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    • Physician Coding Exam Review 2018

      • 1st Edition
      • November 7, 2017
      • Carol J. Buck
      • English
      • eBook
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      Prepare to succeed on your physician coding certification exam with Physician Coding Exam Review 2018: The Certification Step! From leading coding author and educator Carol J. Buck, this exam review provides complete coverage of all topics included on the physician coding certification exam — including anatomy, terminology, and pathophysiology for each body system; reimbursement issues; CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM coding; and more. Four full practice exams (answers and rationales included) simulate the testing experience and provide enough practice to reassure even the most insecure exam-taker. It’s the only physician coding exam review you need!

    • Complications of Urologic Surgery

      • 5th Edition
      • November 7, 2017
      • Samir S. Taneja + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 3 9 2 4 2 6
      From the simple to the complex, Complications of Urologic Surgery, 5th Edition, by Drs. Samir S. Taneja and Ojas Shah, offers concise, to-the-point information on prevention and management strategies that help you provide the best patient care. Covering both office-based complications as well as common and uncommon surgical complications arising from open and minimally invasive urologic surgery, this updated, full-color volume is an invaluable resource for exam study or for convenient reference in everyday practice.

    • Specialty Imaging: PET

      • 1st Edition
      • November 6, 2017
      • Paige Bennett + 4 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 2 4 8 4 1
      The first text to offer complete, diagnosis-centered guidance on the effective use of emerging PET technology, Specialty Imaging: PET is a one-stop resource, expertly tailored to your decision support needs at the point of care. This accessible reference covers everything you need to know about the key role of PET in the complex field of precision medicine in areas including oncology, cardiac, infection and inflammation, vascular, breast, neurological, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, neuroendocrine, and many other specialties. With a practical, clinically oriented focus, it brings you fully up-to-date with research-based information on PET and how PET has resulted in radically new treatment approaches based on an immediate and molecular response to therapy.

    • Workbook for Step-by-Step Medical Coding, 2018 Edition

      • 1st Edition
      • November 4, 2017
      • Carol J. Buck
      • English
      • eBook
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      Practice your coding skills with this practical workbook! Corresponding to the chapters in Carol J. Buck's bestselling Step-by-Step Medical Coding, this workbook offers coding review and practice with more than 1,200 theory, practical, and reporting questions (odd-numbered answers provided in appendix), including 100 original source documents to familiarize you with reports similar to those you will encounter on the job. It’s a complete review of all the code sets covered in the text!

    • Acute Encephalopathy and Encephalitis in Infancy and Its Related Disorders

      • 1st Edition
      • November 2, 2017
      • Hideo Yamanouchi + 2 more
      • Helen Cross + 5 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 0 8 8 0
      Stay current with recent progress in the field of acute encephalopathy and encephalitis in infants with this practical resource by Drs. Hideo Yamanouchi, Solomon L. Moshé, and Akihisa Okumura. This practical resource covers key information relevant to physicians, surgeons, and nurses who often must take prompt action in the everyday clinical care of patients with these disorders.

    • Pain Management, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-4
      • November 1, 2017
      • Stephen D. Krau + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Dr. Stephen Krau, Consulting Editor of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, is stepping into the Guest Editor role, with colleague Dr. Maria Overstreet, to address the topic of pain management in the critically ill. The review articles in this issue will provide an up-to-date look at the current strategies to improve patient outcomes in pain management for those patients in the ICU. Top authors will be writing on the following topics: Physiology of Pain; Classifications of Pain; Current Trends in Pain Assessment; Spiritual Aspects of Pain; Pharmacologic Interventions for Pain Management; Non-Alliopathic Interventions for the Management of Pain; Pain Associated with Chest Tube Removal; Discomfort Associated with Respiratory Issues; Pain Management in Obstetrics; Technological Interventions for Acute Pain Management; Pain Management Services and Policy; and Management of Chronic Cardiac Angina. Readers will come away with the current knowledge in this important field.

    • Hematology/Oncology Emergencies, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 31-6
      • November 1, 2017
      • John C. Perkins + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 6 1 1 4 7 3
      This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, edited by Drs. John Perkins and and Jonathan Davis, focuses on emergencies related to Hematology/Oncology and covers topics such as: Oncologic Mechanical Emergencies, Neutropenic Fever, Oncologic Metabolic Emergencies, Acute Leukemias, Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies, Chemotherapeutic Medications and their Emergent Complications, Anemia, Thrombotic Microangiopathies (TTP, HUS, HELLP), Congenital Bleeding Disorders, Acquired Bleeding Disorders and Antithrombotic agents, Sickle Cell Disease, and more!

    • Prostate Cancer, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 44-4
      • November 1, 2017
      • Marc A. Bjurlin + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 4 9 0 6 6
      Dr. Samir Taneja, Consulting Editor, is stepping into the Guest Editor role for this issue of Urologic Clinics devoted to Prostate Cancer. He has assembled top experts to address the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Whom to Biopsy: Pre-Diagnostic Risk Stratification with Biomarkers, Nomograms, and Risk Calculators; How to Biopsy: Transperineal vs. Tranrectal, Saturation vs. Targeted: What’s the Evidence; Pre-Diagnostic Risk and Assessment with Imaging and Image-guided Biopsy; Whom to treat: Post-Diagnostic Risk Assessment with Gleason score, Risk Models, and Genomic Classifier; Strategies for Staging and Utilization of Imaging; Contemporary Active Surveillance: Candidate Selection, Follow-up Tools, and Expected Outcomes; Focal Ablation of Early Stage Prostate Cancer: Candidate Selection, Treatment Guidance, and Assessment of Outcome; Extent of Lymphadenectomy at Time of Prostatectomy: An Evidence-based Approach; How to Radiate the Prostate: Hypofractionation, Sterotactic Body Radiation Therapy, and Conventional Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy; Managing Relapse after Surgical Therapy: Adjuvant vs. Salvage Therapy; Newly diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer – Has the Paradigm Changed; Role of Local therapy in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Should we Expect Cure; Approaching the High-Risk Patient; and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: An Algorithmic Approach. Readers will come away with state-of-the-art information on strategies for diagnosing, treating, and managing prostate cancer.

    • Treatment of Acute and Chronic Tendon Rupture and Tendinopathy, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 22-4
      • November 1, 2017
      • Selene G. Parekh
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 5 2 7 7 6
      This issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, edited by Dr. Selene Parekh, will cover Treatment of Acute and Chronic Tendon Rupture and Tendinopathy. Topics discussed in the issue include, but are not limited to: Understanding the Anatomy and biomechanics; Tendonitis & Tendinopathy; Presentation, diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment options; The Missed Achilles Tear; Insertional Tendinopathy of the Achilles; Allograft Reconstruction for Achilles Disease; Using Arthroscopic Techniques for Achilles Pathology; Osteotomies for Achilles pathologies; Surgical treatment of acute ruptures of the peroneals, among others.

    • Management of Labor and Delivery, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 44-4
      • November 1, 2017
      • Aaron B. Caughey
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 5 2 8 7 5
      Dr. Caughey has recruited top experts to address the current questions and thinking with regard to the management of labor and delivery. Authors have presented current clinical reviews on the following topics: Defining and managing normal and abnormal first stage of labor; Defining and managing normal and abnormal second stage of labor; Laborist models on labor and delivery; Quality Improvement on Labor and Delivery; Fetal Malposition; Is there a place for outpatient pre-induction cervical ripening; Management of twins on labor and delivery; Cervical ripening techniques: Which is the best; Augmentation of labor: What are the approaches; Elective induction of labor: What is the impact; VBAC trends: Which way is the pendulum swinging; and Update on fetal monitoring. Readers will come away with the current clinical trends and information they need to successfully manage labor and delivery.

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