Medical equipment and techniques

Author Tom Preston, MD, and his terminally ill patients and their families often face the controversial predicament of how to die when suffering has been medically extended.

This up-to-the-minute reference delineates-in a systematic fashion-the appropriate, sequential steps for the formulation of safe, effective, stable, and marketable liquid parenteral biopharmaceutical products-covering fundamentals and essential pathways for each phase as well as its purpose, function, and relation to other stages in the product development process.

This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer-with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Revolutionizing Your Health JourneyStep into a world where healthcare meets cutting-edge technology, and discover how the fusion of digital innovation is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalized care.

An integrative, comprehensive guide to the optimal utilization of laboratory techniques in diagnosing and monitoring hematological malignancies.

The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years.

A practical manual of the key characteristics of the bacteria likely to be encountered in microbiology laboratories and in medical and veterinary practice.

An integrative, comprehensive guide to the optimal utilization of laboratory techniques in diagnosing and monitoring hematological malignancies.

This book presents the results of the landmark CATIE study, a long and comprehensive study of schizophrenia.

Distills the author''s wealth of expertise and experience in troubleshooting and implementing quality management in the IVF laboratory.

This book contains subjects by authors with a fresh, exciting and extensive focus within the medical humanities, offering the reader chapters which include the history of medical illustration, Graphic Medicine as a vehicle for the expression of humanistic dimensions of healthcare, equitable and ethical medical illustrations, as well as novel, art-based approaches in anatomical education.

This book contains subjects by authors with a fresh, exciting and extensive focus within the medical humanities, offering the reader chapters which include the history of medical illustration, Graphic Medicine as a vehicle for the expression of humanistic dimensions of healthcare, equitable and ethical medical illustrations, as well as novel, art-based approaches in anatomical education.

Describes multidisciplinary, integrative, and translational approaches to research and practice in pediatric traumatic brain injury.

Presents a spectrum of real and interesting case studies relating to critically ill children.

This book presents the results of the landmark CATIE study, a long and comprehensive study of schizophrenia.

This book teaches researchers how to evaluate health interventions and simplifies the process of analyzing data.

Describes multidisciplinary, integrative, and translational approaches to research and practice in pediatric traumatic brain injury.

Patients with extreme obesity undergoing surgical procedures need specific perioperative management.

Provides practical and accessible guidance on all steps from choosing a research project to preparing and submitting a thesis.

Presents a spectrum of real and interesting case studies relating to critically ill children.

The organic products market is experiencing rapid growth.

A second edition of the easy-to-use standard text guiding biomedical researchers in the use of advanced statistical methods.

Documents experiences throughout the entire research process - from conceptualization, ethics approval, field-work, analysis, and publication.

Provides guidance to all healthcare professionals on helping overweight children and their families.

A comprehensive overview of research on the psychological aspects of nutrition in developing children.

This is a practical introduction to multilevel analysis, written for non-mathematicians.

This book describes the application of cognitive behavioral principles to patients with a range of eating disorders.

An accessible non-technical introduction to the terminology of medical statistics.

First published in 2006, this is an account of the basic science, metabolism, nutritional requirements and clinical management of the neonate.

The first wide-ranging analysis of business trends in the manufacturing segment of the health care industry.

Full translation together with detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.

An authoritative and comprehensive review of current research in vitamin nutrition, deficiency and metabolism.

This text will enable biomedical researchers to use several advanced statistical methods that have proven valuable in medical research.

This newly updated edition of the benchmark guide to computer-assisted clinical trials provides a comprehensive primer for prospective managers.

From first principles to real-world applications -- here is the first comprehensive guide to drug discovery and development Modern drug discovery and development require the collaborative efforts of specialists in a broadarray of scientific, technical, and business disciplines--from biochemistry to molecular biology, organic chemistry to medicinal chemistry, pharmacology to marketing.

Design and Development of Medical Electronic Instrumentation fills a gap in the existing medical electronic devices literature by providing background and examples of how medical instrumentation is actually designed and tested.

A comprehensive introduction to ICA for students and practitioners Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is one of the most exciting new topics in fields such as neural networks, advanced statistics, and signal processing.

An Introduction to Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions acquaints an undergraduate audience with the fundamental biological processes that influence these sophisticated, cutting-edge procedures.

This introductory reference provides a practical, concise summary of everything a physician needs to know about genomics and emerging technologies.

This book provides useful information for bioanalytical / analytical scientists, analysts, quality assurance managers, and all personnel in bioanalytical laboratories through all aspects of bioanalytical technical and regulatory perspectives within bioanalytical operations and processes.

A must-have guide for any professional in the drug manufacturing industry The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) audit is a tedious but necessary exercise that assures that all parties do their job properly and in compliance with the applicable FDA code.

This book provides useful information for bioanalytical / analytical scientists, analysts, quality assurance managers, and all personnel in bioanalytical laboratories through all aspects of bioanalytical technical and regulatory perspectives within bioanalytical operations and processes.

This book provides an introduction to the field of biomarkers, how they have been and can be used, and how different approaches can be used to identify, characterize, and monitor biomarkers.

An essential, up-to-date guide to the design of studies and selection of the correct QoL instruments for observational studies and clinical trials.

This is the first book to address the uses of handheld computers within clinical practice and considers the many different possible applications of handheld computers in a medical environment.

Pharmaceutical Ethics is an important text, which aims to provide the ethical guidelines much needed by the pharmaceutical industry.

Cross-over trials are an important class of design used in the pharmaceutical industry and medical research, and their use continues to grow.

Over the last twenty years there has been a dramatic upsurge in the application of meta-analysis to medical research.

There has been substantial growth in the use of data monitoring committees in recent years, by both government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry.

The explanation and implementation of statistical methods for the medical researcher or statistician remains an integral part of modern medical research.