Autonomic Testing

Author : Peter Novak MD, PhD
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190889241

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Autonomic Testing by Peter Novak MD, PhD Pdf

DDisorders associated with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system are quite common yet frequently unrecognized. The quantitative autonomic testing presented here can be invaluable tool for evaluation of these disorders. This manual fills a gap in the literature and deals mainly with practical aspects of autonomic testing. In accord with the "good picture is worth a thousand words" mantra, signal drawings are heavy used throughout the text to facilitate the readers' knowledge. Autonomic Testing is the optimal guide for autonomic fellows, residents in neurology, general medicine and other specialties or for everybody that is interested in performing and interpreting autonomic tests. The unique aspect of this book is the use of the skin biopsies for assessment of small autonomic and sensory fibers as a routine part of autonomic testing. Another important feature of this book is the use of continuous cerebral blood flow velocity and end tidal CO2 monitoring in addition to standard heart rate and blood pressure recordings during the testing. Comprised of 100 unique case studies, each case solves a particular clinical question. The presented cases include neurally mediated syncope, psychogenic pseudosyncope, orthostatic intolerance syndromes, autonomic failure, variety of small fiber neuropathies (with and without autoimmunity), autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative and hypermobile disorders.

Author : M. Malik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401710572

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Clinical Guide to Cardiac Autonomic Tests by M. Malik Pdf

Following systematic development of technical aspects and physiological understanding, and clinical applicability of cardiac autonomic testing, this book provides a detailed guide to performing individual autonomic tests in both research and clinical settings. The book is structured in three parts covering the physiological background of cardiac autonomic regulations, description of technology and interpretation of individual autonomic tests, and applicability of the individual tests under various clinical circumstances and in defined populations of patients. The book is intended to serve both research and clinical cardiologists as well as research and clinical specialists of other medical fields who use the assessment of cardiac modulations to investigate the autonomic nervous system.

Author : Walter George Bradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1672 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0750674695

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Neurology in Clinical Practice by Walter George Bradley Pdf

New edition, completely rewritten, with new chapters on endovascular surgery and mitochrondrial and ion channel disorders.

Author : Peter Novak MD, PhD
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190889234

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Autonomic Testing by Peter Novak MD, PhD Pdf

DDisorders associated with dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system are quite common yet frequently unrecognized. The quantitative autonomic testing presented here can be invaluable tool for evaluation of these disorders. This manual fills a gap in the literature and deals mainly with practical aspects of autonomic testing. In accord with the "good picture is worth a thousand words" mantra, signal drawings are heavy used throughout the text to facilitate the readers' knowledge. Autonomic Testing is the optimal guide for autonomic fellows, residents in neurology, general medicine and other specialties or for everybody that is interested in performing and interpreting autonomic tests. The unique aspect of this book is the use of the skin biopsies for assessment of small autonomic and sensory fibers as a routine part of autonomic testing. Another important feature of this book is the use of continuous cerebral blood flow velocity and end tidal CO2 monitoring in addition to standard heart rate and blood pressure recordings during the testing. Comprised of 100 unique case studies, each case solves a particular clinical question. The presented cases include neurally mediated syncope, psychogenic pseudosyncope, orthostatic intolerance syndromes, autonomic failure, variety of small fiber neuropathies (with and without autoimmunity), autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative and hypermobile disorders.

Author : Philippe Lalanda,Julie A. McCann,Ada Diaconescu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447150077

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Autonomic Computing by Philippe Lalanda,Julie A. McCann,Ada Diaconescu Pdf

This textbook provides a practical perspective on autonomic computing. Through the combined use of examples and hands-on projects, the book enables the reader to rapidly gain an understanding of the theories, models, design principles and challenges of this subject while building upon their current knowledge. Features: provides a structured and comprehensive introduction to autonomic computing with a software engineering perspective; supported by a downloadable learning environment and source code that allows students to develop, execute, and test autonomic applications at an associated website; presents the latest information on techniques implementing self-monitoring, self-knowledge, decision-making and self-adaptation; discusses the challenges to evaluating an autonomic system, aiding the reader in designing tests and metrics that can be used to compare systems; reviews the most relevant sources of inspiration for autonomic computing, with pointers towards more extensive specialty literature.

Author : Joseph Colombo,Rohit Arora,Nicholas L. DePace,Aaron I. Vinik
Publisher : Springer
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319073712

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Clinical Autonomic Dysfunction by Joseph Colombo,Rohit Arora,Nicholas L. DePace,Aaron I. Vinik Pdf

This book presents the concepts underlying the measurement of parasympathetic and sympathetic (P&S) activity in the autonomic nervous system and the application of these measurements in the development of therapeutic guidelines for treating dysfunctions in these processes. It provides an overview of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the autonomic nervous system; details general clinical applications of P&S monitoring that are independent of specialty or disease; presents the pathophysiology of P&S dysfunction in specific disorders, expected test results, therapeutic options, and expected outcomes; and includes case studies and longitudinal studies that demonstrate the major concepts for the common diseases for which P&S monitoring is recommended. Clinical Autonomic Dysfunction enables clinicians to improve patient outcomes by identifying and treating clinical problems related to autonomic nervous system disorders.

Author : Paola Sandroni,Phillip A. Low
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107400443

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Autonomic Disorders by Paola Sandroni,Phillip A. Low Pdf

Uses patient material and laboratory recordings to clarify complex autonomic syndromes. Of interest to practitioners in neurology and cardiology.

Author : Phillip A. Low
Publisher : Little, Brown Medical Division
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015028434325

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Clinical Autonomic Disorders by Phillip A. Low Pdf

Author : Peter Novak (Neurologist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Autonomic nervous system
ISBN : 019088925X

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Autonomic Testing by Peter Novak (Neurologist) Pdf

Author : Peter Novak
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0190889225

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Autonomic Testing by Peter Novak Pdf

Autonomic Testing is the optimal guide for autonomic fellows, residents in neurology, general medicine and other specialties or for everybody that is interested in performing and interpreting autonomic tests. The unique aspect of this book is the use of the skin biopsies for assessment of small autonomic and sensory fibers as a routine part of autonomic testing. Another important feature of this book is the use of continuous cerebral blood flow velocity andend tidal CO2 monitoring in addition to standard heart rate and blood pressure recordings during the testing. Comprised of 100 unique case studies, each case solves a particular clinical question.

Author : Walter Struhal,Heinz Lahrmann,Alessandra Fanciulli,Gregor K. Wenning
Publisher : Springer
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319051437

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Bedside Approach to Autonomic Disorders by Walter Struhal,Heinz Lahrmann,Alessandra Fanciulli,Gregor K. Wenning Pdf

This book is a guide to the everyday clinical management of disorders of the autonomic nervous system, from identification of the key symptoms of autonomic involvement and comprehensive history taking to choice of treatment. The book will assist the reader in determining the anatomic distribution of the disease, as well as underlying autonomic syndromes, and in transforming the clinical picture into a coherent explanation of the patient’s autonomic problem. In addition, guidelines are provided on selection of the most appropriate autonomic and laboratory tests and formulation of appropriate non-pharmacological and pharmacological management strategies. With cases drawn from clinical experience and a list of available online resources, Bedside Approach to Autonomic Disorders will aid the reader in acquiring the skills that are mandatory in order to put patients on the right clinical track. It will be a valuable guide for trainees and young doctors interested in autonomic disorders from the fields of neurology, internal medicine, cardiology, diabetology, and urology.

Author : Roy Freeman,Mark W. Chapleau
Publisher : Elsevier Inc. Chapters
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128078389

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Peripheral Nerve Disorders by Roy Freeman,Mark W. Chapleau Pdf

Autonomic testing is used to define the role of the autonomic nervous system in diverse clinical and research settings. Because most of the autonomic nervous system is inaccessible to direct physiological testing, in the clinical setting the most widely used techniques entail the assessment of an end-organ response to a physiological provocation. The noninvasive measures of cardiovascular parasympathetic function involve the assessment of heart rate variability while the measures of cardiovascular sympathetic function assess the blood pressure response to physiological stimuli. Tilt-table testing, with or without pharmacological provocation, has become an important tool in the assessment of a predisposition to neurally mediated (vasovagal) syncope, the postural tachycardia syndrome, and orthostatic hypotension. Distal, postganglionic, sympathetic cholinergic (sudomotor) function may be evaluated by provoking axon reflex mediated sweating, e.g., the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex (QSART) or the quantitative direct and indirect axon reflex (QDIRT). The thermoregulatory sweat test provides a nonlocalizing measure of global pre- and postganglionic sudomotor function. Frequency domain analyses of heart rate and blood pressure variability, microneurography, and baroreflex assessment are currently research tools but may find a place in the clinical assessment of autonomic function in the future.

Author : C. J. Mathias,Roger Bannister
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0192628518

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Autonomic Failure by C. J. Mathias,Roger Bannister Pdf

This fourth edition of Autonomic Failure (now available in paperback) covers the many recent advances made in our understanding of the autonomic nervous system. There are 20 new chapters and extensive revisions of all other contributions. Autonomic failure, fourth edition makes diagnosis increasingly precise by fully evaluating the underlying anatomical and functional deficits, thereby allowing more effective treatment. This new edition continues to provide practitioners from a variety of fields, including neurology, cardiology, geriatric medicine, diabetology, and internal medicine, with a rational guide to aid in the recognition and management of autonomic disorders. The book starts with an updated classification of autonomic disorders and a history of the autonomic nervous system. The first two sections of the book deal with the fundamental aspects of autonomic structure, function, and integration. There are new chapters dealing with neurobiology, nerve growth factors, genetic mutations, neural and hormonal control of the cerebral circulation, innervation of the lung, and pathophysiological mechanisms causing nausea and vomiting. Advances in the clinical management of autonomic disorders are critically dependent on the bridge made between the basic and applied sciences.

Author : Msm Kelly Freeman,MD Phd Goldstein,MD Charles R. Thmpson
Publisher : Bardolf
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1938842243

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The Dysautonomia Project by Msm Kelly Freeman,MD Phd Goldstein,MD Charles R. Thmpson Pdf

"The Dysautonomia Project" is a much needed tool for physicians, patients, or caregivers looking to arm themselves with the power of knowledge. It combines current publications from leaders in the field of autonomic disorders with explanations for doctors and patients about the signs and symptoms, which will aid in reducing the six-year lead time to diagnosis.

Author : Alan B. Ettinger,Deborah M. Weisbrot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107014558

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Neurologic Differential Diagnosis by Alan B. Ettinger,Deborah M. Weisbrot Pdf

"There is an apocryphal story of an eminent neurology professor who was asked to provide a differential diagnosis. He allegedly quipped: "I can't give you a differential diagnosis. If you wish I will give you a list of wrong diagnoses followed by the right diagnosis." Sadly, this sort of arrogance pervaded our field, particularly in the era before there were accurate diagnostic methods and effective treatments of neurological diseases. Fortunately, this sort of pomposity is now relegated to the past and remains only as an antique reminder of a type of hubris that precluded discovery and progress in diseases of the nervous system"--