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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.

    • Rheumatologic Manifestations of Endocrine Disease, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-4
      • December 9, 2010
      • Joseph Markenson
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This comprehensive issue of the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America provides the latest information on the intersection between endocrinology and rheumatology, and explores rheumatologic manifestations of endocrine disease. Topics covered include thyroid disease (hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, and thyroid disorders in patients with connective tissue diseases such as RA, Sjögren’s Syndrome, scleroderma, juvenile RA, and hemochromatosis); parathyroid disease (hyperparathyroid, hypoparathyroid, rheumatic complaints associated with metabolic bone disease such as osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and renal osteodystrophy); diabetes mellitus (rheumatic manifestations of metabolic syndrome, diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, adhesive capsulitis, flexor tenosynovitis, and Dupuytren’s contracture); adrenal disorders (Addison’s Disease and Cushing’s Syndrome); disorders of the pituitary gland (acomegaly and hypothalamic-gonadal axis); and pregnancy.
    • Blood Transfusion: Emerging Developments, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 30-2
      • June 29, 2010
      • Mark Yazer
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, Guest Edited by Mark Yazer, MD, on the topic of Blood Transfusion will include the following article topics: Xenotransfusion; FDA Perspective; Inflammatory Cytokines as Predictors of Alloimmunization; Cryopreservation of RBCs, PLT and Stem Cells; PLT Storage Lesion; Future of Blood Management; Future of Molecular Testing for RBC Antigens: ECO Cells; Farmed RBCs; Farming RBCs from Stem Cells; Politics and Blood Transfusion; and Fetal Blood Grouping from Maternal Plasma.
    • Psychiatric Genetics, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 33-1
      • March 9, 2010
      • James B. Potash
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue on psychiatric genetics gives a clinically-minded approach to the newest thinking in genetics and pharmacogenomics, including articles on genetic epidemiology; molecular approaches; epigenetics; and genetic considerations in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, alzheimer’s disease, autism, ADHD, and addictions. The issue concludes with articles on diagnostic testing, and pharmacogenomics.
    • Cancer Emergencies, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-3
      • June 14, 2010
      • David M. Spiro + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue provides the reader with a summary of evidence-based therapies of how to manage emergency care for cancer disorders. Articles are dedicated to specific presentation syndromes, such as malignant epidural spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, and airway obstruction. These reviews update the reader on evidence-based therapies for these entities and highlight the emerging role of stent therapies. This issue also includes articles dealing with the neurological, renal, and metabolic (electrolyte and adrenal) emergencies encountered in the cancer patient. Also addressed are selected gastrointestinal presentations commonly encountered in cancer patients, such as the acute abdomen, gastrointestinal bleeding, and hepatic encephalopathy. The issue concludes with several articles dedicated to hematologic considerations including venous thrombosis, acquired bleeding disturbances, and myeloproliferative/h... syndromes.
    • Normal Variants and Pitfalls in Musculoskeletal MRI, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 18-4
      • December 30, 2010
      • William B. Morrison + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Normal Variants and Pitfalls in Musculoskeletal MRI is explored in this important issue of MRI Clinics of North America. Articles will include: Shoulder MR Imaging Normal Variants and Imaging Artifacts; Elbow Magnetic Resonance Imaging Variants and Pitfalls; Pitfalls of Wrist MR Imaging; MR Imaging of the Hip: Normal Anatomic Variants and Imaging Pitfalls; Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pitfalls and Normal Variations: The Knee; Normal Variants and Pitfalls in MR Imaging of the Ankle and Foot; Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Midfoot and Forefoot: Normal Variants and Pitfalls; MR Imaging Features of Common Variant Spinal Anatomy; Bone Marrow, and more!
    • Head and Neck Ultrasound, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 43-6
      • November 22, 2010
      • Joseph Sniezek + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This publication presents topics on Head and Neck Ultrasound relevant to the Otolaryngologist. Topics include Head and ultrasound by the Otolaryngologist- why now?; Principles of Ultrasound; Head and Neck Anatomy and Ultrasound Correlation; Ultrasound Interpretation; Scanning Techniques for Head and Neck; Role of Ultrasound in Thyroid Disorders; Parathyroid localization with Ultrasound; Ultrasound-guided procedures for the office; Ultrasound in the pediatric population; Ultrasound Applications in Trauma/military Settings; Emerging Technology in Head & Neck Ultrasound.
    • Techniques in Hip Arthroscopy and Joint Preservation Surgery

      • 1st Edition
      • November 2, 2010
      • Jon K. Sekiya + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Techniques in Hip Arthroscopy and Joint Preservation Surgery is a stunning visual guide to the latest developments in the field. Drs. Jon K. Sekiya, Marc Safran, and Anil S. Ranawat, and Michael Leunig provide a step-by-step, balanced approach—with contributions from an array of North American and international surgeons—to pre-operative planning, surgical technique, technical pearls, management of complications, and post-operative rehabilitation. Surgical videos on DVD and online demonstrate techniques such as surgical hip dislocation for femoracetabular impingement and arthroscopic femoral osteoplasty so you can provide your patients with the best possible outcomes.
    • Medical Imaging of Normal and Pathologic Anatomy

      • 1st Edition
      • May 20, 2010
      • Joel A. Vilensky + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Written for the modern medical student and designed to accompany any current gross anatomy textbook, this brand-new pictorial handbook presented by Drs. Vilensky, Weber, Carmichael, and Sarosi lets you quickly identify pathologic correlates of gross anatomy. Abundant side-by-side high-quality radiography, MR, CT, and ultrasound images of normal and pathologic conditions help you quickly develop the skills you need to differentiate between what’s normal and what’s not. Discussions on the choice of imaging modality for various pathologies will help you select the right imaging procedure in many clinical situations, making this a handy resource in the clinical environment. But best of all, this visual approach to pathologic correlates will help you ace your courses, the USMLE and NBME final exams.
    • Basic Science in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

      • 4th Edition
      • April 26, 2010
      • Phillip Bennett + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      A textbook covering the basic sciences relevant to obstetrics and gynaecology at a level suitable for doctors specialising in the field . The chapters match the syllabus of the specialist UK exam – the MRCOG Part 1
    • Post-Operative Rehabilitation Controversies in Athletes, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-2
      • April 2, 2010
      • Claude T. Moorman III
      • English
      • Hardback
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      As part two in the two-part series on rehabilitation, this issue focuses on the Orthopedic surgeon's perspective on rehab. Dr. Claude Moorman, Director of Sports Medicine, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, and Head Team Physician at Duke University, guest edits. He and his contributors cover important topics such as rehabilitaion following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair, Coracoclavicular Ligament Reconstruction in the Shoulder, Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction, Tenodesis of the Biceps Tendon in the Athlete, Microfracture for Chondral Injury in the Knee, Arthroscopic Decompression for Femoroacetabular Impingement, and more.