Books in the The Clinics: Internal Medicine series

Presents the approach to anesthesia in children that poses specific challenges such as acute emotional fear and distress, fluid imbalances, greater risks for dangerous upper respiratory infections, and most importantly, dosing requirements.

Consulting Editor, Dr. Bonita Stanton has worked closely with Guest Editors Drs. David R. Rosenberg and Leslie H. Lundahl to create a current issue devoted to substance abuse in children. Expert authors have written clinical review articles with the goal of providing the pediatrician with the latest information on substances and addiction medicine. The first half of the issue focuses on the following substances: Nicotine Use Disorders in Adolescents; Alcohol Use Disorders in Adolescents; Cannabis Use and Consequences; Medical and Non-Medical Use of Opiates; Stimulant Use and Cognitive Enhancement; and Club Drugs. The second half of the issue focuses on special topics important to pediatricians: Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorders; Behavioral Addictions: Gambling, Gaming, Internet; Juvenile Drug Court: Novel Approach to Treatment; Computer-Assisted Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment; Co-Morbid Substance Use and Other Psychiatric Disorders; and Drug Use in Pregnant Teens. Readers will come away with the information they need to stay current on this changing field and to improve patient outcomes.

This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, edited by Dr. Walter T. McNicholas in collaboration with Consulting Editor, Teofilo Lee-Chiong, is devoted to Sleep and Driving. Topics include: Sleep Restriction, Sleep Hygiene, and Driving Safety; Shift Work; The Economic Burden of Sleepy Drivers; Sleepiness, Sleep Apnea, and Driving Risk; Screening for Sleepiness and Sleep Disorders in Commercial Drivers; Assessment of Sleepiness in Drivers; Technology to Detect Driver Sleepiness; Sleepiness and Driving: Benefits of Treatment; Vehicle and Highway Adaptations to Compensate for Sleepy Drivers; Sleepiness and Driving: The Role of Government Regulation; and Sleep and Transportation Safety: Role of the Employer.

Covers such topics as: Doing Dementia Better - Anthropological Insights, Update on teaching in the Long-Term Care Setting, Pneumonia in the Long-Term Resident, Palliative Care for Patients with Dementia in Long Term Care, Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care Residents, and Nausea and Other Non-Pain Symptoms in Long-term Care.

Features techniques on facial reconstruction that are presented with videos demonstrating many of the procedures. This title includes topics such as: 3D imaging and modeling for treatment planning in facial trauma; Intraoperative Use of CT Imaging; and Contemporary management of traumatic fractures of the frontal sinus.

Deals with the treatment and prevention of the most common STDs - including syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, and HPV. This title includes articles that discusses the research in the field such as antimicrobial resistance in treating gonorrhea and the development/trials of a genital herpes vaccine.

Includes topics that are essential to the surgical pathologist in cytopathology such as cytopathology of the Thyroid; Pancreas, Salivary glands; Lung; Urine; Gynecologic; Metastasis of unknown origin; and Preparation techniques and Cell transfer.

Fosuses on COPD. This book includes article topics such as epidemiology, pathophysiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms and comorbidities of COPD, diagnosis and phenotype of COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation, asthma and COPD, biomarkers, bronchodilators, non invasive ventialtion, and drug therapies.

Presents a review on the important and timely topics in drug heptatotoxicity.

Asthma as seen by Otolaryngologists as part of the patient workup, diagnosis, and treatment of the spectrum of disorders of rhinitis and allergy is presented. Otolaryngologists are frequently the de facto allergy specialist for patients presenting with allergies and chronic rhinosinusitis. This book covers Allergy, Rhinology, and Pediatric Airway.

Most physicians entering the field of pediatric cardiology are drawn to it by an interest in the variety of congenital heart defects which present at various ages. This book describes the types of problems which seem to be of concern to the pediatric community within this age group and to describe strategies for evaluation.

Examines approaches to left atrial appendage exclusion. This title includes topics such as stroke and bleeding risks in patients with atrial fibrillation, embryology and anatomy, rationale, catheter-based endocardial closure, pericardial access, catheter-based epicardial closure, and surgical closure.

An issue that reviews the status of scientific dream study and offers the reviews on topics such as dream recall, dream content, dreaming and cognitive functions, disordered dreaming, medications altering dreaming, and the role of dreams in psychotherapy.

Focuses on Conceptual Advances in Pathology. The title discusses the convergence of anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and genomics and other sciences, with the technological underpinning of digital pathology. It includes topics such as: CAD in digital pathology and Modeling protein motion.

Apart from Alzheimer's dementia, depressive disorders are emerging to account for the next greatest share of disability among older adults. This issue provides information for general adult psychiatrists, internal medicine geriatricians, and primary care physicians and care extenders to enable them to meet the needs of depressed older adults.

Focuses on the important advances in research in endocrinology. This title covers topics such as: stress, sleep disorders, antipsychotic medications, eating disorders, insulin resistance, drug and alcohol addictions, and more.

Because of the complex range of factors to be considered in pscyhosis -genetic, neurologic, biologic, environmental, family, culture - this title presents aspects that have the greatest relevance and impact in diagnosing and treating child and adolescent patients.

PSA screening remains highly controversial due to several important disadvantages. More PSA is produced with prostatic enlargement and in other benign conditions such as urinary tract infections. This title provides insights into the many different prostate cancer guidelines and related policy issues.

Guest edited by Bruce Zuraw, this issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics covers angioedema, including topics on hereditary angioedema, prophylactic and on-demand treatmetnts, and more.

Covers topics such as: Prevention of depression in older; Prevention of dementia; Use of genetics as a tool for prevention of mental illnesses; Successful cognitive and emotional aging; Internet Depression Prevention; and, Prevention of First Episode of Psychosis.

Patients in psychiatry, or their parents, experiment with alternative methods and practices; psychiatrists, in search of scientifically-based discussion and evidence of use for daily practice, find that information in this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics. Readers will find clinically focused information in the major categories of Selected Treatments, Selected Disorders, and Perspectives on Clinical Complementary and Alternative Therapies. Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments are discussed for ADHD, Mood disorders, Autism, Learning and Cognitive disorders, and Neurologic disturbances, such as sleep, traumatic brain injury, headache, etc. EEG and Neurofeedback, Meditation and Movement Therapies, Music Therapy, Massage, Acupuncture, and other body-based therapies are presented. Evidence for minerals, vitamins, and herbs is discussed, and Ethical and Legal issues for the Psychiatrist are presented. Guest Editors Deborah Simkin and Charles Popper, with decades of experience in working with complementary therapies, lead this issue.

Focuses on topics such as: Seizure in the Emergency Department - Epidemiology and Cost to Society; Seizure and Status Epilepticus - Pathophysiology and Definitions; The Diagnosis and Management of Seizures and Status Epilepticus in the Pre-hospital Setting; and, more.

Discusses the many causes of syncope, helping the clinician to distinguish life-threatening etiologies from benign ones.

Emphasizes procedure-oriented evaluation and management. This book discusses the importance of this subject in terms of medical and surgical risk. It provides a set of recommendations to standardize the approach to these complicated patients. It also describes aspects of dysphagia concisely, with prominent use of Tables and Figures.

Explores important topics in the treatment of osteoporosis. This title answers such questions as: How long do I treat my patient? Is there a place for bone turnover markers? And how much Vitamin D should I recommend? It also explores controversies around calcium and Vitamin D regarding the coronary risk and pancreatic issues.

Covers various approaches to treating patients with the common diseases, disorders, and symptoms relating to the ear, nose, and throat. This title includes symptoms such as: sinus infection; allergy; nosebleed; post-nasal drip; sore throat; hoarseness; tinnitus; hearing loss; dizziness; thyroid nodule; earache; and more.

This issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America deals with the timely subject of substance use during pregnancy. Alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use is prevalent among reproductive-age women. Even though a reduction in use often occurs during pregnancy, many women continue to use substances until a pregnancy is either actually diagnosed or well underway.This issue consists of a well-qualified team of obstetricians-gynecologists, psychiatrists, and family physicians, focusing on various issues related directly to pregnancies complicated by substance use. Topics of interest include epidemiology and screening for hazardous and harmful substance use, teratogenic risks, psychiatric comorbidities, comprehensive treatment approaches before and after delivery, fetal surveillance, and team-based perinatal management. Particularly new information relates to prescribing buprenorphine, neonatal abstinence syndrome, and adolescent substance use.

As the authors describe in this volume dedicated to vision in children, great strides have been made in recent years in preventing and identifying any loss of visual acuity, and, when identified, correcting it. The articles are written for the practicing pediatrician and describe conditions that are detected in pediatric practice and/or about which parents and patients may be knowledgeable and have questions. Articles in this issue are devoted to: Pediatric Refractive Surgery; The Lacrimal System; Periocular Hemangiomas and Lymphangiomas; Genetics and Ocular Disorders: A Focused Review; Retinopathy of Prematurity; Review of Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Allergic Eye Disease; and Convergence Insufficiency and Vision Therapy, to name a few.

Provides updates on the management of disorders of the anorectum and pelvic floor. This book offers information on hemorrhoidal issues, anorectal anatomy and imaging techniques, fissure and anal stenosis, rectal prolapse, and anal abscess and fistula.