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  • Family-Centered Care in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-1
    • Danielle Leone-Sheehan
    • English
    In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Danielle Leone-Sheehan brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Family-Centered Care in Critical Care Nursing. A growing body of evidence supports that family-centered care results in shorter hospital stays, reduced complications, reduced anxiety, higher adherence rates, lower health care costs, and reduced nursing burnout. This issue explores the tenets of family-centered care so that the goals of improved patient outcomes, enhanced family satisfaction, reduction of patient and family anxiety, and promotion of continuity of care can be achieved.

  • Plunkett's Procedures for the Canadian Medical Administrative Assistant

    • 6th Edition
    • Heather D. Ramsay + 1 more
    • English
    Written in a clear, engaging style, Plunkett's Procedures for the Canadian Medical Administrative Assistant, 6th Edition, provides instruction for all the essential office procedures required by today's health services administrative assistants in Canada — whether working in a medical office, a complementary care office, or in a hospital setting. Chapters address the diverse skills and knowledge required by a medical office administrative assistant, such as good communication, privacy, customer service, stress management, medical transcription, filing, appointment booking, physical and virtual meetings, billing (ICD- 10-CA), and more. This new expanded edition includes in-depth coverage of topics including privacy and confidentiality, hospital procedures, cross-cultural communication, and more. Three new chapters explore health care's evolving landscape, therapeutic communication, and pharmacology, while a revised art program visually reinforces key concepts. Accompanied by a robust offering of invaluable learning resources on Evolve, this is the only text you'll need to prepare for your career in health care administration assistance.

  • Neurologic Interventions for Physical Therapy

    • 5th Edition
    • Suzanne Tink Martin + 1 more
    • English
    Whether your goal is to be a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant, this book’s comprehensive content will provide you with in-depth knowledge on the role of neurologic rehabilitation in treating adults and children with neuromuscular impairments. It also explores concepts in neuroanatomy, motor control, motor learning, and motor development. Neurologic Interventions for Physical Therapy, 5th Edition, offers a current, evidence-based framework for neurologic practice, focusing on the precise links between the pathophysiology of neurologic conditions and potential interventions to enhance functional outcomes. Helpful learning aids in each chapter include objectives and summaries, open-ended review questions, line drawings and photos, step-by-step illustrated intervention boxes, tables, and charts. New to this edition is an enhanced ebook included with print purchase.

  • Advances in Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18-1
    • Ali R. Keramati + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Ali R. Keramati and Mohammadali Habibi bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy. Advances in antiarrhythmic drug therapy have led to significant progress in the management of cardiac arrhythmias, offering clinicians a range of medications to effectively treat and control irregular heart rhythms. The development of new drug classes and improved understanding of their mechanisms of action have enhanced patient outcomes and provided more personalized treatment options. In this issues, top experts explore key topics in this area of cardiac electrophysiology.

  • Müller-Weiss Disease, An issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-1
    • John Wong Chung
    • English
    In this issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest editor Dr. John Wong Chung brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Müller-Weiss Disease. Top experts outline the epidemiology, classification systems, and nonoperative and operative treatments (including minimally invasive surgery options) so that foot and ankle surgeons may better identify and treat patients with this complex disease.

  • Essentials of Nursing Communication

    • 1st Edition
    • Joy V. Goldsmith + 3 more
    • English
    Build your skills in communication with a scientific, competency-based approach! Essentials of Nursing Communication helps you gain communication knowledge and develop observable communication skills/behaviors in nursing. This text goes beyond an anecdotal, “soft skills” approach to communication. It integrates the COMFORT model with the concepts and domains of the 2021 AACN Essentials, covering key topics like professionalism, DEI, and person-centered care. Standards and learning objectives for undergraduate nurse communication training are scaffolded across chapters, implementing the gold-standard approach to competency-based learning to help you communicate effectively in today’s nursing practice.

  • Kharbanda's Orthodontics: Diagnosis and Management of Malocclusion and Dentofacial Deformities, Vol 1&2 - Set

    • 4th Edition
    • Om Prakash Kharbanda
    • English
    The fourth edition of Kharbanda's Orthodontics: Diagnosis and Management of Malocclusion and Dentofacial Deformities is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide that presents updated, evidence-based knowledge across the full spectrum of orthodontics.Thought... organised into 106 chapters across 24 sections, this edition spans from the historical evolution of the speciality tocutting-edge technologies and future advancements.

  • Tout-en-un d'endocrinologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Claire Briet
    • French
    En format poche, la collection « Elsevier Tout-en-un » présente, pour unediscipline, l’ensemble des connaissances sur cette discipline, qui sontnécessaires au jeune praticien dans sa pratique clinique.Les pathologies endocriniennes se caractérisent par leur grande complexitéet leur diversité, liées au dysfonctionnement des glandes endocrines et à desanomalies de la sécrétion hormonale. Leurs manifestations cliniques, multiples etsouvent intriquées, rendent le diagnostic et la prise en charge particulièrementexig... Forts de leur expertise clinique et de leur engagement dans la recherche,les auteurs proposent dans cet ouvrage concis et complet les connaissancesessenti... destinées aux praticiens, qu’ils soient en formation ou en exercice,pour une prise en charge éclairée et efficace des affections endocriniennes.S’app... sur une présentation claire, pédagogique et récurrente pourtoutes les affections (définition, épidémiologie, physiopathologie, symptômes etsignes cliniques, examens complémentaires, traitement et messages clés sousforme d’encadrés), les chapitres présentent les données et les concepts qui fontconsensus et qui permettent de définir une conduite à tenir. Des encadrés, destableaux et des algorithmes, des points clés ainsi que l’iconographie facilitentl’utilisat... de l’ouvrage pour répondre aux besoins des cliniciens dans leurpratique quotidienne et améliorer la prise en charge des patientsPrésentant les pathologies selon le type de glande endocrine impliquée (pathologiethyroïdie... hypothalamo-hypophys... surrénalienne, parathyroïdienne, tumeursneuroendocrin... dysnatrémie, hypoglycémies, atteintes pluri-endocriniennes... gonadique-reproducti... l’ouvrage présente la physiopathologie desaffections, les explorations diagnostiques et la prise en charge, avec une attentionparticulièr... sur les traitements et posologies recommandés.Coordonn... par le Professeur Claire Briet et publié sous l’égide du Collègedes enseignants d’endocrinologie, diabète et maladies métaboliques(CEEDMM)... ce livre s’adresse aux endocrinologues, mais aussi aux internistes,aux gynécologues et aux pédiatres ainsi qu’à tous les spécialistes confrontés àdes désordres endocriniens.POINTS CLÉS Toute la physiologie et physiopathologie endocrinienne Des conduites à tenir diagnostiques et thérapeutiques Des outils pratiques pour aider les praticiens dans la prise en chargedes patientsClaire Briet est professeur des universités, praticien hospitalier, départementd’endocri... diabétologie et nutrition du CHU d’Angers.

  • Biomarkers in Gastrointestinal Disease, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 55-1
    • Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan
    • English
    In this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Biomarkers in Gastrointestinal Disease. The field of gastroenterology is increasingly moving towards a precision medicine approach for many diseases, personalizing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to individual patient characteristics. Non-invasive biomarkers are an important tool to aid in such stratification. In this issue, top international experts bring the state of the art of such biomarkers for various gastrointestinal diseases to the practicing clinician.

  • Chirurgie hoch2 + E-Book

    • 1st Edition
    • Udo Obertacke + 2 more
    • German
    Chirurgie ist vielfältig und daher Faszination und Anspruch zugleich. Wie verhalte ich mich im OP? Welche Differenzialdiagnose... muss ich beim akuten Abdomen berücksichtigen? Wie ist das kompetenzbasierte Vorgehen bei einer Cholezystitis? Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einer primären und einer sekundären Frakturheilung? Wie behandle ich eine Thrombophlebitis? Wie erkenne ich ein Kompartmentsyndrom? Was ist bei einer Außenbandruptur des Sprunggelenks zu beachten?Die HauptspalteErfahrene Dozentinnen und Dozenten erklären dir den Lernstoff. Ihre Expertise garantiert Aktualität und Vollständigkeit, ihre Inhalte helfen dir beim Erarbeiten und Verstehen der Chirurgie:Hinweise auf wichtige ärztliche Kompetenzen und ihre Bedeutung für eine optimale Patientenversorgung – auch ambulantFallbeispiel... und klinische Inhalte verdeutlichen die speziellen Aspekte der Chirurgie und deren Relevanz für den ArztberufÜber 600 Abbildungen illustrieren den InhaltDie RandspalteGeschriebe... von Studierenden, die aus eigener Erfahrung wissen, welche Inhalte besonders wichtig sind. Dies hilft dir, die Stoffmenge effizient zu wiederholen und Klausuren zu meistern.hoch2 Kein „entweder – oder“, sondern „sowohl als auch“: hoch2 bietet dir Lehrbuch und Repetitorium in einem. Ideal umgesetzt auch im E-Book.Zwei Expertisen – ein starkes Konzept.

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