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    • Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion

      • 8th Edition
      • February 1, 2019
      • Jeffrey P. Okeson
      • English
      • Hardback
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      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Dentistry**Covering both emerging and proven techniques in this dynamic area of oral health, Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion, 8th Edition is the only textbook that guides you from basic anatomy and function to providing solutions to many common occlusal and TMD problems. Clear descriptions and a new full-color design promote a complete understanding of normal, abnormal, and dysfunctional occlusal relationships and masticatory function and dysfunction. A recognized industry-standard, this book's conservative, cost-effective approach, helps you learn how to achieve treatment goals while keeping the best interests of your patients in mind.

    • Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation

      • 7th Edition
      • September 5, 2019
      • Jimmy M. Cairo
      • English
      • eBook
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      Ensure you understand one of the most sophisticated areas of respiratory care with Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications, 7th Edition! Known for its simple explanations and in-depth coverage of patient-ventilator management, this evidence-based text walks you through the most fundamental and advanced concepts surrounding mechanical ventilation and helps you understand how to properly apply these principles to patient care. This new edition is an excellent reference for all critical care practitioners and features coverage of the physiological effects of mechanical ventilation on different cross sections of the population. Additionally, student-friendly features promote critical thinking and clinical application — such as key points, AARC clinical practice guidelines, critical care concepts, updated learning objectives which address ACCS exam topics and are currently mandated by the NBRC for the RRT-ACCS credential.

    • Digestive Disorders in Ruminants, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 34-1
      • February 9, 2018
      • Robert J. Callan + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice focuses on Digestive Disorders of the Abomasum and Intestines, with topics including: Diagnostic Approach to the Acute Abdomen; Herd level management of Displaced Abomasum in Dairy Cattle; Abomasal Ulcers in Ruminants; Control and Treatment of Infectious Enteritis; Herd Based Assessment and Control of Salmonella; Enteric Immunity: An Evidence Based Review; Surgical Management of Abomasal and Small Intestinal Disease; Clostridial Abomasitis and Enteritis in Ruminants; Gastro-Intestinal Nematodes, Diagnosis and Contro; and Coccidiosis in Ruminants.

    • Dermatología

      • 4th Edition
      • November 23, 2018
      • Jean L. Bolognia + 2 more
      • Spanish
      • eBook
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      Obra de referencia absoluta en dermatología en la que los autores aportan su valioso conocimiento y experiencia para ofrecer, tanto a profesionales como a residentes, un contenido para la adecuada comprensión, diagnóstico y tratamiento de las patologías de la piel. La nueva edición hace hincapié en las correlaciones clínico-patológicas, en la incorporación de tablas con diagnósticos diferenciales y en la utilización del abordaje en "escalones terapéuticos", todo ellos elementos clave de la dermatología moderna. Incluye más de 4.000 ilustraciones, con más de 2.000 imágenes nuevas en esta edición, que aportan más ejemplos de trastornos cutáneos, e imágenes histológicas con el objetivo de proporcionar un conocimiento más exhaustivo de múltiples trastornos cutáneos. Además de las numerosas imágenes, incorpora hasta 70 esquemas y algoritmos completamente nuevos para ayudar al diagnóstico, optimizar la toma de decisiones y mejorar el abordaje de cada paciente.

    • Les principes fondamentaux de la médecine chinoise, 3e édition

      • 3rd Edition
      • March 6, 2018
      • Giovanni Maciocia
      • French
      • Hardback
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      Les principes fondamentaux de la médecine chinoise demeure l’ouvrage de référence incontournable pour la connaissance, la pratique et les applications cliniques de la médecine chinoise dans les pays occidentaux. Véritable «bible», l’ouvrage couvre de façon exhaustive les théories à la base de la médecine chinoise et de l’acupuncture avec une précision et une clarté remarquables. Il offre également une présentation détaillée des points d’acupuncture, avec leurs indications et associations principales. S’appuyant sur les textes chinois de référence, anciens et modernes, l’auteur accorde un soin particulier à l’explication et à l’adaptation des concepts traditionnels au contexte et aux pratiques cliniques occidentales. Cette nouvelle édition entièrement en quadrichromie propose : • plus de 750 dessins et 1000 tableaux et encadrés permettant de mettre l’accent sur des notions clés, des particularités cliniques et des rappels des notions fondamentales de la médecine chinoise ; • des études de cas plus nombreuses confrontant théorie et applications cliniques ; • de multiples « notes cliniques » tout au long du texte ; • des questions d’auto-évaluation, et leurs réponses, permettant au lecteur de suivre pas à pas sa progression personnelle, ainsi que des conseils pour mieux retenir les points importants ; • des annexes étoffées : des outils de prescription, un glossaire des termes chinois, un index thématique avec plus de 2500 entrées. Cet ouvrage se révélera vite le compagnon indispensable de tout étudiant en médecine chinoise et de tout praticien aguerri souhaitant rafraichir ou enrichir ses connaissances dans le domaine.

    • Substance Use and Addiction Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 102-4
      • July 27, 2018
      • Jeffrey H. Samet + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Medical Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Jeffrey H. Samet, Patrick G. O'Connor, and Michael D. Stein, is devoted to Substance Use and Addiction Medicine. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Making Unhealthy Substance Use a Part of Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care; The Inpatient Addiction Consult Medical Service: Expertise for Hospitalized Patients with Complex Addiction Problems; The Addiction Physician Workforce: Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Collaboration in a New Age; Preventing Opioid Overdose in the Clinic and Hospital: Analgesia and Opioid Antagonists; The Role of Non-Traditional Maintenance Treatments: Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapies and Managed Alcohol Programs; Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) in Primary Care: Models that Work; Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy: the Use of FDA and non-FDA Approved Medications; When and How to Treat Possible Cannabis Use Disorder; Clinical Presentations of New Drugs with Abuse Potential; Use of Technology in Addiction Therapy; Sleep Management Among Patients with Substance Use Disorders; Pain Management Among Patients with Substance Use Disorders; E-Cigarettes: A Path to Recovery or a Road to Hell?; Are Adolescent and Young Adults Different When Addressing Substance Use Disorders?; and Smoking Cessation for Those in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders.

    • Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 51-2
      • March 8, 2018
      • Adrien A. Eshraghi + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Adrien A. Eshraghi and Fred F. Telischi, is devoted to Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Otosclerosis: Temporal Bone Pathology; Otosclerosis: From Genetics to Molecular Biology; Otosclerosis and Stapes Surgery, Historical Aspects; Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with Otosclerosis; Impact of Imaging in the Management of Otosclerosis; Medical Management of Otosclerosis; Otosclerosis: Audiological Evaluation and Hearing Aids; Stapes Surgery: Stapedectomy Versus Stapedotomy; Use of Lasers in Otosclerosis Surgery; The Stapes Prosthesis: Past, Present and Future; Endoscopic Stapes Surgery; Advanced Otosclerosis and Cochlear Implantation; Special Anatomical Considerations in Otosclerosis Surgery; Revision Surgery for Otosclerosis; Complication in Otosclerosis Surgery; The Potential of Robotic Surgery for Otosclerosis; and Controversies in Otosclerosis.

    • Current MR Imaging of Breast Cancer, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-2
      • April 10, 2018
      • Jessica W. T. Leung
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on Breast Cancer, and is edited by Dr. Jessica Leung. Articles will include: Breast MRI: Atlas of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and BI-RADS lexicon; Neoadjuvant therapy monitoring, including inflammatory breast cancer; Breast MRI biopsy considerations: Technique, histologic upgrading, and radiologic-pathologi... concordance; Breast MRI techniques and developments: 1.5 vs 3T, diffusion, fast MRI, PET-MRI, and other developing techniques; ACR Accreditation, Performance Metrics, Reimbursement, and Economic Considerations in Breast MRI; Screening: high-risk and dense breasts, especially compared with tomosynthesis and ultrasound; Extent of breast disease, especially compared with tomosynthesis and ultrasound, with special focus on nodal assessment; Problem-solving tool for imaging finding and clinical symptoms of breast cancer; MRI compared with contrast-enhanced mammography; MRI compared with molecular breast imaging; MRI compared with positron emission mammography; How does MRI help care for my breast cancer patient? Perspective of a surgical oncologist; How does MRI help care for my breast cancer patient? Perspective of a medical oncologist; How does MRI help care for my breast cancer patient? Perspective of a radiation oncologist; and more!

    • Pain Control, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 32-3
      • May 10, 2018
      • Janet L. Abrahm
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, edited by Dr. Janet Abrahm, focuses on Pain Control. Topics include, but are not limited to, Complex pain assessment; Evidence-based non-pharmacologic therapies; Non-opioid pharmacologic therapies; Opioid caveats, newer agents, and prevention/managemen... of side effects and of aberrant use; Cancer pain syndromes; Agents for neuropathic pain RX; Mechanism of and Adjuvants for bone pain; Interventional anesthetic methods; Radiation therapy methods; Rehabilitation methods; Psychological treatment; Spiritual considerations; Pain in patients with SS diseases; and Pain in HSCT patients.

    • Neurocritical Care, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-2
      • March 12, 2018
      • Alejandro A. Rabinstein
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, edited by Alejandro A. Rabinstein, will focus on Neurocritical Care. Topics will include Anoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury, Practical Approach to Posttraumatic Intracranial Hypertension According to Pathophysiologic Reasoning, Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: An Update, Cortical Spreading Depression and Ischemia in Neurocritical Patients, Targeted Temperature Management in Brain-Injured Patients, Herpes Virus Encephalitis in Adults: Current Knowledge and Old Myths, Primary Acute Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure, Intensive Care Unit–Acquired Weakness, Recent Advances in the Acute Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage, New Developments in Refractory Status Epilepticus, Acute Cardiac Complications in Critical Brain Disease, Nosocomial Infections in the Neurointensive Care Unit, Neurologic Complications of Solid Organ Transplantation, and Shared Decision Making in Neurocritical Care.

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