Editors: Kenan I. Arnautović, Ziya L. Gokaslan 2019 “The brain may be forgiving, but the spinal cord is not” is an axiom that generations of neurosurgeons have inherited and passed on to accentuate the seriousness of spinal cord surgery. With their relative rarity, available literature dedicated to spinal cord tumors has been sparse and collective […]
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Editors: Steven D. Billings, Rajiv M. Patel, Darya Buehler 2019 Soft tissue pathology is arguably the most challenging area in dermatopathology. Cutaneous soft tissue tumors are relatively rare, have significant histologic overlap, and yet encompass a remarkable morphological diversity of entities. This book is our effort to provide a comprehensive, but succinct and well-illustrated, survey […]
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Editor Jennifer A. Accardo 2019 While I was in training to work with children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, three girls changed the course of my career. One girl, with profound microcephaly, would not fall asleep despite her young mother’s best efforts. She literally ran tracks in her home’s carpet before settling for the night. Another girl […]
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Editors: Gokhan Ozyigit, Ugur Selek 2019 Radiation Oncology: A Case-Based Review provides residents, fellows, and practicing radiation oncologists with an evidence-based guide to the current management of cases in major tumor sites to appropriately decide, delineate, and prescribe tumor volumes/fields for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) including volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and stereotactic radiosurgery […]
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Editors: Seyed Alireza Mahdaviani, Nima Rezaei 2019 Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders, characterized by increased susceptibility of infections, mainly in respiratory system. More than 350 different PIDs have already been recognized and classified into 8 groups. Many patients with PIDs firstly present with upper and lower respiratory tract manifestations, while […]
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Bjørg Marit Andersen 2019 Practice and Theory Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals: Practice and Theory deal with infection control, surveillance and hygienic routines and key topics, both practical and theoretical. The book is adapted to a necessary level of infection prevention to cope with today’s emerging and resistant microbes, hygienic challenges and emergency preparedness in […]
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Editors: Helena Knotkova, Michael A. Nitsche, Marom Bikson, Adam J. Woods 2019 Principles, Procedures and Applications The field of brain stimulation has enormously expanded over the past decades. Technological progress in biomedical and engineering sciences facilitated advances in understanding physiological and pathological neural dynamics in the central nervous system that represent functional targets for brain […]
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Editors: Ives Cavalcante Passos, Benson Mwangi, Flávio Kapczinski 2019 Big Data Analytics in Mental Health This book was written to address the emerging need to deal with the explosion of information available about individual behaviours and choices. Importantly, we believe that there are still untapped opportunities to transform such information into intelligence that would enable […]
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Editors: Paula C. Zimbrean, Mark A. Oldham, Hochang, Benjamin Lee 2019 A Guide to Behavioral Healthcare for the Surgical Patient In this book, Perioperative Psychiatry, Drs. Zimbrean, Oldham, and Lee have spelled out a compelling argument that team-based care for the surgical patient results in improved quality, enhanced safety, and better outcomes. While traditional models […]
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Faruk Uguz, Laura Orsolini Editors 2019 Non-psychotic mental disorders are amongst the most common morbidities in pregnancy and postpartum (together referring to the perinatal period). So far, research about mental disorders in the perinatal period has largely focused on depression, particularly postpartum depression, even though increasing evidence shows a substantial morbidity with other psychiatric disorders […]
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