Clinical and internal medicine

This book collects several contributions, written both by statisticians and medical doctors, which focus on the identification of new diagnostic, therapeutic and organizational strategies in order to improve the occurrence of clinical outcomes for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) patients.

Principles of Bone Biology provides the most comprehensive, authoritative reference on the study of bone biology and related diseases.

Renal Disease in Cancer Patients is a translational reference detailing the nephrological problems unique to patients with cancer in an organized and authoritative fashion.

This book offers a handy reference guide to anaphylaxis, including diagnosis and treatment.

Inhaled therapies form the cornerstone for treatment of patients with asthma and COPD.

It is well recognised that clinical audit is a fundamental tool to maintain high standards of clinical excellence within healthcare.

Analytical Microbiology focuses on the processes, methodologies, developments, and approaches involved in analytical microbiology, including microbiological, antibiotic, and amino acid assays and dilution methods.

The expanded second edition of this key clinical reference provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive review of oncologic emergencies.

Volume I of this book provides a comprehensive discussion of the factors involved in regulation of the cell cycle, the general biological properties of growth factors, and the receptor and postreceptor mechanisms of action of these signaling agents.

Precision pathology of cancer is a new frontier - a systemic diagnostic approach to provide specific therapeutic targets and genetic and metabolic information for the treatment of patients.

Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system.

This book summarizes for the first time the fundamentals of the production of polyclonal antibodies.

Nanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors addresses brain anatomy and tumors and the progress and challenges in delivering drugs across the blood brain barrier.

This book presents the proceedings of a satellite symposium of the XXVllth International Congress of IUPS held in Berlin, July 12-15, 1977 the latest of a series of meetings dealing with the organization of the autonomic nervous system, especially its central nervous control (Warsaw 1971, Tokyo 1974, Heidelberg 1976).

Birdkeeping is becoming increasingly popular, but could it threaten good health?

Despite the advances in precision medicine and the progressive tailoring of multimodal therapies, surgery still remains the mainstay treatment in the majority of pediatric solid tumors and plays a key role in the multidisciplinary evaluation and management of pediatric oncology patients.

The ONLY super-concise guide to gastrointestinal pathologyIn marked contrast to the standard heavy, dense pathology textbook, Dr.

Atherosclerosis is the most significant cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide.

Immunity to Cancer documents the proceedings of a conference on "e;"e;Immunity to Cancer"e;"e; held at Williamsburg, Virginia, September 10-12, 1984.

Cancer poses a major threat to human health and is one of the leading causes of death worldwide.

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Sarcoidosis represents a major challenge for physicians-not just in respiratory medicine, but across a range of specialties.

Neurology: A Clinician's Approach teaches a symptom-oriented approach to the 20 most common problems which face neurologists in training.

The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade.

Leading economists, including three Nobel prize winners, evaluate ten serious global challenges.

This book presents a comprehensive set of methods for quantifying geometric quantities such as the volume of a tumor, the total surface area of the alveoli in a lung, the length of plant roots, or of blood vessels, the number of neurons in a brain compartment, the connectivity number of trabecular bone, the mean size of grains in a rock, etc.

In this compilation, the authors review the biological aspects of myelodysplastic syndrome disease, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as innovations involving genetics and new treatment perspectives.

Das Multiorganversagen stellt eine der größten Herausforderungen in der Intensivmedizin dar.

A concise overview of the fundamental concepts of cancer biology for those with little or no background in the field.

The topic of heart failure although extensively researched and reported, has several gray areas.

Phagocytosis has been at the forefront of cell biology for more than a century.

This practical manual provides a real-world educationally focused resource.

The crucial role played by calcium as a cellular messenger has become increasingly evident, as has the recognition that cells spend much energy in maintaining the cytosolic concentration of this cation both constant and low.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce the first volume of Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases.

Sirtuin Biology in Cancer and Metabolic Disease: Cellular Pathways for Clinical Discovery offers a compelling and thought-provoking perspective for the examination of the intriguing biology of sirtuins that ties cancer and metabolic disease together and provides a critical platform for the development of sirtuin-based novel therapeutic strategies to effectively treat cancer and metabolic disorders with precision in order to minimize any potentially detrimental clinical outcomes.

Within eighteen months of the preparation of the first edition much has happened in the AIDS field.

Everything you need to ace the ARRT Mammography Exam in one complete study package!

The lifelong care required for bariatric surgery patients often presents colleagues in the office with the situation of having to identify surgical and nutritive complications related to the previous surgery.

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of compreh- sive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory - search.

Seit über 30 Jahren hat sich körperliche Bewegung als Therapie nach Herzerkrankungen bewährt.

Endocrine disruption is an expanding field due to the numerous chemicals involved and, as evidenced more recently, the variety of homeostatic systems that they can alter throughout life.