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  • Workbook for Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography

    • 9th Edition
    • November 23, 2022
    • Sandra L. Hagen-Ansert
    • English
    **2025 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) McGuffey Longevity Award Winner**Reinforce your understanding of Hagen-Ansert’s Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography, 9th Edition with this practical workbook! With chapters corresponding to the textbook, this study guide provides exercises allowing you to review, practice, and apply sonography concepts. Case studies offer opportunities to apply your knowledge to the clinical setting. Like the text, this edition of the workbook includes updated images and scans, in addition to content that reflects the newest curriculum standards. It’s a useful review and an excellent preparation tool for national board examinations in diagnostic sonography!
  • Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care

    • 7th Edition
    • November 23, 2022
    • Joyce E. Dains + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Diagnosis/Assessment... the next step in health assessment by building your skills in diagnostic and clinical reasoning! Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 7th Edition goes beyond the basic physical examination to help you learn to accurately evaluate common conditions. Organized by patient symptoms or complaints, the book follows a systematic approach beginning with a chief concern rather than a specific diagnosis or disease entity, then guides you step-by-step through a diagnostic reasoning process to lead to a clinical diagnosis. This edition includes new chapters on veterans’ health and on contemporary approaches in primary care settings, as well as updated content on issues such as race, ethnicity, and gender identity. Written by a team of advanced practitioners led by Joyce E. Dains, this AJN award-winning text helps you learn to think like an expert clinician.
  • Guide pratique d'échographie

    • 6th Edition
    • November 22, 2022
    • Paul Legmann + 1 more
    • French
    L’échographie occupe indiscutablement une place privilégiée au sein de l’imagerie médicale comme examen de première intention pour l’élaboration de nombreux diagnostics. Au fil des éditions, le livre Guide d’échographie coordonné par le Professeur Legmann s’est imposé comme la référence pour l’apprentissage de la technique. Il apporte en effet les bases indispensables à la compréhension de l’imagerie ultrasonore et les éléments essentiels à sa pratique quotidienne. Il rappelle pour chaque étude d’organe :• les techniques de l’examen ; • l’écho-anatomie normale ; • et les aspects pathologiques. L’échographie interventionnelle et l’écho-Doppler y sont largement développés. Entièrement actualisée et revue en fonction des données les plus récentes, cette 6e édition, conserve sa forme synthétique et pratique. Les chapitres consacrés au pelvis féminin ainsi qu’à l’échographie obstétricale ont fait l’objet d’une révision en profondeur. Ce livre d’enseignement est indispensable à la formation de tout échographiste. Il constitue également un outil précieux pour les praticiens en activité, désireux de mieux connaître les possibilités et les limites des examens qu’ils sont amenés à demander.
  • Facial Deformities in Children

    Thirteen Life Changing Operations
    • 1st Edition
    • November 22, 2022
    • Jeffrey C. Posnick
    • English
    Gain an appreciation for the challenges that lie ahead for those with facial deformity. Using his own patients’ clinical photos and personal stories, Dr. Jeffrey Posnick takes us through surgical thinking and describes current techniques that are used to reconstruct children with conditions such as craniosynostosis, skull defects, congenital tumors, cleft lip and palate, and developmental and posttraumatic jaw, nasal, and ear deformities. The necessity of bold surgical innovation and a coordinated comprehensive approach to a child’s facial reconstruction which often requires input from a spectrum of medical, surgical, and dental specialties and therapists becomes evident when visualizing the conditions described and reading through the chapters of this book. Written by Jeffrey C. Posnick, an internationally known expert in cranio-maxillofacial surgery, this reference includes a fully searchable eBook version with each print purchase.
  • Practical Pulmonary Pathology

    A Diagnostic Approach
    • 4th Edition
    • November 22, 2022
    • Maxwell L. Smith + 2 more
    • English
    Part of the in-depth and practical Pattern Recognition series, Practical Pulmonary Pathology, 4th Edition, helps you arrive at an accurate diagnosis by using a pattern-based approach. Leading diagnosticians in pulmonary pathology offer practical assistance in identifying all major neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the lungs, guiding you from a pathological pattern through the appropriate work-up, around the pitfalls, and to the best diagnosis. More than 1,000 high-quality illustrations capture key morphologic patterns for a full range of common and rare conditions and assist in the interpretation of complex diagnostic puzzles. A unique “visual index” at the beginning of the book directs you to the exact chapter and specific page you need for in-depth diagnostic guidance.
  • Orthobiologics, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-1
    • November 22, 2022
    • Michael Khadavi + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest editors Drs. Michael Khadavi and Luga Podesta bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Orthobiologics. Use and research surrounding naturally derived substances that are used to help heal and repair orthopedic injuries are expanding rapidly. In this issue, top experts discuss the most up-to-date uses of orthobiologics in the rehabilitation setting.
  • Mémo-fiches AP - Blocs de compétence 1 à 5

    Auxiliaire de puériculture. Conforme à la réforme. Je réussis mon DEAP
    • 5th Edition
    • November 22, 2022
    • Muriel Bénazet + 2 more
    • French
    Ce Mémo-Fiches AP est un outil de révision utile et efficace. Conforme au référentiel de formation, l'ouvrage suit la structure des 8 modules d'enseignement du programme officiel.Construit sous forme de fiches faciles à consulter, l'ouvrage présente les connaissances fondamentales de manière très pédagogique. Chaque fiche est construite de la même façon :- les définitions se rapportant au thème traité ;- les notions à connaître ;- le rôle de l'AP, à travers une observation-réflexio... sur les compétences requises, qui permet de bien comprendre les actions à mener par l'AP dans chaque domaine ;- un exemple de situation analysée, qui met en contexte les compétences et les connaissances théoriques de l'auxiliaire de puériculture dans un cas concret.- Enfin, pour les modules 1, 2, 6, 7 et 8, un contrôle des connaissances est proposé sous forme de QCM, pour s'entraîner et de s'autoévaluer.Clair et pratique, ce Mémo-fiches AP s'adresse aux élèves auxiliaires de puériculture et à leurs formateurs, mais aussi aux professionnels désireux d'actualiser leurs connaissances.
  • Global Perspective in Contemporary Orthognathic Surgery, An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35-1
    • November 22, 2022
    • Mike Yiu Yan Leung
    • English
    In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.
  • Updates in the Management of Breast Cancer, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 103-1
    • November 22, 2022
    • Anna S. Seydel + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.
  • Study Guide for Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

    • 8th Edition
    • November 22, 2022
    • Sharon Smith Murray + 1 more
    • English
    Learn to master maternal-newborn and women’s health nursing. Designed to accompany Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition, this study guide gives you an in-depth understanding of the material from each chapter in the text. Learning activities and case studies encourage critical thought, and simulated patient situations give you practice applying what you’ve learned to the NCLEX® exam and clinical practice.