1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004354980403321

Autore

Pratolini, Vasco <1913-1991>

Titolo

Cronache dal giro d'Italia : maggio - giugno 1947 / Vasco Pratolini ; introduzione di Goffredo Fofi ; con una nota di Alberto Polverosi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Lombardi, 1992

ISBN

88-7799-016-3

Descrizione fisica

136 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Adularia ; 15

Disciplina

796.620945

853.91

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

853.91 PRAT 3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001046410403321

Autore

Poston, Tim

Titolo

Taylor expansions and catastrophes / T. Poston and I. Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [etc.] : Pitman, 1976

ISBN

0-273-00964-8

Collana

Research notes in mathematics ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

Stewart, Ian

Disciplina

513

Locazione

FI1

FINBN

Collocazione

11-162F

02 66 D 17

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778505803321

Titolo

Effectiveness and outcomes in health care [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of an invitational conference by the Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Care Services / / Kim A. Heithoff and Kathleen N. Lohr, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990

ISBN

1-280-21210-1

9786610212101

0-309-54363-0

0-585-14444-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HeithoffKim A

LohrKathleen N. <1941->

Disciplina

362.1/028/7

Soggetti

Medical care - Evaluation - Research

Medicare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; EFFECTIVENESS VERSUS EFFICACY; METHODOLOGIES; IMPACT UPON COSTS; RISK ADJUSTMENTS AND OUTCOMES; CONCLUSIONS; Contents; PART I INTRODUCTION; 1 Genesis of the Effectiveness Initiative and IOM's Role; THE BROADER CONTEXT; The Institute of Medicine's Contribution; The IOM Clinical Workshop; The Condition-Specific Workshops; Effectiveness and Outcomes Conference; Proceedings; 2 Promise and Limitations of Effectiveness and Outcomes Research; IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; Medicare Data Bases

KEY ASPECTS OF EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCHReliability and Validity of Data; Longitudinal Studies; Tracking the Patient; Health Status Assessment; Risk Stratification; Prevention; The Aging Process; PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE FEDERAL EFFORTS; Range of Study Designs; Funding; Balance of Approaches; Coordination; Technology Assessment; Influencing Provider Behavior; The Confluence of



Biomedical, Health Services, and Effectiveness Research; PART II OVERVIEW; 3 Research on the Effectiveness of Medical Treatment: New Challenges and Opportunities; Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program

Implementation of the ProgramPriorities for Research; New Patterns of Collaboration; References; 4 The Health Care Financing Administration and the Effectiveness Initiative; HCFA'S INTEREST IN EFFECTIVENESS; THE EFFECTIVENESS INITIATIVE; FUTURE ACTIVITIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 5 The Effectiveness Initiative: Retrospective and Prospects; THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; PROSPECTS; 6 The Social Perspective; THE PRESENT SCENARIO; COSTS OF HEALTH CARE; VARIATIONS IN MEDICAL COSTS AND PRACTICE; REASONS FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS INITIATIVE

HOW TO PROCEED IN EFFECTIVENESS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH7 The Clinical Perspective; ISSUES IN THE USEFULNESS OF EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; MEETING PHYSICIANS' NEEDS; Accessibility of Results; Aiding Patient Invol Vement; Relation to Payment Mechanisms; Unbalanced Regulation; IMPACT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS INITIATIVE; Reference; 8 The Legislative Perspective; UNMET HEALTH CARE NEEDS; GROWING AWARENESS OF EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; THE CHALLENGE TO SCIENTISTS; CONCLUSION; PART III THE IOM CLINICAL CONDITION WORKSHOPS; The IOM Condition Workshops: Introduction; 9 Breast Cancer

THE PROBLEM OF POOR COMPLIANCECONTROVERSIES; Screening; Treatment; THE ROLE OF EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES IN BREAST CANCER; References; 10 Hip Fracture; PREVENTION; TREATMENT; IN-HOSPITAL CARE; REHABILITATION; CONCLUSION; 11 Claims Data and Effectiveness: Acute Myocardial Infarction and Other Examples; STRENGTHS OF CLAIMS DATA; GENERAL LIMITATIONS; Limitations for Diagnostic Devices; Limitations for Drugs; Limitations for Therapies; CONCLUSION; References; PART IV METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND WORK IN PROGRESS; Use of Large Data Bases: Introduction

12 The Role of Large Data Bases in Effectiveness Research



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300351303321

Titolo

Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine : A Practical Guide / / edited by James M. Ryan, Adriaan P.C.C. Hopperus Buma, Charles W. Beadling, Aroop Mozumder, David M. Nott, Norman M. Rich, Walter Henny, David MacGarty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Springer London : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

1-4471-2927-X

Edizione

[3rd ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (966 p.)

Disciplina

362.18

610

610.73

616025

Soggetti

Emergency medicine

Traumatology

Orthopedics

Critical care medicine

Nursing

Emergency Medicine

Traumatic Surgery

Surgical Orthopedics

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Section 1: The Disaster and Conflict Environment -- 1. New Paradigms: The World in the 21st Century- European Perspective -- 2. New Paradigms: The World in the 21st Century- A US Perspective -- 3. The Spectrum of Conflict -- 4. The Players- Humanitarian Organisations and their Coordination in Humanitarian Assistance -- 5. The Players- Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space -- 6. Medical Ethics in Disasters -- 7. Medicine at High Altitudes -- 8. Medical Support of Special Operations -- 9. Terrorism 101 --



Section 2: Disasters, Public Health, and Populations -- 10. Disasters: An Overview -- 11. Disasters: The London Bombings, 7th July 2005: Forward Medical Response -- 12. Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Needs Assessment and Priorities for Intervention -- 13. Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: The Role of Health System Levers in Response, Recovery and Rebuilding to Protect Population Health -- 14. Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Planning in Action "Operation Phoenix": A British Medical Aid Program to Sarajevo -- 15.Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Care of Prisoners and Detainees -- 16. Standards of Care in Catastrophic Emergencies -- 17. Program Management and Assessment -- 18. Surveillance and Control of Communicable Disease in Conflicts and Disasters -- 19. The Sword of Damocles: Whither the Next Pandemic -- Section 3: Living and Working in Austere Environments -- 20. Getting there and Being Involved: Getting Involved -- 21. Getting there and Being Involved: Team Building and Maintenance -- 22. Safety and Security: Staying Safe and Effective- In a Humanitarian Context (Or as Safe as is Reasonably Possible When You Know You Should Have Stayed at Home!) -- 23. Safety and Security: Thinking Ballistic- Aspects of Protection -- 24. Safety and Security: Mines and Weapons Awareness -- 25. Safety and Security: Health Risk Management- A Tool for Planning Force Health Protection -- 26. Applied Communications for Medical Professionals in Conflict and Catastrophe Situations -- 27. Psychosocial and Mental Health Care for the Deployed Staff of Rescue, Professional First Response and Aid Agencies, NGOs and Military Organisations -- Section 4: Hospitals and Health Systems -- 28. Conflict Recovery: Health Systems in Transition -- 29. Eating an Elephant: Intervening in Hospitals- Pristina -- 30. Military Medical Contribution to Indigenous (Military and Civilian) Health Sector Development (HSD) within Security and Stabilisation Operations -- 31. Military Health Services Support in Conflict -- 32. Evacuation and Transportation -- 33. Deployed Field Hospitals in the 21st Century -- Section 5: Clinical Care -- 34. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: A. Introduction- Scene-Setting.- 35. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Triage and Acute Care -- 36. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Ballistics and Blast -- 37. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Tropical Diseases -- 38. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Climate: Hot and Cold- An Aide -- 39. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Envenomations- Bites and Stings -- 40. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Head Injury -- 41. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Dental, Maxillofacial, Eye, and ENT -- 42. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Abdominal Complaints and Acute Surgical Emergencies -- 43. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Soft Tissues and Skeleton -- 44. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Surgery in the Tropics -- 45. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Anaesthesia and Analgesia.- 46. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Casualty Management Principles -- 47. Women's Health -- 48. The Care of Children in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Disasters -- 49. The Psychosocial and Mental Health of People Who Are Affected by Conflict, Catastrophes, Terrorism, Adversity, and Displacement -- Section 6: Resources -- 50. Preparing to Deploy: Materials and Information -- 51. Rehabilitation Diagnostic Laboratories.- 52. Enablers and Confounders: Achieving the Mission -- 53. The Military Approach to Medical Planning -- 54. Accreditation in Field Medicine -- 55. Humanitarian Work in the Era of Modernising Medical Careers -- 56. Code of Behaviour.

Sommario/riassunto

Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide 3e follows its



successful predecessors in providing a framework for use by health professionals visiting a resource-constrained environment. Aimed at health professionals, Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide 3e encompasses problems brought about by local conflict or natural disasters. It covers preparation, organisation, logistics, treatment of major trauma and medical emergencies, and the special problems of delivering medicine in a hostile environment. This book will provide the reader with a mix of theory, opinion and practical advice to guide him through areas of conflicts, catastrophes and remote locations.