Published December, 2009
By R. Phillip Dellinger
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles on the subject of Sepsis. This issue contains topics such as: The History of Sepsis, Molecular Biology of Sepsis, Sepsis Induced Tissue Hypoperfusion, Hemodynamic Monitoring in Sepsis, Performance Improvement in Sepsis, and more.

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Published December, 2009
By Vikram S. Dogra
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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Offers information on the use of ultrasound to image various organ systems as well as the musculoskeletal system.

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Published December, 2009
By Daniel A. Lim, Paul S. Larson, Daniel Lim and Paul Larson
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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A collection of papers that deals with functional neurosurgery. It explores topics such as functional neurosurgery origins of Intraoperative MRI, iMRI safety, anesthesia in the iMRI environment, gene therapy, the use of iMRI for cell-based therapy of Parkinson's disease, and more.

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Published November, 2009
By Stanley H. Rosenbaum, Stanley Rosenbaum, Lee A. Fleisher and Lee Fleisher
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Offers insights on how to handle the following situations: emergency and urgent surgery; perioperative management of the ambulatory surgery patient; perioperative anticoagulation management; surgery in the patient with liver disease; surgery in the patient with renal dysfunction; and, hematological problems in the preoperative patient.

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Published November, 2009
By Dheeraj Gandhi and Gandhi Dheeraj
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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Offers a minimally invasive approach in the treatment of vascular diseases of the central nervous system. This title includes such topics as: CT guided percutanous biopsies of the head and neck; Dangerous collaterals in the head and neck; and, Treatment of carotid-cavernous fistulae.

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Published November, 2009
By Linda Harrington
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Focuses on Obesity-related risks and prevention strategies; Pulmonary considerations of the obese patient; cardiovascular effects of obesity; Postoperative coronary artery bypass patients; Nutritional needs of critically ill obese patients; Pain management in critically ill obese; and Sedation of critically ill obese.

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Published November, 2009
By Anna Ivanenko, Jess P. Shatkin and Jess Shatkin
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes topics on: Normal Sleep and Neurobehavioral Development in Children and Adolescents, The Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Disruption in Children and Adolescents, Evaluation of Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Epidemiology and Classification of Childhood Sleep Disorders, and Family and Cultural Influences on Sleep Development.

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Published November, 2009
By David R. Cave
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Presents such endoscopic technologies as video capsule endoscopy, single and double balloon enteroscopy, and Spirus screw technology. This title includes an article on comparison of these technologies and the techniques of CT and MRI. It addresses the application of these technologies to specific diseases.

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Published November, 2009
By Jeffrey H. Silverstein and Jeffrey Silverstein
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Helps the anesthesiologists to prepare for the challenging problems they face with geriatric patients. This title covers topics that include delirium, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, fat embolism during hip replacement, Parkinson's disease and deep brain stimulator placement, diastolic dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, and delayed arousal.

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Published November, 2009
By Eugene Braunwald
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Biomarkers may be enzymes, hormones, biologic substances, or other markers of cardiac stress and malfunction which appear to have growing importance in heart failure. Many biomarkers appear to provide information about the cause of heart failure. This book discusses the role of biomarkers and includes articles that explore individual biomarkers.

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