Evidence-Based Imaging: Optimizing Imaging in Patient Care

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»Book Publisher: Springer (23 November, 2005)
»ISBN: 0387259163
»Book author: L. Santiago Medina, C. Craig Blackmore

Book Description:

Evidence-Based Imaging provides the reader with a user-friendly guide to the evidence-based science and the merit behind the diagnostic imaging studies performed in medicine. This book gives the reader a clinically relevant overview of epidemiology, selection of subjects for imaging, selection of imaging strategies, imaging test performance and cost, cost-effectiveness analysis, and applicability to children. Nine major areas of medical imaging are covered, with an emphasis on common diseases. These include Oncology (i.e., lung and breast cancer), Neuroimaging (i.e., Alzheimer’s disease and stroke), Gastroenterology (i.e., appendicitis and diverticulitis), Pediatrics (i.e., intussusception and spinal dysraphism), Respiratory System (i.e., sinusitis and pulmonary embolism), Musculoskeletal (i.e., osteomyelitis and septic arthritis), Cardiovascular (i.e., aortic dissection and carotid artery disease), Trauma (i.e., abdomen and head trauma), and Urologic (i.e., nephrolithiasis and urinary tract infection).

Radiologists, clinicians, residents, and others with an interest in medical imaging and a desire to keep current with the vast amount of evidence-based literature will find this text extremely useful.

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The Childcare Answer Book

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»Book Publisher: Sourcebooks (August, 2005)
»ISBN: 1572484829
»Book author: Linda H. Connell

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One of the most difficult decisions a parent must make is who is going to watch his or her child while they are at work. Childcare can be a tricky decision.

€ Do you work with an au pair agency? € Do you select an in-home sitter? € Do you drop your child off at a well-known daycare center? € How do you know the child care provider is trustworthy?

This book covers everything from background checks to creating contracts with the daycare provider. It also covers precautions such as checking the safety of the building in which the child care is provided (fire codes, smoke alarms, insurance, liability, etc.). Checklists for comparison of facilities and other types of childcare are also included for easy use.

Additional appendices are included with valuable resources and websites to assist the reader in finding the information he or she needs.

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DNA Conformation and Transcription (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit)

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»Book Publisher: Springer (16 August, 2005)
»ISBN: 0387255796
»Book author: Takashi Ohyama

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Despite remarkable progress in genome science, we are still far from a clear understanding of how genomic DNA is packaged without entanglement into a nucleus, how genes are wrapped up in chromatin, how chromatin structure is faithfully inherited from mother to daughter cells, and how the differential expression of genes is enabled in a given cell type. Exploring and answering these questions constitutes one of the next frontiers in the 21st century.

We are just beginning to appreciate how Multifarious DNA structures provide additional structural and functional dimensions to chromatin organization and gene expression. DNA Conformation and Transcription is the first book that compiles the fruits of the studies that have been performed to date to solve the riddle ‘written’ in DNA conformation (”conformation code”). This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field by covering history of the field, up-to-date topics, clarifications of present day research, and future perspective of what is still to be discovered. Thus, it serves as an invaluable source of information on the “conformation code”.

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Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Fourth Edition

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»Book Publisher: Academic Press (29 April, 2005)
»ISBN: 0120885247
»Book author: Philip Lanzkowsky

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Entirely updated to reflect modern thinking and protocols, the Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology provides concise information needed for the day-to-day management of children with pediatric hematologic and oncologic diseases. The clear style allows readers to make an accurate diagnosis and permits him/her to treat patients even if they have not had extensive previous hematologic or oncologic experience. Pertinent advances in molecular genetics, cytogenetics, immunology, transplantation and biochemistry are the result of 40 years of practical experience by the author in the management of patients and incorporates various contributors who have had extensive clinical experience.

* Features numerous tables, flow diagrams, protocols, and algorithms for quick access of essential clinical information necessary for the diagnosis and management of these diseases in children
* Designed as a concise, easy to use guide for medical students, residents, fellows, pediatric hematologists/oncologists, pediatric nurses and nurse practitioners
* Much of the practical information contained in this manual is not found in standard textbooks
* Straightforward style without any redundant words or references

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