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Series Statement: Demographic Research Monographs

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The Need for Accurate Mortality Forecasts Is Greater Than Ever Before -- 1.2 Determinants and Dynamics of Life Expectancy - Pensions Are Upping the Ante for the Challenge Facing the Art of Projecting... -- 1.3 Cause of Death Forecasts -- 1.4 Period and Cohort Perspectives -- 1.5 Joint Forecasting of Mortality in Similar Populations -- 1.6 From Scenarios to Stochastic Modelling -- 1.7 How Conditions in Early Life Affect Mortality in Later Life -- 1.8 The Increasing Gap in Life Expectancy with Respect to Position in the Income Distribution -- References -- Part I: Current Practice -- Chapter 2: Life Expectancy Is Taking Center Place in Modern National Pension Schemes - A New Challenge for the Art of Projecti... -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Pension Economics - The Role of Mortality -- 2.3 NDC and FDC Schemes - And Life Expectancy -- 2.4 Itś More Important Than Ever to Project Life Expectancy Accurately -- 2.5 Final Comments -- References -- Chapter 3: Experiences from Forecasting Mortality in Finland -- 3.1 Modeen and Törnqvist -- 3.2 Official Forecasts -- 3.3 Predictive Distribution of Mortality -- 3.4 Applications -- References -- Chapter 4: Mortality Projections in Norway -- 4.1 A Brief Description of the Norwegian Population Projection Model -- 4.2 A Short History of Mortality Projections in Norway -- 4.3 Current Methodology of Mortality Projections -- 4.3.1 Target Life Expectancies -- 4.3.2 Difference in Target e0 for Males and Females -- 4.3.3 Life Expectancies in the First Projection Year -- 4.3.4 Path of e0 from the Initial Until the Target Year -- 4.3.5 Slope of e0 in the Target Year -- 4.3.6 Alternative Mortality Assumptions -- 4.3.7 Age Groups -- 4.3.8 Cohort Mortality -- 4.4 Age-Specific Trends in Mortality Rates -- 4.5 Projections of Age-Specific Mortality Rates. , 4.6 Projection Results -- References -- Chapter 5: Mortality Assumptions for Sweden. The 2000-2050 Population Projection -- 5.1 Mortality Projection in Sweden -- 5.2 Sharply Lower Mortality in 1950-1999 -- 5.3 Reasons for the Decline in Mortality in 1980-1999 -- 5.4 Higher Average Life Expectancy in 1950-1999 -- 5.5 Future Mortality -- 5.6 Assumptions Used in the Forecast for the Immediate Future -- 5.7 Assumptions Used in the Forecast for the Longer Term -- 5.8 Mortality Trends over the Period 1950-2050 -- 5.9 Higher Average Life Expectancy -- 5.10 Assumptions Regarding Mortality Trends in Some Countries -- 5.11 Alternative Assumptions -- Chapter 6: Forecasting Life Expectancy: The SCOPE Approach -- References -- Chapter 7: Mortality Forecasts. Comments on How to Improve Existing Models - An Epidemiologistś Perspective -- 7.1 Are the Lifespans of Relatives Correlated? -- 7.2 The Relative Effects of Genetic and Environmental Factors on Lifespan -- 7.3 Prediction of Mortality -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: The Need for Looking Far Back in Time When Predicting Future Mortality Trends -- References -- Part II: Probabilistic Models -- Chapter 9: Erroneous Population Forecasts -- 9.1 Forecast Accuracy -- 9.2 Why Population Forecasts Are Inaccurate -- 9.3 Empirical Evidence from Historical Forecasts -- 9.3.1 Forecasts Are More Accurate for Short Than for Long Forecast Durations -- 9.3.2 Forecasts Are More Accurate for Large Than for Small Populations -- 9.3.3 Forecasts of the Old and the Young Tend to Be Less Accurate Than Those of Intermediate Age Groups -- 9.3.4 Accuracy Differs Between Components and Regions -- 9.4 The Expected Accuracy of Current Forecasts -- 9.5 Probabilistic Forecasts: An Alternative to Forecast Variants -- 9.6 Challenges in Probabilistic Population Forecasting -- References. , Chapter 10: Remarks on the Use of Probabilities in Demography and Forecasting -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Binomial and Poisson Models -- 10.3 Random Rates -- 10.4 Handling of Trends -- 10.5 On Judgment and Subjectivity in Statistical Modeling -- 10.6 On the Interpretation of Probabilities -- 10.7 Eliciting Expert Views on Uncertainty -- References -- Chapter 11: An Expert Knowledge Approach to Stochastic Mortality Forecasting in the Netherlands -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Stochastic Population Forecasts: Methodology -- 11.2.1 An Analysis of Errors of Past Forecasts -- 11.2.2 Model-Based Estimate of Forecast Errors -- 11.2.3 Expert Judgement -- 11.3 Using Expert Knowledge -- 11.4 Expert Knowledge in the Dutch Stochastic Mortality Forecasts -- 11.5 Conclusions -- Appendix: An Explanatory Model for Dutch Mortality -- References -- Chapter 12: Stochastic Forecasts of Mortality, Population and Pension Systems -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Stochastic Forecasts -- 12.3 Mortality Forecasts -- 12.4 From Population to Pension Systems and Policy -- References -- Part III: The Linear Rise in Life Expectancy: History and Prospects -- Chapter 13: The Linear Rise in the Number of Our Days -- 13.1 Better Forecasts -- 13.2 Continuing Belief in Looming Limits -- References -- Chapter 14: Mortality Forecasts and Linear Life Expectancy Trends -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Linear Change in Life Expectancy over Long Historical Periods -- 14.3 What Is Fundamental, Age at Death or Risk of Death? -- 14.4 Using These Findings to Improve Mortality Forecasts -- 14.5 Considering National Mortality Change in an International Context -- 14.6 Extensions -- 14.6.1 Heterogeneous Targets -- 14.6.2 Heterogeneous Rates of Convergence -- 14.7 Forecasting Mortality -- References -- Chapter 15: Forecasting Life Expectancy: A Statistical Look at Model Choice and Use of Auxiliary Series. , 15.1 Why Forecast Life Expectancy? -- 15.2 Changes in Life Expectancy in 19 Industrialized Countries in 1950-2000 -- 15.3 Conditions on the Usefulness of an Auxiliary Series -- 15.4 Model Choice -- 15.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 16: Life Expectancy Convergence Among Nations Since 1820: Separating the Effects of Technology and Income -- 16.1 Limits and Convergence in Life Expectancy -- 16.2 The Classic Article: Preston (1975) -- 16.3 Extending the Analysis -- 16.4 New Data -- 16.5 National Effects: A Shopping Analogy -- 16.6 Multilevel Models -- 16.7 Model Results -- 16.8 National Patterns -- 16.9 Convergence -- 16.10 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 17: Linear Increase in Life Expectancy: Past and Present -- 17.1 Descriptive Overview -- 17.2 Causes -- 17.3 Summary and Discussion -- References -- Part IV: Causes of Death -- Chapter 18: How Useful Are the Causes of Death When Extrapolating Mortality Trends. An Update -- 18.1 Extrapolation of Mortality by Cause Risks Absurdity -- 18.2 Would More Sophisticated Methods Be Any Better? -- 18.2.1 A Better Adjustment of Chronological Series of Rates by Age -- 18.2.2 ``Age-Period ́́Adjustment (Lee-Carter Model) -- 18.2.3 ``Age-Period-Cohort ́́Adjustment (APC Model) -- 18.3 The Models Put to the Proof -- 18.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19: Forecasting Life Expectancy and Mortality in Sweden - Some Comments on Methodological Problems and Potential Appro... -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 The Relationships Between Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality -- 19.3 Extrapolating Mortality Trends or Predicting Disease-Specific Causes of Death -- 19.4 Predicting Mortality Based on Potential Elimination of Causes of Death -- 19.5 Predicting Mortality Based on Development of Risk Factors -- 19.6 Methodological Problems in Predicting Mortality Based on Risk Factor Predictions. , 19.7 Future Mortality and Longevity -- 19.8 Implications for the Future -- References -- Chapter 20: How Analysis of Mortality by Cause of Death Is Currently Influencing UK Forecasts -- 20.1 Mortality Improvement in the UK -- 20.2 Current Methodologies and Research in the UK -- 20.3 Understanding the ``UK Cohort Effect ́́-- 20.4 Modelling Mortality by Cause of Death -- 20.5 Implications and Conclusions -- References -- Part V: Cohort Factors: How Conditions in Early Life Influence Mortality Later in Life -- Chapter 21: A Life Course Perspective to the Modern Secular Mortality Decline and Socioeconomic Differences in Morbidity and M... -- 21.1 The Secular Mortality Decline: Early Life and Cohort Explanations and Their Indicators -- 21.2 Historical Trends and Socioeconomic Mortality Differences in a Life Course and Cohort Perspective -- 21.3 Cohort Effects on Mortality and Mortality Predictions: Indicators and Models -- References -- Chapter 22: Early Life Events and Later Life Health: Twin and Famine Studies -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Famine Early in Life and Later Life Health -- 22.3 Later Life Health for Twins -- 22.4 Twins and Genetic Confounding -- 22.5 Overview -- References -- Chapter 23: The Month of Birth: Evidence for Declining but Persistent Cohort Effects in Lifespan -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 Data -- 23.3 Methods -- 23.4 Results -- 23.4.1 Differences in Lifespan in the United States, Austria, Denmark and Australia -- 23.4.2 Changes in the Month-of-Birth Pattern over Cohorts in Denmark -- 23.4.3 Changes in the 20-Year Survival Probability by Quarter of Birth in the United States -- 23.5 Discussion -- 23.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 24: Early-Life Conditions and Old-Age Mortality in a Comparative Perspective: Nineteenth Century Sweden and Belgium -- 24.1 Introduction -- 24.2 Models -- 24.3 Data for Scania -- 24.4 Data for Sart. , 24.5 Results.

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Content: This Open access book offers updated and revised information on vessel health and preservation (VHP), a model concept first published in poster form in 2008 and in JVA in 2012, which has received a great deal of attention, especially in the US, UK and Australia. The book presents a model and a new way of thinking applied to vascular access and administration of intravenous treatment, and shows how establishing and maintaining a route of access to the bloodstream is essential for patients in acute care today. Until now, little thought has been given to an intentional process to guide selection, insertion and management of vascular access devices (VADs) and by default actions are based on crisis management when a quickly selected VAD fails. The book details how VHP establishes a framework or pathway model for each step of the patient experience, intentionally guiding, improving and eliminating risk when possible. The evidence points to the fact that reducing fragmentation, establishing a pathway, and teaching the process to all stakeholders reduces complications with intravenous therapy, improves efficiency and diminishes cost. As such this book appeals to bedside nurses, physicians and other health professionals.

Note: Preface. About the concept of VHP, beginnings, process and ideal -- Section 1. Right Assessment and Right Vein -- Chapter 1. Catheter and vein selection with avoidance of joints and danger zones -- Chapter 2. Ultrasonic assessment and placement of right device -- Section 2. Right Training -- Chapter 3. Training process, competencies, preparation for PIV, PICC, CVC insertions -- Section 3. Right Insertion -- Chapter 4. Catheter size, type, number of lumen for patient and treatment -- Chapter 5. Placement with no more than 2 attempts -- Chapter 6. Infection Prevention principles with Kits for insertion and compliance with sterile procedure (bundles, checklist, CHG, etc) -- Chapter 7. Tip positioning -- Chapter 8. Securement -- Section 4. Pediatric Vessel Health -- Chapter 9. Differences between paediatrics and adults for vein assessment -- Chapter 10. Right Site selection -- Chapter 11. Right Device assessment (type, size, no. of lumens) -- Chapter 12. Right Technology assessment -- Chapter 13. Why is VHP important in paediatrics? -- Chapter 14. Troubleshooting in paediatrics -- Section 5. Right Supplies and Technology -- Chapter 15. Ultrasound -- Chapter 16. Insertion kits for USGPIV, PICC, Midline, CVC -- Chapter 17. Antimicrobial dressings -- Chapter 18. Needleless connector issues -- Section 6. Right Care and Assessment -- Chapter 19. Daily or twice daily assessment for catheter function, dressing adherence and necessity of device -- Chapter 20. Hub disinfection issues and compliance measures -- Chapter 21. Flushing with proper techniques -- Section 7. Right Evaluation -- Chapter 22. How to evaluate a VHP program initiative -- Chapter 23. Staff education and satisfaction -- Chapter 24. Patient satisfaction -- Chapter 25. Pathway effectiveness and outcome measures.

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Series Statement: Frontiers of hormone research Vol. 27

Content: Understanding the processes by which we ourselves are born is arguably one of the greatest current challenges in clinical medicine. The prevention of preterm delivery, the cause of 70–80% of neonatal morbidity, has become a key area of research. 'The Endocrinology of Parturition' provides an encyclopedia of human parturition which charts the progress of this goal.¨ In nineteen chapters of authoritative writing this volume covers a wide range of topics from the comparative endocrinology of mammalian parturition and the socio-economic impact of preterm delivery to the relative merits of current tocolytics. Hormonal actions involved in the process of parturition and the role of different hormones are discussed in detail. Several new approaches like the concept of parturition as a variant of inflammatory response or the role of the wide spectrum of known cytokines are introduced.This timely book in a highly dynamic research area is of special interest to birth-clinical obstetricians, endocrinologists and reproductive biologists as well as general practitioners involved in obstetrics

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Series Statement: Philosophical Studies Series, 137

Content: This open access book presents an ethical approach to utilizing personal medical data. It features essays that combine academic argument with practical application of ethical principles. The contributors are experts in ethics and law. They address the challenges in the re-use of medical data of the deceased on a voluntary basis. This pioneering study looks at the many factors involved when individuals and organizations wish to share information for research, policy-making, and humanitarian purposes. Today, it is easy to donate blood or even organs, but it is virtually impossible to donate one’s own medical data. This is seen as ethically unacceptable. Yet, data donation can greatly benefit the welfare of our societies. This collection provides timely interdisciplinary research on biomedical big data. Topics include the ethics of data donation, the legal and regulatory challenges, and the current and future collaborations. Readers will learn about the ethical and regulatory challenges associated with medical data donations. They will also better understand the special nature of using deceased data for research purposes with regard to ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice. In addition, the contributors identify the key governance issues of such a scheme. The essays also look at what we can learn in terms of best practice from existing medical data schemes.

Note: Chapter 1. Introduction (Jenny Krutzinna and Luciano Floridi) -- Part I: Conceptualising the Ethics of Medical Data Donation -- Chapter 2. Data Donation: How to Resist the iLeviathan (Barbara Prainsack) -- Chapter 3. Data Donations as Exercises of Sovereignty (Patrik Hummel, Matthias Braun and Peter Dabrock) -- Chapter 4. The Ethics of Uncertainty for Data Subjects (Philip J. Nickel) -- Chapter 5. Incongruities and Dilemmas in Data Donation: Juggling our 1s and 0s (Kerina H. Jones) -- Part II: Governance and Regulation of Medical Data Donation -- Chapter 6. Posthumous Medical Data Donation: The Case for a Regulatory Framework (Edina Harbinja) -- Chapter 7. Medical Data Donation, Consent and the Public Interest after Death: A Gateway to Posthumous Data Use (Annie Sorbie) -- Part III: Implementing Ethical Medical Data Donation -- Chapter 8. The Personal Data is Political (Bastian Greshake Tzovaras and Athina Tzovara) -- Chapter 9. Personal Data Cooperatives – A New Data Governance Framework for Data Donations and Precision Health (Ernst Hafen) -- Chapter 10. Defining Data Donation After Death: Metadata, Families, Directives, Guardians and the Road to Big Consent (David M. Shaw) -- Part IV: An Ethical Code for Posthumous Medical Data Donation -- Chapter 11. Enabling Posthumous Medical Data Donation: A Plea for the Ethical Utilisation of Personal Health Data (Jenny Krutzinna, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi) -- Chapter 12. An Ethical Code for Posthumous Medical Data Donation (Jenny Krutzinna, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi). .

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Series Statement: Medical Humanities Ser. ; v.5

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction: 'The mighty influence of strange blood' -- PART I: SETTING THE SCENE -- 1. Using the blood of others -- The beginnings -- The return -- Direct or indirect transfusion? -- Gaining acceptance -- The revival of lamb blood transfusion -- 2. Ambitions and connections -- The sanguine local doctor -- The polemicist -- The entrepreneur -- The context -- PART II: PRACTICES -- 3. Blood on the battlefield -- Wars, wars, wars -- War‐time modernization -- Using Roussel's apparatus - or not? -- The animal blood alternative -- Saving the apparently dead -- War and medical innovation -- 4. Blood for the lungs -- Consumption challenges -- The benefits of lamb blood -- Performing transfusions -- Experiencing lamb blood transfusion -- Getting better? -- Still worth trying? -- 5. Asylum experiments -- Pellagrous conditions -- Testing transfusion -- Transfusion and the Risorgimento of Italian science -- First experiences -- A transfusion competition -- The Brescia experiment -- Understanding improvement -- Assessing experiments -- PART III: CONTROVERSY -- 6. Proofs and refutations -- Bedside medicine -- Hospital medicine -- Laboratory medicine -- Laboratory experiments contested -- Clinical experience contested -- The problem with statistics -- 7. Transgressions -- Using animals -- Crossing boundaries -- Accepting transgression -- Was it worth it? -- Overstepping boundaries -- PART IV: THE FALL -- 8. Winding up -- The condemnation -- Understanding blood -- Lessons learnt -- Human trajectories -- No more blood on the battlefield? -- Epilogue: The return -- The advent of serotherapy -- Hasse vindicated? -- French interventions -- Notes -- Sources and Literature -- Archives -- Websites -- Literature -- Acknowledgements -- Index of Places -- Index of Names.

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Keywords: Hüftgelenkkrankheit ; Osteoarthritis ; Chirurgie ; Hüftgelenk ; Arthroplastik ; Konferenzschrift

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 191 Seiten) : , Illustrationen, Diagramme.

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Series Statement: Progress in surgery Vol. 25

Content: This handy volume reviews the current approaches to acute appendicitis, appendectomy being the most commonly performed emergency surgical procedure in the western world. The benefits and costs of open versus laparoscopic appendectomy are discussed by international specialists in the field. Exact diagnosis on right iliac fossa pain is still difficult, especially in children, young females, older patients and during pregnancy. It is in these cases that the laparoscopic approach may be most beneficial, both in terms of diagnosis and surgery, whereas the open procedure is still the gold standard in patients with a clear diagnosis of appendicitis. However, laparoscopic surgery is at least as effective, although more expensive and complicated to perform. Furthermore, in terms of the wound infection rate, the laparoscopic method has proven to be more effective. This book is of interest for general and laparoscopic surgeons, as well as for emergency doctors, gastroenterologists, gynecologists and doctors with an interest in epidemiology

Note: International Meeting, Bern, May 1997 ; open compared to laparoscopic appendectomy: Where do we stand today?

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Keywords: Appendektomie ; Minimal-invasive Chirurgie ; Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.1159/isbn.978-3-318-00270-6

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Author information: Büchler, Markus W., 1955-

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 191 Seiten) : , Illustrationen, Diagramme.

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Series Statement: Progress in surgery Vol. 25

Content: This handy volume reviews the current approaches to acute appendicitis, appendectomy being the most commonly performed emergency surgical procedure in the western world. The benefits and costs of open versus laparoscopic appendectomy are discussed by international specialists in the field. Exact diagnosis on right iliac fossa pain is still difficult, especially in children, young females, older patients and during pregnancy. It is in these cases that the laparoscopic approach may be most beneficial, both in terms of diagnosis and surgery, whereas the open procedure is still the gold standard in patients with a clear diagnosis of appendicitis. However, laparoscopic surgery is at least as effective, although more expensive and complicated to perform. Furthermore, in terms of the wound infection rate, the laparoscopic method has proven to be more effective. This book is of interest for general and laparoscopic surgeons, as well as for emergency doctors, gastroenterologists, gynecologists and doctors with an interest in epidemiology

Note: International Meeting, Bern, May 1997 ; open compared to laparoscopic appendectomy: Where do we stand today?

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 191 Seiten) : , Illustrationen, Diagramme.

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Series Statement: Progress in surgery Vol. 25

Content: This handy volume reviews the current approaches to acute appendicitis, appendectomy being the most commonly performed emergency surgical procedure in the western world. The benefits and costs of open versus laparoscopic appendectomy are discussed by international specialists in the field. Exact diagnosis on right iliac fossa pain is still difficult, especially in children, young females, older patients and during pregnancy. It is in these cases that the laparoscopic approach may be most beneficial, both in terms of diagnosis and surgery, whereas the open procedure is still the gold standard in patients with a clear diagnosis of appendicitis. However, laparoscopic surgery is at least as effective, although more expensive and complicated to perform. Furthermore, in terms of the wound infection rate, the laparoscopic method has proven to be more effective. This book is of interest for general and laparoscopic surgeons, as well as for emergency doctors, gastroenterologists, gynecologists and doctors with an interest in epidemiology

Note: International Meeting, Bern, May 1997 ; open compared to laparoscopic appendectomy: Where do we stand today?

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ISBN: 978-3-318-01349-8

Series Statement: Current problems in dermatology Vol. 33

Content: In recent years the development of new technologies has permited the production of 'functional' or 'smart' textiles. These fabrics are capable of sensing changes in environmental conditions or body functions and are adequately responding to them. They are able to absorb substances from the skin or to release therapeutic or cosmetic compounds. For instance, they can be used in underwear with an integrated cardio-online system or as textiles with carrier molecules. The focal point of interest in biofunctional textiles lies currently on the use of textiles supporting therapy and prevention in dermatology. This volume collects information about new trends in the interaction between textiles and the skin, particularly the development of antimicrobial finished textiles. It presents a selection of papers which will contribute to further consolidate the dialogue between dermatologists, allergologists, biomaterial scientists and textile engineers

Note: a multifaceted overview of current research and future trends

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Keywords: Haut ; Funktionstextilien ; Funktionstextilien ; Hautreizung ; Konferenzschrift

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Author information: Hipler, Uta-Christina, 1950-

Author information: Elsner, Peter, 1955-