cover image - Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9780323443845
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 10-16-2017
Page Count: 716
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $90.99

Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition

by James W. Little, DMD, MS, Craig Miller, DMD, MS and Nelson L. Rhodus, DMD, MPH

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9780323443845
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 10-16-2017
Page Count: 716
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $90.99
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Show your students how to provide dental care to any patient, regardless of existing medical conditions. Little and Falace’s Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, 9th Edition, has been thoroughly revised to give students and dental professionals alike the information they need to assess common problems, and make safe and healthy dental management decisions. The new addition includes expanded coverage of women’s health issues and introduces a process for developing a medical-risk source. Also, each chapter features vivid illustrations and well-organized tables to give students in-depth details and overall summaries that help them get to the root of their future patients’ needs.

Newer Edition Available

    • NEW! Thoroughly revised content provides students and clinicians with the most current, evidence-based information they need to make dental management decisions.
    • NEW! Evidence-based process for creating a medical-risk score enables students to determine whether the benefit of treatment outweighs the risk of a complication.
    • NEW! Expanded coverage of women’s health issues addresses issues specific to women that can impact dental management.
    • Logical organization of conditions makes it easy for students to understand and follow the material as they prepare to treat patients.
    • Standardized assessment process helps students ascertain the severity and stability of common medical disorders.
    • Dental management summary table summarizes important factors for consideration in the dental management of medically compromised patients.
    • Over 400 color images provide a visual guide and highlight key information.
    • Dental management box in each chapter allows students to locate key information for evaluating a medically compromised patient.
    • NEW! Thoroughly revised content provides you with the most current, evidence-based information you need to make dental management decisions.
    • NEW! Evidence-based process for creating a medical-risk score enables you to determine whether the benefit of treatment outweighs the risk of a complication.
    • NEW! Expanded coverage of women’s health issues addresses issues specific to women that can impact dental management.
  • PART ONE: PATIENT EVALUATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
    1: Patient Evaluation and Risk Assessment

    PART TWO: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
    2: Infective Endocarditis
    3: Hypertension
    4: Ischemic Heart Disease
    5: Cardiac Arrhythmias
    6: Heart Failure (or Congestive Heart Failure)

    PART THREE: PULMONARY DISEASE
    7: Pulmonary Disease
    8: Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation
    9: Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

    PART FOUR: GASTROINTESTIAL DISEASE
    10: Liver Disease
    11: Gastrointestinal Disease

    PART FIVE: GENITOURINARY DISEASE
    12: Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis
    13: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    PART SIX: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASE
    14: Diabetes Mellitus
    15: Adrenal Insufficiency
    16: Thyroid Diseases
    17: Pregnancy and Breast Feeding

    PART SEVEN: IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASE
    18: AIDS, HIV Infection, and Related Conditions
    19: Allergy
    20: Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders
    21: Organ and Bone Marrow Transplantation

    PART EIGHT: HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE
    22: Disorders of Red Blood Cells
    23: Disorders of White Blood Cells
    24: Acquired Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders
    25: Congenital Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders
    26: Cancer and Oral Care of the Patient

    PART NINE: NEUROLOGIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
    27: Neurologic Disorders
    28: Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Behavioral Reactions to Illness
    29: Psychiatric Disorders
    30: Drug and Alcohol Abuse

    APPENDICES
    Appendix A: Guide to Management of Common Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office
    Appendix B: Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health Care Settings
    Appendix C: Therapeutic Management of Common Oral Lesions
    Appendix D: Drug Interactions of Significance to Dentistry
    Appendix E: Alternative and Complementary Medicine of Potential Importance in Dentistry

  • James W. Little, DMD, MS, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry-Minneapolis, MN, Craig Miller, DMD, MS, University of Kentucky, Department of Oral Health Science, College of Dentistry, Lexington, Kentucky and Nelson L. Rhodus, DMD, MPH, Morse Distinguished Professor and Director, Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology, University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry and College of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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