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Arthritis and Allied Conditions
A Textbook of Rheumatology
Larry W. Moreland , William J. Koopman
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 2600
Established as the 'Bible of Rheumatology', this definitive two-volume reference is now in its thoroughly updated Fifteenth Edition. More than 200 of the world's preeminent experts provide encyclopedic coverage of the entire field of rheumatology, including relevant basic science, diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, and pathophysiology, diagnosis, and medical and surgical management of all rheumatic diseases and syndromes. Chapters include extensive references and more than 1,200 illustrations complement the text. A new co-editor, Dr. Larry Moreland, joins Dr. Koopman for this edition. Coverage includes numerous new treatment modalities, a new chapter on anti-TNF drugs, and cutting-edge molecular and genetic research.
Uterine Artery Embolization and Gynecologic Embolotherapy
James B. Spies , Jean-Pierre Pelage
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 224
Written by interventional radiologists and gynecologists, this volume is the first comprehensive reference on uterine artery embolization, a minimally invasive procedure for treating uterine fibroids. The first section provides a thorough understanding of uterine fibroids, pelvic anatomy, gynecologic evaluation of patients with fibroids, and pelvic and uterine imaging. The second section guides practitioners step by step through the embolization procedure, including patient selection and preparation, peri-procedural patient management, technique, choice of embolics, and pitfalls. Chapters discuss therapeutic outcomes, management of complications, and pregnancy after uterine artery embolization. The book also includes chapters on uterine embolization for obstetrical and gynecologic hemorrhage.
Field Guide to Fracture Management
Richard B. Birrer , Robert L. Kalb
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 161
Organized by body region and fracture type, this practical resource covers the full spectrum of topics related to effective fracture management - from essential clinical guidance on casting and splinting techniques and handling complications to chapters on training, case selection and insurance issues. Clear a path to effective fracture management! It's standardized chapter format includes a "how-to" outline to help you locate key facts easily. Useful illustrations, tables, and figures offer vital visual guidance in the effective treatment of simple and complex fractures. Practical, how-to approach shows you what works, what doesn't, and why. Pediatric content assists the family practitioner in treating childhood fractures. Tips on avoiding pitfalls help you optimize results.
Pediatric Retina
Medical and Surgical Approaches
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 546
This is the first text to address pediatric retinal diseases. The book's broad scope spans the developmental and genetic aspects of pediatric retinal diseases; patient assessment and diagnosis, and medical management; surgical management; and rehabilitation. Abundant color illustrations enhance an outstanding text by world-renowned editors and contributors.
Manual of Nerve Conduction Study and Surface Anatomy for Needle Electromyography
Hang J. Lee , Joel A. DeLisa
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 400
This manual is a practical, illustrated how-to guide to the proper techniques and electrode placements for common nerve conduction studies. The first section describes each nerve conduction study, including placement of electrodes, typical electromyography equipment settings, normal values, and pearls and pitfalls. The second section provides detailed coverage of surface anatomy for needle electromyography and shows where to place the needles for each muscle. More than 200 clear photographs demonstrate correct placement of needle electrodes. Chapters in each section follow a consistent sequence and are written in outline format to help readers find information quickly
Arthroscopic Knot Tying
An Instruction Manual
Keith M. Baumgarten , Rick W. Wright
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 180
Featuring more than 260 photographs and easy-to-follow outlined instructions, this manual is the first step-by-step "how-to" guide to arthroscopic knot tying. The authors explain the key concepts behind arthroscopic knot tying, show how to hold the suture and use the various knot-tying devices, and demonstrate all the steps necessary to tie a biomechanically sound arthroscopic knot. The book covers 30 arthroscopic knots that are appropriate for repairing injuries of the shoulder, elbow, knee, and ankle. Detailed instructions for tying each knot are presented side by side with clear photographs depicting each step.
Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management
Deepak Gupta
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 320
Inside this expertly written resource, you'll discover what every optometrist must know to ensure the accurate diagnosis and optimal management of glaucoma. Complete diagnostic coverage hones your skills with current information on risk factors, genetic factors, gonioscopy, visual field analysis, IOP measurement, corneal thickness evaluation, and optic nerve imaging. You'll also find essential material on medical management including overviews of the latest drugs used in managing glaucoma to help you choose the best approach for each patient. There's even guidance on co-management that will help you work effectively with ophthalmologists in charting the right therapeutic course. Put the essentials of glaucoma management into focus...Order your copy today!
Comprehensive Atlas of Transplantation
Donald C. Dafoe
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Paul C. Kuo
e altri
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 288
Featuring more than 400 full-color digital intraoperative photographs, this atlas is a comprehensive 'how-to' guide to heart, lung, liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation. It presents photographs and succinct descriptions of every step of each operation - including patient positioning, dissection and exposure, retraction, anatomic details, anatomoses, completion, and drain placement. Photographs have been taken from multiple angles, including directly overhead wherever possible. Anatomic and technical variations are illustrated by drawings. Coverage includes procurement and transplantation of cadaver organs, operations to obtain organs from living donors, and transplantation of living donor organs. The liver and kidney sections include pediatric transplantation.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
Brian D. Kavanagh , Robert D. Timmerman
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 160
This text provides oncology professionals with a practical understanding of the basic science, technical aspects, and clinical indications of stereotactic body radiation therapy, including radiosurgery, radiotherapy, and radioablation. The coverage includes discussions of relevant classical and molecular radiobiological principles, critical evaluations of currently used techniques, and background clinical oncology information plus summaries of reported outcomes for patients treated in the lung, liver, and spine.
A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Infectious Disease
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Donald Janner
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 250
The ideal time-saver for the busy clinician at the front lines of pediatric care, this handy guide delivers a practical 'how-to' perspective on diagnosis and treatment for a range of commonly encountered infections. Broad-based material helps you meet the challenges of a range of infectious disease states--from otitis media, sinusitis, and urinary tract infection...to hepatitis, cervical adenitis, pediatric tuberculosis, pneumonia, catheter infection, and more. Let these dynamic features guide your diagnostic and treatment choices: clinically essential material on specific drugs and dosages helps you select the best treatment for each patient, and alerts you to potentially hazardous dosing errors and drug interactions; section on accurate interpretation of laboratory tests outlines proper interpretive technique for a range of common tests and helps hone your diagnostic skills; consistent chapter template allows you to locate needed information quickly; and coverage of infection control in organ transplant recipients helps you meet the special needs of this patient population. Convenient size makes this an ideal quick-consult at the bedside, in the lab, or in the office.
Myoclonic Epilepsies
Understanding Its Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment
Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta
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Charlotte Dravet
e altri
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 347
This volume is the first comprehensive text and clinical reference on idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies of infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The world's foremost experts describe the phenotypes and subtypes of myoclonic epilepsies and the underlying molecular defects and summarize cutting-edge advances in molecular genetics that shed new light on the etiologies of these syndromes. The book offers clinicians much-needed assistance in recognizing and diagnosing idiopathic myoclonic epilepsies and selecting appropriate treatment. Each chapter includes diagnostic and treatment algorithms to guide practitioners in clinical decision making.
Pharmacology for Massage Therapy
Procedures and Quick Reference
Jean M. Wible
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 320
Written specifically for massage therapists, this excellent text makes the basics of pharmacology easy to understand. It explains the biochemical and physical effects and actions of a wide variety of drug classes, explores how they move throughout the body, and addresses the use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases. This cutting-edge text also introduces a deductive reasoning process that can be used to develop safe individualized bodywork protocols for clients receiving drug therapy. Readers will learn a practical method for assessing the effects of drug therapies on their clients and the implications for massage therapy.
Stedman's Alternative and Complementary Medicine Words
Stedman's
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 514
Stedman's Alternative & Complementary Medicine Words, Second Edition includes over 40,000 cutting-edge, up-to-date alternative and complementary medicine terms, in addition to drugs/herbal remedies and equipment used in treatment. This new edition also features an expanded appendix section with Images and Sample Reports. Veteran medical transcriptionists, students, court reporters, medical language specialists, and other related professionals will value this comprehensive reference for accurate medical documentation. Stedman's Alternative & Complementary Medicine Words, Second Edition is also available on CD-ROM.
Cancer of the Nervous System
Jay S. Loeffler , Peter M. Black
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 900
Thoroughly revised to reflect the latest advances in neurosurgery, radiation oncology, chemotherapy, biological therapy, and the basic sciences, the Second Edition of this highly acclaimed volume is the most comprehensive, current reference on tumors of the central and peripheral nervous system. More than 100 of the foremost authorities present multimodality treatment strategies for specific tumor types and examine the mechanisms of tumorigenesis. Coverage includes state-of-the-art information on image-guided surgery, local delivery systems, intraoperative imaging, proton beam therapy, conformal systems, radiosurgery, new drugs and biological agents, and cell cycle deregulation and chromosomal abnormalities in tumorigenesis. This edition contains over 400 illustrations.
AIDS 2003
A Year in Review
Jay A. Levy
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 160
With the rapid nature of progress in the field of AIDS and HIV, "AIDS 2003: A Year in Review" provides an essential summary of all major advances during the previous year. The entire field is divided into subspecialties - Virology, Vaccines & Immunology, Clinical Treatment, and Epidemiology and Social Issues. This year's publication features a novel format. Two new sections have been added to complement the state-of-the-art topical review papers that we have had in years past. There is now a 'news' feature and 'best of AIDS' feature. Some of the world's leading researchers and writers look back at the year's research progress and other important matters to provide a coherent synthesis of all our recent work, and its implications for future investigations. "AIDS 2003: A Year in Review" will be cited in "Index Medicus/Medline", "Current Contents (Life Sciences)", "Science Citation Index", and "Excerpta Medica".
Stedman's Medical Eponyms
Pat Forbis , Sue Bartolucci
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 900
Stedman's Medical Eponyms, Second Edition has been fully updated and revised to include the wealth of eponymous terms encountered in medicine. Medical language professionals, medical transcriptionists, and students will find this new edition to be a comprehensive resource, with clear, concise definitions for each term along with accurate spellings. The A-Z section lists names alphabetically, with the related eponymous terms and definitions provided as subentries. New additions users will find in this revised edition include Alder-Reilly anomaly, Lenz-Majewski syndrome, Ramirez EndoForehead(TM) dissector, and more! Stedman's Medical Eponyms, Second Edition is also available on CD-ROM.
Ultrasound for Surgeons
Edgar D. Staren , Junji Machi
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 492
Edited by two preeminent leaders in the use of ultrasound in surgical practice, this volume is a state-of-the-art guide to preoperative and intraoperative applications of ultrasound. The book familiarizes surgeons with current equipment, scanning techniques, and interventional instrumentation and provides detailed instruction on diagnostic and interventional ultrasound for specific surgical diseases in each anatomic region. A major portion of the book focuses on intraoperative, laparoscopic, and endoscopic ultrasound in abdominal organs. Coverage also includes ultrasound in trauma and acute care settings. Hundreds of ultrasound images complement the text. Line drawings are used to clarify the images where necessary.
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Basic Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches
George S. Abela
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 548
Written by cardiologists and subspecialists who treat peripheral vascular problems, this text provides quick and practical guidance on the diagnosis and management of peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Coverage begins with anatomy, etiology, signs and symptoms, and risk factors and proceeds to medical therapy, noninvasive and invasive diagnosis, interventional therapy, and surgical treatment. The book includes sections on training of cardiovascular fellows, residents, and house staff; venous disease; systemic manifestations of PVD; the economic impact of PVD; and billing and coding.
Essentials of Skeletal Radiology
Lindsay J. Rowe , Terry R. Yochum
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 1800
The fully updated Third Edition of this successful text covers the full spectrum of radiology, continuing its tradition of excellence. Useful both as a learning tool across the chiropractic curriculum and as a reference and clinical aid to practitioners, the text helps readers distinguish key radiologic features--invaluable in clinical decision making. This edition incorporates the latest imaging technologies--including SPECT bone scan, diagnostic ultrasound, helical 3D CT, and MRI--and features more than 4,500 images obtained with state-of-the-art techniques. Coverage includes new chapters on soft-tissue imaging and paraspinal abnormalities and more information on sports-related injuries.
Handbook of Psychopharmacotherapy
A Life Span Approach
Mani N. Pavuluri , Philip G. Janicak
editore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
pagine: 160
This pocket-sized handbook is a one-stop quick-reference guide to prescribing psychotropic drugs for patients at every stage of the life span - children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. In easy-to-scan bulleted format, the book provides concise information about each drug, including formulations available, how to prescribe for each age group, how the drug compares to alternative treatments, and what precautions are necessary. The coverage encompasses all current psychotherapeutic medications, including agents used to treat substance abuse. This handbook is also available electronically for handheld computers.
