Yuan-Chi Lin • Eric Shen-Zen Hsu Editors 2014 The book Acupuncture for Pain Management features practical information for incorporating acupuncture into the practice of pain medicine. It is written for clinicians interested in integrating acupuncture into pain management.
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Sanghamitra M. Misra • Ana Maria Verissimo 2014
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Marc Leone • Claude Martin Jean-Louis Vincent Editors 2014 This book aims to provide concise and pragmatic guidelines to clinicians managing patients with uncommon diseases at the bedside.After a brief introduction,the book is divided into m nine chapters including several questions.Each chapter is related to either a specific organ (heart and vessels, lungs, nervous system, skin, kidneys, liver) […]
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Heinz Mehlhorn • Zhongdao Wu • Bin Ye Editors 2014 Parasites of humans and their house or game animals threaten mankind since its beginning at the early steps of human evolution. Many parasites like the thread worm Ascaris lumbricoides or the head louse Pediculus humanus capitis had become even specialists for humans and were distributed by wandering groups of […]
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Robert C. Dumont • Youngran Chung Editors 2014 “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”—Thomas Edison Food as medicine is an old concept. In many traditional cultures, food goes beyond basic sustenance or […]
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Pierre C. Wong • Wanda C. Miller-Hance Editors 2014 The inspiration for this book arose from several important observations. First , we have noted many specialists (both in pediatric and adult medicine) who feel uncomfortable with or incapable of performing a systematic transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) examination in a patient with congenital heart disease (CHD), or interpreting such a […]
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Koichi Tanigawa • Rethy Kieth Chhem Editors 2014 Perspective from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident There are many books available on “Disaster Medicine,” but to the best of our knowledge, there is currently no book available that addresses “Radiation Disaster Medicine.” The idea for this book was born from a discussion between the two editors while attending the “International […]
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Antonio Pinto • Luigia Romano Editors 2014 Foreign bodies are a frequent and serious problem in emergency departments: ingested foreign objects may occur accidentally or deliberately. Most ingested foreign bodies pass through the gastrointestinal tract without a problem. However, ingested or inserted foreign bodies may cause bowel obstruction or perforation or may lead to severe hemorrhage, abscess formation, or […]
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