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    • Fragility Fractures, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 30-1
      • April 10, 2014
      • Daniel A Mendelson
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine is centered on the management of the geriatric fragility fracture patient. This issue features expert clinical reviews on topics such as Principles of comanagement, Lean business model and implementation of a Geriatric Fracture Center, Preoperative optimization and risk assessment, Preoperative reversal and management of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents, Classification and surgical approach to hip fractures for non-surgeons, Special anesthetic consideration for the fragility fracture patient, Non-surgical management and palliation of fragility fractures, and Management of post-operative complications including Delerium, Anemia, Venous thromboembolism, and Cardiovascular disease and volume management. Also included are articles on Transitions in care and rehabilitation, Osteoporosis related secondary fracture prevention, Post-operative assessment of falls risk and prevention, and Fragility fractures requiring special consideration.

    • Central Neurocytomas, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-1
      • December 10, 2014
      • Isaac Yang
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Central neurocytoma is a tumor of young adults composed of uniform round cells with neuronal differentiation, typically occurring in the lateral ventricles in the region of the foramen of Monro. Neurocytomas is a hot topic in neuro oncology especially with modern developments of radiation and novel chemotherapy agents.

    • Body Shaping: Skin Fat Cellulite

      • 1st Edition
      • September 26, 2014
      • Jeffrey S. Orringer + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Improve your technique, treat patients with confidence, and obtain optimal results using today’s most advanced body shaping treatments with guidance from Body Shaping: Skin, Fat and Cellulite, a volume in the Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series. Renowned cosmetic dermatologists—Drs. Orringer, Alam, and Dover—provide you with procedural how-to's and step-by-step advice on proper techniques, pitfalls, and tricks of the trade, equipping you to successfully incorporate the very latest for skin tightening, fat reduction, and sculpting procedures into your busy practice!

    • Sleep Hypoventilation: A State-of-the-Art Overview, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 9-3
      • September 4, 2014
      • Babak Mokhlesi
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue, edited by Dr. Babak Mokhlesi, features comprehensive discussion on the subject of Hypoventilation. Articles include: The History of Hypoventilation Syndromes; Pathophysiology of Hypoventilation During Sleep, Sleep Hypoventilation: Diagnostic Considerations and Technological Limitations; Advances in Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Modalities for Hypoventilation Syndromes; Scoring Abnormal Respiratory Events on Polysomnography During Noninvasive Ventilation; Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Epidemiology and Diagnosis; Outcomes for Obese Patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure: Results from Observational and Randomized Controlled Trials; Non-PAP Treatment Modalities in Obesity-Hypoventilat... Syndrome: Role of Exercise, Nonsurgical and Surgical Weight Reduction, Tracheostomy, Respiratory Stimulants, and Oxygen, and more!

    • Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine 2014

      • 1st Edition
      • September 26, 2014
      • Avroy A. Fanaroff
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in neonatal and perinatal medicine, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Chapters in this annual cover the most current information on all aspects of neonatal and perinatal medicine from genetics to labor and delivery to issues related to many key bodily systems (heart, respiratory, nervous system, etc.) of newborns. Other topics for 2004 include neurology, gastroenterology and nutrition, medical disorders of pregnancy, fetal evaluation, and neonatal behavior.

    • Orthopaedic Surgical Approaches

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 14, 2014
      • A. Bobby Chhabra + 4 more
      • Mark D. Miller
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Completely revised to feature a new, more modern design, Orthopaedic Surgical Approaches presents all of the latest imaging modalities and techniques used in orthopaedics today. This medical reference book captures the changes in this rapidly evolving field, equipping you with an expert, illustrative guide to the full array of common and contemporary surgical approaches, as well as the relevant regional anatomy. No matter what your level of training, this volume promises to be your go-to manual for acquiring new skills in the OR.

    • Pathology

      • 4th Edition
      • November 5, 2014
      • Catherine Cavallaro Kellogg + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Understand how a patient’s conditions might affect physical therapy and outcomes so that you can design safe and effective interventions. The only pathology textbook written specifically for physical therapists, Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist, Third Edition, offers guidelines, precautions, and contraindications for interventions with patients who have musculoskeletal or neuromuscular problems as well as other conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, or pancreatitis. Learn about the cause of these conditions, the pathogenesis, medical diagnosis and treatment, and most importantly, the special implications for the therapist. In addition to addressing specific diseases and conditions, this text emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention strategies and covers issues with implications for physical therapy management, such as injury, inflammation, and healing; the lymphatic system; and biopsychosocial–spir... impacts on health care. With this practical and evidence-based text, now enhanced with full-color illustrations and the latest research, you’ll know what to factor into your clinical decisions to achieve the best outcomes for your patients.

    • Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-3
      • September 4, 2014
      • Shannan Hamlin
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Critical care clinicians must be knowledgeable about the anatomic, physiologic, and biochemical processes that are critical to the restoration of a functioning microvascular affecting organ perfusion. These basic physiologic processes critical to tissue perfusion and cellular oxygenation are presented in this issue on Monitoring Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation. A working knowledge of oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption at the microvascular level will provide critical information needed for clinicians to continuously question the adequacy of tissue perfusion given our current lack of microvascular bedside monitoring.

    • Advanced Lung Cancer: Radical Surgical Therapy, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-4
      • November 5, 2014
      • Raja Flores
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics is devoted to "Advanced Lung Cancer: Radical Surgical Therapy" and is edited by Dr. Raja M. Flores. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Surgical Resection of Lung Cancer in the Elderly; Extended Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction in the Setting of Lung Cancer; The Management of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer with Oligometastases; Lung Resection in Patients with Marginal Pulmonary Function; Surgery for Small Cell Lung Cancer; Bronchial and Arterial Sleeve Resection after Induction Therapy for Lung Cancer; Advanced Lung Cancer: Aggressive Surgical Therapy Vertebral Body Involvement; Pulmonary Resection after Pneumonectomy; Superior Vena Caval Resection in Lung Cancer; Surgical Resection of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with N2 Disease; Lung Transplantation for Multifocal Lung Adenocarcinoma; Extended Resections of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers Invading the Aorta, Pulmonary Artery, Left Atrium or Esophagus: Can They Be Justified?; VATS Lobectomy after Induction Therapy; Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Pleural Disease; Carinal Resection, and more!

    • Crisis Management in Anesthesiology

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 21, 2014
      • David M. Gaba + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      The long-awaited revision to the definitive source for crisis management in anesthesia provides updated insights on the latest theories, principles, and practices in Anesthesia. From anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists to emergency physicians and residents, Crisis Management in Anesthesiology, 2nd Edition will effectively prepare you to handle a critical incident during anesthesia.

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