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High-Yield(TM) Biostatistics, Third Edition provides a concise review of the biostatistics concepts that are tested in the USMLE Step 1. Information is presented in an easy-to-follow format, with High-Yield Points that help students focus on the most important USMLE Step 1 facts. Each chapter includes review questions, and an appendix provides answers with explanations. This updated edition includes additional information on epidemiology/public health. The improved, more readable format features briefer, bulleted paragraphs, more High-Yield Points, and boldfaced terms.

This practical reference covers bone disorders in rheumatic diseases. Together Drs. Maricic and Gluck - along with contributors from bone biology, diagnosis, imaging, biomarkers, and treatment - have developed a comprehensive text on this specific aspect of rheumatology. Geared toward rheumatologists, "Bone Disease in Rheumatology" examines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of bone loss in patients with inflammatory diseases. Used as a source of reference or studied in its entirety, the no-nonsense layout of essential information in this text will surely enhance your mastery of understanding and treating bone disease.You'll find coverage of: cutting-edge information on the pathophysiology of systemic and focal bone loss (erosions) in inflammatory disorders, and the tools to assess and measure them; bone loss associated with rheumatic diseases and the medications utilized in their management; and, common and uncommon metabolic bone disorders, emphasizing state-of-the-art management techniques. The inaugural edition of "Bone Disease in Rheumatology" will prove its worth on the first read. Order your copy today!

This clinically focused, practical reference is a complete guide to diagnosing and treating sleep disorders. The opening sections explain basic definitions, sleep monitoring, and normal human sleep. A clinical presentations section details how to approach diagnosis based upon patients' complaints, as well as unique features of the child, adolescent, or older adult with sleep problems. Subsequent sections address specific sleep disorders and sleep disorders in patients with other medical and psychiatric conditions. Chapters have been critically edited by experts from multiple specialties, follow a standardized template, and include bulleted lists, tables, and clinical pearls. Appendices include information on polysomnography, sleep questionnaires, and starting a sleep disorders facility.

Thoroughly updated for 2004, this manual is the definitive guide to the care of HIV-infected patients, written by Dr. John Bartlett, a world-renowned expert. The book reflects the most up-to-date policies and recommendations of the AIDS Care Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and includes current treatment guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services and the International AIDS Society. This edition presents three favored antiretroviral treatment regimens and the preferred regimen for PI-based HAART therapy. New tables contrast U.S. government and International AIDS Society treatment guidelines with Dr. Bartlett's own expert preferences.

This two-volume work is the most comprehensive, current, and authoritative reference on pediatric surgery. More than 150 recognized experts provide complete information on the diagnosis and treatment of all surgical diseases and injuries in infants and children. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Surgery provides clinically focused coverage of each organ system, including extensive sections on surgical oncology, the thorax, the abdomen, and trauma and state-of-the-art chapters on endocrine surgery, the breast, injury prevention, cell transplantation, and short bowel syndrome. More than 1,300 illustrations demonstrate surgical procedures step by step.

Written by recognized experts in podiatry, this full-color text/atlas is a practical "how-to" guide to the most advanced and successful techniques for treating foot and ankle problems. The authors describe their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail, identify pitfalls and potential complications, and offer personal pearls and tips for improving results. The book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs and drawings demonstrating difficult surgical maneuvers. Each chapter focuses on a specific procedure and covers indications, contraindications, preoperative planning, surgical technique, postoperative management, and complications. A list of recommended readings appears at the end of each chapter.

Written by the world's foremost shoulder and elbow surgeons, this volume is the most comprehensive, current reference on shoulder and elbow arthroplasty. The book provides state-of-the-art information on implant design and detailed guidelines--including treatment algorithms--on specific arthroplasty procedures for arthritis, fractures, chronic dislocations, and other disorders. More than 400 illustrations complement the text. Each main section--shoulder arthroplasty and elbow arthroplasty--has three subsections: implant considerations, technical considerations, and disease-specific considerations. Disease-specific chapters cover surgical anatomy, pathophysiology, preoperative evaluation, indications for surgery, implant choices, surgical techniques, and postoperative rehabilitation. Also included are chapters on complications, revision arthroplasty, arthroplasty with bone loss and limb salvage, and alternatives to replacement arthroplasty. Every chapter includes a "Chapter-at-a-Glance" summary for easy review of the chapter content.

This title includes nearly 1,500 questions to help prepare you for the CMA and RMA exams! Inside of this book are the tools and information you'll need to succeed on the CMA and RMA national medical assisting exams - and to retain that information to ensure a successful career. You'll benefit from the unique combination of expertise, creativity, interest in student success, humor, and 'Keep It Simple Yet Effective' approach. This title features: a table of contents that corresponds to the topics covered on both national exams; a pretest with an analysis to help you determine your strong and weak study areas; a method for creating your own study plan and a calendar to help you track it; and, at least 25 questions for each chapter with answers and rationale on the same page to avoid flipping back and forth. It also includes a sturdy bookmark to cover answers. It offers practice for both national exams: some questions have four answer choices like the RMA exam; other questions have five answer choices like the CMA exam. It also features: important review terms with definitions included in each chapter; review and study tips pertinent to each chapter; test preparation tips for students for whom English is their second language; important information for study groups; explanation of the two major national exams; exam-taking strategies and exam-day preparation; and, timed simulated exams. Don't forget to order "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Pocket Guide for Medical Assisting, Second Edition" - the perfect reference tool to help smooth the transition from the classroom to practice.

This thoroughly illustrated handbook is the first complete how-to guide to the use of manual medicine techniques for sports injuries. For each region of the body, the book describes anatomy, physiology, physical examination, and common sports injuries, and details the various manual medicine techniques, with step-by-step instructions for treating specific injuries. More than 400 illustrations demonstrate how to apply these techniques. Separate chapters focus on injuries in fourteen specific sports and in specific athletic populations - the differently abled, children, women, the elderly, and pregnant athletes.

Reinforce your understanding of key concepts and strengthen the foundation you'll need in dental hygiene practice with this valuable "Student Workbook to Accompany Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist". This workbook provides a range of exercises that will help you expand and strengthen your skills. You will learn to master fundamental concepts, build competency, and gain the ability to think critically. Some of the exercises will help you to practice making patient care decisions. Finally, you will progress to the stage of discovery, in which you can apply what you have learned as you gather new information about dental hygiene practice.

Written by the world's foremost authorities, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of current approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of atherothrombosis and its coronary and noncoronary complications. This edition has been thoroughly updated, sharply focused on clinical information, and trimmed to one manageable volume. Coverage begins with a review of risk factors and prevention, emphasizing lipid abnormalities, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and obesity. Subsequent sections examine the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, markers and imaging, acute coronary syndromes, chronic stable angina, and noncoronary atherothrombosis. Clinical presentations, medical management, and the latest interventional strategies are included.

Prepared by renowned experts in pulmonary pathology, this comprehensive and profusely illustrated text-atlas presents a multimodality approach to the diagnosis of lung disease - preparing you to face your next challenge with confidence. For the practicing pathologist, the book provides a roadmap to faster, more accurate diagnosis of lung disease...and for the fellow, resident, or student, it is an indispensable study tool, ideal when preparing for exams or subspecialty Board certification.Precise diagnosis of lung pathology begins here. Unmatched coverage addresses the full spectrum of lung pathology - from lung cancer and emphysema to infectious diseases and transplant-related problems - with in-depth material on common, rare, and newly described disease entities. Detailed discussions of the gross, cytologic, and histologic features of each disease broaden your understanding and sharpen your diagnostic skills. Expert authors let you benefit from their years of diagnostic experience. Over 1,100 full-color illustrations reveal critical details from among a broad range of findings, obtained using the latest diagnostic modalities. Use of the most current classification schemes in lung disease assures you of the most current, accurate guidelines. Special topics address the challenges of drug-related lung problems, forensic pathology, pediatric pulmonary pathology, and more.

Extensively revised to reflect contemporary practice and residency training, this book is an excellent self-teaching tool for general surgery residents and medical students. It is the only surgical review that presents each topic as a realistic clinical case with question-and-answer teaching points and clinical decision-making algorithms. Each chapter has a major section on minimally invasive surgery, a Point-Counterpoint clinical debate on a controversial topic, and additional algorithms. Reflecting today's emphasis on evidence-based practice, this edition specifically indicates the level of evidence supporting diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. This edition fits easily into a pocket.

This full-color atlas is the ideal quick consult for clinicians treating gynecologic and obstetric infections. It contains over 200 images to help clinicians recognize, diagnose, and treat a wide range of infectious diseases. Coverage begins with specific organisms - including Streptococci, Chlamydial infections, herpes simplex virus, and sexually transmitted diseases - and proceeds to specific diagnostic guidance for all common gynecologic and obstetric infections. Full-color illustrations aid in identifying definitive visual manifestations of infectious diseases. Abundant tables and graphs summarize essential facts on diagnosis and treatment. Cross-references to the textbook "Infectious Diseases of the Female Genital Tract, Fourth Edition" direct readers to additional information.

Written specifically for dental hygienists, this textbook provides an overview of public health beyond the traditional view of community dental hygiene and offers a thorough presentation of the roles and responsibilities of the dental hygienist in public health. The competencies covered are based on the American Dental Education Association Competencies for Entry into the Profession of Dental Hygiene, and provide guiding principles to assure that students are prepared for the National Board Exam and dental hygiene practice. Content includes the full range of concepts, issues, and methods used in practice, as well as factors affecting the oral health of various patient populations and development of public policy in response to a population's needs. In this engaging and comprehensive book you'll find: discussions by noted experts in public health dentistry on topics of epidemiology, biostatistics, ethics, health promotion, and education; a module format specifically designed to allow for flexibility in depth of content and teaching styles, where each module centers on a core content area of public health; learning activities included in each chapter require students to think critically and apply their skills, and help reinforce understanding of key topics; and sample review questions and study approaches in Chapter 18 to help students prepare for board exams.

Now in its Fifth Edition, the leading clinical reference on pediatric and adolescent gynecology combines contemporary approaches to diagnosis with the latest medical and surgical management advice to help you address gynecologic problems in infants, children, and adolescents with confidence. In this book, you'll discover expert perspectives from a multidisciplinary array of contributors--many of whom helped to define pediatric gynecology as a specialty. As mentioned in the foreword from Dr. Barbieri, "Simply put, this is the best book about pediatric and adolescent gynecology. If you plan on owning one textbook on pediatric and adolescent gynecology this is the classic." Clinically focused coverage, in a format that's easy to use...Broad-based coverage helps you address the full spectrum of common and rare problems encountered in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. . Outstanding algorithms and tables provide quick and practical guideposts to accurate diagnosis. . More than 400 illustrations, including 8 pages of full-color plates, deliver the visual guidance needed to recognize key pathologic features and to refine your diagnosis. . Abundant case examples help you put basic principles into action. . Up-to-date references provide a comprehensive review of the current literature and guide further research. New to this Edition...Cutting-edge information on urology and complementary and alternative medicine broadens your therapeutic options and helps you answer commonly asked questions about herbal and other remedies. . Expanded coverage of surgical techniques helps you correct structural abnormalities of the reproductive tract. Discover the expert clinical guidance you need to diagnose and manage gynecologic problems in children and adolescents. Order your copy of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Fifth Edition today!