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| World Kidney Day 2013 Kidneys for Life – Stop Acute Kidney Injury March 14, 2013 This year's World Kidney Day focuses on Acute Kidney Injury. Read these free articles from Karger publications: – Arif Khwaja: KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Kidney Injury – John A. Kellum, Claudio Ronco, Jean-Louis Vincent: Unveiling Current Controversies in Acute Kidney Injury – Eric A.J. Hoste, Wouter De Corte: Clinical Consequences of Acute Kidney Injury |
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| Karger OLA – New Nephrology Online Learning Platform Coinciding with World Kidney Day, Karger Publishers has launched its new online learning initiative: Karger OLA (On Line Academy), in collaboration with the Global Kidney Academy. Monthly updated, Karger OLA is an innovative, interactive forum that brings authors of outstanding nephrology research together with readers, stimulating discussion and encouraging exchange of opinions as well as questions and answers regarding their publications. We invite you to join the discussion. To find out how, see one of this month's selected articles from American Journal of Nephrology, Blood Purification, CardioRenal Medicine or Nephron Clinical Practice. |
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| Establishing an integrative approach to the understanding and management of PCOS Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Novel Insights into Causes and Therapy (Frontiers of Hormone Research, Vol. 40 ) Covering phenotypic characteristics, diagnostic criteria, central pathophysiological mechanisms, metabolic, cardiovascular and reproductive aspects, and modern therapeutic approaches, this book is a useful tool for general practitioners, gynecologists, pediatricians, internists, endocrinologists, as well as cardiologists. More details and free chapter excerpts |
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| 2nd, revised and extended edition building on the success of the first edition Nutrition in Intensive Care Medicine: Beyond Physiology World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol. 105 Analyzing nutritional support at various levels and drawing on recent prospective randomized studies, this book proposes a new approach for oral, enteral and/or parenteral nutrition. It underlines the interference between nutrition and outcome to reach recovery, giving to this field an increased importance for better short and long term management. Dealing with patients suffering from multi-organ failure and the need for a better understanding of the interactions between disease and nutrition, it helps readers to propose a personalized nutritional support process. More details and free sample chapters |
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| R.D. Semba The Vitamin A Story: Lifting the Shadow of Death World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol. 104 Recounting the persistent efforts of scientists which led to the identification of its essential role in health, this book shows how vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives but also that many more could not be saved owing to obstacles erected by politics and ideology. Exhaustively researched and documented, this book makes intriguing reading as much for the intellectually curious lay reader as for specialists in the field. More details and free chapter excerpts |
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| A new vision to understanding medicine Handbook of Clinical Gender Medicine In well-referenced chapters, experts cogently and concisely explain how the incorporation of gender issues into research can affect the medical understanding and treatment of heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, pain as well as malaria among other conditions. This intriguing and unique medical textbook provides readers with a valuable new perspective on how to incorporate gender issues into the different branches of medicine. More details and free sample chapters |
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