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Taylor's 10-minute Diagnosis Manual
Symptoms and Signs in the Time-limited Encounter
Audrey A Paulman
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Jeffrey D. Harrison
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 464
This quick-reference pocket book is written for primary care practitioners who face diagnostic problems in brief office visits. It offers evidence-based guidelines on which key questions to ask and what data to obtain in order to provide sound diagnoses of common adult problems. More than 140 chapters in eighteen sections cover mental health problems, symptoms and signs in each organ system, laboratory abnormalities, and radiologic abnormalities. This edition has been thoroughly updated by new editors. New chapters cover corneal foreign body, hematuria, brain natriuretic peptide in congestive heart failure, and D-dimer. The format includes more quick-scanning bullets and tables.
Neurology for the Specialty Boards
David S. Gloss , Leon A. Weisberg
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 305
"Neurology for the Specialty Boards" is an ideal study guide and review for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certification and recertification exams and for the annual in-service exam taken by neurology residents. The book sharply focuses on high-yield material and includes over 200 questions at the level of difficulty encountered on the boards. Coverage includes an extensive basic science section, a detailed review of current neurophysiological modalities, and chapters on all the clinical neurology areas covered on the boards. The largest clinical chapter is on pediatric neurology, an area that is heavily tested on the boards.
Congestive Heart Failure
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Comprehensive Approach to Management
Barry H. Greenberg , Jeffrey D. Hosenpud
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 845
Written by recognized leaders in the field, Congestive Heart Failure, Third Edition is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference on all basic and clinical aspects of heart failure. Coverage includes an entire section on pharmacologic therapy and a twenty-chapter section on clinical approaches to acute and chronic heart failure. This edition has new chapters on impact and treatment of comorbidities, prevention of sudden cardiac death, rationale for use of anticoagulants, ultrafiltration, use of mechanical devices, and gene and cell therapy. Readers will find up-to-date information on genetics, surgical therapies, ventricular synchronization, defibrillator therapy, mechanical approaches to atrial fibrillation, left ventricular assist devices, ventricular support and ventricular remodeling surgery, and myocardial regeneration/cell transplantation.
Forensic Emergency Medicine
Mechanisms and Clinical Management
Jonathan S. Olshaker
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M. Christine Jackson
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 328
Updated for its Second Edition, this text provides the information emergency departments need about the medicolegal aspects of treating victims of violence, motor vehicle accidents, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and intimate partner abuse. It offers detailed guidelines on interviewing and examining the victim and collecting, preserving, and documenting evidence for legal proceedings. The book includes a chapter by an attorney on expert testimony and a chapter on forensic photography. A full-color photo insert illustrates injury patterns and key evidence. This edition provides increased coverage of motor vehicle accidents, DNA evidence, and new drugs of abuse.
Ethics for Massage Therapists
Terrie Yardley-Nohr
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 288
This text gives instructors and students a structured format for teaching and learning ethics and standards of practice for massage therapy. Discussion topics include core industry standards of practice, laws, morals, rules, and regulations. It is an ideal textbook for ethics courses in massage therapy programs and prepares students for the ethics questions on the National Certification Exam. The book guides students through the process of putting ethical standards into practice, and explains what is expected of them in a professional setting. Role-playing exercises and example scenarios prepare students for situations and dilemmas that arise in practice.
Imaging of Pulmonary Infections
A Fundamental and Clinical Text
C. Isabela S. Silva
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Kyung Soo Lee
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 192
This book presents a practical approach to the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infections based on their radiographic and CT appearances. The authors discuss the value and limitations of chest radiography, the indications for CT, the optimal CT techniques, and the role of intravenous contrast. The chapters describe and illustrate the characteristic imaging manifestations of common community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonias and various infections seen in immunocompromised patients. The book contains over 400 images and many tables that summarize the characteristic manifestations of bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, and viral infections. It has over 50 full-color illustrations that show histopathologic or microbiologic features that correlate with imaging findings.
Myofascial Massage
Marian Wolfe Dixon
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 240
This invaluable resource will help practitioners and students sort out differences and similarities between popular myofascial styles. Early chapters offer a solid review of anatomy and physiology as they relate to myofascial massage. Subsequent chapters focus on specific direct and indirect techniques and adjunctive self-care recommendations for clients, including the neuromuscular approach, hatha yoga and exercise to support myofascial massage, and the craniosacral approach. You'll learn the proper procedure for each myofascial technique and understand how to integrate myofascial massage into your bodywork practice. Whether you're looking to broaden your perspective of massage or find the myofascial approach and technique that best suits you and your client, "Myofascial Massage" is sure to help. Exquisite illustrations enhance learning and understanding by clarifying the techniques. Protocol boxes recommend sequences to follow during actual myofascial massage sessions. Guidelines provide useful strategies for implementing each myofascial approach and improving body mechanics and communication skills during your client sessions. First person experiences will add to your overall understanding of the techniques and their uses. Massage implications, included in each anatomy chapter (Chapters 2-4), help you to understand the influence of myofascial anatomy and physiology on practice. Questions for discussion and review at the end of each chapter encourage you to test your comprehension of the materials and think critically.
Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis
David S. Smith
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 416
Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, Second Edition enables students and physicians to navigate from the patient's symptoms and presenting signs to the diagnosis. The book covers 139 chief complaints and signs and is organized to parallel the diagnostic reasoning process: a differential overview of probable causes, a diagnostic approach for each differential, and the specific clinical findings that point to diagnosis. A collection of 192 full-color illustrations show diagnostically important observable signs. This edition includes thoroughly updated diagnostic approaches and quick-access Evidence-Based Medicine Physical Diagnosis tables indicating sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios for findings.
Atlas of Transnasal Esophagoscopy
Gregory N. Postma
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Jamie Koufman
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 120
Written by leaders in the emerging area of transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE), this full-color atlas is the first comprehensive how-to reference on this technology. The authors define the indications for the procedure, provide step-by-step instructions on technique, and describe the full range of anatomy and pathology seen during TNE examinations. Major sections focus on disease-specific applications of TNE, including esophagitis, webs and rings, hiatal hernia, Barrett's metaplasia, neoplasia, and miscellaneous esophageal problems such as foreign bodies, diverticula, caustic injuries, and varices. More than 100 full-color endoscopic images depict both normal esophageal anatomy and abnormalities as seen through the endoscope.
High-yield Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Louise B. Hawley
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 240
This new edition extracts the most important information on microbiology and infectious diseases and presents it in a concise, succinct fashion to prepare students for the USMLE. The book also serves as an excellent course review, with illustrations, review questions, and high-yield case study sections. This edition features 70 new images. High-Yield[trademark] means exactly that ...readers reap maximum benefits from very focused study.
Principles of Ambulatory Medicine
David E. Kern
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L. Randol Barker
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 1984
Updated for its Seventh Edition, Principles of Ambulatory Medicine is the definitive reference for all clinicians caring for adult ambulatory patients. It provides in-depth coverage of the evaluation, management, and long-term course of all clinical problems addressed in the outpatient setting. A major focus is on preventive care, grounded in excellent patient-physician communication. This edition features increased coverage of preventive care, particularly the impact of genetic testing as a disease predictor. For easy reference, the book is organized by body system and each chapter begins with an outline of key topics. References to randomized controlled clinical trials, meta-analyses, and consensus-based recommendations are boldfaced.
Therapeutic Massage in Athletics
Pat Archer
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 368
This textbook on sports massage was created specifically for massage therapists, certified athletic trainers, and physical therapists who work with athletes. The author is an experienced massage therapy and athletic training educator and practitioner, and provides instruction on how to apply clinical massage techniques to athletes. The text is uniquely focused on the use and integration of basic sports massage, myofascial, neuromuscular, and lymphatic facilitation to enhance an athlete's performance potential and treat common athletic injuries and conditions. The book includes numerous diagrams and pictures of techniques to help readers visualize specific concepts and procedures. From the Field Boxes contain quotes from professionals who practice sports massage. Case Studies present common athletic injury scenarios and descriptions of treatment protocols.
Oncology and Basic Science
Carol D. Morris
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Paul Tornetta
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 576
This volume of our "Orthopaedic Surgery Essentials Series" presents all the information residents need during orthopaedic oncology rotations and the essential basic science needed for board preparation, clinical practice, and orthopaedic research, including molecular and cellular biology, growth and development, the genetic basis of musculoskeletal disorders, biomaterials and biologic response to orthopaedic implants, and neoplastic disorders. The book can easily be read cover to cover during a rotation or used for rapid review before boards or quick reference in clinical practice. The user-friendly, visually stimulating format features numerous tables and ample illustrations, including color plates showing tumor histopathology.
Practical Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
Donald H. Johnson , Robert A. Pedowitz
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 1216
Written by noted experts in orthopaedic sports medicine, this book is a comprehensive, practical guide to diagnosis and treatment of sports-related injuries. It covers all the material required for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery's new Subspecialty Certificate in Sports Medicine examination. Emphasis is on detailed, step-by-step descriptions of surgical techniques for treating sports-related injuries, including the latest arthroscopic procedures. These techniques are illustrated with over 800 full-color original drawings and photographs. The authors describe their preferred methods for treating each injury. Bulleted key points appear at the beginning of each chapter.
Issues and Choices in Clinical Nutrition Practice
Abby S. Bloch
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Julie O'Sullivan Maillet
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 480
Written by eminent authorities in nutrition and dietetics, this unique text explores controversial and challenging issues that dietitians must deal with in clinical practice. Topics addressed include the economics of dietetic patient care, the dietetic professional's role on the healthcare team,the impact of emerging sciences on nutrition practice, and international nutritional guidelines. The book encourages students and practitioners to reevaluate the dietitian's role and examine viewpoints that vary from traditional approaches in nutrition practice. Issues to Ponder boxes provide interesting questions and topics for further exploration and discussion. More than 95 graphs and tables illustrate key concepts and synthesize important information.
Office Care Geriatrics
The Essentials
Bruce J. Naughton
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Mark E. Williams
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editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 672
This practical, ready-access reference provides clinicians and students with evidence-based strategies for the care of older patients. The book is organized to yield quick answers to questions arising during the patient encounter. The contributors offer pragmatic management guidelines appropriate for the complexities of multiple problems and advanced age, and emphasize a disease management approach.
The Balanced Body
A Guide to Deep Tissue and Neuromuscular Therapy
Donald W. Scheumann
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 272
The Third Edition of "The Balanced Body" offers you more resources to master deep tissue and neuromuscular massage in order to present your clients with a complete integrated approach to massage. Use this book as a teaching manual and reference for a systematic training program for deep tissue and neuromuscular therapy and other massage modalities. The series of lessons within the book cover sequential, progressive massage therapy for the entire body to help you to create an integrated treatment plan.
In this Third Edition you'll find these features: detailed illustrations (with 40 new illustrations in this edition) bring the techniques to life; case studies with real-world scenarios and questions to consider; Indication/Contraindication Boxes show when massage is and isn't advisable; Essential Anatomy Boxes present crucial anatomical information to consider before learning a technique; Cautionary Notes warn about special cases and situations; Coverage of Trigger Point Release Work combined with deep tissue therapy and tension release massage presents different therapeutic options; Quick Reference Charts summarize key points from the introductory chapters; and, Guidelines for Elevating the Quality of Massage Work provide suggestions to improve treatment quality. A BONUS CD-ROM packaged with this book includes: 20 massage technique video clips (featuring the author); 10 Acland anatomy video clips; Images from the text; and, Chapter Quizzes. Instructor Resources designed to help you in the classroom are now available with this product. For more details, and to register for resources, click here.
Psychosomatic Medicine
James J. Strain , Michael Blumenfield
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 987
"Psychosomatic Medicine" is a book and DVD package providing a fresh approach to mastering the concepts and practice of modern consult-liaison psychiatry for residents and practitioners. Written by over 90 internationally known contributors, the comprehensive 2-color book includes psychosomatic medicine symptoms, diagnostic dilemmas, and the interaction between numerous physical and psychiatric conditions. Special topics addressed include diagnostic and classificatory dilemmas, women's health issues, pregnancy, sexuality, ethical considerations, drug interactions, and more. Section openers written by the book's editors tie the chapters together and draw interesting and helpful comparisons. The bonus DVD features the fully searchable text, references, questions and answers, Power Point lectures, and trial versions of psychosomatic medicine software applications.
Atlas of Mammography
Ellen Shaw De Paredes
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 704
Featuring over 1,500 mammographic images, this atlas is a comprehensive guide to interpreting mammograms. It presents the full spectrum of manifestations of breast diseases, as well as cases involving the postsurgical and augmented breast. Chapters are organized according to the pattern seen on the mammogram to develop readers' pattern recognition skills and to allow quick and complete definition of etiologies and clinical implications for a particular finding. This edition includes new chapters on the augmented breast, the role of ultrasound and MRI in breast imaging, and imaging-guided breast interventions. The terminology of the BI-RADS(R) lexicon is used throughout.
Pain Control for Dental Practitioners: An Interactive Approach
Manual and CD-ROM
Carlene S. Paarmann , Royann Royer
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 128
This multimedia CD-ROM with accompanying technical manual is the only instructional resource designed to teach dental hygiene students and practitioners the basic theory and skills for administering local anesthesia and nitrous oxide. The CD-ROM delivers up-to-date, easy-to-understand information on local anesthetic agents, injections, health history evaluation, potential complications, risk management, and nitrous oxide sedation, with video clips that show how to properly administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide. The manual summarizes pertinent information from the CD-ROM in charts and tables for quick clinical reference. Questions, quizzes, and learning activities help students review essential facts and apply their knowledge. Note: This software is not compatible with current Apple operating systems.
