Presenting Symptoms of Urological Emergencies -- Lower Urinary Tract Emergencies -- Nontraumatic Renal Emergencies -- Other Infective Urological Emergencies -- Traumatic Urological Emergencies -- Scrotal and Genital Emergencies -- Postoperative Emergencies After Urological Surgery -- Ureteric Colic in Pregnancy -- Management of Urological Neoplastic Conditions Presenting as Emergencies -- Commo…
Healthy Living -- Lipids -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Hypertension -- Cardiac Investigations -- Coronary Artery Disease -- Chronic Stable Angina -- Acute Coronary Syndrome -- Heart Failure -- Arrhythmias.Coronary Heart Disease in Clinical Practice is a concise and thorough reference for health professionals involved in the care and treatment of cardiac patients, both in primary care and hospital env…
Introductory Remarks -- Peripheral Vestibular Forms of Vertigo -- Central Vestibular Forms of Vertigo -- Traumatic Forms of Vertigo -- Psychogenic Forms of Vertigo and Dizziness -- Various Vertigo Syndromes.After headache, vertigo and dizziness is the second most common complaint of patients. Vertigo is not a disease entity, but rather an unspecific syndrome consisting of various disorders with…
Historical Introduction -- Knowledge and Ethics -- Theoretical Considerations -- Fallibility and the Problem of Blameworthiness in Medicine -- The Ongoing Dialectic between Autonomy and Responsibility in a Pluralist World -- Patients, Society and Healthcare Professionals -- Genetics and Ethics -- Problems of Macro-allocation -- Organ Donation -- Problems at the Beginning of Life -- Problems in …
Headache for History Buffs -- When Is a Headache More Than “Just a Headache?”: The Secondary Headaches -- The Primary Headache Syndromes: When Is a Headache “Just a Headache?” -- The Pharmacologic Treatment of Migraine -- Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Migraine -- Your Visit to the Doctor -- What to Expect.Frequent headaches seriously affect the lives of millions of sufferers. The result…
Basic Laser Physics and Safety -- Laser Treatment of Vascular Lesions -- Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions -- Laser Treatment of Unwanted Hair -- Ablative and Nonablative Facial Resurfacing -- Lasers, Photodynamic Therapy, and the Treatment of Medical Dermatologic Conditions.The continual array of laser technology throughout the world has been nothing short of miraculous. Over the last fifte…
What is Autoimmunity: Basic Mechanisms and Concepts -- Photoimmunology -- The Epidemiology of Lupus Erythematosus -- Historical Background of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus -- Classification and Clinical Aspects of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus -- Classification of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus -- Clinical Manifestations of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus -- Nonspecific Cutaneous Manifestations of…
La sclerosi multipla -- Studi sui costi di malattia: aspetti metodologici -- Costi di malattia: revisione degli studi europei e nordamericani -- Costi di malattia: revisione degli studi italiani -- Studi farmacoeconomici: aspetti metodologici -- Studi farmacoeconomici: revisione della letteratura.La sclerosi multipla (SM) rappresenta la seconda causa di disabilità neurologica nel giovane adult…
Tools -- Cranial nerves -- Plexopathies -- Radiculopathies -- Mononeuropathies -- Mononeuropathies: upper extremities -- Mononeuropathies: trunk -- Mononeuropathies: lower extremities -- Polyneuropathies -- Neuromuscular transmission disorders and other conditions -- Muscle and myotonic diseases -- Motor neuron disease.The atlas is a comprehensive outline of neuromuscular diseases, written by e…
Clinical Manifestation and Classification of Allergic Diseases -- Pathophysiology of Allergic Reactions -- Genetics and Environment in the Development of Allergy -- Allergy Diagnosis -- Allergic Diseases (and Differential Diagnoses) -- Allergy Prevention and Therapy -- Psyche and Allergy -- Outlook.Allergy is one of the major health problems of most modern societies. Although allergic diseases …