The evaluation and treatment of syncope [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for clinical practice / / edited by David Benditt ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830607203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-74877-X; 9786610748778; 0-470-76410-4; 1-4443-1281-2; 1-4051-7235-5
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Collana: The ESC education series
• Altri autori (Persone): BendittDavid G
• Disciplina: 616.047; 616/.047
• Soggetti: Syncope (Pathology); Syncope (Pathology) - Treatment
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previous ed.: Armonk, N.Y.: Futura, 2003.
• Nota di contenuto: The evaluation and treatment of syncopeA handbook for clinical practice; List of contributors; Introduction; Section one: Definition, pathophysiology epidemiology; CHAPTER 1Syncope: definition,classification, and multiplepotential causes; CHAPTER 2What is syncope and what isnot syncope: the importanceofdefinitions; CHAPTER 3Pathophysiology and clinicalpresentation; CHAPTER 4Maintaining blood pressurewhile upright - physiologyand potential for disturbancesto cause syncope; CHAPTER 5Epidemiology and social costsof syncope; Section two:Syncope evaluation strategy; CHAPTER 6Overview of recommendeddiagnostic strategiesCHAPTER 7Initial evaluation of thesyncope patient; CHAPTER 8The role of the preparedquestionnaire in initialevaluation of transient lossesof consciousness; CHAPTER 9Who should be evaluatedand treated in hospital,and who can be managedas an outpatient?; CHAPTER 10Organizing management ofsyncope in the hospital andclinic (the syncope unit); CHAPTER 11Impact of syncope guidelineson clinical care; Section three:Specific diagnostic procedures; CHAPTER ; 12Ambulatoryelectrocardiographicmonitoring forevaluation of syncope; CHAPTER 13Hemodynamic sensors: thefuture evaluation of syncopeCHAPTER 14The basic autonomicassessment; CHAPTER 15Electrophysiological testing; CHAPTER 16Miscellaneous diagnosticprocedures: when are theyindicated; CHAPTER 17Neurologic diagnosticprocedures in syncope; CHAPTER 18Contribution of psychiatricdisorders to apparent syncope; Section four:Causes of syncope and syncopemimics, and treatment; CHAPTER 19Who to treat; CHAPTER 20 Specific causes of syncope: theirevaluation and treatment strategies; Part 1: Neurally mediated reflex syncope; Part 2: Orthostatic syncope; Part 3: Cardiac arrhythmias and conduction system disease as a primary cause of syncopePart 4: Structural cardiac and pulmonary causes of syncope; Part 5: Cerebrovascular disorders as the primary cause of syncope; CHAPTER 21Syncope and other causes oftransient loss of consciousnessin children, teenagers, andadolescents; CHAPTER 22Syncope in the older adult(including drivingimplications); CHAPTER 23Conditions that mimicsyncope; Section five:Selected references since 1990; Key selected references; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Designed for the practitioner, this handbook provides an easy-to-read overview of how to evaluate and treat patients with a history of fainting. The 2nd Edition has been fully revised to contain all the latest information concerning diagnosis and treatment. It is based on the 2004 update of the ESC Guidelines on the Management of Syncope and offers up-to-date direction based on comprehensive analysis. All chapters share a consistent structure and are concise - only essential references are included. However, each chapter comes with suggestions for further reading and a comprehensi

Physics of black holes : a guided tour / / E. Papantonopoulos (ed.)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143967103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; [London], : Springer, c2009
• ISBN: 3-540-88460-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2009.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVI, 511 p. 144 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
• Collana: Lecture notes in physics ; ; 769
• Altri autori (Persone): PapantonopoulosE (Eleftherios)
• Disciplina: 523.8875
• Soggetti: Astrophysics; Black holes (Astronomy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Conference proceedings.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Black Holes and their Properties -- What Exactly is the Information Paradox? -- Classical Yang–Mills Black Hole Hair in Anti-de Sitter Space -- Black Hole Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics -- Colliding Black Holes and Gravitational Waves -- Numerical Simulations of Black Hole Formation -- Higher-Dimensional Black Holes -- Black Holes in Higher-Dimensional Gravity -- Braneworld Black Holes -- Higher Order Gravity Theories and Their Black Hole Solutions -- Gravitational Waves from Braneworld Black Holes -- Black Holes at the Large Hadron Collider -- Perturbations of Black Holes -- Perturbations and Stability of Higher-Dimensional Black Holes -- Analytic Calculation of Quasi-Normal Modes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Black Holes are still considered to be among the most mysterious and fascinating objects in our universe. Awaiting the era of gravitational astronomy, much progress in theoretical modeling and understanding of classical and quantum black holes has already been achieved. The present volume serves as a tutorial, high-level guided tour through the black-hole landscape: information paradox and blackhole thermodynamics, numerical simulations of black-hole formation and collisions, braneworld scenarios and stability of black holes with respect to perturbations are treated in great detail, as is their possible occurrence at the LHC. An outgrowth of a topical and tutorial summer school, this extensive set of carefully edited notes has been set up with the aim of constituting an advanced-level, multi-authored textbook ; which meets the needs of both postgraduate students and young researchers in the fields of modern cosmology, astrophysics and (quantum) field theory.