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Nausea : mechanisms and management / Robert M. Stern, Kenneth L. Koch, and Paul L.R. Andrews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Robert Morris, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nausea.
- Nausea--Treatment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 462 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nausea is a complex sensation that results from the interaction of certain fixed biological factors, such as gender, with changeable psychological factors, such as anxiety. This book provides a complete, in-depth explanation of what we know about nausea, along with the latest research results on its causes and treatment. Nausea is a complex sensation that results from the interaction of certain fixed biological factors, such as gender, with changeable psychological factors, such as anxiety. This is the first book to provide a complete, in-depth explanation of what we know about nausea, along with the latest research results on its causes and treatment. As it is the product of long-term collaboration between scientists from the three main approaches to studying and treating nausea-psychology,gastroenterology and physiology-the information this book provides in both comprehensive and well integrated.
- Contents:
- Nausea : definitions, history, and function
- Prevalence of nausea from various causes
- Nausea as a protective control mechanism with a dynamic threshold
- The central nervous system and nausea
- The autonomic nervous system and nausea
- The endocrine system and nausea
- Gastric dysrhythmias and nausea
- The functions, identification, and measurement of nausea and related behaviours in animals
- The measurement of nausea in humans
- Diagnosis and management of acute and chronic nausea
- Nausea of diabetes
- Nausea during pregnancy
- Postoperative nausea
- Nausea resulting from cancer and its treatment
- Nausea of motion sickness
- Future research : management and mechanisms.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029234-2
- 1-282-97853-5
- 9786612978531
- 0-19-972087-8
- OCLC:
- 701921179
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