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    • Nurse Anesthesia

      • 6th Edition
      • May 27, 2017
      • Sass Elisha + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Gain a thorough understanding of nursing anesthesia with the most comprehensive text on the market. Written by leading expert, John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, and new contributing author Sass Elisha, EdD, CRNA, Nurse Anesthesia, 6th Edition features both scientific principles and evidence-based material. Inside you’ll find a solid introduction to the history, education, and legal issues of nurse anesthetist, its scientific foundations, equipment and monitoring, and preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient. This new edition includes chapters on patient centered care and cultural competence, additional drugs of interest, blood and blood component therapy, anesthesia management for patients with cardiac devices, anesthesia for robotic surgery, anesthesia for transplant surgery and organ procurement, and physiology and management of acute and chronic pain. Not only a key reference for practicing nurse anesthetists, this bestseller prepares you for certification and today's clinical anesthesia practice.

    • Dents et sinus

      • 1st Edition
      • May 26, 2017
      • Laurent Castillo + 2 more
      • French
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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    • PET/CT in Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Individualized Imaging

      • 1st Edition
      • May 25, 2017
      • Mohsen Beheshti + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Edited, authored, and reviewed by an expert team of oncologists and nuclear physicians/radiologi... this one-of-a-kind title helps you make the most of the critical role PET/CT plays in cancer staging and therapeutic responses to individualized treatments. Drs. Mohsen Beheshti, Werner Langsteger, and Alireza Rezaee place an emphasis on cutting-edge research and evidence-based practice, ensuring that you’re up to date with every aspect of this fast-changing field. For each tumor entity, you’ll find authoritative discussions of background, pathology, common pattern of spread, TNM classification, clinical guidelines, discussion, evidence-based recommendations, key points, and pitfalls.

    • Current Updates in Total Ankle Arthroplasty, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 22-2
      • May 25, 2017
      • J. Chris Coetzee
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 0 0 7 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 0 0 8 8
      This issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics will include articles on the following: Ankle replacement vs, arthrodesis; Osteolysis; coronal plane malalignment in total ankle arthroplasty; salvage of failed total ankle arthroplasty with anterior translation of the talus; malalignment of the foot or leg; use of tendon transfers; management of the failed long-stemmed custom agility total ankle arthroplasty; and many more articles surrounding foot and ankle arthroplasty.

    • Liver Pathology, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 46-2
      • May 25, 2017
      • Jay H. Lefkowitch
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Dr. Lefkowitch has created a primer on liver pathology for the gastroenterologist that provides depth of clinical coverage in an area not typically covered in depth for gastroenterologists. This issue will provide state-of-the-art reviews in the areas of NAFLD, liver biopsy, liver pathology, hepatitis, and genomics. Articles are specifically devoted to IgG4-related disease and the liver; current concepts in pediatric NAFLD; evaluation of the pediatric liver biopsy; hepatocellular adenomas: morphology and genomics; drug-induced liver injury: the hepatic pathologist’s approach; liver pathology in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma; HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy and liver pathology; autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndromes and liver pathology; current perspectives on the pathology of hepatocellular carcinoma and its variants; hepatitis E virus and the liver: clinical settings and liver pathology; hepatic progenitor cells; and cholangiocarcinoma: current genomics and pathology, to name a few.

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

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 44-2
      • May 25, 2017
      • Deborah S. Clements + 2 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. Deborah Clements and Melinda Ring, is devoted to Integrative Medicine. Articles in this issue include: Introduction to Integrative Medicine; Phytotherapy; Lifestyle Medicine; Chronic Pain; GI Disorders; Mental Health; Endocrine Disorders; Oncology and Survivorship; Pediatrics; Cardiovascular Disorders; Women’s Health; Men's Health; and Ethical and Legal Considerations.

    • Nursing Research

      • 9th Edition
      • May 25, 2017
      • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Learn to better understand and apply research to everyday practice with Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. Written by an all-star team of educators and research experts, this four-time recipient of the American Journal of Nursing’s Book of the Year award is the perfect resource to help ground you in the processes behind nursing research and evidence-based practice. This new ninth edition has been thoroughly updated and refocused to better match the needs of the nurse who will read and apply research rather than conduct research. This new edition also features: new research examples and vignettes; easy-to-use navigation tools; enhanced readability; expanded information on interprofessional collaboration and evidence-based practice; and well-balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods. It’s a must-have resource for both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs alike!

    • Pulmonary Complications of Non-Pulmonary Malignancy, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-2
      • May 24, 2017
      • Guang-Shing Cheng + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Pulmonary Complications of Non-Pulmonary Malignancy. Editors Guang-Shing Cheng and Jennifer Possick have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Pulmonary manifestations of non-pulmonary solid malgnancies; Pulmonary manifestations of leukemia and lymphoma; Radiation pneumonitis; Toxicities from conventional chemotherapy; Toxicities from novel targeted therapies; Bacterial pneumonia; Fungal pneumonia; Viral pneumonia; IPS and other early onset non-infectious pulmonary syndromes; Pulmonary GVHD and other late-onset non-infectious pulmonary syndromes; Pulmonary function and pre-transplant risk assessment; Diagnostic Evaluation of Pulmonary Abnormalities in Hematologic Malignancy and HCT; Acute respiratory failure in patients with non-pulmonary malignancy; Critical care prognosis and outcomes in patients with non-pulmonary malignancy; and Palliative and end-of-life care.

    • Fluids and Electrolytes, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 52-2
      • May 24, 2017
      • Joshua Squiers
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Dr. Squiers has assembled the leading nurses in the country on the management of fluids and electrolytes to write state-of-the-art reviews on this important topic. Readers will come away with current knowledge and management strategies to improve patient outcomes in the following areas: Colloids vs crystalloids in trauma resuscitation; Colloids vs crystalloids in post cardiopulmonary bypass patients; Potassium and magnesium serum levels in Aifb prophalxysis; Review of outcomes in hypernatremia in ICP management; Does evidence drive fluid volume restriction in chronic HF; Assessment of volume status in patients with mechanical cardiac support devices; Assessment of volume status utilizing ultrasounds examination; Managing electrolyte disturbances in tumor lysis syndrome; Post-cystectomy electrolyte issues with neobladder hypophosphatemia effects on weaning mechanical ventilation; and Does fluid resuscitation affect long-term cognitive function in sepsis?

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