Books in the The Clinics: Internal Medicine series

Features 17 articles that address the neurologic implications of systemic illnesses. This title includes articles such as: neurologic presentations of infective endocardititis; neurologic presentations of acid-base imbalance, electrolyte abnormalities, and endocrine emergencies; and, neurologic presentation of renal disease.

Endoscopic sinus surgery has become one of the most commonly performed operations in otolaryngology, with over 400,000 cases performed annually. This title appraises the technological developments in endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery, and also examines the updates to instrumentation.

Reviewing the Health Issues in Indigenous Children, this title features articles on Infant care, Immunization, Growth and nutrition, Pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections, Chronic respiratory disorders: asthma and bronchitis, Acute and chronic diarrhea, Glomerulonephritis (GN) and managing the risks of chronic renal disease.

Includes articles on psychological and behavioral issues influencing women's health including depression, sexual function, intimate partner violence, and substance dependence.

"Practice Management, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America".

Offers an update in the specialty of sleep medicine. This issue includes topics such as: The Neurobiology of Sleep; Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Central Sleep Apnea (including complex sleep apnea and ASV); Pediatric Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders; Hypoventilation Syndromes; Metabolism in OSA; and, Cardiovascular Consequences of Sleep Apnea.

Gastroenterologists will play an active role in the evaluation and treatment of these patients. This title covers the developments in the areas of medical therapy, surgical options, and endoscopic treatments for obese patients.

Presents information about endoluminal techniques that have been developed for removing Barrett's esophagus. This title emphasises on circumferential balloon-based radiofrequency ablation, ALA and porfimer sodium photodynamic therapy (PDT), endoscopic mucosal resection, submucosal dissection, and liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide cryotherapy.

Presents a summary of evidence-based therapies of how to manage emergency care for cancer disorders. This title includes articls that deal with specific presentation syndromes, such as malignant epidural spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, and airway obstruction.

Examines various aspects of osteoarthritis. This book features articles on the following topics: epidemiology; etiopathogenesis; the role of bone and meniscus in disease genesis; genetics; joint mechanics; symptoms, imaging; overview of management; obesity and management of body weight; and, the role of muscle in disease genesis.

Feature such article topics as - Frailty and Late Life Decline; The Epidemiology of Frailty and Late Life Vulnerability; The Physiology of Frailty; Frailty and Muscle Mass Decline; Frailty and Anemia; Immune System Alterations in Frailty; CMV/ Viral Infections and Frailty; Frailty and Chronic Disease; and, Aging Biology and Frailty.

Examining Perinatal HIV/AIDS, this title offers reviews on topics including Epidemiology of perinatal HIV infection: US and worldwide; Biology of perinatal HIV transmission - Timing, virologic and immunologic factors; and, Viral sequencing from HIV-infected mothers and infants.

Reviews the genetic basis of several heart rhythm disturbances, focusing on information that is relevant for the clinician.

An understanding of basic science is crucial for physicians who treat heart rhythm disorders. This title summarizes the basic science of arrhythmias, including both acquired and inherited heart rhythm disorders. It reviews the basic mechanisms of arrhythmia as well as the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation.

Features articles on: Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy in Life-threatening infection, sepsis and septic shock; General principles of antimicrobial dosing and PK/PD; Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues in the critically ill with severe sepsis and septic shock; Understanding antimicrobial resistance; and, Antifungal therapy.

Reviews the topic of Common Respiratory Disorders of Childhood. This work offers symptom-based articles addressing respiratory noises, cough, exercise intolerance/dyspnoea, chest pain and chest wall deformity, and recurrent upper and lower respiratory infections.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia in humans. This issue offers a historical perspective and discusses many of the clinical issues in the management of atrial fibrillation, such as cardioversion, anticoagulation and ablation.

Discusses the spectrum of sleep-related changes and disease states. This book summarizes the evaluation of insomnia in the context of the elderly individual. It reviews sleep disturbances in various care settings and disease states. It also discusses both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of sleep disorders.

Covers common conditions that a pulmonologist sees in the ICU. This book contains topics that include intraabdominal hypertension, liver failure, intracranial catastrophes, critical issues in nephrology, heart failure, adrenal insufficiency and septic shock, obstetrical emergencies in critical care, and hematologic issues in the ICU.

A two-part issue dealing with Cancer Emergencies. It includes topics such as: 'Spinal Cord Compression,' 'Cerebral Edema,' 'Acute Renal Failure,' and, 'Electrolyte Disorders'.

Addresses assessment of the effectiveness of advanced lipoprotein testing. This book covers rosk scores for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes; and lifestyle and dietary approaches to lowering LDC-cholesterol and triglycerides, and raising HDL-cholesterol.

Peptic ulcers are caused by acid and pepsin, a digestive stomach enzyme. These ulcers can occur in the stomach, where they are called gastric ulcers, or they can occur in the first portion of the intestine. This book offers an overview of the causes, diagnosis, and treatments of peptic ulcers, including conditions like Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Focuses on the home health care, a subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine. This title describes the population in need (age range, numbers, projected growth), range of service needs, social verses medical models of care, international and state-to-state comparisons to show the wide range of strategies that have been tried.

Examines Hypertension, an important and common concern in the elderly population. This title covers such subjects as arterial compliance in the elderly, polypharmacy in the elderly, and hypertension and cognitive function in the elderly. It is suitable for all clinicians dealing with the geriatric population.

Most doctors believe gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) start in special cells found in the wall of the GI tract, called the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs), or in very early cells that can develop into ICCs. This book offers information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of GISTs.

Looks at Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases as related to allergy with topics such as 'Basic pathogenetic mechanisms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis', 'Nutritional management of patients with food allergies and EGIDs', 'Chemotactic factors role in EGIDs', and 'Biomarkers associated with allergic diseases'.

Includes such topics as development and validation of reverse phase protein micro arrays for personalized therapy, imaging mass spectrometry for predictive and prognostic medicine, immunomic based profiling for early cancer detection, antibody arrays for clinical applications, and auto antibody profiling for cancer detection.

Reviews common neurological disorders that the practicing internist encounters every day, including migraine, vertigo, neck and low back pain, entrapment neuropathies, peripheral neuropathies, seizure disorders, cerebrovascular disease, movement disorders, memory complaints and dementia, sleep disorders, syncope, and multiple sclerosis.

Reviews migraine and other primary headaches. This book covers such topics as the epidemiology, burden and co morbidities of migraine; pathophysiology of migraine; transient neurologic dysfunction in migraine; and, diagnostic testing for migraine and other primary headaches. It is suitable for neurologists and primary care physicians.