Current Pediatric Diagnosis & Treatment

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Number Of Pages: 1420
Publication Date: 2004-09-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071429603
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071429603
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
“A well-written, up-to-date general pediatric text…a very useful reference.” Emergency & Office Pediatrics(of the 13th edition) “Designed by experts, with care. The frequency with which its information is updated ensures that only the most current advances in pediatrics are included.” Online review (of the 16th edition) “Up-to-date, accurate information in a clear and concise form…A great value and a solid buy for both in the office and in the hospital.” Online review (of the 15th edition) “All you want and need to know in your pediatrics rotation…a must-have for good medical students with lots to learn and too little time.” Online review (of the 15th edition)
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Visual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Publisher: BMJ Books
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2006-11-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405134917
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405134910
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Containing high quality images, this book presents the common visual diagnoses that are either pathognomonic or suggestive of specific illnesses. Organized randomly as a patient would present their 'chief complaint' rather than neatly into topics, this book is an invaluable aid for all health care personnel who manage patients in acute care settings. This book is also ideal for national examination review.
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Visual Diagnosis in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Publisher: BMJ Books
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2006-11-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405134917
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405134910
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Containing high quality images, this book presents the common visual diagnoses that are either pathognomonic or suggestive of specific illnesses. Organized randomly as a patient would present their 'chief complaint' rather than neatly into topics, this book is an invaluable aid for all health care personnel who manage patients in acute care settings. This book is also ideal for national examination review.
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Goldfrank's Manual of Toxicologic Emergencies

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 800
Publication Date: 2007-03-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 007144310X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071443104
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Concise, "at the bedside" guidelines for toxicologic emergencies--derived from the premier reference in the field
This practical and portable bedside manual is condensed for instant application from the masterwork regarded for a quarter of a century as the "gold standard" reference in the field of emergency toxicology: Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies.
Supplies trusted information on the scientific principles that explain how toxins affect vital signs, neurotransmitters, metabolic processes, and organs and systems throughout the body. And much more.
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An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine: Guide for Practitioners in the Emergency Department

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 818
Publication Date: 2005-07-11
ISBN / ASIN: 0521542596
EAN: 9780521542593

Book Description:
Winner of the 2006 AMWA Book Awards Physicians Category, An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine is a much-needed resource for individuals practicing in this challenging field. It takes a novel approach, describing in detail the best and most current methods including initial patient evaluation, generation of differential diagnoses, problem-solving and management of challenging conditions based on presenting symptoms. Unlike other textbooks, in which the diagnosis is known, this textbook approaches clinical problems as clinicians approach patients - without full knowledge of the final diagnosis.
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First Aid for the Pediatrics Clerkship

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2007-12-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071448705
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071448703
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
The only student-to-student, step-by-step guide to clerkship success
This unique resource provides detailed how-to-succeed and what-to-study guidance from emergency medicine clerkship vets. Readers will find hundreds of recently tested high-yield topics from shelf exams and the USMLE Step 2 along with insider tips for outstanding performance from students who've been there and tear-out cards with essential wards information in pocket-ready format.
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: A Clinical Guide

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 2005-10-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405130318
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405130318
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Prompting the first WHO global health alert for over a decade, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was first recognised in South-East Asia in February 2003.
With the causative agent now identified as a new strain of coronavirus, the medical world has gained important knowledge on the aetiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, pathogenesis, epidemiology, disease treatment and infection control with amazing speed.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: A Clinical Guide meets the urgent need for a comprehensive, authoritative reference guide for everyone in the medical and scientific community engaged in the fight against SARS:
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Interpreting Trauma Radiographs

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 2005-08-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405115343
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405115346
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
As advanced practices and role extension within the healthcare sector continues unabated, increasingly practitioners seek ways to widen their professional remit and develop and add to their skills. Interpreting Trauma Radiographs provides a unique guide to enable radiographers and trained healthcare professionals to confidently and competently interpret and report on radiographic images. Designed specifically for radiographers, casualty (accident and emergency) medical officers and trainees, and other health professionals who regularly encounter trauma radiography as part of their work, this book brings together expert contributions on the clinical, medical, legal and scientific aspects of radiographic interpretation and reporting, promoting a thorough understanding of both the general framework of reporting and the detail of image interpretation.
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Ultrasound in Emergency Care

Publisher: BMJ Books
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2004-12-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0727917315
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780727917317
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
A practical guide to the use of ultrasound and how to interpret the scans, aimed specifically at emergency physicians and staff. This is recognised as an essential skill in emergency medicine, and this book will provide the means to learn it, with question led text and many illustrations of real examples. The book will include a CD Rom of video clips, showing normal and abnormal scans, approximating to the real life situation.
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Manual of Emergency Airway Management

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2008-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0781784948
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780781784948
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to emergency airway management in any adult or pediatric patient. It offers step-by-step instructions on techniques, drug administration, and prevention and management of complications and includes a complete section on difficult clinical scenarios. The book is packed with easy-to-follow algorithms and diagrams and helpful mnemonics. Each of the Third Edition's chapters includes improved full-color illustrations and updated evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section geared to the prehospital setting presents current National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians guidelines, including alternative airway devices.
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Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2008 (Lange Medical Book)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 213
Publication Date: 2007-12-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071496343
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071496346
Binding: Paperback

This is an easy to carry pocketsize guide to current guidelines in the treatment, screening and prevention of different diseases. this has helped me in structuring my management during my clinical rotation. it is easy to read, and very organized.
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Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury: Controversies and Consensus

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2007-05-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405122064
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405122061
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury: Controversies and Consensus reviews the controversies pertaining to the emergency, diagnostic, medical, and surgical management of spinal cord injury (SCI).
In vitro studies, animal models, and clinical outcome analyses have all failed to yield incontrovertible guidelines that define the role of surgery in SCI. As a result, there is no consensus regarding the necessity, timing, nature, or approach of surgical intervention. In this concise yet comprehensive book some of the leading authorities in the field scrutinize the scientific data and summarize the foundations of rational treatment paradigms.
| Tags: Neurology, Orthopaedics |

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Handbook of Neuroemergency Clinical Trials

Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 360
Publication Date: 2005-12-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0126480826
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780126480825
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
During the 1990s, scientific advances in understanding the mechanisms and pathophysiology of acute central nervous system injury were offset by a history of disappointing results from Phase III clinical trials of novel neuroprotective drugs. Numerous novel compounds were tested, and seemingly fell by the wayside. This book is intended to focus on novel therapies and the unique challenges their intended targets pose for the design and analysis of clinical trials.
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Emerging Therapeutic Ultrasound

Publisher: Imperial College Press
Number Of Pages: 364
Publication Date: 2006-09-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9812566856
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789812566850
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Univ. of Vermont, Burlington. Offers a review of basic physical principles and applications of emerging and rapidly developing therapeutic techniques. Topics include mechanisms for bioeffects of ultrasound relevant to therapeutic applications, high intensity focused ultrasound, and more. For researchers and clinicians. Expanded-outline format.
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Infectious Disease Surveillance

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: 2007-10-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405142669
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405142663
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
This unique book covers many major disease surveillance systems, drawing on the experiences of leading experts from around the world. Beginning with an overview of the newly revised International Health Regulations from the World Health Organization, the book progresses to explore surveillance systems currently in practice. Examples included are as far ranging as surveillance for antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens, vaccine adverse events, influenza and HIV/AIDS, to communicable disease surveillance during complex emergencies in Iraq and Sudan.
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The Wills Eye Manual: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages: 572
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0781769620
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780781769624
Binding: Paperback

Product Description:
Now in full color and completely updated, the Fifth Edition of this best-selling manual is a reliable quick-reference guide for all clinicians who treat eye disorders. Every disorder encountered in the office, emergency room, or hospital is covered in concise outline format: symptoms, signs, work-up, treatment, and follow-up. Also included are chapters on differential diagnosis of ocular symptoms and signs, a section on current imaging modalities in ophthalmology, and a Pharmacopoeia.
| Tags: Ophthalmology, Atlas |

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Wiley Handbook of Current and Emerging Drug Therapies, Volumes 5-8

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 3120
Publication Date: 2007-07-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470040998
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470040997
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
AT LAST - a comprehensive, authoritative resource customized for biomedical, pharmaceutical and drug discovery research!
Easy-to-access information on currently available drugs, plus the status of drug development and approval, for every major therapeutic area!
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Wiley Handbook of Current and Emerging Drug Therapies, Volumes 1-4

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047004098X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470040980
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Here is an all-encompassing reference tailored to the needs of research managers, chemists and biologists, clinical scientists, and executives in the pharmacology and biotechnology industry. No other resource focuses on drug discovery and pharmaceutical research from this unique perspective combining scientific and business aspects of today's biotechnology.
Within every major therapeutic area, the Wiley Handbook of Current and Emerging Drug Therapies provides a general overview of the etiology and pathophsiology of the important disease indications.
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Emergency Radiology: Case Studies

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Pages: 559
Publication Date: 2007-11-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071409173
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071409179
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Effectively and confidently interpret even the most challenging radiographic study
Emergency Radiology: Case Studies is a one-of-a-kind text specifically designed to help you fine-tune your emergency radiographic interpretation and problem-solving skills. Illustrated with hundreds of high-resolution images, this reference covers the full range of clinical problems in which radiographic studies play a key role. Dr. David Schwartz, leading educator and expert author of Emergency Radiology, takes you step-by-step through the radiographic analysis of medical, surgical, and traumatic disorders, giving you an unparalleled review of the use and interpretation of radiographic studies in emergency diagnosis.
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Rogers' Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number Of Pages: 1886
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0781782759
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780781782753
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
Rogers' Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, Fourth Edition continues the tradition of this classic text--detailed discussions of the scientific principles of pediatric critical care translated into practical clinical applications. This new edition has an international roster of over 250 contributors and emphasizes areas of collaboration between critical care physicians and nurses. Other highlights of this edition include a new section on basic concepts of critical care, including genetic medicine; a new section on PICU systems, organization, and management; chapters on worldwide threats to children's health; and sections on life support technologies and invasive procedures. A companion Website will offer instant access to the fully searchable text.
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