Published September, 2009
By E. Wesley Ely, Pratik Pandharipande and E.Wesley Ely
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Looks at modern Sedation techniques in the critically ill. This issue includes topics such as: Pharmacology of commonly used sedatives and analgesics in the ICU, Sedation practices: lessons learned from international surveys, Sedation and Immunomodulation, and Sedation and sleep disturbances in the ICU, and more.

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Published September, 2009
By Mary Margaret Gleason, Daniel S. Schechter, Dr. Daniel S. Schechter and Daniel Schechter
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Discusses Infant Development. This title includes two articles on assessment in early childhood psychiatry: Psychiatric assessment, and Assessment of the caregiver-child relationship in early childhood psychiatry. It also discusses Early Childhood Mental Health Problems, such as Internalizing, Trauma and PTSD, and Preschool Disruptive Behavior.

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Published September, 2009
By Theodore X. O'Connell, Jonathan M. Wong, Kevin M. Haggerty and Timothy J. Horita
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: Instant Workups
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Part of the "Instant Workups" series, this book helps you develop and refine your diagnostic skills. It includes some of the most commonly encountered medical conditions in a specialty. It presents workup plans for each condition. It covers the signs, symptoms, and abnormal lab readings for the various conditions.

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Published September, 2009
By David M. Spiro, Mohamud Daya and David Spiro
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles on GI Bleeding, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Bleeding diatheses, Disseminated intravascular coagulation, Hyperviscosity syndrome, Polycythemia, Hyperleukocytosis, Thrombocytosis, and more.

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Published September, 2009
By Marin H. Kollef, Scott T. Micek, Marin Kollef and Dr. Martin H. Kollef
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Covers infectious disease issues encountered in the ICU, including the approach to the febrile patient, management of septic shock, severe community-acquired pneumonia, management of ventilator-associated pneumonia, approach to the immunocompromised host, bloodstream infection, severe soft tissue infections, and meningitis and brain abscess.

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Published September, 2009
By Scott B. Reeder and Pratik Mukherjee
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Offers information on imaging modality. This book explores such subjects as diffusion weighted MR imaging in musculoskeletal radiology, arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging, and diffusion tensor imaging of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Published September, 2009
By Simon Paterson-Brown
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice
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Suitable for surgeons in higher training and practising consultants, this title provides contemporary, evidence-based information on the sub-specialist areas relevant to their general surgical practice. It brings together the relevant information that the editors and authors consider important for the practising sub-specialist general surgeon.

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Published September, 2009
By John L. R. Forsythe
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice
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Transplantation meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. This title incorporates the information on developments, management issues and operative procedures.

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Published September, 2009
By William B. Geissler
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
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Athletic injuries of the upper extremity are on a rise for numerous reasons. These injuries are not confined just to the hand and wrist, but involve the entire upper extremity. This title focuses on athletic injuries of the hand, wrist, and elbow. It describes both open and arthroscopic management of these sometimes complex injuries.

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Published September, 2009
By Abass Alavi, Robert H. Mach and Robert Mach
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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Radiotracers make possible the imaging of other parts of the body using PET. This issue reviews the advances and provides a look to the future of PET imaging.

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