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An ever-increasing number of surgical procedures are now being performed in ambulatory settings. Hospital beds are at a premium and resources are becoming scarcer. This atlas guides readers through all the practicalities: it looks at the potential of short-stay surgery, how to set it up and how it may be relevant to all surgical specialities. Specialists well- known in their sphere discuss and illustrate operations that can be performed without a stay in hospital. The topics covered will become more and more relevant as time goes by, and those who read this book will be able to stay well ahead of the game. It is designed to help surgeons plan for the future and discover the vast potential for this form of surgery.
This book covers all aspects of experimental gastrointestinal research including anatomy, physiology, surgical procedures and animal experimental models As well as being a useful reference guide to established scientists, it serves as an ideal introduction to the field of gastroenterology By consulting the book, the appropriate animal species and experimental model can be chosen for physiological and pathophysiological studies
This book, written by experts on gastroenterology and digestive surgery, provides comprehensive and detailed descriptions of all established and newly developed interventional endoscopic procedures. For each procedure, it addresses: indications; staff, instrumental and technical requirements; and results, potential complications and their management. Also featuring a wealth of images and drawings of the procedures, as well as helpful hints and tips, the book offers a valuable resource for young and seasoned internists and surgeons alike, as well as endoscopy specialists in other fields.
More than sixty years ago, author Dr. Frank G. Moody began treating patients as a second-year medical student at Dartmouth Medical School-Mary Hitchcock Clinic in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was an academic surgeon for the next fifty-five years. In his memoir, Frank Reflections, he offers both a personal and professional overview of his life-his birth in 1928 in New Hampshire; his childhood during the Great Depression; his extensive schooling, both academic and medical; his military service; his experiences serving the sick as a surgical educator; the challenges of his profession; his personal joys of raising three grown children; and his love of skiing and hiking. Recalling a wide range of place, including New York, California Alabama, Utah, and Texas, this memoir communicates Moody's dedication to his craft. Recapping a long and productive, but sometimes winding and turbulent career, Frank Reflections shares insights into Moody's world, in which he tried to enjoy life while helping others get well from their illnesses.
This book proposes a novel learning approach that complements and augments the prevailing method of case-based learning. Learning these signs requires the application and integration of the fundamental skills of observation, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, and in more advanced cases, the use of maneuvers performed at the patient’s bedside. The book provides a discussion of the utility of the signs and reviews the mechanism and pathophysiology of related cardiovascular diseases. Each chapter discusses eponymic signs for a variety of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, heart failure, hypertension, venothromboembolism, ischemic heart disease, pericarditis, and peripheral...
The use of different foods, herbs, and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years. Egyptian papyrus, hieroglyphics and ancient texts from the Middle East have described the cultivation and preparations of herbs and botanicals to “cure the sick.” There are even older records from China and India. Some ancient scripts describe the use of medicinal plants which have never been seen within European cultures. Indeed, all ancient civilizations have pictorial records of different foods, herbs, and spices being used for medical purposes. However, there are fundamental questions and issues pertaining to the scientific evidence for the use of these agents or their ...
Die deutschen Krankenhäuser stehen vor der großen Herausforderung, Infektionen zu vermeiden und die Verbreitung resistenter Keime zu verhindern. Neben den medizinischen Folgen für den Patienten verursachen Infektionen erhebliche ökonomische Schäden für die Krankenhäuser. Die gestiegene mediale Aufmerksamkeit für "Hygieneskandale" führt zu Reputationsverlust, der in einem von starkem Wettbewerb geprägten Umfeld die Abwanderung von Patienten bewirkt. Diese Schrift analysiert den aktuellen Stellenwert der Krankenhaushygiene, deckt Schwachstellen bei der Infektionsprävention auf und gibt praxisorientierte Handlungsempfehlungen.
Das Therapie-Handbuch Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie informiert Sie umfassend und anschaulich über die wichtigsten Erkrankungsbilder und Symptome des Fachbereichs, Prävention der Erkrankungen und Besonderheiten, wie z.B. Blutstillung und die Therapie gastroenterologischer und hepatologischer Erkrankungen bei COVID-19-Infektion. Unverzichtbar für die allgemeinmedizinische und internistische Hausarztpraxis. Praktische, prägnante Handlungsanweisungen Evidenzbasierte Empfehlungsgrade Algorithmen und Tabellen sowie Auflistung der Kernaussagen, um einen raschen Überblick zu erhalten und die effektivste Therapie auszuwählen Mit ''Essentials'' für die Hausarztpraxis Die beiden Therapie-Handbuch-Bände Kardiologie und Neurologie sind bereits erschienen.