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

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 48-5
      • September 28, 2010
      • Robyn L. Birdwell
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Imaging of the breast can be one of the most challenging tasks in all of radiology. This issue not only covers all of the modalities (plain film, multislice CT, MRI, US, and nuclear medicine and molecular imaging it also provides discussions on the controversy regarding when women should be screened, the costs involved in breast imaging, and the appropriate use of screening.

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

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 48-2
      • July 19, 2010
      • W. Dennis Foley
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue reviews the wide range of uses of CT angiography. After overview of technology and injection and image acquisition techniques, the issue proceeds to review the use of CT angiography for imaging the carotid artery and cerebrovascular circulation, the thoracic aorta, and the abdominal aorta and pelvic arteries. Renal, hepatic and pancreatic, and mesenteric circulation are also covered as well as circulation in the upper and lower extremities. The uses of angiography in trauma patients and in pediatric patients are also reviewed.

    • Hypertension and Hypertensive Heart Disease, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-4
      • November 1, 2010
      • George A. Mensah
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Hypertensive heart disease, the number one cause of death associated with hypertension, refers to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and enlargement of the heart that occur because of high blood pressure. This issue summarizes the current state-of-the-art in diagnosing, treating, and preventing this potentially fatal disease so that cardiologists can offer the best current treatment to their patients.

    • Update on Medical Disorders in Pregnancy, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 37-2
      • June 29, 2010
      • Judith Hibbard
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics examines medical disorders in pregnancy. Guest Editor Dr. Judith Hibbard has assembled a panel of experts who offer reviews on topics including Preeclampsia, Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Pregestational diabetes, Asthma management, Management of renal disease, Renal transplant recipients and pregnancy, Sickle disease and pregnancy, Thyroid disease, Gestational diabetes, Pregnancy after gastric bypass, Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy, Cholestasis of pregnancy, and Ethical issues in obstetrics.

    • Ophtalmologie

      • 1st Edition
      • September 27, 2010
      • Collège des ophtalmologistes universitaires de France
      • French
      • eBook
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      En parfaite cohérence avec le programme de DCEM2-DCEM4, cet Abrégé « Connaissances et Pratique » rassemble tous les items traitant de l'ophtalmologie. La partie « Connaissances » est divisée en 23 chapitres. Après un premier chapitre consacré à la sémiologie oculaire, l'ouvrage aborde les principales pathologies de la discipline. Chaque chapitre présente systématiquement les objectifs pédagogiques nationaux et ceux du Collège des ophtalmologistes universitaires de France avant de développer les connaissances fondamentales à acquérir. L'apprentissage est facilité par quelque 300 illustrations couleur. Les points clés en fin de chaque chapitre résument les points essentiels à retenir. La partie « Pratique », composée de nombreux dossiers cliniques commentés et accompagnés du barème de correction offre un véritable outil d'entraînement et d'auto-évaluation.

    • Thoracic Multidetector CT Comes of Age, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 48-1
      • January 6, 2010
      • Sanjeev Bhalla
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue reviews the latest advances in the use of multidetector CT for imaging of the chest. Included in this issue are articles on Thoracic CT (How far we have come), MDCT (Principles and Practice), and Contrast Enhancement. Topics such as Dual Energy Chest CT and Volumetric HRCT are also covered. The issue is completed with reviews of CT Pulmonary Angiography of Acute PE, Congenital Vascular Disease, CT Pulmonary Angiography: Beyond Acute PE, and Pre- and Postoperative Planning.

    • Technical Advances in Mediastinal Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 20-2
      • May 28, 2010
      • Tommaso C. Mineo
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of the Thoracic Surgery Clinics will cover the following topics: cervical videomediastinoscopy... parasternal mediastinotomy, awake videothoracoscopic surgery in anterior mediastinal masses, extended transcervical thymectomy, extended transsternal thymectomy, extended videothoracoscopic thymectomy, ppen approaches to posterior mediastinal tumors in adults, videothoracoscopic approach to posterior mediastinal tumors, videothoracoscopic approach to the spine, surgical approaches for invasive tumors of the anterior mediastinum, videothoracoscopic sympathectomy, videothoracoscopic mediastinal lymphadenectomies, transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy, and robotic surgery of the mediastinum.

    • Genetic Screening and Counseling, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 37-1
      • June 21, 2010
      • Anthony R. Gregg + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Genetic Screening and Counseling is reviewed in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Anthony R. Gregg and Joe Leigh Simpson. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles on Contemporary Genetics Counseling: New Frontiers and Challenges, Newborn Screening, SMA Carrier Screening, Fragile X, Ashkenazi Jewish Screening in the 21st Century, Thrombophilia in Obstetric Practice, Microarrays in the Practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cancer Genetic Screening, and Cystic Fibrosis.

    • Advances in Neurologic Therapy, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-4
      • October 6, 2010
      • Jose Biller
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Neurologic Clinics offers a rounded view of the latest therapeutic advances for the most common neurologic disorders and contains the following articles: Management Controversy in Chronic Daily Headaches (Rahmadan); Neurostimulation in Headache Patients (Dafer); The Selection of Anti-epileptic Drugs for the Treatment of Epilepsy in Children and Adults (Asconape); Management of Status Epilepticus in Adults (Rabinstein); Management of Blood Pressure in Acute and Hemorrhagic Stroke (Schneck); Modern Management of Brainstem Cavernous Malformations (Duckworth); Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas (Narayanan); Management of Motor Complications of Parkinson’s Disease (Espay); Therapeutic Challenges in Dystonias (Kartha); Management of Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Antibody Disorders (Merchut); Management of Critical Care Neuromyopathies (Chawla, Gruener); Approaches to Peripheral Nerve Disorders (Toussaint, Anderson); Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Digre, Spencer); Management of Low Grade Gliomas (Prabhu); Management of Acute, Recurrent, and Chronic Meningitdes in Adults (Venna); and Treatment Options for Adult Parasomnias (Attarian).

    • Current Concepts in Pulmonary Pathology, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 3-1
      • August 2, 2010
      • Sanja Dacic
      • English
      • eBook
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      Pathology of lung cancers is presented, along with targeted therapies current in 2010. Additionally, asbestosis, mesothelioma, and malignant lymphomas are presented with reference to their features, differential diagnoses, and prognosis. Topics include: Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and minimally invasive adenocarcinoma; Neuroendocrine tumors; Lung carcinoma staging problems; Targeted therapies in lung cancer; Benign and malignant mesothelial proliferations; Asbestos related lung disease; Primary Lymphoproliferative diseases of the lung; Vasculitis; and Small airway disease.

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