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  • ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care

    • 1 Edición
    • Theodore C. Chan + 4 más
    • Inglés
    ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care provides a comprehensive, clinically relevant resource on electrocardiography for those who care for patients in the emergency setting. The book provides succinct information on ECG abnormalities and their aetiologic differential diagnoses, diagnostic criteria for the ECG manifestations of various clinical diseases/entities, and many 12-lead ECG examples for review.

  • Obesity

    Your Questions Answered
    • 1 Edición
    • Ian W. Campbell + 1 más
    • Inglés
    In the popular Q and A format of the Your Questions Answered series, this book provides succinct, expert information on obesity, and is the first to bring together all the different aspects of obesity from the primary care clinician's point of view. The authors, Dr Ian Campbell and Dr David Haslam, both of the National Obesity Forum, are practising GPs with a special interest in obesity and overweight management. With an emphasis on evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge, the authors discuss issues such as the costs of obesity to society and the individual, the role of lifestyle and drug therapies, surgical management and possible future developments. They also address many questions asked about obesity by other physicians, practice and community nurses, medical students and trainees, and indeed patients. Some frequently asked patient questions, in non-medical language, are included, and there is a list of sources of further information and patient support.

  • Sport Exercise and Environmental Physiology

    • 1 Edición
    • Thomas Reilly + 1 más
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    The book collates the relationships between exercise and the environment in a single volume. The human interacts with environmental factors in complex ways. The aim of this text is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the environmental influences that impact on the individual when exercising or competing in sport. The main environmental factors are considered in turn, the physiological reactions to discrete environmental stresses are described and methods of adaptation or coping are explained.

  • Physiotherapy Practice in Residential Aged Care

    • 1 Edición
    • Jennifer C. Nitz + 1 más
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    With the numbers of entrants to residential aged care facilities steadily growing, there is more than ever the need for a text specially written for all professionals interested, or already working, in this specialised area of practice. Physiotherapy Practice in Residential Aged Care will assist all those pursuing excellence in this field by highlighting and illustrating the range of knowledge and treatment skills unique to the physiotherapist.Clea... and systematically written, this valuable new text looks at the physiological changes accompanying the ageing process as well as the physiotherapist's role in assessment, preventing residents' injuries and promoting life satisfaction. Major presenting problems relating to being immobile, barely mobile, or ambulatory are examined. Information and strategies to assist with residents suffering from pain, osteoporosis, incontinence or disorders requiring palliation are covered as well as a special chapter on aquatic physiotherapy in response to the increasing use of pools in aged care facilities.

  • Color Atlas of Emergency Department Procedures

    • 1 Edición
    • Catherine Custalow
    • Inglés
    This brand-new book offers virtual hands-on experience to over 65 emergency procedures, allowing readers to rehearse them over again in their mind—then perform them on demand correctly. Colour drawings of each procedure that illuminate relevant anatomical structures and their relationship to each new step paired with full-colour photographs provide a realistic clinical view of the identical anatomy. Plus, each step is accompanied by concise text, allowing the illustrations and photographs to guide clinicians effortlessly through the procedure.

  • Accident and Emergency X-rays Made Easy, International Edition

    • 1 Edición
    • James D. Begg
    • Inglés
    This highly illustrated volume in the successful Made Easy series is designed for the many junior doctors who rotate through casualty departments. It will cover the full scope of radiological problems that occur in these units - orthopaedics, fractures, as well as abdominal and chest images. The x-rays will be annotated with labels and line drawings, whilst the text will include tips on what to look for. Reference will also be made to other types of cases which may present in casualty, such as medical and surgical emergencies as well as a few paediatric cases. The style of the book will be lively reflecting the real life scenarios that occur in such departments.

  • Practical Health Care Simulations

    • 1 Edición
    • Carol L. Lake + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Here is the first book to respond to the growing movement towards clinical simulations in health care education. It provides all of the guidance needed to make an informed decision about whether to begin using patient simulators • describes how to develop and operate a simulation center • and discusses how to design educational and assessment simulations that reflect specific educational curricula.

  • Easy EMG

    • 1 Edición
    • Lyn D Weiss
    • Inglés
    Easy-to-read and well-organised, this one-of-a-kind resource offers a basic introduction in both electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS). Inside, readers will find expert guidance on how to perform and interpret EMGs as well as the fundamental principles of electrodiagnostic testing. Readers will also find coverage of the testing of the most common conditions encountered in daily practice. At-a-glance tables, combined with clear illustrations showing the correct needle placement for each condition, and a convenient pocket size, make this the ideal reference to carry on the go or have on hand in the lab.

  • The Professional Qualifying Examinations

    A Survival Guide for Optometrists
    • 1 Edición
    • Frank Eperjesi + 2 más
    • Inglés
    The Professional Qualifying Examinations can be a daunting prospect for any optometry student. This survival guide provides down to earth practical help for all those about to sit the PQEs. Brimming with sound advice and lots of useful hints and tips, it covers everything from applying for a pre-registration position, the pre-reg year diary, exams, venues, accommodation and achieving examination success through to over 500 past examination questions in the various PQE topics from binocular vision to contact lenses.A gold-mine of useful information and practical advice, this book will help you achieve examination success and go on to be a competent optometrist.

  • Physiotherapy in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

    • 2 Edición
    • Jill Mantle + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed classic physiotherapy textbook which has become the definitive guide for undergraduate students, junior physiotherapists and practitioners specialising in obstetrics, gynaecology and urogynaecology. The text has been extensively re-written and up-dated for the twenty-first century by a group of respected specialists in the field.Following in the footsteps of its very successful predecessor, Mantle and Polden's Physiotherapy in Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2E it is extensively referenced and copiously illustrated, and it documents in the most practical and relevant way the scientific and philosophical basis on which all good physiotherapeutic clinical intervention rests. Brimming with evidence based advice and practical tips, the book contains:A detailed anatomical description of the female reproductive, urinary and lower intestinal tracts together with associated structures.The physiology of reproduction, pregnancy, parturition, the puerperium as well as the menopause and beyond.A thorough reasoned account of the physiotherapist's role preconceptually, through the reproductive cycle, to the middle years and beyondInformation on a wide range of gynaecological pathologies and relevant surgeryTreatment of incontinence in much detail with separate chapters on both urinary and bowel dysfunctions. This comprehensive text will be essential reading for all those participating in the post registration university physiotherapy courses in women's health and continence.The editors, Jill Mantle, Jeanette Haslam and Sue Barton are internationally known as physiotherapists, academics, authors and researchers in this field.

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