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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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    • Hinman's Atlas of UroSurgical Anatomy

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 2, 2012
      • Greg T. MacLennan
      • English
      • eBook
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      The detailed illustrations in Hinman’s Atlas of UroSurgical Anatomy, supplemented by radiologic and pathologic images, help you clearly visualize the complexities of the genitourinary tract and its surrounding anatomy so you can avoid complications and provide optimal patient outcomes. This medical reference book is an indispensable clinical tool for Residents and experienced urologic surgeons alike.

    • Rhinoplasty

      • 1st Edition
      • May 1, 2012
      • Bahman Guyuron
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Dr. Bahman Guyuron’s Rhinoplasty shows you how to get the best results from the latest rhinoplasty techniques. The operative animations, high-quality videos and artwork, 3D demonstrations, and step-by-step instructions in this medical reference book provide all the guidance you need to succeed. You’ll choose and apply the best approaches for particular patient populations such as cocaine users, patients with thick skin, ethnic patients, and revision rhinoplasty patients.

    • Atlas of Normal Roentgen Variants That May Simulate Disease

      • 9th Edition
      • May 1, 2012
      • Theodore E. Keats + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Seeing is believing with the Atlas of Normal Roentgen Variants That May Simulate Disease, edited by the late Theodore Keats and Mark W. Anderson. Now streamlined into a more concise, portable print format, with a wealth of additional content online, this medical reference book’s thousands of images capture the roentgenographic presentation of a full range of normal variants and pseudo-lesions that may resemble pathologic conditions, helping you avoid false positives. You’d be hard pressed to find a comparable image collection in any one place online.

    • Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases

      • 6th Edition
      • May 1, 2012
      • Lee A. Fleisher
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Your awareness of uncommon diseases and possible complications is vital to successful anesthetic patient management. Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases, 6th Edition, brings you up to date with new information on less commonly seen diseases and conditions, including the latest evidence and management guidelines. This unique medical reference book is essential for a complete understanding of today’s best options and potential difficulties in anesthesia.

    • Polypharmacy, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-2
      • April 30, 2012
      • Holly Holmes
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      With the use of multiple medications in the elderly patient comes the risk of drug-related problems. This issue covers polypharmacy in the elderly patient with topics that include: The Interplay between Polypharmacy, Geriatric Conditions, and Adverse Drug Reactions, Factors Leading to Excessive Polypharmacy, Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Diseases and How They Contribute to Polypharmacy, Polypharmacy in Nursing Home Residents, Psychotropic Polypharmacy, Deprescribing Trials: Methods to Reduce Polypharmacy and the Impact on Prescribing and Clinical Outcomes, Ethical Framework for Medication Discontinuation in Nursing Home Residents with Limited Life Expectancy, Pharmacokinetics in the Elderly and the Interaction with Polypharmacy, Medication Adherence to Multi-drug Regimens, Improvements in Electronic Prescribing to Reduce Inappropriate Medication Use and Polypharmacy, and Tools to Decrease Polypharmacy.

    • Evaluation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 41-2
      • April 30, 2012
      • Samir Shah + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Guest Editors have focused on methods of diagnosing and evaluating IBD to help guide optimal treatment to maximize clinical outcomes and minimize risks. Authors have provided state-of-the-art updates with practical information/guidelin... and cutting-edge data for incorporation into practice. The first set of articles deals with endoscopy: its role in diagnosis and monitoring IBD; the growing importance of chromoendoscopy in IBD surveillance exams; assessment of post-operative recurrence; and finally the emerging role of capsule endoscopy. The second section focuses on specific scenarios that IBD physicians encounter frequently: health maintenance in IBD focusing on proper vaccinations; the growing problem of Clostridium difficile in IBD; assessment of pouch problems; optimal evaluation of perianal disease; the state of the art in using thiopurines including use of allopurinol to optimize metabolites and optimizing the use of infliximab by measuring levels and antibodies to infliximab; factors to consider in choosing monotherapy versus combination therapy and communication of risk/benefit to patients; and finally disability assessment in IBD. The third and final section highlights noninvasive methods to evaluate IBD: clinical predictors of aggressive or disabling disease; the evolving role of specific antibodies in diagnosing, subtyping and most recently prognosticating in IBD; stool markers (calproctectin and lactoferrin) for evaluating and monitoring IBD; the growing role of imaging modalities with emphasis on MR enterography and CT enterography; and finally, the genetics of IBD and the potential role of genetic testing in the diagnosis/prognosis and tailoring of therapy.

    • Innovations in Fetal and Neonatal Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 39-2
      • April 30, 2012
      • Hanmin Lee + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The Guest Editors have assembled a list of topics that provide state-of-the-art coverage on fetal surgery. Topics covered include fetal cardiac intervention, abdominal wall defects, NEC, esophageal atresia, and spinia bifida. Some articles provide the clinical basics, like general concepts of fetal surgery, while others provide a detailed look at CDH in utero, CDH post natal, ECMO/placenta, stem cell, and anorectal malformations.

    • Précis d'ophtalmologie clinique

      • 2nd Edition
      • April 30, 2012
      • Jack J. Kanski + 4 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      Le Précis d'anatomie clinique en format de poche est une synthèse issue du bestseller de Jack Kanski, Clinical Ophthalmology. Ce guide est une aide indispensable au diagnostic et à la prise en charge des affections oculaires. Pour chaque pathologie, le lecteur y trouvera des illustrations, ainsi que les symptômes, signes cliniques, étiologies, diagnostics différentiels et traitements. Il s'adresse à tout clinicien recherchant un guide pratique de référence à la fois diagnostique et thérapeutique. L'objectif de ce livre est aussi de donner au lecteur une vision globale de l'ophtalmologie, particulièrement utile lors de la préparation d'examens. Cette deuxième édition entièrement révisée comporte plus de 250 nouvelles images ; de nouveaux tableaux de diagnostics différentiels ; les informations les plus récentes sur les innovations, les techniques d'examen, l'imagerie médicale, les pathologies induites par les médicaments, les malformations et anomalies génétiques.

    • Volume 1, Issue 2, an issue of Hospital Medicine Clinics - E-Book

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 1-2
      • April 28, 2012
      • David B. Feinbloom + 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 second issue in our growing online database covers essential updates in the management of class III and IV heart failure; pulmonary hypertension; diabetic foot infections; hyponatremia; acute pancreatitis; management of acute stroke; prevention of deep vein thrombosis; electroconvulsive therapy; advance directives; and legal pitfalls for the hospitalist.

    • Quality of Life Issues in Dermatology, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 30-2
      • April 28, 2012
      • Suephy C. Chen
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue defines the concepts and outlines the concerns surrounding quality of life issues in dermatology. Articles review the concepts of general versus disease-specific measures and include Patient Preference QOL Measures, and Review of Children and Family QOL Measures. Disease specific QOL topics are also included, such as Melanoma, Acne, and Eczema.

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