Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Advanced Cancer Patients
ISBN: 9780192632845 / Angielski / Twarda / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gastrointestinal symptoms such as anorexia-cachexia, chronic nausea, vomiting and bowel obstruction are highly distressing for patients with advanced cancer. Approximately one in three adults will be diagnosed with cancer in their lives and approximately fifty per cent of them will die because of malignancy. More than eighty per cent of patients who die of cancer will present severe gastrointestinal symptoms before death. This book presents detailed, evidence-based information on each of the gastrointestinal symptoms for a multidisciplinary audience. Comprehensively guidelines have been...
Gastrointestinal symptoms such as anorexia-cachexia, chronic nausea, vomiting and bowel obstruction are highly distressing for patients with advanced ...
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Handbook of Electrogastrography
ISBN: 9780195147889 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Handbook of Electrogastrography is the first textbook dedicated to reviewing the physiology of gastric myelectrical activity and the measurement of this electrical activity with electrodes placed on the abdominal surface - the electrogastrogram. The Handbook is divided into three major sections. The first section (Chapters 1-3) focuses on the history of electrogastrography, electrical activity of the interstitial cells of Cajal, the cells from which gastric electrical rhythmicity emanates. The cellular level of gastric electrical rhythmicity provides an understanding of...
The Handbook of Electrogastrography is the first textbook dedicated to reviewing the physiology of gastric myelectrical activity and the meas...
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271,66 zł |
Giardia and Giardiasis: Biology, Pathogenesis, and Epidemiology
ISBN: 9780306415395 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The intestinal protozoan Giardia was first described over 300 years ago in 1681 by Leeuwenhoek, from his own stools. In his description of Giardia, he noted the size, movement, and morphology of the organism, and associated its presence with the diarrheic nature of his stools and his dietary habits. This truly remarkable account contains the first description of Giardia in morphologic, pathogenic, and epidemiologic terms. Our knowledge of the organisms in the genus Giardia has advanced tremendously in the past two decades. With the advent of new tech nologies, including techniques in electron...
The intestinal protozoan Giardia was first described over 300 years ago in 1681 by Leeuwenhoek, from his own stools. In his description of Giardia, he...
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765,72 zł |
Hepatitis B: The Virus, the Disease and the Vaccine
ISBN: 9780306417238 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Toby K. Eisenstein Symposium Committee Chairperson Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140 This symposium is the thirteenth biennial clinical microbiology program sponsored by the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for Microbiology in cooperation with the Philadelphia area medical schools and the Bureau of Laboratories of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This year a generous contribution from Merck, Sharp and Dohme has helped to make the program a reality. The subject matter for this symposium represents an attractive spectrum of medical,...
Toby K. Eisenstein Symposium Committee Chairperson Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140 This symposium is the thirtee...
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574,29 zł |
Enteric Infections and Immunity
ISBN: 9780306452420 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As we approach the end of this millennium, enteric diseases remain impor tant public health problems. In many parts of the world, sanitary measures have advanced little over the last century, although some of the governments in those areas are striving to improve facilities for sanitation and to educate their people in proper handling of food, water, sewage, and other modes of transmission of pathogenic microbes. Even in highly developed countries, outbreaks of diarrheal diseases occur today. Globally, the annual morbidity from enteric infections is estimated at several billion and deaths at...
As we approach the end of this millennium, enteric diseases remain impor tant public health problems. In many parts of the world, sanitary measures ha...
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765,72 zł |
Gastrointestinal Motility: Tests and Problem-Oriented Approach
ISBN: 9780306461293 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gastrointestinal motility has evolved from an esoteric laboratory tool into a sophisti cated diagnostic technique that is now widely used clinically to guide in management of complex gastrointestinal problems. Today, it is the most rapidly growing subspecialty within gastroenterology. Previously, many of the gastrointestinal motility problems were either ignored or attributed to a disturbance of "psyche." But with the growing knowledge and understanding of how a dysfunction of the gastrointestinal muscle and nerves can cause disease, we are at the threshold of a revolution in our approach to...
Gastrointestinal motility has evolved from an esoteric laboratory tool into a sophisti cated diagnostic technique that is now widely used clinically t...
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765,72 zł |
Understanding the Liver: A History
ISBN: 9780313234729 / Angielski / Twarda / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors explore the history of man's thoughts about hepatic structure, function, and disorders, both chronologically and thematically. The first two chapters present the anatomy and physiology of the liver as explained through the ages. Subsequent chapters deal with hepatic function and disorders and therapies used to treat liver disease. The text is enhanced by chronological tables, extensive notes, and a bibliographic essay. The authors explore the history of man's thoughts about hepatic structure, function, and disorders, both chronologically and thematically. The firs... |
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382,20 zł |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside
ISBN: 9780387258072 / Angielski / Miękka / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside is a detailed and comprehensive story of the local and systemic pathophysiology of intestinal inflammation including management strategies. Research advances and current concepts of etiopathogenesis in the context of what is already known of the clinicopathologic features of these disorders are explored. This volume blends recent advances in the basic and clinical sciences as they relate to inflammatory bowel disease and emphasizes the effectiveness of a team approach of basic scientists and clinician investigators in this field. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside is a detailed and comprehensive story of the local and systemic pathophysiology of intestinal inf... |
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555,15 zł |
Abdominal Wall Hernias: Principles and Management
ISBN: 9780387950044 / Angielski / Twarda / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abdominal Wall Hernias is the most up-to-date, comprehensive re- ference available on all aspects of hernia repair. It includes state-of-the-art approaches to conventional open repairs using tissue-to-tissue techniques, the use of prosthetic mesh, mini- mally invasive approaches, the repair of recurrent and massive hernias, pertinent anatomy, basic science, and emerging biomate- rials. The authors present a full spectrum of procedures to en- able readers to gain a broad knowledge of the multifaceted re- pair of hernias. Richly illustrated, this book is a vital re- source for all general...
Abdominal Wall Hernias is the most up-to-date, comprehensive re- ference available on all aspects of hernia repair. It includes state-of-the-art appro...
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1148,61 zł |
Heartburn: Extinguishing the Fire Inside
ISBN: 9780393316346 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Help is here--now and in the long term--for heartburn sufferers. This is the first book for general readers about treating and preventing one of America's most widespread medical problems. Much of the advice in Heartburn comes from the frontiers of medicine. It dispels myths about heartburn, calms fears, and points sufferers toward correct diagnosis and therapies. If you're a sufferer you should know: how and why acid reflux disease (heartburn) has come to be known as "The Great Masquerader"; what is the best medication for you; how antacids can help you and how they can sometimes harm you;...
Help is here--now and in the long term--for heartburn sufferers. This is the first book for general readers about treating and preventing one of Ameri...
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86,51 zł |
Colitis
ISBN: 9780415038393 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michael Kelly, himself a sufferer of colitis, describes the experience of ulcerative colitis from the perspective of men and women who have had the disease and examines both social and psychological issues.
Michael Kelly, himself a sufferer of colitis, describes the experience of ulcerative colitis from the perspective of men and women who have had the di...
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207,43 zł |
Family Influences and Psychosomatic Illness : An inquiry into the social and psychological background of duodenal ulcer
ISBN: 9780415264198 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1958 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.
Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1958 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number...
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959,60 zł |
Ethanol and the Liver: Mechanisms and Management
ISBN: 9780415275828 / Angielski / Twarda / 718 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alcohol has been man's favourite beverage for thousands of years, and liver damage due to alcohol has become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the Western world today.
Alcohol has been man's favourite beverage for thousands of years, and liver damage due to alcohol has become one of the leading causes of morbidity an...
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1244,88 zł |
Toxicology of the Pancreas
ISBN: 9780415320719 / Angielski / Twarda / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increased incidence of pancreatic cancer in the Western world and its grave prognosis has resulted in an urgency for research in this area. Until now the available data on toxicology of the pancreas has been few and fragmentary, scattered throughout the literature. A benchmark volume, Toxicology of the Pancreas pulls together information in this neglected area of toxicological research and highlights fundamental research performed in the last ten years. Leaders in the field discuss important structures, the detoxification and toxification process at the cellular and sub-cellular... The increased incidence of pancreatic cancer in the Western world and its grave prognosis has resulted in an urgency for research in this area. Unt... |
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596,51 zł |
Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Immunology
ISBN: 9780521445092 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The area of gastrointestinal disorders is currently the focus of a large amount of sophisticated research. This volume brings fully up to date the most recent scientific and clinical advances in gastrointestinal and liver immunology. An international team of authorities has summarized basic scientific advances in the area of the gut immune system and the immune abnormalities relevant to gastrointestinal and liver disease. It includes the latest developments in relation to organ transplantation of the liver and gut, HIV infection of the gut, and the recently discovered disease H. pylori...
The area of gastrointestinal disorders is currently the focus of a large amount of sophisticated research. This volume brings fully up to date the mos...
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876,08 zł |
Physiological and Clinical Aspects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids
ISBN: 9780521616133 / Angielski / Miękka / 596 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive volume to look at the importance of short-chain fatty acids in digestion, the function of the large intestine and their role in human health. Short-chain fatty acids are the major product of bacterial fermentation of dietary carbohydrates in the human and animal large intestine. Through their absorption from the caecum and colon they provide a means whereby energy can be salvaged from carbohydrates not digested in the upper gut. It is now increasingly recognized that they may have a significant role in protecting against large-bowel diseases and in metabolism...
This is the first comprehensive volume to look at the importance of short-chain fatty acids in digestion, the function of the large intestine and thei...
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670,86 zł |
Pocket Guide to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
ISBN: 9780521672399 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) present special challenges for practitioners, whether in the office, in the clinic, or on the telephone. This easy to read, easy to use pocket guide has been written by respected clinicians to help anyone who cares for IBD patients identify key problems and make decisions about treatment. Each chapter is devoted to a particular complaint or symptom and covers conditions to consider, questions to ask, and tests to order. The guide also contains valuable information on medications, complementary and alternative therapies, dealing with special...
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) present special challenges for practitioners, whether in the office, in the clinic, or on the telephone...
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129,10 zł |
Eyes of the Fat Man: How to Lose Weight for Good
ISBN: 9780595269129 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,82 zł |
Handbook of Opioid Bowel Syndrome
ISBN: 9780789021298 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can medical professionals take advantage of the valuable effects of opiates while minimizing their most common side effect--opioid bowel syndrome?This groundbreaking book will help physicians in their day-to-day practice and help researchers and educators prepare the next generation of clinicians to make more efficient use of opioids. The Handbook of Opioid Bowel Syndrome presents complete, authoritative, current information on the mechanisms of action of opioids and the management of opioid bowel dysfunction-the number one reason physicians avoid prescribing opioids. Most chapters...
How can medical professionals take advantage of the valuable effects of opiates while minimizing their most common side effect--opioid bowel syndrome?...
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114,06 zł |
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 1990: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Jerusalem, September 10-13, 1989
ISBN: 9780792306573 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Third International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases was held in Jerusalem during September 10-13, 1989. Four hundred physicians and scientists from 25 countries attended the meeting. The symposium was organized into five panels devoted to state of the art reviews of the latest findings and approaches on the etiology, pathogenesis, metabolic implications, clinical assessment of disease activity and the medical management of IBD. Several issues were discussed in debate form. The last panel was dedicated to discussion of three patients with computer assisted active participation of...
The Third International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases was held in Jerusalem during September 10-13, 1989. Four hundred physicians and scien...
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765,72 zł |