Tunnel Syndromes Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes, 3rd Edition

Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2001-08-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849309522
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849309526
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
The need for a comprehensive resource with easy-to-find information has increased with the addition of nine new syndromes. Tunnel Syndromes: Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes provides a quick overview of tunnel syndromes including the definition, anatomy, etiology, clinical signs and symptoms, and treatment. It presents a total of 50 tunnel syndromes. Following the tradition of the first two editions, this resource continues to probe the origins of tunnel syndromes and to propose probable causes that lead to them.

Epilepsy Surgery Principles and Controversies

Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 880
Publication Date: 2005-11-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824725913
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824725914
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Offering authoritative coverage of the vast array of major clinical issues in epilepsy surgery-from the selection of surgical candidates to presurgical evaluation, surgical techniques, and postoperative rehabilitation-this reference presents a series of essays on the principles and controversies in the field with focused segments that express opposing viewpoints by experienced clinicians in the discipline.

Forensic Neuropathology

Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 450
Publication Date: 2007-08-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0120585278
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780120585274
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Forensic Neuropathology provides superior visual examples of the more commonly encountered conditions in forensic neuropathology and answers questions that arise regarding neuropathological findings. The work includes values for frequently-encountered clinical assessments, and contains a more comprehensive summary of aging/dating of various neuropathological processes than is available in any other single current source.

First Exposure to Internal Medicine: Hospital Medicine

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-02-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071459014
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071459013
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Just what you need for your rotation in hospital medicine, this unique text puts mastery of the clerkship at your fingertips. Written by doctors who made hospital medicine their specialty, FIRST EXPOSURE TO HOSPITAL MEDICINE is the book they wish they had for their Internal Medicine clerkship.
The ideal databank and toolset for your rotation FIRST EXPOSURE TO HOSPITAL MEDICINE.

Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2008-06-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521689783
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521689786
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Spasticity is a disabling problem for many adults and children with a variety of neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury. A practical guide for clinicians involved in the management of spasticity, this book covers all aspects of upper motor neurone syndrome from basic neurophysiology and measurement techniques to practical therapy and the use of orthoses. Surgical techniques are also covered, as well as the particular problems of management of spasticity in childhood.

Nerve Blocks in Palliative Care

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 148
Publication Date: 2004-11-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0198527039
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780198527039
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
This book is a succinct, practical, clinically-based guide to nerve blocking techniques that are available in current practice. A nerve block is the injection of either a local anesthetic or a drug that inactivates nerves to control otherwise uncontrollable pain. Nerve blocks can be used to determine the source of pain, to treat painful conditions that respond to nerve blocks, to predict how the pain will respond to long-term treatments, and to prevent pain following procedures