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Building a Medical Vocabulary

10th Edition
September 26, 2017
Peggy C. Leonard
English
eBook
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Learn to simplify complex medical terminology. Using a comprehensive, yet easy way to learn medical terms, Building a Medical Vocabulary, 10th Edition, introduces a step-by-step approach to effective communication in the healthcare environment. Beginning with commonly used medical terms, the text moves cleanly through more difficult vocabulary by adding new combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes. Small segments of material are immediately followed by fill-in exercises. Learning is also reinforced with Evolve resources such as interactive games, animations, and audio pronunciations. Organizing medical terms by body system, this text provides you with the building blocks for effective communication in the healthcare environment.

Pediatric Integrated Care, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 26-4
September 26, 2017
Tami D. Benton + 2 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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This issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, edited by Drs. Gregory Fritz, Tami Benton, and Gary Maslow, will focus on issues surrounding Integrated Care in child and adolescent psychiatry. Topics covered in these articles will include: Telephonic Service and Telemedicine; the Massachusetts Access Program; Integrated Care Model for Adolescent Substance Use; Combined Training for Pediatrics and Psychiatry; Integrated care within a rural setting; Interdisciplinary Training for Integrated Care; Emergency Department Interventions; Economic Considerations for Integrated Care; A Lifespan Approach to Integrated Care; and Essential Elements of a Collaborative Mental Health Training Program for Primary Care, among others.

Simulation in Otolaryngology, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 50-5
September 26, 2017
Sonya Malekzadeh
English
Hardback
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This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Sonya Malekzadeh, is devoted to Surgical Simulation in Otolaryngology. Articles in this issue include: Physical Models and Virtual Reality Simulators in Otolaryngology; Improving Rhinology Skills with Simulation; Simulators for Laryngeal and Airway Surgery; Advanced Pediatric Airway Simulation; Otologic Skills Training; Emerging Role of 3D Printing in Simulation; Assessment of Surgical Skills and Competency; Improving Team Performance Through Simulation-based Learning; Formal Debriefing in Simulation Education; Boot Camps: Preparing for Residency; Using Simulation to Improve Systems; and Economics of Surgical Simulation.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 64-5
September 26, 2017
Kathleen L. Meert + 1 more
English
Hardback
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The topics in this issue represent the most current research areas of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). The CPCCRN is a national pediatric critical care research network that is charged with investigating the efficacy of treatment and management strategies to care for critically ill and injured children, as well as to better understand the pathophysiological basis of critical illness and injury in childhood. The proposed authors are past and present principal and co-investigators affiliated with the CPCCRN; the proposed topics represent the individual author’s area of clinical and research expertise. Each review article is an up-to-date review of the topic relevant to practicing clinicians and trainees in critical care medicine, with incorporation of the most recently published research findings pertinent to the topic, some of which may be the author’s own. The specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric and cardiac ICU; Approach to the critically ill pediatric trauma patient; Transfusion Decision Making in Pediatric Critical Illness; Pathophysiology and management of ARDS in children; Ventilator associate pneumonias in critically ill children; Mechanical ventilation and decision support in pediatric intensive care; Inflammation, pathobiology, phenotypes and sepsis: From meningococcemia to H1N1-MRSA, to Ebola; Immune paralysis in pediatric critical care; Molecular biology of critical illness; Sedation in pediatric critical illness; Delirium in pediatric critical illness; Challenges of drug development in pediatric intensive care; Potential of All Steroid Hormone Subclasses as Adjunctive Treatment for Sepsis; Morbidity: Changing the outcome paradigm; and End-of-Life and Bereavement Care in Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

Intraoperative Imaging, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 28-4
September 26, 2017
J. Bradley Elder + 1 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics focus on Intraoperative Imaging. Article topics will include historical, current and future intraoperative imaging modality; iMRI suites: history, design, utility and cost-effectiveness; Stereotactic platforms for iMRI; iMRI for tumor: maximizing extent of resection of glioma; IMRI for tumor: combining iMRI with functional MRI; iMRI for tumor: pituitary adenoma; iMRI for tumor: MR thermometry; iMRI for tumor: LITT for spinal tumors; iMRI for functional/epilepsy neurosurgery: DBS placement; iMRI for functional/epilepsy neurosurgery: MR thermometry for mesial temporal epilepsy; iMRI for functional/epilepsy neurosurgery: MR thermometry HIFU; Fluorescence imaging/agents in tumor resection; Intraoperative 3D ultrasound; Intraoperative 3D CT: spine surgery; Intraoperative 3D CT: cranial/functional/t... Intraoperative imaging for vascular lesions; Imaging of intraoperative drug delivery; Intraoperative ultrasound for peripheral nerve; and Intraoperative Raman Spectroscopy.

Trauma in Facial Plastic Surgery, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 25-4
September 26, 2017
Kris S. Moe
English
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This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Kris S. Moe, is devoted to Trauma in Facial Plastic Surgery. Articles in this issue include: Neurosurgical Considerations in Craniofacial Trauma; Management of War and Terrorism Injuries of the Head & Neck; ORIF Frontal Bone and Sinus Fractures; ORIF Orbit Fractures; ORIF Nasal Fractures; ORIF Maxilla and Midface; Emergent Soft Tissue Repair; Endoscopic Repair TMJ; Eyelid and Periorbital Soft Tissue Trauma; Post-traumatic Laser Treatment of Soft Tissue Injury; Issues in Pediatric Craniofacial Trauma; and Evidence-based Fracture Management.

Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 26-4
September 26, 2017
Elin R. Sigurdson
English
Hardback
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eBook
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This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Elin R. Sigurdson, is devoted to Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology. Dr. Sigurdson has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Commentary on Randomized Controlled Trials; Randomized Clinical Trials in Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors; Randomized Clinical Trials in Melanoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer; Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastroesophageal Carcinoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Advanced and Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Colon and Rectal Cancer; Randomized Clinical Trials in Anal Cancers; The Elderly in Randomized Clinical Trials; Hereditary Syndromes in Clinical Trials; Future Clinical Trials: Genetically Driven Trials; Randomized Clinical Trials in Neuroendocrine Tumors, and more!

Cirugía implantológica mínimamente invasiva

1st Edition
September 25, 2017
Daniel R. Cullum + 1 more
Spanish
Paperback
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Nuevo tratado y atlas clínico dedicado a las técnicas de tratamiento mínimamente invasivo más innovadoras y de más rápido desarrollo, así como a sus aplicaciones en odontología implantológica. La participación de destacados especialistas en cada uno de los temas tratados convierte al libro en un recurso de gran utilidad que proporciona orientación al lector sobre una gran variedad de procedimientos y reúne toda la información sobre las técnicas disponibles. Presenta información y valoraciones sobre tecnologías mínimamente invasivas para el diagnóstico y tratamiento, incluyendo los estudios de imagen y los biomateriales. Se centra en aplicaciones clínicas de las tecnologías mínimamente invasivas. El instrumental y las técnicas de cirugía implantológica. Incluye una gran cantidad de ilustraciones e imágenes clínicas y radiológicas.

Cardiooncología clínica

1st Edition
September 25, 2017
Joerg Herrmann
Spanish
Paperback
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Título destinado a cardiólogos, oncólogos y especialistas en programas de cardiooncología que requieren de una actualización de conocimientos sobre los efectos en el sistema cardiovascular de los tratamientos oncológicos, especialmente en pacientes sometidos a tratamientos a largo plazo. La obra se ha estructurado en cuatro secciones para localizar las áreas con rapidez: principios de oncología y hematología para el cardiólogo; complicaciones cardiacas a causa de la terapia oncológica; coordinación de la atención en diferentes etapas del tratamiento del cáncer, y cardiooncología en la práctica. Incorpora casos clínicos online centrados en la estructura e implementación de los cuidados cardiooncológicos. La versión electrónica del libro permite al lector realizar búsquedas en todo el texto, figuras, imágenes, casos clínicos, vídeos y referencias del libro en una amplia variedad de dispositivos.

Personalizing Asthma Management for the Clinician

1st Edition
September 22, 2017
Stanley J. Szefler + 2 more
English
Hardback
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Personalized medicine is a rapidly emerging area in health care, and asthma management lends itself particularly well to this new development. This practical resource by Dr. Stanley J. Szefler helps you navigate the many asthma medication options available to your patients, as well as providing insights into those which may be introduced within the next several years.

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