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Guest editor Chad Kessler has assembled an expert panel of authors on the topic of Alterations of Consciousness. Articles include: The Mental Status Examination in Emergency Practice, Dizzy and Confused: A Step-by-Step Evaluation of the Clinician's Favorite Chief Complaint, Diagnosis and Evaluation of Syncope in the Emergency Department, The Emergency Department Approach to Syncope: Evidence-based Guidelines and Prediction Rules, Pediatric Syn...

People with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. Insulin resistance, which leads to diabetes in 1 in 4 people who have it, affects 60 million Americans and is also a cardiovascular disease risk factor. It is important for cardiologists to understand the reasons why diabetes and insulin resistance cause increased cardiovascular risk so they can help their patients control these risk factors.

Dr. Mydlo's issue provides a comprehensive review of the diagnosis, management, and treatment of penile and urethral cancer. Top experts in the field have supplied state-of-the-art clinical reviews devoted to core issues, such as Premalignant and early carcinomas of the penis and scrotum, Histopathology of malignant lesions of the penis and urethra, Penile cancer: clinical presentation, diagnosis and staging, Reconstruction of the penis after ...

An Institute of Medicine report has concluded that 'there is a lack of knowledge and awareness about chronic viral hepatitis on the part of health-care and social-service providers. This book features a group of experts in this field to present their expertise about this disease.

This issue of the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America provides the rheumatologist with the latest information on diagnosis and treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. Topics covered inlucde epidemiology, history, pathogenesis, autoantibodies in ANCA-associated vasculitis (including drug-induced ANCAs), pauci-immune renal disease, ocular manifestations, diagnostic approach (including mimickers), W...

Articles in this issue include: "Basic Appearance of US Structures and Pitfalls, " "US of the Shoulder, " "US of the Elbow and Wrist, " "Prolotherapy and PRP Applications - Evidenced Based Discussion, " "US of the Hip & Lower Extremity, " "US Guided Injections in MSK Medicine, " "Physiatric Perspectives of MSK US, " "Orthopedic Perspectives of MSK US, " "Rheumatologic Perspectives of MSK US, " "Radiology Perspectives of MSK US, " "European Per...

Deals with bone grafting for dental implant preparation. This title includes articles such as: general principles of bone grafting, genetic and transcriptional control of bone formation, bone graft harvesting from distant sites, bone graft harvesting from regional sites, osteoperiosteal flaps and local osteotomies, and allogeneic bone.

Neuro-ophthalmology has been an established subspecialty in neurology. This title contains the following articles: Ocular Motor Cranial Neuropathy (Volpe), Papilledema (Wall), Transient Monocular Visual Loss (Ahmed/Foroozan), Multiple Sclerosis (Galetta), and Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (Bonelli/Arnold).

This issue, Guest Edited by Dr. Mark Boguniewicz, will feature topics such as: Role of Fungi in Atopic Dermatitis, The Infectious Aspects of Atopic Dermatitis, Contact Allergy in Atopic Dermatitis, Role of the Nurse Educator in Atopic Dermatitis, Investigational and Unproven Therapies in Atopic Dermatitis, Addressing Psychosocial Aspects of Atopic Dermatitis, Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Atopic Dermatitis, Quality of Life in Ato...

Articles include: The Role of Locking Technology in the Hand, Intramedullary Fixation of Metacarpal Fractures, Implant Arthroplasty of the Carpometacarpal Joint of the Thumb, Interposition Arthroplasty Options of the Carpometacarpal Joint of the Thumb, Intramedullary Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures, Variable-Angle Screw Volar Plate Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures, Non-Bridging External Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures, Intramedullar...

Focuses on the aging of the periorbital region as it pertains to facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. This title includes topics such as: Mid-face Restoration in the Management of the Lower Lid, The Brow and Forehead in Periocular rejuvenation, Autologous Fat and Fillers in Periocular Rejuvenation, and, Periocular Anatomy and Aging.

Because of their constant use and intricate architecture, the foot and ankle can be the source of many problems. As a result, imaging is crucial for diagnostic purposes and so that treatment decisions can be made. This book reviews imaging of soft-tissue lesions, osteochondral lesions, and metatarsalgia.

Anaesthesia: Churchill¿s Ready Reference provides a practical compilation of investigations to assist in the everyday clinical management of the peri-operative and critically ill patient, and the parturient. In this volume, the authors have included an abundance of diagrams, figures, and tables that they find helpful in understanding this area of medicine. It is hoped that the volume will guide clinicians in the interpretation of investigation...

This book gives comprehensive and balanced coverage of the principles of cognitive radio communications and networks, with details of their implementation, including the latest developments in the standards and spectrum policy. Case studies and descriptions of platforms and test beds, together with sample code, give hands-on knowledge of how cognitive radio systems can be implemented. Extensive treatment is given to the 802.22 and 802.16h (WiM...

Rudolf Kingslake is regarded as the father of lens design, his book, not revised since its publication in 1978, is viewed as a classic in the field. Naturally, the field has developed considerably since the book was published. The most obvious change is the availability of powerful lens design software packages, which all lens designers use. However, a lens designer still needs to understand the fundamentals of lens design, otherwise a design ...

The fields of stem cell research, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and cloning are very closely related. It is important for researchers in each of these disciplines to be aware of the methods and principles in the others. Elsevier publishes some of the highest individual references in these areas. Bringing together the principles, applications, and basic understanding in these related areas of science will provide a new reference wh...

A key task of engineers is to design and analyse systems, however, they often have to do this without knowing a systems parameters. BSS is a very important area in signal processing as it enables engineers to derive the unknown inputs of a system from its known outputs. It also enables the separation of a set of signals from mixed set of signals. This is particularly important in telecommunications and biomedical engineering but is also key in...

Containing the collective knowledge of hundreds of years of clinical experience, this book has been written by clinicians for clinicians. The authors represent a range of disciplines that regularly encounter patients with headache, orofacial pain, and bruxism, each condition is explored in detail.

Completely portable, this pocket-sized collection of full-color, spiral-bound cards uses humor, cartoons, and mnemonics to help you understand and retain important information about fluids and electrolytes. This fun, colorful, and insightful approach makes these cards a valuable learning and review tool throughout nursing school, as well as a great resource for preparing for the NCLEX? examination.

Traditional methods for creating intelligent computational systems haveprivileged private "internal" cognitive and computational processes. Incontrast, "Swarm Intelligence" argues that humanintelligence derives from the interactions of individuals in a social worldand further, that this model of intelligence can be effectively applied toartificially intelligent systems. The authors first present the foundations ofthis new approach through an e...