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Libros en Medicina

  • Diabetes

    A Handbook for the Primary Healthcare Team
    • 1 Edición
    • Joan R. S. McDowell + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. As one of the three major diseases in the Western world, and one that is on the increase, care of people with diabetes is crucial to the entire healthcare team. This book provides a comprehensive text on the management of the person with diabetes in the community and will be invaluable to dietitians, podiatrists and GPs and especially to practice nurses, district nurses and health visitors. It has been written from a community perspective by a multiprofessional team and advocates principles of care based on the latest research. It focuses on the role of the professional in assisting in self-care of the individual with diabetes. It also includes caring for the person in long-term care settings, for example, nursing homes.
  • Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists

    Synergy for Best Practices
    • 1 Edición
    • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
    • Mary G McKinley
    • Inglés
    2007 AJN Book of the Year Award WinnerAcute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Best Practices presents the knowledge and tools the CNS needs to provide the best standards of practice and performance. It focuses on the role of the CNS in acute and critical care, emphasizing the relationship between critical care nursing, the patient, and the environment of care. Divided into 3 main sections, the framework of the book is based on the Scope and Standards of Practice for the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Acute and Critical Care and the AACN's synergy model. This book delivers up-to-date information for today's health care along with practical tools for the CNS in acute and critical care settings.
  • Crash Course: Infectious Diseases

    • 1 Edición
    • Emma Nickerson
    • Christopher P. Conlon
    • Inglés
    Crash Course: Infectious Diseases offers you a fast way to recap on what you need to know to get through your exams with ease. Easy to follow and accessible, it gives you the right level of information, perfectly tailored to current curricula requirements.
  • Potter's Pathology of the Fetus, Infant and Child

    2-Volume Set with CD-ROM
    • 2 Edición
    • John M. Optiz
    • Enid Gilbert-Barness + 3 más
    • Inglés
    This comprehensive reference addresses all aspects of fetal and neonatal pathology, including complicated pregnancies, multiple pregnancies, abortion, placental pathology, and disorders affecting the full-term neonate. A consistent organization allows for quick access to specific guidance, and nearly 2,500 illustrations - 2,350 in full color - depict conditions and abnormalities as they present in practice, facilitating diagnosis. An Image Bank on CD-ROM - new to this edition - features all of the illustrations from the 2-volume set, downloadable for presentations.
  • AACN Procedure Manual for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care

    • 1 Edición
    • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
    • Inglés
    Using detailed, step-by-step guidelines, this comprehensive book covers procedures commonly performed by all nurses in pediatric critical care. Following the successful format of the AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care, 5th edition, this new resource focuses on the unique aspects of caring for infants and children. This easy-to-use guide includes the latest information, a strong evidence base, and a supporting rationale for each step of each procedure.
  • Coder's Resource Handbook

    • 1 Edición
    • Marsha Diamond
    • Inglés
    This portable, spiral-bound reference may be used with any coding textbook in a medical insurance, billing, and coding program. It's also a handy reference for practicing coders who need quick access to common information or a quick brush-up on common coding rules, terminology, abbreviations, and acronyms. Easy to carry and refer to, this book eliminates the need to rely on bulky reference books for the commonly used codes.
  • Color Atlas of Skeletal Landmark Definitions

    Guidelines for Reproducible Manual and Virtual Palpations
    • 1 Edición
    • Serge van Sint Jan
    • Inglés
    This book covers most skeletal landmarks that are palpable through manual palpation and virtual palpation (i.e., using 3D models generated from medical imaging). Each chapter focuses on a particular bone or segment and includes: a general anatomical presentation of the bone SL (using images showing real specimens and 3D bone models); very detailed descriptions of skeletal landmarks using manual palpation and virtual palpation. These definitions have been written in order to be reproducible. Each section includes detailed descriptions of all palpable skeletal landmarks for the current bone. Each landmark is described on one page. Also each landmark page is labelled by a unique acronym. The latter should be used for further data exchange and programming in order to guarantee that no redundant label exists.
  • Physical Rehabilitation

    Evidence-Based Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention
    • 1 Edición
    • Michelle H. Cameron + 1 más
    • Michelle H. Cameron + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The only physical rehabilitation text modeled after the concepts of the APTA’s Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, 2nd Edition, this detailed resource provides the most complete coverage of rehabilitation across the preferred practice patterns of physical therapy all in one place! Each chapter is consistently organized to make it easy to find the information you need, with clear guidelines, examples, and summaries based on the latest clinical evidence to help you improve quality of care and ensure positive patient outcomes.
  • Oncology Nursing

    • 5 Edición
    • Martha Langhorne + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This classic text offers a comprehensive, yet concise and manageable overview of oncology nursing. New to this edition, symptom management topics are now presented in a separate unit so you'll easily see how to effectively improve your patients' sense of wellbeing. Over 400 multiple-choice review questions complement chapter case studies to reinforce what you've learned as well as prepare you for certification exams.
  • Radiation Therapy

    A Guide to Patient Care
    • 1 Edición
    • Marilyn Haas + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Focusing on radiation oncology, this resource also provides information on combined modality (chemotherapy/radiat... newer technology, evidence-based guidelines, special patient populations, and in-depth management interventions and patient teaching. In addition to the comprehensive presentations of cancer sites and radiobiology, Radiation Therapy has new special topics on supportive nursing care and clinical practice, addressing the needs of personnel caring for radiation therapy patients in various situations.