1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830607203321

Titolo

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

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



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366575403321

Autore

Wheeler Stanton <1930-2007, >

Titolo

The Scandinavian Prison Study / / by Stanton Wheeler, Hugh F. Cline ; edited by David J. Armor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030264628

3030264629

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology, , 2753-0612

Disciplina

365.948

Soggetti

Corrections

Punishment

Criminal behavior

Human rights

Law and the social sciences

Law - History

Sociology

Prison and Punishment

Criminal Behavior

Human Rights

Socio-Legal Studies

Legal History

Sociological Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Scandinavian Prisons in Perspective -- 2. Research Design and Methods -- 3. Social Change and the Prison -- 4. The Social Climate of the Prisons -- 5. Personal Background and Response to Incarceration -- 6. Patterns of Social Involvement and Inmate to Response to Incarceration -- 7. Personal Response in Divergent Prison Environments -- 8. Considerations of Justice in the Sentencing and Treatment of Scandinavian Prison Inmates.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the formerly-unpublished manuscript by Wheeler



and Cline detailing the landmark, comparative prisons study they conducted in the 1960s which examined fifteen Scandinavian prisons and nearly 2000 inmates across four Nordic countries. At the time, it was the largest comparative study of prisons and inmate behavior ever undertaken and despite 15 years of analysis and write-up it was never published but it influenced many other important prison studies that followed. This book engages with the functionalist perspectives that were widespread in the 1960s, and tries to answer some of the classical questions of prison sociology such as how prisoners adapt to imprisonment and the degree to which prisoner adaptations can be attributed to characteristics of prisoners and prisons. It examines the nature and structure of prisons, the effect of that structure on individual prisoners and the other factors that may influence the way that they respond to confinement. It also includes discussion about the prisoners' considerations of justice and fairness and a explanation of the study design and data which was highly unique at the time. The Scandinavian Prison Study brings Wheeler and Cline's pioneering work into the present context with a preface and an introduction which discuss the questions and claims raised in the book still relevant to this day. .