Published February, 2009
By Neil Poulter and Neil R. Poulter
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Over the last 10-20 years, there has been an increasing appreciation of the need to manage individual risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the context of overall cv risk rather than on the basis of the absolute level of any given risk factor.

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Published February, 2009
By Michael Y. Henein
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Over the last three decades, major advances in the management of diseases of the valves have been seen. Surgical treatment of valve disease has also w- nessed great advances, having moved from traditional valve replacement to sophisticated repair procedures and the use of extracorporeal pump support in some patients.

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Published February, 2009
By Peter F. Mahoney, Paul R. Wood, Julian P. Cooper and Julian Cooper
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Although aimed at medical students, orthopedic and surgical residents and foundation year pre-registration house officers, the style and content of the book will also appeal to senior medical students and senior house officers, and junior doctors in the acute specialties.

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Published January, 2009
By Norman Beck
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With complete coverage of all the practical essentials, this book contains vital clinical information needed in hematological diagnoses. It stresses the importance of effective, patient-centered care of hematological patients.

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Published January, 2009
By Henry N. Wagner
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This book describes what molecular imaging is, how it developed, what are its basic principles, and what it has told us and can tell us about the chemistry of the human brain.

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Published January, 2009
By Ashfaq Hasan
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This book enables medical students, residents, nurses and respiratory care and intensive care practitioners to quickly grasp the underlying principles of respiratory and acid-base physiology and to effectively apply the concepts in clinical decision making.

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Published December, 2008
By Michael A. Gatzoulis, Romeo Vecht, Nicholas Peters and Romeo J. Vecht
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Over the last century the ECG has been used by clinicians to make major clinical decisions with regard to electric pacing, the use of thrombolytic drugs in acute myocardial infarction and the timing of surgery. On occasion the interpretation of the ECG has been related to complex explanations of the shapes of the electrical signals.

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Published December, 2008
By Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley, Derek Wheeler and Thomas Shanley
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The care of the critically ill or injured child begins with timely, prompt, and aggressive res- citation and stabilization. Once again, we would like to dedicate this textbook to our families and to the physicians and nurses who provide steadfast care every day in pediatric intensive care units across the globe.

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Published December, 2008
By Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley, Derek Wheeler and Thomas Shanley
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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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Published December, 2008
By Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley, Derek Wheeler and Thomas Shanley
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Just as important are the many diseases that affect the respiratory system that are not associated with acute respiratory failure, but nevertheless constitute a major portion of the practice of pediatric critical care medicine, some of which account for signi?

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