Medical specialties, branches of medicine

This book approaches the ACL deficient knee from a different perspective than those of the previous classical ways.

This textbook is alone in focusing on the subject of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease.

Pelvic Cancer Surgery: Modern Breakthroughs and Future Advances brings together the three main pelvic specialties (Urology, Gynecological Oncology and Colorectal Surgery) into one volume.

The cases presented in this book will guide the reader through the process of making a diagnosis based on logical thinking.

This book reviews the surgical management of the mitral and tricuspid valves.

Heart disease in children has a number of diagnostic traps for the unwary, and all of us involved in the specialty have been caught at one time or another.

This monograph aims to cover in depth all aspects of bone marrow lymphoid infiltrates, in the context of their wide spectrum of benign, borderline and malignant expressions.

Many diseases earlier considered to be incurable are now being treated with modern innovations involving fetal tissue transplants and stem cells derived from fetal tissues.

This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians.

Sports Medicine is now a specialty in its own right.

Although treatment remains the major goal in the control of genetic disease, this is not yet a reality for most inherited conditions.

There is no standard textbook at this time on endovascular management of thoracic aortic pathologies.

This monograph comprises 17 papers written by prominent authors in the field, each of whom presents his most recent experiences.

While emphysema and chronic bronchitis are primarily lung di- seases, one of their major consequences is to deeply affect the function of the respiratory muscles.

In his review of the Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Respiratory Muscles in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, organized in Montescano in 1986, Thomas K.

The workshops that have been held over the past few years and the volumes published in their wake have proved highly successful and have prompted us to press on with our initial plans.

Respiratory rehabilitation can be defined as long term evaluation and therapy.

Pulmonary emphysema is a disease which develops because of a localized imbalance between endogenous proteinase inhibitors and proteinases leaking from neurophils during phagocytosis at inflammatory foci within the lung.

For centuries, physicians studied the appearance and characteristics of urine as a guide to the health of the individual.

During the past decade there has been a considerable expansion in the understanding, assessment and treatment of critically ill patients.

The first edition of this book provided a convenient passage through the minefield of skeletal dysplasia terminology and diag- nosis, and has proved of immense value to its users.

The 4-quinolone antibacterial agents have been under development and in use for over 25 years, but despite an enormous body of research work there are still many basic questions that remain unanswered.

Human Health: The Contribution of Microorganisms is the first major work to concentrate on probiotics in humans.

Diffuse Lung Disorders aims to bring together pathologists, clinicians and diagnostic radiologists to produce a simplified analysis and a unification of the existing concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of diffuse lung diseases.

One of the most important developments in diagnostic imaging over the last decade has been magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Nine years have passed since the first edition of Care of the Critically III Patient was published.

Osteoporosis in Clinical Practice provides a concise review of the current knowledge of osteoporosis.

The spinal cord is a long structure, conslstmg of white and grey matter, that not only serves to provide a neural connection between the brain and the body, but also contains neural circuits that are organized segmentally and that are responsive to central and peripheral sensory input.

"e;Both teacher and reader will find here a careful presentation of both text and illustrations.

A variety of syndromes are hidden behind the term vertigo; the interdisciplinary approach here shows how surprisingly easy it is to correctly diagnose and effectively treat them.

The increased provision of facilities for neonatal and paediatric care in the last 25 years has been accompanied only in part by appropriate developments in pathology.

MRCOG Part 1 is a multiple choice question and answer volume dealing with the basic sciences in obstetrics and gynaecology.

In this work I endeavour to explain the morphological changes in diseases of the human ear, nose, larynx and pharynx.

The recent advances in the techniques for imaging the pancreas without surgical inter- vention have reduced the inaccessibility of the pancreas.

Gynaecological textbooks generally are divided into sections according to pathological diagnoses, not according to symptoms or symptom complexes.

Radiotherapy or radiation therapeutics, as the name suggests, is a branch of general therapeutics.

The skeleton is involved to a significant extent in more than 500 genetic and congenital syndromes and although the majority of these are individually rare, collectively they are not uncommon.

Man is entering a new era as a result of advances in human reproduction.

The need for continued vigilance in the post-anaesthetic recovery period following general or regional anaesthesia is paramount.

Thirty years' close assocIatIOn with the Oil Industry has been a fascinating and stimulating experience; fascinating because the Oil Industry itself is so full of interest and stimulating because of the challenges which changes in technology have brought about.

The increased provision of facilities for neonatal and paediatric care in the last 25 years has been accompanied only in part by appropriate developments in pathology.

This book is primarily addressed to the needs of the trainee histopathologist.

Pelvic pain in the female patient is common in gynaecological practice, but the specialties of general surgery, urology and orthopaedics provide a significant number of patients and problems.

In this book we have expert urologists and gynaecologists on the two sides of the Atlantic working together with a common interest, the inadequate female urethra.

The rapid pace of advance in the basic and clinical sciences has led to striking changes in the practice of medicine.

The last decade has seen a rapid expansion in the range and sophistication of diagnostic imaging modalities which are available to clinicians.

The purpose of this work is to review the current knowledge of laryngeal pathology in the light of my experience at the Institute of Laryngology and Otology, London.

"e;The Elderly"e; is the third monograph in a series on management and treatment in major patient groups and subspecialties.

Cancer: Palliative Care examines the nature of the care and support that can be provided to those in need of palliative care and their families.

Building on the success of the previous two editions with contributions from recognised experts in their fields this book is aimed at the general pathologist concerned with handling paediatric cases and autopsies.