Elsevier health sciences aug 2009 (10 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With a wealth of helpful guidelines and assessment tools, Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety makes it easy to identify the causes of practice breakdowns and to reduce health care errors. It provides expert guidance from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), plus an overview of the TERCAP® assessment tool. The book systematically examines the causes of practice breakdowns resulting from practice styles, health care environments, teamwork, and structural systems to promote patient safety. An overview of the NCSBN Practice Breakdown Initiative introduces the TERCAP® assessment tool and provides a helpful framework for understanding the scope of problems, along with NCSBN's approach to addressing them. Coverage of each type of practice breakdown systematically explores errors in areas such as clinical reasoning or judgment, prevention, and intervention. Case Studies provide real-life examples of practice breakdowns and help you learn to identify problems and propose solutions. Chapters on mandatory reporting and implementation of a whole systems approach offer practical information on understanding TERCAP® and implementing a whole systems approach to preventing practice breakdowns. 192 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Leonard Feld and Shabnam Jain, reviews the topic of Pediatric Quality. The issue opens by examining the case for quality improvement in pediatrics. Approaches to improve pediatric health care, driving children's healthcare initiatives, and the future of quality on pediatric practice are examined. 1034 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This issue of Ultrasound Clinics provides a general overview of women's imaging with ultrasound. Included in the issue are articles on imaging breast masses, performing breast biopsies using ultrasound, and postsurgical follow up. The remainder of the issue reviews obstetric topics such as ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy-related genitourinary diseases, and first trimester bleeding, and gynecologic topics such as postmenopausal bleeding, endometriosis, and ovarian torsion among others. 85 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A complete review of salivary gland infections for the oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Topics in this issue include epidemiology, microbiology, diagnostic imaging, diagnosis and management of chronic and acute salivary gland infections, salivary gland infections and HIV, viral salivary gland infections, pediatrics, sialoendoscopy, extirpation, and an algorithm for diagnosis and management of salivary gland infections. 98 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Guest Editor presents state-of-the-art articles devoted to therapies for treatment of HCV. The novel therapies addressed in this issue include interferons, viral kinetics and anti-viral resistence, anti-fibrotics, immunotherapeutics, hepatoprotectants and caspace inhibitors, and cyclosporine analogues, to name a few. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For this issue, Drs. Daniel Lim and Paul Larson at the University of California San Francisco present a collection of papers dedicated to Functional Neurosurgery. They explore topics such as functional neurosurgery orginis of Intraoperative MRI, iMRI safety, anethesia in the iMRI environment, gene therapy, the use of iMRI for cell-based therapy of Parkinson's desease, and more. 237 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Articles include: 'Epidemiology/Classification,? 'Overall Management,? ''Rethinking' the Physical Therapy Approach,? 'Management of Lower Extremity Dysfunction in Cerebral Palsy,? 'Adult Medical Issues and Transition of Medical Care,? 'Assistive Technology for Environmental Access,? 'Access to Employment/Economic Independence,? 'Clinical Outcome Assessment,? 'Towards Improved Clinical Trials - Include Issues of Outcome Measurement/MCID,? 'International Perspective,? 'Parent Perspective on Future Directions - Board Members of Reaching for the Stars,? 'Bone Density in Cerebral Palsy? 594 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Doctors Daya and Spiro concluded the two part series on Cancer Emergencies with articles on: 'GI Bleeding,' 'Hepatic Encephalopathy,' 'Bleeding diatheses, Disseminated intravascular coagulation,' 'Hyperviscosity syndrome, Polycythemia, Hyperleukocytosis, Thrombocytosis,' and more! 554 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This issue of the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America brings the rheumatologist up to date on the latest breakthroughs in the assessment and treatment of fibromyalgia. Topics covered include fibromyalgia and central sensitization disorders; neurobiology/pathophysiology of fibromyalgia; genetics and socioenvironmental influences; neuroimaging; dysautonomia; sleep; cognition; fibromyalgia in children and adolescents; key symptom domains to be assessed in fibromyalgia; patient-reported outcome measures; nonpharmacologic therapy, including exercise, cognitive behavioral, biofeedback, acupuncture, CAM, and nutrition; pharmacotherapy; and pathophysiology and practical treatment paradigms. 240 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited by Dr. Hanmin Lee, examines the topic of Fetal Surgery. The issue begins with an overview, including the history of fetal surgery, ethical implications, and maternal management and outcome. Imaging (including Ultrasound, MRI, and Echocardiology) and Specific Diseases (including Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Fetal Lung Lesions, Obstructive Uropathy, TTTS, MMC, TRAP and other discordant twins, and Congenital Cardiac Anomalies) are also examines. The issue concludes with a look at research and future directions, including Stem Cell Transplant/Gene Therapy, Consortiums/Registries, and Fetal Tissue Engineering. 240 pp. Englisch.…