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The Medicine portfolio strives to advance medicine by delivering superior evidence-based education, reference information and decision support tools to clinicians, trainees, and students. Specialties covered include Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Radiology & Imaging, Pathology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hematology & Oncology, Plastic Surgery, and many more. The Medicine portfolio includes world-renowned titles such as Gray's Anatomy and Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy, Braunwald's Heart Disease, Goldman-Cecil Medicine, Osborn's Brain, Dermatology (Bolognia), Diagnostic Ultrasound (Rumack), The Harriet Lane Handbook, Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Ferri's Clinical Advisor, Conn's Current Therapy, and more.

  • Impfungen

    • 3rd Edition
    • Stephan Illing + 1 more
    • German
    Aktuell nach den STIKO-Empfehlungen ist dieses Buch für jeden Impfarzt ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter. Unser Buch verschafft Ihnen einen detaillierten und umfassenden Überblick über alle aktuellen Impfungen und Impfschemata:Impfung... alphabetisch mit Indikationen, Impfstoffen, Impfreaktionen, etc.Marktübersicht aller Impfstoffe in Deutschland, Österreich und der SchweizTipps und Fehlerquellen sowie Risiken bei ImpfungenEigene Kapitel zur rechtlichen Situation, Komplikationen und Sonderfällen (z.B. Schwangerschaft, Stillzeit, etc.) Aber auch besondere Aspekte werden dargestellt wie: Beratung und Umgang mit ImpfgegnernFernreise... mit Epidemiologie und ÜbersichtskartenLage... und Transport von ImpfstoffenAbrechnun... von Impfungen

  • E-Book Athletic Ability and the Anatomy of Motion

    • 3rd Edition
    • Rolf Wirhed
    • English
    This book serves as a bridge between biomechanics and the practice of sport. By providing a detailed analysis of movement, it helps readers understand the important factors for maximizing performance. Valuable coverage is provided on the general characteristics of bones, joints, and muscles, as well as guidelines for flexibility and strength training that provide a firm theoretical framework for effective training. From this basis, the book explores the anatomy function of different parts of the body and examines the types of movement important in sports activities.

  • Clinical Applications of Pathophysiology

    An Evidence-Based Approach
    • 3rd Edition
    • Valentina L. Brashers
    • English
    This practice-focused review guide and workbook covers 27 of the most commonly encountered health problems to outline the connections between pathophysiology, assessment, diagnosis, and management, with an emphasis on the clinical use of pathophysiologic concepts. Each chapter includes case studies to illustrate the application of pathophysiology principles to clinical situations with questions relating to patient history, physical examination findings, lab and diagnostic studies, therapies, and follow-up care. Each question is designed to promote clinical reasoning and a deeper understanding through application of the concepts presented. Information on differential diagnosis is included.

  • Critical Care Nursing Secrets

    • 2nd Edition
    • Hildy M. Schell + 1 more
    • English
    Part of the Nursing Secrets Series®, Critical Care Nursing Secrets is designed to be helpful for both new and experienced critical care nurses. New graduates, novice nurses, or those nurses returning to work in the field will find the book especially helpful in learning the "pearls" or "secrets" of practice. Written in a question-and-answer format, each of the 79 chapters has helpful features such as key points and Internet resources.

  • Abdominal X-Rays Made Easy

    • 2nd Edition
    • James D. Begg
    • English
    This lively and entertaining manual on how to interpret abdominal radiographs will be invaluable to all medical students and junior doctors and has been written by a practising radiologist with many years' experience of teaching the subject. It outlines the few simple rules you need to follow, then explains how to sort out the initial and apparently overwhelming jumble of information which constitutes the abdominal X-ray. Knowledge of its contents will provide a secure base for tackling exams and the subsequent challenges of clinical practice.

  • Beyond the Mind-Body Dualism: Psychoanalysis and the Human Body

    Proceedings of the 6th Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium held in Delphi, Greece between 27and 31 October 2004, ICS 1286
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1286
    • Evy Zacharacopoulou
    • English
    Beyond the Mind-Body Dualism: Psychoanalysis and the Human Body is the result of the proceedings of the The 6th Delphi International Psychoanalytical Symposium, held in Greece. The Symposium gathered many contemporary psychoanalysts and neuroscientists to deal with the latest scientific approaches and correlations between the two sciences. Some of the subjects which were developed during the Symposium are: Psychoanalytic affect theory in the light of neurobiological findings, The Body and the Sense of Reality, The Body and the World, Experience-dependent brain plasticity, A neuroscience perspective on transference, Differentiation, object relation and microprocesses of identification through the mother-infant bodily relationship, A neurobiological perspective on mentalizing and internal object relations in trauma¬tized borderline patients. This book will be interesting to psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psycho¬logists, neurobiologists and students alike.

  • Hand Secrets

    • 3rd Edition
    • Peter J. L. Jebson + 1 more
    • English
    The Secrets Series® is breaking new ground again. This volume in the very popular Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, updated, and completely redesigned 3rd Edition. A new, two-color page layout, a more portable size, and a list of the “Top 100 Secrets” in hand surgery help readers to better meet the challenges they face today. Readers will still find all of the features they rely on the Secret Series® for—a question- and -answer format, lists, mnemonics, tables, and an informal tone that make reference fast and easy. No matter what questions arise, in practice or while preparing for the hand surgery boards, this 3rd Edition has the answers—in print and online.

  • Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference

    • 4th Edition
    • Susan B. Stillwell
    • English
    Developed to provide nurse clinicians with a resource for the management of adult critical care patients, Mosby's Critical Care Nursing Reference condenses the most essential information needed by nurses working in the ICU. This valuable, pocket-sized reference provides information on broad topics that apply to a variety of critically ill patients, as well as detailed information on organ diseases. Chapters are dedicated to psychosocial concerns, complementary therapies, and the unique needs of a pediatric patient in an adult ICU. Therapeutic modalities and pharmacology are both examined, with information that is useful for the student, the new nurse, and the experienced professional.

  • Anatomy of General Surgical Operations

    • 2nd Edition
    • Glyn G. Jamieson
    • English
    This book describes the anatomical knowledge required for the 60 most common general surgical procedures. Throughout the emphasis is on helping the surgeon prepare for, and successfully and safely complete the operation. The choice of operations covered and the level of detail make the book ideal for higher surgical trainees in General Surgery. More experienced surgeons will also use it as a source of reference.

  • How to Read Pediatric ECGs

    • 4th Edition
    • Myung K. Park + 1 more
    • English
    Introducing a new edition of the popular text for medical students, residents, and practitioners on interpreting electrocardiograms in children. Pediatric cardiologists Dr. Myung Park and Dr. Warren Guntheroth teach the vectorial approach to pediatric ECG interpretation in a simple and practical way. How to Read Pediatric ECGs contains over 200 actual size ECG tracings, review questions, case studies for board review.

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