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  • Emergency Department Resuscitation, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-4
    • Michael E. Winters + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Mike Winters and Susan R. Wilcox, focuses on Emergency Department Resuscitation. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Topics include: Mindset of the Resuscitationist; Updates in Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation; Post-Arrest Interventions That Save Lives; Current Concepts and Controversies in Fluid Resuscitation; Emergency Transfusions; Updates in Sepsis Resuscitation; Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation; The Crashing Toxicology Patient; The Crashing Obese Patient; Massive GI Hemorrhage; Updates in Traumatic Cardiac Arrest; Resuscitating the Crashing Pregnant Patient; Pearls & Pitfalls in the Crashing Geriatric Patient; Current Controversies in Caring for the Critically Ill PE Patient; and ECMO in the ED.

  • Goodman and Fuller’s Pathology

    Implications for the Physical Therapist
    • 5th Edition
    • Catherine Cavallaro Kellogg + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Physical Therapy**The only pathology textbook written specifically for physical therapy, this edition continues to provide practical and easy access to information on specific diseases and conditions as they relate to physical therapy practice. Coverage includes guidelines, precautions, and contraindications for interventions with patients who have musculoskeletal or neuromuscular problems, as well as other medical conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. Logically organized content offers at-a-glance access to essential information on common illnesses, diseases, adverse drug effects, organ transplantation, laboratory values, and more to ensure the most reliable and effective physical therapy for patients.

  • de Lahunta’s Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology

    • 5th Edition
    • Alexander de Lahunta + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine**Master the diagnosis and effective treatment of veterinary neurologic disorders! de Lahunta’s Veterinary Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neurology, 5th Edition provides in-depth coverage of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system. With this knowledge, you will be able to accurately diagnose the location of neurologic lesions in small animals, horses, and food animals. Practical guidelines explain how to perform neurologic examinations, interpret examination results, and formulate treatment plans. Descriptions of neurologic disorders are accompanied by clinical case studies, photos and drawings, and radiographs. Written by neurology experts Alexander de Lahunta, Eric Glass, and Marc Kent, this resource includes hundreds of online videos depicting the patients and disorders described in the text.

  • Emergency and Critical Care of Small Animals, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 50-6
    • Elisa Mazzaferro
    • English
    This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro, focuses on Emergency and Critical Care of Small Animals. This is one of six issues each year. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Small Animals; Transfusion Medicine in Small Animals; Extracorporeal Therapies in the ER and ICU; Respiratory Emergencies; Ocular Emergencies in the Small Animal Patient; Biosecurity Measures in Small Animal Practice; Albumin Therapy in Critical Illness; Canine Parvoviral Enteritis; Therapeutic Strategies in IMHA; Use of Antithrombotics in Critical Illness; Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Clinical Practice; Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Clinical Practice; Resuscitative Strategies for the Small Animal Trauma Patient; Use of Thromboelastography in Clinical Practice; Nutritional Support of the Critical Patient; Update on Anticonvulsant Therapy for the Small Animal Patient; Total Intravenous Anesthesia for the Small Animal Critical Patient; and Cageside Ultrasound in the ER and ICU.

  • Chirurgie en obstétrique

    Chirurgie de la femme enceinte et de l'accouchement
    • 2nd Edition
    • Philippe Deruelle + 2 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage propose une description précise et détaillée de l’ensemble des techniques chirurgicales nécessaires pour assurer l’activité obstétricale et ses complications. Pour sa 2e édition, l’ensemble du contenu est revu et mis à jour, les techniques complexes sont complétées et les dernières recommandations sont intégrées. L’ouvrage réunit à la fois les techniques chirurgicales de base en obstétrique : cerclage, épisiotomie, césarienne, mais aussi les techniques spécifiques indispensables pour faire face à des situations rares mais à haut risque pour la sécurité des patientes : ligatures vasculaires, hystérectomie d’hémostase, hystérectomie dans un contexte de placenta accreta, traitement conservateur du placenta accreta, prise en charge du périnée complet compliqué et des ruptures utérines, réparation chirurgicale des fistules vésico-vaginales et recto-vaginales après délabrement obstétrical, prise en charge des femmes victimes de mutilations sexuelles en salle de naissance, techniques d’appendicectomie chez une femme enceinte. Chaque temps opératoire essentiel est décrit et expliqué par de nombreuses photographies doublées de dessins chirurgicaux d’une grande précision, ainsi que par des vidéos dans le but d’approcher au plus près la réalité du geste chirurgical. Cet ouvrage s’adresse aux gynécologues-obstétr... et internes en gynécologie-obstétri...

  • Stories in Mental Health

    Reflection, Inquiry, Action
    • 2nd Edition
    • Debra Nizette + 2 more
    • English
    Stories in Mental Health 2nd edition is an insightful collection of personal stories from a range of mental health consumers, carers and mental health nurse clinicians who openly share their experiences. Through listening and observing, this extraordinary resource offers nursing students and health professionals a unique perspective on what it is like to live with a mental health disorder, care for a family member with a mental health disorder or work within various mental healthcare settings. Available as a print or eBook, this valuable resource builds empathy and understanding and provides examples of innovative approaches to care with a focus on reflection, inquiry and action. The teaching and learning strategies assist in developing skills, attitudes and appropriate responses when working in a range of mental healthcare settings. Most importantly, Stories in Mental Health provides a much-needed consumer voice to mental healthcare.

  • Prothèse totale d'épaule inversée

    • 1st Edition
    • Luc Favard + 2 more
    • French
    Traitement de choix qui s’offre au chirurgien lorsque la coiffe des rotateurs est irréparable ou en présence d’une atteinte significative de l’articulation gléno-humérale, les poses de prothèse totale d’épaule inversée (PTEI) sont en constante augmentation.Cet ouvrage a pour objectif de présenter un état de l’art dans la spécialité. Il est dédié aux chirurgiens orthopédistes et fait le point sur :– les étiologies et résultats ;– les problèmes et leur gestion ;– la latéralisation ;– l’avenir.Une équipe formée d’une quarantaine d’auteurs livre son expérience, ses trucs et astuces et aborde les problèmes non encore résolus. De nombreuses photographies doublées de dessins chirurgicaux viennent compléter et illustrer l’ouvrage.

  • Techniques in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

    A Personal Tutorial
    • 2nd Edition
    • Jeffrey A. Nerad
    • English
    The long-anticipated 2nd Edition of Techniques in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery: A Personal Tutorial presents a unique tutorial-style approach to the information beginners and experts alike need to establish or enhance their oculofacial surgery practice. Superbly illustrated, this book contains over 600 illustrations and clinical photos and follows a step-by-step approach to explaining both the diagnostic and procedural aspects of practice, foundational concepts, and state-of-the art advancements. Whether your background is Ophthalmology, ENT, Plastic Surgery or Dermatology, Dr. Nerad’s "over the shoulder" approach to teaching and clinical pearls learned over years of practice make this a "must read" surgical reference.

  • Accompagner au quotidien la personne à mobilité réduite

    Plus de 70 fiches d'aide aux transferts
    • 1st Edition
    • Alain Jouve + 1 more
    • French
    L’aide au quotidien de la personne en situation de dépendance motrice entraîne une charge physique, directement liée au degré de dépendance de cette personne et à sa morphologie. Cette charge physique n’est pas sans conséquence sur l’intégrité corporelle des professionnels ou des aidants assurant cette assistance.• Cet ouvrage s’adresse aux aidants familiaux et aux professionnels et leur apporte des éléments concrets à intégrer dans leurs gestes au quotidien.• Les techniques décrites sont précises et abordent à peu près toutes les situations de transfert que l’on peut rencontrer en établissement ou à domicile. Elles sont déclinées en fonction des capacités du sujet.• Le parti pris des auteurs est d’amener la personne à être actrice de ses transferts, dans le respect des limites imposées par ses déficiences, tout en préservant sa sécurité et celle des aidants. Les aspects techniques viennent donc s’inscrire dans un prendre soin du sujet.

  • Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions

    • 7th Edition
    • Regina F. Doherty
    • English
    Build the skills you need to understand and resolve ethical problems! Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions, 7th Edition provides a solid foundation in ethical theory and concepts, applying these principles to the ethical issues surrounding health care today. It uses a unique, six-step decision-making process as a framework for thinking critically and thoughtfully, with case studies of patients to illustrate ethical topics such as conflict of interest, patient confidentiality, and upholding best practices. Written by Regina F. Doherty, an educator and occupational therapist, this book will help you make caring and effective ethical choices that improve patient care and outcomes.

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