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This book presents a comprehensive and modern approach to the imaging of nontraumatic and traumatic emergencies in pregnant patients. Readers will find a careful review of the relevant imaging-related clinical literature, explanation of imaging appropriateness criteria and guidelines, and enlightening discussion of current controversies in the emergency imaging of obstetric patients. The opening chapter discusses general principles of emergency imaging during pregnancy and offers an overview of an evidence-based approach to imaging interpretation. The remainder of the book describes specific applications of ultrasound, MRI, radiography, and MDCT for the imaging of common as well as less common acute brain, spine, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic conditions during pregnancy. Clear guidance is offered on the unique challenges that may be encountered during such imaging. Emergency Imaging of Pregnant Patients is written by a group of leading North American and Europeanemergency and trauma radiology experts. It will be of value to emergency and general radiologists, to emergency department physicians and related personnel, to obstetricians and gynecologists, to general and trauma surgeons, and to trainees in all of these specialties.

Comprehensively addressing the topic of the compartment syndrome, this book covers all aspects of this painful and complex condition, ranging from the history to the pathophysiology and treatment in the various body compartments affected by the syndrome, as well as the short- and long-term outcomes. With an up-to-date literature review and the innovative content written by international opinion leaders, it offers all  involved in the management of such complicated patients a much-needed source of reference.

Discussing compartment syndrome in everyday practice, this book is of interest to  surgeons, practicing physicians, anesthesiologists and nurses. 

Boys and men with eating disorders remain a population that is under-recognized and underserved within both research and clinical contexts. It has been well documented that boys and men with eating disorders often exhibit distinct clinical presentations with regard to core cognitive (e.g., body image) and behavioral (e.g., pathological exercise) symptoms. Such differences, along with the greater likelihood of muscularity-oriented disordered eating among boys and men, emphasize the importance of understanding and recognizing unique factors of clinical relevance within this population.

This book reviews the most up-to-date research findings on eating disorders among boys and men, with an emphasis on clinically salient information across multiple domains. Five sections are included, with the first focused on a historical overview and the unique nature and prevalence of specific forms of eating disorder symptoms and body image concerns in boys and men. The secondsection details population-specific considerations for the diagnosis and assessment of eating disorders, body image concerns, and muscle dysmorphia in boys and men. The third section identifies unique concerns regarding medical complications and care in this population, including medical complications of appearance and performance-enhancing substances. The fourth section reviews current findings and considerations for eating disorder prevention and intervention for boys and men. The fifth section of the book focuses on specific populations (e.g., sexual minorities, gender minorities) and addresses sociocultural factors of particular relevance for eating disorders in boys and men (e.g., racial and ethnic considerations, cross-cultural considerations). The book then concludes with a concise overview of key takeaways and a focused summary of current evidence gaps and unanswered questions, as well as directions for future research.  

Written by experts in thefield, Eating Disorders in Boys and Men is a comprehensive guide to an under-reported topic. It is an excellent resource for primary care physicians, adolescent medicine physicians, pediatricians, psychologists, clinical social workers, and any other professional conducting research with or providing clinical care for boys and men with eating disorders. It is also an excellent resource for students, residents, fellows, and trainees across various disciplines.

The 2^nd edition of this book incorporates the tremendous clinical advances that have occurred in the field of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the past 5 years. Since the 1^st edition was published, the clinical use of tDCS has moved from its infancy, and is now in a thrilling new phase with numerous possibilities as well as challenges.

tDCS is a technique that excels in terms of safety and tolerability, and within a few years, novel technological developments will allow its use at home. At the same time, large, phase III trials have been exploring the clinical efficacy of tDCS, the results of which have been published in leading journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA Psychiatry.

This 2^nd edition summarizes the state of the art of the field. Written by leading experts in the field, the book is divided into 5 parts: Introduction and Mechanisms of Action; Research Methods; tDCS in the life cycle; Applications of tDCS in neuropsychiatric disorders (further divided into Psychiatry and Neurology); and The clinical use of tDCS.

It also includes several new chapters, covering topics such as precision stimulation of tDCS; combination of tDCS with different neuroimaging modalities; and use of tDCS in new clinical conditions. Moreover, all chapters have been rewritten and updated.

This book will be of significant interest to psychiatrists, neurologists and neuroscientists new to the field as well as those with a background in tDCS who want to increase their understanding of particular psychiatric conditions.

This book functions as a clinician’s guide to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in the treatment of mental health conditions. It conveys the scientific evidence of efficacy of CBD as well as THC and addresses the social stigma attached to its medical use.

The book describes the endocannabinoid system, how stress and the endocannabinoid system interact and key constituents, pharmacokinetics and safety aspects of medicinal cannabis, focusing on CBD and THC. Chapters on specific mental health conditions describe the underpinning pathomechanisms including how the endocannabinoid system is involved, and summarises the scientific evidence including animal and human research for the use of CBD and THC in treatment of such conditions. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, Alzheimer's Disease and autism spectrum disorder. Chapters also discuss treatment guidelines and case studies.

Unique and focused, Medicinal Cannabis and CBD in Mental Healthcare is an invaluable reference for medical practitioners seeking to adopt CBD-use in their treatment plans.

This heavily revised third edition concisely covers the latest evidence-based treatment strategies for urinary incontinence and prolapse. Chapters cover methodologies relevant to continence procedures, prolapse management, and potential complications. New topics discussed include Colpocleisis, principles associated with managing Mesh complications and the Mirabegron mechanism.

Urogynecology: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice 3rd Edition is a vital how-to guide, which is ideal for junior registrars assigned to work in a urogynecology department, as well as for those with no previous formal urogynecological training seeking to develop their understanding of the subject.

It provides essential practical information on the care of patients both with blunt and penetrating trauma to multiple body regions, and discusses the management of truncal injuries (head, chest, abdomen) as well as fractures of the extremities, pelvis and spine. Further, the book highlights associated injuries that may alter decisions concerning patients with polytrauma.

This new, revised edition takes full account of recent developments, including the increasing economic pressure on health care systems, prehospital treatment, changes in trauma systems and related education, and the improved survival of polytrauma patients. Also covering improved monitoring optionsalong with issues in late patient outcomes and rehabilitation this work will greatly assist  students, emergency personnel, trauma surgeons, orthopaedic traumatologists, and anesthesiologists.

This book provides a comprehensive and concise, review of the fundamental concepts and clinical indications for Transcranial Doppler (TCD) imaging.  An overview of the physics of ultrasonography as it pertains to TCD is presented, as well as neuroanatomy and cerebrovascular physiology in healthy and diseased states.  Recommended protocols for neuroimaging are reviewed and serves as a guide for existing neurovascular laboratories and medical systems seeking to develop laboratories that are in need of a guide to establish their own protocols. 

The most common, relevant and challenging clinical conditions where TCD is incorporated to assist with patient management are discussed.  In addition, chapters provide a framework for building a neurovascular laboratory, including necessary equipment, steps to obtain national accreditation by accrediting bodies, and reimbursement procedures for tests performed.  The book concludes with “clinical pearls” and“tricks of the trade”, which serve as a commentary to guide physicians and neurosonologists on best-practices for TCD acquisition and interpretation.

The book describes the experience of four Social Dreaming Matrices held online between March and May 2020, during the first lockdown caused by the Covid 19 emergency. The pandemic isolated us and imposed prolonged contact with ourselves and our solitary thoughts. Against this backdrop, there was hope for change, a desire for a different kind of sociability and different forms of intimacy. On the basis of this evidence, our research supports the shift "from experiencing trauma to reacting to trauma", looking at a collective traumatic experience not only as something to be overcome but as an opportunity for a transformation that changes our mental schemes in relation to the external context. We have identified Social Dreaming as a privileged technique to overcome a collective traumatic experience, supporting its elaboration through collective feelings, new connections between intuition and rational thought, the discovery of community meanings. The authors's thesis is that the much-needed transition from 'magical thinking' to 'transformative thinking' takes place in a setting that is able to contain the anxieties of life's transitional phases, supporting the creation of new rituals and new   social bonds and sustaining the passage from “me” to a “wider we”.

The minimally invasive approach in emergency and general trauma surgery is a key aspect of both scenarios. This book, the first comprehensive manual in the field, takes a global view of the subject and deals with it in depth, ranging from the historical perspective to the pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects in the various body compartments.

Thanks to its user-friendly approach, this book will be a useful tool in the daily clinical practice of surgeons, doctors, anesthetists and nurses; thanks to its up-to-date review of the literature, it will remain relevant for several years. Finally, the participation of world opinion leaders in the field guarantees the comprehensive and scientific soundness of the work.

This compact book celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, a critical document that has shaped the relationship of adults with children worldwide. The document declares that all children must be fed, healed, protected, and given a safe place in which to develop fully.

The brief:

• provides background information about the Geneva declaration and the related Convention on the Rights of the Child;
• discusses a child's rights to human dignity; and
• identifies local and global threats to children’s rights as well as potential safeguards against these threats.

Among the topics covered:

• A Brief History of Children’s Rights
• Rethinking Healthcare for Children – Pivot to Human Dignity
• Children’s Right to Health in the US Child Welfare System: A Case Study
• Global Stakeholders in the Evolution of the Rights of the Child

The Evolution of Global Child Rights: Protecting the Vulnerable is essential reading for anyone who works with or cares about children to understand the historic and current context of the rights and role of children within our society including pediatric healthcare professionals, policy makers, child welfare professionals, and other global stakeholders on child health.

This book aims to highlight the importance of the development of health conditions and demand for the application of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) outside the intensive care units (ICUs); the diversification of possible scenarios outside the ICUs; the need to establish references that consolidate this phenomenon and the healthcare organizations models.

Although the literature that clearly determine the indications and aids on the use of NIMV is considerable, this volume, pointing out the diversity of different healthcare models to define how to organize NIMV outside the ICUs, shed a light and bring a clear benefit to the scientific community involved.

The book is structured in eleven main sections analyzing the epidemiology and trends for NIMV healthcare models and determining factors for these models outside ICUs.

This fully-updated third edition of Scleroderma: From Pathogenesis to Comprehensive Managementbuilds upon the well-regarded approach in the previous editions to provide integrated, concise, and up-to-date synthesis of current concepts of pathogenesis and modern approaches to management of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). With a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensive care, this book is easily accessible for health care professionals in many fields. Comprised of the authoritative work of international experts, the new edition includes extensive updated material reflecting major developments in the field. It presents a succinct and thoughtful synthesis of current pathomechanistic concepts, providing a valuable reference tool for basic and translational investigators working in the field.  Scleroderma: From Pathogenesis to Comprehensive Management serves as an essential, all-inclusive and fully up to date resource for rheumatologists, pulmonologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, nephrologists and all those involved in the care of scleroderma patients.

This new edition elucidates the radiation therapy protocols and procedures for the management of adult patients presenting with primary benign and malignant central nervous system tumors. With the development of new treatment strategies and rapid advancement of radiation technology, it is crucial for radiation oncologists to maintain and refine their knowledge and skills.

Dedicated exclusively to adult CNS radiation oncology, this textbook explores CNS tumors ranging from the common to the esoteric as well as secondary cancers of metastatic origin. The first half of the book is organized anatomically: tumors of the brain, spinal cord, leptomeninges, optic pathway, ocular choroid, and skull base. The second half covers primary CNS lymphoma, rare CNS tumors, metastatic brain disease, vascular conditions of the CNS, radiation-associated complications, and radiation modalities. This new edition is updated throughout and includes several new chapters, including: palliative radiation therapy for leptomeningeal disease, preoperative treatment for brain metastases, advanced neuroimaging for brain tumors, and MR-LINAC for brain tumors. Each chapter provides guidance on treatment field design, target delineation, and normal critical structure tolerance constraints in the context of the disease being treated. Learning objectives, case studies, and Maintenance of Certification Self-Assessment Continuing Medical Education-style questions and answers are incorporated throughout the book.

This is an ideal guide for radiation oncologists, residents, and fellows, but medical students may also find value in the text.

This book is an excellent source of knowledge for readers interested in the latest developments in social network analysis and mining, particularly with applications in healthcare and anomaly detection. It covers topics such as sensitivity to noise in features, enhancing fraud detection in financial systems, measuring the echo-chamber phenomenon, detecting comorbidity, and evaluating the effectiveness of mitigative and preventative actions on viral spread in small communities using agent-based stochastic simulations. Additionally, it discusses predicting behavior, measuring and identifying influence, analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on various social aspects, and using UNet for handling various skin conditions.

This book helps readers develop their own perspectives on adapting social network concepts to various applications. It also demonstrates how to use various machine learning techniques for tackling challenges in social network analysis and mining.

At present, there is minimal and misleading knowledge of gastrointestinal dysfunction in Parkinson's disease among primary neurologists and gastroenterologists. This book reviews our current understanding of the GI involvement in PD, as many experiments suggest that the gut might be the site where the disease starts. Also discussed is how the gut dysfunction causes symptoms from the top (mouth) to the bottom (anal canal), and because of their frequency and severity, they contribute to disease progression and disability. In addition, the book covers the negative effects of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and of a frequently silent stomach infection by Helicobacter pylori infection on the absorption of antiparkinsonian drugs, in turn causing motor fluctuations and inadequate treatment response.

The Gut in Parkinson's Disease serves as a bridge between patients, their movement disorders specialists, and other health care providers who currently provide compartmentalized and at times conflicting care for such needy patients. The book distills the clinical and research experience of the author, who -as a Clinical Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at Stanford University School of Medicine over the past 20 years- managed hundreds of patients with Parkinson’s Disease suffering from gut manifestations.

This book outlines the basic structure and processes of family medicine residency education programs. Family medicine residency programs are complex adaptive learning organizations that involve people, processes, procedures, buildings, budgets, high stakes, mistakes, mission statements, strategies, schedules, curricula, faculty, and residents. Residency program faculty are faced with many challenges, and this book gives them and others who are interested or involved in residency programs a clear and comprehensive breakdown of family medicine graduate medical education.

The volume opens with detailed overviews of several family medicine organizations that support residency programs and faculty. Subsequent chapters cover a range of topics, including best practices in resident assessment and evaluation and best practices pertinent to the development of teaching and administrative skills for faculty. Furthermore, chapters explain necessary residency education accreditation requirements, which includes the understanding of the accreditation requirements, board certification requirements, Medicare graduate medical education funding policies, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) billing regulations. All authors have been family medicine residency program directors or faculty or have been intimately involved in residency program education.

Graduate Medical Education in Family Medicine offers residency program directors, faculty, and residency administrators a wide-ranging and comprehensive overview of family medicine residency education as well as specific administrative and educational best practices for residency education. This book will also be useful to those physicians with experience in their clinical field, but not in educational pedagogy and andragogy.

Management of diseases of the pancreas is varied and complex, and the diagnoses leading to surgical consideration dictate what technical approaches are feasible and safe.  Over the last decade, this has changed considerably, and as a result, the necessity of documenting the updated surgical approaches is not only warranted yet paramount to surgeons.

This manual presents a contemporary description of pancreatic surgery.  The classic open approach maintains relevancy, yet refinement in technique has improved outcomes.  The application of laparoscopic techniques provides improvement in recovery when applied appropriately, yet further technological innovations continue to improve this approach.  Further innovation and research in robotic, percutaneous and endoscopic techniques have broadened the horizon of the management of pancreatic disease. Chapters in this manual address surgical therapy of benign and malignant disease of the pancreas, including management of acute and chronic pancreatitis as well as benign, premalignant and malignant pancreatic neoplasms, and will focus on specific disease processes and the various approaches that are currently applied. Each of the chapters addresses patient selection, pre-operative considerations, technical conduct of the procedures and minimizing morbidity.  A brief review of the existing literature addressing the particular topic is included in each chapter, with extensive illustrations and selected video clips.

Written and edited by leading international authorities in the field, this book provides an in-depth review of knowledge of human hippocampus, and role of the hippocampus in memory, cognition and learning.

It includes informative chapters organized into two main groups: (1), fundamental information about the human hippocampus, including history, development, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropathology, structural and synaptic plasticity, volume, 3D visualition of the human hippocampus and etc.; and (2) role of the hippocampus in memory, cognition and learning, including role of the hippocampus in cognition, time and memory, learning and etc.

There are some unique features about this book: cross-references within chapters to highlight connections between development, anatomy, physiology, pathology, and surgery, real-world examples to illustrate key points and practical applications, summaries of the latest research to keep readers informed of cutting-edge developments.

Thus, this comprehensive reference book will be an ideal source for neuroscientists at all levels, from graduate students to researchers in specific disciplines studying this region including neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuroradiologists, neuroanatomists and psychiatrists who seek both basic and more advanced information regarding the human hippocampus.

Written and edited by leading international authorities in the field, this book provides an in-depth review of the knowledge of the lesions of the scalp and cranial vault, with emphasis on their accurate diagnosis and the medical and often multidisciplined surgical approach to treating these disease processes.  It includes chapters, organized into six main groups: first, general characteristics of lesions of the scalp and calvarium, including definitions, classifications, history, anatomy and histology, regeneration, clinical and imaging features; secondly, congenital and anatomic variants of the scalp and calvarium, including craniosynostosis and craniopagus conjoined twins; thirdly, benign disorders of the scalp and calvarium, including benign lesions with and without atrophy and neoplasms, scarring and pressure sores, and metabolic disorders; fourthly, traumatic, vascular and infectious lesions of the scalp and calvarium, including iatrogenic lesions, infectious or inflammatory, and vascular lesions and malformations; fifthly, malignant neoplasms and secondary malignancies of the scalp and calvarium, including hematologic and intracranial neoplasms; and sixthly, treatment and outcome for lesions of the scalp and calvarium, including nonsurgical treatment, principles of surgery, postoperative complications, prognosis as well as the medicolegal aspects related to these lesions.

The uniqueness of this compilation lies in the fact that all aspects of these disease entities are compiled into one singular definitive work. All these issues are adequately addressed with clinical illustrations and examples.

This comprehensive reference book is an ideal source for neuroscientists at all levels, from graduate students to researchers in specific disciplines studying this region including neurosurgeons, neurologists, pediatricians, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists, dermatologists, and neuroscientists in developmental neuroscience who seek both basic and more advanced information regarding the lesions of the scalp and cranial vault.

This atlas provides a practical, well-structured and up-to-date guide to the spectrum of corneal disease, diagnostic modalities and relevant therapies. Throughout the atlas, high quality pictures covering each topic are included to utilize a hands-on format with less text and more visual examples. Concise knowledge of common corneal disease for everyday use is presented to ensure that the information can be quickly and easily applied. 

The Atlas of Corneal Disease, Diagnostics and Therapies allows readers to readily compare a finding at the slit-lamp with the book’s illustrations and come to a probable diagnosis for their patients. Students, residents, fellows and ophthalmologists in hospital settings and/or in private practice with a cornea subspecialty or training towards this area will find this atlas to be an indispensable resource in their daily clinical work.

The primary aim of this book is to provide clinicians with the essential knowledge and theoretical foundation needed to perform digital EEG and integrate quantitative EEG (qEEG) into routine clinical practice. Readers will gain a clear understanding of the principles behind qEEG and learn how to apply some of the most widely used numerical tools for EEG analysis.

This work spans a broad spectrum—from the theoretical underpinnings of EEG biosignals to the practical application of numerical methods in real clinical cases. It is structured as a progressive journey: beginning with the origins of EEG signals, advancing through the mathematical foundations of analytical tools, and culminating in the numerical analysis of actual clinical scenarios. In this way, clinicians, including residents, will become familiar with these powerful techniques, grasp their relevance to human pathology, and acquire the skills to implement their own analytical toolbox.

Over the past few decades, the field of qEEG has expanded significantly, with numerous mathematical methods being developed. However, these tools are still rarely used in everyday clinical settings. This gap is often due to a lack of awareness and confidence among clinicians, as well as the perceived complexity of the methods. Drawing from personal experience, the author emphasizes that these tools are highly effective in routine practice and aims to share this insight with the broader neurophysiological community and allied professionals.

Despite its rigorous approach, the book is rich in clinical examples and EEG recording procedures, making it both practical and accessible.

This book aims to serve as an invaluable resource, fostering knowledge exchange and innovation in interventional radiology, with a primary focus on advancing the treatment landscape for malignant bone tumors and embracing complexity with innovative solutions.

Readers are guided through the fundamental understanding of how malignant bone tumors manifest and how precise diagnostic imaging plays a pivotal role in their early detection and characterization.  

The book delves into innovative approaches for securing bone integrity and presents cutting-edge strategies in treating spinal lesions, emphasizing the integration of vertebral implants. Furthermore, the potential of minimally invasive techniques is unveiled, with the introduction of steerable RF devices in bone treatments. Cryoablation , Irreversible Electroporation, HIFU and Embolization techniques in tumor management are also showcased.

Complex cases with tips and tricks and combined treatments complete the book's contents. By addressing the most challenging and intricate scenarios and by emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary strategies, experts share their experiences.

The book gives an accurate overview of the requirements for modern oncological care, where radiologists, radiotherapists, oncologists, and hematologists collaborate to achieve the best possible patient's care.

This book, in its 2nd edition, is a collection of cases with challenging diagnosis, in which nuclear medicine examinations have been particularly helpful for the clinicians to perform the final diagnosis or to follow-up the patient. The cases selected are primarily in patients with neurodegenerative disorders, epilepsy and brain tumors. Authors have been selected from internationally recognized experts in the field of Neuroimaging in neurology. All authors have large experience as clinicians and as teachers within the Nuclear Medicine community.

The volume includes cases related to emerging topics such as theranostics for brain tumors and new emerging scenarios for brain PET imaging in the era of Alzheimer’s disease modifying drugs.

The book is intended for nuclear medicine specialists as well as clinicians to provide guidance in the interpretation of neurology cases in the clinical settings, particularly with regards to correct approach to the interpretation of diagnostic imaging procedures.

Minimally invasive cosmetic and aesthetic rejuvenation procedures are extremely popular and injecting dermal fillers is now widespread among dermatologists and plastic surgeons. Unfortunately, most books pursue a broad approach to injections for the whole integument or multiple therapeutic modalities, or are too focused on fillers, whereas the data confirms that most patients receive combination treatments with injectables for facial rejuvenation, following a more holistic approach.

Expressly careful to avoid regional, specialty-specific, company or product-based bias, and written by contributors  with a sound clinical and scientific background, this book shares substantial expertise and evidence-based data. A significant portion of the content is devoted to the anatomy, prevention, treatment and management of adverse events and complications after infections, the goal being to promote safe and effective treatment outcomes. As such, Injections in Facial Aesthetic Medicine is a fundamental, complete guide by key  international experts, that will be highly vaued to both novice and experienced professionals in dermatology and plastic surgery who deal with cosmetic procedures in their day-to-day clinical practice.