This guide is intended for medical and non-medical personnel involved in monitoring and managing measles epidemics at every level of the health care system. It focuses on epidemic response in low-income countries, covering the epidemiology of the disease, immunization, outbreak investigation, case management, mass vaccination campaigns, activity monitoring, and outbreak preparedness, utilizing recommendations from WHO and field experience of Médecins Sans Frontières.
This book provides a clinical and epidemiologic approach to opioid dependence, focusing on the ongoing risk-benefit ratio analysis of opioid therapy. It addresses the physician’s duty to relieve suffering while adhering to the principle of primum non nocere, evaluating the dangers, underappreciated risks, and potentially overstated benefits of chronic opioid use, including associated chronic pain and dysfunction.
A comprehensive mathematical approach to understanding, simulating, and designing intervention strategies for controlling the spread of parasitic diseases in human and animal populations. Focuses on quantitative methods for public health applications.
A comprehensive text detailing the gross and microscopic anatomy of the human eye and its surrounding structures, emphasizing the clinical correlations essential for students and practitioners of ophthalmology and optometry.
A foundational text designed to introduce clinical neurology, covering essential topics such as clinically oriented neuroanatomy (localizing problems via 'meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude') and principles of neurological history taking.
A concise handbook providing essential steps for taking patient history, performing physical examinations, and interpreting common diagnostic results, crucial for medical students and junior doctors.
This third edition provides a foundation for a daily, pragmatic approach for diagnosing common entities found in endometrial samples (biopsies and curettings). The text is entirely updated to reflect advances in endometrial pathology and changed clinical terminology, and all illustrations are now in color.
An introductory overview of kidney function, including maintenance of homeostasis, excretion of metabolic wastes, hormonal roles (erythropoietin, calcitriol, renin), the anatomy of the nephron, the process of urine formation (glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption), and the concept of renal threshold substances.
A comprehensive, up-to-date, and richly illustrated visual reference designed specifically to be of value in clinical practice. It provides a practical guide to the diagnostic imaging of spinal disorders, covering current imaging modalities.
A concise description of the pathophysiology of disease states and their medical management that is relevant to the care of the patient in the perioperative period, focusing on anesthesia and co-existing diseases.
Ebook Info
Published: 2017
Number of pages: 1168 pages
Format: PDF
File Size: 103.92 MB
Authors: Keith L. Moore
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A condensed study guide focusing on key endocrine disorders, including detailed analysis of Hypercalcemia, Hypocalcemia, different types of Hyperparathyroidism, and Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1 and 2), covering symptoms, diagnostic labs, differential causes, and immediate and long-term treatment strategies, utilizing mnemonics for memorization.
