Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry, 32nd Edition
Concise but packed with medically relevant examples,?Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry?combines top-quality full-color illustrations with authoritative integrated coverage of biochemical disease. This authoritative clinical guide includes more than 600 illustrations, with each chapter featuring a section on biomedical importance summarizing the given topic._x005F_x000D_
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This authoritative guide presents information in a way that helps you retain everything you read, including case studies emphasizing the clinical relevance of biochemistry, review questions following each of the eleven sections, ?Objectives? boxes defining the goals of each chapter, and tables encapsulating key information you must know. In addition, the authors have updated this edition with a new chapter on the importance and pervasiveness of transition metals.
Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls
With new surgical advances and innovations, more older, sicker, higher-risk patients are undergoing surgery. Expertly assessing and managing patients with comorbidities who are undergoing surgical procedures is an absolutely critical task today?and?Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls?will ensure that you make the right decisions through every step of the process._x005F_x000D_
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Which risk calculator should you use? How long should you delay surgery after percutaneous coronary intervention? Should the patient continue taking aspirin? How long before surgery should you stop a direct-acting oral anticoagulant??Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls?answers your questions when it comes to perioperative care.
Hazzard’s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 8e
The leading text on the subject of geriatrics, this comprehensive guide combines gerontology principles with clinical geriatrics, offering unmatched coverage of this area of medicine. Anchored in evidence-based medicine and patient-centered practice, Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology presents the most up-to-date, medical information available._x005F_x000D_
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This updated eighth edition reflects the continued growth and increasing sophistication of geriatrics as a defined medical discipline. The book focuses on the implementation of key concepts and covers the foundation for geriatrics, as well as frequently encountered syndromes found in older adults. In addition, it provides valuable insights into the simultaneous management of multiple conditions, including psychological and social issues and their interactions, an intrinsic aspect of geriatric patient care.
Emotion in the Clinical Encounter
The foundational knowledge and practical actions healthcare providers need to effectively address their patients? emotions?and manage their own_x005F_x000D_
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Designed to help clinicians meet one of the most vital challenges of patient care, Emotion in the Clinical Encounter explains the science of emotion and delivers practical insights for recognizing, acknowledging, and responding to patients? emotions, as well as their own. In addition to revealing how emotion processing affects clinician wellness, it links care outcomes to the clinician?s response to patients? affective cues?making this book unique among health provider "burnout books." Emotion in the Clinical Encounter is organized according to three themes: Emotion?s Functions, Clinical Emotional Intelligence, and Emotions in the Culture of Medicine.
Essential Elements of Wound Diagnosis
A quick-reference, highly visual guide to diagnosing and treating wounds?What is the wound etiology? What factors are impeding wound healing? What interventions will facilitate optimal healing? Those are three questions every clinician must answer when caring for a patient with a wound. Essential Elements of Wound Diagnosis provides the facts needed to quickly and accurately diagnose wounds and plan both medical and wound management. The information is presented in a highly visual way: each diagnosis features close-up wound images and a succinct discussion of the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, medical management, and wound management.??This unique guide serves as a self-assessment tool to help practicing clinicians learn, perfect, and assess? ?clinical diagnostic skills. Perfect for studying for exams/boards or treating patients in any clinical setting, Essential Elements of Wound Diagnosis provides key information in concise, bulleted text, so answers to clinical problems can be located quickly and easily.? ?Features essential information on the evaluation and treatment of:Ischemic woundsVenous woundsPressure injuries/ulcersDiabetic foot ulcersBurnsImmune-mediated tissue injuriesInfected woundsMalignant woundsMiscellaneous woundsAn appendix lists wounds most commonly encountered based on anatomical location to further assist in making a timely diagnosis.
Basic Musculoskeletal Imaging, 2e
The title of this book being Basic Musculoskeletal Imaging may sound ironic to some. It was customary to name a book "Basic" in radiology when only plain radiographs were discussed, but times have changed. Cross-sectional imaging, such as CT and MRI, and even ultrasound and scintigraphy, once considered advanced imaging proved to be basic and are now mainstays in radiology.
Handbook of Home Hemodialysis
Get all the facts and build your expertise on the fast-growing practice of home hemodialysisThe use of home hemodialysis is becoming more popular every year. Home dialysis modalities not only provide more flexibility for patients, they are associated with numerous benefits, including improved cardiovascular parameters and better quality of life. Most dialysis resources tend to focus on in-center hemodialysis with little to no discussion of home hemodialysis. The Handbook of Home Hemodialysis aims to change that with focused, detailed coverage on the topic. ?This timely, one-of-a-kind resource offers everything you need to build your expertise on the subject. It?s also small enough to fit in your pocket and designed to provide accurate, easy-to-find answers on the fly. Clear drawings and illustrations clarify and highlight key information. ?The Handbook of Home Hemodialysis provides essential information on:The of history home hemodialysisVascular accessPatient recruitment and trainingPrescribing home hemodialysisWater handlingLaboratory parameters/monitoringEmerging benefitsCommon complicationsSpecial populationsRemote monitoringBuilding a home dialysis program, and more.
Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine, 9e
Clinical Ethics?is the most popular clinically oriented guide to the complex field of medical ethics. It provides crystal-clear case-based coverage of ethical situations encountered in everyday medical practice._x005F_x000D_
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This unparalleled guide is famous for its four-topics method of approaching ethical problems (medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features)?an organizational process that helps you better understand the complexities involved in clinical ethics cases and find a resolution for each case. In each chapter, the authors discuss case examples and provide analysis, comments, and specific recommendations.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e
One of the top-selling geriatrics guides in medicine,?Current Diagnosis & Treatment:Geriatrics?now covers the unique challenges clinicians are facing today,such as policies concerning special populations, care in collaboration with teams, and working within healthcare systems._x005F_x000D_
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Presented by a top-ranked group of internationally renowned experts, this concise and authoritative guide delivers everything you need to know about assessment, care, conditions, diseases, and symptoms of geriatric patients; provides a new focus on policy, society, and the global environment;and includes new chapters on assisted-living settings, HIV and aging, and aid in dying.
Basic & Clinical Biostatistics, 5e
Basic & Clinical Biostatistics introduces the medical student, researcher, or practitioner to the study of statistics applied to medicine and other disciplines in the health field. The book covers the basics of biostatistics and quantitative methods in epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and the decision-making methods. Particular emphasis is on study design and interpretation of results of research.
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 6e
An updated and comprehensive guide to occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses, their diagnosis and treatment, and preventive measures in the workplace and community._x005F_x000D_
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Complete and concise, this clinically focused book is the go-to reference for health care professionals in all specialties who diagnose and treat acute and chronic occupational and environmental injuries and illnesses. In addition to clinical management and toxicology, the text covers important aspects of multidisciplinary occupational health and safety practice including ethical principles, disability management, workers? compensation, medical monitoring, and health risk assessment.
Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 5e
Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, now in its 5th edition, gives practitioners useful clinical tools to address a wide range of patient care challenges. It also provides guidance about how to manage common situations, such as developing rapport, delivering serious news, or motivating patients to change health-risk behaviors. New chapters discuss the care of patients dealing with trauma or addiction to opioids. This book is also useful to those who teach behavioral medicine. It includes topics related to developing an evidence-based curriculum in the behavioral and social sciences, assessing the competencies of trainees, and educating for professionalism. These topics are particularly important in the context of an ever evolving healthcare system constantly buffeted by change.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics, 6e
Packed with 500 images and meticulously organized for high-impact learning,?CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Orthopedics, Sixth Edition?emphasizes the major diagnostic features of musculoskeletal disease states, the nature of the diseases, the workup required for diagnosis, and all treatment options. It includes pathophysiology, epidemiology, and laboratory and imaging studies to help readers accurate diagnose patients and fully understand treatments. Chapters cover general considerations and imaging in surgery; musculoskeletal trauma, adult reconstructive, hand, foot, ankle, and pediatric surgery; sports medicine; spinal disorders, diseases, and injuries; musculoskeletal oncology; amputations; and rehabilitation and geriatric medicine._x005F_x000D_
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Perfect for surgical and emergency medicine residents, orthopedic surgery fellows, internal medicine and family practitioners, medical students, PAs, and nurse practitioner students,?CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Orthopedics, Sixth Edition?provides the knowledge and insights you need to deliver safe, effective treatment to every patient. Features a new?chapter on imaging in orthopedics.
Essentials of Men?s Health
Comprehensive and authoritative,?The Essentials of Men?s Health?ensures you are current on all the health issues of your male patients._x005F_x000D_
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Written by internationally renowned experts in every facet of men?s health, this timely guide delivers evidence-based algorithms for disease management, integrated models of patient-centric treatment, and pathophysiologic basis of major men?s health issues. It also provides indispensable advice on optimizing workflow, useful patient-education tools and resources, and powerful management strategies aligned with recent trends in healthcare delivery._x005F_x000D_
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Male patients experience distinct susceptibility to certain disease, exhibit specific symptoms, and respond to treatment in unique ways. With The Essentials of Men?s Health, you have everything you need to diagnose and treat men with knowledge, confidence, and expertise.
The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
Despite the expanding use of electronic media in current medical education, The Atlas of Emergency Medicine remains an essential textbook for any clinician?s library. What makes The Atlas of Emergency Medicine so invaluable is its ability to comprehensively capture all of emergency medicine in a timeless way with high-quality figures, artwork, and videos.
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e
CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment in Family Medicine, Fifth Edition?is an easy-to-use guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of the full range of clinical conditions seen in primary care. The book covers all age groups--from pediatric to geriatric--and includes end-of-life issues. An essential clinical reference for house staff and practicing family physicians, the book is also great for USMLE Step 3 review, board certification, and maintenance of certification.
DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination, 11e
Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool,?DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, Eleventh Edition?takes readers a step beyond elementary physical diagnosis. DeGowin's covers all physical examination techniques and procedures, but this highly practical point-of-care guide goes further, focusing on the meaning of signs and symptoms. It also shows readers how to catalog clinical findings resulting from the physical examination-and order them into a differential diagnosis. This classic text is unrivaled in its comprehensive coverage of differential diagnosis, organized by signs, symptoms, and syndromes. This edition is enhanced by a new templated format for ease of navigation, and updated illustrations throughout.
