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    • Randomized Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 19-1
      • December 14, 2009
      • Adam C. Yopp + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of the Surgical Oncology Clinics will review the important clinical trials from the past eight years in following topics: breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, rectal and anal carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, advanced and metastatic colorectal carcinoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and melanoma.

    • Interventional Head and Neck Imaging, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 19-2
      • June 11, 2009
      • Dheeraj Gandhi
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Interventional Neuroradiology is a minimally invasive approach in the treatment of vascular diseases of the central nervous system. This exciting new issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, Guest Edited by Dheeraj Gandhi, includes such topics as: CT guided percutanous biopsies of the head and neck Dangerous collaterals in the head and neck Treatment of carotid-cavernous fistulae This issue is a must-have clinical resource.

    • Diseases of the Mediastinum, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 19-1
      • February 19, 2009
      • Federico Venuta
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Utility of PET in the mediastinum; Diagnostic strategies for mediastinal tumors and masses; Infections of the mediastinum; Genetic markers of mediastinal diseases; Mediastinal tumors and cysts in the pediatric population; Multimodality treatment of germ cell tumors of the mediastinum; Surgical approaches to the thymus in patients with MG; Multimodality treatment of thymoma; Vascular lesions of the mediastinum; Combined cervico – thoracic approaches for complex mediastinal masses; Intraoperative strategy in patients with extended involvement of mediastinal structures; The role of surgical resection for locally recurring mediastinal tumors; Modern Radiotherapy for Mediastinal Disease; Surgery of the mediastinum -historical notes.

    • Fetal Neurology, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-3
      • October 2, 2009
      • Adre J du Plessis
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Fetal Neurology is covered in this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited by Dr. Adre du Plessis. The genetic basis of normal brain development and its disorders is explored, including reviews on the prosencephalon, the cerebral cortex, and the cerebellum. Next, normal and abnormal circulatory support of the fetal brain is covered, with articles on normal fetal cerebral substrate supply, disorders of placental circulation and the fetal brain, and disorders of fetal circulation and the fetal brain. Toxic-metabolic causes of disturbed brain development is reviewed, including articles on primary disorders of metabolism and disturbed fetal brain development and maternal drug abuse and impaired fetal brain development. Next, a section on infectious-inflammat... causes of disturbed brain development includes articles on fetal viral infections and impaired brain development and fetal inflammation and impaired brain development. A section on disorders of labor and delivery covers fetal hypoxia insults and patterns of brain injury, the fetal heart rate response to hypoxia, and non-asphyxial hypoxic-ischemic brain injury during prolonged labor. The issue closes with a section on advances in fetal neurodiagnostic testing, including reviews on imaging the fetal brain, quantitative fetal heart rate techniques, and fetal magnetoencephalograp... for assessment of fetal neurologic function.

    • Medical Issues in Boxing, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-4
      • October 30, 2009
      • Gerard P. Varlotta + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      For this issue on the medical aspects of the increasingly-popular sport of boxing, Dr. Barry Jordan, Director of the Brain Injury Program and Memory Evaluation and Treatment Service at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in New York, has teamed up with Dr. Gerard Varlotta, Professor and specialist in pain management and injury prevention for NYU's departments of Joint Diseases and Rehabilitation Medicine. The Guest Editors have gathered a panel of leading experts on the subject, to cover topics such as medical safety in boxing, the role of the ringside physician, doping and drug use in boxing, facial and hand injuries in boxing, infectious disease in boxing, and more.

    • Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-1
      • May 1, 2009
      • Wendy L. Gross + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of the Anesthesiology Clinics provides essential updates for the anesthesiologist who performs procedures outside the operating room. All-important financial considerations are covered, including Medicare payments; and full costing versus differential costing, or “smoothing.” Practice parameters are covered. Each specialty is addressed from the point of view of both a specialist and an anesthesiologist, including cardiology (EP and catheterization), gastroenterology (Endoscopy), and radiology (interventional). Transitional priorities are also covered, including consultation, pre-procedure patient assessment, patient safety, monitoring, and new ICU practices.

    • Fordney's Medical Insurance Dictionary for Billers and Coders

      • 1st Edition
      • July 23, 2009
      • Marilyn Fordney
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Over 7,500 terms, definitions, and acronyms for medical insurance, billing and coding (MIBC) make this the perfect pocket dictionary for both students and practitioners in the MIBC professions! With its small size and concise definitions, this dictionary is ideal for use in class and in the medical office.

    • Mandibular Trauma, An Issue of Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 17-1
      • March 20, 2009
      • Vincent B. Ziccardi
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Guest Editor Vincent Ziccardi has assembled a comprehensive review of mandibular trauma and possible treatments. Articles will include condylar fractures, pediatric mandible fractures, intraoral locking plate, closed reductions, monocortical intraoral plating, bicortical extraoral plating, external pin fixation, edentulous/atrophic fractures, teeth in the line of fracture, and complications of mandibular fractures.

    • Sports Neurology, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 20-1
      • February 3, 2009
      • Cory Toth
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This collection of concise yet comprehensive reviews is a great resource for all health care givers: sports medicine specialists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, occupational medicine specialists, orthopedic surgeons, emergency medicine specialists, neuropsychologists, general practitioners, kinesiologists, physical therapists, sports trainers, and occupational therapists. Find articles on sport-specific problems: concussion in hockey and football, spinal cord problems within winter sports, excessive pediatric injury associated with trampoline usage, weightlifting and running injuries. Specialized chapters on sleep deprivation, utilization of drugs of abuse, fatigue for the athlete’s well being and physiological functioning. Injury specific chapters include: biomechanics of head injury, pathophysiology of spinal cord injuries, and peripheral nerve injuries due to any activities of sports and recreation.

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