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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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    • Optimizing Hemodynamic Support in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-2
      • May 10, 2010
      • Dane Nichols
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 8 0 7 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 0 0 2 1 9
      Guest Editor Dane Nichols, MD, has assembled a panel of experts focusing on Hemodynamic Support in Septic Shock. Topics include: Oxygen Delivery and Consumption: A Macro-Circulatory Perspective; Mean Arterial Pressure: Therapeutic Goals and Pharmacologic Support,Mechanisms; Detection and Potential Management of Microcirculatory Disturbances; Detection of Hypoxia at the Cellular Level; Type A & B Lactic Acidosis: Recognition, Kinetics, and Associated Prognosis; Venous blood gases: What Can They Tell Us About the State of the Circulation; Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Preload and Performance through CO2 Rebreathing/ETCO2 Monitoring.

    • Imaging of Osteoporosis, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 48-3
      • July 27, 2010
      • Giuseppe Guglielmi
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 9 4 4 4
      Osteoporosis is a disease that primarily affects the elderly and usually with crippling effects. Although osteoporosis is preventable and its effects somewhat reversible, early diagnosis is essential in order to make effective treatment decisions. Covered in this issue are imaging with plain film, ultrasound, and CT. Separate reviews of vertebral fractures and morphometry as well as well as percutaneous vertebroplasty are included. Articles on densitometry in children and quality assurance round out the issue.

    • Cardiac CT, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 48-4
      • September 14, 2010
      • Jill E. Jacobs
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 5 9 4 0
      Computed Tomography (CT) has recently gained in importance in the imaging of the heart. A basis for the use of CT is provided with articles on normal anatomy as well as anomalies, patient preparation and scanning techniques, and technology and radiation dose reduction strategies. Evaluation of plaques and stenosis, bypass grafts and stents, and myocardial abnormities and ischemia are reviewed. Acute chest pain and congenital heart disease are just two of the other topics included in this issue.

    • Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Life-threatening Infection, Sepsis and Septic Shock, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-1
      • December 30, 2010
      • Anand Kumar
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 0 4 3 1 6
      This issue of Critical Care Clinics by Dr. Anand Kumar will feature articles on: Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy in Life-threatening infection, sepsis and septic shock;General principles of antimicrobial dosing and PK/PD; Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic issues in the critically ill with severe sepsis and septic shock;Understanding antimicrobial resistance;Combinati... vs monotherapy in critical illness; Antifungal therapy.

    • Year Book of Pediatrics 2011

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2011
      • December 15, 2010
      • James A. Stockman III
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 8 1 7 3 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 8 7 4 6 9
      The Year Book of Pediatrics brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in pediatrics, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Dr. James Stockman III, President of the American Board of Pediatrics, has been a driving force in pediatrics for a generation. He has selected every journal article and written every commentary, sharing his important and unique perspectives. His expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! This annual covers all aspects of pediatric care from infectious diseases and immunology, adolescent medicine, therapeutics and toxicology, child development, dentistry and otolaryngology and neurology and psychiatry. The Year Book of Pediatrics publishes annually in December of the preceding year.

    • Vulvovaginal Dermatology, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-4
      • November 1, 2010
      • Libby Edwards
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 4 4 3 1
      Guest Editor Dr. Libby Edwards has gathered a team of expert contributors to pen articles on a challenging area of Dermatology: Vulvar Disease. This issue of Dermatologic Clinics includes articles on Vulvodynia, Pigmented Diseases, Contact Dermatitis, Vulvar Ulcers, Hidradenitis Suppurativum, Desquamative Inflammatory Vaginitis, Histology of the Vulva, Vulvar Pruritus and LSC, Vulvar Erosions, Lichen Planus, Lichen Sclerosus, Vulvar Paget’s Disease, and Vulvar Edema.

    • Quantitative Assessment of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Standard Clinical Care, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 35-4
      • January 6, 2010
      • Theodore Pincus + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 0 9 3 4 6
      This issue of the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America brings the rheumatologist up to date on the latest practices in quantitative assessment of common musculoskeletal conditions. Topics covered include quantitative measures of rheumatic diseases for clinical research versus standard clinical care; monitoring outcomes of arthritis and longitudinal data collection in routine care using a patient questionnaire; electronic and computer-generated patient questionnaires; integrating patient questionnaire data into electronic medical records; the SDI and CDAI; using SPERA for efficient capture of essential data from patients and health professionals; MDHAQ and RAPID scores; a proposed continuous quality improvement approach to assessment and management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis; and DAS28.

    • Quality Colonoscopy, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 20-4
      • October 28, 2010
      • John I. Allen
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 0 0 3 1 8
      Dr. Allen’s issue focuses on how gastroenterologists can maximize the “value” of colonoscopy – where value is defined as quality/cost. Clinical issues are covered, like sedation issues, complications of colonoscopy, and infection risk, but the majority of the articles deal with the discussions that surround quality colonoscopy—articles like: Risk Management and Legal Issues for Colonoscopy; Cost effectiveness of Colonoscopy in Prevention of Colon Cancer; Efficacy and Effectiveness of Colonoscopy: How Do We Bridge the Gap?; Current State of Colonoscopy Performance Measures; Use of Databases and Registries to Enhance Quality; and Maximizing the Value of Colonoscopy in Community, to name a few. In preparation of the changing landscape of healthcare, this issue will be an important one for all practicing gastroenterologists.

    • Rhinology: Evolution of Science and Surgery, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 43-3
      • June 30, 2010
      • Rodney J. Schlosser + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 2 4 0 6 6
      Topics include: Cilia dysfunction; Innate immunity; Superantigen; Local & systemic IgE; Biofilm; Fungus; Novel topical therapeutics; Systemic therapies in managing sinonasal inflammation; Application of minimal ESS techniques; Role of maximal ESS techniques; Surgical salvage for the non functioning sinus; Quality of life outcomes of FESS; Extended endoscopic techniques for sino-nasal resections; Endoscopic skull base and trans-nasal craniectomy; Evolving materials and techniques for ESS; Rhinologic surgical training.

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