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    • Advances in Cardiac Mapping and Catheter Ablation: Part I, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 11-3
      • August 9, 2019
      • Mohammad Shenasa + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, guest edited by Mohammad Shenasa and Amin Al-Ahmad, will focus on Advances in Cardiac Mapping and Catheter Ablation. This is part one of a two-part issue and will include articles centered around Basic Concepts in Cardiac Mapping, Novel Mapping & Imaging Systems & Technologies, and Catheter and Energy Sources. Topics include, but are not limited to, Embryology of the Cardiac Conduction System Relevant to Cardiac Arrhythmias; Anatomical Consideration Relevant to Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias; Fundamentals of Cardiac Mapping; Novel Cardiac Mapping Systems; Non-invasive Mapping & ECGI in Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias; Optical Mapping; Omnipolar Mapping; Cardiac CT, MRI, and Fibrosis Quantification; High resolution mapping in patients with atrial and ventricular arrhythmias; Contact Force and Ablation Index; and New Catheter Balloons Including Radiofrequency.

    • Allergy and Immunology for the Internist, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 104-1
      • November 27, 2019
      • Anne Marie Ditto
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Anne Marie Ditto, is devoted to Allergy and Immunology for the Internist. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Approach to the patient with eosinophilia; Approach to the patient with venom allergy; Anaphylaxis; Drug allergy: A guide for the internist; Food allergy in adults: presentations, evaluation and treatment; Atopic dermatitis in adults: role of the allergist; Asthma in adults; Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EOE)/Eosinophil-ass... Gastrointestinal Disorders (EGID) presentation in adults; Immunodeficiency: approach to the patient with frequent infections; Approach to the patient with hives; Allergic contact dermatitis in adults; Cough: when is it no longer an Upper Respiratory Infection?; Approach to the patient with allergic rhinitis: testing and treatments; and Mast cell activation syndrome. A CME program is also available for this title.

    • Colonoscopic Polypectomy, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-4
      • August 24, 2019
      • Douglas K. Rex
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Charles Lightdale, Dr. Douglas K. Rex has put together a state-of the-art issue of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America devoted to Colonoscopic Polypectomy. Expert authors have contributed clinical reviews that address best practices, evidentiary support, and expert recommendations. Articles specifically address the following topics: Endoscopic assessment prior to resection: What the experts do; Reviewing the evidence that polypectomy prevents cancer; The cold revolution: how far can it go?; Best methods for resection of diminutive and small polyps; Teaching polypectomy and assessing the quality of polypectomy; How to perform wide-field EMR and follow-up examinations; Surgery vs. EMR vs. ESD for large polyps: Making sense of when to use which approach; How to learn and perform ESD and full thickness endoscopic resection in the colorectum in the U.S; Underwater endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR); Lesion retrieval, lesions handling, marking; and Closure of defects and management of complications. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to evaluate options for lesion resection and to improve outcomes.

    • Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

      • 4th Edition
      • August 10, 2019
      • Jean V. Craig + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The Evidence-Based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills required for evidence-based nursing into manageable components. The reader will learn how to find, critically read and interpret a range of research studies, and will discover optimal approaches towards helping patients reach decisions that are informed by the best-available evidence. The more-strategic concepts of developing an organisational evidence-based culture and making evidence-based changes at the organisational level are addressed in the final chapter. This popular book comes with helpful online exercises including NCLEX questions for the US readership.

    • Je réussis mon Semestre 2 ! IFSI

      • 1st Edition
      • May 9, 2019
      • Pascal Hallouët + 1 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      POUR RÉUSSIR VOTRE SEMESTRE 2TOUTES LES UE DU PROGRAMMEPlus de 35 fiches de révision, organisées selon la chronologie des études, proposent :- les notions et concepts spécifiques à retenir ;- le rôle de l'IDE et des conseils pratiques ;- des cas cliniques favorisant l'intégration des savoirs ;- des schémas et illustrations en couleurs, des encadrés, tableaux, exemples pour faciliter la mémorisation.ET EN PLUS !- des informations et conseils pour les stages ;- des auto-évaluations avec des calculs de doses, des schémas muets et leurs corrigés.Conforme au programme, cet ouvrage est rédigé par des enseignants en IFSI et des professionnels de santé expérimentés.

    • Advances in Surgery, 2019

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 53-1
      • July 20, 2019
      • John L. Cameron
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Each year, Advances in Surgery reviews the most current practices in general surgery. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. John Cameron, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in general surgery bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care.

    • Atlas de técnicas en cirugía cardíaca

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 15, 2019
      • Frank W. Sellke + 1 more
      • Spanish
      • Hardback
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      Atlas que cubre las distintas intervenciones quirúrgicas en el área de la Cardiología, tanto técnicas abiertas como intervencionistas, proporcionando una descripción detallada y "paso a paso" de cada una de ellas. Texto muy ilustrado y de fácil consulta, que incluye material gráfico de distinta tipología, no solo para clarificar la anatomía quirúrgica, sino también para visualizar con detalle las técnicas quirúrgicas. Igualmente, una galería de 20 vídeos muestra las técnicas más relevantes realizadas hoy en día por los cirujanos cardiovasculares, además de 400 ilustraciones y fotografías intraoperatorias en color que describen la evolución "paso a paso" de las intervenciones. La nueva edición incorpora un total de siete nuevos capítulos que abordan temas como la revascularización coronaria híbrida, las técnicas de reparación de la válvula aórtica, la sustitución de la válvula aórtica transcatéter, la cirugía robótica de la válvula mitral, la cirugía para la miocardiopatía hipertrófica, los abordajes y las técnicas de la oxigenación por membrana extracorpórea, y la endoarterectomía pulmonar. Este atlas presenta el contenido en una maqueta muy sencilla y estructurada que permite al lector localizar, de un único vistazo, la información más relevante de cada procedimiento siguiendo paso a paso su desarrollo.

    • Fisioterapia en el trastorno temporomandibular

      • 1st Edition
      • February 23, 2019
      • Tomás Pérez Fernández + 1 more
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      Obra que desde la fisioterapia se encarga de recoger la evidencia científica disponible para profundizar en el tratamiento de las patologías temporomandibulares, convirtiéndose así en una referencia en la materia para fisioterapeutas y terapeutas manuales. El enfoque de la obra es eminentemente visual, logrando además un perfecto equilibrio entre la información teórica y el abordaje práctico. Para ello, el contenido se complementa con una selección de diez vídeos en los que se muestra cómo realizar pruebas, movilizaciones y manipulaciones vinculadas al área temporomandibular. Se trata de un manual pionero en español centrado exclusivamente en el tratamiento fisioterapéutico del trastorno temporomandibular. Una de las claves de la obra es que presenta e interpreta la evidencia científica disponible sobre la materia con el objetivo de que el lector pueda aplicarla con eficacia en su labor clínica. Su contenido incluye aspectos que van desde la valoración diagnóstica del paciente hasta cuestiones más específicas como el tratamiento basado en terapia física, ejercicio terapéutico o la integración de áreas afines en el tratamiento de las patologías de origen temporomandibular, vinculando así la odontología, la cirugía maxilofacial o la logoterapia a la labor realizada por los fisioterapeutas y otros profesionales vinculados a la terapia manual.

    • Knee Multiligament Injuries—Common Problems, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-2
      • April 25, 2019
      • Sanjeev Kakar
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will take a deep dive into Knee MLI. Guest edited by Drs. Bruce A. Levy and Benjamin Freychet, this issue will discuss a number of related topics that are important to practicing clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Mark Miller. The volume will include articles on: Knee ligament instability patterns; Vascular injury in the multiple ligament injured knee; MCL/PMC; FCL/PLC; Osteotomies; MLIK: initial assessment and treatment; All-inside PCL graftlink; Multiligament Knee Reconstruction; KDIV Multiligament Knee Injuries: Treatment and Outcomes; Repair and Augmentation with Internal Brace in the Multiligament injured knee; PCL reconstruction with internal brace Augmentation; and Outcomes, Injury Patterns and Gait Analysis of Multiligament knee Injury, among others.

    • Drug Hepatotoxicity, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-1
      • November 21, 2019
      • Pierre Gholam
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Pierre Gholam has put together topics that provide a current clinical update on the treatment and management of patients with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Epidemiology, Predisposing Factors and Outcomes; Genetic Predisposition to DILI; Causality Assessment Frequent Offenders and Patterns of Injury; Quantitative Systems Toxicology Approaches to Understand and Predict DILI; Liver Histology: Diagnostic and Prognostic Features; Acute Liver Failure Secondary to DILI; DILI in Persons with Pre-existing Chronic Liver Disease; DILI in the Setting of Statin Use; DILI in the Setting of Analgesic Use; DILI Secondary to Herbals and Dietary Supplements; and DILI Reporting and Resources for the Clinician. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in patients with DILI.

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