Fast Facts
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Fast Facts: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
By William MacNee, Stephen I. RennardFast Facts: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is an invaluable resource for all healthcare professionals, full of practical information on the early recognition, stabilization and successful management of this multifaceted disease.
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Fast Facts: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
By William MacNee, M. Bradley DrummondIn this fully updated third edition of 'Fast Facts: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease', the authors take a comprehensive look at: • the disease process, its causes and progression • the relationship between asthma and COPD • the ...
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Fast Facts
By W. MacNeeThe aim of this book is to provide physicians with the information they need to make that accurate diagnosis and offer early, appropriate treatment.
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Fast Facts: Asthma
By Stephen T. Holgate, Jo A. DouglassStephen T. Holgate, Jo A. Douglass. Fast Facts: Asthma First published 1999; second edition 2006; reprinted 2007; third edition 2010 Fourth edition March 2013 Text © 2013 Stephen T Holgate, Jo A Douglass © 2013 in this edition Health ...
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Fast Facts: Dementia
By Lawrence J. Whalley, John C.S. BreitnerSimilarly, loss of cells that release gamma-aminobutyric acid has been demonstrated in the caudate nucleus of patients with Huntington's disease. In Alzheimer's disease, there is a loss of cholinergic neurons projecting from the basal ...
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Fast Facts: Chronic and Cancer Pain
By Rollin M. Gallagher, Michael J. CousinsLipton RB, Silberstein SD, Saper JR et al. Why headache treatment fails. Neurology 2003;60:1064–70. Loder E, Rizzoli P. Tension-type headache. BMJ 2008;336:88–92. Maizels M, Burchette R. Rapid and sensitive paradigm for screening ...
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Fast Facts: Cardiac Arrhythmias
By Gerry Kaye, Robert LemeryThose who achieved more than 10% loss of bodyweight achieved the best outcome. (a) Kaplan–Meier curve for AF-free survival without the use of rhythm control strategies. (b) Kaplan–Meier curve for total AFfree survival (after ...
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Fast Facts: Travel Medicine
By Andrew J. Pollard, David R. Murdoch'Fast Facts: Travel Medicine' is an invaluable practice resource which provides expert practical coverage of all aspects of health problems that may be incurred during travel abroad.
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Fast Facts: Bladder Disorders
By Alan J. Wein, Diane K. Newman, Alex SlackAlex Slack, Diane K. Newman, Alan J. Wein. Fast Facts: Bladder Disorders First published 2008 Second edition August 2011 Text © 2011 Alex Slack, Diane K Newman, Alan J Wein © 2011 in this edition Health Press Limited Health Press ...
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Fast Facts: Headaches
By David W. Dodick, Richard Peatfield'Fast Facts: Headaches' equips the primary care physician with the knowledge required to accurately investigate, assess and treat (or refer) the patient presenting with disabling primary headache. • Enables physicians to distinguish ...
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Fast Facts: Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
By Bertil Glader, Rachael Grace, Wilma Barcellini'Fast Facts: Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency' will be of interest to primary care providers, hematologists, oncologists, pediatricians, internal medicine specialists, hematology nurses and medical students; indeed, anyone who wishes to learn ...
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Fast Facts: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
By Marie A. Scully, Spero R. CatalandBell WR, Braine HG, Ness PM et al. Improved survival in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpurahemolytic uremic syndrome. Clinical experience in 108 patients. 2. Peyvandi F, Scully M, Kremer N Engl J Med 1991;325:398–403 ...
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Fast Facts: Epilepsy
By Steven C. Schachter, Martin J. Brodie, Patrick KwanNow in its fifth edition, this ever-popular handbook is a neatly packaged, up-to-date resource for the busy clinician and team, to help investigate, diagnose and successfully treat children and adults with a wide range of seizure disorders.
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Fast Facts: Digital Medicine - Measurement
By A. Coravos, J.C. Goldsack, D.R. KarlinContrasting 'clinical research' with routine 'clinical care', this short colorful book describes types of digital measurement and how to use and validate digital measures in different settings.
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Fast Facts: Renal Disorders
By Ajay Singh, Jeremy Levy, Charles PuseyBenign prostate hyperplasia: a review of the year's progress from bench to clinic. Curr Opin Urol 2011;21:22–6. Kirby RS, Gilling PJ. Fast Facts: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, 7th edn. Oxford: Health Press, 2011. Kirby RS, Patel MI.
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Fast Facts: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
By T.A. Eyre, P. Jasani, L.E. RoekerIt provides a concise overview of treatment options, in both the front-line and relapsed/refractory settings, with particular focus on the novel targeted agents that have overcome many adverse prognostic factors, improving overall survival.
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Fast Facts: Ovarialkarzinom
By C. Fotopoulou, T.J. HerzogIn den letzten Jahren kam es zu einem noch nie dagewesenen Anstieg unseres Wissens über das Management des Ovarialkarzinoms; von Diagnose und Genetik bis hin zur Operation und neuen zielgerichteten Behandlungsmethoden.
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Fast Facts: Early Breast Cancer
By Jayant S. Vaidya, Vivek Patkar'Fast Facts: Early Breast Cancer' provides a comprehensive overview of stage 0, I, II and IIIA disease, including the latest thinking on the risk of developing breast cancer and the value (or not) of screening, alongside the importance of ...
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Fast Facts: Multiple Sclerosis
By Mary Rensel, Orla GraySince the last edition of this book, 'no evidence of disease activity' (NEDA) has been proposed as a new treatment target, early data on the first pharmacological treatments for progressive MS have emerged, and the first remyelination trial ...
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Fast Facts: Hypertension
By Graham A. MacGregor, Michael StowasserUpdates in this new edition include: • distinguishing between patients with primary (low renin) and secondary aldosteronism • greater use of home BP measurement in clinical decision-making • the latest thinking on BP treatment ...