Published April, 2009
By Norman S. Namerow
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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Outlines the distinctions between acute and chronic pain emphasizing the importance of this understanding in treating cases of chronic pain. This book presents a comprehensive pain management program that is specifically designed to treat the chronic pain patient and includes sections on physical restoration, behavior modification, and more.

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Published March, 2009
By David Pincus and Anees A. Sheikh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Imagery for Pain Relief , the first book of its kind, familiarizes the reader with basic scientific information about pain and mental imagery and shows why imagery is a valuable tool for pain management. This book is scientifically grounded, easy to read, and contains a wealth of practical information, including imagery techniques that have been successfully used in the past.

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Published March, 2009
By Robert H. Paul, Ned Charlton Sacktor, Victor Valcour, Karen Tokie Tashima and Robert Paul
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Current Clinical Neurology
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Written by leading experts, this book offers a picture of how HIV impairs the brain, focusing on emerging areas including genetic strains of the virus, interactions between advanced age and HIV, and the impact of HIV on the brain during antiretroviral therapy.

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Published February, 2009
By Gurinder Vasdev and Gurinder M. Vasdev
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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For an anesthesiologist, though the challenge of managing an obstetric patient can be very satisfying and rewarding, it can also be extremely difficult given the potential for serious harm to the fetus and mother. This title covers such topics as high-risk analysis, major hemorrhage, off-labor-floor consultation, and pharmaceuticals.

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Published February, 2009
By David Jayne and Angelo Stuto
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Although hemorrhoidal disease and external rectal prolapse have been known about for centuries, the understanding of internal rectal prolapse (intussusception) and rectocele has only really advanced with the emergence of radiological imaging tech-niques, such as defecography.

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Published February, 2009
By Andy Bodenham, Helen Hamilton and H Hamilton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
Series: Wiley Series in Nursing
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The author addresses the different stages a patient may experience prior to receiving a VAD (Ventricular Assist Device, beginning with the various reasons for gaining venous access and specific challenges this may present e.g. age, acute and chronic disease processes, anatomical anomalies and cosmetic issues.

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Published January, 2009
By Scott Fishman
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford American Pocket Notes
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Published January, 2009
By Maria Adele Giamberardino and Maria Adele Giamberadino
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This concise pocketbook addresses the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of visceral pain, and provides practical information for the consultation and treatment.

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Published January, 2009
By Boris Zernikow
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Published December, 2008
By Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley, Derek Wheeler and Thomas Shanley
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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The development of pediatric cardiac surgical programs has had a profound effect on the s- cialty of pediatric critical care medicine, and as a result, the ? eld of pediatric cardiac intensive care is rapidly emerging as a separate subspecialty of pediatric critical care medicine.

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