• Biophysics and pathophysiology of radiofrequency lesion formation
• Guiding lesion formation during radiofrequency catheter ablation
• Irrigated and cooled-tip radiofrequency catheter ablation
• Catheter cryoablation : biophysics and clinical applications
• Cardiac anatomy for catheter mapping and ablation of arrhythmias
• Fundamentals of intracardiac mapping
• Catheter 3-dimensional mapping systems
• Remote catheter navigation systems
• Intracardiac echocardiography, computed cardiac tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging for guiding mapping and ablation
• Ablation of focal atrial tachycardias
• Ablation of cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutters
• Ablation of nonisthmus-dependent flutters and atrial macroreentry
• Ablation of postoperative atrial tachycardia in congenital heart disease
• Pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation
• Pulmonary vein isolation by cryoballoon catheter
• Ablation of nonpulmonary vein triggers
• Substrate-based ablation for atrial fibrillation
• Ablation of atrial fibrillation drivers : focal impulse and rotor modulation
• Ablation of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation
• Epicardial and endocardial hybrid ablation for atrial fibrillation
• Ablation of atrioventricular junctional tachycardias : atrioventricular nodal reentry, variants, and focal junctional tachycardia
• Atrioventricular junction ablation for heart-rate control of atrial fibrillation
• Ablation of free wall accessory pathways
• Ablation of posteroseptal accessory pathways
• Catheter ablation of superoparaseptal (anteroseptal) and midseptal accessory pathways
• Ablation of atriofascicular accessory pathways and variants
• Special problems in ablation of accessory pathways
• Ablation of ventricular outflow tract tachycardias
• Ablation of idiopathic left and right ventricular and fascicular tachycardias
• Ablation of ventricular tachycardia in coronary artery disease
• Ablation of ventricular tachycardia associated with nonischemic cardiomyopathy
• Ablation of unstable ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
• Substrate-based ablation for ventricular tachycardia
• Epicardial approach to catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia
• Ablation of ventricular tachycardia with congenital heart disease
• Ablation of genetically triggered ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation--focusing on brugada syndrome
• Ablation of ventricular tachycardia with percutaneous hemodynamic support
• Complications associated with radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias
• Atrial transseptal catheterization special considerations for ablation in pediatric patients.

"From anatomy and diagnostic criteria through specific mapping and ablation techniques, Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias, 4th Edition, covers all you need to know in this fast-changing field. Ideal for practitioners who need a comprehensive, user-friendly ablation text for the electrophysiology lab or office setting, this authoritative reference offers quick access to practical content, using detailed tables and high-quality images to help you apply what you learn in your practice"--Publisher's description.

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Performing the Rest Cure: Mrs Patrick Campbell
• Chapter 2 The Minor Actress Undone: Peg Entwistle and Dorothy Hale
• Chapter 3 The Actress and Addiction: Diana Barrymore
• Chapter 4 Mythmaking Madness: Vivien Leigh
• Chapter 5 Mad Actress as Icon: Frances Farmer.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Actresses and Mental Illness investigates the relationship between the work of the actress and her personal experience of mental illness, from the late nineteenth through to the end of twentieth century. Over the past two decades scholars have made great advances in our understanding of the history of the actress, unearthing the material conditions of her working life, the force of her creative agency and the politics of her reception and representation. By focusing specifically on actresses' encounters with mental illness, Fiona Gregory builds on this earlier work and significantly supplements it. Through detailed case studies of both well-known and neglected figures in theatre and film history, including Mrs Patrick Campbell, Vivien Leigh, Frances Farmer and Diana Barrymore, it shows how mental illness - actual or supposed - has impacted on actresses' performances, careers and celebrity. The book covers a range of topics including: representing emotion on stage; the `failed' actress; actresses and addiction; and actresses and psychiatric treatment. Actresses and Mental Illness expands the field of actress studies by showing how consideration of the personal experience of the actress influences our understanding of her work and its reception. The book underscores how the actress can be perceived as a representative public woman, acting as a lens through which we can examine broader attitudes to women and mental illness.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138490338 20181227

• Section I. Introduction. Evolution of the coronary care unit: past, present, and future
• Ethical issues of care
• Physical examination
• Section II. Scientific foundation of cardiac intensive care. The role of the cardiovascular system in coupling the external environment to cellular respiration
• Regulation of cardiac output
• Coronary physiology and pathophysiology
• Pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes: plaque rupture and atherothrombosis
• Regulation of hemostasis and thrombosis
• Section III. Coronary artery disease. Acute myocardial infarction
• Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
• Use of the electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction
• Reperfusion therapies for acute ST- elevation myocardial infarction
• Adjunctive pharmacologic therapies in acute myocardial infarction
• Complications of acute myocardial infarction
• Post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock
• Right ventricular infarction
• Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction
• Supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias in acute myocardial infarction
• Conduction disturbances in acute myocardial infarction
• Complications of percutaneous interventional procedures
• Section IV. Noncoronary diseases: diagnosis and management. Acute heart failure and pulmonary edema
• Acute fulminant myocarditis
• Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
• Distributive shock
• Cardiorenal syndrome
• Sudden cardiac death
• Diagnosis and treatment of ventricular tachycardia
• Diagnosis and treatment of unstable supraventricular tachycardia
• Acute presentations of valvular heart disease
• Hypertensive emergencies
• Acute aortic syndromes: diagnosis and management
• Acute pericardial disease
• Acute respiratory failure
• Massive acute pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Hemodynamically unstable presentations of congenital heart disease in adults
• Overdose of cardiotoxic drugs
• Section V. Pharmacologic agents in the cardiac intensive care unit. Anticoagulation: antithrombin therapy
• Anti-platelet therapy
• Inotropic and vasoactive agents
• Intensive diuresis and ultrafiltration
• Antiarrhythmic electrophysiology and pharmacotherapy
• Analgesics, tranquilizers, and sedatives
• Pharmacologic interactions
• Section VI. Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques: indications and technical considerations. Central venous access procedures
• Temporary pacing
• Pericardiocentesis
• Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
• Temporary mechanical circulatory support devices
• Ventricular assist device therapy in advanced heart failure
• Heart transplantation for advanced heart failure
• Emergency airway management
• Mechanical ventilation
• Cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation after cardiac arrest
• Palliative care.

"Using a multidisciplinary, team-oriented approach, this unique title expertly covers all the latest approaches to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with critical cardiac illness. Led by Dr David L. Brown, a stellar team of authoritative writers guides you through cardiac pathophysiology, disease states presenting in the CICU, and state-of-the-art advanced diagnosis and therapeutic techniques. A visually appealing format, new chapters, and thorough updates ensure that you stay on the cutting edge of this rapidly advancing field"--Publisher's description.

• Basic principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance
• Techniques for T1, T2, and extracellular volume mapping
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance contrast agents
• Myocardial perfusion imaging theory
• Myocardial perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance : advanced techniques
• Blood flow velocity assessment
• Use of navigator echoes in cardiovascular magnetic resonance and factors affecting their implementation
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of myocardial oxygenation
• Cardiac magnetic resonance spectroscopy
• Special considerations for cardiovascular magnetic resonance : safety, electrocardiographic setup, monitoring, and contraindications
• Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator safety and safe scanning
• Special considerations : cardiovascular magnetic resonance in infants and children
• Human cardiac magnetic resonance at ultrahigh fields : technical innovations, early clinical applications and opportunities for discoveries
• Clinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging techniques
• Normal cardiac anatomy
• Assessment of cardiac function
• Stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance : wall motion
• Stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance : clinical myocardial perfusion
• Acute myocardial infarction : cardiovascular magnetic resonance detection and characterization
• Acute myocardial infarction : ventricular remodeling
• Myocardial viability
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance tagging for assessment of left ventricular diastolic function
• Magnetic resonance imaging of coronary arteries : technique
• Coronary artery imaging : clinical results
• Coronary artery and sinus velocity and flow
• Coronary artery bypass graft imaging and assessment of flow
• Atherosclerotic plaque imaging : aorta and carotid
• Atherosclerotic plaque imaging : coronaries
• Assessment of the biophysical mechanical properties of the arterial wall
• Valvular heart disease
• Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in dilated cardiomyopathy
• T1 and T2 mapping and extracellular volume in cardiomyopathy
• Cardiac iron loading and myocardial T2
• Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• Myocarditis
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of cardiac transplantation
• Cardiac and paracardiac masses
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of right ventricular anatomy and function
• Simple and complex congenital heart disease : infants and children
• Simple and complex congenital heart disease : adults
• Pulmonary vein and left atrial imaging
• Thoracic aortic disease
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography : carotids, aorta, and peripheral vessels
• Pulmonary artery
• The pericardium : anatomy and spectrum of disease
• Interventional cardiovascular magnetic resonance
• Pediatric interventional cardiovascular magnetic resonance
• Cost-effectiveness analysis for cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
• Cardiac positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance
• Guidelines for cardiovascular magnetic resonance
• Noncardiac pathology
• CMR screening form: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC): CMR Center
• CMR sequence protocols in use (2018) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC): CMR Center
• Analogous CMR terminology used by various vendors.

• Cancer rehabilitation care continuum
• Safety considerations in the rehabilitation of persons with cancer of the brain and spinal cord
• Inpatient rehabilitation outcome measures in persons with brain and spinal cord cancer
• Tumors of the brain
• Brain tumor rehabilitation
• Cognitive deficits in brain cancer
• Communication and swallowing impairments in brain cancer
• Spinal cord tumors
• Neurosurgical management of spinal cord tumors
• Inpatient rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury due to cancer
• Rehabilitation of the child with brain and spinal cord cancer
• Cancer related fatigue
• Spinal imaging, stability and management of spine pain due to cancer
• Pain in cancer of the central nervous system
• Attending to the quality of life at the end of life. Palliative rehabilitation is person-centered care for patients with advanced cancer.

"Offering a well-rounded overview of CNS cancers and best practices for rehabilitation of the cancer patient, Central Nervous System Cancer Rehabilitation provides succinct, easy-to-digest coverage for practicing and trainee physiatrists, as well as physical and occupational therapists. This concise resource by Dr. Adrian Cristian begins with an introduction to CNS cancers and progresses to rehabilitation practice, associated symptom management, and palliative care"--Publisher's description.

• Section 1: Chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease: definitions, epidemiology, cost, and outcomes
• Measurement and estimation of kidney function
• Diabetic kidney disease
• Hypertensive kidney disease
• Chronic kidney disease in the elderly
• The pediatric patient with chronic kidney disease
• Genetic causes of chronic kidney disease
• Section 2: Complications and management of chronic kidney disease. The role of the chronic kidney disease clinic and multidisciplinary team care
• Anemia in chronic kidney disease
• Mineral bone disorders in chronic kidney disease
• Vitamin D disorders in chronic kidney disease
• Cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease
• Nutrition, metabolism and hormonal function in chronic kidney disease
• Inflammation in chronic kidney disease
• Sleep disorders in chronic kidney disease
• Depression and neurocognitive function in chronic kidney disease
• Medication management in chronic kidney disease
• The pathophysiology of uremia
• Timing and initiation and modality options for renal replacement therapy
• Ethical challenges and the role of palliative care in kidney disease
• Section 3: Dialysis. Dialysis and end stage kidney disease: epidemiology, cost, and outcomes
• Principles of hemodialysis
• Vascular access
• Hemodialysis adequacy
• Hemodialysis-associated infections
• Acute complications associated with hemodialysis
• Frequent hemodialysis: physiological, epidemiological, and practical aspects
• Home hemodialysis
• Peritoneal physiology
• The utilization and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis
• Peritoneal dialysis solutions, prescription and adequacy
• Peritoneal dialysis-related infections
• Noninfectious complications of peritoneal dialysis
• Section 4: Transplantation. Transplant epidemiology, costs and outcomes
• Transplantation immunobiology
• Evaluation of donors and recipients
• Surgical management of the renal transplant recipient
• Immunosuppresive therapy
• Diagnosis and therapy of graft dysfunction
• Infection in renal transplant recipients
• Noninfectious complications after kidney transplantation
• Recurrent and de novo renal diseases after kidney transplantation
• Pediatric renal transplantation
• Chronic kidney disease in the kidney transplant recipient
• Section 5: Acute kidney injury. Acute kidney injury: epidemiology, costs and outcomes
• Metabolic and nutritional complications of acute kidney injury
• Acute kidney injury diagnostics and biomarkers
• Pharmacological interventions in acute kidney injury
• Dialytic management for acute renal failure
• Extracorporeal treatment of poisonings.

"From basic science to practical clinical tools, Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation, 4th Edition provides you with the up-to-date, authoritative guidance you need to safely and effectively manage patients with chronic renal disease. Covering all relevant clinical management issues, this companion volume to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney presents the knowledge and expertise of renowned researchers and clinicians in the fields of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, critical care nephrology, and transplantation - for an all-in-one, indispensable guide to every aspect of this fast-changing field"--Publisher's description.

• Molecular mechanisms of cardiac electrical activity
• Cardiac ion channels
• Electrophysiological mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias
• Electrophysiological testing: tools and techniques
• Conventional intracardiac mapping techniques
• Advanced mapping and navigation modalities
• Ablation energy sources
• Sinus node dysfunction
• Atrioventricular conduction abnormalities
• Intraventricular conduction abnormalities
• Focal atrial tachycardia
• Typical atrial flutter
• Macroreetrant atrial tachycardia
• Atrial tachyarrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease
• Atrial fibrillation
• Inappropriate sinus tachycardia
• Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia
• Typical atrioventricular bypass tracts
• Atypical bypass tracts
• Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias
• Wide complex tachycardias
• Ventricular arrhythmias in ischemic heart disease
• Idiopathic focal ventricular tachycardia
• Fascicular ventricular tachycardia
• Ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
• Bundle branch reentrant ventricular tachycardia
• Epicardial ventricular tachycardia
• Arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• Ventricular arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease
• Ventricular arrhythmias in inherited channelopathies
• Complications of catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.

• Section I: Equipment and general principles of endoscopy. The history of gastrointestinal endoscopy
• Setting up an endoscopy facility
• How endoscopes work
• Cleaning and disinfecting gastrointestinal endoscopy equipment
• Tissue sampling, specimen handling, and chromoendoscopy
• Electrosurgery in therapeutic endoscopy
• Sedation and monitoring in endoscopy
• Patient preparation and pharmacotherapeutic considerations
• Bowel preparation for colonoscopy
• Reporting, documentation, and risk management
• Small-caliber endoscopy
• Postsurgical endoscopic anatomy
• Endoscopic simulators
• Section II: Luminal gastrointestinal disorders.
• Part 1: Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
• Portal hypertensive bleeding
• Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
• Mid-gut gastrointestinal bleeding
• Occult and unexplained chronic gastrointestinal bleeding
• Part 2: Esophageal Disorders. Esophageal motility disorders
• Endoscopic diagnosis and management of Zenker's diverticula
• Benign esophageal strictures
• Ingested foreign objects and food bolus impactions
• Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Barrett's esophagus
• Screening for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
• Endoscopic treatment of early esophageal neoplasia
• Palliation of malignant dysphagia and esophageal fistulas
• Part 3: Gastric disorders. Gastroparesis
• Gastric polyps and thickened gastric folds
• Subepithelial tumors of the esophagus and stomach
• Diagnosis and treatment of superficial gastric neoplasms
• Palliation of gastric outlet obstruction
• Part 4: Duodenal disorders. Duodenal and papillary adenomas
• Part 5: Colonic disorders. Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction
• Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance
• Polypectomy, mucosal resection, and submucosal dissection
• Endoscopic diagnosis and staging of inflammatory bowel disease
• Dysplasia surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease
• Colonic strictures
• Part 6: Miscellaneous. Infections of the luminal digestive tract
• Techniques in enteral access
• Endoscopic techniques for weight loss
• Management of post-bariatric complications
• Intramural and transmural endoscopy
• Endoscopic full thickness resection of subepithelial lesions of the GI tract
• Extraintestinal endosonography
• Section 3: Pancreatobiliary disorders.
• Part 1: general considerations and techniques. Preparation for pancreaticobiliary endoscopy
• Choloangiography and pancreatography
• Cannulation and sphinctertomy
• Endoscopic ultrasound and FNA for pancreatic and biliary disorders
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided access and drainage of the pancreaticobiliary ductal systems
• Part 2: Benign Biliary Disorders. Gallstone disease: choledocholithiasis, cholecystitis, and gallstone pancreatitis
• Postoperative biliary strictures and leaks
• Infections of the biliary tract
• Sphincter of Oddi disorders
• Part 3: Benign pancreatic disorders. Recurrent acute pancreatitis
• Pancreatic fluid collections and leaks
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Part 4: Neoplastic pancreaticobiliary disorders. The indeterminate biliary stricture
• Pancreatic cystic lesions
• Evaluation and staging of pancreaticobiliary malignancy
• Palliation of malignant pancreaticobiliary obstruction.

• Toward a pathology of the possessed
• High-functioning
• Yale will not save you
• The choice of children
• On the ward
• The slender man, the nothing, and me
• Reality, on screen
• John Doe, psychosis
• Perdition days
• L'appel du vide
• Chimayó
• Beyond the hedge.

"Schizophrenia is not a single unifying diagnosis, and Esmé Weijun Wang writes not just to her fellow members of the 'collected schizophrenias' but to those who wish to understand it as well. Opening with the journey toward her diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, Wang discusses the medical community's own disagreement about labels and procedures for diagnosing those with mental illness, and then follows an arc that examines the manifestations of schizophrenia in her life. In essays that range from using fashion to present as high-functioning to the depths of a rare form of psychosis, and from the failures of the higher education system and the dangers of institutionalization to the complexity of compounding factors such as PTSD and Lyme disease, Wang's analytical eye, honed as a former lab researcher at Stanford, allows her to balance research with personal narrative"-- Publisher's description.

• Part 1: Hemorrhagic processes. Consultative process
• An approach to the bleeding patient: correlation of clinical symptoms and signs with laboratory testing
• Hemophilia A and B
• Less common congenital disorders of hemostasis
• Acquired coagulation disorders due to inhibitors
• von Willebrand disease
• General aspects of thrombocytopenia, platelet transfusions, and thrombopoietic growth factors
• Primary immune thrombocytopenia
• Congenital and acquired disorders of platelet function and number
• Purpura and other hematovascular disorders
• HHT
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation
• The cross-talk of inflammation and coagulation in infectious disease and their roles in disseminated intravascular coagulation
• Part 2: Thrombotic processes. Thrombophilia: clinical and laboratory assessment and management
• Pediatric aspects of thrombophilia
• Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and primary pulmonary hypertension
• Venous thromboses at unusual sites
• The post thrombotic syndrome
• Thrombocytosis: essential thrombocytemia and reactive causes
• Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Antiplatelet treatment in cardiovascular medicine
• Non-arteriosclerotic arterial occlusive disease
• Thrombosis and cancer
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
• Hemostatic disorders of complement activation (PNH and aHUS)
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
• Part 3: Therapeutic agents. Antithrombotic agents
• Blood component and pharmacological agents
• Therapeutic apheresis: applications for hemorrhagic & thrombotic disorders
• Vena caval filters
• Part 4: Issues specific to women. Thrombotic risk of contraceptives and other hormonal therapies
• Bleeding and the management of hemorrhagic disorders in pregnancy
• Thrombophilia in pregnancy
• Part 5: Special issues. Surgery and hemostasis
• Anticoagulation in the perioperative period
• Understanding and managing the coagulopathy of liver disease
• Outpatient anticoagulant therapy
• Hematologic interventions for acute central nervous system disease
• Pending: atrial septal abnormalities and cryptogenic stroke
• Hemorrhage control and thrombosis following severe injury
• Hemostatic aspects of sickle cell disease

"With authoritative coverage of rare and common hemostatic disorders, Consultative Hemostasis and Thrombosis, 4th Edition, keeps you both up to date with all that's new in this fast-moving field as well as reviewing background and development and citing pertinent classical literature. Broad differential diagnoses are provided, underscoring the editors' position that correct treatment begins with correct diagnosis"--Publisher's description.

• Part One: An Orientation to Contextual Theory and Skills
• 1. The Theory Behind the Practice
• 2. Intertwining Individuality and Relatedness
• 3. Capturing the Human Experience: The Role of Assessment
• 4. Contextual Supervision: Helping Clinicians Find Balance Part Two: Health-Related Applications of Contextual Therapy
• 5. Tailoring the Contextual Framework for Healthcare
• 6. The Crisis is Real: Demands of Acute Conditions
• 7. It Never Ends: Chronic Disease Challenges
• 8. Tangled Minds: Contextual Perspectives on Mental Health
• 9. Seeking Healing at the End of Life Epilogue.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book provides readers with a compelling case for the inclusion of contextual therapy in comprehensive healthcare settings by presenting its applications to individual and family health across the lifespan. Part I gives an overview of contextual therapy, including case conceptualization, assessment, intervention, and supervision. Part II provides specific recommendations for incorporating contextual therapy in diverse and multidisciplinary settings. Case studies illustrate how concepts such as justice, loyalty, and balanced giving and receiving influence families' adjustment to chronic illnesses and mental health disorders. Accounting for the trend toward increased collaboration between providers in traditional mental health and medical settings, this book will empower clinicians to expand their current range of assessment methods, intervention techniques, and supervision experiences.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138684836 20180813

• 1. Alcohol and smoking: impact of behavioral risk factors
• 2. Urbanisation, upward mobility, demographics, environmental changes and availabity of natural resources in sub-saharan africa (ssa)
• 3. Review of traditional digestive diseases common in ssa
• 4. Epidemiology of digestive diseases in ssa: trends that are occurring
• 5. Emerging non-intestinal diseases arising in ssa
• 6. Changes in nutritional status of africans: recommendations for sub-saharan africa
• 7. Cancer of the esophagus in sub-saharan africa
• 8. Dodenal ulcer and diet in sub-saharan africa
• 9. Helicobacter pylori in sub-saharan africa
• 10. Pancreatitis in sub-saharan africa
• 11. H.i.v. And the digestive system
• 12. Characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) in sub-saharan africa
• 13. Abominal tuberculosis in sub-saharan africa
• 14. Colorectal cancer in sub-saharan africa
• 15. Aspects of viral hepatitis in sub-saharan africa in the 21st century
• 16. Hepatocellular carcinoma in africa
• 17. Biliary disease in sub-saharan africa
• 18. Amoebiasis in sub-saharan africa: problems and possible solutions
• 19. Intestinal schistosomiasis in sub-saharan africa
• 20. Cholera in sub-saharan africa
• 21. Conclusions: problems and possible solutions.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges provides an in-depth examination into the rise of western digestive diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For those interested in the causes of the major diseases of the `West', the patterns in Africa have always reflected on the emergence of western diseases and elucidated the pattern of these conditions and their clinical course. Coverage includes the present epidemiology of GI diseases in SSA, the trends that are occurring, and the context of other emerging diseases. Appropriate for researchers, gastroenterologists and internists, this book brings together the latest research in a single, complete volume.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780128156773 20190318

• History of lupus
• Definition and classification of lupus and lupus-related disorders
• The epidemiology of lupus
• Overview of lupus pathogenesis
• Genetics of human SLE
• Epigenetics of lupus
• The environment and the host
• The innate immune system in SLE
• B cells and generation of antibodies
• T cells
• Adaptive and innate immunoregulatory cells
• Cytokines in lupus
• Immunometabolism
• Animal models in lupus
• Abnormalities in immune complex clearance and apoptotic cell clearance
• The role of complement in SLE
• Apoptosis and inflammatory forms of cell death
• Tissue damage in lupus : free radicals and fibrosis
• Pathogenesis of fibrosis—the lung as a model
• Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis
• Pathogenesis of accelerated atherosclerosis and vascular injury in systemic lupus erythematosus
• Pathogenesis of cutaneous lupus
• Pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric lupus
• Pathogenesis of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
• Pathogenesis of Sjögren's
• Structure and derivation of autoantibodies
• Antinuclear antibodies, antibodies to DNA, histones, and nucleosomes
• Antibodies against ENA (SM, RNP, SSA, SSB)
• Antibodies against C1q
• Antilipoprotein and antiendothelial cell antibodies
• Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
• Overview and clinical presentation
• Skin disease in cutaneous lupus erythematosus
• The musculoskeletal system and bone metabolism
• Lupus and the cardiopulmonary system
• Lupus and the nervous system : clinical aspects, psychopathology, and imaging
• Gastrointestinal and hepatic systems
• Hematologic and lymphoid abnormalities in SLE
• Neonatal lupus : pathogenesis and clinical approaches
• Pregnancy and autoimmune disease, reproductive and hormonal issues
• Systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood and adolescence
• Clinical aspects of antiphospholipid syndrome
• Lupus and infections
• Ocular, aural, and oral manifestations of lupus
• Clinical aspects of Sjögren's
• Clinical application of serologic tests, serum protein abnormalities, and other clinical laboratory tests in systemic lupus erythematosus
• Differential diagnosis and disease associations
• Incomplete lupus, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, and mixed connective tissue disease
• Clinical markers, metrics, indices, and clinical trials
• Lupus biomarkers
• Principles of therapy, local measures, and NSAIDs
• Antimalarial medications
• Systemic glucocorticoid therapy for SLE
• Immunosuppressive drug therapy
• Complementary and alternative medications, specialized and niche therapies
• Adjunctive treatments and preventive measures
• Targeted therapies in SLE
• Management of cutaneous lupus erythematosus
• Epidemiology and management of lupus nephritis
• Management of Sjögren's
• Socioeconomic and disability aspects
• Prognosis and mortality of SLE.

"For more than 50 years, Dubois’ Lupus Erythematosus and Related Syndromes has been recognized internationally as the go-to clinical reference on lupus and other connective tissue diseases. From basic scientific principles to practical points of clinical management, the updated 9th Edition provides extensive, authoritative coverage of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its related diseases in a logical, clearly written, user-friendly manner. It’s an ideal resource for rheumatologists and internal medicine practitioners who need a comprehensive clinical reference on all aspects of SLE, connective tissue diseases, and the antiphospholipid syndromes"--Publisher's description.

• 1. A historical perspectives on lipids and cardiovascular disease
• 2. Basic lipid and lipoprotein biochemistry for clinical lipidologists
• 3. Guidelines and risk scores
• 4. Lipid measurement
• 5. Step-by-step diagnosis and management plan
• 6. Lifestyle modification in the management of dyslipidemia
• 7. Lipid medications overview: prescription and nonprescription preparations
• 8. Statins
• 9. Nonstain medications: omega-3 fatty acids, fibrates, bile acid sequestrants, niacin, and cholesterol absorption inhibitors
• 10. Hypertriglyceridemia
• 11. Safety and tolerability of lipid-lowering medications
• 12. Familial hypercholesterolemia: family disease
• 13. Complex dyslipidemias
• 14. Children and adolescents step-by-step evaluation and management plan
• 15. Lipid management in special populations.

"Dyslipidemia: A Clinical Approach is intended as a low-cost, quick-reference, easy-to-navigate guide for a broad range of healthcare professionals that will provide high-yield decision-making tools to ensure confidence in patient treatment and management of those who are suffering from a lipids disorder or related disease. Content will include detailed drug tables, information on important drug interactions, and also non-statin alternatives for those patients who cannot tolerate statins. In addition, decision-making algorithms and careful patient management plans will be included to ensure quicker and more effective treatment and management of patients"--Provided by publisher.

"Inspirational...I loved this book. I found myself sneak-reading it from the moment it came in the door. As with a sack of White Castle burgers, I hated to reach the end....[Tomlinson] writes exceedingly well." -Dwight Garner, The New York Times The government definition of obesity is a body mass index of 30 or more. My BMI is 60.7. My shirts are size XXXXXXL, which the big-and-tall stores shorten to 6X. I'm 6-foot-1, or 73 inches tall. My waist is 60 inches around. I'm nearly a sphere. Those are the numbers. This is how it feels... So begins The Elephant in the Room, Tommy Tomlinson's remarkably intimate and insightful memoir of his life as a fat man. When he was almost fifty years old, Tomlinson weighed an astonishing-and dangerous-460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to climb a flight of stairs without having to catch his breath, or travel on an airplane without buying two seats. Raised in a family that loved food, he had been aware of the problem for years, seeing doctors and trying diets from the time he was a preteen. But nothing worked, and every time he tried to make a change, it didn't go the way he planned-in fact, he wasn't sure that he really wanted to change. In The Elephant in the Room, Tomlinson chronicles his lifelong battle with weight in a voice that combines the urgency of Roxane Gay's Hunger with the intimacy of Rick Bragg's All Over but the Shoutin'. He also hits the road to meet other members of the plus-sized tribe in an attempt to understand how, as a nation, we got to this point. From buying a FitBit and setting exercise goals to contemplating the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, America's "capital of food porn, " and modifying his own diet, Tomlinson brings us along on a candid and sometimes brutal look at the everyday experience of being constantly aware of your size. Over the course of the book, he confronts these issues head-on and chronicles the practical steps he has to take-big and small-to lose weight by the end. Affecting and searingly honest, The Elephant in the Room is a powerful memoir that will resonate with anyone who has grappled with addiction, shame, or self-consciousness. It is also a literary triumph that will stay with readers long after the last page.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781501111617 20190218

• Section I: General topics. Four decades: the history and future of ERCP
• The ERCP room
• Radiologic issues and radiation safety during ERCP
• Endoscopes, guidewires and accessories
• Duodenoscope reprocessing
• Sedation in ERCP
• Indications for and contraindications to ERCP including when and when not to perform ERCP
• Adverse events of ERCP: prediction, prevention and management
• ERCP training
• Preparation for ERCP
• Principles of electrosurgery
• Quality issues and measures in ERCP
• Medicolegal issues in ERCP
• Section II: Techniques. Cannulation of the major papilla
• Access (precut) papillotomy
• Sphincter of oddi manometry
• Biliary sphincterotomy
• Balloon dilation of the native and postsphincterotomy papilla
• Stone extraction
• Pancreatic sphincterotomy
• Minor papilla cannulation and papillotomy
• Plastic pancreaticobiliary stents and nasopancreaticobiliary tubes: concepts and insertion techniques
• Biliary metal stent insertion: indications and insertion techniques
• Pancreaticobiliary stent removal: migrated and non-migrated
• Papillectomy and ampullectomy
• Pancreatoscopy
• Cholangioscopy
• Endomicroscopy ninepoint of the pancreaticobiliary tree
• ERCP in children
• ERCP in pregnancy
• ERCP in surgically altered anatomy
• Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage
• Endoscopic ultrasound and EUS guided endotherapy
• Section III: Approach to clinical problems. Pancreaticobiliary disorders. what is the role of CT, MRCP, and EUS relative to ERCP?
• Pancreas divisum, biliary cysts, and other congenital anomalies
• Approach to the dilated bile duct and pneumobilia
• The dilated pancreatic duct
• Ampullary neoplasia
• Malignant biliary obstruction: distal
• Malignant biliary obstruction of the hilum and proximal bile ducts including radiofrequency ablation for cancer and percutaneous vs. Endoscopic drainage
• Indeterminate biliary stricture
• Combined biliary and duodenal obstruction w/EUS including percutaneous versus endoscopic drainage
• Benign biliary strictures
• Biliary surgery adverse events including liver transplantation
• ERCP for acute and chronic adverse events of pancreatic surgery and pancreatic trauma
• Choledocholithiasis
• Pancreatobiliary pain and suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
• Sclerosing cholangitis
• Tropical parasitic infections
• Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
• Cystic lesions of the pancreas
• Unexplained acute pancreatitis and ARP
• Biliary intervention in acute gallstone pancreatitis
• Pancreatic interventions in acute pancreatitis: ascites, fistulae, leaks, and other disruptions
• Chronic pancreatitis: stones and strictures
• Endoscopic drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts, abscesses and walled-off (organized) necrosis with update on pancreatic necrosis.

• Section I: Principles of ultrasound and instrumentation. Physical principles of ultrasound and generation of images
• M-mode imaging
• Principles of contrast echocardiography
• Principles of transesophageal echocardiography
• Principles of three-dimensional ultrasound
• Principles and practical aspects of strain echocardiography
• Understanding imaging artifacts
• Section II: The echocardiographic examination. Principles of transthoracic imaging acquisition: the standard adult transthoracic echocardiographic examination
• The transthoracic examination, view by view
• Three-dimensional echocardiography: image acquisition
• Optimization of the patient and equipment
• Utilizing contrast echocardiography in practice
• Echo on-call: echocardiographic emergencies
• Section III: Assessment of cardiac structure and function. Assessment of left ventricular systolic function
• Left ventricular diastolic function
• Assessment of right ventricular structure and function
• Assessment of the atria
• Section IV: Echocardiography for diseases of the myocardium. Acute myocardial infarction
• Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction
• Long-term consequences and prognosis after myocardial infarction
• Echocardiography in heart failure
• Dilated cardiomyopathies
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Restrictive and infiltrative cardiomyopathies
• Echocardiography in assessment of cardiac synchrony
• Echocardiography in assessment of ventricular assist devices
• Stress echocardiography and echo in cardiopulmonary testing
• Section V: Valvular heart disease. Mitral valve disease
• Aortic valve disease
• Tricuspid and pulmonic valve disease
• Prosthetic valves
• Echocardiography in percutaneous valvular intervention
• Section VI: Diseases of the pericardium and great vessels. Pericardial disease
• Diseases of the aorta
• Section vii: diseases of the pulmonary artery and veins
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Section VIII: Cardiac masses. Primary and secondary tumors
• Identification of intracardiac thrombus
• Other cardiac masses
• Section IX: Systemic diseases involving the heart. Echocardiography in infective endocarditis
• Other systemic diseases and the heart
• Echocardiography in malignant disease
• Section X: Congenital heart disease in the adult. Atrial septal defect
• Ventricular septal defect
• Other common congenital defects in adults
• Section XI: Miscellaneous topics in echocardiography. Handheld echocardiography
• Appropriate use of echocardiography
• Echocardiography in the context of other cardiac imaging modalities
• Transesophageal echocardiography for cardiac surgery
• Appendices. Reference tables
• Commonly utilized equations in echocardiography

Echocardiography remains the most commonly used imaging technique to visualize the heart and great vessels, and this clinically oriented text by Drs. Scott D. Solomon, Justina C. Wu, and Linda D. Gillam helps you make the most of its diagnostic and prognostic potential for your patients. Part of the highly regarded Braunwald's family of cardiology references, Essential Echocardiography expertly covers basic principles of anatomy and physiology, the appearance of normal variants across a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, and the hands-on approaches necessary to acquire and interpret optimal echocardiographic images in the clinical setting.