Bain / Hamburger / Scully Common Medical Conditions

A Guide for the Dental Team
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1539-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, E-Book

Common Medical Conditions: A Guide for the Dental Team is an invaluable reference in the Dental Update series of clinical resources outlining the clinical features, clinical signs, diagnosis, management and dental relevance of the most commonly encountered chronic medical problems in the developed world.
Written by an internationally renowned and experienced team of authors, the book is a quick and ready illustrated reference giving essential information in an oral health care context to common medical conditions. Designed for easy reference, the book is organised by systems with sections on: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Metabolic and Endocrine, Gastrointestinal, Haematological, Mental Health, Neurological, Osteoarticular, Mucocutaneous and Infectious Diseases.
* Covers most commonly encountered chronic medical problems in a dental context
* Systematic and organised to provide easy cross-referencing
* Includes useful features such as summaries of key information and comparisons of similar conditions
* Fully illustrated throughout with colour clinical photography

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bain, Steve

Hamburger, John

Scully, Crispian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceChapter 1 Cardiovascular conditionsAtheromaCoronary artery diseaseAngina pectorisMyocardial infarctionHypertensionCongenital heart diseaseInfective endocarditisChapter 2 Respiratory conditionsLung cancerAsthmaChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChapter 3 Metabolic and endocrine conditionsPregnancyBreast cancerDiabetes mellitusAlcoholismChronic liver diseaseChronic kidney diseaseThyrotoxicosisCushing disease and Cushing syndromeAddison diseaseChapter 4 Gastrointestinal conditionsPeptic ulcer diseaseStomach (gastric) cancerInflammatory bowel diseaseCoeliac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy)Colon cancer (colorectal cancer)Chapter 5 Haematological conditionsAnaemiaVon Willebrand diseaseHaemophiliaLeukaemiasThrombocytopaeniasChapter 6 Mental health conditionsAnxiety and stressDepressionEating disordersSchizophreniaChapter 7 Neurological conditionsBell palsyCerebrovascular accidentEpilepsyMultiple sclerosisDementiaChapter 8 Osteoarticular conditionsOsteoarthritisRheumatoid arthritisGoutSjögren syndromeChapter 9 Mucocutaneous conditionsAllergyLichen planusBehçet diseaseErythema multiformePemphigoidPemphigusSclerodermaSystemic lupus erythematosusChapter 10 Infectious diseasesHIV infection and AIDSHerpesviruses: Herpes simplex virus (HSV: human herpesviruses type 1 and 2) infectionsHerpesviruses: Varicella zoster virus (VZV: human herpesvirus type 3) infectionsHerpesviruses: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV: human herpesvirus type 4) infectionsTuberculosisSyphilisIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Crispian Scully - Dean and Director of Studies and Research,Eastman Dental Institute; Professor of Oral Medicine, Pathology andMicrobiology, University of London; Professor of Special NeedsDentistry, UCL. Professor Scully has published over 770 MEDLINEpapers; about 300 original research papers in these fields, about200 review articles, 100 chapters in books, 50 clinical papers andover 40 books. In 2000 he was honoured with the title of Commanderof the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Steve Bain - Professor of Medicine (Diabetes), Universityof Wales, Swansea & Honorary Consultant Physician, Swansea NHSTrust, Singleton Hospital, Swansea.
John Hamburger - Senior Lecturer/Consultant in OralMedicine, University of Birmingham School of Dentistry