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ISBN: 978-1-57059-704-6
Pub date: 2009-03-16
498 pages
95 figures
56 tables

About this book
This is a portable reference of the surgical diseases in neonates and children. Major emphasis is on the congenital or acquired problems of children. It includes basic information on pediatric tumors and an overview of pediatric trauma, children’s number one health care problem. Medical students, house officers and fellows in pediatric surgery will find this book a convenient pocket reference in pediatric surgery.

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
* Number Of Pages: 352
* Publication Date: 2008-11-21
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071464751
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071464758

Product Description:
A detailed review of the techniques used in nuclear cardiology
This well-illustrated guide offers a comprehensive look at the principles and techniques behind myocardial perfusion imaging, including instrumentation and cameras, general considerations, radiopharmaceuticals, and radiation safety and regulatory issues.

* Publisher: Beacon Press
* Number Of Pages: 249
* Publication Date: 2009-03-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0807000329
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780807000328

Product Description:
The first book to tell the incredible story of two men behind the bitter thirty-year fight to protect children from lead
They didn’t start out as environmental warriors. Clair Patterson was a geochemist focused on determining the age of the Earth. Herbert Needleman was a pediatrician treating inner-city children. But in the chemistry lab and the hospital ward, they met a common enemy.

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 234
* Publication Date: 2008-12-12
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 8847011329
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9788847011328

Product Description:
The aim of this book is to present statistical problems and methods in a friendly way to radiologists, emphasizing statistical issues and methods most frequently used in radiological studies (e.g., nonparametric tests, analysis of intra- and interobserver reproducibility, comparison of sensitivity and specificity among different imaging modality, difference between clinical and screening application of diagnostic tests, ect.). The tests will be presented starting from a radiological “problem” and all examples of statistical methods applications will be “radiological”.

* Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
* Number Of Pages: 278
* Publication Date: 2008-10-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0853697612
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780853697619

Product Description:
This is a pocket companion based on the “MRW, Dietary Supplements”. 88 monographs are arranged alphabetically. How to use this book section will be rewritten. The introduction is omitted and aims to use the same symbols as in “Stockley’s Pocket Companion”.Based on the MRW, Dietary Supplements, this pocket companion will cover truncated versions of the 82 monographs in the large reference work with an additional 6 monographs (88 in total).

* Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
* Number Of Pages: 226
* Publication Date: 2008-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0853697140
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780853697145

Product Description:
This book is a self-contained introduction to Statistics, presented in the context of clinical trials and pharmaceutical drug development. It focuses on the statistical analyses most commonly used in drug development and is therefore an ideal introduction to pharmaceutical statistics. Instead of introducing a series of statistical techniques, the book’s organizational structure follows the order in which numerical information and statistical analyses are used in trials and new drug development.

* Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
* Number Of Pages: 432
* Publication Date: 2009-02-16
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195341902
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195341904

Product Description:
In the United States alone, roughly 300,000 children suffer from some form of arthritis or rheumatic disease, and millions more are at risk of developing one of these diseases. In this marvelously down-to-earth guide, Thomas Lehman–the head of one of the leading pediatric rheumatology programs in the world–offers a gold mine of expert advice invaluable for pediatricians who want to become more proficient in understanding, diagnosing, and treating rheumatic disease in children.

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 200
* Publication Date: 2009-03-27
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387096507
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387096506

Product Description:
This second edition of the Manual of Clinical Dialysis is a concise and well-illustrated guide to all aspects of dialysis. All chapters have been revised and present a complete overview of the techniques, processes and equipment involved in clinical dialysis as well as an overview of the complications of dialysis. The manual also provides an overview of common clinical problems related to renal failure such as hypertension, anemia and renal osteodystrophy.