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Includes article topics such as Biowarfare/Bioterrorism pathogens, Infections in neutropenics, Infections in AIDS, Influenza and endemic viral pneumonias, Resistant gram negative infections, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Fulminant viral myocarditis, and Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection.

Addresses the continuum between acute and chronic pancreatitis, necrosis and pseudocysts, and the expanding role of endoscopic diagnosis and therapy. This title includes articles such as: Role of EUS in the diagnosis of acute and chronic pancreatitis; ERCP for acute biliary pancreatitis; and Prevention of post ERCP pancreatitis.

Cardiac catheterization is a significant part of the practice of cardiology. This title provides a picture of what can be learned in the catheterization laboratory about blood flow in the heart and coronary vessels.

Specialist title in pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Sleep researchers continue to study genetic markers that may someday lead to a personalized approach to treatment of sleep disorders. This issue that describes in detail the thinking on the way genes affect and determine sleep patterns, behaviors, disorders and needs.

Addresses the neurologic consequences of exposure to environmental toxins.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are electronic devices installed in the chest to prevent sudden death caused by abnormally fast heart rhythms. This book provides electrophysiologists with the information on ICDs, including selection of patients who are appropriate for the device and monitoring patients after the device is implanted.

This issue of Medical Clinics, Guest Edited by C. Matthew Stewart, MD, is devoted to Otolaryngology. Articles in this issue include: Hearing Loss; Sinuses and Common Rhinologic Conditions; Dizziness and the Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery POV; Head and Neck Masses; Hoarseness; Aging Face; Pediatric Transitions; Chronic Ear Disease; Tinnitus; Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery System Diseases; Urgent Infections; Speech Language Pathologist Rehabilitation; and Facial Nerve Paralysis.

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Dr. Michael Malone, is devoted to Infectious Disease. Articles in this issue include: Tick-borne Illnesses; Mosquito-Borne Diseases; Mite and Bed Bug Infections; Pertussis; Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; UTI Antibiotic Resistance in the U.S;  Emergence of Global Antibiotic Resistance; Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Pneumonia; Common Central Nervous System Infections; Common Gastrointestinal Infections; Role of Complimentary and Alternative Therapies in Infectious Disease; Health Guidelines for Travel Abroad; Aquatic Infections; and Infections During Pregnancy.

Deals with advances in laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. This title includes topics such as: urogynecology, robotics, anatomy, complications, and single site surgery.

Provides a fresh perspective on the topic of successful aging which covers article topics such as: Normal Aging: Theories, Aging and Disease Prevention, Aging, hormones and hormone replacement, Aging and Diet, Aging and the Effects of Vitamins and Supplements, Aging and Toxins, Aging and the Preservation of Neurologic Function, and more.

Biologic response modifiers (BRMs) are substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease. The body naturally produces small amounts of these substances. This title reviews the use of BRMs to treat infectious diseases as well as the infectious complications of BRMs used to treat non-infectious diseases.

Covers such topics as: Historical Perspective of Venous Thromboembolism; Coagulation for the Intensivist; VTE Prophylaxis in the Critically Ill; Risk Stratification of Pulmonary Embolism; Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism: Anti Coagulation; Thrombolytic Therapy and Complications; Major Pulmonary Embolism; and, Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia.

Includes topics on cardiovascular emergencies such as: Ischemia, Heart Failure, Congenital Heart Disease, Supreventricular Dysrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Uncommon Dysrhythmias, Electrophysiology, Pericardial Disease, and Cardiac Arrest.

Focuses on gastrointestinal bleeding. This title offers coverage of the endoscopic, surgical and pharmacologic therapies. It also focuses on the epidemiology, pathology, and the prevalence and incidence of H Pylori in upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Deals with the topic of orthotopic liver transplantation. This title covers the following topics: Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Transplantation for Cholangiocarcinoma; Management of Renal Dysfunction in Liver Transplant Patients; Expanded Donors in Liver Transplantation; and, Management of Recurrent HCV Infection.

Examines prematurity for the perinatologist by supplying advanced reviews on this topic. This title includes articles such as: the integrated development of sensory organization; the normal sequence of sensory development in the fetus and newborn; and the role of the limbic system in early development.

Obesity and psychiatric concerns are closely linked. This title examines obesity and psychiatric status, and includes articles on binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome. It provides guidance on the medical evaluation of the obese individual, behavioral assessment, dietary management, and behavioral treatment.

Includes articles that give an overview of current issues facing the diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving endocrinology and metabolism. This title provides clinical reviews on newborn screening, congenital hypothyroidism, neonatal endocrinology, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome in pediatrics.

Provides foundational information about paraneoplastic and cancer treatment-related rheumatic disorders, in which every practicing rheumatologist should be well-versed. This title covers topics that include neoplasm risk in patients with rheumatic diseases; neoplasm risk of anti-rheumatic therapy; and, more.

Offers information on a range of common endocrine disorders that are of special concern during pregnancy, as well as endocrine problems that can arise due to pregnancy. This title covers a variety of thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, and hypertensive disorders, as well as calcium and bone metabolism disorders during pregnancy and lactation.

Presents clinically accessible information for pathologists on histology, molecular pathology, differential diagnosis, and clinical overview. This title covers such topics as: Soft Tissue Pseudosarcomas; Spindle cell sarcomas; Myofibroblastoma, Myofibroma and Myopericytoma; Peripheral nerve sheath tumors; Clear cell lesions; and, Liposarcomas.

Covers such topics as: Why Economics Matters to Critical Care Clinicians; Overview of Health Economics: Basics Concept for Clinicians; Health Economic Methods; Costs of Critical Care Medicine; Economic Aspects of Sepsis and Severe Infections; and, Economic Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease.

In the joint American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure. This title examines structural heart disease and the factors that cause progression from risk of heart failure to development of structural changes.

In the joint American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure. This book focuses on screening to identify patients with Stage B HF and monitoring and therapeutic approaches to patients diagnosed with Stage B HF.

Dr. Pockros has created a clinically focused issue based on the CONO 2012 meeting, whereby he was able to have those presenters write articles for his issue. Therefore, the content for HCV in this issue reflects the most current knowledge. The issue is focused on basic/current information, current therapy and special populations, triple and quad combination therapies in development, and an article on second generation protease inhibitors.  The reader can expect that this issue will provide thorough clinical reviews on the most current therapeutic options for HCV.

Anxiety disorders are common in children and adolescents and can be debilitating if not recognized and treated. This title covers the landscape of anxiety disorders in youth, from development and neurobiology; to treatments, advances, and approaches.

Includes such topics as: Cocaine intoxication, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Update on miscellaneous drug overdoses, Toxidromes, Cardiac glycoside toxicity, Acetaminophen overdose, Envenomations, Methanol and ethylene glycol ingestion, and Toxicologic causes of ketoacidosis.

Provides essential information about insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). This title covers IGFs and IGF system in the following: growth disorders; adipogenesis and obesity; muscle function and disease; bone; cancer; cardiac function and disease; normal and diseased kidney; peripheral nervous systems; and, IGF-1 central/degenerative diseases.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries, which carry blood from the heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen. The changes resulting from PH make it difficult for the heart to push blood through the pulmonary arteries, causing the heart to become weak and possibly to develop failure. This title deals with this topic.