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    • Echocardiography in Heart Failure

      • 1st Edition
      • December 6, 2011
      • Martin St. John Sutton + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Echocardiography in Heart Failure - a volume in the exciting new Practical Echocardiography Series edited by Dr. Catherine M. Otto - provides practical, how-to guidance on effectively applying echocardiography to evaluate heart failure, make therapeutic decisions, and monitor therapy. Definitive, expert instruction from Drs. Martin St. John Sutton and Denise Wiegers is presented in a highly visual, case-based approach that facilitates understanding and equips you to accurately apply this technique while avoiding any potential pitfalls. Access the full text online at www.expertconsult.co... along with cases, procedural videos, and abundant, detailed figures and tables that show you how to proceed, step by step, and get the best results.

    • Diagnostic Imaging for the General Surgeon, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 91-1
      • February 4, 2011
      • Thomas H. Cogbill + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Cutting edge information for all surgeons on the latest imaging techniques! Topics will include basic principles, imaging for breast, thyroid/parathyroid, pancreatic/biliary, active gastrointestinal bleeding, and cervical spine; Hollow Viscous Imaging for SBO--fluoroscopy vs CT; CT Colonoscopy/Virtual Colonoscopy; Ultrasound for Central line, IVC filter placement and for diagnosis and treatment of femoral pseudoaneurysms; CTA For AAA; FAST--including Pericardial evaluation; Imaging for Blunt Carotid and Arterial Injury Screening; CT for Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis; PET Scans; and Bariatic Surgery and Postoperative Imaging, and more!

    • Perimenopause, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-3
      • September 28, 2011
      • Nanette Santoro
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Perimenopause has not been covered in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics for over 10 years. This timely issue includes articles on BMI and its influence, Androgens, Cognition and Menopause, and Sexual Activity/Quality of Life.

    • Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 21-4
      • October 21, 2011
      • COL. Roy K.H. Wong
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This group of international experts on gastrointestinal bleeding have written state-of-the art reviews on the overall approach to gastrointestinal bleeding. Endoscopists will find in this issue coverage of the endoscopic, surgical and pharmacologic therapies as well as competency and sedation issues. Other articles focus on the epidemiology, pathology, and the prevalence and incidence of H. Pylori in upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

    • Managing the Injured Athlete

      • 1st Edition
      • June 14, 2011
      • Zoë Hudson + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Managing the Injured Athlete is an innovative clinically-focused pocketbook which aims to support the clinician out in the field, helping answer clinical queries and solve problems when there may be nothing else to refer to. It focuses on developing the clinician’s clinical reasoning skills, recognizing that patterns of clinical presentation are the key to problem-solving and formulating a diagnosis. As well as covering assessment, treatment and rehabilitation, the experienced authors discuss the clinician’s role within a team, athlete confidentiality, travelling with athletes, drugs and doping issues, working in different climates and return to play considerations. Throughout the pocketbook patterns of positive findings are given as a key to indicate how frequently clinicians can expect to come across certain subjective and objective markers for a given condition.

    • Aromatherapy for Health Professionals

      • 4th Edition
      • October 31, 2011
      • Shirley Price + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Aromatherapy for Health Professionals covers the full spectrum of theory and practice from essential oil science and the foundations of practice to the application of aromatherapy for specific conditions. The fourth edition of this highly successful book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to aromatherapy as practiced in modern health care settings. It gives valuable information for any health professional wishing to develop their understanding of the subject, providing the in-depth knowledge needed to use essential oils in the practice environment. NEW FOR THIS EDITION * Two new chapters – Wound Care and Bereavement – provide valuable additions to the text * The chapter ‘Aromas, Mind and Body’ has been enhanced * Several new essential oils – giving properties, indications and cautions – have been added * New case histories illustrate the practical application of theory and techniques described * References have been updated and new research added The book is supported by a CD-ROM of ancillary tables covering essential oils for general use in health-care settings including indications for safe, therapeutic uses of essential oils; those to be used with caution; and essential oil definitions.

    • Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Continuum, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-1
      • February 22, 2011
      • Prakash C. Deedwania
      • English
      • Hardback
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      With the numerous advances that have been made in treatment of heart disease over the past 20 years, physicians are now emphasizing more than ever the prevention of heart disease. This issue provides cardiologists with practical state-of-the-art information on prevention that can be be easily applied to their patients. Topics covered include diabetes, lipid-lowering therapy, RAAS blockade, emerging therapies for atherosclerosis prevention, and heart disease in women.

    • Gastroenterology, An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-3
      • October 5, 2011
      • James Winger + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue covers topics critical to a primary care physician such as: Gastroesophageal Reflux, Peptic Ulcer Disease, Selected Disorders of Absorption, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Screening for Cancerous and Pre-cancerous Conditions of the Colon, Approach to the Jaundiced Patient, Primary Care of Chronic Liver Disease, Primary Care of the Hepatic Transplant Patient, Gastrointestinal Aspects of Obesity Management, Chronic Pancreatitis and Chronic Exocrine Insufficiency, and Acute Infectious Diarrhea.

    • Sedation and Analgesia in the ICU: Pharmacology, Protocolization, and Clinical Consequences, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-4
      • December 13, 2011
      • Pratik Pandharipande + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, Guest Editors Pratik Panharipande and Wesley Ely look at modern sedation techniques in the critically ill. Topics include pharmacology of commonly used analgesics and sedatives in the ICU (including benzodiazepines, propofol, and opioids); pharmacology of sedative-analgesic agents (including dexmedetomidine, remifentanil, ketamine, volatile anesthetics, and the role of peripheral mu antagonists); lessons learned from international surveys of current sedation practices; protocolized and target-based sedation and analgesia in the ICU; sedation and weaning from mechanical ventilation, linking spontaneous awakening trials and spontaneous breathing trials to improve patient outcomes; altering ICU sedation paradigms to improve patient outcomes; sedation and sleep disturbances; sedation and immunomodulation; pharmacoeconomics of sedation; prevention and treatment of adult and pediatric delirium; and cognitive functioning, mental health and quality of life in ICU survivors.

    • Diagnostic Imaging in Women’s Health, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38-1
      • April 11, 2011
      • William F. Rayburn
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Practical Approaches to Controversies in Obstetrical Care are offered in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics. Guest Editors Drs. George Saade and Sean Blackwell have recruited authorities in the field to review issues including recurrent spontaneous pregnancy loss, treatment of thromboembolic events prior to or during pregnancy, multiple gestations, complications surrounding severe preeclampsia, and care for the pregnant patient with an underlying seizure disorder.

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