The #1 annually updated text in internal medicine -- trusted, authoritative, and essential to daily practice A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW "This book has the benefit of being updated yearly and thus has stood the test of time for recognizing what is helpful and what works. It is well worth the price and a great addition to a primary care practitioner's library."--Doody's Review Service CMDT delivers the most current insights into signs, symptoms, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders.... [Read More]
While palliative care has adopted a holistic approach to treatment, medication driven symptom management ostensibly forms the critical aspect of care. Pharmacological therapy can be extremely complex because these patients often have co-existing medical conditions in addition to symptoms caused by their terminal disease. The resulting polypharmacy can be daunting for professionals and can negatively impact on effectiveness of care.The practitioner requires a simple, easy to navigate reference source that provides succinct and pertinent drug information. This detailed yet concise handbook will appeal to a variety of healthcare professionals involved in the provision of palliative care and medicines... [Read More]
The first part of this book summarizes the rationale and the preclinical data for combined treatment with ionizing radiation and pharmaceutical agents. Individual chapters focus on forms of combined treatment, with due consideration being given to a range of drugs and to emerging combinations with small molecules and antibodies. The second part comprises a series of disease-specific chapters in which the clinical results of combined modality treatment are presented.
This practical reference provides a clinically oriented management guide to the secondary results of all major classes of psychotropic medications used in North America. Practical Management of the Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs · describes the symptoms, frequency, and treatment options to certain drug reactions · addresses general issues of side effect management, such as mechanisms of action, differential diagnosis, patient education, quality of life, and potential legal ramifications · explores which compounds are tolerated best in patients with dysthymia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and certain personality disorders · covers agents applied in the control of alcoholism and drug abuse... [Read More]
In everyday practice, anaesthetists can make use of a wide range of drug treatments, and require readily available and accessible information on the appropriate drug to use in any given situation.The second edition of Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care quickly established itself as an essential reference text for all anaesthetists, both trainees and consultants. The third edition of this book includes information on many new drugs, with information on many others revised. The book describes the pharmacokinetics and pharmodynamics of all the drugs commonly used by anaesthetists, all organised so as to allow rapid access to specific... [Read More]
The purpose of this book is to bring together the exciting basic science research and describe my new law on the biochemical origin of pain. Sota Omoigui’s Law of Pain states that:The origin of all pain is inflammation and the inflammatory response. This is the most significant advance in our understanding of Pain since the 1965 publication of the Gate Theory of Pain by Canadian psychologist Ronald Melzack and British physiologist Patrick Wall. In their paper titled "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory" , Melzack and Wall suggested a gating mechanism within... [Read More]
Bipolar disorder is also known as BPD or known as manic depression and it is a condition that's characterized by severe mood changing swings. Mood swings happens to everyone; but, a person that has bipolar disorder experiences extremes of both major depression and extreme enjoyment and over optimism.
This really is dangerous since the depression may be so extreme they can't seem to function through those times and also entertain or act on thoughts of suicide. However, the energized mood (upswing) can lead to high-risk behavior such as over spending, and activities they might not normally do.
Lots of persons with bipolar mood disorder may also enjoy times of normalcy in between the moodiness when they act and come to feel much as everybody else. Some people that have bipolar disorder may encounter mood swings more often and of short duration while others sometimes have lengthier durations of both moods.
BPD could start as early as the teen years however a diagnosis may be delayed since the mood swings could be ignored as typical teenager moodiness or attributed to ADHD. By the age of 25, the symptoms are more definite and a diagnosis made easier.
Complicating the diagnosis of BPD is that someone may experience combined states and have symptoms of both manic and depressive states present at once.
The cause of bipolar disorder is unknown, some doctors suggest there could be a hereditary connection but study results are not consistent. Even so, individuals who later develop bipolar disorder may show signs and symptoms in childhood. According to some research the symptoms are so subtle they can be easily mistaken as normal conduct or even another matter such as ADHD.
Adults suffering from bipolar disorder may have complications in most aspects of their life. The high periods induce them to be overly upbeat, participate in risk taking conduct, as well as become financially indiscrete or sexually promiscuous. The difficulties could be never-ending.
Throughout bouts of despair, the individual experiencing BPD may not be able to function or keep a job. Suicide is a risk also.
There are a lot of prescription drugs that might be used to care for BPD. The reason behind this is that although some prescription drugs work on some individuals, other people show absolutely no signs of improving.
Lithium is the only medicine shown to lessen the incidence of suicide in depressed BPD patients. The drug Lamotrigine has been shown to be effective in preventing depression symptoms in various bipolar patients. Antipsychotic prescription drugs can be utilized to combat agitation of the bipolar sufferer in the manic stages.
When symptoms are relieved and mood swings are in remission the affected person must still keep on using the medicine or backslide may occur. Some patients with BPD describe the effect of the medication as causing them to feel flat or stifled. This complicates treatment compliance with patients with bipolar disorder.
There are effective treatments options for individuals with bipolar disorder and mood stabilizers are a main portion of treatment to help stabilize the patient having bipolar disorder. Since the moodiness could be so destructive to personal relationships, financial well-being as well as work performance BPD is going to be treated aggressively in most cases.
Bundled medical card reader: ScanShell 800N Scanning image of insurance cards into a powerful database
MedicScan PRO is solution for scanning insurance cards. The medical insurance reader scans insurance cards and their image is saved into a powerful relational database.
MedicScan PRO features:
Catalog, sort and manage your database of scanned insurance card images.
Extracts card's image and saves it into a database.
Only few seconds per scan.
Let you keep both sides of the card images on the same patient record.
Export to various applications such as a patient management software,Word and Excel, etc., as well as emailed or sent by... [Read More]
The fourth edition of Medical Insurance: An Integrated Claims Process Approach is designed for medical insurance courses. The textbook provides medical assisting, medical insurance, and health information technology students with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully perform insurance and billing related duties. The chapters’ organization follows the medical billing process to enhance learning, moving from a comprehensive introductory chapter through processing RA/EOBs and handling patient collections. Every chapter has extensive illustrations, forms, and exercises to develop the required competencies as well as exercises to improve underlying essential math and communications skills. This... [Read More]
Bundled medical card scanner: ScanShell 800N
Scan the image of medical cards into a file
MedicScan with ScanShell 800N is a medical card scanner and software package. The medical card scanner dramatically improves the efficiency and productivity of your current operations and reduces human errors by automating the archiving process and transferring images of medical cards into patient's electronic forms.
Full automation of the scan process allows the user to chain-feed the medical cards to the Scanshell 800NR medical card scanner while image processing takes place in the background. When using the automatic card-feed detection, MedicScan launches the scan job immediately when... [Read More]
Keep current with all the latest changes with this complete resource! Trusted by medical insurance instructors and billers for more than 30 years, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office helps you excel at all aspects of insurance billing for a full range of today's health care plans. In full color, this edition includes all the new regulations, such as the latest information on HIPAA, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, bill collection strategies, and Medicare.Meticulously reviewed by a panel of industry experts. Emphasis on the business of running a medical office highlights the importance of the medical insurance specialist's role in filing... [Read More]
Get the real-life practice you need to prepare for a successful career! Designed to support Fordney's Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 11th Edition, this workbook parallels the material in the textbook, and provides realistic, hands-on exercises that help you apply concepts and develop important critical-thinking skills. A companion Evolve website includes patient simulations for additional practice in real-world billing.Online Student Software Challenge contains 10 patient cases that you can use to complete the CMS-1500 claim form. Self-study review exercises include matching, true/false, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions to help you remember important material. Critical-thinking assignments help you apply theory to... [Read More]
Trusted by medical insurance specialists for more than 30 years, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office helps you excel at all aspects of insurance billing for a full range of today's health care plans. This edition helps you keep pace with industry changes, featuring the latest information on HIPAA regulations, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, office and insurance collection strategies, Medicare, and more. The accompanying Student Workbook with CD-ROM (sold separately) lets you practice "real world" billing with patient simulations using Altapoint and the Student Software Challenge.Procedural (CPT and HCPCS) and diagnostic (ICD-9-CM) coding and documentation are emphasized, since they are... [Read More]
This digital document is an article from Leader's Edge, published by Michigan Association of CPAs on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 500 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details Title: Health savings accounts: another option for medical costs.(Association Briefs) Publication:Leader's Edge (Magazine/Journal) Date: September 1, 2004 Publisher: Michigan Association of CPAs Page: NA
