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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.

    • Complications of Hand Surgery, An Issue of Hand Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-2
      • June 17, 2010
      • Jeffrey A. Greenberg
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Articles in this issue include: Complications of Small Joint Arthroplasty; Complications of Total Wrist Arthroplasty; Complications of limited and total wrist fusions; Soft tissue Complications of distal radius fractures; Bony Complications of distal radius fractures; Intra and extra-articular malunions; DRUJ disorders after distal radius fractures; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Complications of flexor tendon surgery; Treatment of the Stiff Finger; The Irritable Nerve; Post-operative sensory abnormalities; Complications of elective microsurgery; Soft tissue coverage; Treatment of Post-operative Infections; Complications of phalangeal and metacarpal fractures.
    • Pediatric Chest Pain, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 57-6
      • December 30, 2010
      • Guy D. Eslick + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Pediatric Chest Pain is reviewed in this issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Guy Eslick and Steven Selbst. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles addressing the Epidemiology and risk factors for pediatric chest pain, Approaches to the pediatric patient with chest pain, Psychological causes of pediatric chest pain, Myocardial Ischemia (including Kawasaki’s Disease), Myocarditis and Pericarditis, Arrhythmias, Gastroesophageal Reflux and Foreign Body, Asthma and pneumonia, Pneumothorax/Pneumom... embolism, Musculoskeletal causes of pediatric chest pain, Miscellaneous causes of chest pain, and Future Developments.
    • Annales corrigées Concours Infirmier 2010-2011

      • 11th Edition
      • August 20, 2010
      • CEFIEC + 1 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      Conçu et réalisé par les examinateurs eux-mêmes (le Comité d'entente des formations infirmières et cadres), cet ouvrage de préparation au nouveau concours d'entrée en IFSI (Institut de formation en soins infirmiers) propose des sujets corrigés émanant de la session 2010. En introduction, le candidat trouvera des conseils pratiques pour entrer en IFSI (modalités d'inscription, description de la profession). L'ouvrage se structure ensuite en quatre grandes parties correspondant aux épreuves du concours : - L'épreuve de présélection (candidats non-bacheliers) propose trois sujets complets corrigés (épreuve de résumé de texte). - L'épreuve écrite de culture générale permet une mise en situation avec une quinzaine de sujets corrigés classés par région et deux sujets de concours pour les candidats étrangers. - L'épreuve écrite de tests d'aptitude consiste en une série d'exercices corrigés thématiques d'auto-évaluation. - L'épreuve orale comporte une méthodologie de l'entretien, quatre thèmes corrigés et une liste de sujets d'annales classés thématiquement. S'adressant aux bacheliers comme aux non-bacheliers, ces annales s'imposent comme l'outil de référence indispensable pour réussir le concours d'entrée en école d'infirmiers.
    • The Atypical Pneumonias, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-1
      • March 22, 2010
      • Burke A. Cunha
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Atypical pneumonia is pneumonia that is not caused by one of the traditional microorganisms, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Once atypical pneumonia is diagnosed, it is important to identify the causative organism so treatment can be tailored to the pathogen. This issue covers specific tests for atypical pathogens as well as taking an in depth look at specific microorganisms and diseases, including mycoplasma, legionella, and SARS.
    • The Athlete's Elbow, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-4
      • October 27, 2010
      • Marc Safran
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine is dedicated to the Althlete’s elbow. Dr. Marc Safran of Stanford University's Orthopaedic Surgery department, along with his contributors, cover topics on imaging, pediatric considerations, rehabilitation, and various injuries and conditions, such as nerve and UCL injuries, acute and chronic dislocation, medial and lateral epicondylitis, valgus extension overload syndrome, and posterolateral rotatory instability.
    • Liver Surgery: From Basics to Robotics, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 90-4
      • August 13, 2010
      • David A. Geller
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Surgical Clinics of North America, a spectrum of liver surgery topics is summarized, bringing the reader up-to-date with the era of modern hepatic resection surgery. The basics of liver anatomy and history are reviewed, along with articles on hepatic cysts and liver abscess, imaging and work-up of incidental liver mass, management of benign liver lesions, hepatic resection nomenclature and techniques, laparoscopic liver resection, robotic liver surgery, emergency hepatic resection for liver trauma, repair of laparoscopic cholecystectomy injury, current approach to HCC, intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma, resection of metastatic colorectal cancer, neuroendocrine cancer metastases, hepatic ablation procedures, fulminant hepatic failure and when to transplant, and the current role of shunts versus TIPS for portal HTN.
    • Shoulder Instability, An Issue of Orthopedic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 41-3
      • June 21, 2010
      • William N. Levine
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Articles in this issue include, “Evaluation and Imaging (Xrays, CT, MRI) of Shoulder Instability”, “Arthroscopic Alphabet Soup – Recognition of Normal, Normal Variants, and Pathology”, “Management of the Throwing Shoulder – Labrum, Cuff and Internal Impingement”, “Arthroscopic Management of Anterior Instability – Pearls, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned”, “Arthroscopic Management of Posterior Instability”, “Arthroscopic Management of Multidirectional Instability”, “Management of Failed Instability Surgery – How to Get it Right the Next Time?”, “Arthroscopic Bristow – How to Do it and Tricks to Make it Easier”, “Arthroscopic Latarjet – How to Make this Part of Your Surgical Options”, “Glenoid Bone Defects – Open Latarjet with Congruent Arc Modification”, “Humeral Head Bone Defects: Remplissage, Allograft and Arthroplasty”, “Open Capsular Shift – There is Still a Role!”
    • Psychiatrie

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 8, 2010
      • Isabelle Lim-Sabbah
      • French
      • eBook
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      Les ouvrages de la collection Mémo Stage infirmier offrent aux étudiants en IFSI des fiches synthétiques et accessibles, présentant les connaissances indispensables pour leurs stages en service de soins. Conformes au nouveau programme, ils intègrent l'ensemble des compétences évaluées lors de ces stages et font l'objet d'une introduction détaillée. Cet ouvrage propose : - l'ensemble des pathologies de la spécialité, déroulées selon un plan identique pour chaque fiche : définition, épidémiologie, étiologie, diagnostic : examen clinique, examens complémentaires, traitement : règles de prescription ; - une rubrique "conduite à tenir IDE" qui clôt chaque fiche de parthologie, et expose la prise en charge infirmière (accueil du patient, bilans, surveillance, gestes techniques spécifiques) en mettant en lien la compétence mobilisée ; - des fiches présentant les différentes psychothérapies à l'oeuvre en psychiatrie ; - une série de fiches récapitulant tous les médicaments abordés dans cet ouvrage. Ce Mémo accompagnera les étudiants infirmiers tout au long de leur stage en service de psychiatrie.