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    • Management of Obesity, Part I: Overview and Basic Mechanisms, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 52-2
      • Lee M. Kaplan
      • English
      In this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Lee M. Kaplan brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Obesity, Part I: Overview and Basic Mechanisms. Most of the world's population live in countries where being overweight and obese is more life-threatening than being underweight. This preventable disease leaves patients with a cascade of health problems, resulting in serious stress and impact on global economies and healthcare systems. This issue, the first of two, addresses basic mechanisms and contributors of obesity, along with health care disparities and access..

    • Acute and Chronic Wounds

      Intraprofessionals from Novice to Expert
      • 6th Edition
      • Ruth Bryant + 1 more
      • English
      Acute & Chronic Wounds, 6th Edition provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines to help novice to expert clinicians provide evidence-based, high-quality care for patients with wounds. This textbook presents an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing the numerous types of skin damage, including topics that range from the physiology of wound healing, general principles of wound management, special patient populations, management of percutaneous tubes, and specific care instructions to program development. Written by respected wound experts Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix, this bestselling reference also provides excellent preparation for all wound certification exams.

    • McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management

      • 4th Edition
      • Timothy O. White + 1 more
      • English
      McRae’s Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management is the essential, best-selling ‘survival guide’ for the orthopaedic surgeon, trainee, resident or practitioner treating injured patients in the Emergency or Orthopaedic Department.This fourth edition has been extensively updated and rewritten, retaining the essence and underlying principles of McRae’s original book, but with new text and illustrations to ensure it remains at the cutting edge.This highly regarded book is a companion to McRae’s Elective Orthopaedics, and together these titles provide complete coverage of orthopaedic surgery as relevant to contemporary practice.

    • Williams' Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy

      • 13th Edition
      • Joyce Ann Gilbert + 1 more
      • English
      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Adult Primary Care, 2024****Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Nutrition**Master the essentials of nutrition science and patient care with this concise text! Williams’ Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 13th Edition helps you understand and apply nutrition concepts in the treatment of disease, disease prevention, and life enhancement. The text is broken out into three parts: the basics of nutrients and the body, the life cycle and community nutrition, and clinical nutrition. Case studies help you determine nutritional interventions in treating both acute and chronic conditions. Written by nutrition specialists Joyce Gilbert and Eleanor D. Schlenker, this book includes the latest advances in research and evidence-based practice.

    • Conceptual Foundations

      The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice
      • 8th Edition
      • Elizabeth E. Friberg + 1 more
      • English
      Your success as a nurse begins with an understanding of the profession and its development! Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 8th Edition provides the foundation you need to prepare for your role as a professional nurse. The book’s conceptual approach lets you explore the thinking of leading theorists, analyze issues, and apply your knowledge to a variety of client populations and clinical settings. Other topics relating to patient care include healthcare policy, economic and legal issues, and the changing roles of nurses. Written by noted nursing educators Elizabeth E. Friberg and Karen J. Saewert, this text will deepen your understanding of nursing and help you advance in your career.

    • Empty Nose Syndrome

      Evidence Based Proposals for Inferior Turbinate Management
      • 1st Edition
      • Eugene Barton Kern + 1 more
      • English
      The first publication devoted entirely to management of this potentially devastating syndrome, Empty Nose Syndrome: Evidence Based Proposals for Inferior Turbinate Management takes a comprehensive, state-of-the-art look at ENS, serving as a valuable addition to the literature for physicians, surgeons, and trainees. ENS is a secondary atrophic rhinitis which is most often the result of excessive surgical removal of functioning turbinate tissue. In this timely reference, Drs. Eugene Barton Kern and Oren Friedman solidify the awareness of ENS, inform readers of the current state of knowledge on ENS, and provide detailed coverage of how to prevent or minimize it.

    • Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Radiology, 6 Volume Set

      • 1st Edition
      • C Amarnath + 1 more
      • English
      Comprehensive textbook of Clinical Radiology is a fully integrated illustrated textbook of radiology to cater for residents and practising radiologists. It is a one-stop solution for all academic needs in radiology. It helps radiologists as a single reference book to gain complete knowledge instead of referring to multiple resources. More than 500 authors recognized experts in their subspeciality, have contributed to this book. To meet the expectations of clinical radiologists, thorough clinical expertise and familiarity with all the imaging modalities appropriate to address their clinical questions are necessary, regardless of one’s favoured subspeciality. To keep the content relevant to them, we have tried to stay upgraded to their level. This book comprises six volumes, which gives information on Radiological Anatomy, Embryology, Nomogram, Normal Variants, Physics, Imaging Techniques, and all the aspects of Diagnostic Radiology including Neuroradiology, Head and Neck, Chest and CVS, Abdomen, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Breast, Musculoskeletal and Multisystem Disorders & related Interventional techniques. It will serve as a primary reference for residents and subspeciality trainees and fellows to facilitate their learning in preparation for their examination, and also the consultant radiologists in their daily clinical practice.

    • Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Radiology Volume II: Central Nervous system

      • 1st Edition
      • C. Kesvadas + 4 more
      • English
      Comprehensive textbook of Clinical Radiology is a fully integrated illustrated textbook of radiology to cater for residents and practicing radiologists. It is a one-stop solution for all academic needs in radiology. It helps radiologists as a single reference book to gain complete knowledge instead of referring to multiple resources. More than 500 remarkable authors, who are recognized experts in their subspeciality, have contributed to this book. To meet the expectations of clinical radiologists, thorough clinical expertise and familiarity with all the imaging modalities appropriate to address their clinical questions are necessary, regardless of one’s favoured subspeciality. To keep the content relevant to them, we have tried to stay upgraded to their level. This book comprises six volumes, which gives information on Radiological Anatomy, Embryology, Nomogram, Normal Variants, Physics, Imaging Techniques, and all the aspects of Diagnostic Radiology including Neuroradiology, Head and Neck, Chest and CVS, Abdomen, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Breast, Musculoskeletal and Multisystem Disorders & related Interventional techniques. It will serve as a primary reference for residents and subspeciality trainees and fellows to facilitate their learning in preparation for their examination, and also the consultant radiologists in their daily clinical practice.This volume is subdivided into three parts. The first part deals with paediatric neuroradiology. This section is contributed by eminent international experts with a deep insight into the normal development of the paediatric brain, anomalies, paediatric infections and pathologies and paediatric spinal anomalies. The second part comprises adult neuroradiology. The role of imaging in diagnosing neurological diseases is discussed across the spectrum of conditions, which includes skull, sellar and cranial nerve pathologies, trauma, infection, stroke, CSF disorders, inflammatory and demyelinating diseases, epilepsy, tumours and tumour-like diseases, and metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. The third part elaborates the interventions in neuroradiology. Interventional neuroradiology is a subspeciality in itself. The section’s comprehensive coverage deals with all the brain and neck vascular abnormalities and their interventions in great detail

    • Foundations of Health Information Management

      • 6th Edition
      • Nadinia A. Davis
      • English
      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Health Information Management**Foundati... of Health Information Management, 6th Edition is an absolute must for anyone beginning a career in HIM. By focusing on healthcare delivery systems, electronic health records, and the processing, maintenance, and analysis of health information, this engaging, easy-to-understand text presents a realistic and practical view of technology and trends in healthcare. It readies you for the role of a Registered Health Information Technician, who not only maintains and secures accurate health documentation, but serves as a healthcare analyst who translates data into useful, quality information that can control costs and further research. This edition is organized by CAHIIM competencies to prepare you for the RHIT® credentialing exam, as well as EHR samples, critical-thinking exercises, and expanded coverage of key issues in HIM today.

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