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Cardiac CT obtains information about coronary arteries, great arteries and veins, and heart valves. This title helps practicing cardiologists to keep up with the advanced technology in this important and swiftly moving field.

Although heart failure typically begins with the left side of the heart, it is also important for cardiologists to understand right-sided heart failure. This title covers the normal right ventricle (RV), imaging of the RV, RV failure in a variety of settings, and treatment of RV failure, including interventions.

Covers such topics as: Cardiac Arrest as a Public Health Concern, Prehospital Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cardioactive Medications in Cardiac Arrest, Airway Management in Cardiac Arrest, Rapid Response Teams, and Pediatric Cardiac Arrest.

Covers such topics as: Thoracic Dissection, Thoracic Trauma, Asthma, COPD, PE, Influenza, Pneumonia, Pleural Based Disease, and Mechanical Ventilation.

Optimal management of device associated infections requires a collaborative approach among surgical and medical specialists. This title offers technical background on specific devices and related operative procedures. It includes concepts for the prevention of biofilm formation and biofilm directed therapeutics.

Among the advanced procedures for treating heart disease in a minimally invasive way are the techniques for percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. This title provides a description of several percutaneous procedures, including trans-catheter aortic valve implantation.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among US women over the age of 65, resulting in more deaths than all forms of cancer combined. Women are less likely to survive heart attacks than are men, possibly because symptoms in women may differ and may be less recognizable. This title provides information on percutaneous interventions.

Deals with the evidence-based pharmacologic care of the neonate. This title contributes articles in the areas of therapeutic drug monitoring, off-label use of medications in the NICU, antenatal and post-natal corticosteroids, antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals, as well as bronchodilators and nitric oxide.

Covers topics pertinent to Men's Health, including The Role of Primary Care in Men's Health, Changes in Male Fertility in the Last Two Decades, The Aging Male, and Pre-adolescent issues as risk factors for adult male health.

Focuses on Renal Cancer and the treatment standards in urology. In this title, articles include Contemporary Imaging of the Renal Mass, Surgical Approach to Multifocal Renal Cancers, and, Systemic Therapy Prior to Surgery. It also discusses effects of the various existing surgical approaches on long-term renal function.

Covers diagnosis and treatment of cardiac symptoms and cardiac emergencies during pregnancy.

Addresses therapeutic ERCP and instrumentation; advanced cannulation technique and precut; stone burden in the bile and pancreatic duct; the available platforms for choledochopancreatoscopy; ERCP and Biliary Imaging; ERCP for sampling and tissues acquisition; and ERCP and Intraductal ablation therapies.

Includes: Neoplastic Meningitis and Epidural Metastases: Evaluation and Management; Management of Brain Metastases: Surgery, Radiation, or Both?; Meningiomas/Nerve Sheath Tumors/Pituitary Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment; Primary CNS Lymphoma: Overview of Current Treatment Strategies; and, Anaplastic Gliomas: Radiation, Chemotherapy, or Both?

Provides a comprehensive review of autoimmune skin diseases, including bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris, linear IgA disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, blistering and bullous diseases.

Provides a comprehensive review of the state of biomarkers and their role in the asthma diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm.

Covers comparative-effectiveness research in heart failure. This title includes information about the comparative effectiveness of different treatments for heart failure, including drug treatments, cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy, as well as patient adherence.

Covers the common and uncommon obstetric emergencies, including emergency caesarean section, resuscitation of the newborn, and hypertensive crisis.

Covers various aspects of exercise - induced bronchospasm, including treatment through pharmacologic agents, patient assessments, and biomarkers.

This issue of Critical Care Clinics, edited by Mervyn singer and Manu Shankar-Hari, includes: Sepsis 3.0 Definitions; Epidemiology and Outcomes; Pathophysiology of sepsis; Pathophysiology of Septic shock; Mechanism of organ dysfunction in sepsis; Endocrine and metabolic alterations in sepsis: challenges and treatments; The immune system in sepsis; Nutrition and Sepsis; Common sense approach to managing sepsis; Biomarkers for sepsis and their use; Personalizing sepsis care; Novel interventions - What's new and the future; and Long term outcomes following Sepsis.

Eosinophilic esophagitis is an important disease that causes considerable morbidity in those afflicted. It is a major cause of esophageal symptoms, particularly dysphagia. Eosinophilic esophagitis seems to be increasing in frequency like bronchial asthma, to which it has been compared. It is complex and may have more than one pathogenesis in its varying presentations in children and adults.Dr. Katzka has invited expert authors to write clinical reviews on this complicated disease. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Pathophysiology and Definition; Incidence and Prevalence; Demographic Features; Symptoms; Endoscopic and Radiologic Findings; Children vs. Adults; Pharmacologic Treatment; Dietary Treatment; Endoscopic Treatment; and Future Directions. Readers will have the current knowledge of the endoscopic approach to diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, edited by Dr. Toru Suzuki, will cover Biomarkers for Heart Failure, including but not limited to Proenkephalin, B-type and mid-regional pro atrial natriuretic peptides , N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide, Soluble T2, Adrenomedullin, Copeptin, Non-Coding RNAs, Troponin, Growth differentiation factor (GDF-15) , Galectin-3, Proteomic biomarkers, and Metabolic biomarkers .

Divided into two parts, this title examines pharmacology of drug classes and effects on the sleep-wake processes. It focuses on therapeutics for various sleep disorders. It also includes articles that review hypnotics, allergy and cardiovascular drugs, anti-convalescent drugs, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs, and stimulants.

Provides information on the many different pulmonary concerns that arise in pregnancy. This title covers such topics as: Radiation in pregnancy, Pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and lactation; Respiratory physiology; Asthma in pregnancy; Cystic Fibrosis in pregnancy, Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy; and, Fetal oxygenation and ventilation.

Provides comprehensive coverage of Barrett's Esophagus, including diagnosis, management, treatment, and beyond. In this book, articles are devoted to photodynamic therapy, minimally invasive surgery, advanced imaging, endoscopic mucosal resection, cryotherapy, and radiofrequency ablation.

In this age of increasing globalization, the infectious disease problems of one country have an impact on nations throughout the world. This book addresses the problems of global health in two issues. The first of these concentrates on education of healthcare professionals, a crucial step in ensuring worldwide preparedness for infection control.

Focuses on important issues in geriatrics including the following: treatment strategies for sarcopenia and frailty; congestive heart failure; revitalizing the aged brain; nutritional strategies for aging successfully; falls, osteoporosis and hip fractures; late-life Hypogonadism; hypertension in older persons; incontinence; and delirium.

Focuses on such topics as: History of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Or What the Children have Taught Us; HLA-haploidentical Donor Transplantation in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Suffering from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; and, more.

Offers practical approaches to controversies in Obstetrical Care. This title provides review issues including recurrent spontaneous pregnancy loss, treatment of thromboembolic events prior to or during pregnancy, multiple gestations, complications surrounding severe preeclampsia, care for the pregnant patient with an underlying seizure disorder.

Covers the practices on how to manage infectious disease threats. This title includes topics such as herpes, pertussis, multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, pneumococcal infections, MRSA and more.