Books in the The Clinics: Internal Medicine series

Includes articles on BMI and its influence, Androgens, Cognition and Menopause, and Sexual Activity/Quality of Life.

Provides gastroenterologists with the information on clinical matters in hepatology. This title features articles addressing the spectrum of matters involving the liver, including Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, alcoholic Hepatitis, hemochromatosis, varices, liver transplantation, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver failure, and hepatic fibrosis.

Covers such topics as: Epidemiology of RCC; New Insights into the Biology of RCC; Pathology of Renal Neoplasms; Imaging in RCC; Small Renal Tumors: Prognosis and Management; The Role of Surgery in the management of RCC: Nephrectomy and metastatectomy; Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: Rationale and current Applications; and, more.

Focuses on essential topics in rhinitis. This title defines the primary clinical symptoms and their causes. It discusses a range of treatments, including the use of antihistamines, nasal corticosteroids, anticholinergics, decongestants, cromolyn, guafenesin, saline washes, capsaicin, and leukotriene antagonists.

In an age of increasing globalization, the infectious disease problems of one country have an impact on nations throughout the world. This title addresses the problems of global health. It focuses on priorities for improving health around the world.

Hepatitis C Virus is a quickly evolving area within hepatology owing to various medical therapies. This title includes review articles devoted to the following medical therapies: Boceprevir, Telaprevir, Protease Inhibitors in Development, NS5B Nucleoside and Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors.

Presents comprehensive review articles on the state of science and medicine on the premature infant. This title is divided into sections devoted to epidemiology, causes, outcomes, and controversies. It addresses stress, infection, inflammation, antenatal steroids, and ethical issues surrounding care at the edge of viability.

Portable Sleep monitoring is a very important method of diagnosis and follow-up for sleep-disordered breathing. This title reviews information on classification, technical specifications and types of portable monitors, and use and limitations of portable monitoring with integration into positive airway pressure treatment.

Divided into sections on diagnostic issues surrounding psychosomatic disorders, diverse conceptual models, biology of psychosomatic disorders, forensic issues, and treatment, this issue covers both adult and children's psychosomatic medicine. It also explores topics such as: neural imaging, inflammation, disability assessments, and, malingering.

Focuses on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Urology. This title covers such topics as chronic pelvic pain, male and female sexual dysfunction, kidney stones, and prostate cancer, as well as the use of dietary supplements to assist in the treatment of these conditions.

Covers topics critical to a primary care physician such as: Gastroesophageal Reflux, Peptic Ulcer Disease, Selected Disorders of Absorption, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Screening for Cancerous and Pre-cancerous Conditions of the Colon, Approach to the Jaundiced Patient, Primary Care of Chronic Liver Disease, and more.

Provides readers with an understanding of common chronic illnesses that begin in childhood (even at the time of conception), an understanding of the role of the family and mental health issues and how they may affect treatment adherence, and challenges faced when transitioning to adulthood.

A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a surgically implanted pump that helps the left ventricle pump blood to the rest of the body. This title lets cardiologists know about the devices, their complications, and the clinical situations in which they are most beneficial.

Addresses the cognitive impact of various forms of brain injury.

Covers the indications, controversies, and complications of Lymphadenectomy in Urologic Oncology. This title covers cancer of the prostate, bladder, testicles, and kidney, along with imaging modalities and complications of open and minimally invasive lymphadenectomy.

Cardiac electrophysiologists face many challenging situations in which there is no clear-cut answer about the best way to handle a particular clinical problem. This title brings together articles on many such situations, presents arguments on both sides, and lets the reader conclude which is the best way to manage a particular patient.

Focuses on research in the area of gender variant children and transgender adolescents, assessment of several scenarios and information on practice parameters. This title discusses therapy for gender variant children and transgender adolescents, parents' perspectives, ethical legal, and non-discrimination issues, and education on these subjects.

Provides an analysis of the conduct of clinical investigation in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). This title tackles the difficult questions involved in patient population, trial conduct, surrogate endpoints, clinical endpoints, and statistical considerations.

Focuses on essential topics in occupational asthma. This title features articles covering: definition; classification; epidemiology; old and new causes; pathogenesis and disease mechanisms; clinical assessment including differential diagnosis; and, management of work-related asthma and related conditions.

Includes topics such as: CLL - A Historical Perspective; Incidence & Epidemiology; Biology, Molecular Biology & Cytogenetics of CLL; What does the status of smatic hypermutations in IGVH genes tell us about the origin of CLL?; What does the status of ZAP-70 tell us about the biology of CLL? And, approach to initial therapy - When to start therapy?

Looks at the prevalence and etiology of childhood obesity. This title discusses comorbidities, such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, NAFLD, sleep, and psychologic complications. It focuses on prevention and therapies, including portion size, increased consumption of vegetables, the role of sugar in obesity, the effect of artificial sweetners, and more.

Provides general internists with the information for the diagnosis and treatment of the pulmonary diseases that they see regularly. This title covers such topics as: lung cancer, pleural diseases, interstitial lung disease, interventional pulmonology, asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, community-acquired pneumonia, and sarcoidosis.

Carcinoma of the lung is one of the most prevalent and aggressive types of cancer, and rates of lung cancer are on the rise. This title gives a comprehensive review of the advances in Lung Cancer. It discusses epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of lung cancer, focusing on pre-invasive evaluation and management, pathology and molecular biology.

Focuses on Cytogenetics, with topics including: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Plasma cell myeloma; Lymphomas; Solid tumors; Myelodysplastic syndromes; SNP arrays in clinical practice; Prenatal arrays; and, FISH (including Paraffin-embedded (PET) FISH).

Suitable primary care physicians, this title covers such topics as: Immunology for the primary care physician, Routine pediatric immunization, special cases in pediatrics, Routine adult immunization, special cases in adult vaccination, Foreign born individuals, Travel medicine, Immunoglobulins, Pandemic illness/flu, and more.

Parasomnias can be roughly divided into Non-REM disorders and REM disorders. This title offers information on the diagnosis and treatment of various types of parasomnias. It examines disorders such as sleepwalking, sleep sex, sleep violence, sleep eating, and diagnostic methods of these.

Addresses both diagnosis and treatment as well as emerging therapies and future directions. This title includes articles devoted to genetics, biomarkers, and symptom-based diagnostic criteria.

Offers updates on the most commonly seen otolaryngologic symptoms and disease states. In this title, articles are devoted to Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy; OSA and Other Sleep Disorders in Children; Otitis Media and Ear Tubes Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants; Larygopharyngeal Reflux in Children; and, Voice Disorders in Children.

The "spectrum" in this disorder is Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. This title addresses acute management of the extreme behaviors that accompany this disorder spectrum: extreme behaviors, complete lack of communication, inability to learn or express language, and more.

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, edited by Gretchen Dickson, MD and Rick Kellerman, MD, is devoted to Primary Care ENT. Articles in this issue include Otitis Externa; Disease of the Internal Ear; Hearing Loss; Dizziness and Vertigo; Rhinitis; Sinusitis; Epistaxis; Laryngitis; Pharyngitis; Mouth Disease; and Neurological Syndromes pertaining to the Head and Neck.