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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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    • ALI and ARDS: Challenges and Advances, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-3
      • July 28, 2011
      • Lena M. Napolitano + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Critical Care Clinics will focus on Severe Acute Respiratory DIstress Syndrome and dealing with it in the ICU. Topics will include: Challenges and Successes in ARDS Research;Mechanical ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What works?; Gene therapy for ALI/ARDS;High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS;Prone positioning therapy in ARDS;Recovery and Long-term outcome in ARDS; and Experimental models and emergeing hypotheses for ALI and ARDS

    • Lung Cancer, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 20-4
      • October 28, 2011
      • Mark J. Krasna
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      In this issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Guest Editor Mark Krasna and colleagues discuss a wide range of topics devoted to lung cancer. Articles focus on pathology; updated staging systems; epidemiology of lung cancer - smoking, second hand smoke, and genetics; molecular markers for incidence, prognosis, and response to therapy; screening; diagnostic work-up; non-invasive staging techniques; surgical resection; the role of surgery following induction therapy for stage III NSCLC; the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in NSCLC (stages I-III); and much more.

    • Quality of Anesthesia Care, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-1
      • March 2, 2011
      • Mark Neuman + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Ongoing improvement in the quality of patient care is essential to all anesthesia practices. This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics provides solid foundation and guidance in how to improve outcomes, as it covers the following topics. An overview of QI structures and initiatives is presented, focusing on the relevance to anesthesiology. A practical guide on how to implement a QI program is provided. Quality measurement approaches and issues, including the use of databases and risk adjustment are also examined. How to use simulation and other cutting-edge technology to improve quality in the OR is provided. Issues in multidisciplinary education and enhanced communication are explored. Recommendations for fostering a culture of safety are provided. How real-time support and decision-making can improve performance on quality process measures are examined. Clinical topics including bariatrics, geriatrics and decreasing perioperative delirium, and pain management are covered, as well as issues about end-of-life care.

    • Gastrointestinal Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-2
      • May 20, 2011
      • Angela Mills + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Angela Mills and Anthony Dean, will include articles on the following topics: Approach to acute abdominal pain;Evaluation of abdominal pain in older adults; Evaluation of abdominal pain in the pediatric population; Imaging and laboratory testing in acute abdominal pain;Esophageal and gastric emergencies; and Anorectal emergencies and foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract.

    • Immunizations, An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-4
      • October 5, 2011
      • Marc Altshuler
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue covers important topics to any primary care physician such as: Immunology for the primary care physician, Routine pediatric immunization, special cases in pediatrics, Routine adult immunization, special cases in adult vaccination, Foreign born individuals, Travel medicine, Immunoglobulins, Pandemic illness/flu , Future vaccine development, clinical trials, immunization and cancer prevention/treatment... Ethics of vaccination refusal, Vaccine administration: Rules and regulations, and Keeping current with vaccine recommendations

    • Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 3-2
      • May 17, 2011
      • Domenico Corrado + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is an inherited heart muscle disorder that may cause abnormal electrical heart rhythms and weakening of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in sudden death. The electrocardiograph (EKG) is used to diagnose the disease, so it is important for cardiac electrophysiologists to be familiar with the disease and to be able to recognize it on the EKG.

    • Pocketbook of Emergency Care

      • 1st Edition
      • November 3, 2011
      • Ian Greaves + 4 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      The Pocketbook of Emergency Care is the first text designed for use by the professional paramedic at the roadside. The contents are formatted to be easily accessible when specific informatoin is required in an emergency situation. Although arimed at paramedics it is a useful, practical handbook for emergency medical technicians, advanced first aiders, combat medical technicians and practitioners of emergency medical care in remote and rural environments. The book covers the immediate management of acute medical emergencies, major trauma, minor injuries and environmental problems as well as covering the interaction with other emergency services and coping with major incidents. The Pocketbook is an up-to-date synopsis of pre-hospital emergency medicine and includes the most recent European Resuscitation Council algorithms along with recent military medical advances in the management of major trauma patients. The text is based on the popular Emergency Care Textbook for Paramedics, also published by Saunders Elsevier, which can be used as a reference text in conjunction with the Pocketbook.

    • Prematurity: Art and Science, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-3
      • September 29, 2011
      • Alan Fleischman + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Drs. Fleischman and Iams present comprehensive review articles on the current state of science and medicine on the premature infant.The issue is divided into sections devoted to epidemiology, causes, outcomes, and controversies. Specific articles address stress, infection, inflammation, antenatal steroids, and ethical issues surrounding care at the edge of viability.

    • Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand, An Issue of Hand Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-1
      • December 28, 2011
      • Steven Green
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      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.

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