CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS Y ATENCION, PRIMARIA
Author: MIGUEL A. BENITEZ DEL ROSARIO
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2000-05-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9788407002285
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Author: MIGUEL A. BENITEZ DEL ROSARIO
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2000-05-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9788407002285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: María Dolores Ballesteros Pomar
Publisher: Ediciones Díaz de Santos
Published: 2012-09-15
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13: 8499692699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKINDICE: Introducción. Enfermedad vascular cerebral: evaluación de la disfagia en el paciente con ictus; soporte nutricional en la enfermedad vascular cerebral. Esclerosis lateral amiotrófica: fisiopatología y diagnóstico; objetivos nutricionales; valoración nutricional específica; dietoterapia; soporte nutricional artificial. Nutrición en la demencia: factores nutricionales implicados en la demencia; soporte nutricional del paciente con demencia. Nutrición en enfermedad de Parkinson. Epilepsia. Resumen. Bibliografía.
Author: Bruno J. Vellas
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 3805568037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first of a new series which will present the proceedings of the newly established Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series: Clinical & Performance Programme aimed at adult nutrition. Undernutrition is a common phenomenon in elderly people, and malnutrition reaches significant levels in those being in hospital, nursing homes or home care programs. Consequences of malnutrition often go unrecognised owing to the lack of specific validated instruments to assess nutritional status in frail elderly persons. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) provides a single, rapid assessment of nutritional status in the elderly of different degrees of independence, allowing the prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition to be determined and to evaluate the efficacy of nutritional intervention and strategies. Easy, quick and economical to perform, it enables staff to check the nutritional status of elderly people when they enter hospitals or institutions and to monitor changes occurring during their stay. Moreover, the MNA is predictive of the cost of care and length of stay in hospital. This publication will be of immense assistance to heads of geriatric teaching units, teachers in nutrition, clinicians general practitioners and dieticians, enabling them to better detect, recognise and start treatment of malnutrition in the elderly.
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 13
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alison Kerr
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 412
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRett disorder, first described by Andreas Rett in 1966, is a condition which involves the functions on which intelligence and expression depend. It is probably the most common genetic disorder encountered in profoundly intellectually disabled females. Its many manifestations include epilepsy, scoliosis, nutritional difficulties, and disorders of mood and movement. This book provides an up-to-date account of current research into the disorder at a time when the causative mutations have just been discovered on the MeCP2 gene. The first section of the book presents the clinical signs and the latest research into the genetic, neuro- anatomical and neuro-chemical aspects of Rett disorder. The second section moves on to deal with the neuro-physiological research, concentrating on the autonomic system, which is deeply implicated in the disease mechanisms. The final section of the book examines the behavioural and psychological features of Rett disorder and discusses issues relating to communication. The chapters are written by a distinguished, international team of experts, all currently active in research. The contributions bring our understanding of the Rett disorder right up-to-date, as the study of the condition moves from an era of description into a time when there are real possibilities for beneficial interventions.
Author: John M. Opitz
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 422
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Published: 2004
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Nicholas Mrosovsky
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work offers a comprehensive re-examination and elaboration of homeostasis, a guiding principle in physiology that has received surprisingly little critical evaluation. Among the key topics addressed are questions concerning the competing demands of different regulatory systems within the body and the problem of maintaining equilibrium in such circumstances. The author makes the important point that the body does not always seek constancy of its internal environment, nor does it always react in ways that prevent change. On the contrary, sometimes physiological mechanisms actively promote change. These changes in regulated levels--termed "rheostasis"--are seen as having an adaptive value beyond a simple failure of homeostasis. This book compares and categorizes examples of rheostasis for a variety of physiological variables, and presents what is known about conflicts between different regulatory systems and their role in promoting the occurrence of rheostasis. Among other topics covered are weight loss during hibernation, calcium storage and reproduction, fever, and rates of fat deposition in adults. The work of an outstanding scholar, this integrative study represents a refreshing and essential new approach to one of the basic concepts in physiological science.
Author: Jan Langman
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780683074895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough six editions students have relied on Langman's Medical Embryology to provide succinct, yet complete coverage of human development. Now, this new edition has been significantly revised and updated to include these improvements... more clinical information integrated throughout the text; screened "clinical correlates" and clinical "problems to solve" in each chapter; more SEMs, line drawings, clinical photographs and 3-D illustrations that enhance visualization of spaces and sizes; and expanded coverage on rotation of the midgut and new SEMs that specifically illustrate the neural crest.
Author: Michael B. Ranke
Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 3805582560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor 20 years, KIGS (Pfizer International Growth Database) has provided an outstanding tool for monitoring the use, efficacy and safety of growth hormone (GH) treatment in children with short stature of varying origin. This volume offers a comprehensive update of the continuing experiences in KIGS and is based on data from more than 50 countries and more than 60,000 patients. International experts analyse in detail the basic auxological characteristics of patients and their response to GH treatment for a broad spectrum of growth disorders. These include idiopathic GH deficiency, organic GH deficiency due to a variety of causes such as congenital malformations and syndromes, genetic disorders or treatment for leukaemia or central nervous system tumours and short stature in children born small for gestational age, specific syndromes and systemic disorders. Each growth disorder is also covered by a review of relevant published data by international experts. KIGS has also established itself as a primary source of information about adverse events during long-term GH treatment in children. The recent analysis of KIGS data has revealed no new adverse drug reactions since the 10-year follow-up. Therefore, treatment with GH seems a low-risk intervention in children and adolescents with various growth disorders. The process of developing disease-specific growth response prediction models has been ongoing in KIGS for many years. The available models are accurate, precise and have a relatively high degree of predictive power, although further predictors of the growth response remain to be identified. The KIGS prediction models can be applied prospectively to new patients, enabling their GH therapy to be better tailored and monitored to achieve optimal growth, safety and cost outcomes. The future of KIGS within the era of evidence-based medicine will continue to depend upon the quality of the data reported. Therefore, the commitment of participating physicians will continue to be a decisive element. The ongoing recognition of the importance of valid safety and efficacy information in the practice of paediatric endocrinology is exemplified by this valuable international collaboration of clinicians and the pharmaceutical community.