Moshe Schein • Paul N. Rogers • Ahmad Assalia (Editors) 2009 An unconventional book for trainees and thinking surgeons We are proud to present the third edition of this book, which since it first appeared almost 10 years ago, has become a favorite with surgeons having to deal with emergency abdominal surgery. Is there anything new in this […]
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Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.) 2009 The care of the critically ill or injured child begins with timely, prompt, and aggressive resuscitation and stabilization. Ideally, stabilization should occur before the onset of organ failure in order to achieve the best possible outcomes. In the following pages, an international panel of experts provides […]
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A. McLuckie 2009
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Ali Altalag, Jeremy Road, and Pearce Wilcox 2009 The volume of expelled air is believed to have been first measured by Galen in about 150 AD. However, it was not until the mid-1800s that Hutchinson designed a spirometer, very similar to the ones used today, which allowed routine measurement of exhaled lung volume.Finally, in 1969 Dubois designed the plethysmograph, which […]
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Jordi Rello • Emili Díaz • Alejandro Rodríguez (Eds.) 2009
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Jean Revuz • Jean-Claude Roujeau Francisco A. Kerdel • Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore Editors 2009 For many reasons, dermatology has acquired a special status among medical specialties. As the most accessible organ, skin was from the origin of humanity frequently exposed to therapeutic interventions and manipulations by spouses, wizards, physicians, artists and scientists.With the tremendous development of science in the […]
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Ashfaq Hasan 2009 Blood gas analysis has become the ‘‘. . .single most helpful laboratory test in managing respiratory and metabolic disorders. (It is). . . imperative to consider an ABG for virtually any symptom. . ., sign. . ., or scenario. . . that occurs in a clinical setting, whether it be the clinic, hospital, or ICU.’’1
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Adrian Chenzbraun 2009 The idea of writing this book arose from frequent encounters with cardiologists in training and intensivist colleagues who highlighted the contribution of echocardiographic studies to the evaluation of difficult cases.
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Petros Nihoyannopoulos · Joseph Kisslo Editors 2009 Echocardiography has expanded greatly over recent years to earn its place as a subspecialty in cardiology in its own right. From the original single M-mode modality of 50 years ago, it has evolved into a complex “multimodality” method for evaluating and quantifying cardiovascular lesions. In addition, the entire spectrum of hemodynamic assessment […]
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Eyal Herzog, Farooq Chaudhry Editors 2009 Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention This is the first edition of Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndromes. There have been major advances and developments in both the field of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Echocardiography. This book is intended to address the important role echocardiography plays in diagnosing and evaluating patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
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