Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Dentistry**Little and Falace's Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, 10th Edition, is thoroughly revised to provide the information needed to assess common problems and make safe dental management decisions. This new edition contains revised content on Cancer and Women's Health and includes an enhanced ebook plus patient-based practice questions with print purchase. Also, each chapter features informative illustrations and well-organized tables to provide you with in-depth details and overall summaries required for understanding and applying medical concepts in dentistry.- NEW! Thoroughly revised content provides the most current, evidence-based information you need to make dental management decisions.- UPDATED! Information correlating to the revised INBDE exam prepares you for the boards.- NEW! An ebook version is included with print purchase. The ebook allows you to access all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Plus, patient-based questions are included.- UPDATED! Revised coverage of Women's Health addresses issues specific to women that can impact dental management.- NEW! Completely revised chapter on Cancer discusses essential considerations for the oral care of these patients.- NEW! Key Points at the beginning of each chapter highlight important content to guide study efforts.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: PATIENT EVALUATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT1: Patient Evaluation and Risk AssessmentPART TWO: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE2: Infective Endocarditis3: Hypertension4: Ischemic Heart Disease5: Cardiac Arrhythmias6: Heart Failure (or Congestive Heart Failure)PART THREE: PULMONARY DISEASE7: Pulmonary Disease8: Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation9: Sleep-Related Breathing DisordersPART FOUR: GASTROINTESTIAL DISEASE10: Liver Disease11: Gastrointestinal DiseasePART FIVE: GENITOURINARY DISEASE12: Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis13: Sexually Transmitted DiseasesPART SIX: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASE14: Diabetes Mellitus15: Adrenal Insufficiency16: Thyroid Diseases17: Pregnancy and Breast FeedingPART SEVEN: IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASE18: AIDS, HIV Infection, and Related Conditions19: Allergy20: Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorders21: Organ and Bone Marrow TransplantationPART EIGHT: HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE22: Disorders of Red Blood Cells23: Disorders of White Blood Cells24: Acquired Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders25: Congenital Bleeding and Hypercoagulable Disorders26: Cancer and Oral Care of the PatientPART NINE: NEUROLOGIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS27: Neurologic Disorders28: Anxiety, Eating Disorders, and Behavioral Reactions to Illness29: Psychiatric Disorders30: Drug and Alcohol Abuse
