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The Medicine portfolio strives to advance medicine by delivering superior evidence-based education, reference information and decision support tools to clinicians, trainees, and students. Specialties covered include Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Radiology & Imaging, Pathology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hematology & Oncology, Plastic Surgery, and many more. The Medicine portfolio includes world-renowned titles such as Gray's Anatomy and Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy, Braunwald's Heart Disease, Goldman-Cecil Medicine, Osborn's Brain, Dermatology (Bolognia), Diagnostic Ultrasound (Rumack), The Harriet Lane Handbook, Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Ferri's Clinical Advisor, Conn's Current Therapy, and more.

  • Day-to-day Challenges in Facial Plastic Surgery, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-4
    • William H. Truswell
    • English
    This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. William H. Truswell, is devoted to Day-to-day Challenges in Facial Plastic Surgery. This issue is one of four selected each year by the series Consulting Editor, Dr. J. Regan Thomas. Articles in this issue include: Guiding the Patient on Their Journey through Facial Rejuvenation Surgery; Incorporating Nonsurgical Options and Aesthetic Services into a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice; Evaluating, Purchasing, and Incorporating High Tech Equipment into a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice; Identifying and Handling Personality Disorders when Selecting Patients for Surgery; Unhappy Patients Can Turn into Angry Patients; Balancing University Obligations and a Cosmetic Surgery Practice in a Full Time Academic Environment; The Art of Teaching, Training, and Putting the Scalpel in Residents’ Hands; Facial Plastic Surgery Journals; Recognizing, Managing, and Guiding the Patient Through Complications in Facial Plastic Surgery; Recognizing and Managing Complications in Laser Resurfacing, Chemical Peels, and Dermabrasion; Life in an Academic Practice vs. a Solo Private Practice; How to Leverage Social Media in Private Practice; The Best Business Moves You Can Use to Enhance Your Practice; Understanding and Getting Involved in the International Facial Plastic Surgery Community; and Securing Operating Room Time for Elective Cases.

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Moving into the 21st Century, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24-4
    • Catherine Frenette
    • English
    In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Guest Editor Dr. Catherine Frenette has assembled expert authors to provide current updates on Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). This issue asks important questions and provides answers and current thoughts on the staging and treatment of HCC. Clinical review articles are specifically dedicated to the following topics: The Changing Global Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Prevention Strategies for HCC; Biomarkers or Biopsy for Diagnosis of HCC; Screening and Surveillance Strategies to Improve the Chance of Success; Imaging Diagnosis of HCC; Surgical Resection: Old dog--Any new tricks; Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Transplant: How Will Organ Allocation Changes Affect the HCC Patient Within Transplant Criteria; Downstaging to Liver Transplant: Success Involves Choosing the Right Patient; Locoregional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: What has Changed in the Past Ten Years; External Beam Radiotherapy: Is There a Place for This in HCC Treatment; Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Immuno-oncology for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Present and the Future; Management of Side Effects of Systemic Therapies for HCC: Guide for the Hepatologist; and Why a Multi-disciplinary Tumor Board is Critical for Success with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve patient outcomes in the patient with HCC.

  • Biologics for the Treatment of Allergic Diseases, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40-4
    • Lanny J. Rosenwasser
    • English
    This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Lanny Rosenwasser, will provide up-to-date clinical concepts regarding Biologics for the Treatments of Allergic Conditions. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Allergic Rhinitis/CRS/Polypos... Eosinophilic Asthma, Pediatric Asthma, Severe Asthma, ACOS/COPD, Food Allergy, Atopic Dermatitis, Chronic Urticaria, Anaphylaxis, Drug Allergy, Cell Disorders, Biologics and Immunotherapy, and much more.

  • Emergency Department Resuscitation, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-4
    • Michael E. Winters + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Mike Winters and Susan R. Wilcox, focuses on Emergency Department Resuscitation. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Topics include: Mindset of the Resuscitationist; Updates in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation; Post-Arrest Interventions That Save Lives; Current Concepts and Controversies in Fluid Resuscitation; Emergency Transfusions; Updates in Sepsis Resuscitation; Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation; The Crashing Toxicology Patient; The Crashing Obese Patient; Massive GI Hemorrhage; Updates in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest; Resuscitating the Crashing Pregnant Patient; Pearls & Pitfalls in the Crashing Geriatric Patient; Current Controversies in Caring for the Critically Ill PE Patient; and ECMO in the ED.

  • Health Disparities in Rheumatic Diseases: Part I, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 46-4
    • Candace H. Feldman
    • English
    This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Candace Feldman, will Health Disparities in Rheumatic Diseases. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Michael Weisman. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: Disparities in Rheumatology Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory; Use of Quality Metrics to Identify Disparities in Lupus Care; The Role of Individual and Area-level Poverty on Lupus Disparities; Disparities in Lupus Care and Outcomes among U.S. Medicaid Beneficiaries; Disparities in Rheumatoid Arthritis Care; Disparities in Childhood-onset Lupus and Mental Health Care for Pediatric Lupus Patients; Disparities in Rheumatic Disease Care, Access and Outcomes in the First Nations Population; Impact of Psychosocial Factors on RA and Lupus Health Disparities; Racial and gender disparities among patients with Gout; Racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in knee and hip osteoarthritis; Racial/ethnic Disparities in Osteoarthritis Management; Racial disparities in systemic sclerosis; Community-engaged Research: Lupus Conversations; Leveraging Telemedicine as an Approach to Address Rheumatic Disease Health Disparities; Understanding the Role and Challenges of Patient Preferences in Disparities in Rheumatic Disease Care; Designing an Intervention to Improve Management and Care Coordination for High Risk Lupus Patients; Greatest Challenges and Strategies to Achieve Equitable Rheumatologic Care Across the World, among others.

  • Integrative Medicine and Rehabilitation, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-4
    • David X. Cifu + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Drs. David X. Cifu and Blessen C. Eapen, will discuss a number of important topics in Integrative Medicine and Rehabilitation. This issue of one of four issues selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Santos Martinez. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: Acupuncture, Role of Nutrition in the Rehabilitation Settings, Lifestyle Medicine, Performing Arts Medicine, Mindfulness Based Interventions, Movement Based Therapies, Whole Medical Systems the Rehabilitation Setting, Autonomic Rehabilitation, Vitamins, Supplements, Herbs and Essential Oils, Functional Medicine, and Pain University, among other topics.

  • Chirurgie en obstétrique

    Chirurgie de la femme enceinte et de l'accouchement
    • 2nd Edition
    • Philippe Deruelle + 2 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage propose une description précise et détaillée de l’ensemble des techniques chirurgicales nécessaires pour assurer l’activité obstétricale et ses complications. Pour sa 2e édition, l’ensemble du contenu est revu et mis à jour, les techniques complexes sont complétées et les dernières recommandations sont intégrées. L’ouvrage réunit à la fois les techniques chirurgicales de base en obstétrique : cerclage, épisiotomie, césarienne, mais aussi les techniques spécifiques indispensables pour faire face à des situations rares mais à haut risque pour la sécurité des patientes : ligatures vasculaires, hystérectomie d’hémostase, hystérectomie dans un contexte de placenta accreta, traitement conservateur du placenta accreta, prise en charge du périnée complet compliqué et des ruptures utérines, réparation chirurgicale des fistules vésico-vaginales et recto-vaginales après délabrement obstétrical, prise en charge des femmes victimes de mutilations sexuelles en salle de naissance, techniques d’appendicectomie chez une femme enceinte. Chaque temps opératoire essentiel est décrit et expliqué par de nombreuses photographies doublées de dessins chirurgicaux d’une grande précision, ainsi que par des vidéos dans le but d’approcher au plus près la réalité du geste chirurgical. Cet ouvrage s’adresse aux gynécologues-obstétr... et internes en gynécologie-obstétri...

  • Prothèse totale d'épaule inversée

    • 1st Edition
    • Luc Favard + 2 more
    • French
    Traitement de choix qui s’offre au chirurgien lorsque la coiffe des rotateurs est irréparable ou en présence d’une atteinte significative de l’articulation gléno-humérale, les poses de prothèse totale d’épaule inversée (PTEI) sont en constante augmentation.Cet ouvrage a pour objectif de présenter un état de l’art dans la spécialité. Il est dédié aux chirurgiens orthopédistes et fait le point sur :– les étiologies et résultats ;– les problèmes et leur gestion ;– la latéralisation ;– l’avenir.Une équipe formée d’une quarantaine d’auteurs livre son expérience, ses trucs et astuces et aborde les problèmes non encore résolus. De nombreuses photographies doublées de dessins chirurgicaux viennent compléter et illustrer l’ouvrage.

  • Accompagner au quotidien la personne à mobilité réduite

    Plus de 70 fiches d'aide aux transferts
    • 1st Edition
    • Alain Jouve + 1 more
    • French
    L’aide au quotidien de la personne en situation de dépendance motrice entraîne une charge physique, directement liée au degré de dépendance de cette personne et à sa morphologie. Cette charge physique n’est pas sans conséquence sur l’intégrité corporelle des professionnels ou des aidants assurant cette assistance.• Cet ouvrage s’adresse aux aidants familiaux et aux professionnels et leur apporte des éléments concrets à intégrer dans leurs gestes au quotidien.• Les techniques décrites sont précises et abordent à peu près toutes les situations de transfert que l’on peut rencontrer en établissement ou à domicile. Elles sont déclinées en fonction des capacités du sujet.• Le parti pris des auteurs est d’amener la personne à être actrice de ses transferts, dans le respect des limites imposées par ses déficiences, tout en préservant sa sécurité et celle des aidants. Les aspects techniques viennent donc s’inscrire dans un prendre soin du sujet.

  • Techniques in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

    A Personal Tutorial
    • 2nd Edition
    • Jeffrey A. Nerad
    • English
    The long-anticipated 2nd Edition of Techniques in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery: A Personal Tutorial presents a unique tutorial-style approach to the information beginners and experts alike need to establish or enhance their oculofacial surgery practice. Superbly illustrated, this book contains over 600 illustrations and clinical photos and follows a step-by-step approach to explaining both the diagnostic and procedural aspects of practice, foundational concepts, and state-of-the art advancements. Whether your background is Ophthalmology, ENT, Plastic Surgery or Dermatology, Dr. Nerad’s "over the shoulder" approach to teaching and clinical pearls learned over years of practice make this a "must read" surgical reference.

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