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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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    • Genitourinary Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 50-2
      • March 28, 2012
      • Paul Nikolaidis + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 4 4 6 4 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 4 4 6 3 3
      This issue covers a wide range of topics related to genitourinary imaging, across a variety of imaging modalities. An update is given on dual-energy CT in urologic imaging. Imaging of the retroperitoneum is also discussed. Imaging of infectious and inflammatory diseases of kidneys is reviewed, as is imaging of the features of common and uncommon neoplasms of the bladder. Multimodality imaging of the ureter, unusual renal masses, and adrenal imaging are all addressed in detail. Finally, advances in pediatric urologic imaging are reviewed.

    • Best Evidence for Spine Surgery E-Book

      • 1st Edition
      • February 1, 2012
      • Rahul Jandial + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 2 3 2 5 6
      Best Evidence for Spine Surgery provides representative cases that help you determine the optimal surgical interventions for your patients. Drs. Rahul Jandial and Steven R. Garfin, and a balanced team of preeminent neurosurgeons and orthopaedists, address the trend toward a more collaborative approach between spine and orthopaedic surgery. This easy-to-read, evidence-based resource also features "Tips from the masters" for a quick review of important elements of diagnosis and treatment.

    • Critical Care Ultrasound Manual

      • 1st Edition
      • July 1, 2012
      • Anthony McLean + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 8 0 9 3 9
      Critical Care Ultrasound Manual is a concise step-by-step guide on the assessment of ultrasounds. It trains critical care physicians in applying Rapid Assessment by Cardiac Echo (RACE) and Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) to sonography principles. Animated video clips of procedures assist the reader in comprehending the content covered in the manual.

    • Tropical Diseases, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-2
      • June 11, 2012
      • Alimuddin Zumla + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 3 8 8 0 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 4 4 1 0 7
      Tropical diseases pose an increasing problem for US and international travellers who travel to tropical regions. Physicians need to be aware of the wide spectrum of tropical, infectious, and parasitic diseases that patients may be exposed to. This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics includes articles written by global experts and includes topics such as range/classification of tropical diseases, venomous bites and stings, malaria, and bacterial gastrointestinal infections.

    • Update on the Shoulder, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 20-2
      • April 23, 2012
      • Jenny T. Bencardino
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 3 8 8 8 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 4 4 1 4 5
      As with most joints in the body, MR imaging is highly effective at imaging the shoulder. This issue reviews the use of MR imaging to rotator cuff disease and external impingement, Internal impingement syndromes, SLAP injuries and microinstability, and glenohumeral instability. Also included in this issue are separate articles on technical update on MRI of the shoulder, novel anatomic concepts in MR imaging of the rotator cuff, and anatomic variants and pitfalls of the labrum, glenoid cartilage, and glenohumeral ligaments. The issue also provides reviews of MR Imaging of the postoperative shoulder, MR imaging of the pediatric shoulder, and the throwing shoulder from the orthopedist’s perspective.

    • Mobilisations articulaires spécifiques et techniques d’impulsion

      • 1st Edition
      • October 10, 2012
      • Christopher H. Wise + 3 more
      • French
      • Spiral-bound
        9 7 8 2 2 9 4 7 1 6 1 1 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 2 2 9 4 7 2 1 2 9 8
      Ce guide de poche expose les connaissances indispensables pour pratiquer des mobilisations articulaires provenant de différentes approches de la thérapie manuelle. Organisé par articulation (épaule, coude, poignet et main, hanche, genou, cheville et pied, articulation temporomandibulaire et segment cervicothoracique, segment lombopelvien), cet outil indispensable donne des descriptions détaillées étayées par de nombreuses photographies et illustrations à la fois originales et très didactiques. Sont précisés pour toutes les mobilisations : – les indications et contre-indications ; – les effets neurophysiologiques, mécaniques et psychologiques ; – les complications potentielles ; – les tests à réaliser ; – les rappels anatomiques et physiologiques indispensables ; – les tableaux de synthèse sur les mouvements ostéocinématiques et arthrocinématiques. Les nombreux schémas, tableaux, arbres décisionnels facilitent la prise de décision clinique et démontrent l'efficacité, la sécurité et l'utilisation la plus appropriée des différentes procédures de mobilisation.

    • UE 7 - Santé - Société - Humanité - QCM

      • 1st Edition
      • September 21, 2012
      • Pierre Czernichow + 7 more
      • French
      • eBook
        9 7 8 2 2 9 4 7 3 2 1 7 1
      La collection Pass'Santé s'adresse aux étudiants en PACES. Chaque titre vous permet un travail d'autoformation et d'autoévaluation, réel et efficace, grâce à une présentation originale axée sur la rapidité et la convivialité. Vous disposez, sur une même page, des QCM à cocher, de leurs réponses occultées par un cache et vous vous entraînez dans les conditions des épreuves.Cet ouvrage est composé de 50 chapitres d'exercices inédits, formulés selon les canons du concours et présentés suivant le classement utilisé dans l'ouvrage de cours correspondant. Il offre 245 QCM corrigés et une quarantaine de QROC et questions rédactionnelles avec proposition de réponse.

    • Exercise as Therapy

      • 1st Edition
      • October 30, 2012
      • Kerryn Phelps + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 8 1 9 7 4
      Exercise as Therapy - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. Physical exercise involves the voluntary movement of the body, incorporating large muscle groups, with the goal of enjoyment, relaxation and physical exertion to improve the body’s structure and function. The different types of exercise are discussed but the avenues for exercise include sport participation, recreational activities such as bushwalking, fitness training such as resistance training, aerobic classes, yoga, Pilates, occupational and recreational work such as gardening, and incidental exercise such as walking to the shops or cycling to work.

    • Heart Failure, An Issue of Medical Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 96-5
      • September 18, 2012
      • Prakash C. Deedwania
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 3 8 9 2 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 4 8 5 0 1
      This important issue of Medical Clinics provides essential updates in heart failure. The following topics are covered: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and general approach for heart failure; symptoms, signs, diagnostic studies, and prognostic significance of systolic versus diastolic heart failure; the appropriate use of biomarkers; oral versus intravenous diuretic therapy; guideline-based therapy including RAAS blockade, beta-blockade, and aldosterone antagonist, appropriate use of AICD and biventricular pacing; role of ventricular assist device; pathophysiological consideration and management approaches in acute decompensated heart failure; pathophysiology and current approaches to cardiorenal syndrome; heart failure with other comorbidities including diabetes, obesity, anemia, and cancer; heart failure and atrial fibrillation; and the role of disease management strategies in heart failure.

    • Neurologie

      • 3rd Edition
      • September 14, 2012
      • Anne BERTRAND + 3 more
      • French
      • eBook
        9 7 8 2 2 9 4 7 3 2 5 0 8
      Cet ouvrage de cours synthétique traite l'ensemble des items de neurologie du programme de DCEM2-DCEM4. Cette troisième édition reste fidèle à l'esprit des deux premières éditions qui lui ont valu son succès : chaque chapitre, consacré à un item, est rédigé suivant un plan identique, original, clair et très didactique qui facilite l'apprentissage. Cette troisième édition comporte une mise à jour avec l'intégration des conférences de consensus les plus récentes. Elle est enrichie de nombreux arbres décisionnels et d'iconographies nouvelles. A l'intérieur des chapitres, des flashcodes renvoient directement aux recommandations de la HAS citées ou commentées dans les ouvrages. Chaque item comprend les éléments systématiques suivants, mis à jour et enrichis : - les conférences de consensus, d'experts et les recommandations existantes ; - des schémas, des algorithmes et de l'iconographie ; - des encadrés sur les notions importantes ; - des repères permettant d'identifier les sujets déjà tombés au concours de l'internat et aux ECN depuis 1995, clairement indiqués en regard du thème tombé avec leur date et un court résumé des Annales ; - des renvois transversaux vers les autres items du programme (intra- et interdisciplinaires) ; - les « zéros » aux questions ; - une « Fiche dernier tour » qui propose un résumé de l'item pour une révision complète et rapide de celui-ci.

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