Obtaining the perspective of the tuberculosis patients attending diagnostic services in Yemen : a qualitative study employing in-depth interviews and focus group discussions / by Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel, Theobald, Sally, Al-Sonboli, Najla, Al-Aghbari, Nasher

Subjects: “…Tuberculosis Diagnosis Yemen (Republic) Research Case studies.…”
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AIDS crisis in Africa : health care transmissions : hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session on examining the federal role in combating the global transmission of AIDS, in Africa, focusing on issues relating to research, prevention, care, and treatment, HIV transmission through unsafe medical practices, and global control of tuberculosis and malaria, March 27, 2003.

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Chest radiology : a resident's manual / by Kirchner, Johannes, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Acute Bronchitis; Chronic Bronchitis; Bronchiolitis; Obstructive Form; Proliferative Form; Bronchiectasis; Pulmonary Emphysema; "Acute Emphysema" (Volumen Pulmonum Auctum); Senile Emphysema; Emphysema in the Strict Sense; Associated Phenomena; Special Cases; Review Cases; 2 Bronchitis; General; Alveolar Pneumonia; Excursus: Alveolar Pattern; Lobar Pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia; Interstitial Pneumonia: Viral Pneumonia; Opportunistic Lung Infections; Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia; Pulmonary Aspergillosis; Tuberculosis; Primary Tuberculosis; Miliary Tuberculosis; Reactivation; Healing; Review Cases.…”
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Chest radiology : a resident's manual / by Kirchner, Johannes, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Acute BronchitisChronic Bronchitis; Bronchiolitis; Obstructive Form; Proliferative Form; Bronchiectasis; Pulmonary Emphysema; "Acute Emphysema" (Volumen Pulmonum Auctum); Senile Emphysema; Emphysema in the Strict Sense; Associated Phenomena; Special Cases; Review Cases; 2 Bronchitis; General; Alveolar Pneumonia; Excursus: Alveolar Pattern; Lobar Pneumonia; Bronchopneumonia; Interstitial Pneumonia: Viral Pneumonia; Opportunistic Lung Infections; Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia; Pulmonary Aspergillosis; Tuberculosis; Primary Tuberculosis; Miliary Tuberculosis; Reactivation; Healing; Review Cases.…”
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Ethics for international medicine : a practical guide for aid workers in developing countries / by Wall, Anji E.

Table of Contents: “…-- Approaching Ethical Issues -- Applying the Approach -- ch. 1 Medical Facts -- Different Medical Conditions -- Case 1.1 Vesico-Vaginal Fistula Repair Surgery -- Language Differences -- Case 1.2 Informed Consent for Tubal Ligation Surgery -- Communication Barriers -- Case 1.3 Fall from a Mango Tree -- Different Medical Beliefs -- Case 1.4 Sorcery and Tuberculosis -- Traditional Healers -- Case 1.5 Bush Thoracotomies -- ch. 2 Goals and Values -- Different Goals -- Case 2.1 Aggressive Neonatal Resuscitation -- Different Organizational Goals -- Case 2.2 Research Participation -- Conflicting Values among Stakeholders -- Case 2.3 An Infant with Cholera -- Conflicting Individual Values -- Case 2.4 Evacuating a Dangerous Area -- Competing Cultural Values -- Case 2.5 Providing Supplies for Female Genital Mutilation -- ch. 3 Norms -- Disagreements about Bioethical Norms -- Case 3.1 Veracity and the Dying Patient -- The Challenge of Justice -- Case 3.2 A Young Boy with AIDS -- Competing Professional Norms -- Case 3.3 Medical Student Involvement -- Different Professional Norms -- Case 3.4 Rural Outreach Clinics -- Different Legal Norms -- Case 3.5 Amputation for Sharia Law -- ch. 4 Limitations -- Limited Resources -- Case 4.1 Chronic Hypertension -- Limited Access to Health Care -- Case 4.2 Treating Tuberculosis -- Limited Medical Personnel -- Case 4.3 Protracted and Obstructed Labor -- Limited Time -- Case 4.4 Ear Camp -- Multiple Limitations -- Case 4.5 Postoperative Care for Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery -- EPILOGUE -- The Complexity of International Medicine -- Practical Use of the Case Methodology -- Preparation and Reflection -- A Note on Organizational Structure -- The Promise of International Medicine.…”
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Low income, social growth, and good health : a history of twelve countries / by Riley, James C.

Table of Contents: “…-- A colonizer and the country colonized : Japan and Korea -- Very low income is not a barrier : Sri Lanka -- Two neighbors : Panama and Costa Rica -- Capitalism and communism, dictatorship and democracy : Cuba and Jamaica -- The Soviet and Chinese models of social development -- Oil-rich lands -- The Latin American case : income inequality and health in Mexico -- Limiting mortality from fecal disease, malaria, and tuberculosis.…”

Consultations in infectious disease : a case based approach to diagnosis and management / by Caplivski, Daniel

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Atlas of AIDS co-infection /

Table of Contents: “…Imaging findings of bacterial pneumonia in AIDS -- Imaging findings of AIDS with pulmonary rhodococcus equi disease -- Imaging manifestation of pulmonary candidiasis in AIDS -- Imaging findings of pulmonary aspergillosis in AIDS -- Imaging findings of pulmonary mucormycosis in AIDS -- Imaging findings of pulmonary cryptococcosis in AIDS -- Imaging features of penicilliosis marneffei in AIDS -- Imaging findings of pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in AIDS -- Imaging findings of pulmonary mycobacterium tuberculosis in AIDS -- Imaging findings of NTM pulmonary infection in AIDS -- Imaging findings of CMV pneumonia in AIDS -- Imaging features of multiple microbial pulmonary infections in AIDS -- Imaging findings of AIDS-related lymphoma -- Abdominal CT findings in AIDS -- Abdomen-thorax imaging findings of pediatric AIDS -- CT diagnoses and differential diagnoses of mediastinal hilar lymphadenopathy in AIDS patients -- CT diagnoses and differential diagnoses of cavitary pulmonary diseases in AIDS patients -- The CT diagnosis and differential diagnosis of disseminated miliary nodules in AIDS patients.…”
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Outbreak : cases in real-world microbiology / by Anderson, Rodney P.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; About the Author; Section I Outbreaks and Cases Emphasizing Concepts in Basic Microbiology; Outbreak 1 Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreaks ; Outbreak 2 Outbreak of a Mycoplasmal Pneumonia; Outbreak 3 Hickman Catheter-Related Infections in a Hemato-Oncologic Department ; Outbreak 4 A Gang-Related Outbreak of Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea; Outbreak 5 Skin Rash Caused by Pseudomonas and Associated with Pools and Hot Tubs…”
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Ethics in clinical practice / by Ahronheim, Judith C.

Table of Contents: “…Cases -- Case 1: A religious objection to a blood transfusion -- Case 2: Determining if a patient has decisional capacity -- Case 3: Urgent surgery in a stuporous patient: the use and limitations of advance directives -- Case 4: Management of life-threatening illness: an intensive care unit patient with uncertain decisional capacity -- Case 5: "Don't Tell Mother": withholding information from a patient -- Case 6: Alternative medicine for a patient with advanced cancer -- Case 7: Painful treatment for a severely retarded man -- Case 8: Withdrawing mechanical ventilation at the request of a patient with decisional capacity -- Case 9: Withholding tube feeding in a woman with advanced dementia -- Case 10: A religious objection to the determination of brain death -- Case 11: A teenager with prolonged unconsciousness -- Case 12: Resuscitation decision in a patient with lung cancer -- Case 13: Dispute over DNR status in a patient who wants palliative surgery -- Case 14: Suicide risk in a managed care patient -- Case 15: Assisted suicide in a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Case 16: A married man contracts syphilis -- Case 17: A house-bound woman with tuberculosis -- Case 18: Surgical delay in a patient infected with HIV -- Case 19: An elderly driver -- Case 20: A difficult patient and the limits of provider obligations -- Case 21: "Do Everything": physician obligations in the face of family demands -- Case 22: A man with alcoholic cirrhosis wants a liver transplant -- Case 23: Genetic testing in a woman with a family history of breast cancer -- Case 24: Assisted reproduction in a woman with strong religious beliefs -- Case 25: Prenatal counseling of a pregnant woman at risk for HIV infection -- Case 26: A pregnant woman using cocaine -- Case 27: Tracheoesophageal fistula in a newborn with Down Syndrome -- Case 28: Determination of death in a newborn -- Case 29: A religious objection to a child's medical treatment -- Case 30: A teenager who wants cosmetic surgery -- Case 31: An adolescent with cancer who wants to discontinue medical treatment.…”

Clinical manifestations and assessment of respiratory disease / by Des Jardins, Terry R., Burton, George G., 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Assessment of cardiopulmonary disease -- Bedside diagnosis -- The patient interview -- The physical examination -- The pathophysiologic basis for common clinical manifestations -- Clinical data obtained from laboratory tests and special procedures-objective findings -- Pulmonary function testing -- Blood gas assessment -- Assessment of oxygenation -- Assessment of the cardiovascular system -- Radiologic examination of the chest -- Other important tests and procedures -- The therapist-driven protocol program-the essentials -- The therapist-driven protocol program -- Respiratory insufficiency, respiratory failure, and ventilatory management protocols -- Recording skills and intraprofessional communication -- Obstructive lung disease -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema -- Asthma -- Cystic fibrosis -- Bronchiectasis -- Loss of alveolar volume -- Atelectasis -- Infectious pulmonary diseases -- Pneumonia, lung abscess formation, and important fungal diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Pulmonary vascular disease -- Pulmonary edema -- Pulmonary vascular disease: pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension -- Chest and pleural trauma -- Flail chest -- Pneumothorax -- Disorders of the pleura and the chest wall -- Pleural effusion and empyema -- Kyphoscoliosis -- Lung cancer -- Cancer of the lung -- Environmental lung diseases -- Interstitial lung diseases -- Diffuse alveolar disease -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Neuro-respiratory disorders -- Guillain-barre syndrome -- Myasthenia gravis -- Cardiopulmonary assessment and care of patients with neuromuscular disease -- Sleep-related breathing disorders -- Sleep apnea -- Newborn and early childhood cardiopulmonary disorders -- Newborn assessment and management -- Pediatric assessment and management -- Meconium aspiration syndrome -- Transient tachypnea of the newborn -- Respiratory distress syndrome -- Pulmonary air leak syndrome -- Respiratory syncytial virus infection (bronchitiolitis) -- Chronic lung disease of infancy -- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Congenital heart diseases -- Croup and croup-like syndromes: laryngotracheobronchitis, bacterial tracheitis, and acute epiglottitis -- Other important topics -- Near drowning/wet drowning -- Smoke inhalation, thermal lung injuries, and carbon monoxide intoxication…”

Clinical case studies in home health care / by Neal-Boylan, Leslie

Table of Contents: “…Clinical Case Studiesin Home Health Care; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section 1: Introduction; Theoretical Frameworks That Support Home Care; Managing the Complexities of Home Health Care; Transitioning; The Home Visit; Section 2: Cardiac; Case 2.1 Congestive heart failure; Case 2.2 Atrial fibrillation; Case 2.3 Wound following a coronary artery bypass graft (cabg); Section 3: Peripheral Vascular Disease; Case 3.1 Peripheral vascular disease; Section 4: Pulmonary; Case 4.1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD); Case 4.2 Pneumonia; Case 4.3 Tuberculosis.…”
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When culture impacts health : global lessons for effective health research /

Table of Contents: “…Tacking between Disciplines: Approaches to Tuberculosis in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Tuvalu / Julie Park and Judith Littleton -- Cultural Epidemiology: The Example of Pari Village, Papua / Ian Maddocks -- Life and Well-Being under Historical Ecological Variation: The Epidemiology of Disease and of Representations / Robert Attenborough and Don Gardner -- Perceptions of Leprosy in the Orang Asli (Indigenous Minority) of Peninsular Malaysia / Juliet Bedford -- A Qualitative Exploration of Factors Affecting Uptake of Water Treatment Technology in Rural Bangladesh / Shaila Arman, Leanne Unicomb, and Stephen P. …”
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Achieving cultural competency : a case-based approach to training health professionals /

Table of Contents: “…Wiegers and Horace DeLisser -- Carl Jones : a 48-year-old homeless Caucasian man with chest pain and lung cancer / Lisa Bellini -- Maria Morales : a 57-year-old Mexican woman with type 2 diabetes / Desiree Lie and Charles Vega -- Maya Mohammad : a 16-year-old Arab-American teenager with leukemia / Amal Mohamed Osman Khidir, Alexander Chou, And Lyuba Konopasek -- Jon Le : a 48-year-old Korean man with cerebral hemorrhage / Scott Kasner and Horace DeLisser -- Nadia Rosenberg : a 53-year-old Russian woman with drug-resistant tuberculosis / Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman and Helen Abramova -- Isabel Delgado : a 47-year-old Dominican woman with hypertension / Debbie Salas-Lopez and Eric Gertner -- George Dennis : a 35-year-old African-American man with AIDS / Ronald G. …”
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Learning microbiology through clinical consultation / by Langdon, Berenice C., Breathnach, Aodhán S.

Table of Contents: “…Case 3.2 Pneumonia in the immunocompromisedCase 3.3 Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Case 3.4 Tuberculosis; Case 3.5 Influenza; Case 3.6 Bronchiolitis; Case 3.7 Croup; Case 3.8 Viral pneumonia; Chapter 4 Central nervous system; Case 4.1 Bacterial meningitis; Case 4.2 Viral meningitis; Case 4.3 Neurosyphilis; Chapter 5 Urinary; Case 5.1 Recurrent urinary tract infection; Case 5.2 Pyelonephritis; Case 5.3 Schistosomiasis; Chapter 6 Genital; Case 6.1 Pelvic inflammatory disease; Case 6.2 Urethral discharge; Case 6.3 HIV seroconversion; Case 6.4 Vaginal thrush…”
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