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  • Adams' Coding and Reimbursement

    A Simplified Approach
    • 4th Edition
    • Wanda Adams
    • English
    Combining the basics of coding, insurance, and reimbursement in one concise text, Adams' Coding and Reimbursement: A Simplified Approach, 4th Edition looks at the big picture of medical billing and coding and shows how it fits into the physician reimbursement system. Clearly organized, full-color chapters guide you through the entire coding and claims process, detailing coding rules and applications, insurance guidelines, and the reimbursement system. Realistic, hands-on practice helps you apply what you've learned. Written by medical insurance, billing, and coding expert Wanda Adams, this edition includes the latest ICD-9-CM and CPT codes, a new chapter on HCPCS coding, and a new chapter preparing you for the 2013 transition to ICD-10-CM.

  • Clinical Surgery

    With Student Consult Access
    • 3rd Edition
    • Michael M. Henry + 1 more
    • English
    The previous edition won first Prize (Surgery category) at the BMA Awards 2005. The judges' comment: 'A comprehensive and attractively presented 4-colour textbook of surgery aimed primarily at medical students but also of use to junior doctors and surgical technicians. The book has two key features: firstly, it provides students with coverage of every aspect of surgery; secondly, it has been designed and written to be the 'surgical companion' to Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine. This new edition will also offer an online version to all purchasers of the book - the first surgical textbook in the UK to make an electronic version available.'

  • Mosby's PDQ for RN

    Practical, Detailed, Quick
    • 3rd Edition
    • Mosby
    • English
    Easily locate critical clinical information at a moment's notice with Mosby's PDQ. This easy-to-use, pocket-sized guide is your rapid reference to the hundreds of important nursing facts, formulas, lab values, and procedures you might need in the clinical setting. 10 color coded sections break out key coverage of drugs, emergency care, pediatrics, patient teaching, obstetrics, geriatrics, patient assessment, and more. A special facts sections contains additional information on essential formulas, conversion tables, and abbreviations.

  • Huszar. Arritmias

    Guía práctica para la interpretación y el tratamiento
    • 4th Edition
    • Keith Wesley
    • Spanish
    Guía de consulta didáctica, manejable, altamente ilustrada y rápida para interpretar las arritmias, actualizada según las Guías de Atención cardiovascular de emergencia del 2010. Realiza un abordaje de los fundamentos de la interpretación del ECG, que abarca desde la anatomía básica hasta las técnicas más avanzadas. En esta guía cada caso incluye información fundamental, así como una imagen de ECG con sus medidas e interpretación, lo que la convierte en una herramienta muy práctica.

  • Dental Materials

    Properties and Manipulation
    • 10th Edition
    • John M. Powers + 1 more
    • English
    Focusing on the dental materials most commonly used, Dental Materials: Properties and Manipulation, 10th Edition covers the tasks that dental assistants and dental hygienists typically perform. It shows the most current materials, how to mix and apply them in a clinical setting, and how to educate patients about them. Now in full color, this edition adds more photographs of materials actually being mixed, used, and applied, and includes detailed coverage of ceramics, metals, and implant and impression materials. Written by well-known experts on restorative dentistry and materials, John Powers and John Wataha, Dental Materials is a trusted text that keeps you on top of the rapidly developing field of dental materials.

  • Recent Advancements in Neuromuscular Medicine, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23-1
    • Gregory T Carter
    • English
    This issue will cover: sinle muscle fiber electrophysiology, skinned muscle fibers, magnetic resonance imaging in muscular dystrophy, ultrasound of nerve and muscle, microgenomics of the motor neuron system, and electrodiagnostic studies in animal models.

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders: Practical Overview For Pediatricians, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 59-1
    • Dilip R Patel + 1 more
    • English
    The Guest Editors have assembled expert authors to cover the full clinical span of the topic autism and autism spectrum disorders. An historical perspective of the evolution of the disorder opens the issue. Next, comprehensive coverage is given to an article on the definitions, diagnostic criteria, and clinical features of autism spectrum disorders. Other articles in the issue cover the relevant topics like epidemiology, genetic syndromes and genetic testing, early diagnosis and diagnostic evaluation, and neuroimaging and neurochemistry of autism. Authors also present information on tsocial skills for the autistic child, behavioral interventions, and transitioning the autistic child into adulthood, to name a few. This issue should be very well received by pediatricians.

  • Neurologic Emergencies, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-1
    • Alireza Minagar + 1 more
    • English
    Many neurologic disorders can appear in quick and severe forms that require immediate medical attention. This issue of Neurologic Clinics features 14 articles on conditions that commonly present acutely, such as epilepsy, headache, visual loss, nervous system infections, ischemic stroke, head and spinal cord injury, and intracranial hemorrhage.

  • Rôles infirmiers, organisation du travail et interprofessionnalité/Encadrement des professionnels de soins

    Unités d'enseignements 3.3 et 3.5
    • 1st Edition
    • David Naudin + 2 more
    • French
    Ce cahier, consacré à l'UE 3.3 Rôles infirmiers, organisation du travail et interprofessionnalit... (semestres 3 et 5) et à l'UE 3.5 Encadrement des professionnels de soins (semestre 4), présente les concepts fondamentaux à connaître. Il aborde au niveau du rôle infirmier les thèmes suivants : - l'historique de la profession ; - le rôle, la fonction, les missions et compétences de l'infirmière ; - l'identité professionnelle ; - les réseaux de soins et l'interdisciplinarit... Puis, il présente l'organisation du travail, à travers : - l'infirmière en secteur libéral : fonction, gestion d'un cabinet, organisation ; - le rôle de l'IDE dans les différents secteurs : libéral, éducation, humanitaire, en milieu carcéral ; - les notions et outils d'ergonomie dans la fonction soignante. L'encadrement des professionnels de soins est abordé à travers : - l'encadrement des stagiaires et des nouveaux personnels : théories et processus de l'apprentissage et de l'évaluation, contrats d'encadrement, tutorat et conduite du projet d'encadrement ; - l'encadrement des autres professionnels de santé : le programme des études d'aide soignant, d'auxiliaire de puériculture, d'aide médico-psychologique et autres professionnels. Toutes ces thématiques sont illustrées par de nombreux exemples et schémas en couleurs. Et en fin d'ouvrage, un Cahier d'entraînement permet à l'étudiant de tester ses connaissances et de s'entraîner à l'analyse de situations intégratives.

  • Cardiorespiratory Assessment of the Adult Patient

    A clinician's guide
    • 1st Edition
    • Mary Ann Broad + 3 more
    • English
    This new innovative resource aims to give physiotherapy students and those new to respiratory care a simple, easy-to-use guide to the process and procedures used in the assessment of adult respiratory patients. Cardiorespiratory Assessment of the Adult Patient begins by identifying the scope of respiratory physiotherapy and listing some key aims of assessment with an overview of different approaches. It then goes on to provide a selection of ‘assessment checklists’ for the main clinical settings which the physiotherapist is likely to encounter. Chapter 3 provides a selection of ‘assessment tools’ given alphabetically, including those that physiotherapists may be expected to carry out themselves and those where they only need to interpret the assessment findings. These tools include a systematic guide to the procedure involved (where relevant) and an explanation of the key findings and their significance for the physiotherapist. In the final section, individuals can apply their knowledge using case scenarios and suggested solutions are also provided. Part of the Physiotherapist’s Toolbox Series – unlock your key skills! Perfect for use on placement and in the clinic.

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