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  • Introduction to Orthotics

    A Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Approach
    • 5th Edition
    • Brenda M. Coppard + 1 more
    • English
    Develop the critical thinking skills you need to choose and fit effective orthoses for patients with hand injuries and functional deficits. As a combination workbook/textbook, Introduction to Orthotics, 5th Edition uses reader friendly language to cover the theory, design, and fabrication of orthopedic devices. Ideal for use in the classroom or in the clinical setting, it emphasizes upper extremity versus hand orthoses, with additional coverage of lower extremity orthotics and upper extremity prosthetics, and offers case studies promoting clinical reasoning and problem solving as well as an occupation-based approach. This new edition also demonstrates the fine detail of orthotics and equips you with a repertoire of skills and knowledge related to orthoses.

  • Kryger's Sleep Medicine Review

    A Problem-Oriented Approach
    • 3rd Edition
    • Meir H. Kryger + 2 more
    • English
    Part of the trusted Kryger line of sleep medicine references, Kryger’s Sleep Medicine Review, 3rd Edition, tests your knowledge with over 1,000 questions and answers, both in print and online. This unique review tool follows the updated AASM exam blueprint, providing authoritative guidance and current information on every aspect of sleep medicine. It’s an invaluable resource for test prep and clinical practice, with updates to the classification system (ICSD3) and scoring manual, a new section on instrumentation, and questions related to key topics such as home sleep testing.

  • Ostéopathie pédiatrique

    • 2nd Edition
    • Nicette Sergueef
    • French
    De la naissance à l’adolescence, l’être humain traverse des périodes cruciales de développement auxquelles l’ostéopathie peut contribuer efficacement en assurant ou restaurant son harmonie. Cet ouvrage offre une synthèse globale et documentée des spécificités de cette prise en charge.En associant approche théorique et pratique, l’auteur aborde les thèmes de la naissance et du nouveau-né, de la croissance et du développement de l’enfant, du concept crânien et des dysfonctions. L’examen du patient est envisagé par le biais de l’anamnèse et du bilan ostéopathique en fonction de l’âge de l’enfant. Les grands principes et les procédures sont d’abord détaillés, puis les présentations cliniques pouvant être traitées par les procédures ostéopathiques sont abordées, avec pour chacune d’elles un protocole de traitement et des conseils aux parents. Les conduites thérapeutiques sont toujours éclairées par l’anatomie, la biomécanique et la neurophysiologie, et agrémentées de nombreuses photos en pratique et de schémas anatomiques.Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement revue et enrichie d’une quarantaine d’illustrations, est augmentée de nouveaux thèmes comme le score d’Apgar, le développement psychomoteur normal, le stress de l’enfant et l’axe hypothalamo-hypophys... les troubles du sommeil et les notions d’efficacité prouvée des tests ostéopathiques. Cet ouvrage didactique et complet permet au praticien d’approfondir ses connaissances sur la spécificité de l’approche ostéopathique en pédiatrie, qui s’inscrit en complément de l’approche médicale.

  • Understanding Nursing Research: First South Asia Edition

    Building an Evidence-Based Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
    • English

  • Why Patients Sue Doctors

    Lessons learned from medical malpractice cases
    • 1st Edition
    • Duncan Graham + 2 more
    • English
    Why do patients sue their doctors? The answer is not straightforward. It is unlikely to be singular. One thing, however, is certain: the answer is important to the quality of health care. This book provides answers to this important question. In Why Patients sue Doctors the authors draw on their collective experience in over 1000 real-life medicolegal cases to explore why and how doctors make mistakes. By analysing and discussing the situations and behaviours that lead to complaints by patients and their families, this book provides practical guidance on how to improve clinical care and avoid litigation. The lessons learned will help practitioners in the future avoid some common clinical pitfalls of the past. This will be of immediate interest to anyone concerned about the quality of healthcare and how to improve it. The cases presented by the authors will also be of general interest to those wishing to know more about medical litigation.

  • Axial Spondyloarthritis

    • 1st Edition
    • Philip Mease + 1 more
    • English
    Focusing on the key essentials you need to know, Axial Spondyloarthritis provides a quick, expert overview of axSpA from a clinical perspective. This concise resource by Drs. Philip Mease and Muhammad Khan presents practical recommendations and guidelines for the diagnosis, management, and treatment of spondyloarthritis impacting the axial skeleton alongside an overview of epidemiology, special populations, and patient education.

  • Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Edition

    Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Edition
    • 1st Edition
    • Suresh Chand
    • English

  • Echocardiography Review Guide

    Companion to the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography
    • 4th Edition
    • Catherine M. Otto + 3 more
    • English
    In one compact resource, Echocardiography Review Guide, 4th Edition, provides both a concise review and an effective self-assessment for exam preparation. Easy-to-digest, bulleted text summarizes key concepts and gives precise step-by-step instructions for performing and interpreting echocardiographic studies. Study and self-assessment questions throughout help you increase your knowledge and identify areas for further study. This study guide is an ideal companion to Dr. Otto’s Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography and is a must-have resource for anyone preparing for the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, the diagnostic cardiac sonographer’s exam, or other sonography exams.

  • Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Malignant Conditions

    • 1st Edition
    • Qaiser Bashir + 1 more
    • English
    Get a quick, expert overview of hematologic and non-hematologic malignancies for which hematopoietic cell transplantation is a treatment option. Drs. Qaiser Bashir and Mehdi Hamadani provide easy-to-find information on basic science of hematopoietic cell transplantation, pharmacology, workflows and procedures, possible complications and side effects, in addition to the role of HCT in conjunction with clinical cellular therapy.

  • Medical-Surgical Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • Adrianne Dill Linton + 1 more
    • English
    Gain the knowledge and skills you need to effectively care for adult patients. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition covers both medical-surgical and psychiatric mental health conditions and disorders while building on the fundamentals of nursing. This essential text focuses on nursing roles, settings, trends, body systems and their disorders, and emergency and disaster management. Unique to this edition is the gerontologic nursing unit which addresses physiologic and psychosocial changes in the older adult, along with related disorders common to the elder patient - the primary patient group population you’ll encounter in practice. It also emphasizes culturally competent care and holistic nursing, while thoroughly covering all relevant NCLEX-PN® test plan content. With updated guidelines on diabetes, heart failure, asthma, COPD, and cancer treatment protocols, no other resource offers the breadth of topics at a level that is so perfectly tailored to the LPN/LVN student.

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