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  • Un enfoque racional de las enfermedades infecciosas clínicas

    Manual para no especialistas
    • 1st Edition
    • Spanish
    Escrita para clínicos no especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas, tanto del ámbito hospitalario como del ambulatorio, esta obra constituye una guía concisa y práctica que imita el proceso de toma de decisiones y el razonamiento empleados por un especialista. Con un lenguaje claro y comprensible, el Dr. Temesgen y sus colegas de la Clínica Mayo presentan las enfermedades infecciosas en su contexto, ayudando a los no especialistas a aplicar un enfoque racional al diagnóstico y el tratamiento. Utiliza un estilo de redacción sucinto y fácil de leer, siguiendo siempre una misma estructura: características importantes/ epidemiología; datos relacionados con la clínica; características de los síntomas cutáneos; estudios diagnósticos auxiliares; tratamiento, y otras recomendaciones. Proporciona apoyo visual y de referencia rápida con numerosas figuras y tablas a lo largo del texto. Constituye una guía inestimable para ayudar a los no especialistas a proporcionar el mejor cuidado a los pacientes, frenar el mal uso de los antibióticos y la resistencia, evitar los efectos adversos de los medicamentos y no incurrir en costes innecesarios. Incluye la versión electrónica del libro en inglés, que permite acceder al texto completo, las figuras y la bibliografía desde distintos dispositivos.

  • Intellectual Disabilities

    Toward Inclusion
    • 7th Edition
    • Helen Atherton + 1 more
    • English
    This leading textbook (previously known as Learning Disabilities) aims to further the practice of professionals and agencies who support people with intellectual disabilities. It emphasizes the strengths rather than deficits of people with intellectual disabilities, highlights the crucial role of family and friends, and places individuals firmly at the heart of everything that impacts them.Intellectual Disabilities: Toward Inclusion centres on the concepts of respecting the personhood of people with intellectual disabilities, and their rights to holistic health and to live their best lives. Most of the 27 chapters are co-authored by respected international authors, and the content has been fully updated to reflect contemporary policy, legislation and service configuration.This unique text will challenge and reframe typically held views, and provides an international focus that recognizes we have much to learn from the experiences and perspectives of other nations around the world.

  • Ferri's Best Test

    A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging
    • 5th Edition
    • Fred F. Ferri
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Laboratory Medicine**Clinicians at all levels must consider a myriad of tests in the diagnostic process, requiring an up-to-date understanding of changing technology and the demands of time- and cost-efficiency. Ferri's Best Test, 5th Edition, is a unique, easy-to-use guide that simplifies complex information and helps you choose the best test to supplement your clinical diagnostic skills. It includes both lab and imaging tests for concise, convenient access to all diagnostic test options for more than 200 common diseases and disorders.

  • Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery, An Issue of Atlas of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-1
    • Mark A. Miller + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Mark A. Miller and David M. Yates bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Common Procedures in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery. Articles from top experts in the field include coverage of cleft lip surgery, different surgical approaches to craniosynostosis, and other craniofacial syndromes, as well as reconstruction and bone grafting.

  • Advanced Nanomaterials for Point of Care Diagnosis and Therapy

    • 1st Edition
    • Sushma Dave + 2 more
    • English
    Advanced Nanomaterials for Point of Care Diagnosis and Therapy provides an overview of technological and emerging novel trends in how point-of-care diagnostic devices are designed, miniaturized built, and delivered at different healthcare set ups. It describes the significant technological advances in fundamental diagnostic components and recent advances in fully integrated devices designed for specific clinical use. The book covers state-of-the-art fabrication of advances materials with broad spectrum therapeutic applications. It includes drug delivery, biosensing, bioimaging and targeting, and outlines the development of inexpensive, effective and portable in vitro diagnostics tools for any purpose that can be used onsite. Sections also discuss drug delivery, biosensing, bioimaging and targeting and various metal, metal oxide and non-metal-based nanomaterials that are developed, surface modified, and are being explored for diagnosis, targeting, drug delivery, drug release and imaging. The book concludes with current needs and future challenges in the field.

  • USMLE Step 1 Secrets in Color

    • 5th Edition
    • Theodore X. O'Connell + 1 more
    • English
    Succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective—the highly regarded Secrets Series® provides students and practitioners in all areas of health care with focused, engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Written by nationally recognized educators Drs. Theodore X. O’Connell and Ryan A. Pedigo, USMLE Step 1 Secrets in Color, 5th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of topics on this high-stakes exam. This bestselling resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that prepares you with the understanding of critical concepts of basic science as applied to the practice of medicine, which you’ll face on the vignette-style USMLE exam.

  • Climate Change in the Anthropocene

    • 1st Edition
    • Kieran D. Ohara
    • English
    Climate Change in the Anthropocene reviews current science on anthropogenic sources and projections for climatic change. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book covers this rapidly changing field, including the drivers of climate change, the physics and chemistry behind the science of climate change, paleoclimates, climate variables, a comparison of global warning of 1.5° vs 2°C and the impacts of these climatic changes both at a global and a U.S. regional level. Infographics throughout help to explain concepts in a visual way, providing users with a better understanding of climate change. In addition, the book is ideal for advanced researchers who need to explain the underpinning science of climate change for grant applications and working with policy experts, etc. This is an essential book for anyone whose work is impacted by climate change in the earth and environmental sciences.

  • Complications in Orthopaedics: Adult Reconstruction

    • 1st Edition
    • Paul Maxwell Courtney + 1 more
    • English
    One of the hallmarks of a master surgeon is the ability to navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomes. Under the leadership of series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson, the Complications in Orthopaedics series provides real-world guidance on recognizing and avoiding errors, as well as how to “course-correct” during surgery. In this volume, Drs. P. Maxwell Courtney, Yale A. Fillingham, and a team of expert surgeons describe the most common errors and complications of adult reconstruction surgery, focusing on the knee and hip and demonstrating practical solutions that are integral to improving patient outcomes.

  • Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    • 6th Edition
    • Sarah S. Long + 3 more
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Infectious Disease**Comprehensi... in scope, yet concise and easy to manage, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 6th Edition, by Drs. Sarah S. Long, Charles G. Prober, Marc Fischer, and new editor David Kimberlin, is your go-to resource for authoritative information on infectious diseases in children and adolescents. A veritable "who's who" of global authorities provides the practical knowledge you need to understand, diagnose, and manage almost any pediatric infectious disease you may encounter.

  • Analysis of Flame Retardancy In Polymer Science

    • 1st Edition
    • Henri Vahabi + 2 more
    • English
    Analysis of Flame Retardancy in Polymer Science is a scientific/practical book that is conceptualized, designed, and written for students, early-career researchers, and junior engineers to explain the basic principles of fire analysis/characteriz... methods/methodologie... from flammability, ignition, and fire spread to forced convection and related analyses and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying flame retardancy in both gas and condensed phases followed by correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses as well as fire analysis from an industrial standpoint. This book is also an indispensable resource for identifying and mounting the latest achievements in fire analysis/characteriz... methods to frame the effects of fire evaluation strategies to be utilized for research and development. The book also gives a broad description of fire analysis related to different standards and regulations for different applications in different geographic zones.

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