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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.

  • Current Management Guidelines in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22-1
    • M. Blair Marshall
    • English
    This issue highlights management issues surrounding specific subjects within the clinical practice of thoracic surgery. The articles represent areas of thoracic surgery where there may be controversy, lack of consensus, or evolution. Each author summarizes the available literature with the addition of his or her own personal expertise.
  • Cardiovascular Review, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23-4
    • Bobbie Leeper
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Bobbi Leeper, MN, RN, CNS M-S, CCRN, at Baylor University Medical Center, provides review of Cardiac topics for the practicing nurse. Article topics include: Spectrum of Acute Coronary Syndromes; Mechanical Complications of AMI; Glucose Control in the Cardiovascular Patient; Pulmonary Hypertension; Pulmonary Problems in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease; Stroke Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery; Surgery on Thoracic Aorta; Heart Valve Surgery; Complications of Cardiac Surgery; Electrolyte Disorders in the Cardiac Patient; and Cardiogenic Shock.
  • Current Management of Lesser Toe Disorders, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16-4
    • John H. Campbell + 1 more
    • English
    Mallet Toes, Hammertoes / Claw toes - PIP correction, Hammertoes / Clawtoes - MTP correction, Flexor-to-Extensor Transfer, Metatarsalgia: Distal Metatarsal Osteotomies, Metatarsalgia: Proximal Metatarsal Osteotomies, Crossover and Valgus Toe Deformity, Revision Lesser Toe Surgery, Freiberg's Infraction, Fifth Toe Deformities, Congenital Toe Deformities, Bunionette Deformity - Etiology & Exostectomy, Bunionette deformity – Osteotomies, Postoperative Complications
  • Foundations of Developmental Care, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-4
    • Joy Browne + 1 more
    • English
    The guest editors thoroughly examine prematurity for the perinatologist by supplying state-of-the art reviews on this topic. Articles include: The integrated development of sensory organization; The normal sequence of sensory development in the fetus and newborn; The role of the limbic system in early development; The role of the olfactory system in early maternal orientation and feeding outcomes; Olfactory contributions to attachment and learning; The gustatory system in the newborn: implications for development of eating; The role of auditory development in early communication and attachment; The role of vision and state organization in early development; Epigenetic contributions to early developmental care; Supporting successful eating and growth; The scientific foundations for Kangaroo care;The practice of individualized developmental care; and Designing environments for developmental care.
  • Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand, An Issue of Hand Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-1
    • Steven Green
    • English
    The intrinsic muscles of the hand account for about 50% of grip strength and allow fine motor control. This issue will serve as a concise and comprehensive source of information on this muscle group, and procedures for treatment for chronic and traumatic problems in this group.
  • MRI of the Newborn, Part 2, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20-1
    • Thierry A. G. M. Huisman + 1 more
    • English
    Vast experience has been gained over the past decade in safely transporting, monitoring, and imaging neonates, a highly vulnerable patient group. Technological advances in MRI hardware such as higher field strength systems, multi-channel coils, higher gradient performance, and MR compatible incubators with integrated antennae laid the ground for more detailed, higher resolution anatomical MR imaging. This issue provides separate reviews on the use of MR imaging in the evaluation of encephalopathy, postmortems, spinal dysraphia, and inflicted brain injury as well as neonatal neuro MR imaging and MR-guided cardiovascular interventions.
  • United States Skin Disease Needs Assessment, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-1
    • Robert P. Dellavalle
    • English
    This issue discusses the concerns of skin disease in the United States and the national clinical dermatology research priorities. The article topics closely follow the plan set out by the recent dermatology needs assessment of the UK. Articles include "Health Care Disparities," and "The Burden of Skin Disease in the United States." Other articles also cover specific conditions such as psoriasis, acne, and melanoma, as well as dermatologic surgery needs assessment.
  • Economics of Critical Care Medicine, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-1
    • Donald Chalfin + 1 more
    • English
    Topics include: Why Economics Matters to Critical Care Clinicians, Overview of Health Economics: Basics Concept for Clinicians;Health Economic Methods; Costs of Critical Care Medicine; Economic Aspects of Sepsis and Severe Infections; Economic Aspects of Renal Failure and Acute Kidney Injury; Economic Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease; Economics of Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Failure and Comparative Effective Research and Health Care Reform.
  • Clinical Cytogenetics, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-4
    • Caroline Astbury
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, Guest Edited by Caroline Astbury, PhD, FACMG, will focus on Cytogenetics, with topics including: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Acute myelogenous leukemia; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Plasma cell myeloma; Lymphomas; Solid tumors; Myelodysplastic syndromes; SNP arrays in clinical practice; Prenatal arrays; FISH (including Paraffin-embedded (PET) FISH); New and old microdeletion and microduplication syndromes; Sex chromosome and sex chromosome abnormalities; Autosomal aneuploidy; Microarray-CGH interpretation and Genomic Integrity; Structural chromosome rearrangements and complex chromosome rearrangements; and UPD/imprinting.
  • Men's Health, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 39-1
    • Steven A. Kaplan
    • English
    This issue of the Urologic Clinics covers timely topics pertinent to Men's Health, including The Role of Primary Care in Men’s Health, Changes in Male Fertility in the Last Two Decades, The Aging Male, and Pre-adolescent issues as risk factors for adult male health.