Authoritative experts in transfusion medicine describe in critical detail the most important procedures for obtaining, selecting, and transfusing red blood cells to patients.
It is an honor to be asked to write a foreword for this timely book, which assembles contributions from authorities working in the area of pathological nervous system cell death, and has been expertly edited by Vassilis Koliatsos and Rajiv Ratan.
I knew that David was correct in his contention that hospice care and a more spar ing application of high technology medicine were major keys to improving health care.
Much of our knowledge of the cerebral circulation has been derived from studies of species other than human. " The authority of Galen's writings dominated scientific thought for about 1500 years.
In Addictive Behaviors in Women, leading experts from psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and social work concisely review the addictive process and the characteristic behaviors of women who are dependent on alcohol and/or drugs.
Although stress can further modify alcohol's effects on hormone production, it significantly causes most of alcohol's modi fications of the body to occur via changes in hormone production and secretion.
Alcohol and other drugs of abuse cause significant physi ological changes, especially during development. Clearly, understanding of the role women must... Læs mere
In Alcohol, Cocaine, and Accidents leading experts provide concise yet focused scientific reviews of the role of alcohol and cocaine in automotive, aviation, and aquatic accidents.
Electrocardiography is a mature discipline, so familiar to both doctors and patients that it's hardly noticed, one of those tests that have always been there, like the white count and hemoglobin, not something one has to think about much, or question.
Here the busy physician will find in one convenient place crucial information on the uses and limitations of the major biologic therapies for leukemia, the different... Læs mere
Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. Our purpose in preparing The Pain Management Handbook is to provide the informa tion needed by clinicians to develop strategies that optimize pain management.