Nephrology
(1) Division of Nephrology and Transplant Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Acute Renal Failure: Pre-renal NEJM 2007 357:8 Differential Diagnosis TRUE INTRAVASCULAR FLUID LOSS…
GENERAL & FAMILY MEDICINE
Critical Care
(1) Divisions of Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada Intensive Care Issues ICU Admission Criteria NEED FOR FREQUENT OR CONTINUOUS…
Outlook and Expert Recommendations for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 13.1 The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system algorithm for Hepatocellular Carcinoma—Revised 2011 [3] The BCLC Staging System Algorithm provides a flow chart that was designed for the…
The Digital Patient Model and Model Guided Therapy
Fig. 2.1 The structure of the therapy imaging and model management system (TIMMS) that may provide much of the IT framework for personalized medicine. The kernel for workflow and knowledge…
Design of an IT System for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Fig. 12.1 The complete digital patient model provides a variety of views, or representations, of the patient depending on the specific tasks, requirements or areas of interest of the end-user…
Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Patient Assessment
Fig. 3.1 Triage algorithm for patients with suspected hepatocellular carcinoma In most cases, the clinical presentation will suggest whether the patient is at risk for primary or metastatic liver cancer….
Radiation Oncology in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Child-Pugh score > 10 < 800 cc of uninvolved liver Tumor < 0.5 cm from a hollow viscous Radiation tolerance parameters for uninvolved liver cannot be achieved Child-Pugh A: 500 cc of normal liver < 7 Gy, 1/3…
Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Catheter-Directed Therapies
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_10 10. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Catheter-Directed…
Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation Therapies
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_9 9. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation…
Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation Technologies
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Leonard Berliner and Heinz U. Lemke (eds.)An Information Technology Framework for Predictive, Preventive and Personalised MedicineAdvances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine810.1007/978-3-319-12166-6_8 8. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatocellular Cancer: Ablation…
