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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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    • Cycles de la vie et grandes fonctions

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2012
      • Laurent Chouchana + 3 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      Cet ouvrage est consacré à l'Unité d'enseignement 2.2, Cycles de la vie et grandes fonctions (semestre 1). Il aborde les grands thèmes du programme : - les grandes fonctions (aspects anatomiques et physiologiques) : respiratoire, digestive, cardiaque, élimination, reproduction, motrice, sensorielle ; - la biologie intégrative à travers les systèmes endocrinien, immunitaire et nerveux ; - les étapes de la vie : grossesse, naissance, enfance, adolescence, âge adulte, vieillesse et mort. Ces thématiques sont illustrées par de nombreux schémas en couleurs. Les notions suivantes de l'UE 2.2 sont traitées dans l'ouvrage Biologie fondamentale et génétique : - information génétique ; - chronobiologie et rythme de vie ; - homéostasie.

    • Hypersomnia, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 7-2
      • June 11, 2012
      • Alon Y. Avidan
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Excessive Sleepiness, or hypersomnia, is one of the most common sleep complaints. In this issue, Dr. Alon Avidan of UCLA brings together a set of articles that offer a completely updated overview of hypersomnia, from neurophysiology of sleepiness and wakefulness to quality of life issues and public health. The main focus of the issue is the diagnosis and treatment of hypersomnia, including objective and subjective measurement of sleepness, biomarkers of sleepiness, narcolepsy, and hypersomnia in medical, neurological and psyhchiatric comorbidities. Excessive sleepiness among specific patient populations (children, elderly) and periodic hypersomnia are discussed. Pharmacotherapy of hypersomnia is given special attention, as are behavioural treatments.

    • Immune System

      • 1st Edition
      • October 30, 2012
      • Kerryn Phelps + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Immune System - General Practice: The Integrative Approach Series. The human immune system is extremely complex, with intricate multidirectional connections between our gastrointestinal, psychological, endocrinological and other systems, and communication via various neuro transmitters, cytokines and other immune system messengers. This chapter presents a simplified view of the principles of immunology, with specific focus on some of the most recently researched complementary therapies known to improve immune system health. A comprehensive listing of further resources and references is listed at the end of the chapter.

    • Annales corrigées CAP petite enfance Epreuves professionnelles

      • 3rd Edition
      • October 12, 2012
      • Jacqueline Gassier + 2 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      Cet ouvrage d'annales présente un large choix de sujets d'examens récents des différents groupements académiques, y compris les sujets de 2012, suivis de corrigés détaillés. Classés par matières, les sujets proposés permettent à l'élève de s'entraîner efficacement aux épreuves professionnelles du CAP Petite enfance dans des conditions similaires à celles de l'examen en : - Prise en charge de l'enfant à domicile (EP1) ; - Accompagnement éducatif de l'enfant (EP2) ; - Techniques de services à l'usager (EP3). Chaque sujet est suivi de son corrigé. En outre, sont proposés : - Une présentation claire des épreuves (contenu, durée, coefficient) ; - Des conseils pratiques et méthodologiques (pour le déroulement de l'épreuve). Cet ouvrage constitue donc un guide complet et indispensable pour tous ceux qui souhaitent tester leurs connaissances et se préparer dans les meilleures conditions à ces épreuves en se familiarisant avec de vrais sujets d'examen.

    • Pediatric Surgery, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 92-3
      • June 28, 2012
      • Kenneth Azarow + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      A comprehensive review of pediatric surgery for the general surgeon! Topics include pediatric pain management, hernias, hydroceles, and undescended testes, appendectomy, merckel's and intussusceptions, pyloric stenosis, childhood obesity, neonatal bowel obstruction, short gut syndrome and vascular access, abdominal wall reconstruction, gastroesophageal reflux disease, pediatric chest, CDH and protective ventilation strategies, chest wall deformities, congenital and pediatric neck lesions, vascular and lymphatic malformations, pediatric malignancies, teratoma and ovarian lesions, and more!

    • Current Concepts in Cardiovascular Pathology, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5-2
      • June 14, 2012
      • Gayle L. Winters
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Clinically accessible information for pathologists on histology, differential diagnosis, and clinical overview is presented. Topics in this subject on Cardiovascular Pathology include: Examination of the Explanted/Autopsy Heart; Native Valves; Prosthetic Valves; Cardiac Transplant Biopsies; Diagnostic (Native Heart) Biopsies; Aorta; Temporal Arteritis/Vasculitis... Lesions; Cardiac Tumors; and Cardiac Devices. Each article presents Key Considerations; Pitfalls of working with the particular entity; Differential Diagnosis summaries; Gross and histologic features with clinicopathologic correlates; Complications; Technical considerations; Post transplant biopsy findings where relevant; and Communicating results.

    • A Practical Approach to the Spectrum of Alcoholic Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 16-4
      • October 29, 2012
      • David Bernstein
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Guest Editor has organized this issue to focus on the clinical management of alcoholic liver disease. Authors have written state-of-the-art reviews on the following topics: Prevalence and Natural History of ALD; Alcohol Metabolism; Immunology in ALD; Histological Findings in ALD; Diagnosis and Management of Alcoholic Hepatitis; Management of Alcohol Abuse; Long Term Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease; Infections in ALD; Nutrition in ALD; Alcohol’s Effect on Other Chronic Liver Diseases; Liver Cancer and Alcohol; Evaluation and Selection of Candidates for Liver Transplantation; and ALD and Specific Transplant-Related Issues.

    • Volume 1, Issue 3, an issue of Hospital Medicine Clinics - E-Book

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 1-3
      • July 28, 2012
      • Jeffrey L. Greenwald + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This new online Clinics series, Hospital Medicine Clinics, provides evidence-based answers to clinical questions the practicing hospitalist faces daily. This third issue in our growing online database covers essential updates in the following topics: B-type natriuretic peptide; procalcitonin; erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein; urine lytes; rational testing in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding; antinuclear antibody testing; serum protein electrophoresis, urine protein electrophoresis, and immunoelectrophoresi... patient-controlled analgesia; total parenteral nutrition and peripheral parenteral nutrition; and rational lab testing.

    • Concours ATSEM Le tout-en-un Épreuves écrites et orale

      • 3rd Edition
      • January 1, 2012
      • Jacqueline Gassier + 2 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      - « Ce qu'il faut savoir », afin d'assimiler les connaissances et les savoir-faire nécessaires ; - « S'entraîner » et « Corrigés », qui permettent au candidat de se tester pour mieux maîtriser l'épreuve de QCM. Cet ouvrage, très complet, est donc l'outil indispensable aux candidats pour se préparer efficacement aux épreuves du concours ATSEM.

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