Brachytherapy is the clinical use of radioactive isotopes to provide a highly conformal image-guided radiation therapy that takes advantage of the steep fall off dose characteristics and different energetic emanations to improve the therapeutic ratio. Historically it was the first mode of radiation therapy. The last...
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are
amongst the two commonest chronic conditions in the
world today and both are predicted to increase. Because of
their high prevalence and chronicity, these diseases impose
an enormous and growing economic and social burden.
Enormous strides have been made in our...
The Golden Hour is a well-established concept in emergency medicine, related to the critical period of one hour after an injury, accident or trauma. This term implies that the mortality rates increase substantially if efficient care is not provided within 60 minutes after the trauma. This book is intended as a practical manual in Trauma...
This is a short volume which includes chapters on all areas of haematology written by people who deal with these diseases on a daily basis. The book provides descriptions of these diseases and describes the pathways involved in diagnosis and treatment. We have used full colour throughout and the book is heavily illustrated, using clinical material...
Thoroughly updated for its Second Edition, Hospital Medicine offers practical, evidence-based guidelines for the care of hospitalized patients. The only book geared directly and exclusively to inpatient management—and edited by the national leaders of the hospitalist field—Hospital Medicine includes...
Arch Mainous III, PhD, Claire Pomeroy, MD, and a panel of experienced physicians offer an eminently practical summary of the most effective evidence-based antimicrobial treatments encountered in both hospital and outpatient settings. Focusing on the clinical impact of appropriate diagnosis and treatment, the book emphasizes those newer...
