Medical specialties, branches of medicine

Der vorliegende Band enthält die Vorträge zu den Hauptthemen so­ wie die der Panels vom Deutschen Anästhesiekongreß 1982 (DAC '82).

The following papers were presented at an international symposium on the mechanisms and treatment of nausea and vomiting in man held in Oxford in 1984.

Marcelle Megret has assembled a comprehensive collection of radiographie images during her work in the field of com- puted tomography of the cranial skeleton.

It will be a long time before the quality of this profusely illustrated book is overtaken and the present spate of books on the subject of obstetric ultrasound may, as a result, suffer a numerical set-back - especially with translation into English which will "e;deliver the milk on everyone's doorstep"e;.

It is a great pleasure for me to introduce and to recommend this much needed text on double contrast examination of the colon.

Technical advances in the field of mammography and better interpretation of the photographs have led recently to a more precise and reliable means of diagnosis, especially for findings which are difficult to analyse.

This wonderful, profusely illustrated book provides a concise and thoughtful review of all the important diseases of the child's brain.

Major conduction blocks utilizing local anesthetics or opiates are find- ing ever increasing applications in daily routine.

Computerization of the radiological image (digitization, com- puted tomography), the diagnostic contributions of ultra- sonography, and the advent of magnetic resonance imaging all herald a new era in radiology.

At first sight it may appear strange that a volume of Progress in Pediatric Surgery should be devoted to the history of our specialty.

The toxic properties of cadmium compounds have been well recognized in many species.

The protection of human health and food and fiber resources against the ravages of pests of many sorts is a continuous struggle by all people in the world.

Wer sich mit der Entwicklung des Gesundheitszustands und der Gesundheitsversor­ gung in unserer Gesellschaft befaßt, wird zunächst sicher eher eine "objektivistische" Perspektive bevorzugen.

At the present time several techniques are available for studying quantitatively global and regional blood flow and metabolism of the human brain.

This second volume of Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience is devoted to the various transmitter systems of the brain (classical and neuropeptides).

Functionally stable internal fixation is of particular relevance to maxillo- facial surgery, because it obviates the discomforts and inconveniences of intermaxillary fixation.

This volume contains the proceedings of the symposium Pathochemical Markers in Major Psychoses, held in Vienna in July 1983.

Even the earliest applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and tomography to medical inquiries, using experimental apparatus that was primitive by today's standards, demonstrated the extraordinary potential of the NMR method.

Radiology Today 3 presents papers and panel discussions from a multi- national faculty at the biannual Salzburg Symposium, which this time covered three important topics: critical diagnostic pathways in gastro"e; intestinal and genitourinary radiology, interventional radiology of the abdomen, and cost containment in radiology.

The authors present their experience in more than seven years of dynamic computed tomography in clinical practice.

The quantitative analysis of blood flow within central and peripheral blood vessels has attracted more and more interest, for with the rapid developments in vascular surgery and the introduction of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, it is becom- ing increasingly important to be able to measure regional blood flow in man.

This volume is the latest in the series Exercises in Radio- logical Diagnosis, launched by the Strasbourg School of Radio- logy.

This book is intended as a short guide to the visualization of the anatomy of the normal brain by means of the NMR tomogram.

All too frequently, the largest effective barrier to interdisciplinary communication is jargon.

In the past ten years, there have been significant advances in the diagnosis and therapy of arterial vascular disease.

Significant progress has doubtlessly been made in the field of cere- bral protection compared to earlier centuries, as recently reviewed by Elisabeth Frost (6).