General practice / Family medicine

A description of our current understanding of antiepileptic drug use during pregnancy, this book includes chapters on the impact of seizures on the mother and developing child, changes in maternal physiology during pregnancy and its impact on drug disposition, and the pharmacokinetic differences between the various anti-seizure medications.

This compelling title is a comprehensive, practical guide for current and aspiring leaders in academic medical centers (AMC).

"e;This book is a 'must have' resource in every physician/clinician practice setting.

This book presents must-know facts generally not covered in "e;How To"e; books about medical writing.

Respiratory function is a major determinant of the overall quality of health and well-being of an individual.

This book presents an up-to-date and comprehensive review of female contraception.

This is the first volume in a new Springer series, Pathology for Clinicians, which aims to assist clinicians in their daily decision making by providing reliable, clearly presented information on current techniques in pathology, their uses and indications, clinical-pathologic correlations, and the significance of pathologic diagnoses.

Written by experienced clinicians and edited by Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health faculty, this book contains up-to-date expertise from physicians renowned for their work in LGBT health.

Uniquelydesigned for oncologists and general practitioners, this book offers clinicianscomprehensive guidelines when dealing with women at high risk for breastcancer.

This unique title richly tells the stories of partnership and collaboration.

This concise text takes a symptom-based approach to evaluate and treat sleep disorders.

This landmark text is dedicated to the conversation had between a primary care physician and a dermatologist that is a true reflection of the way medicine works when these physicians collaborate on the same case.

This concise, easy-to-read book summarizes the current clinical evidence and basic science relating to aging and the skin, assisting the clinician in addressing skin problems in older dermatologic patients.

This book provides an overview of the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial context of dementia care.

This text provides a concise, straightforward and clearly written approach for the evaluation of common topics in pediatric endocrinology.

Medical literature for health care practitioners on the evaluation and treatment of breastfeeding issues has been disjointed, conflicting, and difficult to find.

Otitis media (OM) is the most common diagnosis at medical visits in preschool-age children, and the literature suggests that as many as 80% of children will suffer from at least one episode.

This book highlights the underlying importance of post-stroke complications during recovery, allowing healthcare professionals managing stroke patients to understand their frequency and identify which patients are at risk of developing such complications.

This pocket-sized book is a quick-reference practical guide for physicians who deal with patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage or intracranial aneurysms outside the hospital.

This book provides a comprehensive, rigorous review of the long-term outcome literature in epilepsy surgery in both adults and children.

This book addresses current issues surrounding hospital readmissions and the practice of post-acute and long-term care (LTC).

This book is a comprehensive compendium on the medical and surgical treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), with or without polyposis.

This volume is divided into five parts and fifteen chapters that address these topics by examining ethnogeriatric foundations, research issues, clinical care in ethnogeriatrics, education and policy.

Primary care physicians are increasingly called upon to identify and manage complex musculoskeletal issues in their patients.

This book translates the new findings in exercise research for the elderly for busy practitioners, trainees, students and administrators.

This book describes geriatrics practice models that are used to guide the care of older adults, allowing seniors to remain at home, prevent functional disability and preserve quality of life.

This book illustrates the imperative for late-life depression prevention, introducing a broad range of approaches to prevention and provides detailed examples of clinical applications of late-life depression prevention - all with consideration of medical and scientific, social, economic and global health perspectives.

This practical text provides a clinical overview of the etiology, diagnosis and treatment for fibromyalgia.

This book is about being mindful in clinical practice and how mindfulness enhances the quality of patient care while adding depth and meaning to a clinicians' work.

This book is intended to communicate current best practice in pediatric clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy with special consideration of the prevailing circumstances and most pressing needs in developing countries.

This clinical manual argues for using neurotherapy to enhance mental health and medical practice across settings and specialties.

This book covers the scope of current knowledge of cancer in the LGBT community across the entire cancer continuum, from understanding risk and prevention strategies in LGBT groups, across issues of diagnosis and treatment of LGBT patients, to unique aspects of survivorship and death and dying in these communities.

This practical, concise guide discusses how to distinguish different types of tremor and make the diagnosis of essential tremor.

Vestibular Migraine is a concise monograph that presents the scientific basis for the diagnosis and treatment of this common yet largely unrecognized cause of dizziness.

"e;In this 2nd edition, Robinson and Reiter give us an updated blueprint for full integration of behavioral health and primary care in practice.

This timely professional reference and educational resource applies current concepts of pediatric adherence to medical treatment to create a model for a family-centered, collaborative approach to managing chronic illness.

In this definitive new text, the major medicines, devices and vaccines used by women worldwide are brought together for the first time in a single volume.

This timely guide to communication in patient-centered medicine argues for greater clarity in explaining health risks versus benefits of an array of screening tests, procedures, and drug regimens.

This timely, concise title provides an important update on clinical lipid management.

This book provides a concise, patient-directed approach to stone prevention.

Patients with neurosurgical conditions are almost always referred from either primary care physicians, neurologists, internist or a specialist in family medicine.

Covers the most frequently asked and tested points on the pediatric board exam.

The mechanistic basis of chronic inflammation remains unclear.

This book addresses the psychological consequences of wounds and the psychological components of wound care, building on contemporary research evidence and presenting practical clinical guidelines.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most prevalent sleep disordered breathing disorder.

Healthcare Changes Reach Main Street: A Call to Action for Physicians provides guidance, examples, and information on processes and time lines for physicians based on the implementation of The Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was established in 2010.

Nail psoriasis is very common and causes considerable morbidity to patients.

This book focuses on the role of the psychiatric, medical, nutritional and psychiatric assessment and management of severely ill patients with anorexia nervosa.

This book addresses the need for improved diagnostic and treatment guidelines for patients in whom total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has had an unsatisfactory outcome.

This book provides the practicing physician with a practical approach to the diagnosis, evaluation and management of headache disorders based on lessons learned from real-life headache patients.