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    • Inmunología veterinaria

      • 10th Edition
      • October 24, 2018
      • Ian R. Tizard
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Aborda los aspectos inmunológicos de los grandes y pequeños animales, lo que la convierte en la única obra para veterinarios completamente dedicada a la inmunología. Esta nueva edición se ha actualizado meticulosamente para incluir los últimos avances y temas en este campo. Información actualizada y ampliada sobre las subpoblaciones de linfocitos T, las interleuquina recién descritas, los nuevos enfoques de la inmunoterapia contra el cáncer, la inmunología de los peces, los últimos avances en genómica, patogenia y tratamiento de la dermatitis atópica, y el papel de la nutrición en la inmunidad animal. Por su contenido y grado de especialización, este libro es la referencia de elección en inmunología veterinaria desde 1977 y continúa incluyéndose en la lista de lecturas recomendadas del American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM). Se incluyen recursos online, en inglés, con animaciones, tarjetas mnemotécnicas, preguntas de autoevaluación y otros materiales.

    • Degenerative Spinal Deformity: Creating Lordosis in the Lumbar Spine, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-3
      • July 31, 2018
      • Sigurd H. Berven + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, edited by Drs. Sigurd Berven and Praveen V. Mummaneni, will cover Degenerative Spinal Deformity: Creating Lordosis in the Lumbar Spine. Topics will include, but are not limited to, Spinopelvic Parameters; Location of lordosis (priority for L4-S1) and Age Adjustments; Approach Selection; Nuances of Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy; Preventing Pseudarthrosis and PJK; The Challenge of Creating Lordosis in High Grade Dysplastic Spondylolisthesis; Sacropelvic Fixation; Evolution of the MISDEF Algorithm; Transpsoas Approach Nuances; Lateral Prepsoas Approach Nuances; Anterior Column Release; Navigation assisted MIS deformity correction; MIS TLIF; MIS PSO; and The challenge of L4-S1- fractional curves.

    • Lumen-Apposing Stents, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-2
      • March 14, 2018
      • Jacques Van Dam
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Top expert Dr. Jacques Van Dam has compiled the most current clinical reviews on lumen-apposing stents, an important emerging field in interventional endoscopy that can substitute for more invasive surgeries. Authors have addressed the following topics in this issue: Fluid collections and pseudocysts as a complication of acute pancreatitis; Surgical management of pancreatic pseudocysts; Evolution of EUS-guided cyst gastrostomy; EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections; EUS-guided biliary drainage as an alternative to ERCP; EUS-guided gallbladder drainage; Novel uses of LAMS; Lumen-apposing stents: Which one and why; Safety of LAMS; Endoscopic closure of fistuli; and How the experts do it: Step-by-step guide. Readers will come away with the knowledge they need to incorporate the use of LAMs in their clinical repertoire.

    • Rheumatology, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 45-2
      • May 10, 2018
      • Seetha Monrad + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Seetha Monrad and Daniel Battafarano, is devoted to Rheumatology. Articles in this issue include: Approach to the Patient with Suspected Rheumatic Disease; A Primer on Rheumatologic Labs; Practical Pearls About Current Rheumatic Medications; Diagnosis and Treatment of Gout and Pseudogout for Everyday Practice; Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus for Primary Care; Other Inflammatory Arthritides: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Reactive Arthritis, and Psoriatic Arthritis; Musculoskeletal Problems in Children; Soft Tissue Rheumatic Syndromes; Primary Care Vasculitis: Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis; Fibromyalgia; Recognizing Central Pain and Assorted Symptoms; Autoimmunity Mimics: Infection and Malignancy; and Management of Osteoarthritis.

    • Perioperative Considerations in the Surgical Patient, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-1
      • November 16, 2018
      • Jeffrey Shook
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Guest edited by Dr. Jeffrey Shook, this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery will cover several key areas of interest related to Perioperative Considerations in the Surgical Patient. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Thomas Chang. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Surgical Consent, Medical Consultation, Prevention of Deep Venous Thromboembolism, Prophylactic Antibiosis, Preoperative Assessment and Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Disease, Preoperative Evaluation of the Pediatric Patient, The Geriatric Patient, Postoperative Convalescence, Perioperative pain management, Preoperative Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease, Preoperative Assessment of the Cardiac Patient, Surgery in the Patient with Renal Disease, and Evaluation and Perioperative Management of the Diabetic Patient.

    • Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry, 2018

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 3-1
      • August 17, 2018
      • Myron Yanoff
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry reviews the most current practices in both ophthalmology and optometry. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. Myron Yanoff, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites expert ophthalmologists and optometrists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. Broken into sections, the the third Volume in the series covers topics within each of the following categories: Optometry, Cataracts, Pediatrics, Ophthalmic Pathology & Ocular Oncology, Vitreoretinal Disease, Glaucoma, Neuro-ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, and Uveitis.

    • Douleurs - Soins palliatifs - Deuils - Ethique

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 7, 2018
      • Alain de Broca
      • French
      • eBook
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      En conformité avec le programme de DFASM et les ECNi, cet ouvrage aborde les connaissances fondamentales dans le domaine de la douleur, des soins palliatifs, du deuil et de l’éthique. Il présente dans le détail les items du programme relevant de cette thématique, avec des objectifs pédagogiques clairement définis, et comporte deux parties : • une partie Connaissances divisée en 21 chapitres consacrés chacun à un item. Chaque chapitre commence systématiquement par un rappel des objectifs nationaux puis développe la thématique. Le contenu, clair et didactique, est étayé par de nombreux tableaux et des points clés sur les notions à retenir. • une partie Entraînement qui propose 7 dossiers progressifs QRM, 9 cas cliniques corrigés et commentés, ainsi que 159 questions isolées corrigées et commentées (QCM), offrant un véritable outil d’autoévaluation. Cette 2e édition propose une remise à jour complète des contenus et des données. Elle s’est enrichie de points clés structurés.

    • Theriogenology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 48-4
      • July 30, 2018
      • Bruce W. Christensen
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, edited by Bruce W. Christensen, focuses on Small Animal Theriogenology, with topics including: Assisted Reproduction in Male and Female Cats; Population Control in Small Animals; Practitioners considering SA Therio; Evaluation of Canine Sperm and Diagnosis of Semen Disorders; BSE in the Canine Female; Artificial Insemination in Dogs; Estrus Manipulation in Dogs; Endocrine testing in Small Animals; Endocrine Disruptors; Mismating Diagnosis and Protocols; Gestational Aging and Assistant Parturition Date Determination; Small Animal Pyometra; Periparturient Diseases in the Dam; Small Animal Neonatal Health; Herpesvirus; Prostate Disease; and the Future of Biotechnology.

    • Use of Biologics for Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 35-3
      • June 12, 2018
      • Adam Landsman
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Heart Failure Clinics--edited by Dr. Eduardo Bossone--will cover The Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit. Topics include Pathophysiology, Increased Systemic versus Increased Pulmonary Pressures, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit in Connective Tissue Disease, Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit in Congenital Heart Diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Failure, Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit in Cardiomyopathies and Storage Diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit at High Altitude, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Combining Invasive and Non-Invasive Evaluation for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension, Imaging the Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit: The Role of Ultrasound, Imaging the Right Heart Pulmonary Circulation Unit: The Role of CT and MRI, Biomarkers in Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease, Chronic Right Heart Failure, Exercise Training and Rehabilitation in Pulmonary Hypertension, and Right Heart Circulation Unit and Left Heart Valvular Diseases.

    • Primary Immune Deficiencies, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 39-1
      • December 28, 2018
      • Lisa Kobrynski
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Dr. Lisa Kobrynski, is devoted to Primary Immune Deficiencies. Articles in this issue include: Personalized therapy: Immunoglobulin replacement for antibody deficiency; Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: Update on newborn screening and lessons learned; Update on Advances in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders; Hereditary Autoinflammatory Disorders: Recognition and treatment of inflammatory disorders of the immune system; Use of Immunomodulatory Agents to Treat Primary Immune Deficiencies: Mechanism-based therapy; Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemi... An increasingly recognized complication of treatment with immunomodulators and post-solid organ transplantation; Use of Vaccines in Primary Immunodeficiency; Gastrointestinal Manifestations and Complications of Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders; Hyper IgE Syndromes; Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease; and Genome Testing to Diagnose Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders and to Identify Targeted Therapy.

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