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Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine Self-Assessment and Board Review 18th Edition

Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine Self-Assessment and Board Review 18th Edition

Authors: Charles Wiener, Anthony Fauci, Eugene Braunwald, Dennis Kasper, Stephen Hauser, Dan Longo, J. Jameson, Joseph Loscalzo, Cynthia Brown
ISBN: 9780071771955
©2012 | 18th Edition | 528 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: AUG-12
Price: US$ 75.00

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Add the unmatched authority of Harrison‘s to your board review or test preparation

1,100 review questions!

Based on the content of Harrison‘s Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e, this powerful study tool is essential for Internal Medicine Board certification or recertification/maintenance of certification, or as a refresher for any internal medicine examination.

Reflecting the accuracy and timeliness of Harrison‘s, this complete review of internal medicine features more than 1,100 review questions, many of which utilize realistic patient scenarios, including radiographic or pathologic images. Each question is accompanied by a complete answer and explanation derived from ‘ and cross-referenced to ‘ Harrison‘s Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e. These questions are designed to bolster your understanding of pathophysiology, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, clinical decision making, and therapeutics.

Features

  • Content that closely follows the organization and coverage of the 18th edition of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
  • More than 1,100 Q&As that simulate those on the primary certification examination in internal medicine
  • Detailed answers explanations for each question
  • Coverage that spans the entire spectrum of internal medicine
  • Full-color atlas
  • Each topic is covered in proportion to its level of importance on the Internal Medicine Examination Blueprint

About the Author

Charles Wiener, MD (Baltimore, MD) is Professor of Medicine and Program Director, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is also Dean, Kuala Lumpur Medical School, which is directly affililated with Hopkins.
Cynthia Brown, MD (Charlottesville, VA) is Instructor in Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Case Files Surgery, Fourth Edition

Case Files Surgery, Fourth Edition

Authors: Eugene Toy, Terrence Liu, Andre Campbell
ISBN: 9780071766999
©2012 | 4th Edition | 528 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JUL-12
Price: US$ 34.00

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60 high-yield cases help medical students excel in the surgery clerkship and improve their exam scores

 

Case Files Surgery, 4e helps students sharpen their diagnostic and problem-solving skills by working through sixty high-yield clinical cases. Each case includes a complete discussion, clinical pearls, references, and USMLE-style review questions with answers.

The Case Files series is an award-winning learning system proven to raise shelf-exam scores. Unlike other review books on the market, this series helps students to learn in the context of real patients, instead of simply memorizing facts.

Key Selling Features

  • Completely revised based on student reviews to better align with the national clerkship guidelines
  • Twenty NEW cases
  • Written by experienced educators

 

About the Author

Eugene C. Toy, MD
The John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director
The Methodist Hospital Ob/Gyn Residency Program
Houston, TX
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Associate Clinical Professor and Clerkship Director
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, TX

Andre Campbell, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of California
San Francisco San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California

Terrence Liu, MD

 

Table of Content

Section I: How to Approach Clinical Problems; Part 1. Approach to the Patient; Part 2. Approach to Clincal Problem Solving; Part 3. Approach to Reading; Section II: Clinical Cases; Fifty-six Case Scenarios; Section III: Listing of Cases; Listing by Case Number; Listing by Disorder (Alphabetical)

 

 

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine Manual 7/E

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine Manual 7/E

Authors: David Cline, O. John Ma, Rita Cydulka, Garth Meckler, Stephen Thomas, Dan Handel
(University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine)
ISBN: 9780071781848
©2012 | 7th Edition | 992 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JUN-12
Price: US$ 69.00

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The full spectrum of emergency medicine at your fingertips — and small enough to fit in a pocket

 Written by clinicians engaged in the day-to-day practice of emergency medicine, this handy manual is derived from Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7e, the field’s most trusted text. Composed of brief chapters focusing on clinical features, diagnosis and differential, and emergency management and disposition, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine Manualis designed to help you provide skillful and timely patient care.

Packing a remarkable amount of information in a compact presentation, this expanded and revised edition is enhanced by:

  • A full color design with an increased number of photos and line drawings
  • Numerous tables, making information easy to access
  • Completely revised and reorganized content to match current practice
  • Expanded pediatrics section and new chapters on Low Probability ACS, Thromboembolism, Occlusive Arterial Disease, Nausea and Vomiting, Bowel Obstruction and Volvulus, Acute Urinary Retention, Renal Emergencies in Children, Food and Water-Borne Illnesses, and Hip and Knee Pain

With its unmatched authority and easy-to-use organization, Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine Manual belongs in the pocket of every clinician working in an acute care setting.

About the Author

David Cline, MD (Winston-Salem, NC), Associate Professor and Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
O. John Ma, MD (Portland, OR), Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Resuscitative Problems and Techniques
1 Advanced Airway Support
2 Arrhythmia Management
3 Resuscitation of Children and Neonates
4 Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Disorders

Section 2 Shock
5 Therapeutic Approach to the Hypotensive Patient
6 Anaphylaxis and Acute Allergic Reactions

Section 3 Analgesia, Anesthesia, and Sedation
7 Acute Pain Management and Procedural Sedation
8 Management of Patients with Chronic Pain

Section 4 Emergency Wound Management
9 Evaluating and Preparing Wounds
10 Methods for Wound Closure
11 Lacerations to the Face and Scalp
12 Injuries of the Arm, Hand, Fingertip, and Nail
13 Lacerations to the Leg and Foot
14 Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies
15 Puncture Wounds and Mammalian Bites
16 Post Repair Wound Care

Section 5 Cardiovascular Diseases
17 Chest Pain: Cardiac or Not
18 Acute Coronary Syndromes: Management of Myocardial Infarction and Unstable Angina
19 Cardiogenic Shock
20 Low Probability Acute Coronary Syndromes
21 Syncope
22 Congestive Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema
23 Valvular Emergencies
24 The Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis, and Pericardial Disease
25 Thromboemolism
26 Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension
27 Aortic Dissection and Aneurysms
28 Occlusive Arterial Disease

Section 6 Pulmonary Emergencies
29 Respiratory Distress
30 Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and SARS
31 Tuberculosis
32 Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Pneumothorax
33 Hemoptysis
34 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
35 Acute Abdominal Pain
36 Nausea and Vomiting
37 Disorders Presenting Primarily with Diarrhea

Section 7 Gastrointestinal Emergencies
38 Acute and Chronic Constipation
39 Gastrointestinal Bleeding
40 Esophageal Emergencies
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastritis
42 Pancreatitis and Cholecystitis
43 Acute Appendicitis
44 Diverticulitis
45 Intestinal Obstruction and Volvulus
46 Hernia in Adults and Children
47 Anorectal Disorders
48 Jaundice, Hepatic Disorders, and Hepatic Failure
49 Complications of General Surgical Procedures

Section 8 Renal and Genitourinary Disorders
50 Acute Renal Faliure
51 Rhabdomyolysis
52 Emergencies in Renal Failure and Dialysis
Patients 53 Urinary Tract Infections and Hematuria
54 Acute Urinary Retention
55 Male Genital Problems
56 Urologic Stone Disease
57 Complications of Urologic Devices

Section 9 Gynecology and Obstetrics
58 Vaginal Bleeding and Pelvic Pain in the Non-Pregnant Patient
59 Ectopic Pregnancy and Emergencies in the First 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
60 Comorbid Diseases in Pregnancy
61 Emergencies after 20 weeks of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
62 Emergency Delivery
63 Vulvovaginitis
64 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Tubo-Ovarian Abscess
65 Complications of Gynecologic Procedures

Section 10 Pediatrics
66 Fever and Serious Bacterial Illness in Childrem
67 Common Neonatal Problems
68 Common Infections of the Ears, Nose, Neck and Throat
69 Upper Respiratory Emergencies’Stridor and Drooling
70 Wheezing in Infants and Children
71 Pneumonia in Infants and Children
72 Pediatric Heart Disease
73 Vomiting and Diarrhea in Infants and Children
74 Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies
75 Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections
76 Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Children
77 Headache and Altered Mental Status in Children
78 Syncope and Sudden Death in Children and Adolescents
79 Hypoglycemia and Metabolic Emergencies in Infants and Children
80 The Diabetic Child
81 Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
82 Musculoskeletal Disorders in Children
83 Rashes in Infants and Children
84 Sickle Cell Anemia in Children
85 Hematologic-Oncologic Emergencies in Children
86 Renal Emergencies in Infants and Children

Section 11 Infectious Diseases
87 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
88 Toxic Shock Syndrome
89 Septic Shock
90 Soft Tissue Infections
91 Disseminated Viral Infections
92 HIV Infections and AIDS
93 Infective Endocarditis
94 Tetanus and Rabies
95 Malaria
96 Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases
97 Zoonotic Infections
98 World Travelers
99 The Transplant Patient

Section 12 Toxicology and Pharmacology
100 General Management of the Poisoned Patient
101 Anticholinergic Toxicity
102 Psychopharmacologic Agents
103 Sedatives and Hypnotics
104 Alcohols
105 Drugs of Abuse
106 Analgesics
107 Xanthines and Nicotine
108 Cardiac Medications
109 Anticonvulsants
110 Iron
111 Hydrocarbons and Volatile Substances
112 Caustics
113 Pesticides
114 Metals and Metalloids
115 Industrial Toxins and Cyanide
116 Herbals and Vitamins
117 Dyshemoglobinemias

Section 13 Environmental Injuries
118 Frostbite and Hypothermia
119 Heat Emergencies
120 Bites and Stings
121 Trauma and Envenomation from Marine Fauna
122 TO COME 123 Dysbarism and Complications of Diving
124 Drowning
125 Thermal and Chemical Burns
126 Electrical and Lightning Injuries
127 Carbon Monoxide
128 Mushroom and Plant Poisoning

Section 14 Endocrine Emergencies
129 Diabetic Emergencies
130 Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
131 Thyroid Disease Emergencies
132 Adrenal Insufficiency and Adrenal Crisis

Section 15 Hematoloic and Oncologic Emergencies
133 Evaluation of Anemia and the Bleeding Patient
134 Acquired Bleeding Disorders
135 Hemophilias and von Willebrand Disease
136 Sickle Cell Disease and Other Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias
137 Transfusion Therapy
138 TO COME
139 Emergency Complications of Malignancy

Section 16 Neurology
140 Headache and Facial Pain
141 Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack, and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
142 Altered Mental Status and Coma
143 Ataxia and Gait Disturbances
144 Vertigo and Dizziness
145 Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Adults
146 Acute Peripheral Neurologic Lesions
147 Chronic Neurologic Disorders
148 Central Nervous System and Spinal Infections

Section 17 Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Oral Emergencies
149 Ocular Emergencies 150 Face and Jaw Emergencies
151 Ear, Nose & Sinus Emergencies
152 Oral and Dental Emergencies
153 Neck and Upper Airway Disorders

Section 18 Disorders of the Skin
154 TO COME
155 TO COME

Section 19 Trauma
156 Trauma in Adults
157 Trauma in Children
158 Trauma in the Elderly
159 Trauma in Pregnancy
160 Head Trauma in Adults and Children
161 Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries in Adults and Children
162 Facial Injuries
163 Trauma to the Neck
164 Cardiothoracic Trauma
165 Abdominal Injuries
166 Penetrating Trauma to the Flank and Buttocks
167 Genitourinary Injuries
168 Penetrating Trauma to the Extremities

Section 20 Injuries to the Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue
169 Initial Evaluation and Management of Orthopedic Injuries
170 Hand and Wrist Injuries
171 Forearm and Elbow Injuries
172 Shoulder and Humerus Injuries
173 Pelvis, Hip, and Femur Injuries
174 Knee and Leg Injuries
175 Ankle and Foot Injuries
176 Compartment Syndrome

Section 21 Nontraumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders
177 Neck and Thoracolumbar Pain
178 Shoulder Pain
179 Hip and Knee Pain
180 Acute Disorders of the Joints and Bursae
181 Emergencies in Systemic Rheumatic Diseases
182 Infectious and Noninfectious Disorders of the Hand
183 Soft Tissue Problems of the Foot

Section 22 Psychosocial Disorders
184 TO COME
185 TO COME
186 TO COME

Section 23 Abuse and Assault
187 Child and Elderly Abuse
188 Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Twelfth Edition

Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Twelfth Edition

Authors: Warren Levinson
ISBN: 9780071774345
©2012 | 12th Edition | 710 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JUN-12
Price: US$ 53.00

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The most concise, easy-to-use, and frequently updated review of the medically important aspects microbiology and immunology

 Essential for USMLE and medical microbiology course exam preparation, Review of Medical Microbiology, 12eprovides a high-yield review of the basic and clinical aspects of bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. The book emphasizes the real-world clinical application of microbiology and immunology to infectious diseases and offers a unique mix of narrative text, color images, tables and figures, Q&A, and clinical cases.

Everything you need to put your USMLE and course exam preparation on the fast track:

  • 654 USMLE-style practice questions test your knowledge and understanding
  • 50 clinical cases illustrate the importance of basic science information in clinical diagnosis
  • A complete USMLE-style practice exam consisting of 80 questions
  • Pearls for the USMLE impart important basic science information helpful in answering questions on the USMLE
  • Self-assessment questions with answers appear at the end of each chapter
  • 50 color images show classic clinical lesions to aid in the diagnosis of infectious diseases
  • 18 color images depict the life cycles of important protozoa and worms
  • Concise summaries of medically important microorganisms are presented together in a separate to facilitate comparison of organisms
  • Numerous tables and figures encapsulate important information

 

About the Author

Warren Levinson is a Professor of Microbiology at the Medical School, University of California, San Francisco. He is the leader of the Microbiology and Immunology course for the second year students. His role involves lectures, lab instruction, and leading conferences as well as writing exams Expertise/Interests: Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Immunology

 

Table of Contents

BASIC BACTERIOLOGY
CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY
BASIC VIROLOGY
CLINICAL VIROLOGY
MYCOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY
IMMUNOLOGY
ECTOPARASITES
CLINICAL CASES
PEARLS FOR THE USMLE
USMLE (NATIONAL BOARD) PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
USMLE (NATIONAL BOARD) PRACTICE
EXAMINATION
INDEX

Anesthesiology, Second Edition

Anesthesiology, Second Edition

Authors: David Longnecker, David L. Brown, Mark F. Newman, Warren Zapol

ISBN: 9780071785136
©2012 | 2th Edition | 2304 pages | Softback with CD
Pub Date: MAY-12
Price: US$ 275.00

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Keep pace with current anesthesiology practice’with the new edition of this standard-setting guide

 This classic text’-written and edited by an internationally renowned author team’-defines today’s anesthesia practice for residents and practitioners alike. The book features crisp, readable prose that focuses on the most relevant topics in anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, critical care medicine, and pain medicine.

Features

  • NEW Increased focus on perioperative medicine, including outstanding sections on pre-op assessment, critical care medicine, and pain management
  • NEW Expanded information on regional anesthesia reflects the best of current anesthesia practice, including ultrasound-guided techniques
  • NEW DVD with video clips of common procedures
  • Complete coverage that spans the entire field, including all of the anesthetic considerations, preparations, and procedures for the surgical patient, the pain patient, and critical care patient
  • Ideal for anesthesiology residents and practitioners preparing for the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA) exam
  • Balanced presentation surveys clinical information, practical clinical procedures, and the molecular and basic scientific foundations of anesthesiology practice
  • Timely emphasis on safety, quality, and patient-centered care
  • Learning aids such as key points, numerous tables and algorithms, and key references
  • Engaging full-color presentation

 

About the Author

David E. Longnecker, MD, FRCA is the Robert D. Dripps Professor Emeritus from the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

David L. Brown, MD is Chair of the Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mark F. Newman, MD is the Merel H. Harmel Professor and Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Warren M. Zapol, MD is the Anesthetist-in-Chief in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the Reginald Jenney Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Specialty of Anesthesiology
1. The Evolution of Anesthesiology as a Clinical Discipline–A Lesson in Developing Professionalism
2. The Scope and Future of Anesthesia Practice
3. Safety and Quality: The Guiding Principles of Patient-Centered Care

Part 2. Preparing for Anesthesia
Section A: Approach to the Anesthesia Patient
4. Overview of Preoperative Assessment and Management
5. The Anesthetic Plan for Healthy Patients
Section B: Preoperative Evaluation of the Anesthesia Patient
6. Appropriate and Effective Use of Consultants
7. Evaluation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease
8. Evaluation of the Patient with a Difficult Airway
9. Evaluation of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease
10. Evaluation of the Patient with Neuropsychiatric Disease
11. Evaluation of the Patient with Neuromuscular or Skeletal Disease
12. Evaluation of the Patient with Endocrine Disease or Diabetes Mellitus
13. Evaluation of the Patient with Renal Disease
14. Evaluation of Patients with Hepatic Disease
15. Anesthetic Considerations for the Patient with Anemia or Coagulation Disorders
16. Evaluation of the Patient with Perioperative Malnutrition
17. Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
18. Preoperative Assessment of the Newborn
19. Evaluation of Children
20. Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient
21. Evaluation of the Pregnant Patient
22. Evaluation of the Obese Patient
23. Evaluation of the Patient with Alcohol or Drug Addiction

Part 3. Safety and Risk Reduction in Anesthesia Practice
24. Anesthesia Risk
25. Approaches to Quality Improvement in Anesthesia Care
26. Positioning of Patients for Operation
27. Electricity, Electrical Safety, and Instrumentation in the Operating Room

Part 4. Managing Anesthesia Care
Section A: Monitoring the Anesthesia Patient
28. Perioperative Information Management Systems
29. Hemodynamic Monitoring
30. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Systematic Approach
31. Monitoring Respiratory Function
32. Intraoperative Neurologic Monitoring
33. Monitoring and Managing Neuromuscular Blockade
34. Monitoring and Managing Perioperative Electrolyte Abnormalities, Acid-Base Disorders, and Fluid Replacement
Section B: Managing the Airway
35. Airway Management
Section C: Anesthesia Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems
36. Mechanisms of General Anesthetic Action
37. Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics
38. Anesthesia Delivery System
39. Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Applied Clinical Pharmacology for the Practitioner
40. Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetics
41. Pharmacology of Opioid Analgesics
42. Total Intravenous Anesthesia
43. Cardiovascular Drugs
44. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
Section D: Regional Anesthesia
45. Incorporating Regional Anesthesia into Anesthetic Practice
46. Neuraxial Anesthesia
47. Paravertebral Anesthesia
48. Peripheral Nerve Blocks
49. Managing Adverse Outcomes during Regional Anesthesia
Section E: Specialty Areas of Anesthetic Practice
50. Neuroanesthesia
51. Cardiac Anesthesia
52. Anesthesia for Surgical Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease: A Problem-Oriented Approach
53. Thoracic Anesthesia
54. Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery
55. Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal Surgery
56. Anesthesia for Liver Surgery and Transplantation
57. Anesthesia for Heart or Lung Transplantation
58. Anesthesia for Kidney, Pancreas or Other Organ Transplantation
59. Endocrine Surgery and Intraoperative Management of Endocrine Conditions
60. Anesthetic Considerations for Genitourinary and Renal Surgery
61. Anesthesia for Obstetrical Care and Gynecologic Surgery
62. Anesthesia for Newborn Surgical Emergencies
63. Anesthesia for Children
64. Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery
65. Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery
66. Anesthesia for Otorhinolaryngolic (Ear, Nose, and Throat) Surgery
67. Outpatient Anesthesia
68. Monitored Anesthetic Care and Conscious Sedation
69. Anesthesia Care for Diagnostic or Therapeutic Procedures Outside of the Operating Room
70. Anesthesia for Trauma Patients
71. Anesthetic Management of the Burned Patient

Part 5. Postoperative Care of the Anesthesia Patient
72. Recovery of the Healthy Patient
73. Postoperative Complications
74. Management of Acute Postoperative Pain

Part 6: The Critically Ill Patient
75. The Pathophysiology of Critical Illness
76. Evaluation of the Patient with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
77. Evaluation of the Burned Patient
78. Evaluation of the Trauma Patient
79. Developing the Anesthetic Plan for the Critically Ill Patient
80. Monitoring and Transport of the Critically Ill Patient
81. Postoperative Care of the Noncardiac Surgical ICU Patient
82. Hemodynamic Support of the Critically Ill Patient
83. Mechanical Ventilation for the Surgical Patient
84. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Part 7. Special Considerations in Anesthesia Care
85. Blood and Blood Component Therapy
86. Cognititve Dysfunction after Anesthesia and Surgery
87. Protection of the Central Nervous System in Surgical Patients
88. Anaphylactic Reactions and Anesthesia
89. Malignant Hyperthermia, Thermoregulation, and Perioperative Hypothermia

Part 8. Care of the Chronic Pain Patient
90. Mechanisms of Chronic Pain
90. Common Pain Syndromes
92. Medical Management of Chronic Pain
93. Interventional Management of Chronic Pain
94. Palliative and Cancer Pain Care

Part 9. Practice Related Issues
95. Legal Issues in Anesthesiology
96. Substance Dependence and Abuse in Anesthesia Care Providers
97. The Economics of Health Care and Anesthesia Practice
98. Practice Management

Appendix A: Formulary

Stroke Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation

StrokeStroke Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation

Authors: David Spence, Henry JM Barnett
ISBN: 9780071762359 / 0071762353
©2012 | 1st Edition | 400 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: APR-12
Price: US$ 55.00
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Help your patients avoid a new or recurrent stroke—with this evidence-based guide

Featuring a rigorous evidence-based approach and hands-on tools, this book will enable you to go further in minimizing the risk of stroke for your patients.

Edited by two global authorities, Stroke Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitationoffers leading-edge insights, new data, and best practices from luminaries in the field—all designed to help you apply proven stroke prevention techniques and treatment protocols to your practice. In concise, practical chapters, the text surveys the epidemiology of stroke, the urgency of treatment and how to unlock the considerable potential for prevention. Specific chapters highlight specific, ready-to-use prevention methods, including:

  • Nutritional counseling, smoking cessation and exercise
  • Management of hypertension
  • Antiplatelet, anticoagulation, and lipid-lowering therapies
  • Intracranial stenosis and appropriate endarterectomy and stenting
  • Treatment and rehabilitation for when stroke has already occurred

 

 

About the Author

David Spence, MD
Trained in Neurology with Dr. Barnett before going on to complete training in Internal Medicine, and then a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology at San Francisco. Has focused on stroke prevention throughout his career. Professor of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology at the Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada. Ran a hypertension clinic for 20 years; for the past 15 years has run a busy stroke prevention clinic. Pioneered ultrasound measurement of carotid plaque for patient management, genetic research and evaluation of new therapies. Published in 2006 a book for the public; How to prevent your stroke. Wife and first son are family physicians; has done a lot of continuing medical education to family physicians around the world. Selected by the World Congress of Neurology in 2009 to teach the course on stroke prevention.

Henry JM Barnett, MD
A giant in stroke prevention: first to show that Aspirin reduced the risk of stroke; led the study that showed that carotid endarterectomy reduced the risk of stroke in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis, and the study that showed that extra-cranial to intracranial bypass was not effective. Founding chair of the department of Clinical Neurological Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, in which Neurology and Neurosurgery joined to form a department separate from Medicine and Surgery. This model, which he pioneered with his neurosurgical colleague Charlie Drake, has been copied successfully the world over. Former editor of the journal Stroke, and internationally recognized as the father of stroke prevention.

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9780071499927     Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology 9e
  2. 9780071546447     Clinical Neurology

 

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Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine

 

 

Principles and Practice of Hospital MedicinePrinciples and Practice of Hospital Medicine

Authors: Sylvia McKean, John Ross, Daniel Dressler, Daniel Brotman, Jeffrey Ginsberg
ISBN: 9780071603898 / 0071603891
©2012 | 1st Edition | 1200 pages | Softback with CD
Pub Date: MAY-12
Price: US$ 149.00
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The definitive guide to the knowledge and skills necessary to practice Hospital Medicine

Presented in full color and enhanced by more than 700 illustrations, this authoritative text provides a background in all the important clinical, organizational, and administrative areas now required for the practice of hospital medicine. The goal of the book is provide trainees, junior and senior clinicians, and other professionals with a comprehensive resource that they can use to improve care processes and performance in the hospitals that serve their communities.

Each chapter opens with boxed Key Clinical Questions that are addressed in the text and hundreds of tables encapsulate important information. Case studies demonstrate how to apply the concepts covered in the text directly to the hospitalized patient.

 

 

Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine is divided into six parts:

  1. Systems of Care: Introduces key issues in Hospital Medicine, patient safety, quality improvement, leadership and practice management, professionalism and medical ethics, medical legal issues and risk management, teaching and development.
  2. Medical Consultation and Co-Management: Reviews core tenets of medical consultation, preoperative assessment and management of post-operative medical problems.
  3. Clinical Problem-Solving in Hospital Medicine: Introduces principles of evidence-based medicine, quality of evidence, interpretation of diagnostic tests, systemic reviews and meta-analysis, and knowledge translations to clinical practice.
  4. Approach to the Patient at the Bedside: Details the diagnosis, testing, and initial management of common complaints that may either precipitate admission or arise during hospitalization.
  5. Hospitalist Skills: Covers the interpretation of common “low tech” tests that are routinely accessible on admission, how to optimize the use of radiology services, and the standardization of the execution of procedures routinely performed by some hospitalists.
  6. Clinical Conditions: Reflects the expanding scope of Hospital Medicine by including sections of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Geriatrics, Neurology, Palliative Care, Pregnancy, Psychiatry and Addiction, and Wartime Medicine.

 

 

Other book you might be interested:

  1. 9780071463959     Hospital Medicine: Just The Facts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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