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    • Infectious Diseases Diagnostics: From Current Strategies to Future Technologies, An Issue of the Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 45-1
      • February 5, 2025
      • Marisa C. Nielsen
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest editor Dr. Marisa C. Neilsen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Infectious Disease Diagnostics. Top experts discuss current guidelines for infectious diseases diagnostics and emerging technology in the field of clinical microbiology; cover the strengths and weaknesses of current testing strategies and how laboratory results are used to guide treatment and improve patient outcomes; and explore how laboratories can adapt to the dynamic endemicity of pathogens, increasing antimicrobial resistance, and pandemics.

    • Updates on Oncologic Genitourinary Pathology: Focus on Molecular Data and Biomarkers Relevant for Disease Classification and Clinical Management, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 18-1
      • February 5, 2025
      • Andrés M. Acosta
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Andrés M. Acosta brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Updates on Oncologic Genitourinary Pathology. Top experts help readers understand the relevance of new genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic data for classification of diverse genitourinary tumors. This issue also covers histopathologic correlates of molecular findings, biomarkers that represent current or potential predictors of clinical outcomes, and identifying biomarkers and molecular results that impact clinical management and guide treatment.

    • Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 17-1
      • February 5, 2025
      • Luigi Di Biase + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Luigi Di Biase and Fengwei Zou bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure. Top experts discuss atrial fibrillation-induced cardiomyopathy; rate versus rhythm control of atrial fibrillation in heart failure; atrial fibrillation ablation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; atrial fibrillation ablation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; and much more.

    • Approach to Urgent Neurologic Problems for the Non-neurologist, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 109-2
      • February 5, 2025
      • James G. Greene
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. James G. Greene brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Approach to Urgent Neurologic Problems for the Non-neurologist. Top experts cover the changing scope of neurologic care delivery, providing updates on newer therapeutic options for acute ischemic stroke, seizure, and other neurologic emergencies. Novel approaches to common urgent neurologic problems, such as dizziness and syncope are also addressed. Coverage also includes immunologic disorders impacting the CNS, including uses and complications of immunotherapeutic agents.

    • Perinatal and Neonatal Infections, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 52-1
      • February 5, 2025
      • Sagori Mukhopadhyay + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest editors Drs. Sagori Mukhopadhyay and Karen M. Puopolo bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Perinatal and Neonatal Infections. Top experts review the fundamentals of neonatal infections and discuss the changing landscape of infectious disease and its management. Articles cover disease epidemiology, infection-related issues that have come into focus as neonatal practice evolves, the use of genomics to gain understanding of late-onset sepsis pathogenesis, consideration of circadian biology in infection transmission and acquisition, and more.

    • Updates in Fungal Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 39-1
      • February 4, 2025
      • Alfred Luk + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Alfred Luk and Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Updates in Fungal Infections. Invasive fungal diseases remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality for certain patient populations, and many new developments in this area have occurred in the fields of medical mycology, epidemiological effects from climate change, fungal diagnostics, and antifungal therapeutics. In this issue, top experts cover the current state of the art in the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of known and emerging fungal diseases.

    • Gender, Racial and Socioeconomic Issues in Perioperative Medicine, An issue of Anethesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 43-1
      • February 4, 2025
      • Katherine Forkin + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Katherine Forkin, Lauren Dunn, and Edward Nemergut bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Gender, Racial and Socioeconomic Issues in Perioperative Medicine. Top experts discuss topics such as race, history of incarceration, and health literacy; sex considerations and homeless patients; racial differences in pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality; perioperative considerations regarding sex in solid organ transplantation; and more.

    • Analyse pratique du RCF : rythme cardiaque fÅ“tal

      • 2nd Edition
      • February 4, 2025
      • Paul Berveiller + 2 more
      • French
      • Paperback
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      L’interprétation du Rythme Cardiaque Fœtal (RCF) dépend de l’âge gestationnel et du contexte obstétrical et maternel. La période du travail est la période la plus à risque de complications fœtales. Dans tous les cas, l’enregistrement du RCF doit être de bonne qualité, son interprétation rigoureuse, la plus consensuelle possible, et régulière. Cet examen est obligatoire pour tous les accouchements et concerne donc 700 000 accouchements par an en France.Cet ouvrage est un manuel d’apprentissage de lecture et d’interprétation du rythme cardiaque fœtal. Les bases théoriques sont expliquées de façon concise en première partie, l’étude de ces cliniques étant ensuite au cœur de l’ouvrage. Chaque cas est présenté comme une fiche de travail avec des questions précises ; le lecteur doit alors analyser un cas clinique et un tracé RCF correspondant.Pour cette 2e édition, le contenu est mis à jour avec la bibliographie récente. La partie dédiée à la physiologie foetale est refondue. Les commentaires des cas cliniques sont largement étoffés.Destiné aux sages-femmes et aux gynécologues-obstétr... ce guide pratique permet de progresser dans la surveillance foetale en cours de travail en proposant une analyse à la fois du contexte et du RCF. Paul Berveiller est Professeur des universités – Praticien Hospitalier, service de gynécologie-obstétri... – Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Poissy Saint- Germain.Charles Garabedian est Professeur des universités – Praticien Hospitalier, service de gynécologie-obstétri... CHRU Lille.Émeline Maisonneuve est Praticien hospitalier, service d’obstétrique, département femme-mère- enfant, CHUV, Lausanne, Suisse.

    • Exploring Medical Language

      • 12th Edition
      • February 4, 2025
      • Danielle LaFleur Brooks + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed Approach, 12th Edition, provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system, medical terms are divided into two categories: 1) Words built from word parts, and 2) Words NOT built from word parts. Fun and engaging exercises help you first learn word parts and then learn how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. The text also comes packaged with paper flashcards. For more practice, you can visit an Evolve companion website with games, activities, flashcards, and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Dale Levinsky, and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.

    • Management of the Hospitalized Patient with Diabetes, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 37-1
      • February 3, 2025
      • Celia Levesque
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Celia Levesque of MD Anderson Cancer Center brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Management of the Hospitalized Patient with Diabetes. Top experts provide up-to-date clinical information and best practices for hospitalized patients with diabetes, covering issues such as non-insulin diabetes medications in the pediatric patient; using diabetes technology in hospitalized patients; managing diabetes in patients with heart disease; managing insulin drips; training hospital nurses to be diabetes champions; and more.

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