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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.

  • Guide de l'orthoptie

    • 1st Edition
    • Marie-France Clenet + 1 more
    • French
    Ce Guide de l'orthoptie présente l'ensemble des éléments qui caractérisent le champ d'action de l'orthoptiste et ouvre des voies d'éducation pour la santé visuelle. Exploration, rééducation, dépistage et prévention sont traités dans une perspective polysensorielle, invitant à la pluridisciplinarité, grâce aux contributions d'auteurs de multiples spécialités. La rééducation orthoptique y est illustrée de manière claire, détaillée et accessible grâce à des cas cliniques et des questionnements richement illustrés qui soulignent la nécessité de dépasser le seul cadre visuo-visuel. Conçu à la fois comme un manuel d'apprentissage et un guide de formation continue, cet ouvrage offre, au à l'étudiant et à l'orthopiste confirmé mais aussi aux autres professionnels de la rééducation comme les ortophonistes, matière à réflexion pour mieux organiser et coordonner leurs actions.

  • Protocoles cliniques en obstétrique

    • 4th Edition
    • François Goffinet + 1 more
    • French
    Ce livre rassemble les protocoles cliniques utilisés à la maternité Port-Royal pour la surveillance de la grossesse, les décisions en salle de naissance et la surveillance de la mère dans les jours qui suivent. Il permet d'appliquer les connaissances théoriques à la réalité quotidienne, en évitant autant que possible les contradictions au sein de chaque équipe. La prise en charge des urgences est facilitée par l'aspect très pratique de l'ouvrage et son pragmatisme quant aux conduites à tenir, particulièrement stressantes puisqu'elles mettent parfois en jeu deux vies à la fois. La prévention et l'anticipation représentent également une part importante de l'ouvrage. Dans cette 4e édition, toutes les fiches ont été actualisées et complétées en fonction des données récentes de la littérature et de la pratique clinique.

  • Liver Pathology, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6-2
    • Sanjay Kakar + 1 more
    • English
    For the surgical pathologist, this coverage of Liver Pathology presents practical information with ample discussion of differential diagnosis and use of special studies, where relevant, to engage pathologists in what you can do daily in practice. Topics include: Steatohepatitis: Histopathologic diagnosis; Regression and subclassification of cirrhosis; Autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndrome; Liver transplant pathology: challenging diagnostic situations; Hepatocellular adenoma; Immunohistochemistry for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma; Histologic subtypes of hepatocellular carcinoma: diagnostics and clinical significance; Pediatric cholestatic disorders. Sanjay Kakar and Dhanpat Jain bring their expertise in liver pathology and lead a group of authors whose focus is on liver and GI pathology. The surgical pathologist has at hand in this issue the essential and most current aspects of liver pathology required for daily practice.

  • Emergency Medicine

    The Principles of Practice
    • 6th Edition
    • Sascha Fulde + 1 more
    • English
    The ultimate emergency medicine textbook from the renowned Professor Gordian Fulde now in a new edition. Emergency Medicine 6e presents evidence-based clinical management and treatment advice for emergency medicine students and practitioners in Australasia. The vast range of topics include paediatric, geriatric, gynaecology, psychiatric, dental, rural and Indigenous presentations, ensuring readers are well prepared for any eventuality in the Emergency Department. This outstanding text combines expertise and experience with fully up-to-date content. It is authored by Professor Gordian Fulde, Emergency Department director at Sydney’s St Vincent's Hospital, with contributions from Dr Sascha Fulde and over 60 other notable emergency medicine clinicians. Readers will gain a solid understanding of effective procedural and management skills in the ED. Practical tips relate to: patient transport and retrieval; seriously ill patients; advanced nursing roles; general practitioners; working with IT; administration, legal matters, governance and quality care; and interns and students in the emergency department. The ideal complement to hands-on emergency medicine training, this new edition of Emergency Medicine also prepares readers to apply key emergency medicine skills to unique incidents such as mass casualty and chemical, biological and radiological hazard contingencies. Topics included in this edition of Emergency Medicine include:• securing the airway• resuscitation• arrhythmia management• pain management• imaging• dermatology• trauma• poisoning• envenomation• overdose

  • Year Book of Surgery 2013

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2013
    • Kevin E. Behrns
    • English
    The Year Book of Surgery brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in surgery, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! The Year Book of Surgery is published annually in September, and includes topics such as: Trauma; Burns; Critical Care; Transplantation; Surgical Infection; Would Healing; Oncology; Vascular Surgery; and General Thoracic Surgery.

  • MRI in Sports Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32-3
    • Timothy G. Sanders
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will provide an in-depth overview of the most common areas for MRI scans, including shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle. There will be two additional chapters, which will discuss how tumors and arthritis can be the underlying causes of an athleteÂ’s pain, and how to look for those in scans. "The book is full of clinical nuggets way beyond the usual realm of the 'how to treat' and 'what to do' models that clinical sports books can sometimes slip into" Reviewed by InTouch, Apr 2015

  • Transplantation

    A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice
    • 5th Edition
    • John L. R. Forsythe
    • English
    Transplantation meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities. This is a title in the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series whose eight volumes are an established and highly regarded source of information for the specialist general surgeon.

  • Endocrine Surgery

    A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice
    • 5th Edition
    • Thomas W J Lennard
    • English
    Endocrine Surgery meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities. This is a title in the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series whose eight volumes are an established and highly regarded source of information for the specialist general surgeon. "This book is an essential tool for any trainee with a special interest in endocrine surgery, and will also be of interest to experienced endocrine surgeons looking for a concise summary of recent research and current guidelines in this surgical specialty." Reviewed by: St Vincent’s University Hospital, Nov 2014

  • Disorders of the Platelets, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-3
    • Koneti Rao
    • English
    This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics is guest edited by Dr. A. Koneti Rao and focuses on Disorder of the Platelets. Article titles include: Mechanisms of Platelet Activation and Inhibition, Testing Platelet Function,Clinical Implications of Platelet Genomics and Proteomics, Congenital Thrombocytopenias, Immune Thrombocytopenias, Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia, and Functional defects: Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and beyond.

  • Cardiac Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-2
    • Colleen G. Koch
    • English
    This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics covers the latest updates in cardiovascular anesthesia written by the world-leading experts on the topic. Procedurally-focused articles cover best practices in fluid and blood management, mechanical circulation support, anesthesia for robotic surgery, adult congenital heart surgery, transplantation and more. Achieve the best outcomes and keep current on this area of anesthesia practice.

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