Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:28pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: For Dummies
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047016932X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470169322
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
An excellent primer for learning the human body
An anatomy and physiology course is required for medical and nursing students as well as for others pursuing careers in healthcare. Anatomy & Physiology Workbook For Dummies is the fun and easy way to get up to speed on anatomy and physiology facts and concepts. This hands-on workbook provides students with useful exercises to practice identifying specific muscle groups and their functions, memory exercises, as well as diagrams and actual demonstrations that readers can personally enact to illustrate the concepts.
| Tags: Anatomy, Physiology |
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:28pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2005-11-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1841843016
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781841843018
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
With increasing emphasis being placed on screening and early prevention in cancer, this textbook examines the various methods and interventions used in screening in lung cancer, and presents a detailed review of the approaches to prevention and treatment of early disease. The book addresses topics such as epidemiology, spiral CT and the role of sputum examination for screening and early detection, and chemoprevention. The book also includes a chapter on international organization of screening programs. IASLC Textbook of Prevention and Early Detection of Lung Cancer will be of particular interest to lung cancer and respiratory medicine specialists.
| Tags: Pulmonology, Oncology |
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:28pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 880
Publication Date: 2005-11-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824725913
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824725914
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Offering authoritative coverage of the vast array of major clinical issues in epilepsy surgery-from the selection of surgical candidates to presurgical evaluation, surgical techniques, and postoperative rehabilitation-this reference presents a series of essays on the principles and controversies in the field with focused segments that express opposing viewpoints by experienced clinicians in the discipline.
| Tags: Neurology |
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:27pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2005-09-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824758560
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824758561
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Edited by world-renowned bariatric surgeons, this comprehensive reference provides a clear overview of multidisciplinary approaches to bariatric surgery and clearly details the techniques and outcomes of commonly performed bariatric operations, potential complications associated with bariatric surgery, and practices in long-term follow-up and nutritional management.
| Tags: Endocrinology |
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:27pm CEST by Klodian
Nelson Self Assessments is a review of nelson pediatrics textbook 17th edition.
The goal of this review is to help the reader continue to learn form the comprehensive,larger text, but in active fashion.
Each question has been written to continue the education of the reader . case-based Q and MCQ and matching Q and corresponding explanations help to reinforce the knowledge of a broad sepectrum of general pediatric facts.
| Tags: Pediatric |
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:07pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 185
Publication Date: 2007-12-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1846288150
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781846288159
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Congenital heart disease is gaining importance as a condition that effects not only the pediatric population but also the adult population, as many congenital cardiac conditions remain silent for years until accidentally discovered on routine check up. Echocardiography in Adult Congenital Heart Disease provides cardiologists with access to the wealth of imaging from the Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute in London to enable them to improve on their own skills and refine their imaging technique.
| Tags: Cardiology |
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:07pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Number Of Pages: 422
Publication Date: 2006-05-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1593852673
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781593852672
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Synthesizing a wealth of recent research, this groundbreaking book focuses on the multiple pathways by which attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) develops. Joel T. Nigg marshals the best available knowledge on what is actually going on in the symptomatic child's brain and why, tracing the intersecting causal influences of genetic, neural, and environmental factors. In the process, the book confronts such enduring controversies as the validity of ADHD as a clinical construct.
| Tags: Endocrinology |
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:07pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 632
Publication Date: 2005-09-22
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824758153
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824758158
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
A must-have reference for any researcher or scientist interested in cutaneous protective mechanisms, this guide provides expertly researched chapters on every aspect of stratum corneum structure, function, and development, as well as detailed sections on barrier-repair strategies and the role of barrier function in diseases such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and ichthyosis.
| Tags: Dermatology |
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:06pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 580
Publication Date: 2006-09-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1861565054
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781861565051
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
This book offers a concise, readable explanation of the theory of dysphagia and bridges that with material on clinical application. Covering both adult and paediatric swallowing assessment, treatment and management, the book will provide clinicians with common clinical presentations of dysphagia and a framework for a problem based learning approach.
| Tags: Gastroenterology |
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 6:06pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: 2006-07-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405133791
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405133791
Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Basic Guide to Dental Instruments provides a working inventory of dental instrumentation in common use in dental surgeries. A clear photograph of each class and many varieties of instrument is included, and then described according to the following principles: name, usage, any relevant features and varieties. Each section is dedicated to a specific discipline or division of dentistry. Complete set-ups have been included at the end of most sections for various procedures. The coverage reflects instrumentation and accessory items used in general dental practice, routine hospital dental procedures and selected specialist settings.
| Tags: General Dentistry |
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 11:34am CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Academic Press
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: 2005-08-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0120887703
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780120887705
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Medicine deals with treatments that work often but not always, so treatment success must be based on probability. Statistical methods lift medical research from the anecdotal to measured levels of probability. This book presents the common statistical methods used in 90% of medical research, along with the underlying basics, in two parts: a textbook section for use by students in health care training programs, e.g., medical schools or residency training, and a reference section for use by practicing clinicians in reading medical literature and performing their own research.
| Tags: Medical Statistics |
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 11:34am CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 462
Publication Date: 2006-09-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849398894
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849398896
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Coedited by the President of the European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention, this guide provides a detailed overview of the three most common forms of skin cancer-basal cell, squamous cell, and melanoma-and authoritatively guides readers through current research related to the epidemiology, primary and secondary prevention, and identification of the many forms of the disease.
| Tags: Dermatology |
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 11:34am CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: 2006-12-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849350921
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849350924
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Particle Toxicology integrates the current knowledge in particulate physico-chemistry, cell/molecular biology and toxicology into a single volume. While using the classical toxicology paradigm of exposure — dose — response, it provides reviews on the mechanisms and properties of pathogenic particles and their pathogenic effects.
| Tags: Toxicology |
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 11:33am CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Informa HealthCare
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2006-10-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1841844888
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781841844886
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
There used to be limited therapeutic options for women who developed metastatic breast cancer. However, recent development with novel systemic drugs and palliative surgical techniques, together with advances in diagnostic imaging, have given new hope for these patients and made the treatment of these patients considerably more challenging.
| Tags: Oncology |
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 2:59pm CEST by Klodian
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Pages: 408
Publication Date: 2002-01-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0632055898
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780632055890
Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
Cancer forms a large part of urological practice. Prostate cancer is the most significant and is the second most common cause of male cancer deaths with some 300,000 cases in the USA annually. Cancer of the bladder is also common. While treatment has been primarily surgical, recent years have seen an explosion of new drug therapies for urological cancers.
All urologists, whether in training or in practice, need an up-to-date survey of the literature and key findings in this important and controversial field.
| Tags: Urology |
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