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  • Avian Medicine

    • 3rd Edition
    • Jaime Samour
    • English
    Combining the in-depth coverage of a text with the practicality of a clinical manual and the visual detail of an atlas, Avian Medicine, 3rd Edition is the complete, all-in-one guide to every aspect of avian care. Written by some of the world's leading authorities in avian medicine, this highly illustrated reference covers a wide variety of avian species — including psittacines, raptors, bustards, parrots, finches, and more. Comprehensive coverage includes issues ranging from the basic aspects of patient management to the most sophisticated diagnostic techniques. Plus, with more illustrations, a wealth of practical advice, and the latest information on cutting-edge treatments and procedures incorporated into this new edition, today’s general clinician will be fully equipped to effectively and confidently care for all birds.

  • Practice Management for the Medical Office powered by SimChart for The Medical Office

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    Power up your learning with this interactive medical assisting training tool! Introducing Practice Management for the Medical Office powered by SimChart for the Medical Office, an intuitive, hands-on learning simulation that provides foundational exercises around the administrative components of the EHR to teach you the steps for claims processing. Realistic activities focus specifically on the practice management functionality within SimChart for the Medical Office, including: scheduling, patient registration, claim entry, payment posting, and report generation. Reports can be coded with ICD-10, ICD-9, or both — and ICD-10 and ICD-9 answers are given for every report — so educators and self-study learners have some flexibility while adjusting to the ICD transition.

  • Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care: Prepare for the FRCA

    Key Articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Nicholas Pace
    • English

  • Acute and Chronic Wounds

    Current Management Concepts
    • 5th Edition
    • Ruth Bryant + 1 more
    • English
    Prevent and manage wounds with this expert, all-inclusive resource! Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts, 5th Edition provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines to help you provide quality care for patients with wounds. This textbook presents an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing the numerous types of skin damage including topics that range from the physiology of wound healing, general principles of wound management, vulnerable patient populations, management of percutaneous tubes, and specific care instructions to program development. Written by respected nursing educators Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix, this bestselling reference also provides excellent preparation for all wound certification exams.

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Musculoskeletal System

    • 6th Edition
    • Andrew Grainger + 1 more
    • English
    The 9 chapters in this book have been selected from the contents of the Musculoskeletal System section in Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology 6e. These chapters provide a succinct up-to-date overview of current imaging techniques and their clinical applications in daily practice and it is hoped that with this concise format the user will quickly grasp the fundamentals they need to know. Throughout these chapters, the relative merits of different imaging investigations are described, variations are discussed and recent imaging advances are detailed. Please note that imaging techniques of the spine are considered in the separate section "The Spine" in Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology 6e.

  • Year Book of Pediatrics, 2016

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2016
    • Michael D. Cabana
    • English
    Year Book of Pediatrics brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in pediatrics, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Articles are selected to cover the full breadth of the specialty, from gastroenterology, hematology, adolescent medicine, allergy and immunology, to urology, neurology, and therapeutics and toxicology.

  • Reproductive Consequences of Pediatric Disease, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 44-4
    • Peter A. Lee
    • English
    This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America is devoted to Reproductive Endocrinology. Guest Editors Peter Lee, MD and Christopher P. Houk, MD have assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Fertility Among Females and Males with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (21-Hydroxylase Deficiency); Reproductive Issues for Turner Syndrome; Fertility and Reproduction Among Childhood Cancer Survivors; Fertility After Crypotochidism; Male Obesity and Fertility; Fertility Issues among Transgender Individuals; Fertility Preservation in Pediatrics; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS); Fertility Issues for Patients With Delayed Puberty (Constitutional Delay, Functional Delay, and Hypogonadotropism); Varicocele; Testis Development and Reproduction in Klinefelters Syndrome; and Fertility Issues Among Those With Disorders of Sex Development.

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Paediatric Imaging

    • 6th Edition
    • Catherine Owens + 1 more
    • English

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Abdominal Imaging

    • 6th Edition
    • Michael Maher + 1 more
    • English

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Chest and Cardiovascular System

    • 6th Edition
    • Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop + 1 more
    • English

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Oncological Imaging

    • 6th Edition
    • Victoria Goh + 1 more
    • English

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Neuroimaging

    • 6th Edition
    • H. Rolf Jager + 1 more
    • English

  • Head and Neck Cancer, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-6
    • Alexander Colevas
    • English
    This issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America is devoted to Head and Neck Cancer. Guest Editor Alexander Colevas, MD has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics: Epidemiology of SCCHN; Genetics of Head and Neck Cancers; Molecular Biology of Head and Neck Cancers; Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Evolving Surgical Techniques in SCCHN; Radiation Oncology New Approaches in SCCHN; Thyroid Gland Malignancies; Sequential and Concurrent Chemoradiation; Systemic Chemotherapy for SCCHN Focus on New targets and Agents; EGFR Inhibition in SCCHN; Diagnostic and Therapeutic Assessment Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer; Salivary Gland Cancers; Immunotherapy in SCCHN; Human Papillomavirus in SCCHN; and Supportive Care Issues in SCCHN Treatment and Survivorship: Dental, Nutrition, Speech and Swallowing, Depression.

  • Advances in Anesthesia, 2015

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2015
    • Thomas M. McLoughlin
    • English
    Each year, Advances in Anesthesia brings you up-to-date with the latest knowledge from the preeminent practitioners in your field. A distinguished editorial board identifies current areas of major progress and controversy and invites specialists from around the world to contribute original articles on these topics.

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: Interventional Imaging

    • 6th Edition
    • Anna-Marie Belli + 2 more
    • English
    The 11 chapters in this book have been selected from the contents of the Interventional Radiology section in Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology 6e. These chapters provide a succinct up-to-date overview of current imaging techniques and their clinical applications in daily practice and it is hoped that with this concise format the user will quickly grasp the fundamentals they need to know. Throughout these chapters, the relative merits of different procedures and techniques are described, variations are discussed and recent imaging advances are detailed.Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology has long been recognized as the standard general reference work in the field, and it is hoped that this book, utilizing the content from the latest 6th edition of this classic reference work, will provide radiology trainees and practitioners with ready access to the most current information, written by internationally recognized experts, on what is new and important in the subspecialty field of interventional radiology.

  • Science of Circadian Rhythms, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10-4
    • Phyllis C. Zee
    • English
    Dr. Phyllis Zee has put together an expert panel of authors on the topic of the Science of Circadian Rhythms. Articles include: Neurobiology of Circadian Rhythm Regulation, Effect of Light and Melatonin and other Melatonin Receptor Agonists on Human Circadian Physiology, Consequences of Circadian Disruption on Cardiometabolic Health, Consequences Circadian Disruption on Neurologic and Psychiatric Health, Aging and Circadian Rhythms, Circadian and Homeostatic Regulation of Sleep and Performance, Circadian disruption in Psychiatric Disorders, and more!

  • Soft Tissue Pathology: Diagnostic Challenges, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8-3
    • Leona A. Doyle
    • English
    This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics is devoted to Soft Tissue Tumors, the first in this series was presented in 2011. This issue addresses the most difficult diagnostic challenges and focuses on differential diagnosis in soft tissue tumors. Each presentation is accompanied by abundant histologic slides to display the diagnostic differences. Additionally, authors selected two to five diagnoses they find can be particularly difficult, with an emphasis on how to approach such lesions on biopsy samples where relevant and the role of ancillary studies. Topics include coverage of diagnostically challenging: Vascular lesions; Retroperitoneal “Fatty” tumors of adults; Smooth muscle neoplasms; Chondro-osseous lesions of soft tissue; Pediatric tumors; Epithelioid tumors; Spindle cell neoplasms of the retroperitoneum; and Peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Also presented are: Non-mesenchymal mimics of benign and malignant soft tissue tumors; Soft tissue tumors with overlapping molecular findings; Recently characterized soft tissue tumors; Benign mimics of sarcoma; Advances in molecular methods in the analysis of soft tissue tumors and therapeutic implications; and Myoepithelial tumors: an update. Leona Doyle and Karen Fritchie lead this issue of experts in soft tissue pathology.

  • Ecografía en el enfermo crítico

    • 1st Edition
    • Pablo Blanco
    • Spanish
    Manual con una perfecta integración de contenidos impresos y multimedia que proporciona los recursos necesarios en el uso de la ecografía para obtener así diagnósticos más rápidos y exactos en pacientes críticos. Los recursos multimedia utilizados pretenden mejorar el diagnóstico del paciente y lograr que éste se produzca en tiempo real, es decir, en el momento de la valoración del paciente. Su autor, el Dr. Pablo Blanco, cuenta con una amplia trayectoria en este ámbito y actualmente desarrolla su actividad en el Hospital Dr. Emilio Ferreyra, Buenos Aires (Argentina). A través de www.elsevier.es/ecog... el lector podrá acceder a un total de 162 imágenes, 289 vídeos y 76 animaciones. Dirigido a especialistas en medicina intensiva, medicina de urgencias, médicos de atención primaria, internistas, anestesiólogos, técnicos de emergencia y personal de enfermería.

  • General and Advanced Duties in Anaesthesia: Prepare for the FRCA

    Key Articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Nicholas Pace
    • English

  • Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology: The Spine

    • 6th Edition
    • Jonathan H. Gillard + 1 more
    • English

  • Coronary Artery Disease, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12-1
    • David M. Shavelle
    • English
    Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and throughout the world. This issue of the Heart Failure Clinics provides a contemporary and concise, yet extensive, review on all aspects of the management of patients with coronary artery disease. Topics include but are not limited to: Epidemiology, Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Coronary Artery Disease; Acute Coronary Syndromes: Unstable Angina and Non–ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Calcium Scoring and Cardiac Computed Tomography; Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes Mellitus; Cardiac Syndrome X; and Revascularization Options: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

  • Mosby's PDQ for RN

    Practical, Detailed, Quick
    • 4th Edition
    • Mosby
    • English
    Find essential nursing information at a glance! Mosby’s PDQ for RN: Practical, Detailed, Quick, 4th Edition is an easy-to-use, pocket-sized guide to important facts, formulas, and procedures used in the clinical setting. It offers quick access to details you need but don’t usually memorize, such as signs and symptoms, medications, conversions, abbreviations, and normal/abnormal ranges for lab tests. Durable pages and spiral binding can withstand the wear and tear of daily use on the job. When in doubt, check this handy reference!

  • Documentation for Rehabilitation

    A Guide to Clinical Decision Making in Physical Therapy
    • 3rd Edition
    • Lori Quinn + 1 more
    • English
    Better patient management starts with better documentation! Documentation for Rehabilitation: A Guide to Clinical Decision Making in Physical Therapy, 3rd Edition shows how to accurately document treatment progress and patient outcomes. Designed for use by rehabilitation professionals, documentation guidelines are easily adaptable to different practice settings and patient populations. Realistic examples and practice exercises reinforce concepts and encourage you to apply what you’ve learned. Written by expert physical therapy educators Lori Quinn and James Gordon, this book will improve your skills in both documentation and clinical reasoning.

  • Mini DSM-5 Critères Diagnostiques

    • 3rd Edition
    • American Psychiatric Association + 5 more
    • French
    Le Mini DSM-5 est la version poche du DSM-5 Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux, la référence incontournable en psychiatrie. Il reprend l'intégralité de la classification des troubles mentaux du DSM-5 en se concentrant sur les critères diagnostiques (liste et définitions des troubles, sous-types, spécifications et codes diagnostiques). Les modifications de structure et de critères de cette 5e édition sont indispensables pour tout professionnel concerné par la santé mentale. Cet ouvrage de référence, au format réduit et très maniable, permet un accès rapide à l'ensemble de la classification. En offrant une information diagnostique essentielle et des plus actualisées, il permet de disposer d'une ressource inestimable pour diagnostiquer efficacement l'ensemble des troubles mentaux.

  • Physician Coding Exam Review 2016

    The Certification Step
    • 1st Edition
    • Carol J. Buck
    • English
    Prepare to succeed on your physician coding exam with Physician Coding Exam Review 2016: The Certification Step! From leading coding author and educator Carol J. Buck, this exam review provides complete coverage of all topics included on the physician coding certification exam — including anatomy, terminology, and pathophysiology for each body system; reimbursement issues; CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM coding (with ICD-9-CM posted on Evolve companion website); and more. Four full practice exams simulate the testing experience, include answers and rationales, and provide enough practice to reassure even the most insecure exam-taker. It’s the only physician coding exam review you need!

  • The Illustrated Horse's Foot

    A comprehensive guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Christopher C. Pollitt
    • English
    Achieve optimal results in equine foot care and treatment! The Illustrated Horse’s Foot: A Comprehensive Guide uses clear instructions in an atlas-style format to help you accurately identify, diagnose, and treat foot problems in horses. Full-color clinical photographs show structure and function as well as the principles of correct clinical examination and shoeing, and a companion website has videos depicting equine foot cases. Written by internationally renowned expert Christoher Pollitt, this resource enhances your ability to treat equine conditions ranging from laminitis to foot cracks, infections, trauma, vascular compromise, and arthritis.

  • Core Topics in Basic Anaesthesia: Prepare for the FRCA

    Key Articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Nicholas Pace
    • English

  • Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

    • 10th Edition
    • Jeremy J.N. Oats
    • English
    The tenth edition of Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology carries on the mission of Derek Llewellyn-Jones (encapsulated in the first edition of this book, published in 1969) to support the WHO's target to ensure women worldwide have good healthcare, safe deliveries and healthy children. In his words: 'It is our hope to continue to meet the needs of today's medical students and students of nursing and midwifery; and to encourage self-learning skills while providing essential information in a readable manner'. Intervention rates continue to climb; women in the developed world embark on pregnancy later in life and with more complex medical disorders. The need to know and apply the best available standards of care is ever more critical. The tenth edition brings this highly regarded book completely up to date whilst retaining its characteristic concision and readability.

  • Fiches de soins pour l'aide-soignant

    La règle d'ORR (Organisation - Réalisation - Relation)
    • 6th Edition
    • Corinne Poirier-Leveel + 1 more
    • French
    L'aide-soignant, pour rester en cohérence avec ses valeurs de soignant et répondre aux critères de soins, doit se centrer sur le malade et ses besoins plutôt que sur la technique. C'est pourquoi les fiches qui constituent cet ouvrage sont articulées autour de la règle d'ORR (Organisation, Réalisation, Relation) qui permet de mettre en place les gestes et techniques nécessaires tout en les reliant systématiquement au patient qui fait l'objet de ces soins. Cet ouvrage, découpé en 14 parties, offre 78 fiches, claires et synthétiques, classées selon les grands besoins de Virginia Henderson et agrémentées d'illustrations. Chaque fiche correspond à un soin et détaille l'essentiel que doit maîtriser l'aide-soignant à travers des encadrés où sont présentés les astuces ou points importants à retenir ou les dangers à éviter. Cette 6e édition, revue et augmentée, souligne, grâce à de nouvelles fiches pratiques et concrètes (comme par exemple, la prévention des risques liés à la chaleur, le circuit des déchets, l'accueil des aidants…), la dimension relationnelle existant aussi bien avec les patients qu'avec l'équipe soignante (transmissions, collaboration entre infirmiers et aides-soignants). Agréables et pratiques, ces fiches permettent aux soignants (élèves et professionnels) de trouver la réponse la mieux adaptée aux différents besoins de la personne soignée.

  • Facility Coding Exam Review 2016

    The Certification Step
    • 1st Edition
    • Carol J. Buck
    • English
    Prepare to succeed on your facility coding exam with Facility Coding Exam Review 2016: The Certification Step! From leading coding author and educator Carol J. Buck, this exam review provides complete coverage of all topics included on the facility coding certification exam — including anatomy, terminology, and pathophysiology for each body system; reimbursement issues; CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10-CM/PCS coding (with ICD-9-CM posted on Evolve companion website); and more. Two full practice exams simulate the testing experience, include answers and rationales, and provide enough practice to reassure even the most insecure exam-taker. It’s the only facility coding exam review you need!

  • Netter's Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy, Updated Edition

    • 2nd Edition
    • Jon C. Thompson
    • English
    Netter’s Concise Orthopaedic Anatomy is a best-selling, portable, full-color resource excellent to have on hand during your orthopaedic rotation, residency, or as a quick look-up in practice. Jon C. Thompson presents the latest data in thoroughly updated diagnostic and treatment algorithms for all conditions while preserving the popular at-a-glance table format from the previous edition. You’ll get even more art from the Netter Collection as well as new radiologic images that visually demonstrate the key clinical correlations and applications of anatomical imaging. For a fast, memorable review of orthopaedic anatomy, this is a must-have.

  • Stroke Rehabilitation, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26-4
    • John Chae
    • English
    This issue of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinics will focus on stroke rehabilitation and will include articles such as: Mechanisms of stroke recovery, Insights from basic sciences, Stroke recovery and predictors of rehabilitation outcomes, Upper limb motor impairments, Post-stroke spasticity, Communication disorders and dysphagia, Neuropharmacology of Recovery, Robotic therapy, and many more.

  • Hearing Loss in Children, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 48-6
    • Bradley W. Kesser
    • English
    This essential subject to Otolaryngologists on Hearing Loss in Children is edited by leading physicians and academicians Dr. Bradley Kesser and Dr. Margaret Kenna. Topics in this issue on the state of art of diagnosing and managing pediatric hearing loss include: Audiometric evaluation of children with hearing loss; Taking the history and physical exam of the child with hearing loss; Radiographic evaluation of children with hearing loss; Acquired Hearing Loss in Children and Laboratory evaluation of children with hearing loss; Management of children with non-atretic conductive hearing loss; Management of children with congenital aural atresia; Diagnostic evaluation of children with sensorineural hearing loss; Management of children with mild, moderate, and moderate-severe SNHL; Management of children with severe, severe-profound, and profound SNHL; Management of children with unilateral hearing loss; Auditory Neuropathy/Dyssynchr... Disorder; Genetics of Hearing Loss – Syndromic; Genetics of Hearing Loss – Nonsyndromic; Psychosocial aspects of hearing loss in children; Speech and Auditory-Verbal Therapy; On the horizon - cochlear implant technology; Auditory brainstem implants; On the distant horizon - medical therapy for SNHL; Early Practice Considerations for Pediatric Hearing Loss. Each article presents clinically focused diagnosis and management.

  • Emergency Medicine Secrets

    • 6th Edition
    • Vincent J. Markovchick
    • Jennie A. Buchanan
    • English
    For 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. The 6th Edition of Emergency Medicine Secrets, by Drs. Vincent J. Markovchick, Peter T. Pons, Katherine M. Bakes, and Jennie A. Buchanan, features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, mnemonics, tables, and an informal tone – making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

  • McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management

    • 3rd Edition
    • Timothy O. White + 2 more
    • English
    McRae's Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency Fracture Management, Third Edition is derived from Ronald McRae’s Pocketbook of Orthopaedics and Fractures, a highly successful ‘survival guide’ for the trainee working in accident and emergency or orthopaedic departments. Retaining the underlying principles of the original editions this comprehensive rewrite and re-presentation provides complete coverage of orthopaedic trauma surgery as relevant to contemporary practice.

  • Basic and Advanced Sciences for Anaesthetic Practice: Prepare for the FRCA

    Key Articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal
    • 1st Edition
    • Nicholas Pace
    • English

  • Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs

    Small and Large Animal
    • 4th Edition
    • Mark G. Papich
    • English
    Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs, 4th Edition includes entries for 550 drugs, with convenient appendices summarizing clinically relevant information at a glance. New to this edition are 25 new drug monographs and easy access to drug content on any mobile device. Written by clinical pharmacology expert Mark Papich, this handy reference includes a companion website containing more than 150 customizable handouts with special instructions for your clients. It helps you find the specific drug facts and dosage recommendations you need to treat small and large animals, right when you need them!

  • Musculation : épidémiologie et prévention des blessures

    • 1st Edition
    • Sylvain Pelloux Prayer + 2 more
    • French
    Tout sportif qui cherche à progresser dans sa discipline a recours à la musculation. Apparemment simples, les mouvements réalisés en salle sont pourtant complexes et nécessitent un apprentissage et un suivi médical spécifique. Les blessures sont fréquentes : déchirures musculaires, entorses, fractures, et touchent les différentes régions anatomiques. Fruit d'une collaboration entre un coach sportif et un médecin du sport, cet ouvrage offre au lecteur tous les conseils nécessaires à une pratique efficace et sans risque. Le coeur de l'ouvrage détaille, par zone anatomique, les mouvements fondamentaux, leurs pièges et leurs risques, et propose de nombreux conseils pratiques et des vidéos en ligne. Trois pictos signalent : les mouvements corrects ; les mouvements réservés aux pratiquants confirmés ; les mouvements dangereux. Le dernier chapitre écrit par un médecin du sport détaille les pathologies médicales induites par la musculation. Public : Médecins du sport, kinésithérapeutes, étudiants en STAPS et BE sportifs, mais également les entraîneurs, les coachs sportifs et les pratiquants assidus de musculation.

  • Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions

    • 6th Edition
    • Regina F. Doherty + 1 more
    • English
    Learn to recognize, understand, and resolve ethical problems in the workplace with Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions, 6th Edition. Ideal for all practicing and aspiring healthcare professionals, this unique text gives readers a solid foundation in basic ethical theory, the terms and concepts of ethics, and the numerous ethical issues surrounding health care today. The new sixth edition centers on the six-step decision-making process and includes expanded patient case studies and an increased emphasis on working within inter-professional care teams toward the resolution of ethical problems. With all of its tools and guidance, Ethical Dimensions gives readers the framework needed to make ethical and effective choices in the workplace.

  • McCracken's Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    • 13th Edition
    • Alan B. Carr + 1 more
    • English
    The standard in prosthodontics for nearly 50 years, McCracken's Removable Partial Prosthodontics, 13th Edition walks readers through all the principles and concepts surrounding removable partial denture treatment planning and design that today’s practitioners need to know. Using an evidence-based approach, this full-color text incorporates the latest information on new techniques, procedures, and equipment, including expanded information on dynamic communication and the use of implants with removable partial dentures. From initial contact with the patient to post-treatment care, McCracken’s is the complete foundation today’s dentists need to successfully practice prosthodontic care.

  • Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

    • 2nd Edition
    • David J. Magee + 3 more
    • English
    Design and implement a rehab program on your own with Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 2nd Edition. Part of Magee’s popular Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Series, this pathology text for physical therapists provides clear guidance on patient management relative to specific musculoskeletal pathology, injury, and illness — all based on a sound understanding of basic science and principles of practice. It focuses on the specific pathologies most often seen in the clinic, and discusses the best methods for intervention for the different areas of the body in the context of the tissue-healing model. Each intervention features a rationale, along with the pathology and problem presented; stage of healing; evidence in the literature; and clinical reasoning considerations.

  • Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination

    An Evidence-Based Approach
    • 3rd Edition
    • Joshua Cleland + 2 more
    • English
    With its unique combination of classic Netter artwork, exam photos and videos, and rigorous evidence-based approach, Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination, 3rd Edition, helps you get the most clinically significant information from every orthopaedic examination. This new edition, by Drs. Joshua Cleland, Shane Koppenhaver, and Jonathan Su, allows you to quickly review the reliability and diagnostic utility of musculoskeletal physical exams and make it easier to incorporate evidence into your clinical decision making.

  • Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation

    A Practical Guide
    • 4th Edition
    • Rebecca Saunders + 4 more
    • English
    Blending the latest technical and clinical skills of hand surgery and hand therapy, Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide, 4th Edition walks you through the treatment of common medical conditions affecting the upper extremities and highlights non-surgical and surgical procedures for these conditions. This expanded fourth edition presents the latest research in hand and upper extremity rehabilitation and provides the purpose and rationale for treatment options.

  • Motor Neuron Disease, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 33-4
    • Richard J. Barohn
    • English
    Dr. Richard Barohn and Dr. Mazen Dimachkie lead this publication on Motor Neuron Disease. Focus is on ALS, with inclusion of primary lateral sclerosis, primary muscular atrophy, leg amyotrophic diplegia, brachial amyotropic diplegia, and isolate bulbar ALS. Among the topics presented are. Patterns of weakness, classification of motor neuron disease & clinical diagnosis of sporadic ALS; Potential environmental factors in ALS; Neuropathology; Spinal muscular atrophy; Complementary and alternative therapies in ALS frontotemporal dysfunction and dementia in ALS; Symptoms management and end of life care; Research approaches to slowing progression of ALS; Familial ALS; Kennedy disease and more. Information in this issue presents: Description of the problem (Incidence, Prevalence, Severity, Natural history); 2. Review of pertinent data; Controversial areas discussing aspects such as areas of practice for which there are disagreements and why? What are the arguments and counter arguments and what data support them?; Conclusions using levels of clinical evidence that support or refute an intervention. Procedural steps are provided for diagnostic and treatment discussions along with clinical cases.

  • Prevention and Management of Post-Operative Complications, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 25-4
    • John D. Mitchell
    • English
    Prevention and Management of Post-Operative Complications is reviewed extensively in this important Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America issue. Articles include: Cardiovascular complications following thoracic surgery; Pain management following thoracic surgery; Persistent air leak and pleural space management following pulmonary resection; Bronchopleural fistula and empyema after anatomic lung resection; Postoperative respiratory failure; Complications following carinal surgery and bronchial sleeve resection; Anastomotic leak following esophagectomy; Management of conduit necrosis following esophagectomy; Functional conduit disorders complicating esophagectomy; Complications following surgery for achalasia and anti-reflux disease; Complications following tracheal and laryngotracheal resection; Management of thoracic nerve injury; Chest wall resection and reconstruction: management of complications; Management of chylothorax; and more!

  • Douleur et soins palliatifs

    Dossiers progressifs et questions isolées corrigés
    • 1st Edition
    • Clément Cholet + 5 more
    • French
    En parfaite conformité avec le programme de DFASM, cette collection ECN¬intensif permet, pour chaque spécialité, de se préparer efficacement aux nouvelles épreuves des ECNi en privilégiant des batteries d'entraînements de plusieurs types : cas cliniques progressifs accessibles également en ligne – voir instructions en page intérieure de couverture –, questions isolées QCM ou QROC, TCS et LCA. L'ouvrage Douleur et soins palliatifs, comme tous les autres titres de la collection, est constitué de 2 parties : - la 1re partie est composée des énoncés des entraînements classés par typologie ; - la 2e partie propose les corrigés assortis de grilles de correction, précisant les items traités et les recommandations existantes, ainsi que des fiches de synthèse qui rappellent les points clés, privilégiant les algorithmes et l'explication de la démarche du raisonnement clinique. Richement illustrés, les contenus permettent à l'étudiant : - de se tester de façon efficace et intensive, avec des degrés de difficulté et de complexité différents ; - d'acquérir les réflexes nécessaires pour les ECNi comme pour la pratique quotidienne médicale ; - d'acquérir un raisonnement global pertinent, fondamental en médecine.

  • SJT: Pass the Situational Judgement Test

    A Guide for Medical Students
    • 1st Edition
    • Cameron B. Green + 2 more
    • English

  • Textbook of Nursing Education

    • 1st Edition
    • Latha Venkatesan + 1 more
    • English
    It was a long-time desire of nursing fraternity to have a textbook on nursing education that has the content for all the units of the INC-prescribed syllabus. This book pointedly deals with all the contents specified by the INC curriculum. The book has been written keeping in mind the requirements of the modern Indian nurse educators—what they need to know and practice in the classroom. This book provides comprehensive study material and practice exercises on Nursing Education the way it is used in day-to-day conversations in the hospital environment.

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    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23-4
    • Clare M. Tempany
    • English
    Guest editors Claire Tempany and Tina Kapur review MR-Guided Interventions in this important issue in MRI Clinics of North America. Articles include: MR sequences and rapid acquisition for MR-guided interventions; MR-guided breast interventions: role in biopsy targeting and lumpectomies; MR-guided passive catheter tracking for endovascular therapy; MRgFUS update on clinical applications; MR-guided spine Interventions; MR-guided prostate biopsy; Interventional MRI Clinic: the Emory experience; MR-guided cardiac interventions; MR-guided functional neurosurgery; MR-guided active catheter tracking; MR-guided drug delivery; MR-guided thermal therapy for localized and recurrent prostate cancer; MR neurography for guiding nerve blocks and its role in pain management; MR-guided gynecologic brachytherapy; and more!

  • Smile Design Integrating Esthetics and Function

    Essentials in Esthetic Dentistry
    • 1st Edition
    • Jonathan B Levine
    • English
    Jonathan B. Levine DMD presents a new volume designed to introduce practitioners to aesthetic dentistry with the goal of safely expanding his or her current scope of ethical dental practice. Richly illustrated in full colour throughout, this beautiful yet practical volume introduces the subject of smile design to the reader with topics ranging from aligners and veneers to space management. Smile Design Integrating Aesthetics and Function will be suitable for dental practitioners worldwide.

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