Technical Books

This book will help trainees become better physicians and scientists, and that it will help practicing rheumatologists to provide better care, and ultimately, improve the quality of life of our patients.

This book offers a range of perspectives on pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of different rheumatic diseases, with a particular focus on some of the interesting aspects of Sjogren's syndrome. It contains detailed and thorough reviews by international experts, with a diverse range of academic backgrounds.

This PDF A Resident�s Guide to Pediatric Rheumatology covers the following topics related to Rheumatology : Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical Assessment, Approaches and Differential Diagnoses for Common Complaints Referred to Pediatric Rheumatology, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Related Conditions, Systemic Vasculitis, Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies, Scleroderma and Related Syndromes, Autoinflammatory Diseases, Uveitis, Inflammatory Brain Diseases, Infection and Infection-Related Conditions, Pain Syndromes, Pediatric Rheumatology Emergencies, Medications.

This book explains the following topics: The Call For Oxygen, The Access To Oxygen, The Forces Acting In The Transport Of Oxygen (and C02) Through Living Tissues, Respiration In Water, Emergency Respiration-the Transition To Air Breathing, Respiration In Air, The Respiratory Functions Of Blood And Tracheal Respiration .

This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of adults and children with Respiratory Tract Infections, for whom immediate antibiotic prescribing is not indicated. This guideline focuses on 5 common Respiratory Tract Infections: cute otitis media (AOM), acute cough/acute bronchitis, acute sore throat/acute pharyngitis/acute tonsillitis, acute rhinosinusitis and the common cold.

The manual provides practical guidance to health managers whose efforts are crucial to the achievement of global TB control goals and national targets for case- management of respiratory conditions. It will also be helpful for health care providers at both first-level health care facilities and the first referral level.

Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This book has been designed to deliver the detailed knowledge about the various respiratory infections including viral, bacterial, and helminthic infections.

Respiratory syncytial virus causes seasonal epidemics during the winter and wet seasons, particularly in young children. This book provides an overview of RSV and describes its incidence and presentation in different populations, including preterm infants and children with congenital heart disease.

This book Respiratory Diseases brings practical aspects of pulmonary diseases. It contains the result of years of experience through expert clinicians in this field from different scientific centers.

This PDF covers the following topics related to Respiratory Diseases : The Burden of Chronic Diseases, Preventable Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Major Global Health Problem, A Mechanism for Action: The Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD), Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Chronic Disease Epidemics, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Pulmonary Hypertension, Risk Factors for Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Causes and Consequences of Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Tobacco Smoking: The Major Threat in High Income Countries, As Well As in Low And Middle Income Countries, Indoor Air Pollutants: The Unrecognized Killers In Low and Middle Income Countries, Outdoor Air Pollutants, Allergens, Occupational Exposure, Diet and Nutrition, Post-infectious Chronic Respiratory Diseases.

In this book, we present a dozen state of the art developments for ultrasound imaging, for example, hardware implementation, transducer, beamforming, signal processing, measurement of elasticity and diagnosis. Topics covered includes: Hardware-Software Partitioning of Digital Signal Processing in Ultrasound Medical Devices a Case Study, Design of Curvilinear Array Apertures for 3D Ultrasonic Imaging, Synthetic Aperture Method in Ultrasound Imaging, Adaptive Beamforming by Phase Coherence Processing, Tissue Harmonic Imaging with Coded Excitation, Ultrasound Imaging for Pediatric Anesthesia.

This book explains the following topics: Basic physics of ultrasound, Examination technique, Interventional ultrasound, Examination technique, Normal findings, Pathological findings and Differential diagnosis of the following part of the body: Neck , Chest , Liver , Gallbladder and bile ducts, Pancreas, Gastrointestinal tract, Adrenal glands, Kidneys and ureters, Urinary bladder, urethra, prostate and seminal vesicles and penis, Special aspects of abdominal ultrasound.

This note introduces the physics, instrumentation, and signal processing methods used in X-ray (projection radiography), X-ray computed tomography, nuclear medicine (SPECT/PET), optical imaging, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging.

This book explains the following topics: Arthritis, Appendicular Arthritis, Axial Arthritis, Lucent Lesions of Bone, Sclerotic Lesions of Bone, Periosteal Reaction, Soft Tissue Calcifications, Fractures Without Significant Trauma, Facial and Mandibular Fractures, The Painful Joint Prosthesis, Orthopedic Hardware, Scoliosis, Osteopenia, Osteonecrosis, Skeletal Dysplasias and Muscle Atlas.

Medical imaging is a collection of technologies, all having the purpose of visualization of the interior of the intact, living human body for the purpose of diagnosis.The present book will try to explain the physical principle behind each of these imaging modalities, together with a description of how these are implemented. The book will also provide some clinical images.