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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.

  • Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-3
    • Andrew A. Lane
    • English
    This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, guest edited by Andrew A. Lane, will cover Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series consulting editors, Dr. George P. Canellos and Dr. Edward J. Benz. Topics discussed in this issue include: Clinical Presentation and Pathology, Molecular Features of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm: DNA mutations and epigenetics, Cytogenetics of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm Chemotherapy, CD123 and Leukemia Stem Cells, Tagraxofusp for Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Immune Therapies Targeting CD123 in Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Novel Therapies for Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm in Children, European Perspective, Stem Cell Transplantation for Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, and Social Media in Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm and Other Rare Diseases.

  • Bien débuter. Patients polyhandicapés et multihandicapés
    • 1st Edition
    • Grace Nelly Delle Vergini + 3 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels infirmiers amenés à prendre en charge le patient polyhandicapé ou multihandicapé. En trois grandes parties : 1 – Les prérequis fournissent les notions indispensables pour aborder sereinement les situations cliniques prévalentes. 2 – Les situations cliniques prévalentes permettent de se familiariser avec la prise en charge globale des patients et la pratique terrain. En partant d’un cas clinique, les liens entre la symptomatologie du patient et sa prise en charge sont expliqués. La conduite infirmière et/ou conseils aux patients ainsi que le rôle propre et le rôle prescrit infirmiers sont clairement identifiés. 3 – La boîte à outils détaille les aspects légaux, les gestes techniques, les traitements et les examens complémentaires abordés dans les situations cliniques. La compréhension est facilitée par une présentation sous forme de fiches en couleurs et par de nombreux tableaux, photographies et illustrations.

  • Méga Guide Pharmaco Infirmier

    L'indispensable pour l'administration et la surveillance du traitement !
    • 2nd Edition
    • Laurent Chouchana + 1 more
    • French
    Le Méga Guide Pharmaco Infirmier est à la fois un outil clair et didactique pour se former à la pharmacologie et à la thérapeutique, et un manuel de terrain incontournable dans l’exercice professionnel quotidien. Les différents rôles de l’infirmier sont rappelés en début de chaque spécialité médicale, et tous les médicaments sont présentés sous forme de fiches synthétiques comprenant chacune des recommandations de « pratique clinique pour l’infirmier » (surveillance, modalités d’administration ou conseils aux patients/à la famille). Cette 2e édition propose une mise à jour complète afin de fournir aux étudiants en IFSI ainsi qu’aux professionnels en soins infirmiers toutes les informations indispensables à la bonne administration et à la surveillance des médicaments. Précis et complet, cet ouvrage est structuré en sept parties : Généralités sur les médicamentsRappels de pharmacologiePrescri... sur terrain particulierPratiques infirmièresÉducation thérapeutiqueCalcul de doses et de débitsMédicaments par classe pharmaco-thérapeutiq...

  • Techniques for Hair Restoration, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-2
    • Lisa Ishii + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Lisa E. Ishii and Linda N. Lee, is devoted to Techniques for Hair Restoration. Articles in this issue include: Androgenetic Alopecia: Pathophysiology and medical therapy; Follicular Unit Transplantation; Follicular Unit Extraction; Hair Transplantation for Scarring Alopecia; Facial Hair Transplantation; Platelet Rich Plasma/Stem Cells and Hair Transplantation; Robotic Hair Transplantation; Surgical Hairline Advancement; Hair Transplantation in Women; Complications with Hair Transplantation; and The Role for Topical Hair Growth Medications.

  • Palliative Care, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 104-3
    • Eric Widera
    • English
    This issue of Medical Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Eric Widera, is devoted to Palliative Care. Articles in this important issue include: Hospice and Palliative Care: An Overview; Goals of Care Conversations in Palliative Care: A Practical Guide; The Art and Science of Prognostication in Palliative Care; Recognizing and Managing Polypharmacy in Advanced Illness; Pain Management in those with Serious Illness; Management of Grief, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts in those with Serious Illness; Management of Respiratory Symptoms in those with Serious Illness; Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Advanced Illness; Management of Urgent Medical Conditions at the End of Life; Delirium at the End of Life; Options of Last Resort: Palliative Sedation, Physician Aid in Dying and Voluntary Cessation of Eating and Drinking; Cannabis for Symptom Management; and Self-care of Physicians Caring for Patients with Serious Illness.

  • Right Ventricular Function and Failure, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-2
    • Jerry D. Estep + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Cardiology Clinics will cover Right Ventricular Function and Failure. Curated by Drs. Jerry D. Estep and Miriam Jacob, this issue will explore topics in the field that are relevant for practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by the series editorial board: Jamil A. Aboulhosn, David M. Shavelle, Terrence D. Welch, and Audrey H. Wu. The volume will include articles on: pathophysiology of acute and chronic right heart failure, right heart failure: a hemodynamic review, right heart failure causes and epidemiology, right heart failure and the cardiorenal syndrome, the role of multimodality imaging and RV failure, short term percutaneous mechanical circulatory support to treat acute right heart failure, defining and predicting right heart failure after LVAD placement, right heart failure after LVAD placement: medical and surgical management considerations, right heart failure in pulmonary hypertension, surgical and percutaneous interventions for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hypertension and RV failure: lung transplant versus heart lung transplant, and RV failure and congenital heart disease.

  • Rhinosinusitis, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 40-2
    • Sandra Y. Lin
    • English
    This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, guest edited by Sandra Y. Lin, MD, will provide up-to-date clinical concepts regarding the diagnosis and management of the patient with Rhinosinusitis. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Current Concepts in the Management of Allergic Fungal Sinusitis; Aspirin Desensitization for Nasal Polyps in Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD); Primary Immunodeficiency and Rhinosinusitis; How to Measure Success in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis; What is the Role of Macrolides and Doxycyline in Chronic Rhinosinusitis?; The Role of Biologics in the Treatment of Nasal Polyps; Personalized Medicine in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Endotypes, Phenotypes, and Biomarkers; Management of Sinusitis in the Cystic Fibrosis Patient; The Microbiome and Chronic Rhinosinusitis; The Role of Allergic Rhinitis in Rhinosinusitis; The Role of Air Pollution in Chronic Rhinosinusitis; Odontogenic Sinusitis: Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment; Olfactory Dysfunction and Chronic Rhinosinusitis; and The Impact of Allergen Immunotherapy on Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

  • Imaging of Disorders Spanning the Spectrum from Childhood, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 58-3
    • Edward Y. Lee
    • English
    This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of Disorders Spanning the Spectrum from Childhood into Adulthood, and is edited by Dr. Edward Y. Lee. Articles will include: Brain Malformations at All Ages: From Aunt Minnie to Zebras for General Radiologists; Cystic Fibrosis from Childhood to Adulthood: What is New in Imaging Assessment; Interstitial Lung Diseases in Adolescent and Young Adults: Different from Older Patients; Repaired Congenital Heart Disease in Older Children and Adults: Up-to-Date Practical Assessment and Characteristic Imaging Findings; Imaging Assessment of Complications from Transplantation from Pediatric to Adult Patients: Part 1 – Solid Organ Transplantation; Imaging Assessment of Complications from Transplantation from Pediatric to Adult Patients: Part 2 – Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Beyond Crohn’s Disease: Current Role of Radiologist in Diagnostic Imaging Assessment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Patients; Imaging Manifestations of Childhood Musculoskeletal Disorders in Adults: Spectrum of Expected to Surprising Findings for General Radiologists; Genetic Syndromes Affecting Both Children and Adults: A Practical Guide to Imaging Based Diagnosis and Management; Spectrum of Imaging Manifestations of Vascular Tumors and Malformations Beyond Childhood: What General Radiologists Need to Know; Congenital Incidental Findings in Children That Can be Mistaken as True Pathologies in Adults: Pearls and Pitfalls of Imaging Diagnosis; and more!

  • Pharmacologic Support in Pain Management, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-2
    • Steven Stanos + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Steven Stanos and James Babington, will discuss Pharmacologic Support in Pain Management. 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: Buprenorphine in the management of addiction and pain, Methadone, Anticonvulsants for neuropathic pain, Antidepressants for chronic pain, NSAIDs for acute and chronic pain, Topical analgesics, Muscle Relaxants for acute and chronic pain, Opioid Management: Initiating, Monitoring and Tapering, Integrating CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Acute and Chronic Pain, Opioid Pharmacology and Side Effect Management, among others.

  • Prise en charge de l'IVG

    Recommandations CNGOF pour la pratique clinique
    • 1st Edition
    • rançais Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français
    • French
    Les Recommandations pour la pratique clinique du CNGOF font autorité auprès des professionnels de santé. Rédigées par les meilleurs experts du domaine, elles constituent des textes de référence. Cet ouvrage propose les recommandations CNGOF sur la prise en charge de l’IVG.Pour la première fois, des recommandations sur le sujet sont rédigées. Le nombre d’IVG est stable depuis plusieurs décennies ; ces recommandations ont ainsi pour objectif de permettre une pratique homogène et améliorée en proposant aux praticiens un guide de bonnes pratiques et leur permettre un accès rapide à l’information.Toutes les données sont disponibles et facilement accessibles, des encadrés rappellent les points principaux à retenir. L’ouvrage est découpé en 9 chapitres qui passent en revue les pratiques chirurgicales et médicales dans la prise en charge de l’IVG : épidémiologie, place de l’échographie, voie médicamenteuse, IVG instrumentale, complications, aspects psychologiques, contraception, le cadre juridique français, l’histoire du misoprostol et l’IVG médicamenteuse.

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