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    • Modern Approaches for Evaluation and Treatment of GI Motility Disorders, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 49-3
      • August 5, 2020
      • Henry Parkman
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Together with Consulting Editor, Dr. Alan Buchman, Dr. Parkman has created as state-of-the-art issue devoted to the modern technology and approaches for evaluation and treatment of GI motility. He has provided coverage for the esophagus, colon, small intestine, and gut. Leaders in the field have contributed the detailed clinical review articles on the following topics: Enhancing High Resolution Esophageal Manometry: Use of Impedance, multiple rapid swallows, Position change, Solid food boluses, and other techniques; EndoFLIP in the esophagus: Assessing sphincter function, wall stiffness, motility to guide treatments; Evaluation and Treatment of patients with persistent reflux symptoms despite PPI treatment; Esophageal Evaluation for Patients undergoing Lung Transplant Evaluation: What should we do for evaluation and management; Tailoring Endoscopic and Surgical Treatments for GERD; Endoscopic and Surgical Treatments for Achalasia: Who to treat and how; Enhancing Scintigraphy for evaluation of gastric, small bowel, colonic motility; Targeting treatment for gastroparesis: Use of clinical tests to guide treatments; Endoscopic and Surgical Treatments for Gastroparesis: What to do and Whom to treat; Gastric Biopsies in Gastroparesis: Insights to Gastric Neuromuscular Disorders to Help with treatment; SIBO: How to diagnose and treat (and then treat again); Assessing anorectal function in constipation and fecal incontinence; Treating chronic abdominal pain in patients with Chronic Recurrent Abdominal Pain and IBS; and Refractory Chronic Constipation: How to evaluate and treat. Gastroenterologists will come away with the technical information they need to improve outcomes in their patients.

    • Rural Surgery, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 100-5
      • September 7, 2020
      • Tyler G. Hughes
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Rural Surgery and is edited by Dr. Tyler G. Hughes. Articles will include: Status of the rural workplace: Hospital survival and economics; Rural standards and the quality equation; Scope of practice of the rural surgeon; Advanced technology and the rural surgeon; Qualitative research in rural surgery; Perioperative support in the rural surgery world; Initial and ongoing training of the rural surgeon; Demographics in rural populations; Dealing with the sick rural surgery patient in need of transfer; National quality projects and patient selection decisions; Status of the rural surgical workforce; Regionalization of rural surgery; and more!

    • Gastrointestinal Pathology, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 13-3
      • August 18, 2020
      • Raul S. Gonzalez
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Raul Gonzalez, will cover key topics in Gastrointestinal Pathology. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. Jason L. Hornick. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Grossing of Gastrointestinal Specimens: Best Practices and Current Controversies, Subspecialty Signout and Interobserver Variability in Gastrointestinal Pathology, Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms, Daily Dilemmas in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Pathology, Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Gastric Polyps, Approaches to Biopsy and Resection Specimens of the Ampulla, Updates in Appendix Pathology, HER2 in Colorectal Carcinoma, Histology of Colorectal Carcinoma: Proven and Purported Prognostic Factors, Diagnoses and Difficulties in Mesenteric Pathology, Advances and Annoyances in Anus Pathology, among others.

    • Day-to-day Challenges in Facial Plastic Surgery, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-4
      • October 12, 2020
      • William H. Truswell
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. William H. Truswell, is devoted to Day-to-day Challenges in Facial Plastic Surgery. This issue is one of four selected each year by the series Consulting Editor, Dr. J. Regan Thomas. Articles in this issue include: Guiding the Patient on Their Journey through Facial Rejuvenation Surgery; Incorporating Nonsurgical Options and Aesthetic Services into a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice; Evaluating, Purchasing, and Incorporating High Tech Equipment into a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice; Identifying and Handling Personality Disorders when Selecting Patients for Surgery; Unhappy Patients Can Turn into Angry Patients; Balancing University Obligations and a Cosmetic Surgery Practice in a Full Time Academic Environment; The Art of Teaching, Training, and Putting the Scalpel in Residents’ Hands; Facial Plastic Surgery Journals; Recognizing, Managing, and Guiding the Patient Through Complications in Facial Plastic Surgery; Recognizing and Managing Complications in Laser Resurfacing, Chemical Peels, and Dermabrasion; Life in an Academic Practice vs. a Solo Private Practice; How to Leverage Social Media in Private Practice; The Best Business Moves You Can Use to Enhance Your Practice; Understanding and Getting Involved in the International Facial Plastic Surgery Community; and Securing Operating Room Time for Elective Cases.

    • Bovine Respiratory Disease, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-2
      • June 3, 2020
      • Amelia R. Woolums + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, guest edited by Drs. Amelia Woolums and Douglas Step, focuses on Bovine Respiratory Disease. This is one of three issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. Robert A. Smith. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: BRD from the 20th century to now: has anything changed?; Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida: how are they changing in response to our efforts to control them?; Mycoplasma bovis: what characteristics of this agent explain the disease that it causes?; Histophilus somni: antigenic changes relevant to BRD; The microbiome and BRD; Viruses in Bovine Respiratory Disease in North America: Knowledge Advances Using Genomic Testing; The Immunology of Bovine Respiratory Disease: Recent Advancements; Host tolerance to infection with the bacteria that cause bovine respiratory disease; How does nutrition influence BRD?; How does housing influence BRD?; Diagnostic tests for BRD; Details to attend to when managing high risk cattle; BRD Vaccination: MLV vs Killed? IN vs Parenteral? What is the evidence?; Timing of BRD Vaccination; Causes, significance, and impact of BRD treatment failure; The effect of market forces on BRD; and The future of BRD management in the era of precision agriculture, rapid DNA sequencing, and bioinformatics.

    • Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging: The Requisites

      • 5th Edition
      • May 20, 2020
      • Janis P. O'Malley + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Now in its 5th Edition, this outstanding volume in the popular Requisites series thoroughly covers the fast-changing field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. Ideal for residency, clinical rotations, and board review, this compact and authoritative volume by Drs. Janis O'Malley and Harvey Ziessman covers the conceptual, factual, and interpretive information you need to know for success on exams and in clinical practice.

    • Job Readiness for Health Professionals

      • 3rd Edition
      • March 21, 2020
      • Elsevier Inc
      • English
      • eBook
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      Gain an edge in the competitive job market with the tools you need to develop the personal qualities, habits, attitudes, and social graces to work successfully in healthcare settings. Job Readiness for Health Professionals: Soft Skills Strategies for Success, 3rd Edition provides an easy-to-read, easy-to-follow format that guides you through essential entry-level soft skills, such as how to dress, speak, and collaborate in a highly professional manner.

    • Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care

      • 5th Edition
      • April 14, 2020
      • David B. Elliott
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Well organized and easy to read, Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, 5th Edition, takes an accessible, step-by-step approach to describing the commonly used primary care procedures that facilitate accurate diagnosis and effective patient management. This practical, clinically-focused text offers succinct descriptions of today's most frequently encountered optometric techniques supported by research-based evidence. You’ll find essential instructions for mastering the procedures you need to know, including recent technical advances in the field.

    • The Leadership Trajectory

      • 1st Edition
      • August 16, 2020
      • Patricia S. Yoder-Wise + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Designed to help you excel at every stage of your leadership path, this unique and practical text is organized around a nursing and health care leadership trajectory of three core areas — The Strategies, The Personal, and The Environment. The Strategies covers necessary actions that you need to take to become more influential in any environment to move yourself and your people to greater contributions. The Personal relates to the concepts that you must develop and hone to increase your influence. The Environment reinforces how you can exercise the strategies and personal factors in this leadership model through assessing the situations in which you find yourself.

    • Video Atlas: Liver, Biliary & Pancreatic Surgery

      • 2nd Edition
      • March 3, 2020
      • Carlos Corvera
      • English
      • Hardback
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      During his years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Leslie H. Blumgart developed an extensive video library of high-quality, narrated and captioned video of his personal techniques used to train surgeons worldwide. These videos present history, radiologic evidence, and operative procedures – from major and minor resectional procedures to biliary and pancreatic anastomotic techniques. Blumgart's Video Atlas: Liver, Biliary & Pancreatic Surgery, 2nd Edition, compiles these outstanding videos, along with laparoscopic alternatives to these landmark surgeries from Dr. Carlos U. Corvera, into one outstanding multimedia resource that brings you fully up to date with innovative and advanced techniques in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.

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