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In daily medical practice, physicians often use scores, classifications and schematic diagnostic paths to make clear and comprehensive decisions. Treatment algorithms have also proven to be effective. However, it has become increasingly difficult or even impossible to have all scores, schemata and algorithms at hand, and a search on the internet can be very time consuming.
[lire la quatrième du livre Gastrix]

73 Pediatric Airway Surgery
Editors: C.J. Hartnick, M.C. Hansen, Boston, Mass.; T.Q. Gallager, Portsmouth, Va.
VIII + 158 p., 130 fig., 89 in color, 1 tab., online supplementary material, hard cover, 2012. ISBN 978-3-8055-9931-3

74 Comprehensive Techniques in CSF Leak Repair and Skull Base Reconstruction
Editor: B.S. Bleier, Boston, Mass.
X190 p., 74 fig.
[lire la quatrième du livre Surgery for pediatric velopharyngeal insufficiency]

New applications for an old technique

Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence has been used for imaging purposes for more than half a century; First employed by ophthalmologists for visualizing the retinal artery in the late 1960s, the application of ICG fluorescence imaging has since been continuously expanded.
[lire la quatrième du livre Fluorescent Imaging]

The discovery of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and their development over the years has dramatically changed the management of acid-related diseases. Today, the therapeutic domain of PPIs ranges from relief of symptoms to cure of mucosal lesions in the upper gastrointestinal tract. PPIs are among the most widely sold drugs in the world and are now even available as over-the-counter medication.
[lire la quatrième du livre Proton Pump Inhibitors : A Balanced View]

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a major complaint among many patients suffering from neurological diseases as well as in the elderly.

Its severity ranges from moderate difficulty to complete inability to swallow, and it may give rise to clinically relevant complications such as aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition and/or dehydration, impaired quality of life, and death.
[lire la quatrième du livre Stepping Stones to Living Well with Dysphagia]