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  • Survival Guide to Midwifery

    • 2nd Edition
    • Diane M. Fraser + 1 more
    • English
    Perfect for practice placement, this handy Survival Guide gives you the clinical information you need at your fingertips.

  • Segmental Anatomy

    The Key to Mastering Acupuncture, Neural Therapy and Manual Therapy
    • 1st Edition
    • Ingrid Wancura-Kampik
    • English
    Formidably illustrated and written, the correlations between spinal nerves and segments in skin, musclar system and bones as well as the projection areas of internal organs on the body surface area are deduced from the anatomy of the nervous system. These correlations between spinal nerves and the periphery of the body explain how acupuncture, neural, and manual therapies take effect . Great accessibility through: Full colour images Drawings that depict the correlations in detail Cearly structured layout facilitating the reading of this complex subject

  • Current Concepts in Cardiovascular Pathology, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5-2
    • Gayle L. Winters
    • English
    Clinically accessible information for pathologists on histology, differential diagnosis, and clinical overview is presented. Topics in this subject on Cardiovascular Pathology include: Examination of the Explanted/Autopsy Heart; Native Valves; Prosthetic Valves; Cardiac Transplant Biopsies; Diagnostic (Native Heart) Biopsies; Aorta; Temporal Arteritis/Vasculitis... Lesions; Cardiac Tumors; and Cardiac Devices. Each article presents Key Considerations; Pitfalls of working with the particular entity; Differential Diagnosis summaries; Gross and histologic features with clinicopathologic correlates; Complications; Technical considerations; Post transplant biopsy findings where relevant; and Communicating results.

  • Manual de oftalmología

    • 1st Edition
    • Julián García Feijóo + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Manual de referencia integral adaptado a las nuevas necesidades docentes, incluyendo las provenientes de la implantación del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Realiza un abordaje de todos aquellos contenidos relativos a la oftalmología, desde la anatomía del ojo hasta la patología del ojo, pasando por la oftalmología pediátrica, entre otros conceptos. La obra se acompaña de una página web en la que se presentan: casos clínicos, preguntas de autoevaluación, vídeos, imágenes, diapositivas, enlaces a webs y lecturas recomendadas.

  • Enfermería y envejecimiento

    • 1st Edition
    • Misericordia García Hernández + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Este libro, de carácter práctico, responde a la importante demanda de conocimientos por parte del colectivo de enfermería geriátrica. Incluye temas de gran interés, como los diferentes síndromes geriátricos, procesos oncológicos, alteraciones cognitivas, cirugía, situaciones de urgencia, procesos crónicos o principios éticos aplicados en el cuidado a los ancianos, entre otros. La obra va dirigida a alumnos de másteres de enfermería geriátrica y a profesionales de esta especialidad.

  • Bronchiectasis, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 33-2
    • Mark L. Metersky
    • English
    The first issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine to be published with this focus, this issue reviews bronchiectasis from numerous angles to provide comprehensive coverage on this important subject. Epidemiology, airway defense mechanisms, pathogenesis, imaging and genetic causes of bronchiectasis are discussed. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is addressed, as well as non-tuberculous mycobacteria as a cause of bronchiectasis. Authors examine how to evaluate the success of therapy for bronchiectasis (what endpoints to use) and then discuss a variety of therapy options: inhaled and systemic antibiotic treatment, chest physiotherapy, pharmacologic agents for mucous clearance, antipinflammatory therapy and macrolides. Pulmonary resection and lung transplantation for bronchiectasis are reviewed. Recent advances in Cystic Fibrosis are also discussed.

  • Tropical Diseases, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-2
    • Alimuddin Zumla + 1 more
    • English
    Tropical diseases pose an increasing problem for US and international travellers who travel to tropical regions. Physicians need to be aware of the wide spectrum of tropical, infectious, and parasitic diseases that patients may be exposed to. This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics includes articles written by global experts and includes topics such as range/classification of tropical diseases, venomous bites and stings, malaria, and bacterial gastrointestinal infections.

  • Spinal Injuries in the Athlete, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-3
    • Pierre A. d'Hemecourt + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Drs. Lyle Micheli and Pierre d'Hemecourt, focuses on Spinal Injuries in the Athlete. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Sport Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Throwing Athletes, Rotational Sports and Contact-collision); Sport Specific Biomechanics of Spinal Injuries in the Athlete (Dance, Figure Skating and Gymnastics); Back Pain in the Pediatric and Adolescent Athlete; Spinal Deformity and Congenital Abnormalities; The Young Adult Spine; The Aging Spine; Thoraco-lumbar Spine: Trauma and spinal deformity: Indications for Surgical Fusion and Return to Play Criteria; Overview of spinal interventions; Congenital and Acute Cervical Spine injuries with Return to Play Criteria; Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease; Spinal cord abnormalities; Infectious, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Diseases of the Spine; and Spinal tumors.

  • Hypersomnia, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7-2
    • Alon Y. Avidan
    • English
    Excessive Sleepiness, or hypersomnia, is one of the most common sleep complaints. In this issue, Dr. Alon Avidan of UCLA brings together a set of articles that offer a completely updated overview of hypersomnia, from neurophysiology of sleepiness and wakefulness to quality of life issues and public health. The main focus of the issue is the diagnosis and treatment of hypersomnia, including objective and subjective measurement of sleepness, biomarkers of sleepiness, narcolepsy, and hypersomnia in medical, neurological and psyhchiatric comorbidities. Excessive sleepiness among specific patient populations (children, elderly) and periodic hypersomnia are discussed. Pharmacotherapy of hypersomnia is given special attention, as are behavioural treatments.

  • Mastitis in Dairy Cows, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-2
    • Pamela L. Ruegg
    • English
    Current, important information on mastitis for all food animal practitioners! Topics will include new perspectives in mastitis control, treatment of clinical mastitis, antimicrobial resistance in mastitis pathogens, the role of diagnostic microbiology in mastitis control programs, update on control of Staph aureus and Strep ag, epidemiology and control of mycoplasma mastitis, managing environmental mastitis, mastitis vaccine strategies, using mastitis records and somatic cell count data, the role of the milking machine in mastitis control, stray voltage and milk quality, communicating and implementing udder health programs, and more!

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