Medical complications in physical medicine and rehabilitation / / editors, Diana D. Cardenas, Thomas M. Hooton

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : demosMEDICAL, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 617.1/03
• Soggetto topico: Medical rehabilitation; Wounds and injuries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Medical Complications by Rehabilitation Diagnostic Categories; Chapter 1: Musculoskeletal Disorders; Total Hip Arthroplasty; Total Knee Arthroplasty; Rehabilitation of TJA; Complications During Acute Rehabilitation; Late Complications; References; Chapter 2: Spinal Cord Injury; Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; Early and Late Medical Complications; Musculoskeletal Complications; Pulmonary Complications; Cardiovascular Complications; Skin Complications; Posttraumatic Syringomyelia; Endocrine Complications; References ; Chapter 3: Multiple Trauma and BurnsMultiple Trauma; Burns; Summary; References; Chapter 4: Stroke; Maintenance of Homeostasis; Complications of Immobility; Falls and Fractures/Trauma; Poststroke Pain Syndromes; Depression and Pseudobulbar Affect; Secondary Stroke Prevention; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Traumatic Brain Injury; Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury; Etiology of TBI; Agitation; Posttraumatic Seizures; Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus; Autonomic Storming; Metabolic and Endocrine Disruption Following TBI; Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome; Acute and Chronic Pain ; Respiratory ComplicationsDysphagia; References; Chapter 6: Neurological and Rheumatological Disorders; Neurological Disorders; Rheumatologic Disorders; References; Chapter 7: Cancer Rehabilitation; Cancer; Selective Issues in Cancer Rehabilitation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Amputations; Medical Complications in Patients with Amputations; References; Part II: Specific Medical Complications; Chapter 9: Fever; Background; Definitions; Terms Used to Describe Severe Infections; Etiology of Fever; Infectious Causes of Fever; Noninfectious Causes of Fever; Evaluation of the Febrile Patient ; Special Considerations Regarding Microbiologic CulturesInterpretation of Microbiologic Cultures; Management; Summary; References; Chapter 10: Acute Chest Pain; History and Physical Examination; Acute Coronary Syndromes; Electrocardiogram (ECG); Chest Radiography; Laboratory Tests; A Stepwise Approach to Evaluation of Acute Chest Pain; References; Chapter 11: Common Laboratory Abnormalities; Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia; Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia; Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia; Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia; Azotemia; Abnormal Liver Function Tests; Bibliography ; Chapter 12: Urinary Tract InfectionDefinitions; Epidemiology; Microbiology; Diagnosis; Prevention; Management; Funguria; Summary; References; Chapter 13: Pulmonary Disorders; Obstructive Lung Disease (Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease); Interstitial Lung Disease; Neuromuscular Disease; Post-ICU Care; Pulmonary Complications in Rehabilitation; Pneumonia; References; Chapter 14: Osteomyelitis; Classification; Diagnosis; Microbiology; Treatment; Summary; References; Chapter 15: Clostridium Difficile Colitis; Antibiotic-AssociatedDiarrhea ; Toxigenic Versus Nontoxigenic Clostridium Difficile
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is intended to provide physicians and residents training in physical medicine and rehabilitation with a concise description of common medical complications encountered on an in-patient medical rehabilitation unit or free-standing facility. It will focus on the major diagnostic categories of disabilities that are admitted for in-patient rehabilitation such as stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputation, multiple major trauma, neurological disorders, burns, and other diseases or disorders. Divided into two sections, the first half of the book is organized by diagnostic categor
• Titolo autorizzato: Medical complications in physical medicine and rehabilitation
• ISBN: 1-61705-082-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464778103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II