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    • Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 9-4
      • October 25, 2013
      • Andrew A. Grace + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Heart Failure Clinics is devoted to atrial fibrillation in heart failure. It covers medical management and drug treatment as well as devices and ablation and aims to provide heart failure specialists with the current state of the art in handling this common problem in heart failure patients.

    • Fisioterapia en obstetricia y uroginecología

      • 2nd Edition
      • February 20, 2013
      • Carolina Walker Chao
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      En esta 2.ª edición del libro "Fisioterapia en Obstetricia y Uroginecología" se ha realizado la actualización de todos los capítulos, modificando incluso, de manera significativa, algunos de ellos, con el objetivo de adaptar el contenido a las últimas evidencias científicas publicadas sobre esta materia. Uno de los capítulos que ha experimentado más modificaciones ha sido el dedicado a fisioterapia obstétrica, el cual incluye más contenidos relacionados con las medidas de prevención de las lesiones de suelo pélvico durante el parto. La obra guarda un perfecto equilibrio entre la parte práctica y la teórica. Para ello, incluye una gran cantidad de propuestas de ejercicios. Aunque la obra está dirigida a fisioterapeutas, tanto profesionales como estudiantes, puede ser de gran interés para otros profesionales de la salud, como matronas, ginecólogos y urólogos. Se incluye material complementario online en www.studentconsult.e...

    • Critical Care of the Pediatric Patient, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 60-2
      • May 3, 2013
      • Derek S. Wheeler
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Dr. Wheeler is providing a much needed update on the topic of critical care medicine for the pediatrician. He organized the issue to give a full overview on those topics that most pertinent to practicing clinicians. His authors are top experts in their fields, and they are writing clinical reviews devoted to The Evolving Model of Pediatric Critical Care, The High Reliability Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Telemedicine and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Critically Ill Child, Monitoring and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure, Monitoring and Management of Shock, Cardiac Intensive Care, Monitoring and Management of Acute Kidney Injury, Critical Care of the Bone Marrow Transplant Patient, Neurocritical Care, Ethics and End-of-Life Care, Delirium in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Family-centered Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

    • Shoulder Instability in the Athlete, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 32-4
      • October 15, 2013
      • Stephen R. Thompson
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine focuses on anatomy and biomechanics and includes exam and imagine, surgical timing, and covers a variety of conditions. Internal impingement, multi-directional instability, bone loss, revision surgery, posterior instability, and a variety of other clinical conditions are thoroughly addressed. In addition, there are also chapters on both contact and non-contact athletes, instability in pediatric patients and rehabilitation.

    • Breast Cancer, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-4
      • August 23, 2013
      • Harold J. Burstein
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue, focusing on Breast Cancer, includes topics such as: Radiation Therapy for DCIS, Axillary dissection, Pathology in the age of personalized breast cancer treatment:, Clinical implications for breast cancer subsets defined by molecular diagnostics, Management of CNS Metastases in Breast Cancer, Endocrine therapy for advanced breast cancer, Targeting the PI3K pathway in breast cancer, Treating the Older Breast Cancer Patient, Adjuvant chemotherapy in the age of targeted treatment, and Novel radiotherapy approaches for early breast cancer.

    • Workbook for Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment

      • 9th Edition
      • June 25, 2013
      • J. M. Cairo
      • English
      • eBook
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      Prepare yourself for success in the classroom and the clinical setting with the Workbook for Mosby’s Respiratory Care Equipment, 9th Edition. This versatile workbook is specifically designed to clearly and concisely reinforce the most clinically relevant information presented in the text. Featuring a wide variety of exercises ranging from crosswords and case studies to NBRC-style multiple-choice questions, this workbook will provide focus and improve your study time.

    • Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Children with Psychiatric Disorders, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 22-3
      • July 9, 2013
      • Deborah R. Simkin + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Patients in psychiatry, or their parents, experiment with alternative methods and practices; psychiatrists, in search of scientifically-based discussion and evidence of use for daily practice, find that information in this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics. Readers will find clinically focused information in the major categories of Selected Treatments, Selected Disorders, and Perspectives on Clinical Complementary and Alternative Therapies. Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments are discussed for ADHD, Mood disorders, Autism, Learning and Cognitive disorders, and Neurologic disturbances, such as sleep, traumatic brain injury, headache, etc. EEG and Neurofeedback, Meditation and Movement Therapies, Music Therapy, Massage, Acupuncture, and other body-based therapies are presented. Evidence for minerals, vitamins, and herbs is discussed, and Ethical and Legal issues for the Psychiatrist are presented. Guest Editors Deborah Simkin and Charles Popper, with decades of experience in working with complementary therapies, lead this issue.

    • Cardiovascular Intensive Care, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 31-4
      • November 12, 2013
      • Umesh K. Gidwani + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Cardiology Clinics is devoted to cardiac intensive care, which involves the treatment and care of patients with critical cardiac illness. Expert authors review mechanical complications of acute MI, cardiogenic shock, acute decompensated heart failure, management of arrhythmias, use of newer antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents, and more. Keep up to date with the latest information on managing these life-threatening conditions.

    • Sjogren’s Syndrome, An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 26-1
      • December 7, 2013
      • Michael T Brennan
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Editor Michael Brennan highlights important areas in Sjogren’s Syndrome for all oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Topics include diagnosis and the ACR classification criteria, epidemiology and pathophysiology, salivary gland dysfunction and xerostomia, salivary gland disease: sialadenitis to lymphoma, extraglandular manifesations, oral complications, management of xerostomia, parotidectomy in Sjogren’s Syndrome, support network for Sjogren’s Syndrome patients, and much more!

    • Retinopathy of Prematurity, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 40-2
      • June 7, 2013
      • Graham Quinn + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The Guest Editors have invited top experts in their fields to write current state-of-the-art clinical reviews on retinopathy of prematurity. Articles are devoted to incidence, the biology of ROP, How Knowledge of the Pathogenesis Continues to Guide Treatment, The Challenge of Screening Using Tele-Ophthalmology, Algorithms for Detection of ROP Based on Weight Gain, Current and Future Treatment of ROP, Setting Up an ROP Program - Interaction of Neonatology, Nursing and Ophthalmology, ROP and the Oxygen Conundrum: Lessons from Recent Randomized Trials, OCT in ROP—Looking Beyond the Vessels, Outcome of ROP. A special article is devoted to outcomes from the 3rd World ROP Congress (Oct 14-16, 2012).

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