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Books in Medicine

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.

Chest X-Ray Made Easy

  • 5th Edition
  • April 25, 2022
  • Jonathan Corne + 1 more
  • English
This invaluable little pocketbook takes the reader through the basics of chest X-ray examination and interpretation. It covers the range of conditions clinicians are likely to encounter on the wards, and guides the reader through the diagnostic process based on the appearance of the abnormality shown. Suitable for medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals who interpret chest X-rays, including radiographers, nurses and physiotherapists, this text is the ideal solution to increasing your skills and boosting your confidence in using chest X-rays for diagnosis and management. Chest X-Ray Made Easy has garnered international praise as the ideal quick and simple guide to understanding chest X-rays.

Principles and Practice of Surgery

  • 8th Edition
  • March 28, 2022
  • O. James Garden + 2 more
  • English
This comprehensive textbook is the surgical companion to the international bestseller, Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine. It provides an overview of core surgical topics encountered in an integrated medical curriculum and, later, in the clinical setting. The book takes a succinct and practical approach to the understanding of surgical disease and care of the surgical patient. It offers comprehensive coverage of the key surgical specialties and includes emerging issues around patient safety and the critical importance of clinical human factors in surgical practice. Fully updated to reflect changes in understanding and evidence-based practice, this is a text that keeps the student up to date and that no trainee surgeon should be without.

Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics

  • 9th Edition
  • February 28, 2022
  • Karen Marcdante + 2 more
  • English
Concise, readable, and up to date, Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, 9th Edition, provides the must-know information you need in pediatrics from the name you trust. A readable, full-color format; high-yield, targeted chapters; and thorough content updates ensure strong coverage of core knowledge as well as recent advances in the field. This focused resource is ideal for medical students, pediatric residents, PAs, and nurse practitioners in various educational and practice settings, including pediatric residencies, clerkships, and exams.

Multimorbide Patienten in der Hausarztpraxis

  • 1st Edition
  • February 17, 2022
  • Marjan van den Akker + 1 more
  • German
Die Leser*innen erhalten leicht in die Praxis umsetzbare Tipps und Strategien, wie multimorbide Patient*innen in der Hausarztpraxis behandelt werden können. Die ARIADNE-Prinzipien geben den Ärzt*innen eine praxisnahe und pragmatische Entscheidungshilfe an die Hand, die bei allen Variationen der Multimorbidität eingesetzt werden kann. Dieser Entscheidungsfindungsprozess kreist immer um das Thema "realistische Therapieziele" und gemeinsame Entscheidungsfindung. Er basiert auf einem andauernden sich wiederholenden Kreislauf (Assessment, Priorisierung entsprechend der Patientenwünsche, individuelles Beschwerdemanagement). Mit Fallbeispielen, exemplarischen spezifischen klinischen Fragestellungen; Evidenz & Leitlinien, "Toolboxen" mit praktischen Links zu Online-Tools, Kommentarboxen von einem Hausarzt, einem Studenten und einer Ärztin in Weiterbildung. Das Buch eignet sich für Weiterbildungsassistent*innen und Fachärzt*innen Innere Medizin, Allgemeinmedizin Hausärzt*innen

Cardio-Oncology Practice Manual: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease

  • 1st Edition
  • January 11, 2022
  • Joerg Herrmann
  • English
Today’s patients have unique cardiologic needs before, during, and after cancer treatment. Chemotherapies, radiation therapy, and targeted therapies can produce acute side effects or lasting adverse consequences on the heart and circulatory system, making the field of cardio-oncology increasingly important in effective patient care. Cardio-Oncology Practice Manual is a comprehensive, portable guide that provides practical approaches to assessment and management of cardiovascular diseases due to the effects of cardiotoxic agents and treatments. Part of the Braunwald family of renowned cardiology references, it clearly presents clinically relevant aspects of this growing field in one quick, practical reference for a wide range of cardio-oncology providers.

Tricuspid Valve Interventions, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 11-1
  • December 1, 2021
  • Vasilis C. Babaliaros + 1 more
  • English
In this issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, Guest Editors Vasilis C. Babaliaros and Adam B. Greenbaum bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Tricuspid Valve Interventions. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as Orthotopic transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, Surgical correction of tricuspid regurgitation, Anatomy of the tricuspid valve and pathophysiology of tricuspid regurgitation, and more.

Dermatology Essentials

  • 2nd Edition
  • November 29, 2021
  • Jean L. Bolognia + 3 more
  • English
Edited by world authorities Drs. Jean L. Bolognia, Julie V. Schaffer, Karynne O. Duncan, and Christine J. Ko, Dermatology Essentials, 2nd Edition, provides the fast answers you need on every important aspect of dermatology and guidance on their application in your day-to-day practice. Derived from the renowned authoritative reference work Dermatology, 4th Edition, this on-the-go reference distills the essential information needed to quickly diagnose and manage a wide range of dermatologic disorders—without the need for any additional resources. It’s an ideal reference for family medicine and internal medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health care professionals who diagnose, treat, and refer patients with dermatological conditions. 

Allergy, Inflammatory, and Autoimmune Disorders in Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 40-1
  • November 19, 2021
  • R. Gentry Wilkerson + 1 more
  • English
This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Gentry Wilkerson, Sal J. Suau, focuses on Allergy, Inflammatory, and Autoimmune Disorders in Emergency Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Topics include: Allergy/Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis: Treatment in the ED, Drug Allergies, Food Allergies, Allergic acute coronary syndrome - Kounis Syndrome; Hereditary and Acquired Angioedema, Immunotherapy, Sarcoidosis, Spondyloarthritides and Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases.

Rééducation en neurologie

  • 1st Edition
  • November 19, 2021
  • Adrien Pallot + 2 more
  • French
LA COLLECTIONLes ouvrages de la collection Les indispensables en kinésithérapie et physiothérapie, sous la direction d’Adrien Pallot, font écho à la réforme de 2015 des études de kinésithérapie en France, leur contenu étant réparti par rapport aux Unités d’Enseignement (UE) et Unités d’Intégration (UI) définies dans le nouveau programme. Répondant ainsi aux besoins des étudiants, ils seront également un outil utile à tout professionnel désireux de rester à jour.Chaque ouvrage propose, pour chaque champ de compétences professionnelles du kinésithérapeute, une démarche raisonnée basée sur l’identification des signes et symptômes du patient, puis sur leur intégration réflexive d’après le modèle bio-psycho-social. Cette démarche, largement inspirée de la Classification Internationale du Fonctionnement et du Handicap, répond à l’approche par compétences instaurée par la réforme, et permet au (futur) professionnel d’apporter les meilleures réponses et soins possibles au patient.Les ouvrages de cette collection proposent, dans une maquette en couleur, des contenus solides, de haut niveau reposant sur la démarche évidence based practice, étayés de nombreux encadrés, illustrations et focus sur les notions essentielles / importantes.L’OUVRAGE Adoptant une approche centrée sur le patient, par syndrome et non par pathologie, ce volume aborde à travers 7 grandes parties et 46 chapitres, plusieurs thèmes importants de la formation en kinésithérapie : d’une part la sémiologie, la physiopathologie et la pathologie dans le champ neuromusculaire (UE16) et d’autre part l’évaluation, les techniques et outils d’Intervention dans ce même champ (UE 20). Une dernière partie consultable en ligne propose de très nombreuses échelles d’évaluation. Les contenus suivent la Classification Internationale du Fonctionnement.

Facharztwissen Gynäkologie

  • 3rd Edition
  • November 12, 2021
  • Wolfgang Janni + 4 more
  • German
Alles, was Sie über fundierte Diagnostik und differenzierte Therapie in der Gynäkologie wissen sollten: Praxisnahe Handlungsanweisungen auf wissenschaftlichem Hintergrund Kompakte Darstellung des gesamten Fachgebiets: Endokrinologie, Kontrazeption, Kinderwunschbehandlung, Infektionskrankheiten Zusätzliche Schwerpunkte-- Gynäkologische Onkologie-- Kinder- und Jugendgynäkologie-- Psychosomatik Alle Kapitel sind entsprechend der aktuellen Leitlinien und gesetzlichen Grundlagen aktualisiert. Das Buch eignet sich für: Weiterbildungsassistent*innen und Fachärz*innen Gynäkologie