Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.) 2009 Neurologic emergencies are a common reason for admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). A thorough understanding of the diseases and disorders affecting the pediatric central nervous system is vital for any physician or healthcare provider working in the PICU. In the following pages, an […]
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Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.) 2009 The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and traumatic […]
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Stefan G. Kiessling • Jens Goebel Michael J.G. Somers Editors 2009 The responsibilities of the Pediatric Nephrologist in the critical care setting are multifaceted. Management of acute renal failure with and without renal replacement therapy, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities and hypertensive emergencies are only some of the major clinical circumstances where the renal specialist is involved in the care of children […]
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Edited by Derek J.W. McMinn 2009 It was 1987, and the orthopedic world was still coming to terms with a steady stream of long term failures of metal on polyethylene total hip arthroplasties. Although Hans Georg Willert had published his theory that polyethylene wear–induced osteolysis was the most likely cause of these failures, the debate was still on—many […]
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Editors Adriaan P.C.C. Hopperus Buma, David G. Burris, Alan Hawley, James M. Ryan and Peter F. Mahoney 2009 Six years have passed since the first edition of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine was published. Those 6 years have not been peaceful: conflict has continued in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East. Terrorist attacks have continued around the world […]
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Ramin Kordi • Nicola Maffulli Randall R. Wroble • W. Angus Wallace Editors 2009 Sports medicine and sports science are relatively new and rapidly developing fields of knowledge. During the past 2 decades, a significant body of scientific knowledge has been published in these areas. However, there is a demand for practical references which address sports medicine and […]
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Edited by C. Dishovsky A. Pivovarov 2009 The terrorist act with sarin gas in the Tokyo underground and the case with the spread of anthrax spores through the U.S. postal system stimulated the development of organization of fight against terrorism on a national and global level. The goal of this workshop was assessment of scientific concepts and practical […]
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Mark Belham 2009 The first transesophageal echocardiogram (TOE/TEE) was performed in 1976 (M-mode only) and there were some who doubted that it would find a place in mainstream cardiac imaging. Over the last 30 years the technological advances in TEE have been exponential and have been refl ected by its increasing utilization.
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Jerry Stonemetz • Keith Ruskin Editors 2009 The seeds of this project were sown at a chance meeting between one of the editors (JS) and Marion Ball, PhD, at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ball, who is arguably the matriarch of medical informatics, convinced us that we should take on the challenge of describing the components of the […]
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Mark W. Kroll l Jeffrey D. Ho Editors 2009 Seldom has a technology had such rapid adoption as the TASER1 conducted electrical weapon (CEW). We all think of mobile phones and their rapid adoption but the compound average growth rate of mobile phone penetration over the past 10 years was 5.2% while that of the CEW was an […]
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