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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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    • Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity

      • 1st Edition
      • September 29, 2011
      • Asokumar Buvanendran + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of intrathecal drug delivery techniques performed today. Asokumar Buvanendran, MD and Sudhir Diwan, MD, offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to treat chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain, and spasticity. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.co... you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

    • Food Allergy

      • 1st Edition
      • September 29, 2011
      • John M James + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Definitive yet concise, Food Allergy, by Drs. John M. James, Wesley Burks, and Philippe Eigenmann, provides expert guidance for efficient diagnosis and effective management of these increasingly prevalent conditions. The consistent, practical format, with a wealth of case studies, clinical pearls and pitfalls, full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, and more - along with online access at www.expertconsult.co... - make this an ideal quick reference tool for both allergy clinicians and primary care physicians.

    • Transplant, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 23-3
      • September 28, 2011
      • Darlene Lovasik
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Darlene Lovasik, RN, MN, CCRN, CNRN, will feature such article topics as: Evaluation and Work-up for Transplant; Basic Immunology; Pharmacology; Liver, Pancreas, Kidney Transplants; Living Donor Kideny, Liver Transplants; Heart, Lung, Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplants; Complications After Transplant ; Patient Education; Psychosocial Concerns; Ethical Issue; Financial/Operationa... Considerations; Organ Donation.

    • Tendon Transfers In the Foot and Ankle, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 16-3
      • September 28, 2011
      • Chris Chiodo + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Principles of Balancing the Foot with Tendon Transfers, Basic Science of Tendon Transfers, Tendon Transfer for Ankle Equinus and Equinovarus, The Bridle Procedure, The Uses of Tendon Transfers to Correct the Cavus Foot and Ankle, Tendon Transfers About the Hallux (Jones, FHB, Hallux Varus), Forefoot Tendon Transfers, Tendon Transfers in Polio, Management of Equinovalgus Deformity, The Management of Spastic Equinovarus Deformity Following Stroke and Head Injury

    • Perimenopause, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-3
      • September 28, 2011
      • Nanette Santoro
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Perimenopause has not been covered in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics for over 10 years. This timely issue includes articles on BMI and its influence, Androgens, Cognition and Menopause, and Sexual Activity/Quality of Life.

    • Advances in ICD Therapy, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 3-3
      • September 28, 2011
      • Paul Wang + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Implantable cardioverter-defibri... (ICDs) are electronic devices installed in the chest to prevent sudden death caused by abnormally fast heart rhythms. Cardiac electrophysiologists are the physicians usually responsible for implanting and maintaining these devices. The technology for ICDs is rapidly evolving, and the articles in this issue will help electrophysiologists to keep up to date with the current generation of ICDs, including selection of patients who are appropriate for the device, monitoring patients after the device is implanted, and troubleshooting problems with the device.

    • Rhumatologie

      • 4th Edition
      • September 26, 2011
      • COFER
      • French
      • eBook
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      En parfaite cohérence avec le programme de DCEM2-DCEM4 et les Épreuves Classantes Nationales (ECN), cet Abrégé "Connaissances et Pratique" apporte les connaissances fondamentales en rhumatologie. - La partie "Connaissances" développe, de manière synthétique et pratique, 40 items du programme de DCEM2-DCEM4 pour lesquels la rhumatologie est concernée. Chaque chapitre, consacré à un item, commence systématiquement par un rappel des objectifs pédagogiques nationaux accompagnés des objectifs additionnels du COFER, puis développe la thématique. Le contenu, clair et didactique, est étayé par de nombreux tableaux et des Points clés en fin de chapitre, et illustré par une riche iconographie : radiographies, photograpies en noir et en couleurs. - La partie "Pratique" propose de nombreux dossiers cliniques commentés qui offrent un véritable outil d'entraînement et d'auto-évaluation. Les cas cliniques comportent des grilles de corrections avec barème. Pour cette 4e édition, tous les items ont été mis à jour, l'iconographie a été enrichie, les dossiers cliniques ont été renouvelés. Un barème de correction des cas cliniques permet à l'étudiant de s'auto-corriger et des "zéros aux questions" ont été introduits.

    • Hepatitis C Direct Acting Antivirals: The New Standard of Care, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 15-3
      • September 23, 2011
      • Fred Poordad
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Hepatitis C Virus is a quickly evolving area within hepatology owing to new medical therapies. This issue, guest edited by Dr. Fred Poordad, includes the most current clinical information and treatment therapies. Expert authors have written review articles devoted to the following medical therapies: Boceprevir, Telaprevir, Protease Inhibitors in Development, NS5B Nucleoside and Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors. Review articles also address important patients like naïve- and non-responders and relapsers, the HIV co-infected patient, and the Genotype 1 and non-Genotype 1 patient.

    • Respiratory Tract Infections:Advances in Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 32-3
      • September 23, 2011
      • Michael Niederman
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue provides fully updated information on respiratory infections, including healthcare associated pneumonia, new diagnostic tests for pneumonia, epidemic viral pneumonia and other emerging pathogens, biomarkers to optimize antibiotic therapy for pneumonia, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to improve management of penumonia. Nosocomial tracheobronchitis and bronchiectasis are also discussed. Articles on CAP and VAP, including an examination of the impact of guidelines on outcomes, de-escalation therapy, inhaled antibiotic therapy and prevention of VAP are also included.

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