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  • Obesity Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Clinics Collections
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15-1
    • Joel J. Heidelbaugh
    • English
    Clinics Collections: Obesity, edited by Dr. Joel J. Heidelbaugh, draws from Elsevier’s robust Clinics Review Articles database to provide multidisciplinary healthcare professionals with practical clinical advice and insights on this highly prevalent disease and its comorbidities. In this Clinics Collection, articles have been drawn from Pediatric Clinics, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, Heart Failure Clinics, Cardiology Clinics, Gastroenterology Clinics, and more. Top experts discuss how to apply current primary research findings on obesity to everyday practice to help overcome challenges and complications, keep up with new and improved treatment methods, and improve patient outcomes.
  • Hospital Sleep Medicine and Non-Invasive Ventilation: Emerging Clinical Paradigm, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20-4
    • Michelle Cao + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michelle Cao and Sunil Sharma bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Hospital Sleep Medicine and Non-Invasive Ventilation. Inpatient sleep medicine consultation service is a new subspecialty that can greatly enhance the care of patients with complex sleep related respiratory disorders as well as provide a smooth transition to outpatient management. Many common sleep-related respiratory conditions are encountered in the hospital setting, and these patients benefit from specialized inpatient management by experts in pulmonology and sleep medicine.
  • Pediatric Nutrition, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 54-4
    • Valeria Cohran
    • English
    In this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Valeria Cohran brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Nutrition. Top experts discuss the role of nutrition and various conditions that may affect children. Each timely article explains nutrition's role in multiple disease states and offers ways to provide optimal nutrition for children.
  • Rheumatology Secrets

    • 5th Edition
    • Jason Kolfenbach + 1 more
    • English
    For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Rheumatology Secrets, 5th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
  • Umphred's Neurological Rehabilitation

    • 8th Edition
    • Rolando T. Lazaro
    • English
    **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation**Deve... essential problem-solving strategies for providing individualized, effective neurologic care! Under the leadership of Rolando Lazaro, Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation, Eighth Edition, covers the therapeutic management of people with activity limitations, participation restrictions, and quality-of-life issues following a neurological event across the lifespan. This comprehensive reference provides foundational knowledge and addresses the best evidence for examination tools and interventions commonly used in today's clinical practice. It applies a time-tested, evidence-based approach to neurological rehabilitation that is perfect for both the classroom and the clinic.
  • Patient & Person

    Interpersonal Skills in Nursing
    • 8th Edition
    • Jane Stein-Parbury
    • English
    Guide to becoming a compassionate, effective nurse Patient & Person: Interpersonal Skills in Nursing 8e teaches nursing students the skills they need to interact with patients as people – an essential component of building an effective therapeutic relationship and providing quality care.This invaluable eBook is designed to equip nurses to manage complex, highly emotional and often challenging interactions with patients and other clinicians. It takes a patient-centred approach, based on the premise that patients’ unique experiences are significant to the care they receive.Readers will learn the interpersonal skills they need for high-quality, safe care, with a focus on listening, understanding, exploring and supporting in situations nurses might encounter in a clinical setting.
  • Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics

    • 5th Edition
    • Paula J. Woodward + 2 more
    • English
    Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics, fifth edition, is an invaluable resource for perinatologists, radiologists, obstetricians, sonographers, and trainees―anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today’s obstetric and fetal imaging. Dr. Paula J. Woodward and a diverse group of fetal-imaging experts provide updated information on fetal development, disease processes, and imaging techniques and findings to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference for daily practice.
  • Pflege Herzchirurgie ... TO GO

    • 1st Edition
    • Tom-Alexander Jandausch
    • German
    Die Anforderungen auf kardiochirurgischen Stationen sind hoch, der Zeitdruck ist enorm und der Wechsel zwischen verschiedenen Fachbereichen während der Ausbildung oder im Studium lässt oft kaum Raum, sich wirklich zu orientieren.In Pflege Herzchirurgie ...TO GO finden Sie daher spezielles Wissen für die Pflege auf einer kardiochirurgischen Station:Schnell und einfach zur Hand, ideal zum Erlernen und Nachschlagen für den beruflichen Alltag, Einstieg in der Ausbildung, frisch nach dem Examen oder beim Wiedereinstieg.Thema... abgedeckt werden:Anatomie: Herz, Blutgefäße, Reizleitungssystem und vieles mehrVerschiedene Krankheitsbilder: z.B. Herzinfarkt, Aneurysma, ArterioskleroseDiagn... Untersuchungen: z.B. Koronarangiografie, PhlebografieSpeziell... Pflege und Management: z.B. MobilisationTipps für das Arbeiten auf einer Herz-Thoraxchirurgie...
  • Implant Solutions for Complex Cases: Graftless Solutions, An Issue of Atlas of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 33-2
    • Vishtasb Broumand
    • English
    In this issue of Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Vishtasb Broumand brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Implant Solutions for Complex Cases: Graftless Solutions. Top experts provide surgical guidance for the oral surgeon involved with graftless solutions for complex implant cases where previous bone grafting or dental implants have failed, resulting in loss of hard and soft tissue. Every major implant protocol for the maxilla and mandible is covered, including All on X, Quad Zygoma, subperiosteal, Jaw in a Day, PATZI, and more.
  • Grundlagen der Physiotherapie

    • 1st Edition
    • Verena Gesing + 1 more
    • German
    Die BASIS für die Physiotherapie-Ausbi... Buch vermittelt die wesentlichen Grundlagen der Physiotherapie verständlich und praxisnah. Die moderne, evidenzbasierte und patientenzentrierte Wissensvermittlung begleitet kompetent durch die ersten Schritte der Ausbildung und des Studiums – und weit darüber hinaus:Umfassend und fundiert: Das Basiswissen – von Anatomie, Physiologie und Krankheitslehre bis zu zentralen physiotherapeutische... Themen wie Mobilisation, Bewegung, Training, Palpation, Messungen, Muskeltests und Gang. Auch Kommunikation, Praktikumseinsatz und Lernstrategien kommen nicht zu kurz.Lernfreundlich und strukturiert: Das Buch orientiert sich an der Ausbildungs- und Prüfungsverordnung und ist didaktisch so aufgebaut, dass es effektives Lernen und sicheres Verstehen ermöglicht – ideal zur Prüfungsvorbereitung und für den Praxiseinsatz.Anscha... erklärt: Zahlreiche Grafiken und Fotos veranschaulichen komplexe Zusammenhänge und bieten wertvolle Impulse für Praktika und die spätere klinische Arbeit.Praxisorienti... Fallbeispiele und Übungsaufgaben unterstützen dabei, das Gelernte zu überprüfen und in die Praxis umzusetzen.Flexibel einsetzbar: Perfekt zum Lernen, Nachschlagen, Wiederholen und Vertiefen.Ein Muss für alle, die von Anfang an in der Physiotherapie richtig durchstarten wollen – und ein unverzichtbares Grundlagenwerk für alle, die ihr Wissen erweitern oder auffrischen möchten.