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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.

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    • Adjudicated Youth, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 25-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Louis Kraus
      • English
      • Hardback
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      A great number of incarcerated youth have diagnosable psychiatric problems and, while in detention, this population experiences events that make them more vulnerable to disorders of mental health. This issue of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics is edited and authored by psychiatrists expert in working with youth in detention. Topics include Demographics of youth in detention; Mental health screening and assessment; Mental health care of detained youth and solitary confinement and restraint within juvenile detention facilities; Civil and constitutional rights of adjudicated youth; Community based alternatives to incarceration and assessment and community based planning for probation/community based alternatives; The role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist in the adjudicatory assessments; Screening and assessment of detained youth; Quality of education for youth in the juvenile detention system; Variety of out-of-home placements for juvenile offenders; Juvenile sexual offenders; Sexual exploitation of children in detention; Transfer from juvenile to adult court: Which states have the most effective models? ; Competence to stand trial; Firesetting. Clinical vignettes are presented with each topic to exemplify a case of the discussion.

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

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Michael Fredericson + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians across the country see injured runners every day. Running injuries may impact other areas of the body and PM&R physicians are trained to treat the body as a whole, as opposed to treating just the injury, they work to identify the true source of the problem and develop a training or rehabilitation program to solve it.

    • Epilepsy, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Kareem A. Zaghloul + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Medications for epilepsy are mainstays in controlling epileptic seizures. But surgical procedures are another dimension in treatment. Included in this issue will be articles such as: Laser ablation for hypothalamic hamartomas and other epileptic lesions, radiosurgery for epilepsy, minimally invasive neurosurgery using focused MRI guidance, Selective amygdalohippocampect... and many more!

    • Hidradenitis Suppurativa, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 34-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Gregor B E Jemec
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The painful and often scarring disease hidradenitis suppurtiva is presented comprehensively in this issue of Dermatologic Clinics led by expert Gregor Borut Ernst Jemec. Topics include: Diagnosing hidradentis suppurativa; Prevalence, risk factors and co-morbidities of hidradentis suppurativa; Genetics of hidradentis suppurativa; Histopathology and imaging; Inflammatory mechanisms in hidradentis suppurativa; Microbiology of hidradentis suppurativa; Endocrinological aspects of hidradentis suppurativa; Role of mechanical stress in hidradenitis suppurativa; Randomized controlled trials of hidradentis suppurativa treatment; Antibiotic treatment of hidradentis suppurativa; Other medical treatments of hidradentis suppurativa; Surgical interventions in hidradentis suppurativa; Lasers and IPL in hidradenitis suppurativa; The Handicap of hidradentis suppurativa.

    • Geriatric Oncology, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 32-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Harvey Jay Cohen + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, devoted to Geriatric Oncology, is guest edited by Drs. Harvey J. Cohen and Arati V. Rao of Duke University Medical Center. Articles in this issue include: Cancer and Aging: General Principles, Biology and Geriatric Assessment; Cancer Screening in the Elderly; Cancer Survivorship: Management of Long-term Toxicities; Socioeconomic Considerations and Shared Care Models of Older Cancer Care; Palliative Care and Symptom Management; Management of Prostate Cancer in the Elderly; Management of Breast Cancer in the Elderly; Management of Lung Cancer in the Elderly; Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly; Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Elderly; Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Other Lymphoproliferative Disorders; and Monoclonal Gammopathies and Multiple Myeloma in the Elderly.

    • Facial Nerve Rehabilitation, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Daniel Alam
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Repair and restoration of the facial nerve takes exceptional skill in facial anatomy and surgery. In this issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, surgeon and academician Daniel Alam leads discussion by expert surgeons of topics such as Bell's Palsy, Botox in the treatment of facial paralysis; Management of the eye in facial paralysis; Static slings; Temporalis tendon transfer; Nerve transfer; Gracilis flaps; Sternohyoid flaps, New technologies in facial paralysis; and Physical therapy for facial rehabilitation. Each discussion includes diagnosis and procedural steps for best outcomes for function and cosmesis.

    • Volume 47, Issue 1, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 47-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Asif M. Ilyas + 4 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Each issue of Orthopedic Clinics offers clinical review articles on the most cutting edge technologies, techniques, and more in the field. Major topic areas include: adult reconstruction, upper extremity, pediatrics, trauma, oncology, hand, foot & ankle, and sports medicine.

    • Corticosteroids, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 42-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Marcy B. Bolster
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Corticosteroids represent the most important and frequently used class of anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant agents in the management of many rheumatological conditions. Included in this issue will be articles on the following topics: Glucocorticoid use in intra-articular and soft tissue injections, corticosteroids and osteoporosis, corticosteroids in lupus, ANCA associated vasculitis, and many more!

    • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: State of the Art, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 7-4
      • December 7, 2015
      • Luigi Padeletti
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The latest developments in the field of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy are featured in this issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. The issue includes more than 20 articles in the following areas: heart failure; cost of heart failure; ventricular dissynchrony and resynchronization; assessment of dissynchrony; indication for CRT implantation; implantation technique; measures to improve CRT benefit on AF patients; and many more.

    • Endoscopic Cranial Base and Pituitary Surgery, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 49-1
      • December 7, 2015
      • Raj Sindwani + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue on endoscopic cranial base and pituitary surgery is led by experts in the field of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery. Otolaryngologists/He... and Neck surgeons Dr. Raj Sindwani and Dr. Troy Woodard join with Neurosurgeon Dr. Pablo Recinos to present a comprehensive clinical approach. Topics include: Building an endoscopic skull base program (room setup and key equipment / IGS); Skull Base Anatomy (corridors, intra and extradural); Imaging in skull base surgery – CT, MRI, CT cisternogram, intraop CT; Sellar lesions / pathology; Principles of endoscopic pituitary surgery ; Reconstruction of skull base defects – free graft, pedicle, TPF, alloderm; Lumbar drain utility (role of intrathecal fluorescein); Hemostasis in Skull Base Surgery (control of smaller vessels, maneuvers to minimize bleeding – warm irrigations, HOB up, embolization); Management of ICA Injury (intraop options, late complications); Meningioma; Esthesioneuroblastom... Cordoma; Sinonasal Malignancies of Skull Base; Craniopharyngioma; Endonasal approaches to the craniocervical junction; Medical complications of Pituitary/skull base surgery – (ie. SIADH, DI, Hypopit); Post-op management of skull base patient (postop Abx, imaging, debridements, topical irrigations, more..). Articles cover surgical procedure, surgical complications, and surgical anatomy as relevant to the clinical discussion.

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