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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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    • Neurologic Emergencies, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 30-1
      • February 7, 2012
      • Alireza Minagar + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Many neurologic disorders can appear in quick and severe forms that require immediate medical attention. This issue of Neurologic Clinics features 14 articles on conditions that commonly present acutely, such as epilepsy, headache, visual loss, nervous system infections, ischemic stroke, head and spinal cord injury, and intracranial hemorrhage.

    • Rôles infirmiers, organisation du travail et interprofessionnalité/Encadrement des professionnels de soins

      • 1st Edition
      • February 6, 2012
      • David Naudin + 2 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      Ce cahier, consacré à l'UE 3.3 Rôles infirmiers, organisation du travail et interprofessionnalit... (semestres 3 et 5) et à l'UE 3.5 Encadrement des professionnels de soins (semestre 4), présente les concepts fondamentaux à connaître. Il aborde au niveau du rôle infirmier les thèmes suivants : - l'historique de la profession ; - le rôle, la fonction, les missions et compétences de l'infirmière ; - l'identité professionnelle ; - les réseaux de soins et l'interdisciplinarit... Puis, il présente l'organisation du travail, à travers : - l'infirmière en secteur libéral : fonction, gestion d'un cabinet, organisation ; - le rôle de l'IDE dans les différents secteurs : libéral, éducation, humanitaire, en milieu carcéral ; - les notions et outils d'ergonomie dans la fonction soignante. L'encadrement des professionnels de soins est abordé à travers : - l'encadrement des stagiaires et des nouveaux personnels : théories et processus de l'apprentissage et de l'évaluation, contrats d'encadrement, tutorat et conduite du projet d'encadrement ; - l'encadrement des autres professionnels de santé : le programme des études d'aide soignant, d'auxiliaire de puériculture, d'aide médico-psychologique et autres professionnels. Toutes ces thématiques sont illustrées par de nombreux exemples et schémas en couleurs. Et en fin d'ouvrage, un Cahier d'entraînement permet à l'étudiant de tester ses connaissances et de s'entraîner à l'analyse de situations intégratives.

    • Best Evidence for Spine Surgery E-Book

      • 1st Edition
      • February 1, 2012
      • Rahul Jandial + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      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.

    • Brochert's Crush Step 2

      • 4th Edition
      • February 1, 2012
      • Theodore X. O'Connell + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 2 4 0 3 9 0
      • eBook
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      Crush Step 2: The Ultimate USMLE Step 2 Review—the name and reputation speak for themselves! Drs. Theodore X. O’Connell and Mayur Movalia bring a fresh perspective to this trusted classic that offers you the most high-yield coverage of all of the specialty and subspecialty knowledge tested on the most recent administrations of the USMLE Step 2 exam. A well-written, easily accessible approach, with plenty of helpful lists and tables, makes studying stress-free. You'll also find numerous tips, insights, and guidance on maximizing your score and on getting the most benefit from computer-based simulations. If you know all of the concepts in this book, you should do much better than pass USMLE Step 2: You should CRUSH STEP 2!

    • Pediatric Surgery, 2-Volume Set

      • 7th Edition
      • January 30, 2012
      • Arnold G. Coran + 5 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 7 2 5 5 7
      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Pediatric Surgery, 7th Edition - edited by Arnold G. Coran, Anthony Caldamone, N. Scott Adzick, Thomas M. Krummel, Jean-Martin Laberge, and Robert Shamberger - features comprehensive, up-to-date guidance on all aspects of childhood surgery, including congenital malformations, tumors, trauma, and urologic problems. Apply the latest developments in fetal surgery, adolescent bariatric surgery, minimally invasive surgery in children, and tissue engineering for the repair of congenital anomalies, such as the separation of conjoined twins. you can also access the fully searchable text online at www.expertconsult.co... making this definitive resource more accessible than ever.

    • Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Heart Disease, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 1-1
      • January 28, 2012
      • Samin K. Sharma + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 3 8 8 1 6
      • eBook
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      Among the most recently developed procedures for treating heart disease in a minimally invasive way are the techniques for percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease. These are important advances because the only alternative is open heart surgery, which is not an option for many high-risk patients. This issue provides a detailed description of several percutaneous procedures, including trans-catheter aortic valve implantation.

    • Coronary Risk Factors Update, An Issue of Medical Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 96-1
      • January 28, 2012
      • Valentin Fuster + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 4 2 9 2 9
      This issue of Medical Clinics of North America provides the latest essential updates on coronary risk factors. The following key questions are answered. Are new biomarkers informative? LDL: the lower the better? How important is HDL? How much credit does triglyceride deserve? How important is family history of coronary disease? How important is age in determining coronary risk factors? Endothelial progenitor cells, menopause, and coronary risk factors? What is the role of imaging in prevention of coronary artery disease? Is genomics ready for primetime? Pediatric statinization? Individualized statinization? Polypill for some, polypill for all?

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

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 1-1
      • January 28, 2012
      • Anjala Tess + 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. The premier issue covers essential updates in aortic dissection, ICU prevention practices, HIV medications, hepatorenal syndrome, Clostridium difficile, acute gout, adrenal insufficiency, pain management at the end of life, alcohol withdrawal, and LEAN principles applied to hospital medicine.

    • Stage B, a Pre-cursor of Heart Failure, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 8-1
      • January 28, 2012
      • Jay N. Cohn + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      In the joint American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure. Preventing progression of heart failure in Stage B patients is a central concern to heart failure specialists, so two issues have been devoted to this topic. Part I focuses on an understanding of structural heart disease and the factors that cause progression from risk of heart failure to development of structural changes.

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