This book presents an update on new trends and developments in broadly defined medical disciplines.

The reader will learn about a whole range of multidisciplinary topics, regarded as being important for advancing the understanding of disease pathogenicity, diagnostic methods, and patient management. These topics include a holistic approach to physiotherapy, with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation at the core of it. Furthermore potential ways to protect kidneys during ischemic coronary interventions, and psychosocial aspects in cancer survivors are discussed. Other topics deal with growth hormone deficiency in short children and responses of molecular markers of bone metabolism to growth hormone replacement therapy. In addition the modern use of transcranial laser-induced photobiomodulation showing surprising benefits in autism disorder is presented.

The expert contributions take on the challenges presented to medical professionals by ever growing medical knowledge and various individual and contextual issues that require a multidisciplinary approach in patient management. The authors present bench-to-bed clinical research to make useful additions to the knowledge on contemporary diagnostic procedures, therapy, and quality of life of patients. The book aims to provide stimulus for new research ideas and to give new perspectives on practical clinical issues.

The book is intended for primary care clinicians, family physicians, medical scholars, and other clinicians who treat and manage patients.

Autorentext
Dr. Mieczyslaw Pokorski, Opole Medical School, Opole, Poland

Inhalt
Bioprogressive Paradigm in Physiotherapeutic and Antiaging Strategies: a Review.- Influence of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Lung Function in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.- Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Renal Protection During Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.- Prognostic Impact of Extracapsular Lymph Node Invasion on Survival in Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.- Influence of Transurethral Resection of Bladder Cancer on Sexual Function, Anxiety, and Depression.- Cognitive Predictors of Cortical Thickness in Healthy Aging.- Osteoprotegerin, a Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor kappa B Ligand, and Growth Hormone/Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Axis in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency.- Inhibition of Cross-Reactive Carbohydrate Determinants in Allergy Diagnostics.- Effects of Reduced Glutathione on Hydrolytic Enzyme Activity in the Mouse Hepatocytes.- Adaptation to Occupational Exposure to Moderate Endotoxin Concentrations: a Study in Sewage Treatment Plants in Germany.- Effects of Low Level-Laser Therapy in Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Epidemiology of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in Poland, 20112015.