Symptom to Diagnosis, Second Edition
Authors: Stern, Scott; Cifu, Adam; Altkorn, Diane
ISBN-13: 978-0-07149613-1
ISBN-10: 0071496130
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 620 pages , Softcover
Status: October 2009
Price: US$ 39.95
An engaging case-based approach to learning the diagnostic process in internal medicine
Symptom to Diagnosis teaches you an evidence-based, step-by-step process for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients based on their clinical complaints. By applying this process you will be able to recognize specific diseases and prescribe the most effective therapy.
Each chapter is built around a common patient complaint that illustrates essential concepts and provides insight into the process by which the differential diagnosis is identified. The discussion of a particular disease is divided into four sections:
Textbook Presentation offers a concise statement of the common or classic presentation of the particular disease
Disease Highlights covers the most pertinent epidemiologic and pathophysiologic information for the disease
Evidence-Based Diagnosis reviews the accuracy of the history, physical exam, laboratory and radiologic tests for the disease. In this unique section, the author points out the findings that help you ?rule in? or ?rule out? the various diseases.
Treatment details the basics of therapy for the disease discussed
Filled with algorithms, summary tables, and questions that direct evaluation, Symptom to Diagnosis is a true must read before your first clinical encounter.
Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, Ninth Edition
Authors: Brunicardi, F.; Andersen, Dana; Billiar, Timothy; Dunn, David; Hunter, John; Matthews, Jeffrey; Pollock, Raphael E.
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-154769-7
ISBN-10: 007154769X
©2010 | 9th Edition | 1888 pages , Hardcover with DVD
Status: October 2009
Price: US$ 120.00
The #1 surgical practice and education resource — completely updated and now in full-color!
Praise for the 8th Edition:
“This is an excellent textbook that conveys a complete view of surgery and accomplishes the goals set out by the authors very successfully.”–Doody’s Review Service
Written by the world’s foremost practitioners and instructors, this landmark reference logically progresses from basic science principles, including topics such as cells, genomics, and molecular surgery, to clinical areas such as pancreas. From cover to cover, the book reflects a distinctly modern approach in the dissemination of surgical knowledge, providing up-to-date coverage of all key surgical areas, from trauma and transplantation, to neurosurgery. In each chapter, this content is supported by a skill-building format that includes boxed key points, detailed anatomical figures, diagnostic and management algorithms, an abundance of informative tables, and key references.
For every kind of procedure, this one-of-a-kind clinical companion helps you meet the sequential demands in the care of surgical patients, leading to the best possible outcomes.
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Full color design for easier navigation
- 2 new chapters: ?Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Core Competencies,? examines the six areas designated as critical for general surgery resident training and ?Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life,? offers an overview of biomedical ethics, and surveys specific issues in surgical and professional ethics, the general principles and considerations of palliative care, and care at the end of life
- Greater focus on evidence-based medicine with highlighted references in each chapter and separate key reference list
- Increased number of treatment and diagnostic algorithms
- Key points in every chapter
- International advisory board comprised of renowned surgeons contributes important regional feedback on content and curricula
- Companion DVD of surgical video clips
The Physician’s Guide to Avoiding Financial Blunders
Authors: Kenneth W. Rudzinski
ISBN-13: 978-1-55642875-3
ISBN-10: 1556428758
©2009 | 1st Edition | 200 pages , Softcover
Status: October 2009
Price: US$ 39.95
When was the last time you checked under the hood of your financial plan for life? From this very first question, author Kenneth W. Rudzinski draws you into an action-oriented examination of your complete financial plan, including retirement, investment, estate, asset protection, risk management, and more.
The Physician’s Guide to Avoiding Financial Blunders expands on Kenneth W. Rudzinski’s popular financial and practice management column featured in world-renowned newspapers on ophthalmology, orthopedics, optometry, cardiology and infectious disease.
Author Kenneth W. Rudzinski brings his thirty-five years of business and practice management experience directly to you in The Physician’s Guide to Avoiding Financial Blunders. This is a dynamic book that provides practicing physicians at various stages of their careers and with varying personal financial means with the tips and tools to avoid the financial disasters that await most people who fail to check the details of their financial plan for life.
Organized in a comprehensive and user-friendly format, physicians will embrace and appreciate the information being presented chapter by chapter in an effective point-by-point action plan that will advise “what to do vs what not do” in their personal and professional planning.
Some topics covered include:
- Investing – common sense lessons on how to avoid the “big mistake” in investing
- Retirement – your “timeline” to prepare for the longest “vacation” of your life
- Risk management – avoid the income disaster headed your way
- Asset protection – learn how to defeat predators and creditors before they defeat you
- Estate planning – your estate documents may already be extinct
- Financial planning – 10 common mistakes-which ones are you making
Appealing to a wide audience, young and old, with a conversational tone and with dozens of humorous anecdotes, all physicians will benefit from reading and applying the tips and advice presented inside The Physician’s Guide to Avoiding Financial Blunders.
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