Sanjeev V. Kothare • Anna Ivanenko Editors 2013 Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Within the past two decades, enormous progress has been made in the field of sleep neuroscience and sleep medicine. Due to a widespread use of sleep diagnostic technologies, numerous sleep-related behaviors have been described and classified as sleep disorders. Epidemiological studies revealed a high prevalence of […]
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Erin Lawson ● Miroslav “Misha” Backonja Editors 2013 A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians In 2011, the World Health Organization reported that 346 million people worldwide had diabetes [1]. With international rates of diabetes rising (worldwide prevalence of diabetes is estimated to nearly double from 2000 to 4.4 % in 2030),complications including PDN are becoming increasingly prevalent [2]. It […]
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Cathy C. Cartwright • Donna C. Wallace Editors 2013 Second Edition The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report (2011) The Future of Nursing : Leading Change , Advancing Health is the fi rst report from the prestigious IOM to focus solely on the profession of nursing. It challenges nurses to practice to the full extent of their knowledge and […]
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Abdul Qayyum Rana Lawrence A. Zumo • Valerie Sim 2013 This book is designed to provide a review of imaging characteristics of major neurological conditions for medical students during their neurology rotation. It is a vade mecum meant to help them and other allied health professionals survive the neurology rotation through the provision of insightful guidelines and relevant images rather […]
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Akio Suzumura • Kazuhiro Ikenaka Editors 2013 Accumulation of glia, gliosis, in various neurological disorders is not a static scar, but actively involved in pathogenesis of various neurological and psychiatric disorders. There, glial cells produce both infl ammatory and neurotrophic factors. These factors may play a role in neuronal damage, but also play protective and reparative roles by inducing […]
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Mike P. Wattjes • Dirk Fischer Editors 2013 Enormous progress has been made regarding genetic diagnosis of inherited neuromuscular diseases in recent years. A large number of new genetic abnormalities associated with dystrophic or nondystrophic myopathies have been identified, leading to new insights into understanding the pathological aspects of these heterogeneous disorders. The classic three pillars of the diagnostic process […]
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Daniel Kondziella • Gunhild Waldemar 2013 The days of textbooks are numbered but not for this one. In the modern computer age, most of our knowledge is gained online and the need for weighty textbooks is over. Much of our learning comes from clinical experience and seeing our colleagues, senior and junior,at work. During the early stages of a […]
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J. Gordon Millichap 2013 A Clinical Guide to Symptoms and Diagnosis “Syndrome” (from the Greek syndromos , running together) is defi ned as a group of symptoms or signs that collectively characterize a disease or disorder. All of us have had the experience of examining a patient with unusual features or a set of symptoms and signs that […]
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Abdul Qayyum Rana John Anthony Morren 2013 This manual is designed to provide a stepwise approach for the management of neurological emergencies and is meant to primarily serve as a guide for medical students and residents on their neurology rotation. An attempt has been made to address day-to-day neurological issues in the emergency room, neurology ward floor, and intensive care […]
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Fatta B. Nahab • Noriaki Hattori Editors 2013 One of the last frontiers of science remains the human brain. Despite the vast energy spent understanding this amazing machine, we still know so little. One of the revolutions sweeping neuroscience has been the use of various technologies to peer into the brain noninvasively to discover its inner workings. With […]
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