Medicine: general issues

This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which questions the conventional boundaries of medical history.

This is the guide to tissue and cell donation that you have been waiting for.

Inherent to the teaching and practice of emergency medicine are specific challenges not found in other specialties - the unknowns of the emergency department, the need to identify life- and limb-threatening conditions, the pressure to solve problems and find solutions quickly, and the orchestration of clinical specialists and ancillary services.

This scenario-based text provides answers to urgent and emergent questions in acute, emergency, and critical care situations focusing on the electrocardiogram in patient care management.

Society-sanctioned guidelines on care are valuable tools, but accessing key information from the often complicated statements has been a daunting task.

This new title in the American Heart Association Clinical Series offers an up-to-date overview of the causes and damage related to dyssynchronopathy - a new pathophysiological entity related to spontaneous or pacing-induced mechanical abnormalities which causes heart failure.

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Step by Step: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Health care professionals now have a clear and concise overview of all relevant aspects of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

Practical ABC style Enables doctors to prioritise treatment using risk-scoring systems and holistic recommendations for reducing cardiovascular risk Includes treatment plans for individuals with diabetes, who are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease How to reduce cardiovascular risk in other specific patient groups Developed by expert groups in different regions of the world

This book in the new American Heart Association Clinical Series, explores and explains state-of-the-art use of antiplatelet agents and draws on the expertise of global leaders in antiplatelet therapy.

This book brings the recent dramatic changes in the field of cardiovascular imaging into the clinical setting to enable the clinician to best use the technology at hand.

The importance of good nutrition for individual health and well-being is widely recognized, yet for a significant number of people who rely on institutions for food and nutrition, this importance has not always been a primary consideration.

Surgical management of aortic pathologies has changed dramatically, and this essential book fills the void with up-to-date comprehensive information on the topic.

With over ten thousand inter-hospital transfers of children and neonates now taking place every year in the UK, this book, and the associated training course run by the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) have been developed to provide an introduction to the knowledge required to undertake these transfers.

Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has become the basic primer for endoscopy around the world.

Conventional pharmaceutical approaches to pain management are not always successful.

This useful handbook provides a concise compilation of the evidence supporting diagnostic testing and clinical decision rules in emergency care.

A Concise, Symptom-Based Textbook for Diagnosis and Decision Making in Clinical Practice Over the past twenty years, thousands of physicians have come to depend on Yamada s Textbook of Gastroenterology.

Consisting of 13 chapters, this book is uniformly written to provide sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers, ICDs and CRT systems.

This unique book presents a framework for the strategy and methodology of diagnostic research, in relation to its relevance for practice.

New MSCT machines produce a volume data set with the highest isotropic spatial resolution ever seen, offering superb 3D images of the entire heart and vessels.

An excellent up-to-date comprehensive and practical text book dealing with all aspects of paediatric hepatobiliary disease.

This concise, easy to understand and learner-friendly book invites the readers to actively particpate in the understanding of medical statistical concepts that are frequently used in health care research and evidence-based practice worldwide.

Contains over one thousand practice questions - worked examples, quick tests, 2 full BMAT-style sample test papers, and 2 full UKCAT-style sample test papers.

Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year throughout the world.

Catheter ablation has become a mainstay in the therapy of cardiac arrhythmias.

Essential new title in the Advanced Digestive Endoscopy series Advanced Digestive Endoscopy: Practice & Safety provides a practical manual on how to perform techniques safely and effectively in order to maximise value, and to reduce risks.

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

Biomarkers in Heart Disease is the first title in the AHA Clinical Series and is aimed at meeting the needs of clinicians, providing cardiologists, internists, emergency physicians, laboratorians, and other healthcare providers with a clear understanding of the role of biomarkers in contemporary cardiovascular medicine.

In this text, internationally recognized authors explore and explain the advances in basic and clinical electrophysiology that have had the greatest impact on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF).

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The 6th edition of this established text is streamlined to a more manageable format, with the Appendices moved to the web-site and a significant shortening of the main text.

The History of Medicine is an amiable amble through medicine's past, designed as a primer for those taking history of medicine modules as part of their studies and for the wider public seeking a relaxed yet informative read.

El paciente neurológico grave requiere para su manejo integral de un monitoreo estrecho y a profundidad que tiene como objetivo poder detectar de manera temprana y oportuna cualquier alteración fisiopatológica que comprometa aún más la función, la integridad y la estabilidad de un sistema nervioso central ya de por sí lesionado.

As a veteran emergency room physician, Dr.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAll of us have visited the doctor or sat in the emergency room for long hours awaiting treatment.

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Nach etlichen Vorfällen in den letzten Jahrzehnten erbringt der Autor Urkundsbeweis für massive Auffälligkeiten und rechtswidrige Vorgehensweisen seitens Dritter in Strafverfahren, sowie daraus resultierender Untersuchungshaft.

From ancient scourges to modern-day pandemics!

A plain-English guide to the human body and how it worksLooking for a companion text for your anatomy and physiology class?

An essential guide for understanding the inner workings of your brain!

The kindness and skill of a good nurse is critical to the healing process.

The kindness and skill of a good nurse is critical to the healing process.

As a new nurse you're entering one of the most challenging and rewarding fields.

El VIH y el SIDA son temas que asustan.

Fully revised and updated by Michael Tierra -- one of the nation's leading authorities on natural treatments for healthful livingThe Natural Remedy Bible will help you work with nature to restore and maintain the gift of good health -- naturally.

"e;More than 100,000 people a year die in American hospitals from adverse reactions to medication, making drug reactions one of the leading causes of death in this country, researchers are reporting today.

An excellent and intelligent book for the families of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

This ground-breaking book by one of the nation's leading experts on medical ethics, Daniel Callahan, traces the root cause of America's health-care crisis not to inefficient organization or waste, but rather to society's and the medical community's relentless quest for perfection.