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  • Kumar & Clark's Medical Management and Therapeutics

    • 1 Edición
    • Parveen Kumar + 1 más
    • Parveen Kumar
    • Inglés
    Readers of Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine have consistently requested a handbook with the essentials for medical management and therapeutics, and this new handbook concentrates on the therapeutic side of what procedures to perform, how and - critically - why. Written by young doctors at the forefront of healthcare delivery, Kumar & Clark's Medical Management and Therapeutics is portable, easy to access when you need it most, and full of cutting edge information and insights. "Snappy and concise, just what the junior doctor ordered!" - Dr Lyn D Ferguson, FY1 "Prescriptive and to the point" - Catherine Drouot, 3rd year medical student, Barts "An excellent text for both medical students and junior doctors alike." - Dr Lucy Blair, FY1

  • Year Book of Ophthalmology 2011

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 2011
    • Christopher J. Rapuano
    • Inglés

  • Essentials of Pain Medicine

    • 3 Edición
    • Srinivasa N. Raja + 4 más
    • Inglés
    This third edition of Essentials of Pain Medicine offers an accessible and concise, yet complete, overview of today's theory and practice of pain medicine and regional anesthesia. From a review of basic considerations through local anesthetics and nerve block techniques, this book provides the reader with an excellent tool for exam review or practice of Pain Management.

  • MSK Imaging of Painful Disorders

    • 1 Edición
    • Steven D. Waldman
    • Inglés

  • Berman's Pediatric Decision Making

    Expert Consult - Online and Print
    • 5 Edición
    • Lalit Bajaj + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Berman’s Pediatric Decision Making uses an algorithmic, structured approach to lead you to the right diagnosis and treatment every time. Drs. Lalit Baja, Simon Hambidge, Ann-Christine Nyquist, and Gwendolyn Kerby use evidence-based research and flow charts for each presenting complaint or specific disorder to provide quick access to the information you need for effective decision making. With updated drug tables, revised algorithms, and full-text online access at www.expertconsult.co... this streamlined new edition makes it even easier for you to diagnose and manage common clinical problems from infancy through adolescence.

  • Managing Sports Injuries

    a guide for students and clinicians
    • 4 Edición
    • Christopher M Norris
    • Inglés
    Now in its fourth edition with the revised title – Managing Sports Injuries: a guide for students and clinicians – this highly practical guide maintains its evidence-based approach while introducing new material from both research and clinical sources. It is a comprehensive resource for the management of soft-tissue injuries, focusing on therapy. Well referenced and extensively illustrated, this text continues to be invaluable to physiotherapists, sports and massage therapists, medical practitioners, and all those involved in the treatment of athletes and sports people.

  • Delivery After Previous Cesarean, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-2
    • Mark B. Landon + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Delivery After Prior Cesarean is examined in the issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited Drs. Mark Landon and Caroline Signore. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles on topics such as Rising primary cesarean rates: VBAC vital statistics, Access to TOLAC, Medicolegal aspects of VBAC/TOL, Ethics, Midwifery and VBAC, Success rates and factors, Intrapartum management: induction, labor progression and monitoring, Uterine rupture: rates and prediction, Multiple repeat cesareans and the threat of placenta accrete, Maternal morbidity and mortality, Perinatal morbidity and mortality, and Long-term infant outcomes.

  • Nutrition and Metabolism of The Surgical Patient, Part I, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 91-3
    • Stanley Dudrick
    • Inglés
    This Surgical Clinics issue is Part 1 of a special two part issue on nutrition and metabolism of the surgical patient, co-guest edited by Dr. Stanley Dudrick, a pioneer in total parenteral nutrition. Part 1, guest edited by Dr. Dudrick and Dr. Juan Sanchez present topics on nutrition and metabolism for the acutely ill patient. Topics will include: metabolic considerations in management of surgical patients, sepsis associated with nutrition support of surgical patients, parenteral nutrition and nutrition support of surgical patients, cachexia and refeeding Syndrome, prevention and treatment of intestinal failure associated liver disease (IFALD) in neonates and children, adjuvant nutrition management of patients with liver failure, comprehensive management of patients with enteric fistulas, nutrition management of patients with malignancies of the head and neck , nutrition support of pediatric surgical patients, management of the short bowel syndrome, what, how and how much should burn patients be fed?, nutrition support in trauma and critically ill patients, and nutrition as an adjunct to management of patients with pulmonary failure.

  • Primary Care Sports Medicine: Updates and Advances, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 30-3
    • Dilaawar J. Mistry + 1 más
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, guest editors Dilaawar Mistry and John MacKnight have developed a team of experts to review updates and advances in Primary Care Sports Medicine, focusing on those areas that are recently and/or rapidly changing in the sports medicine world. Topics in this issue include common infectious conditions, pulmonary disorders, cardiac screening – pros and cons, pharmacy, neuropsychiatric considerations, recent advances in the management of eating disorders and female athlete triad, iron and nutritional issues, sickle cell, the international athlete, and Attention Deficit Disorder in athletes.

  • Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology of the Pancreas, An Issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 4-2
    • Volkan Adsay + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Exocrine pancreatic tumors of non-ductal origin: Acinar carcinoma, pancreatoblastoma and solid-pseudopapillar... neoplasm; Pancreatic cystic tumors of mucinous type; Pancreatic cystic lesions of non-mucinous type; Pancreatic endocrine tumors; Inflammatory lesions and pseudotumors of the pancreas; Ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas; PanINs; Cytology of the Pancreas.

  • Genetics of Sleep and Its Disorders, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 6-2
    • Allan Pack
    • Inglés
    This issue describes in detail the most current thinking on the way genes affect and determine sleep patterns, behaviors, disorders and needs. Sleep researchers continue to study genetic markers that may someday lead to a personalized approach to treatment of sleep disorders. The genetics of restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, parasomnias, and insomnia are discussed. A solid understanding of the role genetics and molecular biology play in sleep will aid clinicians in diagnosing and treating these disorders, as well as advising their patients.

  • Global Health and Global Health Education in the New Millennium, Part I, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 25-2
    • Anvar Velji
    • Inglés
    In this age of increasing globalization, the infectious disease problems of one country have an impact on nations throughout the world. Guest Editor Anvar Velji addresses the problems of global health in two issues. The first of these concentrates on education of healthcare professionals, a crucial step in ensuring worldwide preparedness for infection control.

  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Practice

    Expert Consult: Online and Print
    • 1 Edición
    • Jean Marc Canard + 4 más
    • Inglés
    Practical GI Endoscopy provides an illustrated concise guide to the use of endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of disorders in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. There is a clinical “hands on” emphasis throughout with expert advice on the practical aspects of performing endoscopic techniques in both diagnosis and therapy, tips for avoiding complications and how best to deal with them if and when encountered. Written by the leading international names in gastrointestinal endoscopy, the text has been expertly edited into a succinct, instructive format. Presented in short paragraphs structured with headings, subheadings and bullet points and richly illustrated throughout with full-color photographs and line drawings the book will be an invaluable companion to the busy practicing gastroenterologist.

  • Allergies for the Otolaryngologist, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 44-3
    • Berrylin J. Ferguson J. Ferguson
    • Inglés
    Topics include: History of Allergy; Epidemiology of Allergy; Types of Rhinitis; Differential Diagnosis including Allergy Mimics; Immunology; Physical Findings in Allergy; Diagnosis including lab testing and physical examination; Associated Conditions and Comorbidities; Role of Allergy in Serous Otitis Media; Role of Allergy in Meneire's Syndrome; Asthma; Polyposis; Allergic Fungal Sinusitis; Treatment – Environmental Controls; Pharmacotherapy; Traditional Immunotherapy; Sublingual (SLIT) Immunotherapy; The Allergic March; Surgical Treatment of Allergies; Inhalant Allergies in Children; Food Allergies in Adults and Children.

  • Toolbox for Autologous Breast Reconstruction, An Issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-2
    • Maurice Y. Nahabedian
    • Inglés
    Overview of Perforator Imaging and Flap Perfusion Technologies; Assessing Perforator Architecture; Acoustic Doppler Sonography, Color Duplex Ultrasound, and Laser Doppler Flowmetry as Tools for Successful Autologous Breast Reconstruction; Doppler Sonography and Color Duplex Imaging; Computerized Tomographic and Magnetic Resonance Angiography-Technica... CT Angiography: Clinical Applications; CT Angiography: Assessing Outcomes; Non-contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Preoperative Perforator Mapping; Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance; Dynamic Infrared Thermography (DIRT); Fluorescent Angiography; Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Autologous Breast Reconstruction; Implantable Doppler System; Noninvasive Tissue Oximetry

  • Palliative Care, An Issue of Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-2
    • Serife Eti Karakas
    • Inglés
    Palliative care focuses on reducing the severity of disease symptoms in order to prevent and relieve suffering and to improve the quality of life for people facing serious, complex illness. Primary care providers are often the coordinators of palliative care and need to be well versed in all aspects of providing palliative care. This issue covers important topics in palliative care, such as prognosis, management of several end-stage diseases, and management of severe symptoms. The issue could be helpful to a physician studying for subspecialty certification in hospice and palliative medicine.

  • Burn Rehabilitation, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 22-2
    • Peter C. Esselman + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Acute Assessment and Management, Positioning, Splinting, Contracture Management, Exercise, Wound Care, Hypertrophic Scar, Hand Burns, Neuromuscular Musculoskeletal and Other (Electrical Injuries), Amputation Management, Psychosocial, Pain and Itch, Vocational/Return to Work, Reconstruction.

  • Surgical Oncology in the Community Cancer Center, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 20-3
    • Frederick L. Greene
    • Inglés
    This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Frederick Greene, focuses on Surgical Oncology in the Community Cancer Center. An array of experts have come together to explore topics on Sarcoma Management, Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy, Multidisciplinary Clinics and the Surgeon's Role in the Hospital Cancer Program, Breast Cancer Care in the Community Cancer Center, Lumpectomy versus Mastectomy Rates in the Community Setting, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group trials and the Community Surgeon, Quality Surgical Oncology Care in the Community: Training versus Hospital Volume, The Impact of Dedicated Tumor Boards in Clinical Trials, The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers: Quality Improvement Through Standard Setting, and much more.

  • Regional Analgesia and Acute Pain Management, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 29-2
    • Sugantha Ganapathy + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue brings the anesthesiologist up to date on current essential topics in regional analgesia and acute pain management, including the latest state-of-the-art techniques and drugs. Subjects covered include prevention and treatment of local anesthetic systemic and neurotoxicity; complications of RA and pain management (medicolegal issues including anticoagulation, infection, etc.); assessment and treatment of post block neurologic injury (history, physical, investigations, EMG, NCS); new ultrasound guided techniques for peripheral nerve blocks and evidence based outcome review; emerging techniques and drugs for neuraxial and paravertebral blocks; local infiltration analgesia (for a variety of surgical procedures, wound infusions, infusion devices); continuous PNB in hospital and at home; recent advances in multimodal analgesia (new drugs & strategies, such as capsaisin, long acting opioid and local anesthetics); challenges in acute pain management (including the opioid tolerant patient, patients with comorbidities such as MS, DM and renal failure); economics and practice management issues associated with acute pain management; pediatric pain management; new concepts of acute pain management (including strategies to prevent chronic pain, opioid induced hyperalgesia, and more).

  • Women's Issues in Gastroenterology, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 40-2
    • Barbara Frank
    • Inglés
    The guest editors of this issue have assembled expert authors to discuss issues in gastroenterology unique to female patients. After reading the articles in this issue, readers should be able to determine whether gender influences diagnosis and treatment of functional disorders, evaluate problems in the pregnant patient, explain immune diseases of the GI, and discuss unique genetic aspects of Lynch Syndrome and IBD.

  • Spine Secrets Plus

    • 2 Edición
    • Vincent J. Devlin
    • Inglés
    Spine Secrets Plus—a Secrets Series® title in the new PLUS format— gives you the answers you need to succeed on your rotations, your boards, and your career. Dr. Vincent J. Devlin provides the expert perspective you need to grasp the nuances of spine surgery and related specialties. This new edition offers expanded coverage, a larger format, and colorful visual elements to provide an overall enhanced learning experience. All this, along with the popular question-and answer approach, makes it a perfect concise board review tool and a handy clinical reference.

  • Year Book of Cardiology 2011

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 2011
    • Bernard J. Gersh
    • Inglés

  • Practical Approaches to Controversies in Obstetric Care, An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-2
    • Sean Blackwell + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Practical Approaches to Controversies in Obstetrical Care are offered in this issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics. Guest Editors Drs. George Saade and Sean Blackwell have recruited authorities in the field to review issues including recurrent spontaneous pregnancy loss, treatment of thromboembolic events prior to or during pregnancy, multiple gestations, complications surrounding severe preeclampsia, and care for the pregnant patient with an underlying seizure disorder.

  • Testes Cancer, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 25-3
    • Timothy Gilligan
    • Inglés
    Dr. Gilligan has recruited global experts to contribute articles on the topic of testes cancer. The issue is organized to mimic the clinical process of detection, treatment, and management. Included in the issue are articles on the biology, interpretation, and imaging of germ cell tumors; early stage and stage II of seminomas and nonseminomas; first, second, and third line of chemotherapy for disseminated germ cell tumors, resection of residual masses, and treatment of brain metastases.

  • Bariatrics for the Endoscopist, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 21-2
    • Christopher Thompson
    • Inglés
    The clinical implications of obesity have pervaded several specialties since treatments include medical and surgical intervention. In this issue, Dr. Thompson has created an issue that addresses topics of concern to endoscopists: important concerns in the endoscopic unit, presurgical evaluation, postoperative care, sedation, and endoscopic management of common complications. Further, special articles are included on endoscopic revisions to failed gastric bypass as well as reimbursement and regulatory issues.

  • Nerve Problems of the Lower Extremity, An Issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 16-2
    • John Gould
    • Inglés
    Clinical Evaluation of Neurogenic Conditions, Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Lower Extremity Neurogenic Problems, Imaging: MRI and Ultrasound for Evaluation of Nerve Problems, Nerve Repair and Reconstruction, Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, Failed, Relapsed. or Recurrent Tarsal Tunnel, Nerve Entrapments, Intermetatarsal Neuritis and Morton's Neuroma, Recurrent Morton's Neuroma, The Painful Neuroma and Use of Conduits, Pedicle and Free Flaps for Painful Nerves, Peripheral Neuropathy, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Nerve Wrapping

  • Endocrine Hypertension, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 40-2
    • Lawrence Krakoff
    • Inglés
    This important issue of Endocrinology Clinics is devoted to the unique topic of endocrine-adrenal and steroid hypertension. The following topics are covered. An overview of endocrine systems and hypertension; accuracy and cost effectiveness of screening for adrenal-endocrine hypertension; pheochromocytoma and related chromaffin cell tumors in adreno-medullary disease; variants, detection, and treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome; how glucocorticoids cause hypertension and cardiovascular disease; primary aldosteronism, Conn’s diagnosis and management; familial or genetic primary aldosteronism in Gordon’s Sydrome; Liddle’s Syndrome, Bartter, Gitelman, and related disorders of high and low pressure and pregnancy-related hypertension due to MR mutation; glucocorticoid remediable hypertension; low rennin hypertension in childhood; ovarian hypertension and PCOS; and oral contraceptives and hypertension.

  • Gynecologic Cancer, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 26-1
    • Ross S. Berkowitz
    • Inglés
    Topics in this issue include: Genetic Risk and Gynecologic Cancer; Current Management of Preinvasive Cervical Neoplasia; Current Surgical Management of Cervical Neoplasia; Current Surgical Management of Ovarian Cancer; Current Management of Trophoblastic Disease; and New Developments in Radiation Management and Gynecologic Cancers.

  • Systems Biology in the Clinical Laboratory, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 31-2
    • Zoltan Oltvai + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, Guest Edited by Zoltan Oltvai, MD, will focus on Conceptual Advances in Pathology. The issue will discuss the convergence of anatomic pathology, clinical pathology and genomics and other sciences, with the technological underpinning of digital pathology. Topics will include: CAD in digital pathology and Modeling protein motion.

  • Netter's Introduction to Imaging

    with Student Consult Access
    • 1 Edición
    • Larry R. Cochard + 4 más
    • Inglés
    Netter’s Introduction to Imaging, by Larry R. Cochard, PhD, Lori A Goodhartz, MD Carla B, Harmath, MD, Nancy M. Major MD, and Srinivasan Mukundan, JR, MD, makes interpreting normal and abnormal X-ray, CT, and MR images easy by correlating them with crystal-clear Netter illustrations. You'll learn to recognize anatomical relationships in images and apply them to a variety of examples of pathology throughout the body, including the imaging of masses, air, or blood in organs and spaces...fractures, thickening, constriction, and compression...and more. You can also access the book from any computer at studentconsult.com. It's an ideal introduction to diagnostic imaging!

  • Endocrine Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 49-3
    • Mitchell E. Tublin
    • Inglés
    Endocrine imaging is covered extensively in this issue of Radiologic Clinics. Articles will include: Thyroid Ultrasound, Part 1: Technique and Diffuse Disease; Thyroid Ultrasonography, Part 2: Nodules; Thyroid: Nuclear Medicine Update; Thyroid Cytology: Challenges in the Pursuit of Low-Grade Malignancies; Diagnosis and Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Carcinoma: The Surgeon’s Perspective; Imaging Surveillance of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer; Parathyroid Imaging; Adrenal Imaging: From Addison to Algorithms; Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors; Imaging of the Pituitary, and more!

  • Atlas of Clinical and Surgical Orbital Anatomy

    Expert Consult: Online and Print
    • 2 Edición
    • Jonathan J. Dutton
    • Inglés
    Atlas of Clinical and Surgical Orbital Anatomy, by Dr. Jonathan Dutton, demonstrates the complex area of orbital anatomy through unique illustrations and comprehensive coverage that goes from embryology to adult anatomy. This completely updated and revised new edition features a new chapter on the cavernous sinus, illustrations modified to reflect recent anatomic findings, and new sections covering clinical correlations. With access to the fully searchable text and a downloadable image gallery online at www.expertconsult.co... you’ll have the detailed visual guidance you need to perform successful orbital surgery.

  • Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging: A Disease Based Approach

    Expert Consult Premium Edition: Enhanced Online Features and Print
    • 1 Edición
    • Jack Rychik + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging, edited by Drs. Rychik and Tian, is the most complete video atlas available in this field – providing the detailed visual guidance you need to successfully identify a full range of fetal heart disorders. Complied by the team at the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, this Expert Consult site and accompanying atlas-style text guide the acquisition and interpretation of fetal images for accurate diagnosis and effective management. Vivid color images, drawings, pathologic specimens and diagnostic algorithms facilitate tracking the progress of development of over 100 fetal heart problems.

  • Textbook of Psychiatry

    • 3 Edición
    • Basant K. Puri + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This is a new edition of a successful introductory textbook on the subject of psychiatry. Clearly written and rich in pedagogic features – such as summary boxes, clinical cases and other aid memoirs – this book is tailored to the learning needs of those entering the discipline for the first time. Particularly suitable for medical students, this book will also act as a ‘primer’ for post-graduates first entering the speciality with a view to a long-term career in the discipline.

  • Geriatric Psychiatry: Advances and Directions, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 34-2
    • George S. Alexopoulos + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue covers a broad selection of topics critical to psychiatrist and any physician who treats older patients. Topics include: Epidemiology, clinical evaluation, and treatment of dementing disorders, late-life psychosis; suicide in late life; depression in primary care; structural neuroimaging of geriatric depression; gene-environment interactions in geriatric depression; treatment of geriatric depression; etiological Theories of Late-Life depression; geriatric bipolar disorder; psychotherapies in geriatric depression; home-based care of the elderly with mental disorders; functional neuroimaging in geriatric depression; models of treatment engagement of geriatric persons with mental disorders; and mental health service delivery to the elderly.

  • Allergen Immunotherapy, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 31-2
    • Linda S. Cox
    • Inglés
    One hundred years have elapsed since specific allergen immunotherapy (SIT) was first employed and found to be effective in the treatment of allergic respiratory diseases. This cutting-edge issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics offers a comprehensive review of this disease modifying treatment, exploring its history, status, and potential future. Topics covered include the mechanisms of subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy; the mechanisms of sublingual immunotherapy; optimizing efficacy of subcutaneous immunotherapy; preparation of allergen immunotherapy extraxcts; risk factors and subcutaneous immunotherapy safety; accelerated schedules and reducing risk with premedication (antihistamines, omalizumab, leucotriene antagonist); safety and efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy for allergic respiratory disease and other indications; monitoring clinical outcomes of specific immunotherapy; monitoring immunotherapy response with immunological parameters; socioeconomics and comparative effectiveness of immunotherapy; oral desensitization for food hypersensitivity; peptide and recombinant immunotherapy; intralymphatic and epicutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy; peptide and recombinant immunotherapy; adjuvants and vector systems for allergy faccines; and future forms of immunotherapy.

  • Disorders of Consciousness, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 29-4
    • G. Bryan Young
    • Inglés
    This issue of Neurologic Clinics addresses the cognitive impact of various forms of brain injury.

  • MRI of Cartilage, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 19-2
    • Richard Kijowski
    • Inglés
    This issue reviews the latest advances in imaging of cartilage using MRI. A basis for understanding cartilage is provided in articles on normal anatomic appearance, morphology, and physiology. MR imaging of cartilage in specific joints such as knees and ankles, hip, and upper extremity are reviewed in separate articles, and assessment of rheumatoid conditions and cartilage repair are also covered.

  • Erectile Dysfunction, An Issue of Urologic Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-2
    • Culley Carson
    • Inglés
    Dr. Culley Carson provides a state-of-the-art review of clinical issues surrounding erectile dysfunction. Top experts in the field, like Dr. Laurence Levine and Dr. Alan Seftel, contribute reviews on peyronie's disease and epidemiology and risk factors, respectively. A practical approach is given, with articles on doppler blood flow analysis, comparison of established agents with newer phosphodiesterase medications, penile rehabilitation after prostate cancer, and treatment of erectile dysfunction and depression.

  • Update in the Medical Management of the Long Term Care Patient, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27-2
    • Miguel A. Paniagua
    • Inglés
    This issue brings the geriatrician up to date on topics in Longer-Term-Care such as: Doing Dementia Better: Anthropological Insights, Update on teaching in the Long-Term Care Setting, Pneumonia in the Long-Term Resident, Palliative Care for Patients with Dementia in Long Term Care, Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care Residents, and Nausea and Other Non-Pain Symptoms in Long-term Care.

  • Geriatric Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 95-3
    • John E. Morley
    • Inglés
    With the projected shortage of geriatricians over the next many years, it is essential for every internist and primary care physician to be equipped with the most current information and clinical skills for the treatment of older adults. This edition of Medical Clinics of North America brings the reader up to date on important issues in geriatrics including the following: treatment strategies for sarcopenia and frailty; congestive heart failure; revitalizing the aged brain; nutritional strategies for aging successfully; falls, osteoporosis and hip fractures; late-life Hypogonadism; hypertension in older persons; incontinence; delirium; weight loss; nursing homes and the physician; and diabetes and insulin resistance in older persons.

  • Aging Facial Skin: Lasers and Related Spectrum Technologies, An Issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 19-2
    • David Ellis
    • Inglés
    Topics include: Skin histology, physiology, and pathology, aging; Laser wavelength interface with the skin; Photography for skin’s surface ; CO2 ablative lasers; YSGG ablative lasers; Erbium ablative lasers; Photodynamic therapy; Treatment of Acne Scarring; Treatment of Skin Texture and Fine Line Etching; Cutaneous facial vascular lesions; Treatment of hyperpigmentation; Treatment of facial hair and body hair; RadioFreqency: Ellman; RadioFrequency: Thermage; Infrared (Titan); SmartLifting; Lasers in Latino skin; Lasers in Black skin; Lasers in Asian skin; Complications in the use of laser skin technologies.

  • Diagnosis and Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Status Quo and a Glimpse at the Future, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 15-2
    • Adrian Reuben
    • Inglés
    Dr. Adrian Reuben updates one of the most highly requested topics in liver disease by inviting highly distinguished authors to address the important aspects of diagnosis and treatment of hepatocelluar carcinoma. State-of-the-art issues are addressed, including the role of oncogenic viruses, molecular and genetic guidelines, and screening and staging. Dr. Reuben, himself, concludes the issue with an important article on an agorithmic approach to diagnosis and treatment: Resect, Ablate, Replace or Intoxicate?

  • Cancer of the Skin

    Expert Consult - Online and Print
    • 2 Edición
    • Darrell S. Rigel + 7 más
    • Inglés
    Cancer of the Skin, edited by Drs. Rigel, Robinson, Ross, Friedman, Cockerell, Lim, Stockfleth, and Kirkwood, is your complete, multimedia guide to early diagnosis and effective medical and surgical treatment of melanoma and other skin cancers. Thoroughly updated with 11 new chapters, this broad-based, comprehensive reference provides you with the latest information on clinical genetics and genomics of skin cancer, targeted therapy for melanoma, the Vitamin D debate concerning the risks and benefits of sun exposure, and other timely topics. A new, multi-disciplinary team of contributors and editors comprised of leading experts in this field offers truly diverse perspectives and worldwide best practices.

  • Gastrointestinal Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 29-2
    • Angela Mills + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Angela Mills and Anthony Dean, will include articles on the following topics: Approach to acute abdominal pain;Evaluation of abdominal pain in older adults; Evaluation of abdominal pain in the pediatric population; Imaging and laboratory testing in acute abdominal pain;Esophageal and gastric emergencies; and Anorectal emergencies and foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract.

  • Year Book of Anesthesiology and Pain Management 2011

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 2011
    • David H. Chestnut
    • Inglés

  • Elbow Arthritis, An Issue of Hand Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 27-2
    • Julie Adams + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Rheumatoid Arthritis, Post Traumatic and Osteoarthritis, Hemophilic Arthritis, Arthroscopic Debridement, Open Debridement, Linked Total Elbow Arthroplasty, Unlinked Total Elbow Arthroplasty, Hemi Arthroplasty of the Humerus vs Capitocondylar, Interposition Arthroplasty/Resecti... Arthroplasty/Distrac... Arthroplasty, Elbow Fusion

  • Lung Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 32-2
    • Robert Kotloff
    • Inglés
    This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest edited by Robert Kotloff, focuses on the topics of Lung Transplantation. Articles include: Candidate Selection, Timing of Listing, and Choice of Procedure for Lung Transplantation; Lung Allocation in the United States, Selection and Management of the Lung Donor; Novel Approaches to Expanding the Lung Donor Pool: Donation After Cardiac Death and Ex Vivo Conditioning; Extracorporeal Life Support as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation; Survival and Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant; Primary Graft Dysfunction; Acute Allograft Rejection: Cellular and Humoral Processes, and more!

  • Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy, An Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 3-2
    • Domenico Corrado + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is an inherited heart muscle disorder that may cause abnormal electrical heart rhythms and weakening of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in sudden death. The electrocardiograph (EKG) is used to diagnose the disease, so it is important for cardiac electrophysiologists to be familiar with the disease and to be able to recognize it on the EKG.

  • Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2011

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 2011
    • R. Phillip Dellinger
    • Inglés

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