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Anesthesia and Analgesia --- Pathologic Processes --- Disease --- Anesthesia --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Symptoms and General Pathology --- Anesthetics --- Pathological Processes --- Processes, Pathologic --- Processes, Pathological --- Analgesia and Anesthesia --- Anesthesia. --- Disease. --- Rare diseases --- Complications. --- Pathophysiology. --- Surgery

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Fatigue is a primary problem for cancer patients, impacting on their quality of life. This book covers the complexities of the definition and measurement of fatigue, whilst appraising other factors involved.

Cancer --- Fatigue --- Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Neoplasms --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Medicine --- Oncology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Symptoms and General Pathology --- Benign Neoplasms --- Malignancy --- Malignant Neoplasms --- Neoplasia --- Neoplasm --- Neoplasms, Benign --- Tumors --- Benign Neoplasm --- Cancers --- Malignancies --- Malignant Neoplasm --- Neoplasias --- Neoplasm, Benign --- Neoplasm, Malignant --- Neoplasms, Malignant --- Tumor --- Medical Oncology --- Lassitude --- Asthenia --- Physical Exertion --- Symptoms and Signs --- Exhaustion --- Tiredness --- Weariness --- Physiology --- Symptoms --- Rest --- Complications --- Complications and sequelae --- complications --- Neoplasms - complications --- Cancer - Complications --- Complications. --- Etiology.

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Although fatigue has been actively investigated for more than 100 years, we have progressed little in either its theoretical or practical understanding. Fatigue has been considered to be both a symptom and an illness. Fatigue is a primary reason for patient visits to the physician's office, but it is difficult to measure and offers doctors little important information for diagnosis. Fatigue as a Window to the Brain gathers experts on a wide variety of disorders to consider what the presence of fatigue tells us about how the brain works-more specifically, to identify the neural mechanisms potentially responsible for fatigue. The book looks at many of the major conditions in which fatigue is observed, with the hope that patterns may emerge that will suggest paths for future research. It will be of interest to neuroscientists, clinical researchers, and physicians and other clinicians.After discussing the nature of fatigue-its history and epidemiology and its assessment, measurement, and interpretation-the book turns to specific conditions associated with fatigue. It considers neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis and stroke; psychiatric conditions as well as the overall treatment of fatigue in psychiatry; and general medical conditions, including HIV, heart disease, lupus, cancer, and others. The book then offers an overview of treatment approaches. It concludes with a definition of fatigue-both "primary" and "secondary"-and suggestions for future study.

Fatigue. --- Neurophysiology. --- Fatigue --- physiopathology. --- etiology. --- psychology. --- Neurophysiology --- Behavioral Sciences --- Signs and Symptoms --- Psychology --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Diseases --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Neuroscience --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Factors, Psychological --- Psychological Factors --- Psychological Side Effects --- Psychologists --- Psychosocial Factors --- Side Effects, Psychological --- Factor, Psychological --- Factor, Psychosocial --- Factors, Psychosocial --- Psychological Factor --- Psychological Side Effect --- Psychologist --- Psychosocial Factor --- Side Effect, Psychological --- Symptoms and General Pathology --- Lassitude --- Symptoms and Signs --- Proxemics --- Behavioral Science --- Proxemic --- Science, Behavioral --- Sciences, Behavioral --- Nervous system --- Exhaustion --- Tiredness --- Weariness --- Physiology --- Asthenia --- Physical Exertion --- Neurobiology --- Symptoms --- Rest --- NEUROSCIENCE/General --- Neurophysiologie --- Physiopathologie --- Étiologie --- Psychologie --- Aspect psychologique --- Étiologie

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Human tissues often support large, complex microbial communities growing as biofilms that can cause a variety of infections. As a result of an increased use of implanted medical devices, the incidence of these biofilm-associated diseases is increasing: the non-shedding surfaces of these devices provide ideal substrata for colonisation by biofilm-forming microbes. The consequences of this mode of growth are far-reaching. As microbes in biofilms exhibit increased tolerance towards antimicrobial agents and decreased susceptibility to host defence systems, biofilm-associated diseases are becoming increasingly difficult to treat. Not surprisingly, therefore, interest in biofilms has increased dramatically. The application of microscopic and molecular techniques has revolutionised our understanding of biofilm structure, composition, organisation, and activities, resulting in important advances in the prevention and treatment of biofilm-related diseases. The purpose of this book, which was first published in 2003, is to bring these advances to the attention of clinicians and medical researchers.

Biofilms. --- Food -- Microbiology. --- Food -- Safety measures. --- Food Industry. --- Medical microbiology. --- Biofilms --- Medical microbiology --- Prosthesis-Related Infections --- Infection --- Postoperative Complications --- Microbiological Phenomena --- Pathologic Processes --- Phenomena and Processes --- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses --- Diseases --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Symptoms and General Pathology --- Pathological Processes --- Processes, Pathologic --- Processes, Pathological --- Microbial Concepts --- Microbial Phenomena --- Microbiologic Concepts --- Microbiological Phenomenon --- Microbiological Process --- Phenomena, Microbiologic --- Microbiologic Phenomena --- Microbiological Processes --- Concept, Microbial --- Concept, Microbiologic --- Concepts, Microbial --- Concepts, Microbiologic --- Microbial Concept --- Microbiologic Concept --- Phenomena, Microbial --- Phenomena, Microbiological --- Phenomenon, Microbiological --- Process, Microbiological --- Processes, Microbiological --- Dysbiosis --- Complication, Postoperative --- Complications, Postoperative --- Postoperative Complication --- Surgical Procedures, Operative --- Infection and Infestation --- Infections and Infestations --- Infestation and Infection --- Infestations and Infections --- Biofilm --- Dental Deposits --- Adhesins, Bacterial --- Biofouling --- Infections, Prosthesis-Related --- Prosthesis Related Infection --- Prosthesis-Related Infection --- Infection, Prosthesis Related --- Prosthesis Related Infections --- Related Infection, Prosthesis --- Related Infections, Prosthesis --- Microbial aggregation --- Microbial ecology

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Variceal Hemorrhage provides an update of the evidence concerning several aspects of variceal hemorrhage. The book features new information on natural history, diagnosis of esophageal varices, assessment of  the risk of bleeding, and identification of high risk groups and patients who may benefit or be harmed from different treatments. The volume also presents a critical analysis of the different steps in the management of acute variceal bleeding.   Authored by the most prominent world experts in their areas of expertise, Variceal Hemorrhage serves as a very useful reference for gastroenterologists, GI surgeons, residents in internal medicine and physicians dealing with and interested in the different aspects of this severe medical emergency.

Clinical medicine. --- Gastroenterology. --- Hemorrhage -- Prevention. --- Hemorrhage -- Treatment. --- Hemostatics. --- Internal medicine. --- Medicine. --- Surgery -- Complications. --- Hemorrhage --- Gastrointestinal Diseases --- Esophageal Diseases --- Hypertension, Portal --- Liver Diseases --- Digestive System Diseases --- Pathologic Processes --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Esophageal and Gastric Varices --- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage --- Liver Cirrhosis --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Gastroenterology --- Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders --- Gastrointestinal Disorders, Functional --- Cholera Infantum --- Disease, Gastrointestinal --- Diseases, Gastrointestinal --- Disorder, Functional Gastrointestinal --- Disorders, Functional Gastrointestinal --- Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder --- Gastrointestinal Disease --- Gastrointestinal Disorder, Functional --- Infantum, Cholera --- Bleeding --- Hemorrhages --- Cirrhosis, Liver --- Fibrosis, Liver --- Hepatic Cirrhosis --- Liver Fibrosis --- Cirrhoses, Hepatic --- Cirrhoses, Liver --- Cirrhosis, Hepatic --- Fibroses, Liver --- Hepatic Cirrhoses --- Liver Cirrhoses --- Liver Fibroses --- Hematochezia --- Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal --- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages --- Hematochezias --- Esophageal Varix --- Gastric Varix --- Esophageal Varices --- Gastric Varices --- Varices, Esophageal --- Varices, Gastric --- Varix, Esophageal --- Varix, Gastric --- Symptoms and General Pathology --- Pathological Processes --- Processes, Pathologic --- Processes, Pathological --- Digestive System Disease --- Disease, Digestive System --- Diseases, Digestive System --- System Disease, Digestive --- System Diseases, Digestive --- Liver Dysfunction --- Disease, Liver --- Diseases, Liver --- Dysfunction, Liver --- Dysfunctions, Liver --- Liver Disease --- Liver Dysfunctions --- Cruveilhier-Baumgarten Syndrome --- Cruveilhier Baumgarten Syndrome --- Hypertensions, Portal --- Portal Hypertension --- Portal Hypertensions --- Syndrome, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten --- Disease, Esophageal --- Diseases, Esophageal --- Esophageal Disease --- Hepatology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Internal Medicine. --- Medicine, Clinical --- Internal medicine --- Digestive organs --- Medicine, Internal --- Gastroenterology .