دانلود کتاب Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
Editorial Panel and Advisory Committee
Contributors
Reviewers
Table of Contents
Tables
Illustrations
Chapter 1. Conceptual Foundations and Philosophy
1.1 History of the Guides
1.2 New Directions for the Sixth Edition
1.3 The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): A Contemporary Model of Disablement
1.4 Measurement Issues
1.5 Balancing Science and Clinical Judgment
1.6 The Case for Simplification and Ease of Application
1.7 The Application of Functional Assessment. 1.8 The Need for Internal Consistency and a Uniform Template1.9 Summary
Chapter 2. Practical Application of the Guides
2.1 Use of the Guides in Workers\' Compensation and Other Disability Systems
2.2 Organ System and Whole Body Approach to Impairment Ratings
2.3 Use of the Guides
2.4 Rules of Application for the Guides
2.5 Concepts Important to the Independent Medical Examiner
2.6 Impairment Evaluation and the Law
2.7 Preparing Reports
Chapter 3. Pain-Related Impairment
3.1 Definition and Classification of Pain
3.2 Controversies Surrounding Pain-Related Impairment. 3.3 The Rating System3.4 Future Directions-Need for Research and Dialogue to Establish the Validity of Rating Pain-Related Impairment
3.5 Conclusion
3.6 Examples
3.7 Appendixes
Chapter 4. The Cardiovascular System
4.1 Principles of Assessment
4.2 Valvular Heart Disease
4.3 Coronary Artery Disease
4.4 Cardiomyopathies
4.5 Pericardial Heart Disease
4.6 Dysrhythmias
4.7 Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease
4.8 Vascular Diseases Affecting the Extremities
4.9 Diseases of the Pulmonary Artery
4.10 Cardiovascular Impairment Evaluation Summary
Chapter 5. The Pulmonary System. 5.1 Assessing the Pulmonary System5.2 Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Disease
5.3 Environmental Exposures, Lifestyle Choices, and Pulmonary Disease
5.4 Clinical Evaluation, Imaging Studies, and Other Tests for Evaluating Pulmonary Disease
5.5 Methodology for Determining the Grade in an Impairment Class
5.6 Asthma and Other Hyperreactive Airway Diseases
5.7 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
5.8 Pneumoconiosis
5.9 Lung Cancer
5.10 Sleep Disorders and Other Impairments Related to Pulmonary System
5.11 Examples of Impairment due to Pulmonary Disorders. 5.12 Pulmonary Impairment Evaluation SummaryChapter 6. The Digestive System
6.1 Principles of Assessment
6.2 Upper Digestive Tract
6.3 Colon, Rectum, and Anus
6.4 Enterocutaneous Fistulas
6.5 Liver and Biliary Tract
6.6 Hernias
6.7 Digestive System Impairment Evaluation Summary
Chapter 7. The Urinary and Reproductive Systems
7.1 Principles of Assessment
7.2 The Urinary System
7.3 Upper Urinary Tract
7.4 Urinary Diversion
7.5 Bladder
7.6 Urethra
7.7 Male Reproductive Organs
7.8 Female Reproductive Organs
7.9 Urinary and Reproductive Systems Impairment Evaluation Summary.