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Libros en Ciencias de la Salud

  • Labour Ward Manual

    • 4 Edición
    • David T. Y. Liu
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Liu's Labour Ward Manual has for many years been the standard work for all personnel working on the labour ward. It gives instruction on the best application of technical procedures employed in the labour ward whilst promoting the ethos that the labouring mother and the unborn child must be the prime focus of attention.

  • Elsevier's Integrated Neuroscience

    With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
    • 1 Edición
    • John Nolte
    • Inglés
    Each title in the new Integrated series focuses on the core knowledge in a specific basic science discipline, while linking that information to related concepts from other disciplines. Case-based questions at the end of each chapter enable you to gauge your mastery of the material, and a color-coded format allows you to quickly find the specific guidance you need. Bonus STUDENT CONSULT access – included with the text – allows you to conveniently access the book’s content online • clip content to your handheld device • link to content in other STUDENT CONSULT titles • and more! These concise and user-friendly references provide crucial guidance for the early years of medical training, as well as for exam preparation.

  • Beard's Massage

    Principles and Practice of Soft Tissue Manipulation
    • 5 Edición
    • Giovanni De Domenico
    • Inglés
    First published in 1964, Beard's Massage is a classic physical therapy massage text originally authored by Gertrude Beard, a pioneering physical therapist in the 1920s who treated patients using soft tissue massage techniques that remain the basis of practice today. Now in its fifth edition, with a new title, this classic text has been expanded and updated throughout to provide you with an overview of massage, a description of massage techniques, information on the benefits of massage, and specific techniques for a variety of conditions.

  • Integrating Conventional and Chinese Medicine in Cancer Care

    A Clinical Guide
    • 1 Edición
    • Tai Lahans
    • Inglés
    This new clinical resource clearly explains how to approach integrated care in a way that combines Chinese herbal medicine with Western medicine to enhance and improve medical care for patients with cancer - without undermining or negatively impacting patients' medical treatment. Each chapter covers a different type of cancer, first introducing the conventional medical understanding of that cancer including its etiology, diagnosis, and treatment according to staging and type. The chapter then covers that cancer from the perspective of Oriental medicine. Case studies illustrate the integration of treatment for each cancer type, raising important issues and considerations associated with specific cancers and treatments.

  • On Call Neurology

    On Call Series
    • 3 Edición
    • Randolph S. Marshall + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Successfully managing on-call situations requires a masterful combination of speed, skill, and knowledge. When you're on call...alone...in the middle of the night...On Call Neurology provides you with immediate access to the vital, step-by-step information you need to rise to the occasion! For every complaint, it guides you through the initial evaluation, differential diagnosis, neurologic examination, and treatment planning, so you can face any problem with confidence!

  • Pediatric Orthopaedic Secrets

    • 3 Edición
    • Lynn T. Staheli + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This volume in The Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, fully updated 3rd Edition! Over 90 contributing experts provide you with authoritative, up-to-date guidance on every aspect of orthopaedic disorders in children. From growth and development to integrating a child with a disability into society to physeal injuries to child abuse to youth sports and related injuries—this book presents all the key elements of orthopedics for clinical use, rounds, and board preparation..

  • 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.

  • Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics

    • 1 Edición
    • David E. Bruns + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This book offers an introduction to the newest, fastest-growing field in laboratory science. Explaining and clarifying the molecular techniques used in diagnostic testing, this text provides both entry-level and advanced information. It covers the principles of molecular biology along with genomes and nucleic acid alterations, techniques and instrumentation, and applications of molecular diagnostics. Written by leading experts, including Patrick Bossuyt, Angela Caliendo, Rossa W.K. Chiu, Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Amy Groszbach, Sultan Habeebu, Doris Haverstick, Malek Kamoun, Anthony Killeen, Noriko Kusukawa, Y.M. Dennis Lo, Elaine Lyon, Gwendolyn McMillin, Christopher Price, James Versalovic, Cindy Vnencak-Jones, Victor Weedn, Peter Wilding, Thomas Williams, and Carl Wittwer, this book includes illustrations, tables, and a colorful design to make information easy to find and easy to use.

  • 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.

  • Equine Podiatry

    • 1 Edición
    • Andrea Floyd + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This comprehensive text not only covers basic principles of horseshoeing, but also focuses on medical and surgical foot care management. Starting with the anatomy and physiology of the equine foot, this one-of-a-kind book then evaluates the foot, its pathological conditions (including structural, developmental, and traumatic conditions in addition to laminitis), balancing and shoeing the healthy and diseased equine hoof, and ends with a chapter on new directions in equine podiatry, written by cutting-edge researchers in the field.

  • Skills Performance Checklists for Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills

    • 4 Edición
    • Martha Keene Elkin + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Designed to accompany Elkin's Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 4th edition text, these handy checklists serve as a valuable assessment tool for each skill presented in the textbook.

  • Comprehensive Coronary Care

    • 4 Edición
    • Nigel I. Jowett + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The new edition continues to be a practical, easy to understand, and up to date resource for managing coronary disease. It not only encompasses modern cardiology practice, but also considers how the patient came to arrive on coronary care, and what will happen them after they leave. The combined authorship of doctor and nurse reflects the close teamwork vital to the management of both patients and their families. Management of the cardiac patent is a complex process and this book has a clear approach conveying the necessary information in an easily understood way. It also has an excellent evidence base to ensure best practice and should appeal to staff in every cardiac unit.

  • Neuroscience Nursing

    A Spectrum of Care
    • 3 Edición
    • Ellen Barker
    • Inglés
    Neuroscience Nursing: A Spectrum of Care, 3rd Edition addresses the complicated needs of neuroscience patients and equips providers with in-depth knowledge of neurophysiology, neuroassessment, and neuromanagement to help provide the best patient care. This 3rd edition's carefully refined features enhance the book's readability, and the new 8-page color insert with 40 plates features important information on neurophysiology, diagnostics scans, and disorders such as aneurysms. Readers will find comprehensive information on foundations in neuroanatomy and data collection; thorough discussions of neurologic disorders; management considerations for frequently encountered neurologic conditions; and legal and ethical issues relevant to life care planning for the neuroscience patient.

  • Restorative Dentistry

    • 2 Edición
    • A. Damien Walmsley + 6 más
    • Inglés
    A popular and concise textbook of restorative dentistry for the dental student, illustrated in colour throughout. The book covers the specialties of restorative dentistry - operative dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and prosthetic dentistry - in a single volume.

  • Recovery

    A Guide for Mental Health Practitioners
    • 1 Edición
    • Peter N Watkins
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. In this book the author charts the journey of recovery from severe and disabling mental health problems. The book's optimistic tone challenges the prevailing notion that recovery is an outcome open only to a minority. It describes the necessary transformation of mental health services into a recovery culture. At the heart of the book are five recovery stories which are a testament to the indomitable nature of the human spirit that enables us to rise above adversity. It is these themes that mental health professionals must engage with if they are to be guides and companions to people on their recovery journeys.

  • 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.

  • Mosby's Review for the NBDE, Part II

    • 1 Edición
    • Mosby
    • Inglés
    Mosby's Review for the NBDE, Part II is the perfect study companion for dental students who have passed Part I of the National Dental Board Exam and are preparing for Part II. This complete exam review provides crucial, current information on each of the major disciplines covered in Part II of the NBDE, including Endodontics, Operative Dentistry, Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery & Pain Control, Oral Diagnosis, Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry, Patient Management, Periodontics, Pharmacology, and Prosthodontics. Material is presented in a concise, convenient outline format and arranged according to the specifications of the NBDE, utilizing detailed content points and supported by informative examples and illustrations.

  • 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.

  • Shen

    Psycho-Emotional Aspects of Chinese Medicine
    • 1 Edición
    • Elisa Rossi
    • Inglés
    SHEN: PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF CHINESE MEDICINE fully explains how the emotional, mental, and physical elements of Chinese Medicine in illness are an extremely effective therapy in dealing with cases where the alterations of the shen are both obvious and subtle. The book focuses on the psycho-spiritual aspects of patient's conditions and is purposely constructed to facilitate practitioners' formulations of diagnosis and treatment. It reflects throughout on the patient-practitioner relationship, resources, and various characteristics, inherent problems and qualities of acupuncture.

  • 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.

  • Clinical Nursing Practices

    Guidelines for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 5 Edición
    • Elizabeth Jamieson + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is a well-known text that provides guidelines for over 40 common nursing procedures carried out by carers in a variety of settings. The development of competence in these practices is one of the most important aspects of pre-registration programmes, and this is one of the few UK-based texts that takes an educational approach to these practices as opposed to a purely procedure-driven approach. As in previous editions, the emphasis is on a holistic approach with the recognition that each patient is a unique individual. Each procedure contains rationale and information for patient education in addition to step by step guidance.

  • Veterinary Pharmacology

    A Practical Guide for the Veterinary Nurse
    • 1 Edición
    • Amanda Helen Rock
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Designed and written specifically for veterinary nurses, it focuses on the practical application of knowledge and encourages a problem-solving approach by introducing a discussion of the potential uses of drugs and exploring a variety of therapies. The text builds upon a general background of anatomy and physiology, chemical sciences and microbiology enabling the reader to understand and engage with the topic more fully. Photographs and detailed line drawings illustrate the more complex areas of pharmacology and aid comprehension of the general action mechanisms of the various drugs discussed. Complicated concepts are presented in a user-friendly way to maximise understanding.

  • 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.

  • Mosby's Q & A Review for the Occupational Therapy Board Examination

    • 1 Edición
    • Patricia Bowyer + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This book/CD-ROM review package gives you the necessary tools you need to successfully prepare for the National Board for Occupational Therapy Certification Examination. With this overall package you can study for the NBCOT certification exam and feel more confident you are prepared to take the test. The text includes 800 multiple-choice review questions written to parallel the content and format of the exam. The accompanying CD, with all 800 questions, enables you to generate an unlimited number of practice tests to simulate the actual testing situation.

  • Pain

    Best Practice & Research Compendium
    • 1 Edición
    • Harald Breivik + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the assessment and treatment of pain. Derived from the highly acclaimed journals Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology and Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, this fully updated volume discusses the basic principles of pain, its diagnosis, the recognition of ‘red’ flags indicating a greater risk of serious causes and ‘yellow’ flags indicating a greater risk of developing more chronic pain, and the evidence-based management of a variety of conditions. Illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the World’s leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of pain.

  • Adams's Outline of Fractures

    Including Joint Injuries
    • 12 Edición
    • David L. Hamblen + 1 más
    • Inglés
    The new edition of the now classic Adam's Outline of Fractures - prepared by authors working in the UK - has been updated to include the latest conservative and surgical approaches to the management of fractures. Suitable for medical undergraduates and trainee surgeons, as well as nurses and physiotherapists working in trauma services, this classic text continues to offer a sound basis for the safe and effective management of musculoskeletal injuries.

  • Craniofacial Pain

    Neuromusculoskeletal Assessment, Treatment and Management
    • 1 Edición
    • Harry J.M. von Piekartz + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The authors combine the latest evidence-based knowledge from the fields of orthodontics, plastic and neurosurgery, as well as otolaryngeal treatments, physiotherapy and manual therapy to provide new treatment strategies for clinicians interested in craniofacial problems. This approach is based on the latest clinical reasoning models. Grounded in pain science theory and modern craniofacial growth concepts, the techniques can be integrated into any manual, neuro-orthopaedic orientated treatment model. This approach can be easily used in the daily clinic and adapted to a variety of patterns of craniofacial pain.

  • Extended-Matching Questions for Finals

    • 2 Edición
    • John C Alcolado + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The extended-matching question (EMQ) is now a widely adopted format for the assessment of medical students. Each question addresses a theme that may be a symptom, sign, investigation, diagnosis or a management decision, and the stems are clinical vignettes relevant to clerkship and application of knowledge to clinical practice. With each question there is an option list from which the reader chooses the most likely or the correct answer. The Second Edition of this book has been expanded to include a total of 200 EMQs, giving readers a foretaste of what they will encounter in their examinations. The questions cover a wide range of clinical themes across all the major branches of the medical curriculum.

  • Learning Strategies for Health Careers Students - Revised Reprint

    • 1 Edición
    • Susan Marcus Palau + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Dozens of step-by-step strategies help you improve your skills in areas such as reading comprehension, writing, math, and studying. With this book, you'll build your vocabulary, understand basic mathematics and solve word problems, take effective notes, manage study time, and raise your test scores. You'll also learn to organize your ideas so you can write more clearly and effectively for school and work-related reports.

  • Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals

    • 2 Edición
    • Doreen M. Towsley-Cook + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This balanced examination of ethical and legal principles and issues provides vital information for radiography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and radiation professionals. By discussing the foundations of ethics for technologists, then entering into a discussion of applicable law, Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals, 2nd Edition provides an approach that leads to a more successful style of personal risk management. With each chapter divided into two sections of ethical issues and legal issues, the content is easy to read and understand. Plus, learning activities and current event discussions help the readers learn and remember information so they can use it in real life.

  • Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography

    Atlas of Transesophageal Imaging
    • 2 Edición
    • Donald Oxorn + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Case-based and heavily illustrated, Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography: Atlas of Transesophageal Imaging, 2nd Edition covers virtually every clinical scenario in which you’re likely to use TEE. Drs. Donald C. Oxorn and Catherine M. Otto provide practical, how-to guidance on transesophageal echocardiography, including new approaches and state-of-the-art technologies. More than 1,500 images and accompanying videos sharpen your image acquisition and analysis skills and help you master this challenging technique.

  • Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry

    • 1 Edición
    • Hani R. Khouzam + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This user-friendly resource presents a patient-centered approach to managing the growing incidence of major psychiatric emergencies in the outpatient setting. Abundant illustrations, tables, and algorithms guide you through the wide range of disorders discussed, and a color-coded outline format facilitates rapid access to essential information necessary for making a proper diagnosis for optimal management outcomes.

  • Movement, Stability & Lumbopelvic Pain

    Integration of research and therapy
    • 2 Edición
    • Andry Vleeming + 2 más
    • Inglés
    The human lumbopelvic area has become the focus of a considerable amount of new and intriguing research relevant to effective diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. Back function has recently been studied from a broader perspective, including the analysis of the coupled function in spine, pelvis and legs. These approaches lead to new questions about dynamic stability and motor control in general, and specifically about the spine and pelvis. These new insights obviously imply new approaches in the prevention and treatment of low back pain and pelvic pain. Unique to this book is its in-depth coverage of this subject area by a team of international contributors who represent the broad range of professionals involved in clinical research and therapy. These experts cover a vast area of lumbopelvic experience, from effective treatment and rehabilitation to epidemiology, anatomy, biomechanics, pain and motor control, surgery and manual therapy.

  • Core Review for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

    • 1 Edición
    • National Association of Pediatric Nurse + 1 más
    • Victoria Page Niederhauser
    • Inglés
    Authored and endorsed by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP), the Core Review for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners book accompanies the Core Curriculum for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. This core review provides practice questions for recent graduates for both pediatric and family nurse practitioner programs to use in their respective certification exams offered by the PNCB and ANCC. Review questions include the Role of the PNP, Wellness Issues, Growth and Development, Genetics, Chronic Conditions, Pediatric Emergencies, and Pharmacology.

  • Hearing Science Fundamentals

    • 1 Edición
    • Norman J. Lass + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Hearing Science Fundamentals is a basic introduction to the concepts and principles necessary to develop an understanding of the hearing processes. From the physics of sound to the anatomy and physiology of the auditory pathway and hearing mechanism, concepts are presented in a user-friendly, simplified manner, with over 100 illustrations to make learning even easier.

  • Master Medicine: Microbiology and Infection

    A clinically-orientated core text with self-assessment
    • 3 Edición
    • Timothy J. J. Inglis
    • Inglés
    Master Medicine: Microbiology and Infection is brief and accessible, approached from the point of view of what you will need to know in order to understand the clinical work you will eventually be doing. It includes a wide range of self-assessment material, ideal for testing your understanding, and helping you to prepare for your exams.

  • Master Medicine: Physiology

    A core text of human physiology with self assessment
    • 3 Edición
    • J. Graham McGeown
    • Inglés
    This title is part of a series of books that reflects the trend towards a core curriculum and self-directed learning. The content is restricted to the ‘must know' core information presented in a synoptic style. The diagrams that support the text are in a style that the reader can remember and reproduce in examinations. Each chapter ends with a selection of self-assessment material and full explanatory answers. These consolidate and expand on the chapter contents.

  • Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines

    Medical-Surgical Interventions
    • 1 Edición
    • Betty J. Ackley + 3 más
    • Inglés
    This groundbreaking reference — created by an internationally respected team of clinical and research experts — provides quick access to concise summaries of the body of nursing research for 192 common medical-surgical interventions. Each nursing care guideline classifies specific nursing activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, or Possibly Harmful, providing a bridge between research and clinical practice. Ideal for both nursing students and practicing nurses, this evidence-based reference is your key to confidently evaluating the latest research findings and effectively applying best practices in the clinical setting.

  • Master Medicine: Clinical Anatomy

    • 2 Edición
    • Dr. W. Stanley Monkhouse
    • Inglés
    Master Medicine: Clinical Anatomy is brief and accessible, approached from the point of view of what you will need to know in order to understand the clinical work you will eventually be doing. It includes a wide range of self-assessment material, ideal for testing your understanding, and helping you to prepare for your exams.

  • Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

    • 1 Edición
    • David J. Magee + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Volume 2: Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice provides a thorough review of the basic science information concerning the tissues of the musculoskeletal system impacted by injury or disease, as well as the guiding principles upon which rehabilitation interventions are based. This volume divides information into two sections: scientific foundations and principles of intervention, providing readers with a guiding set of clinical foundations and principles upon which they can easily develop treatment interventions for specific impairments and functional limitations.

  • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets

    • 2 Edición
    • A. Omar Abubaker + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Written in the question-and-answer style of the successful The Secrets Series®, the latest edition of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets presents all of the most current clinical aspects of oral and maxillofacial surgery, including maxillofacial trauma, diagnosis of salivary gland disease, cysts and tumors, postoperative care, cleft lip and palate, oral and maxillofacial reconstruction, laser surgery, facial alloplastic implants, sleep apnea, and much, much more. The new edition has been completely updated by a diverse and distinguished group of contributors, and reflects recent advances in the field.

  • The Most Common Inpatient Problems in Internal Medicine

    Ward Survival
    • 1 Edición
    • John C. Sun + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Here's an extremely handy pocket reference to assist the student, resident, house officer, and busy hospitalist address issues related to the 20 most common disorders seen in the inpatient setting. This brief, small-sized handbook offers you evidence-based information presented in an easy to reference, consistently presented outline and table format. Problem based for quick solutions in diagnosis and therapy in the limited timeframe typical of seeing patients on the wards.

  • Dermatologic Surgery Tips and Techniques

    • 1 Edición
    • Stuart Salasche + 2 más
    • Inglés
    This new reference covers the top 100 pearls in cutaneous oncologic, nail and cosmetic dermatologic surgery, giving you at-a-glance access to some of the best know-how in the field. Organized in a consistent format, and illustrated with full color photographs and explanatory line drawings, this is the perfect tool to help you improve the level of care you offer your patients. Whether you're new to the field or you've been practicing dermatologic surgery for years, you'll consider this book one of your most valuable resources.

  • Introduction to Intravenous Therapy for Health Professionals

    • 1 Edición
    • Eugenia M. Fulcher + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Designed for existing courses within the MA curricula, this text provides initial preparation for the principles and techniques of intravenous therapy. Students will learn the basic knowledge necessary to safely and precisely administer basic IV fluids and medications within the scope of practice for their particular health care profession.

  • The Flesh and Bones of Surgery

    • 1 Edición
    • Aneel Bhangu + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It presents a concise and accessible account of this key subject in the undergraduate medical curriculum. It covers all the key concepts medical students need with no gaps. It can be used either as an introduction to a topic, or as a revision aid. In Section 1, The Big Picture overview gives a descriptive overview of a subject in 8pp. In the High Return section, 50 fundamental principles underlying a subject are set out. These 50 principles are expanded into double-page spreads in the 'Fleshed Out' section where double-page explanations of the key principles clearly convey what medical students need to know. Difficult concepts are depicted by cartoon-strip style illustrations, which enable rapid understanding and assimilation of information.

  • Severe and Complex Neurological Disability

    Management of the Physical Condition
    • 1 Edición
    • Pauline M. Pope
    • Inglés
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book presents a holistic approach to the complete, long-term, day-to-day care of patients disabled by neurological conditions, emphasizing practices that promote physical well-being and minimize secondary complications. It focuses on physical management within the context of the lifestyle of the disabled person and primary caregiver. In addition, it highlights the difficulties commonly encountered when implementing a physical management regime, and discusses the importance of compromise.

  • Handbook of Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

    • 2 Edición
    • S. Brent Brotzman + 1 más
    • Inglés
    A team of world-class contributors present you with authoritative guidance on the latest evaluation, diagnosis, and rehabilitation approaches for a full range of musculoskeletal problems. The result is an indispensable guide to planning effective rehabilitation and ensuring optimal post-surgical outcomes for the most common injuries to the joints and muscular system.

  • Palliative and End-of-Life Care

    Clinical Practice Guidelines
    • 2 Edición
    • Kim K. Kuebler + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Palliative and End-of-Life Care, 2nd Edition provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with advanced disease throughout the disease trajectory, extending from diagnosis of advanced disease until death. Four units provide the general principles of palliative and end-of-life care, important concepts, advanced disease management, and clinical practice guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines offer in-depth discussions of the pathophysiology of 19 different symptoms, interventions for specific symptom management (including in-depth rationales), and suggestions for patient and family teaching.

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