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Clinical Cardiology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice

1st Edition
Volume 35-1
April 28, 2019
Colin Schwarzwald + 1 more
English
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This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice, Guest Edited by Dr. Colin Schwarzwald and Dr. Katharyn Mitchell, in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. Thomas Divers, focuses on Clinical Cardiology. Article topics include: An overview of the equine heart in health and disease; Examination of horses with cardiac disease; Echocardiography; Electrocardiography; Cardiac arrhythmias; Congenital cardiac disease; Acquired valvular disease; Pericardial disease, myocardial disease, and great vessel abnormalities; CV causes of exercise intolerance and poor performance; Assessment of the CV system during prepurchase and insurance examinations; Monito... of the CV system; Response to exercise and training; and Drugs used to treat cardiac disease.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Insomnia, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 14-2
April 26, 2019
Jason C. Ong
English
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This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, edited by Dr. Jason C. Ong in collaboration with Consulting Editor, Teofilo Lee-Chiong, is devoted to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Insomnia. Topics covered in this issue include: CBT-I in Children and Adolescents; Delivering CBT-I in Patients with Medical and Psychiatric Comorbidities; CBT-I and Women’s Health: Sex as a Biological Variable; Delivering CBT-I in Military Personnel; Using Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Insomnia; Brief Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (BBTI); Intensive Sleep Retraining; CBT-I and Hypnotic Medications: Considerations and Controversies; CBT-I and Acute Insomnia: Considerations and Controversies; Measuring Outcomes for CBT-I in the Real World; Delivering CBT-I in a Health Care System; Determining an Appropriate Candidate for CBT-I; and Online Delivery of CBT-I: Considerations and Controversies.

Immunology Laboratory Testing,An Issue of the Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

1st Edition
Volume 39-4
October 29, 2019
Vinay Subash Mahajan
English
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This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by Dr. Vinay Subhash Mahajan, will focus on Immunology Laboratory Testing. Topics include, but are not limited to, Analysis of proteins and immunoglobulins in the clinical immunology laboratory; Antinucl... antibody tests; Serological diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis; ANCA; Anti-phospholipid antibodies; Diagnostic pitfalls in autoantibody testing; Analysis of the complement pathway; Flow cytometric analysis of immune cell subsets; Testing of cellular immune function in immunodeficiencies; ... allergy testing; Evaluation of the immune response in transplantation; Lab... testing in the context of biologics and cellular therapies; Testing immune-related adverse-events in cancer immunotherapy; Molec... diagnosis of inherited immune disorders; and Future of immunology lab testing.

Mémo-fiches DEAES - Diplôme d'Etat d'Accompagnant Educatif et Social

2nd Edition
December 4, 2019
Guillaume Demont + 2 more
French
eBook
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Cet ouvrage de fiches de révision détaille le programme officiel du nouveau diplôme DEAES (Diplôme d’Etat d’Accompagnant Educatif et Social) entré en vigueur en septembre 2016 : - le socle commun ; - les trois spécialités (accompagnement de la vie en structure collective, accompagnement de la vie à domicile, accompagnement à l’éducation inclusive et à la vie ordinaire). Ce mémo-fiches permet au futur AES de s’approprier les connaissances de la formation grâce : - à un cours synthétique très didactique ; - aux cas pratiques des encadrés « Situation » ; - aux compétences à maîtriser développées dans le « Rôle de l’AES ». C’est l’outil indispensable pour accompagner les futurs AES dans leur formation et les aider à préparer efficacement les épreuves de certification de fin d’étude. Les professionnels pourront également s’y référer pour réviser leurs compétences et leurs connaissances.

Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 29-2
May 3, 2019
Joshua R. Sonett
English
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eBook
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This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Joshua Sonett, is devoted to Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis. Dr. Sonett has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Role of Thymus in the Immune System; A Neurologist’s Perspective to Understanding Myasthenia Gravis: Clinical Perspectives of Etiology, Diagnosis and Preoperative Treatment; A Neurologist’s Perspective on Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis: Current Perspective and Future Trials and Medications; Surgical Approaches to Myasthenia Gravis: Perspective of Anatomy and Radicality in Surgery; Surgical Techniques for Myasthenia Gravis: VATS; Surgical Techniques for Myasthenia Gravis: RATS; Surgical Decision Making: Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis; Immune Syndromes and the Thymus: Is There a Role of Thymectomy?; Surgical Techniques for Myasthenia Gravis: Transcervical; Surgical Technique for Myasthenia Gravis: Subxyphoid Approach; History of Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis; and more!

Advances in Family Practice Nursing, 2019

1st Edition
Volume 1-1
May 3, 2019
Geri C Reeves + 3 more
English
Hardback
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Advances in Family Practice Nursing is a yearly publication aimed at family practice nurse practitioners and brings you the best current clinical information from the expert editors and authors in pediatrics, adult/gerontology, women’s health, and primary care in general. The Editor and Associate Editors identify current advances and updates in nursing care and invite authors to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care and outcomes. Whether you’re looking to update your knowledge of a particular area or to read about the newest clinical advances to incorporate into your clinical care, this publication aims to appeal to all nurse practitioners providing primary care to patients.

Infectious Diseases, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 54-2
May 5, 2019
Randolph F.R. Rasch
English
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In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Steve Krau, Dr. Randolph F. R. Rasch has put together a state-of the-art issue of the Nursing Clinics of North America devoted to Infectious Diseases. Clinical review articles from expert authors are specifically devoted to the following topics: Ebola; HIV/AIDS; Lymphatic Filariasis; Tuberculosis; STDs; Influenza (seasonal); Malaria; Lyme Disease; Hepatitis (Hep. C & Hep. B); Zika virus, particularly related to pregnancy; Oral Infections; Rat Lung Disease; and Emerging infections. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to improve outcomes in patients with infectious diseases.

Education and the Thoracic Surgeon, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 29-3
June 25, 2019
Edward D. Verrier
English
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This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Edward D. Verrier, is devoted to Education and the Thoracic Surgeon. Dr. Verrier has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: The Master surgeon as educator; How does the adult surgeon learn?; How to obtain meaningful assessment in thoracic surgery education; How to give effective formative feedback in thoracic surgery education; Bias: How to minimize the hidden impact on thoracic surgical education; The educational challenges of the operating room; Effective classroom teaching and the impact of e-learning in thoracic surgery education; The alternative surgical curriculum; Deliberate practice and the emerging roles of simulation in thoracic surgery; Teaching, mentorship, and coaching in thoracic surgical education; Faculty development: using education for career advancement; The potential of virtual or augmented reality to enhance thoracic surgical education; How will artificial intelligence impact (cognitive) decision making in thoracic surgery; and more!

Gynecologic Pathology: Practical Issues and Updates, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 12-2
May 22, 2019
Brooke E. Howitt
English
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This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, Guest Edited by Dr. Brooke Howitt, will focus on practical issues and updates around Gynecologic Pathology. This issue is one of four selected each year by the series Consulting Editor, Jason L. Hornick. Topics include, but are not limited to, Non-HPV associated squamous neoplasia of the vulva and vagina; HPV-associated squamous neoplasia of the lower female genital tract; Cervical glandular neoplasia: classification and staging; Preinvasive lesions of the endometrium; Endometrial carcinoma: Grossing, frozen section evaluation, staging, and senitnel lymph node evaluation; High grade endometrial carcinomas: Classification with molecular insights; Uterine mesenchymal tumors: Classification, staging, and updates in molecular testing; Smooth muscle neoplasia of the female genital tract; Germ cell tumors of the female genital tract; Fallopian tube neoplasia and mimics; Low grade serous neoplasia of the female genital tract; Ovarian high grade serous carcinoma: Staging, assessing site of origin and the post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy setting; Ovarian mucinous tumors; Endometrioid and clear cell tumors of the ovary; and Ovarian sex cord stromal tumors.

ECG fácil

9th Edition
November 15, 2019
John Hampton + 1 more
Spanish
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Durante cuarenta y cinco años, ha sido considerada una de las mejores guías de introducción al ECG, traducida a más de una decena de idiomas y elogiada por British Medical Journal como "un clásico de la medicina". Esta novena edición, de interés para todos los estudiantes y profesionales médicos y sanitarios que deseen adquirir conocimientos claros y básicos sobre el ECG, incluye un nuevo capítulo inicial, "ECG muy fácil de verdad", que presenta los aspectos esenciales del uso del ECG en la práctica clínica con la mínima teoría y el máximo enfoque práctico. En la segunda parte se explica la teoría en la que se basa el registro de un ECG para comenzar la interpretación básica de las 12 derivaciones. La tercera parte se centra en la interpretación clínica de ECG individuales en pacientes con dolor torácico, disnea, palpitaciones y síncope, así como en la comprensión de las variaciones normales en los ECG obtenidos en personas sanas.

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