Fast Facts
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Fast Facts: Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
By Paul L Haun, Julia J ScarisbrickMF, mycosis fungoides. lung carcinoma, colonic adenocarcinoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which do not appear to be ... nodal CD30+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma) and B-cell (Hodgkin's disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia) origins.
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Fast Facts: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
By Karthik Ramasamy, Sagar LonialIn patients with IgM MGUS, the presence of both the L265P mutation in the Myd88 gene and M protein levels above 1.5 g/dL is associated with a 45% risk of progression to Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia or ...
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Fast Facts: Skin Cancer
By Karen L. Agnew, Christopher B. BunkerFast Facts: Skin Cancer has been written by three international experts to equip healthcare professionals with the necessary diagnostic skills and treatment options to save lives.
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Fast Facts: Smoking Cessation
By Robert West, Saul ShiffmanUltimately, the best reason for reading this book is to help your patients who smoke to change their behavior for the better and sustainably.
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Fast Facts: Parkinson's Disease
By K. Ray Chaudhuri, Victor S. C. FungThis practical handbook reflects the importance of addressing non-motor symptoms, the need for multidisciplinary care and the use of tools that empower patients.
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Fast Facts: Acute Myeloid Leukemia
By William Blum, Vikram Mathews'Fast Facts: Acute Myeloid Leukemia' provides a comprehensive yet concise foundation for understanding AML: from basic epidemiology, diagnosis, classification and the current 'standard' treatment, through to recent advances in our ...
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Fast Facts: Depression
By Mark Haddad, Philip BoyceThe 4th edition of 'Fast Facts: Depression' has been fully updated using the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and the latest recommendations from research reviews and clinical practice guidelines, and includes a new chapter on depression in women.
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Fast Facts: Treatment Optimization of Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson's Disease
By Fabrizio Stocchi, Thomas FoltynieContinuous delivery of dopamine agonists is available by way of 24-hour prolonged-release formulations and the transdermal formulation ... Dopamine agonists may also be associated with cognitive impairment, psychosis and leg swelling.
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Fast Facts: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
By Elaine Dennison, Michael Clynes'Fast Facts: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis' provides an overview of current clinical guidelines and addresses the reasons cited for suboptimal fracture prevention.
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Fast Facts: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
By E. Dennison, M. Clynes'Fast Facts: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis' provides an overview of current clinical guidelines and addresses the reasons cited for suboptimal fracture prevention.
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Fast Facts: Osteoporosis
By Juliet E. CompstonFast Facts: Osteoporosis
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Fast Facts: Menopause
By David H. Barlow, Barry G. WrenOsteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass with accompanying architectural impairment of bone, which leads to an increased risk of fracture. In postmenopausal women, an increased risk of osteoporosis is a consequence of the changes in ...
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Fast Facts: Low Back Pain
By David Borenstein, Andei CalinAtraumatic vertebral compression fractures due to severe osteoporosis are not uncommon, however, and may be associated with minimal or no pain. Such non-malignant osteoporotic ... See Fast Facts: Osteoporosis. Coccygodynia, pain in the ...
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Fast Facts: Osteoarthritis
By Philip G. Conaghan, Amanda E. NelsonLater in life the resorptive factors dominate, resulting in a high prevalence (greater than 30%) of osteoporosis in individuals over 65 years of age (see Fast Facts: Osteoporosis). Synovium The synovium is a membrane that forms the ...
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Fast Facts: Incredible Human Body
By Editors of KingfisherHow many different types of cells are there?
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Fast Facts: Acute Coronary Syndromes
By Kurt Huber, Paul A. Gurbel, Udaya S. TantryThis refreshingly readable handbook simplifies the complexities involved in the care of patients with ACS by: • Familiarizing readers with the common pathophysiology underlying all ACS • Detailing the specifics of clinical assessment ...
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Fast Facts: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
By W. Grant Thompson, Kenneth W. HeatonThis book provides all that the family doctor requires to successfully diagnose irritable bowel syndrome and to manage patients with confidence and sensitivity.
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Fast Facts: Ophthalmology
By Peter Simcock, Andre BurgerPain may also be referred to the eye from intracranial structures (e.g. those compressed by a brain tumor); common headaches or trigeminal neuralgia can also result in eye pain. Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis) is a treatable ...
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Fast Facts: Acne
By Alison M. Layton, Diane Thiboutot, Vincenzo BettoliUnlike the less lipophilic tetracyclines, minocycline is associated with vestibular side effects such as headache, dizziness, ataxia and drowsiness. In view of the potential risks of minocycline, which also include pseudotumor cerebri ...
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Fast Facts: Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
By Bernardo L. Rapoport, Rudolph M. Navari88 Index Fast Facts – making good health decisions easier Fast Facts: granisetron 25–9, 60, 66 guidelines 53, 69 headaches 27, 32, 33 high-dose chemotherapy 32, 64–5 high-risk patients 19 highly emetic Cx (HEC) 54 antiemetic regimens 57 ...