Advances in Surgical and Medical Specialties

Raj Bawa

• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9789814877459
• eBook ISBN: 9781000602753
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Biotechnology in Medicine

The pace and sophistication of advances in medicine in the past two decades have been truly breathtaking. This has necessitated a growing need for comprehensive references that highlight the current issues in specific sectors of medicine. Keeping this in mind, each volume in the Current Issues in Medicine series is a stand?alone text that provides a broad survey of various critical topics in a focused area of medicine—all accomplished in a user-friendly yet interconnected format. However, unlike other series on medicine or medical texts, this series focuses on current trends, perspectives, and issues in medicine that are central to healthcare delivery in the 21st century. Medical practitioners today continue to improve upon techniques and technologies to provide procedures for patients that are safer, faster, less invasive, and more accurate —a direct consequence of advances in technological breakthroughs from a variety of medical and engineering fields. In order to render modern patient care, it is imperative that surgeons and medical practitioners stay current with these latest advances in their respective specialties. Given this backdrop, the specific topics covered in this volume and the expertise of the contributing authors accurately reflect the rapidly evolving areas within surgical and medical specialties. While recognising how expansive and multifaceted medicine is, Advances in Surgical and Medical Specialties addresses crucial recent advances in surgical and medical specialties, intergrating the knowledge and experience of experts from academia and practicing surgeons. The multidisciplinary approach reflected here makes this volume a valuable reference resource for medical practictioners, medical students, nurses, fellows, residents, undergraduate and graduate students, educators, venture capitalists, policymakers, and biomedical researchers. A wide audience will benefit from having this volume on their bookshelf: health care systems, the pharmaceutical industry, academia, and government.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• The Editor
• Table of Contents
• Corresponding Authors
• Note from the Series Editor
• 1. Surgical and Medical Specialties: A Journey in Pictures
• 2. Lymph Nodes—The Neglected Battlefield in Tuberculosis
• 3. Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States, 2021
• 4. Combatting Sepsis: A Public Health Perspective
• 5. Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation: Closing a Virtuous Circle
• 6. Cardiovascular Events after Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Global Perspective with Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
• 7. Risk Factors for Recurrent Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children and Young Adults
• 8. Cellular Mechanisms of Human Atherogenesis: Focus on Chronification of Inflammation and Mitochondrial Mutations
• 9. The Microbiota of the Human Gut and Cardiometabolic Health
• 10. Pharmaceutical Strategies for Reducing LDL-C and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
• 11. Atherogenic Markers in Predicting Cardiovascular Risk and Targeting Residual Cardiovascular Risk
• 12. The Continuous Quest for More Effective and Safer Thromboprophylaxis Protocols
• 13. Wound Healing: Cellular Mechanisms and Pathological Outcomes
• 14. Advances in Cervical Cancer Prevention: Efficacy, Effectiveness, Elimination?
• 15. Molecular Classification of Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study
• 16. Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: From Biology to Therapy
• 17. Brain and Testis: More Alike Than Previously Thought?
• 18. Myomatous Erythrocytosis Syndrome: A Case Series
• 19. Vascular Involvements in Cholangiocarcinoma: Tips and Tricks
• 20. Rehabilitation for People Living with Dementia: A Practical Framework of Positive Support
• 21. Are Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia the Same Disease?
• 22. Regenerative Medicine: Could Parkinson's Be the First Neurodegenerative Disease to Be Cured?
• 23. Changes in the Functional Brain Network of Children Undergoing Repeated Epilepsy Surgery: An EEG Source Connectivity Study
• 24. Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption in Atrial Fibrillation: A Potential Contributor to the Increased Risk of Dementia and Worsening of Stroke Outcomes
• 25. Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy: From Pathophysiology to Outcomes—Overview of an Emerging Medical Problem
• 26. Advances in Fractures and Dislocations of the Hip Joint
• 27. Predicting Scoliosis Progression: A Challenge for Researchers and Clinicians
• 28. Prosthetic and Mechanical Parameters of the Facial Bone under the Load of Different Dental Implant Shapes: A Parametric Study
• 29. Circulating Arsenic Is Associated with Long-Term Risk of Graft Failure in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Cohort Study
• 30. Successful Aging and Chronic Osteoarthritis
• 31. Radiographic Analysis on the Distortion of the Anatomy of First Metatarsal Head in Dorsoplantar Projection
• 32. Clinical Aspects and Current Therapeutic Approaches for Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
• 33. Comparison and Lessons Learned from Neglected Tropical Diseases and Tuberculosis
• 34. Current Issues in Antibiotic Antimicrobial Resistance*
• 35. Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030: Time to Reset Targets for 2025
• 36. 9 Questions to Help Make Sense of Health Research1
• 37. Transdisciplinary Research and Clinical Priorities for Better Health
• 38. Current Issues about Health News Stories1
• 39. Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Health: What's in a Name?1
• 40. Current Issues in Complementary and Integrative Health1
• 41. Skin Conditions and Complementary Health Approaches: What the Science Says1
• 42. Nutrition and Health across the Lifespan: Guidelines and Recommendations1
• 43. Using Dietary Supplements Wisely1
• 44. Association of Genetic Liability to Smoking Initiation with e-Cigarette Use in Young Adults: A Cohort Study
• 45. Current Issues in Vaccine Development
• 46. Cannabis Products Containing Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8 THC): Increased Availability and Reports of Adverse Events1
• 47. Natural Doesn't Necessarily Mean Safer, or Better1
• 48. How Medications and Supplements Can Interact1
• 49. Antioxidants: Current Issues and Future Trends1
• 50. Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids: Current Issues
• 51. Bacterial Evolution during Human Infection: Adapt and Live or Adapt and Die
• 52. Roadblocks in Chagas Disease Care in Endemic and Nonendemic Countries: Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and the United States. The NET-Heart Project
• 53. Pathogens Infecting the Central Nervous System
• 54. Current Issues in Vaccines1
• 55. What Are Embryonic Stem Cells and How Can They Help Us?
• 56. The Rise and Rise of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations
• 57. Hallmarks of Cancer—the New Testament
• 58. Adipose Tissue in Health and Disease
• 59. Viral Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Male Reproductive Health
• 60. Elevated CO2 Modulates Airway Contractility
• Index