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    • Direct to Consumer Testing: The Role of Laboratory Medicine, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 40-1
      • February 4, 2020
      • Nicole V Tolan + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Nicole V. Tolan and Robert Nerenz, will cover Direct to Consumer Testing: The Role of Laboratory Medicine. This issue is one of four selected each year by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Milenko Jovan Tanasijevic. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Health Literacy, Identifying Valuable Tests, Challenges with At-Home and Mail-In Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing, Self-Ordering and Interpretations, American Association for Clinical Chemistry Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Position Statement, Data Disjunction, Integration of At-Home Testing, Wearable Devices, Oncogene Panels and Risk Calculations, Ethics, and Pharmacy’s Integration and Testing Offered, among others.

    • Contexts of Nursing

      • 6th Edition
      • September 3, 2020
      • John Daly + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Contexts of Nursing, 6th edition by John Daly and Debra Jackson introduces undergraduate nursing students in Australia and New Zealand to the theory, knowledge language and scholarship of professional nursing practice. Written by leading academics at the forefront of nursing education and research, the 6th edition features a range of stories and voices that will challenge the reader and encourage reflection and discussion. Each chapter introduces key topics within the contexts of nursing including critical thinking, reflective practice, informatics, legal and ethical requirements, leadership and the evolving roles of nursing.

    • Diagnostic Imaging: Brain

      • 4th Edition
      • November 20, 2020
      • Miral D. Jhaveri
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Brain, fourth edition, is an invaluable resource for neuroradiologists, general radiologists, and trainees—anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today’s neuroimaging of both common and rare conditions. World-renowned authorities provide updated information on more than 300 diagnoses, all lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making this edition a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference for daily practice.

    • Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe hoch2 professional

      • 1st Edition
      • February 27, 2020
      • Kay Goerke + 1 more
      • German
      • Paperback
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      Alles, was junge Ärzte wissen müssen, wenn sie als Weiterbildungsassist... Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe in der Klinik arbeiten. Alle Inhalte basieren auf der aktuellen Weiterbildungsordnun... 2020. Das Buch enthält das komplette Grundlagenwissen der Frauenheilkunde und berücksichtigt die gültigen Leitlinien. Hochaktuelle Inhalte, z.B. zum Thema Mamma-Karzinom, sind berücksichtigt. Viele Abbildungen veranschaulichen das Wissen. Tipps für die Praxis- und die Stationsarbeit zeigen Ihnen, worauf es ankommt. Das Konzept der neuen Reihe hoch2 professional: Die Hauptspalte: Sie wurde von Experten des jeweiligen Fachgebiets geschrieben – mit vielen Cave-, Merke-und Hinweiskästen sowie klinischen Fällen – optimal, um sich ins Fachgebiet einzuarbeiten, zu lernen, sich vorzubereiten sowie Sicherheit im Handeln zu erwerben. Auf Wissen für Prüfung und Praxis wird extra hingewiesen, z.B. den Kästen „Häufige Fragen bei der Facharztprüfung". Die Randspalte: Sie wurde von einem Weiterbildungsassist... des jeweiligen Faches verfasst. Dort ist das Wichtigste auf einen Blick zu erkennen: was auf Station am häufigsten vorkommt, welche konkreten Tipps und Hilfestellungen helfen, welche Leitlinie gilt. Ideal zum schnellen Nachschlagen! hoch2 und hoch2 professional – 2 Buchreihen, ein Konzept hoch2: Für Studierende. hoch2 professional für junge Ärzte in der Weiterbildung

    • Enfermo crítico y emergencias

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 15, 2020
      • J. M.ª Nicolás + 2 more
      • Spanish
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      Segunda edición de Enfermo crítico y emergencias, que actualiza sus conteni­dos continuando con el objetivo de formar a los profesionales implicados en esta área, tanto en el ámbito hospitalario como en el prehospitalario. El contenido viene avalado por la experiencia clínica y docente de autores referentes en sus campos de conocimiento. Organización de los capítulos en cuatro partes principales: «Procedimientos y monitorización en el enfermo crítico y emergencias», «Emergencias en el ámbito prehospitalario», «Atención a las diversas patologías en la uni­dad de cuidados intensivos» y «Otras consideraciones en la atención al enfermo crítico y emergencias». Nuevos capítulos incorporados en la segunda edición: «Ecografía clínica», «Cuidados posresucitación y valoración del prónostico neurológico», «Triaje: sistema de clasificación y estratificación frente a los signos y síntomas agudos más frecuentes», «Abordaje del enfermo crítico pos­quirúrgico», «Fundamentos para el aislamiento de alto nivel», «Conside­raciones básicas en amenazas nucleares/radiológic... biológicas y/o químicas», «Humanización de la atención al enfermo crítico» y «Sistemas de información en la atención al enfermo crítico». Los capítulos comienzan con un cuadro de puntos clave, que introducen al lector en su contenido fundamental, seguidos, en los capítulos clínicos, de un caso clínico ilustrativo, que aproxima al lector a la realidad profesio­nal.

    • ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 1, 2020
      • Jeff S. Coombes + 1 more
      • English
      • Spiral-bound
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      ESSA’s Student Manual for Health, Exercise and Sport assessment is an essential text for students and exercise clinicians wishing to accredit with ESSA as exercise scientists. Written by former ESSA President Jeff Coombes and clinical exercise physiologist Tina Skinner, this book provides everything students need to achieve competency in ESSA Standard 7, Health Exercise and Sport Assessment. It contains in-depth and well-articulated methodology for all tests, data recording tables and normative values, and case study analyses. Each of the 21 chapters addresses key health and fitness assessments used to evaluate health, fitness and performance. With easy-to-follow practicals throughout, this book has been updated to reflect current best practice and recent advances such as wearable devices and smartphone apps.

    • Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 47-4
      • November 11, 2020
      • Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman + 1 more
      • English
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      Together with Consulting Editor Dr. William Rayburn, Guest Editors Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman and Dr. Russel Miller have curated a state-of-the-art monograph devoted to Advances in Maternal Fetal Medicine. They have secured expert authors to submit clinical reviews for perinatologists. Specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Advances in delivery management for the preterm fetus (magnesium sulfate, late-preterm antenatal corticosteroids); Approaches to stillbirth prevention; Current preterm birth prevention strategies; Neurological outcomes after fetal therapy for complicated monochorionic twins; Innovations in fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair; An update on biologic agents in pregnancy; Telemedicine in obstetrics; The impact of racial and socioeconomic disparities on obstetrical outcomes; Opioids use and misuse in pregnancy; Advances in statewide and national obstetrical QI collaborations; Optimizing term delivery timing and mode of delivery; Preeclampsia; E-Z infections can be quite challenging: Contemporary understanding of Ebola and Zika virus in pregnancy; and Next-generation genetic testing in obstetrics. Readers will come away with the evidence-based recommendations they need to improve patient outcomes.

    • Management of Operating Room Critical Events, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-4
      • November 10, 2020
      • Alex Hannenberg
      • English
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      This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Alexander A. Hannenberg, focuses on Management of Critical Events. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. Lee Fleisher. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Why We Fail to Rescue from Critical Events; High Fidelity Simulation Training; Alternatives to High Fidelity Simulation Training; Tools to Improve our Capacity to Rescue; Use of Cognitive Aids to Improve Management of Critical Events; Real-time debriefing after critical events: Exploring the Gap between Principle and Reality; Mass Casualty Events; Obstetrical Hemorrhage; Intraoperative cardiac arrest; The Lost Airway; The Septic Patient and Oxygen Supply Failure.

    • Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 30-1
      • November 23, 2020
      • Argelinda Baroni + 1 more
      • English
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      This issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Argelinda Baroni and Jessica Lunsford-Avery, will cover key topics of importance surrounding Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Todd Peters. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: Screening and Evaluation of Sleep Disturbances and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents; Normal Sleep in Children and Adolescents; Classification and Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders; Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Disruption in Children and Adolescents; Pediatric Insomnia; Just Let Me Sleep In: Identifying and Treating Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder in Adolescents; Sleep Disorders and Depression Among Youth; Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia and Sleep Disturbances in School-Aged Children and Adolescents; Parasomnias and Movement Disorders; Sleep and Technology in Early Childhood; Technology and Sleep in school age children; Medication for Insomnia; Sleep and Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Sleep; Sleep-related problems and pediatric anxiety disorders; Interaction Between Trauma and Sleep in Children and Adolescents, among others.

    • Imaging of Disorders Spanning the Spectrum from Childhood, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 58-3
      • April 27, 2020
      • Edward Y. Lee
      • English
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      This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of Disorders Spanning the Spectrum from Childhood into Adulthood, and is edited by Dr. Edward Y. Lee. Articles will include: Brain Malformations at All Ages: From Aunt Minnie to Zebras for General Radiologists; Cystic Fibrosis from Childhood to Adulthood: What is New in Imaging Assessment; Interstitial Lung Diseases in Adolescent and Young Adults: Different from Older Patients; Repaired Congenital Heart Disease in Older Children and Adults: Up-to-Date Practical Assessment and Characteristic Imaging Findings; Imaging Assessment of Complications from Transplantation from Pediatric to Adult Patients: Part 1 – Solid Organ Transplantation; Imaging Assessment of Complications from Transplantation from Pediatric to Adult Patients: Part 2 – Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Beyond Crohn’s Disease: Current Role of Radiologist in Diagnostic Imaging Assessment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Patients; Imaging Manifestations of Childhood Musculoskeletal Disorders in Adults: Spectrum of Expected to Surprising Findings for General Radiologists; Genetic Syndromes Affecting Both Children and Adults: A Practical Guide to Imaging Based Diagnosis and Management; Spectrum of Imaging Manifestations of Vascular Tumors and Malformations Beyond Childhood: What General Radiologists Need to Know; Congenital Incidental Findings in Children That Can be Mistaken as True Pathologies in Adults: Pearls and Pitfalls of Imaging Diagnosis; and more!

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