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Advances in medicine and biology. Volume 101 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Berhardt, Leon V. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Biomedical, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY: VOLUME 101; ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY: VOLUME 101; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: C-REACTIVE PROTEIN: STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN MALARIA AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GENOMIC LOCATION AND BIOCHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRP EXPRESSION, LIGAND BINDING AND FUNCTION; CRP FUNCTION; CRP IN MALARIAL INFECTION; CRP IN SCHISTOSOMIASIS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2: C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC MARKER FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS AND SAFETY CONVERSION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMYABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 2.0. SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF A SINGLE ANALYTIC CRITERION FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; 2.1. Symptoms and Clinical Signs of Acute Cholecystitis; 2.2. Ultrasound; 2.3. Computed Tomography; 2.4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging; 2.5. Cholescintigraphy; 2.6. Misdiagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis Using a Single Diagnostic Criterion; 3.0. USE OF CRP IN THE 2007 AND 2013 TOKYO GUIDELINES FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS
  • 3.1. Discriminative Power of CRP against WCC in the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis4.0. SEVERITY GRADES OF ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; 5.0. DIAGNOSTIC LEVELS OF CRP IN DIFFERENT SEVERITY GRADES OF AC; 5.1. Mild AC; 5.2. Moderate-Severe AC; 6.0. CRP AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER FOR CONVERSION OF LC TO AN OPEN PROCEDURE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 3: RELEVANCE OF C REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS AND AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CLINICAL USE OF CRP DETERMINATIONS; RELEVANCE OF CRP VALUES IN THE POSTOPERATIVE COURSE
  • CRP AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISKCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND THEIR FAMILIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Parent and Child Coping with Child Chronic Illness; Critical Nature of Resilience; Strength of the Family; Sibling Support as a Resilience Factor; Impact of Religion and Faith; THE CURRENT STUDY; METHODS; Participants; Measures and Procedures; Data Analysis; RESULTS; Interviews; Survey; DISCUSSION; Limitations; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5: THE APPLICATION OF CLINICAL, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND NERVE ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS IN DISTINGUISHING ACUTE-ONSET CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY FROM GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROMEABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; Chapter 6: GUILLAIN-BARRÉ TREATMENT; ABSTRACT; General Supportive Management; Immunotherapy; SUPPORTIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR GUILLAIN
  • BARRÉ SYNDROME; Severity Status; Evaluation and Management of Respiratory Failure; ICU Management