Analyzing preventive strategies as well as emerging trends in the bacteriology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of disease, this references explores factors that lead to the development of severe pneumonia, the most effective treatment methods for the condition, and recent efforts to improve disease outcomes-describing patients at risk for severe pneumonia, mortality predictors in ventilator-associated pneumonia, and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit.

This detailed monograph encompasses the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, and complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). With coverage unparalleled elsewhere, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease concentrates on various disorders sharing the common pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux, including disorders of the esophagus, oropharynx, larynx, and upper respiratory tract.

Practical Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is the only text available that provides detailed instructions of all practical aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures in children.
It gives detailed descriptions of the investigation, diagnosis and therapeutic pediatric GI endoscopy treatments with special attention to the differences between instruments used for adults and for pediatric patients

After headache, vertigo and dizziness is the second most common complaint of patients. Vertigo is not a disease entity, but rather an unspecific syndrome consisting of various disorders with different causes. Most syndromes of vertigo can only be correctly diagnosed by means of a careful medical history and physical examination of the patient. The majority of these cases have a benign cause, a favorable natural course, and a positive response to therapy

In the face of the rapid developments in sleep medicine, this book seeks to present the current knowledge in the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep apnea. New physiological approaches to modeling sleep and recent pathophysiologic findings in upper airway mechanics as well as the importance of inflammatory and oxidative processes and the underlying genetic aspects are discussed to open up new avenues of investigation for better understanding and improved therapeutic options.