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Author : David Wright,The Hospital for Sick Kids
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781442667570

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SickKids by David Wright,The Hospital for Sick Kids Pdf

Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is the most famous medical institution in Canada. In addition to being the largest pediatric centre in North America, it has earned an international reputation for clinical care and research that has influenced generations of health care practitioners across the country and around the world. In a very real sense, hospital staff have touched the lives of tens of thousands of children and their families. SickKids has an equally remarkable history - from its humble origins in rented houses in Victorian Toronto, the Hospital would flourish to become an influential paediatric institution, pioneering Pasteurization, the Iron Lung for Polio, Pablum, the Mustard Procedure for 'Blue Babies', and the discovery of the gene for Cystic Fibrosis. It would also be the site of two of most famous medical controversies in modern Canadian history -- the suspected murder of two dozen babies in the early 1980s and, more recently, the whistle-blowing controversy involving the research scientist, Nancy Olivieri. David Wright’s History of The Hospital for Sick Children chronicles this remarkable history of the SickKids, including its triumphs and tragedies, its discoveries and dead-ends. In doing so, Wright has crafted a compelling and accessible history of SickKids that anchors Toronto's children's hospital within the broader changes affecting Canadian society and medical practice over the last century.

Author : Victor S. Blanchette,Vicky R. Breakey,Shoshana Revel-Vilk
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783318021974

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SickKids Handbook of Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis by Victor S. Blanchette,Vicky R. Breakey,Shoshana Revel-Vilk Pdf

SickKids Handbook of Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis takes the reader through the entire field of paediatric thrombosis and hemostasis. This practical reference book will be a convenient, comprehensive, source of information and provides up-to-date, evidence-based guidance in the diagnosis and management of inherited and acquired bleeding disorders and thrombotic events of the venous, arterial, cardiac and central nervous systems that affect children, including the neonate. Written and reviewed by international experts in the field, SickKids Handbook of Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis will guide health care professionals involved in the assessment and care of children with all types of bleeding and clotting disorders, including general and specialist pediatricians, in particular intensivists, neonatologists, cardiologists/cardiac surgeons, rheumatologists and nephrologists; hematologists/oncologists as well as nurses, nurse practitioners and pharmacists. Written in a user-friendly, algorithmic approach, the resource will serve students and trainees and assist teachers in developing practical lessons.

Author : Hannah Moskowitz
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781640637368

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Sick Kids In Love by Hannah Moskowitz Pdf

An ALA Sydney Taylor Award Honoree A Junior Library Guild Selection Isabel has one rule: no dating. It’s easier— It’s safer— It’s better— —for the other person. She’s got issues. She’s got secrets. She’s got rheumatoid arthritis. But then she meets another sick kid. He’s got a chronic illness Isabel’s never heard of, something she can’t even pronounce. He understands what it means to be sick. He understands her more than her healthy friends. He understands her more than her own father who’s a doctor. He’s gorgeous, fun, and foul-mouthed. And totally into her. Isabel has one rule: no dating. It’s complicated— It’s dangerous— It’s never felt better— —to consider breaking that rule for him.

Author : Pier Bryden, M.D.,Peter Szatmari, M.D.
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781508257929

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Start Here by Pier Bryden, M.D.,Peter Szatmari, M.D. Pdf

From two of the top child and adolescent psychiatrists at The Hospital for Sick Children comes an accessible guide to common mental health struggles, such as anxiety and depression, for any parent wondering how to help their child. Is my child okay? Is she eating and sleeping enough? Is he hanging out with the right people? Should I be worried that she spends all her time in her room? Is this just a phase? Or a sign of something serious? As parents, we worry about our children—about their physical health, performance at school, the types of friends they have, and, of course, their mental health. Every day seems to bring new and expanding issues and disorders and troubling statistics about the rise of mental illness in children and teens. It’s usually obvious what to do for physical injuries like broken bones, but when it comes to our children’s mental health, the answers are much less clear, and sometimes even contradictory. Pier Bryden and Peter Szatmari, top child and adolescent psychiatrists, are here to help. Using their combined six decades working with families and kids—and their own experiences as parents—they break down the stigma of mental health illness and walk parents through the warning signs, risk factors, prevention strategies, and the process of diagnosis and treatment for mental health challenges arising from: –Eating disorders –Anxiety –Psychosis –Sleep Disorders –Substance Use Disorders –ADHD –Autism –Depression –Trauma –Suicidal thoughts and behaviors The most important thing to remember as a parent is that you and your child are not alone. Wellness is a continuum, and there is a lot parents can do to bring their child back to a place of safety. The road ahead isn’t always easy or straightforward, but this guidebook offers essential advice that every parent needs to advocate for their child.

Author : Oussama Abla
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781449618124

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The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology by Oussama Abla Pdf

The Handbook for Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology provides a practical approach to the clinical management of problems unique to childhood cancer and its therapy. It is expertly written by thirty-two pediatricians and allied health care professionals, and features 19 concise chapters organized alphabetically by organ system. Topics unique to this handbook include state-of-art information on the management of chemotherapy induced nausea, practical approaches to abdominal pain, and common psychiatric issues in pediatric oncology. An essential resource for all pediatric residents, fellows, practicing phyisicians, and nurse practitioners, this handbook is a comprehensive yet concise reference to the specific acute complications of pediatric cancer, hematologic emergencies, symptom management, and cancer therapy.

Author : The Hospital for Sick Children,Shawna Silver,Deborah Schonfeld,Siobhán Neville,Catherine Diskin
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1347 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323713412

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The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics by The Hospital for Sick Children,Shawna Silver,Deborah Schonfeld,Siobhán Neville,Catherine Diskin Pdf

Practical and pocket sized, The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics has been a trusted clinical reference for more than 50 years. The fully revised 12th Edition continues this tradition of excellence with succinct, easily accessible, and evidence-based answers for the diagnosis and management of pediatric patients. Get the reliable information you need from staff pediatricians, specialists, residents, and fellows at one of the top pediatric hospitals in the world. Provides the most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to pediatric clinical problems using evidence-based guidelines. Contains new chapters on mental health and technology and medical complexity. Offers quick access to comprehensive information on urgent situations in a six-chapter Acute Care section devoted to pediatric emergencies. Includes abundant algorithms for bedside diagnoses and management of various scenarios. Offers fast access to key information such as normal reference values for various ages and sizes of pediatric patients, common equations and normal vital signs, and resuscitation drugs. Widely used by medical students, residents, practicing pediatricians, family physicians, emergency physicians, nurses, and other interdisciplinary practitioners.

Author : Ernest Cutz,David Wencer
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525561344

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The Unsung Heroes of Paediatric Medicine by Ernest Cutz,David Wencer Pdf

Within the world of medicine, the work the pathologist does is integral to positive patient outcomes, but it is rare for the pathologist to actually have any interaction with their patients. Thus, their work can often go unrecognized and uncelebrated. The Unsung Heroes of Paediatric Medicine paints a broad portrait of the myriad facets that go into the making of a superb department of paediatric pathology. Not only is it the science, but it is also the people that helped to make a department such as this grow and flourish, becoming one of the best, if not the best, in North America. Within these pages, Dr. Cutz walks the reader through a century of pediatric pathology at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Building on both personal experience and archival material, Dr. Cutz’s memoir touches on the history of pathology and the evolution of pediatric pathology, then moves into a detailed overview of both the leadership and staff of the Department of Pathology at Sick Kids Hospital. In addition, readers can follow Dr. Cutz’s personal journey from his research fellowship to his beginnings as a staff pathologist, ending with his research advances and breakthroughs all made whilst a pathologist at Sick kids. Unsung Heroes also touches on controversies, tragedies, and challenging events from the hospital's history, including digoxin, the Olivieri affair, the rise and fall of Charles Smith, and the Mother Risk controversy, among others.

Author : Jeremy Friedman,Norman Saunders
Publisher : Robert Rose
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0778801608

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Baby Care Book by Jeremy Friedman,Norman Saunders Pdf

A guide to caring for a baby covers such topics as feeding, sleep habits, discipline, healthcare, and play.

Author : Miriam Shuchman
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Clinical Trials
ISBN : 9780679310846

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The Drug Trial by Miriam Shuchman Pdf

Winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the Canadian Science Writers' Association's Science in Society Book Award. Poison-pen letters, possible medical misconduct and a swirl of competing accusations that led to two inquiries – the Olivieri affair ended careers and shook the international research establishment. A riveting anatomy of Canada’s most controversial drug trial, by the medical journalist who helped break the story. In August 1998, a medical scandal erupted in the national and international media whose consequences still reverberate. A charismatic young doctor named Nancy Olivieri, working with young people who suffered from a rare blood disorder, stated that she had discovered serious problems with an experimental drug manufactured by Canada’s largest drug company, Apotex. Though her research contract required her to remain silent, she decided she had no choice but to warn the patients enrolled in her trials. Apotex retaliated by cancelling her research and slamming her reputation. In the aftermath, Olivieri became a whistleblower applauded in academia and the media for standing up to powerful corporate interests. The Olivieri affair spawned two inquiries and multiple lawsuits, but the full story of Canada’s biggest science scandal has never been told – until now. In the hands of psychiatrist and medical journalist Miriam Shuchman, the debacle over the pill called L1 is revealed as a modern morality play in which every crack in the system of scientific research, corporate financing and peer review stands out in stark relief. By talking with the people whom both Olivieri and Apotex wanted to heal – the young men and women struggling to have normal lives despite debilitating treatment – Shuchman also brings us the moving story of the toll on patients’ health when battles break out among the physicians and researchers aiming to heal them.

Author : Angelo Mikrogianakis,Rahim Valani,Adam Cheng
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0781778166

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The Hospital for Sick Children Manual of Pediatric Trauma by Angelo Mikrogianakis,Rahim Valani,Adam Cheng Pdf

Written by physicians from Toronto's internationally renowned Hospital for Sick Children, this manual presents practical, evidence-based guidelines on the evaluation and management of a wide range of traumatic injuries in children. The authors' recommendations are based on their extensive clinical experience and reviews of the most recent literature, and presented in a concise, accessible format. Chapters are written in bulleted outline format and include boxed and highlighted "Trauma Pearls," as well as detailed and up-to-date algorithms and flow charts. Numerous illustrations and tables help the reader understand key points. Extensive reading lists appear at the end of each chapter.

Author : Laura Sampietro-Colom,Janet Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319392059

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Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment by Laura Sampietro-Colom,Janet Martin Pdf

A timely work describing how localized hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) complements general, ‘arms-length’ HTA agency efforts, and what has been the collective global impact of HB-HTA across the globe. While HB-HTA has gained significant momentum over the past few years, expertise in the field, and information on the operation and organization of HB-HTA, has been scattered. This book serves to bring this information together to inform those who are currently working in the field of HTA at the hospital, regional, national or global level. In addition, this book is intended for decision-makers and policy-makers with a stake in determining the uptake and decommissioning of new and established technologies in the hospital setting. HTA has traditionally been performed at the National/Regional level by HTA Agencies, typically linked to governments. Yet hospitals are the main entry door for most health technologies (HTs). Hospital decision-makers must undertake multiple high stakes investment and disinvestment decisions annually for innovative HTs, usually without adequate information. Despite the existence of arms-length HTA Agencies, inadequate information is available to hospital decision-makers either because relevant HTA reports are not yet released at the time of entry of new technologies to the field, or because even when the report exists, the information contained is insufficient to clarify the contextualized informational needs of hospital decision makers. Therefore, there has recently been a rising trend toward hospital-based HTA units and programs. These units/programs complement the work of National/Regional HTA Agencies by providing the key and relevant evidence needed by hospital decision makers in their specific hospital context, and within required decision-making timelines. The emergence of HB-HTA is creating a comprehensive HTA ecosystem across health care levels, which creates better bridges for knowledge translation through relevance and timeliness.

Author : Mark Shulman
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781623540944

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All You Need Is a Pencil: The Totally Sick Sick-Day Activity Book by Mark Shulman Pdf

A perfect, device-free remedy to what to do when the kids are home from school sick, offering hours of unplugged entertainment. Ideal for resting in bed, recuperating on the couch, or curling up with the dog on a sick day, the All You Need Is a Pencil series provides hours of fun with no screentime or electronic device required. Dozens of activities, quizzes, games, and puzzles will keep kids busy when a temperature has kept them home from school. Learn about famous doctors, unscramble medical marvels, and solve sickly problems while on the mend.

Author : Jeremy Friedman,Natasha Saunders,Norman Saunders
Publisher : Robert Rose
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Children
ISBN : 0778804607

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The A to Z of Children's Health by Jeremy Friedman,Natasha Saunders,Norman Saunders Pdf

An indispensable reference which is sure to become the go-to health and wellness guide for parents.

Author : Gavin Hamilton
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781459700598

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The Nurses Are Innocent by Gavin Hamilton Pdf

Gavin Hamilton’s research shows that a toxin found in natural rubber might well have been the culprit in the 43 babies’ deaths at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in 1980–81. In 1980-81, 43 babies died at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children from a supposed digoxin overdose. Serial murder was suspected, leading to the arrest of nurse Susan Nelles. In order to clear Nelles’s name, an investigation was launched to find an alternate explanation. No one on the Grange Royal Commission of Inquiry had expertise in diagnosis. The post-mortem diagnosis of digoxin poisoning was based on a single biochemical test without knowledge of the normal values. Gavin Hamilton’s extensive research shows that a toxin found in natural rubber, a digoxin-like substance, might well have been the culprit in the babies’ deaths. He clearly demonstrates that explanations other than serial murder account for the cluster of infant deaths at HSC. What can be learned from this black stain on Canada’s judicial system? One lesson certainly stands out: we can’t ever again allow a group of unqualified amateur diagnosticians make life-and-death decisions about such important matters as potential serial murders.

Author : Jeremy Friedman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Child care
ISBN : 0778802108

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Canada's Toddler Care Book by Jeremy Friedman Pdf