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  • Shiatsu für Schwangerschaft und Geburt

    • 1st Edition
    • Suzanne Yates
    • German
    Shiatsu als "sanfte", aber wirkungsvolle Behandlungsmethode während der Schwangerschaft! Das Buch informiert Sie umfassend in Wort und Bild über die ganze Bandbreite der Möglichkeiten und worauf Sie bei schwangeren Patientinnen besonders achten müssen.

  • Essential Echocardiography

    Expert Consult - Online & Print
    • 2nd Edition
    • Alisdair Ryding
    • English
    This book is a step-by-step manual for the complete echo-novice. It should be the only book needed to become a proficient echocardiographer. The text focuses on the practicalities of performing an examination, and the interpretation of images. Avoiding unnecessary technicalities, it places particular emphasis on the diagnostic features of sample cases and covers the entire breadth of adult cardiology. The majority of the echo images are also available in a dynamic form on the Expert Consult platform. Also included is access to 100 case scenarios and images for self-assessment interpretation. The combination of the book and the website materials provides an unparalleled learning experience for people who do not routinely practise echocardiography.

  • Surgery for Urinary Incontinence

    Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series: Expert Consult: Online and Print
    • 1st Edition
    • Roger R. Dmochowski + 2 more
    • English
    Surgery for Urinary Incontinence, by Drs. Roger Dmochowski, Mickey M. Karram, and W. Stuart Reynolds, is the ideal way to sharpen your skills in the diagnosis and management of this condition. In this volume in the Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series, edited by Mickey Karram, MD, detailed discussions and illustrations, case studies, and video footage clarify how to most effectively select and perform a variety of procedures and manage complications.

  • Sleep and Anesthesia, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8-1
    • Frances Chung
    • English
    This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, Guest Edited by Frances Chung, MBBS FRCPC of the University of Toronto, will focus on Sleep and Neurorehabilitation. Article topics will include Sleep and Anesthesia; Neurobiology, Medicine, and Society; Upper airway, OSA and anesthesia ; Positions, sleep and anesthesia; Sleep Deprivation, OSA and inflammation; Preoperative Screening for OSA; and PAP therapy for perioperative patients.

  • Placental Pathology, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6-1
    • Rebecca Baergen
    • English
    Obstetricical care and the growing number of pregnancies in older women or medically challenged women creates an expanding need for placental pathology that can provide information on neonatal care, risk assessment, and infant and mother outcomes. In the Surgical Pathology Clinics, Essential Gross Examination of the Placenta is presented with an abundance of images along with clear steps in the examination. Also presented are Placenta Accreta and Percreta; Ascending Infection – Acute Chorioamnionitis; Maternal Floor Infarction and Massive Perivillous Fibrin Deposition. Additionally, Umbilical Cord Pathology, Monozygotic Twinning, and Fetal Thrombotic Vasculopathy, Neonatal Stroke and other sequelae are discussed. Each of the topics presents abundant clinical photos and histology slides supporting diagnosis. Editor Rebecca Baergen, whose specialty areas are fetal pathology, placental pathology, gynecology and perinatal pathology, leads a group of authors who are experts in placental pathology, including her mentor and one of the pioneers in placental and perinatal pathology, Dr. Kurt Benirschke.

  • Feline Diabetes, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 43-2
    • Jacquie Rand
    • English
    Guest editor Jacquie Rand highlights important areas in feline diabetes for all small animal practitioners. Topics include pathogenesis and risk factors for diabetes, diet for prevention and management of diabetes, management of diabetic cats with long-acting insulin, management of cats on lente insulin, pancreatitis and diabetes, home glucose monitoring, acromegaly and hyperadrencorticism and feline diabetes, renal disease and diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar syndrome, continuous glucose monitoring, oral hypoglycemic agents, new therapies in humans relevant to cats and much more!

  • Community Acquired Pneumonia: Controversies and Questions, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-1
    • Thomas M. File Jr.
    • English
    Pneumonia is the leading cause of death due to infectious disease. This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics, guest edited by Tom File, focuses on the controversies and questions surrounding community-acquired pneumonia, including the potential benefits of identifying biomarkers for management of CAP (which could someday become a part of routine diagnostic testing for CAP), the best therapies for influenza/viral causes of pneumonia (the most common form of the disease in children), and clinical scoring tools to help predict long term outcomes. The issue also discusses how to approach MRSA as a cause of CAP and how to approach the non-responding patient.

  • Current Issues in Treatment of Osteochondral Defects, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18-1
    • Mark S. Myerson
    • English
    This issue will provide a comprehensive overview of OCD, from the perspective of the Foot and Ankle surgeon. Topics to be covered include basic biology, advances in synthetic cartilage technology, surgical approaches, pediatric care, allografts, and the use of other surgical revision technology.

  • L'essentiel en hépato-gastro-entérologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Paul Collins + 1 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage propose une synthèse claire, concise et accessible des connaissances les plus importantes en hépato-gastro-entéro... Fondé sur la pratique médicale et le déroulé d'une consultation, l'ouvrage aborde en premier les symptômes présentés par le patient (dyspepsie, dysphagie, douleur abdominale, distension abdominale, perte de poids, anorexie, vomissements, anémie, ictère, anomalies hépatiques, etc.). Il rappelle ensuite l'anatomie, la physiologie et le fonctionnement des différents organes (œsophage, estomac, intestin grêle, côlon, foie, voies biliaires et pancréas) puis les principales pathologies de chaque organe. Sont également détaillés tous les éléments pour établir le diagnostic : anamnèse, examen clinique et examens complémentaires indispensables. Le lecteur trouvera en fin d'ouvrage de nombreux cas cliniques qui lui permettront de s'auto-évaluer et de fixer des éléments clefs. Comportant de nombreux encadrés, tableaux de synthèse, algorithmes diagnostiques, schémas et images radiologiques facilitant la compréhension et l'apprentissage, cet ouvrage donne toutes les informations utiles et fondamentales en hépato-gastroentérol... pour la pratique quotidienne. Il pourra servir d'outil de révision aux internes de la spécialité et s'adresse également aux médecins généralistes souhaitant mettre à jour leurs connaissances.

  • Imaging of Athletic Injuries of the Upper Extremity, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 51-2
    • Martin L. Lazarus
    • English
    Imaging plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of athletic injuries. This issue focuses on athletic injuries of the upper extremity, and best-practices approach to imaging these areas. Shoulder injuries are given their own review, as are football injuries to the upper extremity, throwing injuries to the upper extremity, and injuries associated with club and racquet sports. Use of MR Imaging in particular is discussed for the labrum and elbow, and MR Arthrography of the upper extremity is reviewed. Wrist and hand injuries are discussed in detail in separate articles, and imaging of the pediatric athlete is addressed as well.

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