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  • Essentials for Nursing Practice - Text and Study Guide Package

    • 9th Edition
    • Patricia A. Potter + 3 more
    • English

  • Left Atrial Appendage Closure, An Issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7-2
    • Apostolos Tzikas
    • English
    This issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, edited by Dr. Apostolos Tzikas, will cover several important elements of Left Atrial Appendage Closure. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Ischemic stroke in atrial fibrillation; History of LAAO; Anatomy of the left atrial appendage, including implications for endocardial and epicardial device closure; Indications, patient selection and referral pathways for LAAO; CT for LAAO; The Watchman device; The Amplatzer Amulet device; and The current device landscape and future perspectives.

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

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-2
    • Jacques Van Dam
    • English
    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.

  • Common Procedures—Common Problems, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 37-2
    • Mark D. Miller
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, edited by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Mark Miller, will focus on common procedure and common problems in sports medicine. Subjects discussed include, but are not limited to: Rotator Cuff, Shoulder Instability, Elbow, Hand, Hip, ACL, Knee Multiple Ligament, Knee Meniscus, Knee Cartilage, Foot and Ankle, Pediatrics and Rehabilitation.

  • Gluteal Augmentation, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 45-2
    • Robert F. Centeno + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest edited by Drs. Robert F. Centeno and Constantino G. Mendieta, is devoted to Gluteal Augmentation. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Gluteal Aesthetic Evaluation and Classification; Clinical Anatomy in Aesthetic Gluteal Augmentation; Complications in Aesthetic Gluteal Augmentation; Practice-Based Patient Management Strategies in Gluteal Augmentation; Sub-fascial Gluteal Implant Augmentation; Sub-muscular Gluteal Augmentation; Intramuscular Gluteal Augmentation with Implants; Intramuscular Gluteal Augmentation: The XYZ Method; Gluteal Augmentation and Contouring with Autologous Fat Transfer; Autologous Flap Augmentation: Island Technique; Autologous Flap Augmentation: Moustache Technique; Autologous Flap Gluteal Augmentation: Split Gluteal Flap Technique; Autologous Flap Gluteal Augmentation: Purse-String Technique; Excisional Buttock Lifting and Revisional Procedures.

  • Equine Gastroenterology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-1
    • Henry Stämpfli + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice focuses on Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Equine Gastrointestinal Diseases, and includes topics on: Diagnostics and treatment of undifferentiated and infectious acute diarrhea in the adult horse; Foal diarrhea; established and postulated causes, prevention, diagnostics and treatments; Probiotic use in equine gastrointestinal disease; Understanding the intestinal microbiome in health and disease; Advances in diagnostics and treatments in horses with acute colic and postoperative ileus; Advances in diagnostics and treatments in horses and foals with gastric and or duodenal ulcers; Toxic causes of intestinal disease in horses; New perspectives in equine intestinal parasitic disease Diagnostics and Management new insight; Equine disautonomia; Diagnostics and treatments in chronic diarrhea and weight loss in horses; Enteral/parenteral nutrition in foals and adult horses practical guidelines for the practitioner; and Practical fluid therapy and treatment modalities for field conditions for horses and foals with gastro-intestinal problems.

  • Pneumologie für die Praxis

    Akute und chronische Atemwegserkrankungen mit Besonderheiten im fortschreitenden Alter
    • 1st Edition
    • Thomas Hausen
    • German
    Wie verändert sich eine bestehende Atemwegserkrankung mit zunehmendem Alter? Wie hängen z. B. Asthma oder COPD mit anderen Erkrankungen zusammen? Pneumologie für die Praxis informiert Sie über die Besonderheiten von pneumologischen Problemen und liefert umfassendes Wissen zu den unterschiedlichen akuten und chronischen Krankheitsbildern, zur speziellen Diagnostik und altersspezifischen Therapien. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele zeigen, worauf es ankommt und was mögliche Tücken in der Diagnostik und Therapie sein können. Geschrieben wurde das Werk von einem Praktiker mit einem Erfahrungsschatz von mehr als 30 Jahren Praxistätigkeit. Alle Inhalte sind so aufbereitet, dass Sie sie schnell und sicher in Ihren Praxisalltag integrieren können.

  • Clinical and Molecular Aspects of Cardiomyopathies: On the road from gene to therapy, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14-2
    • Giuseppe Limongelli
    • English
    This issue of Heart Failure Clinics--edited by Drs. Giuseppe Limongelli, Sharlene Day, and Perry Elliott--will cover Clinical and Molecular Aspects of Cardiomyopathies: On the Road from Gene to Therapy. Topics include, but are not limited to, Epidemiology and Clinical aspects of Genetic Cardiomyopathies, Existing and New therapies, Gene editing and gene-based therapeutics, Controversies surrounding exercise in genetic cardiomyopathies, Genetic infiltrative cardiomyopathies, LV Noncompaction, Clinical presentation and natural history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Rasopathies, and Moelcular basis and new treatments of cardiac diseases in Rasopathies.

  • Rosacea, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-2
    • Steven R. Feldman + 2 more
    • English
    This issue of Dermatologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs.Steven Feldman, Leah A. Cardwell, and Sarah L. Taylor is devoted to Rosacea. Articles in this issue include: Rosacea Pathogenesis; Genetic Predisposition to Rosacea; Epidemiology of Rosacea and Severity in the Population; Psychosocial Burden and Other Impacts of Rosacea of Patients’ Quality of Life; Comorbidities of Rosacea; Rosacea Triggers, Alcohol and Smoking; Clinical Presentation/Classif... of Rosacea and Variation in Different Fitzpatrick Skin Types; Rosacea Treatment Review; Medical Management of Facial Redness in Rosacea; Procedural Treatments for Rosacea; Ocular Rosacea; Rosacea Treatment Cost; and Coping with Rosacea.

  • Youth Internet Habits and Mental Health, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-2
    • Kristopher Kaliebe + 1 more
    • English
    This timely issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, edited by Drs. Paul Weigle and Kristopher Kaliebe will focus on Internet Habits and Youth Mental Health. Topics discussed in the volume include, but are not limited to: Creation of a family media plan: how tech affects family dynamics and family therapy; Interplay between media habits and development from preschool through adolescence; Interplay between Autism and media habits; Interplay between Depression and media habits including online expression of suicidality and cutting; Interplay between Behaviorally disordered youth and media habits, including violent VG, cyberbullying; Eating disorders, obesity and online engagement; Internet Gaming Disorder (and tech addictions) Treatment; Sexting and online pornography engagement; Interplay between disadvantaged, gender non-conforming and minority youth and media habits; and Media sub-cultures and their intersection with mental illness.

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