Published June, 2009
By Kenneth P. Wright, Jr. and Kenneth P. Wright
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Circadian rhythm sleep disorders are caused by a mismatch between the sleep - wake pattern and circadian phase. Sleep at the circadian high is impaired, while alertness is reduced during wakefulness. This book discusses consequences of circadian disruption in animal models, and influence of circadian system on disease severity.

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Published June, 2009
By Lucky Jain, David P. Carlton and David Carlton
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Describes advances in neonatology. This book reviews topics such as trends in birthing, gestational age, birth weight and mortality in newborns; Late Prematurity; Advances in newborn resuscitation; Approaches to infants with congenital anomalies; Advances in neonatal surgery; and, Respiratory failure in the term and near term infant.

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Published June, 2009
By Donna S. Watson
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Perioperative nursing encompasses caring for the patient as a whole being, taking into account physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual issues. This title focuses on topics such as essential components for an effective patient safety strategy, medication error prevention in perioperative services, and fire prevention.

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Published June, 2009
By Vanessa Diaz and Ann Rodden
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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The prevalence of obesity has increased markedly and is being considered as an epidemic in the US. Obesity and its related metabolic abnormalities contribute significantly to cardiovascular disease. This book discusses obesity epidemic and its long-term effects on health, and presents prevention strategies and interventions.

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Published June, 2009
By Joseph E. Parrillo and Anand Kumar
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Describes modern critical care techniques in a historical context. This book includes such topics as 'Shock and Organ failure', 'Battlefield trauma, traumatic shock and consequences: War-related advances in critical care', and Lessons from Modern Disasters and Wars: Bhopal, Chernobyl, Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Tsunami, Iraq'.

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Published June, 2009
By Donald A. Smith
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Addresses assessment of the effectiveness of advanced lipoprotein testing. This book covers rosk scores for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes; and lifestyle and dietary approaches to lowering LDC-cholesterol and triglycerides, and raising HDL-cholesterol.

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Published June, 2009
By Edward D. Frohlich
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Offers the practicing clinician concepts and management of hypertensive disease. This book contains topics that include risks in hypertension; biological concepts of target organ involvement in hypertension; hypertension and the metabolic syndrome; aging versus hypertension; and hypertension, systolic blood pressure, and large arteries.

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Published June, 2009
By David A. Porter
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
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The field of sports medicine continues to grow and be popular. The specialty area of sports foot and ankle is particularly exciting. Foot and ankle injury rates continue to be reported at an increasing rate in sports especially in the NFL. This title helps readers and clinicians diagnose, treat and rehab the athlete with foot and ankle injuries.

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Published June, 2009
By Carl A. Osborne and Jody P. Lulich
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Veterinary Medicine
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Offers information on the diagnosis and treatment of urolithiasis in small animals. This book includes such topics as idiopathic lower urinary tract disease, compound uroliths, drug-induced uroliths, uroliths in exotic animals, diagnosis of inherited defects, dietary management of urolith risk, and treatment of uroliths by lithotripsy.

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Published June, 2009
By John E. Mazuski
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Covers such topics as Microbial pathogens; Host response; Antimicrobial agents; Adjunctive measures; Prevention of SSI; Skin/soft tissue infections; Intra-abdominal infections; Prosthetic graft infections; Hospital-acquired pneumonia; Catheter-associated BSI; Nosocomial UTI; C. difficile-associated disease; and, Preventing bacterial resistance.

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