knee stiffness
Knee locking
Knee instability
Knee weakness
Knee paraesthesia
Knee Noise
Knee Swellings
Knee Tendon disease
Quadriceps tendinopathy
Patellar tendon tendinopathy
Hamstring tendon tendinopathy
Calcific tendinopathy/ligamentopathy
Iliotibial band syndrome
Quadriceps tears
Patellar tendon tears
Tibial tubercle apophysitis
Fabella pain syndrome
Knee tendon snapping syndrome
Knee intraarticular snapping syndrome
Meniscal tears
Discoid meniscus syndrome
Parameniscal cysts
Meniscal deficiency knee syndrome
Medial plica syndrome
Suprapatellar plica syndrome
Infrapatellar plica syndrome
Patellofemoral pain syndrome
Infrapatellar fat pad dysfunction
Prefemoral fat pad dysfunction
Patellar tendon lateral femoral condyle friction syndrome
Bipartite/tripartite patella pain syndrome
Knee bursal dysfunction
Osteonecrosis of the Knee
Chondral disruption of the knee
Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee
Knee arthritis
Painful knee replacement arthroplasty
Instability in knee replacement arthroplasty
Synovial chondromatosis of the knee
Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee
Proximal tibiofibular joint arthropathy
Anterior cruciate ligament knee instability
Posterior cruciate ligament knee instability
Medial collateral ligament knee instability
Posterolateral corner ligament knee instability
Multiligament knee instability
Patellofemoral instability
Proximal tibiofibular joint instability
Knee hyperextension -recurvatum
Post-traumatic knee stiffness
Common peroneal nerve dysfunction
Superficial peroneal nerve dysfunction
Deep peroneal nerve dysfunction
Tibial nerve dysfunction
Saphenous nerve dysfunction
Infrapatellar nerve dysfunction
Sciatic nerve dysfunction
Myofascial trigger points of the knee.

Summary: Clinicians, physiatrists, and fitness trainers are daily faced with challenges regarding the diagnosis and management of microtraumatic knee injuries. These conditions are particularly complex and misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis may lead to performance limitations and a prolonged absence from sports activities. Knee Pain in Sports Medicine: Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment helps readers accurately diagnose these conditions and provides effective guidance on management, allowing for prompt recovery and return to play. Contains numerous helpful illustrations, including patient photographs, anatomical drawings, and imaging results. Concludes each chapter with take-home messages that help readers remember key points regarding the specific pathology. Includes a valuable self-assessment section with clinical cases and multiple-choice questions that allow readers to evaluate their own work and learning progress. Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into a single, convenient resource.

Contents:
Patellofemoral pain
Patellar tendinopathy
Quadriceps tendon injuries
Iliotibial band syndrome
Pes anserinus syndrome
Biceps femoris tendinopathy
Popliteus tendinopathy
Ganglion cyst and mucoid degeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament
Osteochondritis dissecans
Overuse meniscal pathology
Knee bursitis
Osgood–schlatter disease
Sinding–larsen and Johansson syndrome
Instability of the proximal tibiofibular joint.

Summary: An indispensable step-by-step guide on a full spectrum of open and arthroscopic knee procedures Knee disorders are among the most common musculoskeletal conditions and, as such, constitute four of the top seven orthopaedic procedures. Currently, 720,000 knee replacements are performed annually in the US, with a projected 3.4 million surgeries by 2030. Knee Surgery: Tricks of the Trade edited by renowned knee surgeons and educators James P. Stannard, Andrew Schmidt, and Mauricio Kfuri features contributions from an impressive cadre of distinguished colleagues. The reader-friendly book fills a g

Summary: "The purpose of this book is to build on the current state of implementation knowledge by integrating theory and empirical knowledge with experiential knowledge that we have gained in facilitating implementation of evidence in practice settings. It is intended to create a 'how to' for nurses and others wanting to, or being responsible for, facilitating the uptake of evidence in practice or de-implementation of ineffective practices. Our aim is to provide a practical resource for those wishing to put into service best practices at the point-of-care"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:
Perspective from the Field
Guiding Theories, Models and Frameworks
A Roadmap for Implementing Best Practices + Appendix
Call to Action
Find the Best Practice Evidence
Assemble Evidence on Context and Current Practices
Customize Best Practices to the Local Context + appendix
Discover Barriers and Drivers to Best Practice Implementation + appendix
Implementation Strategies- What do we know works? + appendix
Tailor Implementation Strategies + appendix
Field Test, Plan Evaluation and Prepare to Launch + appendix
Launch and Evaluate
Sustain the Gains + appendix
Reflections : Is it worth it?.