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The Medicine portfolio strives to advance medicine by delivering superior evidence-based education, reference information and decision support tools to clinicians, trainees, and students. Specialties covered include Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Radiology & Imaging, Pathology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hematology & Oncology, Plastic Surgery, and many more. The Medicine portfolio includes world-renowned titles such as Gray's Anatomy and Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy, Braunwald's Heart Disease, Goldman-Cecil Medicine, Osborn's Brain, Dermatology (Bolognia), Diagnostic Ultrasound (Rumack), The Harriet Lane Handbook, Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Ferri's Clinical Advisor, Conn's Current Therapy, and more.

  • Pass PACES

    Essential Study Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Eirini Kasfiki + 1 more
    • English
    Pass PACES: Essential Study Guide is written by authors experienced in training candidates to pass MRCP PACES from across the UK. They have put together Pass PACES based on their own teaching experiences to fill the gap in preparation aids for this high-stakes examination. As well as covering the curriculum, this book is designed to help candidates marshal their knowledge most effectively in order to maximize candidate’s performance. The book provides a pragmatic guide to the presentation of cases and gives great tips for how to achieve full marks at each station in the exam.

  • Essential Skills for a Medical Teacher

    An Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Medicine
    • 2nd Edition
    • Ronald M. Harden + 1 more
    • English
    Essential Skills for a Medical Teacher: An Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Second Edition is a perfect introduction for new teachers to the exciting opportunities facing them, whether they are working in undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing education. It will also be of considerable use to more experienced teachers to review and assess their own practice and gain a new perspective on how best to facilitate their students' or trainees' learning. The contents are based on the authors’ extensive experience of what works in medical education, whether in teaching and curriculum planning or in the organisation of faculty development courses in medical education at basic and advanced levels.

  • Weedon's Skin Pathology Essentials

    • 2nd Edition
    • Ronald Johnston
    • English
    Comprehensive and easy to read, Weedon’s Skin Pathology Essentials, 2nd Edition, by Ronald B. Johnston, MD, provides a superb overview of key diagnoses in dermatopathology and is ideal for quickly looking up practical problems in the recognition and diagnosis of skin lesions both clinically and histologically. Thousands of illustrations, an accessible format, and cross references to the encyclopedic and authoritative Weedon’s Skin Pathology, 4th Edition, make this a must-have reference for pathologists and dermatologists in practice and in training.

  • Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease Expert Consult

    • 6th Edition
    • James F. Zachary
    • English
    Diagnose and manage diseases using the newest information and research! Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease – Expert Consult, 6th Edition provides complete, illustrated coverage of both general pathology and the pathology of organ systems of domestic animals. Addressing species from dogs and cats to pigs and cattle — and many more — this reference describes the lesions and pathogeneses of diseases, how cells and tissues respond to injury, and the interplay of host defense mechanisms with microbes and injurious agents. Updates include the latest scientific advances and diagnostic information. Written by a team of expert contributors, this book includes an Expert Consult website with access to the complete digital book plus thousands of images and guidelines for sample acquisition and for performing a complete necropsy.

  • Neuroradiology Imaging Case Review

    • 1st Edition
    • Salvatore V. Labruzzo + 3 more
    • English
    This new volume in the best-selling Case Review series presents the best of 200 brain, spine, and head and neck case studies to challenge your knowledge of a full range of topics in neuroradiology. Designed to fully prepare you for the neuroradiology section of the general radiology boards and the neuroradiology subspecialty exam, this outstanding review tool by Drs. Salvatore V. Labruzzo, Laurie A. Loevner, Efrat Saraf-Lavi, and David M. Yousem, compiles contemporary cases and single best answer questions from the bestselling Brain, Spine, and Head and Neck Case Review titles to create a proven, all-in-one resource for effective review.

  • Practical Cytopathology: A Diagnostic Approach to Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy

    A Volume in the Pattern Recognition Series
    • 1st Edition
    • Andrew S. Field + 1 more
    • English
    Employing a systematic pattern recognition approach, Practical Cytopathology: A Diagnostic Approach equips you to achieve a more accurate diagnosis of aspirated and exfolliative tissue samples from all available body organs and sites. Part of the popular Pattern Recognition Series, this volume is designed to successfully guide you from identification of the dominant cytopathologic pattern, through the appropriate work-up, around the pitfalls, to the best diagnosis.

  • Diagnostics infirmiers, interventions et résultats

    Classifications infirmières et plans de soins
    • 6th Edition
    • Annie Pascal + 1 more
    • French
    Outil pédagogique de référence, cette sixième édition des Diagnostics infirmiers, interventions et résultats s'impose comme le guide indispensable pour s'initier à la démarche clinique infirmière, en s'appuyant sur les classifications qui fondent aujourd'hui un langage infirmier commun à l'échelle internationale. Une première partie présente les concepts de base à connaître pour utiliser les classifications infirmières, leur histoire, leur apport ainsi que les outils méthodologiques tels que les plans de soins guides et les transmissions ciblées. L'ouvrage se compose de quatre autres parties : • Diagnostics et plans de soins : les 235 diagnostics, issus de la classification NANDA 2015-2017, sont mis en lien avec une sélection d'interventions pertinentes classées par types de soins puis avec les résultats de soins. • Interventions : les 554 interventions de la classification CISI/NIC 2013 sont listées ; 58 d'entre elles ont été sélectionnées par les auteurs et développées dans leur intégralité. • Résultats : les 490 résultats issus de la dernière classification CRSI/NOC publiée en 2014 sont listés ; 52 résultats ont été sélectionnés et décrits dans leur intégralité. • Cas concrets et retours d'expérience : cette dernière partie permet de comprendre l'application pratique qui peut être faite des plans de soins. Trois entrées thématiques facilitent la recherche. Le lecteur trouvera ainsi, par ordre alphabétique, la totalité des diagnostics de la classification NANDA 2015-2017, des interventions de la classification NIC et des résultats de la classification NOC. Un index général permet aux lecteurs de mettre en lien ces trois classifications, ce livre constituant ainsi la seule base de langue française exhaustive et réunie en un seul volume. Les références des diagnostics infirmiers de NANDA International sont disponibles en ligne : http://www.em-consul...

  • Clinical Examination in Ophthalmology

    • 2nd Edition
    • P. K. Mukherjee
    • English
    Revised and updated version of the last edition keeping its clear and systematic style intact with complimentary access to e-book with digital resources like MCQs, videos, animations

  • Special Needs & Cerebral Palsy

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Special Needs & Cerebral Palsy is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • L'indispensable en stage de cancérologie - hématologie

    • 3rd Edition
    • Jérôme Alexandre
    • French
    Cet ouvrage spiralé propose, sous forme de fiches claires et synthétiques : • une partie «Connaître votre lieu de stage» avec les situations les plus fréquentes en hospitalisation afin de vous familiariser avec les particularités de vos stages ; • une partie sur les compétences infirmières en lien avec les situations cliniques récurrentes et les prises en charges thérapeutiques ; • une partie « Prérequis » avec les rappels physiopathologiques ; • les pathologies en cancérologie et en hématologie sous forme de fiches, avec : - l’épidémiologie, - l’anatomopathologie, - le diagnostic : examen clinique, examens complémentaires, - le traitement : règles de prescription, - la surveillance ; • une rubrique « Conduite à tenir IDE » qui clôt chaque fiche de pathologie, et expose la prise en charge infirmière (accueil du patient, bilans, surveillance, gestes techniques spécifiques) en mettant en lien la compétence mobilisée ; • des fiches présentant le déroulement des examens complémentaires les plus courants ; • une série de fiches récapitulant tous les médicaments vu dans l’ouvrage. Ce Mémo accompagnera efficacement les étudiants infirmiers tout au long de leur stage en service de cancérologie et d’hématologie.

  • Physiologie humaine

    • 1st Edition
    • Bernard Lacour + 1 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage développe une approche pédagogique et précise de l'ensemble des connaissances de physiologie indispensables à la compréhension du fonctionnement de l'organisme humain. Dix-sept chapitres sont regroupés en 3 parties : Physiologie nerveuse, Physiologie générale et Endocrinologie. Chaque chapitre définit les objectifs d'apprentissage et adopte une structure systématique, claire et très didactique. Plus de 400 illustrations couleur et de nombreux encadrés de physiopathologie viennent étayer le texte. Des encarts spécifiques présentent la sémiologie des principales pathologies rencontrées et illustrent ainsi l'application clinique des éléments décrits en physiologie. En fin de chapitre, une partie Entraînements, avec une série de QCM, permet à l'étudiant de s'entraîner et de s'auto-évaluer. En fin d'ouvrage, l'étudiant accède aux corrigés de tous les exercices. Des compléments en ligne sont disponibles sur un site dédié contenant des illustrations complémentaires.

  • Surgery, Orthopaedics, Connective Tissue & Bone

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Surgery, Orthopaedics, Connective Tissue & Bone is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Oedèmes maculaires

    Rapport SFO 2016
    • 1st Edition
    • Catherine Creuzot-Garcher + 1 more
    • French
    L'oedème maculaire est, depuis de nombreuses années, l'un des problèmes les plus importants dans les pathologies rétiniennes, car toute atteinte de la macula a un effet immédiat sur la vision et l'acuité visuelle centrale, et peut affecter d'une manière importante la qualité de vie du patient. Les progrès récents des technologies modernes d'imagerie ont considérablement amélioré le diagnostic et les résultats des traitements ainsi que les différents traitements par injection intravitréenne. Le rapport de la Société française d'ophtalmologie fera, en 2016, le point sur : – les bases anatomiques et physiopathologiques de l'oedème maculaire ; – les différentes pathologies associées ; – les traitements chirurgicaux ; – les perspectives thérapeutiques.

  • Praxis der anästhesiologischen Sonografie

    Interventionelle Verfahren bei Erwachsenen und Kindern - mit Zugang zum Elsevier-Portal
    • 2nd Edition
    • Ralf Hillmann + 1 more
    • German
    Besonders die Regionalanästhesie setzt großes Können und treffsichere Injektionen voraus. Dieses Buch stellt die Kombination von sonografischen und interventionellen Verfahren in qualitativ hochwertigen Abbildungen und prägnanten Texten detailliert dar. 422 Abbildungen, u.a. zur genauen anatomischen Lokalisation 49 Videoclips – online abrufbar – die die beschriebenen Verfahren eindrucksvoll verdeutlichen Gegenüberstellung von anatomischen und sonoanatomischen Besonderheiten Praxisbezogenes Lehrbuch und Atlas in einem – optimal als umfassende Anleitung zu diesen bildunterstützten Verfahren Neu in der 2. Auflage: Mit neuen Verfahren Erweiterung des Kapitels „ Grundlagen" und „sonografische Untersuchungstechnik... – insbesondere zur Nadelvisualisation Komplette Überarbeitung und Aktualisierung des Kernthemas „regionalanästhesiol... Verfahren in der Erwachsenen- und Kinderanästhesie" Ausführliche Darstellung der interventionellen Verfahren in der Schmerztherapie Mit kostenlosem Online-Zugriff auf die Videos.* *Angebot freibleibend

  • Imaging of Select Multisystem Disorders, An issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 54-3
    • Srinivasa R. Prasad
    • English
    This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of Selected Multi-System Disorders. Articles will include: von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: Review of Genetics and Imaging; Cross-sectional Imaging Review of Tuberous Sclerosis; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: A Comprehensive Imaging Review; Imaging Manifestations of Thoracic Tuberculosis; Imaging Spectrum of Extra-Thoracic Tuberculosis; MDCT and MRI Findings of Mycotic Infections; Imaging of Sarcoidosis: A Contemporary Review; Imaging of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor; Recent Advances in Imaging of IgG4-related Disease; Systemic Vasculopathy Syndromes: Overview of Imaging & Management; Taxonomy and Imaging Manifestations of Systemic Amyloidosis; State of the Art Imaging & Staging of Multiple Myeloma & Plasmacytoma; Solitary Fibrous Tumor: 2016 Imaging Update; and more!

  • Management of the Cleft Patient, An Issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28-2
    • Kevin Smith
    • English
    This issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on Management of the Cleft Patient. Articles will include: Final Nasal Surgery; Prenatal Counseling, Ultrasound Diagnosis, and the Role of Maternal/Fetal Medicine of the Cleft Lip and Palate Patient; International Missions: Establishing a Longitudinal and Sustainable Team Approach; Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Velopharanyngeal Insufficiency; Feeding Infants with Clefts and Post-operative Management of the Infant Cleft Lip and Palate; Funding Cleft Patients in Need/Foundation and Fundraising; Latham Alveolar Molding and Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding; Surgical Management of Tessier Facial Clefts; Otologic Concerns for Cleft Lip and Palate Patients; Distraction for Large Maxillary Anterior-Posterior Discrepancy in Cleft Patients; and more!

  • Concussion in Sports, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-2
    • Scott R. Laker
    • English
    CDC estimates reveal that 1.6 million to 3.8 million concussions occur each year. This issue will include topics such as pathophysiology, imagine, rturn to learn programs and long-term consequences of concussions.

  • Cardioembolic Stroke, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-2
    • Ranjan K. Thakur + 2 more
    • English
    This issue of the Cardiology Clinics, edited by Ranjan K. Thakur, Andrea Natale, and Ziyad Hijazi, focuses on Cardioembolic Stroke. Topics covered in this issue include, but are not limited to: epidemiology of atrial fibrillation and stroke, atrial fibrillation and stroke, device detected atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention, cryptogenic strokes, and atrial fibrillation and cognitive decline.

  • MR in the Emergency Room, An issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24-2
    • Jorge A. Soto
    • English
    This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on MR in the Emergency Room. Articles will include: MR Imaging of Stroke; MR Imaging of Acute Head and Neck Infections; Use of MR in the Evaluation of Cranial Trauma; MR of Spinal Emergencies; Emergency MR Imaging of Musculoskeletal Trauma; Use of MR in Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal Emergencies; MR Imaging of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy; MR of Pelvic and Gastrointestinal Emergencies; Use of MR in Pediatric Emergencies; Use of MR in Pancreatico-Biliary Emergencies; and more!

  • Tinnitus: Imaging, Endovascular and Surgical Approaches, An issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-2
    • Prashant Raghavan + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Neuroimaging Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of Tinnitus. Articles will include: Neuroscience of Tinnitus; Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with Tinnitus; Arterial Abnormalities Leading to Tinnitus; Paragangliomas and Other Vascular Skull Base Tumors; Dural AV Fistulae: Imaging and Management; Venous Abnormalities Leading to Tinnitus: Imaging Evaluation; Endovascular Intervention in Venous Tinnitus: New Horizons and Future Directions; Emerging Role of Surgical Treatments in the Treatment of Tinnitus; Role of Advanced Neuroimaging and Future Directions; Imaging Interpretation of Temporal Bone Studies in a Patient with Tinnitus: A Systematic Approach; and much more!

  • Innovations in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-2
    • Kazuhiro Yasufuku
    • English
    This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on Innovations in Thoracic Surgery. Articles will include: Advances in Image Guided Thoracic Surgery; Evolving Applications of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Thoracic Surgery; Novel Technologies for Isolated Lung Perfusion – Beyond Lung Transplant; Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia; Bioengineered Organs: Dream or a Reality?; Credentialing for New Technology; Endoscopic Resection and Ablation for Early Stage Esophageal Cancer; Novel Technologies in Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction; Advances in Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: Pushing the Envelope; Guided Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Nodules; Nanotechnology: Applications in Thoracic Surgery?; Present and Future Application of Energy Devices in Thoracic Surgery; and more!

  • Transfusion Medicine, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-3
    • Jeanne E. Hendrickson + 1 more
    • English
    Blood transfusions are an important part of hematologic care. This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics will focus on transfusion medicine and will include articles on: RBC Transfusions: Conclusions from Clinical Trials and the Establishment of Evidence-based Guidelines for Adults, Platelet Transfusions: Conclusions from Clinical Trials and the Establishment of Evidence- and/or Experience-based Guidelines for Adults, Use and Overuse of Plasma Products: Establishment of Evidence- and/or Experience-based Guidelines for Plasma Transfusion in Adults, Stem Cell Mobilization/Collect... Coordination Between Hem/Onc, Transplant, and Transfusion Services, Management of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Using Transfusion Therapy: Guidelines and Complications, and many more exciting articles.

  • Patient Reported Outcomes in Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 42-2
    • Jennifer L. Barton + 1 more
    • English
    This issue is devoted to patient reported outcomes and their impact in the study of rheumatic diseases and the authors will also discuss PROs and vulnerable populations with rheumatic disease; technology, electronic health records and PROs: past, present and future; the promise of PROMIS – a uniform approach to PROs across rheumatic diseases, quality measures and PROs and how they relate and the importance of PROs in delivering quality care in the rheumatic diseases, and many more exciting articles.

  • Hypogonadism, An Issue of Urologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 43-2
    • Joseph P. Alukal
    • English
    The relationship between testosterone and prostate cancer physiology resulted in a Nobel Prize almost 5 decades ago; scientists have been studying testosterone and its relationship to heart health, diabetes, bone density, and muscle development throughout the subsequent 50 years. Included in this issue is the clinical experience and research expertise of many of the leaders in this field.

  • Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-2
    • Joseph P. Martinez + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Joseph Martinez and Autumn Graham, focuses on Abdominal and Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Articles include: Gastrointestinal Bleed; Abdominal pain in the Immuncompromised Patient Lower Abdominal Pain: Diverticulitis, Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Appendicitis;Acute Abdominal Pain in the Bariatric Surgery Patient;The Vomiting Patient: Bowel Obstruction, Cyclic Vomiting and Gastroparesis; Diarrhea; Non-abdominal Abdominal Pain;Evidence Based Approach to Abdominal Pain;Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient; Abdominal Pain in Children; Evaluating the patient with Right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and more!

  • Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

    • 8th Edition
    • Howard M. Fillit + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Geriatrics**The leading reference in the field of geriatric care, Brocklehurst’s Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 8th Edition, by Drs. Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, and John B. Young, provides a contemporary, global perspective on topics of importance to today’s gerontologists, internal medicine physicians, and family doctors. An increased focus on frailty, along with coverage of key issues in gerontology, disease-specific geriatrics, and complex syndromes specific to the elderly, makes this 8th Edition the reference you’ll turn to in order to meet the unique challenges posed by this growing patient population.

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Inborn Errors of Metabolism

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Endocrinology, Diabetes & Inborn Errors of Metabolism is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Neonatology

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Neonatology is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Oncology and Haematology

    Key Articles from the Medicine journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Derek G. Waller
    • English
    Oncology & Haematology is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Medicine. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in clinical medicine and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the UK Core Medical Training curriculum, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. The whole board has been involved in the creation of this content and are therefore listed as authors on all the e-books. In addition we extend our warm thanks for their contribution to these e-books to the past Chairman Allister Vale (who stepped down from the board in 2015) and to John Mucklow, who stepped down in 2016. Derek Waller, on behalf of the Editorial Board About the journal The parent journal (www.medicinejournal... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for core medical training. Its Editorial Board comprises some of Europe’s most influential specialists. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Gastroenterology & Nutrition

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Gastroenterology & Nutrition is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Transforming Public Health Surveillance

    Proactive Measures for Prevention, Detection, and Response
    • 1st Edition
    • Scott J.N. McNabb + 7 more
    • English
    Public Health Surveillance (PHS) is of primary importance in this era of emerging health threats like ebola, MERS-CoV, influenza, natural and man-made disasters, and non-communicable diseases. Transforming Public Health Surveillance is a forward-looking, topical, and up-to-date overview of the issues and solutions facing PHS. It describes the realities of the gaps and impediments to efficient and effective PHS, while presenting a vision for its possibilities and promises in the 21st century. The book gives a roadmap to the goal of public health information being available, when it is needed and where it is needed. Led by Professor Scott McNabb, an international team of the top-notch public health experts from academia, government, and non-governmental organizations provides the most complete and current update on this core area of public health practice in a decade in 31 chapters. This includes the key roles PHS plays in achieving the global health security agenda and health equity. The authors provide a global perspective for students and professionals in public health. Five case studies aid the understanding of the context for the lessons of the book, and a comprehensive glossary, questions, bullet points, and learning objectives make this book an excellent tool for the classroom.

  • Farreras Rozman. Medicina Interna

    • 18th Edition
    • Ciril Rozman Borstnar + 1 more
    • Spanish
    XVIII edición del texto clásico de referencia en medicina interna en español publicada ininterrumpidamente desde el 1929. Presentada en dos volúmenes y dividida en 20 secciones, ofrece el conocimiento de las entidades nosológicas más importantes, siguiendo una ya clásica estructura que hace su comprensión mucho más sencilla: concepto, etiología, patogenia, cuadro clínico, diagnóstico, pronóstico, prevención y tratamiento. La obra consigue realizar una síntesis excepcional de los temas fundamentales de medicina interna, con un logrado equilibrio entre un enfoque práctico, esencial y exhaustivo, y un gran rigor académico, clínico y didáctico. A través de www.studentconsult.e... se puede acceder a preguntas de elección múltiple adaptadas al MIR, a tablas de referencia de pruebas de laboratorio y a la galería de imágenes del libro.

  • Dermatology, Allergy, Immunity & Infection

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Dermatology, Allergy, Immunity & Infection is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Neurology & Psychiatry

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Neurology & Psychiatry is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Nephrology & Hepatology

    Prepare for the MRCPCH. Key Articles from the Paediatrics & Child Health journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Will Carroll
    • English
    Nephrology & Hepatology is a new e-book in a collection of subject-themed e-books containing relevant key articles from Paediatrics & Child Health. The e-books provide a perfect source of revision for post-graduate exams in paediatrics and portfolio material for life-long learning. As well as mapping to the requirements of post-graduate training in paediatrics, these e-books also enable anyone with a short-term interest in a specific area to buy individual articles at a price-point that will give affordable access to all readers (from medical students to GPs and practitioners in related areas). The quality of user experience on mobiles, tablets and laptops will be an added bonus for learning on the move. About the journal The parent journal (http://www.paediatr... is a rolling, continuously updated review of clinical medicine over a 4-year cycle covering all the important topics for post-graduate exams in paediatrics. The journal’s articles are refreshed, updated, augmented or replaced as appropriate each time the subject is due for revision to provide a concise overview of knowledge and practice core to the curriculum. Each article is written by invited experts and overseen by the relevant subject specialist on the Board. A trainee representative on the Board ensures relevance and accessibility for exam candidates.

  • Managing Chronic Conditions in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32-2
    • Michael W. Rich + 2 more
    • English
    This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Drs. Cynthia Boyd, James T. Pacala, and Michael W. Rich, is devoted to Chronic Conditions in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease. Articles in this issue include: Epidemiology of multimorbidity in older adults with cardiovascular disease; Impact of multimorbidity on clinical outcomes in older adults with cardiovascular disease; Assessment of goals of care in patients with multiple chronic conditions; Challenges in decision-making: balancing trade-offs; Multimorbidity in older adults with heart failure; Multimorbidity in older adults with acute coronary syndromes; Multimorbidity in older adults with aortic stenosis; Multimorbidity in older adults with atrial fibrillation;Anticoa... in older adults with multimorbidity; Approach to evaluating the multimorbid patient with cardiovascular disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery; Integrating care across disciplines; Assessing risks and benefits of invasive cardiac procedures in patients with advanced multimorbidity; Multimorbidity and end of life care in patients with cardiovascular disease; and Future research directions for cardiovascular disease.

  • Functional and Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24-2
    • Gregory H. Branham
    • English
    This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, edited by Dr. Gregory Branham, is devoted to Functional and Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery. Articles in this issue include: Surgical Anatomy of the Eyelid; Assessment of Eyelid Function and Esthetics; Periorbital Surgery: Forehead, Brow and Midface; Upper Lid Blepharoplasty; Lower Lid Blepharoplasty; Injectable Adjunctive Procedures for Cosmesis and Function; Peels, Lasers, and Topical Treatments for Periorbital Rejuvenation; Correction of Lid Crease Asymmetries and Ptosis; Lower Lid Malposition: Causes and Corrections; Upper Eyelid Reconstruction; Lower Eyelid Reconstruction; and Complications of Eyelid Surgery.

  • Rhinitis, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-2
    • Jonathan A. Bernstein
    • English
    This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Jonathan A. Bernstein, is devoted to Rhinitis. Articles in this issue include: Rhinitis Subtypes, Endotypes, and Definitions; Allergic Rhinitis: Burden of Illness, Quality of Life and Control; Allergic Rhinitis: Mechanisms of Action; Allergic Rhinitis: Diagnosis; Allergic Rhinitis: Treatment; Non-allergic Rhinitis: Mechanism of Action; Non-allergic Rhinitis: Diagnosis; Non-allergic Rhinitis: Treatment; Localized Allergic Rhinitis; Occupational Rhinitis; Rhinitis in the Elderly; Complications of Rhinitis; Allergic Rhinitis: Environmental Determinants; Non-allergic Rhinitis: Environmental Determinants; and Novel, Alternative, and Controversial Therapies.

  • Optimal Care for Patients with Epilepsy: Practical Aspects, an Issue of Neurologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34-2
    • Steven C. Schachter
    • English
    This common and very important disorder of Epilepsy is led by Dr. Steven Schachter in this issue of Neurologic Clinics. The majority of articles review methods for application of standards, guidelines, and consensus statement to clinical practice by Primary Care physicians and general Neurologists using validated and evidence-based tools such as screening instruments and algorithms for a number of critically important topics, ranging from initial evaluation to monitoring patients on treatment to counseling and educating patients on SUDEP and driving. Topics in this issue include: Guidelines and quality standards for adult epilepsy patients; Guidelines and quality standards in care of children with epilepsy; Initial evaluation of the patient with suspected epilepsy; Starting, choosing, changing, and discontinuing treatment; Methods for measuring seizure frequency and severity; Assessment of treatment side effects and quality of life; Screening for depression and anxiety; Counseling patients on driving and employment; Issues for women with epilepsy; Patient education (SUDEP - Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy; Self-management; Adherence; Rescue medication); Optimizing the patient-physician therapeutic alliance.

  • Medical Care for Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 100-3
    • David A. Sass + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. David A. Sass and Alden M. Doyl, is devoted to Care of the Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipient. Articles in this issue include: Liver and kidney transplantation: a half-century historical perspective; From Child’s-Pugh to MELD: Deciding who really needs a liver transplant; When to consider renal transplantation in your advanced CKD patients; Management of the liver transplant recipient: approach to allograft dysfunction; Acute and chronic allograft dysfunction in renal transplant recipients; The ABC's of Immunosuppression: a primer for the primary care physician; Managing cardiovascular risk in the post solid organ transplant recipient; Diabetes care after transplant: definitions, risk factors, and clinical management; De novo malignancies after transplantation: risk and surveillance strategies; Metabolic bone disease in the post-transplant population: preventative and therapeutic measures; Infectious complications and vaccinations in the post-transplant population; Selection and post-operative care of the living donor; and Long-term functional recovery, quality of life and pregnancy following solid organ transplantation.

  • Ecografía a pie de cama

    Fundamentos de la ecografía clínica
    • 1st Edition
    • Nilam J. Soni + 2 more
    • Spanish
    Manual de referencia para clínicos que deseen ampliar sus conocimientos sobre la ecografía clínica o a pie de cama. La ecografía clínica está cambiando la práctica de la medicina y así lo muestra este título. Guía visual con ilustraciones, imágenes y casi 300 vídeos de casos reales que incluyen posiciones a tener en cuenta, recuerdos anatómicos e imágenes ecográficas propiamente dichas. Las ilustraciones y las fotografías originales muestran aspectos tales como la colocación de la sonda y la anatomía transversal, correlacionándolos con las correspondientes imágenes ecográficas. La obra, coordinada por el Prof. Nilan L. Soni, de la Universidad de Texas, cuenta con la participación de destacados expertos internacionales así como con la colaboración en la revisión de miembros del Grupo de Trabajo de Ecografía Clínica de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI)

  • Complicaciones en la cirugía del cristalino

    Monografías SECOIR
    • 1st Edition
    • Francisco Poyales Galán
    • Spanish
    La Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ocular Implanto-refractiva (SECOIR) publica esta nueva monografía anual con el objetivo de cubrir uno de los temas de más interés para los oftalmólogos de esta subespecialidad: las complicaciones en la cirugía del cristalino. A lo largo de los 3 bloques se abordan las complicaciones antes de la intervención, las que pueden surgir durante la intervención y las complicaciones postoperatorias que requieren seguimiento. Un total de 53 capítulos hacen un repaso de todas las posibles complicaciones que pueden surgir en un procedimiento quirúrgico del cristalino y presenta diferentes maniobras o técnicas para solucionarlas de manera positiva y favorable. La obra incluye cerca de 90 vídeos a los que se puede acceder a través de códigos QR que se encuentran al final de la mayoría de los capítulos. Dichos vídeos presentan las principales maniobras quirúrgicas a tener en cuenta en los casos de las complicaciones más habituales.

  • Neuro-ophtalmologie

    • 2nd Edition
    • Dan Miléa + 2 more
    • French
    Fruit de la collaboration de plusieurs équipes d'ophtalmologistes, de neurologues et de radiologues, la nouvelle édition de cet ouvrage pratique constitue une aide indispensable à la compréhension de la pathologie neuro-ophtalmologiqu... Cette édition fait un point actualisé sur le diagnostic, le traitement ainsi que sur les avancées récentes d'imagerie et d'exploration dans les pathologies neuro-ophtalmologiqu... Le praticien trouvera dans chaque chapitre – système visuel sensoriel, système efférent oculomoteur et palpébral, pupille, migraine, algies et névralgies essentielles de la face, atteintes cérébrovasculaires – les notions essentielles d'anatomie fonctionnelle, les différentes techniques d'examen et les pathologies qui s'y rapportent. Répondant aux questions courantes en pratique quotidienne, des fiches pratiques résument 'essentiel des pathologies neuro-ophtalmologiqu... Les nombreuses illustrations (figures, tableaux et arbres diagnostiques) facilitent l'approche des différentes notions. En complément, des vidéos en ligne permettent de visualiser les anomalies oculomotrices et pupillaires les plus fréquentes.

  • Concours puéricultrice - Annales corrigées

    S'entraîner avec les sujets officiels
    • 4th Edition
    • CEEPAME + 1 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage d'annales corrigées s'adresse à vous, futurs candidats aux concours d'infirmier(ère) puériculteur(trice), que vous soyez infirmier(e)s ou sages-femmes, diplômé(e)s d'État ou en dernière année d'études. Outil indispensable, il vous permet de vous préparer à l'épreuve écrite d'admissibilité comportant des QCM (Questions à Choix Multiples) et des QROC (Questions à Réponses Ouvertes Courtes). Conçu et réalisé par les examinateurs eux-mêmes, entièrement dédié à l'épreuve écrite d'admissibilité testant vos connaissances et si redoutée, ce livre est le seul à vous proposer les corrigés des sujets officiels des dernières sessions du concours. Vous y trouverez : - Les modalités de sélection du concours et un programme de révision - Un entraînement efficace avec 520 QCM et 167 QROC issus de sujets d'examen réels et accompagnés de leur corrigé.

  • Immunology for Medical Students

    • 3rd Edition
    • Matthew Helbert
    • English
    Comprehensive yet concise and easy to read, this updated edition of Immunology for Medical Students effectively explains complex immunology topics and their relevance in clinical practice. Boasting just the right amount of detail for today's busy medical student, it delivers state-of-the-art coverage of the latest scientific and clinical knowledge in the field. Detailed and explanatory illustrations, combined with clinically relevant examples and cases, offer a unique understanding of the human immune system and its role in protecting us from disease.

  • Musculoskeletal Imaging: Case Review Series

    • 3rd Edition
    • Joseph Yu
    • English
    Increase your knowledge and improve your image interpretation skills using the proven and popular Case Review approach! This new edition contains 200 clinical cases with 800 radiographic images with multiple-choice questions, answers, and rationales – all organized by level of difficulty and designed to reinforce your understanding of the essential principles needed to interpret a wide range of musculoskeletal imaging modalities. Accessible, thorough, and concise, Musculoskeletal Imaging is an ideal self-assessment tool for both certification and maintenance of certification (MOC) exams.

  • Pharmacie Clinique Pratique en Oncologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Association Nationale Des Enseignants De Pharmacie Clinique + 4 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage est entièrement consacré à la thérapeutique et à la pharmacologie en oncologie. Au cours de l'écriture de Pharmacie clinique et thérapeutique, oeuvre de référence en stratégie et optimisation thérapeutique, il est apparu évident que la pharmacologie oncologique méritait à elle seule un ouvrage complet. De cette idée est né Pharmacie clinique pratique en oncologie, outil de travail complémentaire à l'indispensable Pharmacie clinique et thérapeutique, tout en étant complètement autonome. Il traite des thérapeutiques oncologiques actuelles, un domaine vaste et complexe dont les données évoluent en permanence. Afin de proposer une prise en charge optimale des malades atteints de cancer, ce livre s'organise en six grandes parties :- Introduction générale sur les cancers en France - Principes généraux des thérapeutiques oncologiques - Typologie des patients atteints de cancer - Tumeurs solides - Hémopathies malignes - Accompagnement des patients Les nombreux compléments proposés en ligne : iconographie, tableaux, cas cliniques, textes complémentaires et bibliographies, constituent une véritable base de données pour le lecteur. Publié sous l'égide de l'Association nationale des enseignants de pharmacie clinique (ANEPC), ce livre est le fruit de la collaboration entre pharmaciens, oncologues et professeurs d'université spécialistes du sujet.

  • Gérontologie préventive

    Eléments de prévention du vieillissement pathologique
    • 3rd Edition
    • Christophe Trivalle + 1 more
    • French
    En réponse à l'exceptionnel accroissement de la longévité, il est nécessaire de prévenir le vieillissement pathologique des personnes à partir de 50 ans. Selon les mots du Pr Bruno Vellas, chef du gérontopôle de Toulouse, « Maintenir les fonctions (cognitives, mobilité, visuelles, auditives...) avec l'avance en âge : tel est le grand challenge de la gérontologie. Il est temps maintenant que l'on puisse travailler à un stade plus précoce comme l'ont fait avant nous de nombreuses spécialités telles que la cancérologie ou la cardiologie. » Cette 3e édition a été totalement revue de façon à être beaucoup plus facile à utiliser et plus complète. Elle est enrichie de 20 chapitres entièrement inédits. Parmi les nouveaux thèmes abordés, on peut citer : l'alimentation, la fragilité, les gérontechnologies, les centenaires et les supercentenaires. Les outils de dépistage développés ces dernières années, en particulier dans le cadre de l'évaluation gérontologique standardisée, sont également inclus.

  • Volume 5, Issue 2, An Issue of Hospital Medicine Clinics, E-Book

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5-2
    • Rachel Thompson
    • English
    This issue of Hospital Medicine Clinics, edited by Dr. Rachel Thompson, covers a broad spectrum of topics including: Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and Modification; Pulmonary Risk Assessment and Optimization, Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Surgical Setting; Management of Anticoagulants and VTE Prevention; Planning for Perioperative Pain Management; Medication Management for Patients on Chronic Steroids or Rheumatalogics; Anesthesia Considerations for the Hospitalist; Perioperative Assessment Of and Care for the Elderly and Frail; Quality and Value in Perioperative Medicine; Risk Assessment and Perioperative Care for Patients with Renal or Liver Disease; and Surgical Site Infections!

  • Medicine Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls

    • 1st Edition
    • Raj Dasgupta + 1 more
    • English
    Practical, concise, and easy to read, Medicine Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls covers essential material you’ll find on USMLE and shelf exams and sharpens your clinical decision-making skills. Using an in-depth case format, it prepares you to correctly analyze a clinical vignette in the style of a morning report conference, helping you formulate a clinically sound, evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios.

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