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Suitable for dermatologists, paediatricians, and family physicians, this guide provides information on genetic skin disorders. It features bulleted text summarizing the patterns of inheritance, prenatal diagnosis, incidence, age of presentation, pathogenesis, features, differential diagnosis, laboratory findings, management, and prognosis.

Featuring more than 1,100 full-color illustrations, this guide to the diagnosis and management of medical and surgical emergencies is divided into sections on prehospital management and resuscitation, organ system emergencies, and multisystem emergencies.

Part of the Recall Series , this title is suitable for medical students involved in study, review, and preparation for the USMLE Step 1.

Integrative Oncology is the synthesis of mainstream cancer treatment and effective complementary therapies. This title provides oncology professionals with need-to-know information about the data-based utility of complementary therapies. It discusses useful non-invasive adjunctive therapies.

Clinical practice guidelines have long provided physicians with a scientific-based decision-making tool for managing common pediatric conditions. Policy statements issued and endorsed by the AAP are designed to be quick reference for the AAP position on child health care issues. Updated for 2005, this comprehensive book and CD-ROM resource gives you easy access to important clinical and policy information. The book includes complete AAP clinical practice guidelines; current policy statements and clinical and technical reports. The CD-ROM builds on the content of the book by including full-text versions of all AAP policy statements and complete clinical practice guidelines including endorsed guidelines and policies.

Covers the important areas of respiratory physiology of particular relevance for pulmonary fellows and academic physicians. This text features a collection of topics, spanning classical physiological concepts to modern research. The clinical relevance of various research findings is also examined and interpreted for the reader.