Reynolds Delgado Editor Harvinder Singh Arora Associate Editor 2009 The problem of ischemic heart disease is one of the most important public health problems in the world today. With more effective treatment for acute coronary syndromes and the aging of the population, more people are now living with coronary artery disease and advanced ischemic heart disease is becoming […]
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Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.) 2009 The development of pediatric cardiac surgical programs has had a profound effect on the specialty of pediatric critical care medicine, and as a result, the field of pediatric cardiac intensive care is rapidly emerging as a separate subspecialty of pediatric critical care medicine. The ability to […]
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Antonino Gullo • José Besso • Philip D. Lumb Ged F. Williams (Eds.) 2009 The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) has reached the age of maturity. Physicians, nurses, and many others associated with the field of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine will be coming from all corners of the world to Florence, […]
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Edited by J.-L. Vincent 2009
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Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.) 2009 The principal role of the respiratory system is to permit effi cient exchange of respiratory gases (O2 and CO2) with the environment. The respiratory system is unique in that it is constantly exposed to a barrage of foreign substances from both the internal environment (at […]
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Marc Gertsch 2009 An Evidence-Based Approach This book is designed for medical students and colleagues (including general practitioners, internists, and cardiologists) who need a short, practical book to help them correctly interpret more than 90% of all ECGs they see on a daily basis.
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Uwe Frank Evelina Tacconelli 2009 The first edition of Franz Daschner’s pocketbook “Antibiotika am Krankenbett” was published in Germany in 1982. The purpose of the book was to provide physicians and pharmacists, residents, medical students, and health care professionals in allied fields with a concise reference source for antibiotic drugs, listing the preparations available, antimicrobial spectra, usual dosages, adverse effects, and, […]
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Antonio Pelliccia Editor 2009 Sudden death in young athletes engaged in competitive sports is a highly visible, emotionally charged and important public health issue, which has increasingly become part of the consciousness of the general public and practicing sports medicine community.
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Shmuel C. Shapira Jeffrey S. Hammond Leonard A. Cole Editors 2009
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William Franklin Peacock l Christopher P. Cannon Editors 2009 As the aging of America continues, ever increasing numbers of patients present to the hospital with signs and symptoms consistent with an acute coronary syndrome. This has challenged our health-care system, both in terms of sheer numbers and the complexity of their presentations.
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