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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Endocrine Secrets, 7th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable

Now designated as a primary medical specialty, the field of interventional radiology has contributed many ground-breaking procedures, including angioplasty, catheter-delivered stents, aneurysm coiling, and minimally-invasive cancer treatment. This first-of-its-kind review text offers an authoritative, easy-to-use introduction to the field, highlighting procedures, instruments, techniques, modalities, and more. Using an image-filled, practical format it covers exactly what you need to know for a solid foundation in this fast-growing field.Access to this product, which may be at the discretion of your institution, is up to 3 years of online and perpetual offline access. Elsevier reserves the right to restrict or remove access due to changes in product portfolio or other market conditions. Employs a case-based approach with a consistent chapter format to provide a clear, practical review of each topic. Each case-based chapter includes an Overview of the procedure and disease process, Indications and Contraindications of the procedure, standard Equipment used, a review of relevant Anatomy, detailed Procedural Steps, as well as Treatment Alternatives and common Complications. Reviews the skillful use of X-rays, CT, ultrasound, MRI, and other imaging methods to direct interventional procedures. Uses brief, bulleted text and more than 350 images to help you quickly grasp the fundamental information you need to know. Includes Take Home Points, Clinical Applications, Key Facts, Key Definitions, and Literature Reviews. Features case-based chapters on vascular and non-vascular procedures, as well as Grand Rounds Topics such as anatomy, surgery, interventional oncology, pediatrics, and more. Helps ensure mastery of the material with additional online content, bonus images, videos, and Q&A that provide effective chapter review and quick practice for your exams. Offers quick review and instruction for medical students, residents, fellows, and related medical professionals working in the IR area, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access the full text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

This issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Phinit Phisitkul, will cover essential topics related to Updates in the Management of Acute and Chronic Lesions of the Achilles Tendon. Under the guidance of long-time series Consulting Editor Dr. Mark Myerson, Dr. Phistikul and his contributing authors will explore topics of interest for practitioners in the field. Articles include, but are not limited to: Anatomical and functional considerations in Achilles tendon lesions; Minimally invasive treatments for acute Achilles tendon ruptures; Open Reconstructive strategies for Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures; Maximizing the return to sports after Achilles tendon rupture in athletes; Nonsurgical treatment modalities for Insertional Achilles tendinopathy; Surgical strategies for the treatment of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy; Minimally invasive and endoscopic treatment of Haglund syndrome; Management of complications related to Achilles tendon surgery; Biologics in the treatment of Achilles tendon pathologies; and Endoscopic reconstruction for Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures, among others.

Learn to provide state-of-the-art care to any patient in any setting with the most comprehensive trauma nursing resource available. Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, 5th Edition features coverage of cutting-edge research findings and current issues, trends, and controversies in trauma nursing. The thoroughly updated fifth edition guides you through all phases of care - from preventive care and the time of injury to the resuscitative, operative, critical, intermediate, and rehabilitative stages. Plus, new chapters address unique trauma patient populations including pregnant women, children, the elderly, bariatric individuals, burned patients, those with a history of substance abuse and organ donors. With timely discussions on emerging topics such as mass casualty events and rural trauma, this is the most complete resource available for both students and experienced trauma nurses. UPDATED! Disaster preparedness, response and recovery for mass casualty incidents prepares students to act quickly and confidently in the event of a disaster, with guidelines for initial response and sustained response. UPDATED! The latest sepsis protocols, opioid use and pain/sedation protocols, and treating injured patients with diabetes. Special populations coverage prepares you to meet the needs of unique trauma patient populations including pregnant women, children, the elderly, bariatric individuals, burn patients, those with a history of substance abuse and organ donors. Coverage of specific issues that affect all patients regardless of their injury, gives you a solid understating of mechanism of injury, traumatic shock, patient/family psychosocial responses to trauma, pain, anxiety, delirium and sleep management; infection; wound healing, and nutrition. Tables and illustrations throughout add clarity to the content being discussed. NEW! Information on a team-centered, interdisciplinary approach to care. NEW! Up-to-date evidence-based information about issues that affect trauma care systems, includes injury pathophysiology, and state-of-the-art care for the trauma patient during all phases of care. NEW! All new content includes information on cultural sensitivity, care for caregivers, and how to handle self-harm injuries and suicide. NEW! Certification review questions help you to prepare for certification by listing the correct answers and rationales. NEW! Current recommendations for measuring fluid administration responsiveness.

Written by emergency nurses for emergency nurses, Sheehy''s Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice, 7th Edition covers the issues and procedures unique to the emergency department. This comprehensive, evidence-based resource is written by the Emergency Nurses Association and includes developments and changes in clinical practice that are incorporated throughout the text. Considered the go-to guide for issues and procedures unique to the emergency department, the user-friendly format features more than 150 high-quality illustrations and tables that highlight essential concepts and offer quick access to vital information. New to this edition is updated key coverage including clinical fundamentals, treatment for trauma and medical-surgical emergencies, the foundations of emergency nursing practice, special populations, and more! Written by the Emergency Nurses Association, ensuring this is the most accurate information on the market. Most comprehensive and authoritative text available on emergency nursing. Logically organized, chapters are grouped into six sections for quick access to important content: Foundations of Emergency Nursing, Professional Practice, Clinical Foundations of Emergency Nursing, Major Trauma Emergencies, Medical and Surgical Emergencies, and Special Patient Populations. Tables and boxes highlight and summarize critical and essential information, while 150 illustrations help you to quickly identify and treat frequently encountered conditions. A separate unit on special patient populations covers topics such as child abuse, elder abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, substance abuse and behavioral/pediatric/obstetrical emergencies. NEW! Coverage includes the latest on topical issues such as ethics, workplace violence, and geriatric trauma. UPDATED pain guidelines feature the latest pain indicators. UPDATED sepsis guidelines provide essential information on pathophysiology and diagnosis, with valuable guidelines for managing these patients. NEW! Fully revised information on communicable diseases. UPDATED Information on non-narcotic use for treatment of pain and increasing rates of addiction. NEW! Discussion of transgender patients covers how to work with this unique population. NEW! Full color photo insert

Considered the definitive reference on canine and feline oncology, this book focuses on the most effective, cutting-edge techniques. This comprehensive textbook gives you a complete understanding of cancer in dogs and cats -- what it is, how to diagnose it, and how to treat many of the most common cancers encountered in clinical practice today. The thoroughly updated sixth edition includes information on the complications of cancer, pain management, and the latest treatment modalities -- preparing general practitioners to diagnose and treat pets rather than referring them to a specialist. With important updates on recently approved and in-development drugs, and new co-authors adding their own unique perspectives, this user-friendly text is a must-have resource for current, evidence-based therapeutic strategies on canine and feline oncology

Delivers the conceptual, factual, and interpretive information you need for clinical practice in nuclear medicine imaging, and for certification and recertification review.

Contains 20% new material and an update of existing content, with parts A and B now combined Includes case studies that incorporate Safety Instrumented Systems terminology and information Presents biological hazard case histories and examples of recent incidents

Utilize a problem-oriented approach to the diagnosis of diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, and goats. Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th Edition covers the diagnosis and management of disease in both ruminant and equine internal medicine. As the first veterinary internal medicine text to use a problem-based approach, it offers discussions of over 150 clinical signs and manifestations, as well as comprehensive coverage of laboratory and diagnostic testing. New to this edition is a versatile online reference platform and coverage of conditions that exist in Europe, Central and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, thoroughly revised and updated content includes new vaccines and vaccination protocols; the most current laboratories for DNA, genetic, and PCR testing; and colostrum supplements and replacers. It's everything you need to stay up to date with the latest information on preventing and treating disease in large animals.

Learn to prevent, recognize, and manage complications of local anesthesia administration. Written by Dr. Stanley Malamed, the leading expert on anesthesia in dentistry, the Handbook of Local Anesthesia, 7th Edition covers all the latest advances in science, instrumentation, and pain control techniques. From basic concepts to specific injection techniques, from dosage charts to the proper care and handling of equipment, this how-to guide provides in-depth, full-color coverage of key anesthesia topics, including specific hazards and errors in technique that may result in complications. Recognized as THE local anesthesia textbook in dentistry for over 30 years, the seventh edition has been thoroughly updated with the latest in safe anesthesia practices in dentistry.

Achieve excellent patient outcomes with minimally invasive, cost-effective procedures! Temporary Anchorage Devices in Orthodontics, 2nd Edition covers everything you need to know to begin offering TADs in your practice. More than 1,500 full-color photos and illustrations guide you through the entire treatment process, from diagnosis and planning to biomechanics, implants and anchorage devices, and management of problems. Detailed case reports provide insight into the treatment of specific conditions. From a team of expert contributors led by Ravindra Nanda, this book shows the temporary anchorage techniques that will take your orthodontic skills to the next level.

Corresponding to the chapters in "Practice Management for the Dental Team, 7th Edition", this workbook offers interactive exercises helping you gain realistic office experience, from learning the technology to managing patient information to completing financial procedures. It includes an EagleSoft practice management CD-ROM.

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. Inderpal S. Sarkaria and Abbas E. Abbas, is devoted to Paraesophageal Hernia Repair. Drs. Sarkaria and Abbas has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Management of Complications in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Surgical Anatomy of Paraesophageal Hernias; Robotic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Management of Paraesophageal Hernia in the Obese Patient; Technical Options and Approaches to Lengthen the Shortened Esophagus; Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Short and Long Term Outcomes of Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Pre-operative Evaluation and Clinical Decision Making for Giant Paraesophageal Hernias: Who Gets an Operation?; Common Tenets in Repair of Primary Paraesophageal Hernias: Reducing Tension and Maximizing Length; Management of Recurrent Paraesophageal Hernia; Transthoracic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Anesthetic Management for Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; and more!

This issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, guest edited by Mohammad Shenasa and Amin Al-Ahmad, will focus on Advances in Cardiac Mapping and Catheter Ablation. This is part one of a two-part issue and will include articles centered around Basic Concepts in Cardiac Mapping, Novel Mapping & Imaging Systems & Technologies, and Catheter and Energy Sources. Topics include, but are not limited to, Embryology of the Cardiac Conduction System Relevant to Cardiac Arrhythmias; Anatomical Consideration Relevant to Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias; Fundamentals of Cardiac Mapping; Novel Cardiac Mapping Systems; Non-invasive Mapping & ECGI in Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias; Optical Mapping; Omnipolar Mapping; Cardiac CT, MRI, and Fibrosis Quantification; High resolution mapping in patients with atrial and ventricular arrhythmias; Contact Force and Ablation Index; and New Catheter Balloons Including Radiofrequency.

This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest edited by Mina L. Xu, will focus on Hematopathology. Topics include, but are not limited to, EBV associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Castleman lymphadenopathy; Early events in lymphoid neoplasms; Changes in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma diagnostic and prognostic considerations; Bone Pathology for Hematopathologists; Acute Leukemias of Ambiguous Lineage; Optimal minimal residual disease testing for AML; Defining boundaries between MDS, MPN and MDS/MPN; Updates in pediatric lymphomas; New entities in gastrointestinal lymphoproliferative disorders; Prognostication in Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphomas; Histiocytic Neoplasms commonly encountered by hematopathologists; and Challenges in the diagnosis of grey zone lymphomas.

This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, guest edited by James E. Kirby, will focus on Advances and Trends in Clinical Microbiology and take a look at the next 20 years. Topics include, but are not limited to, Rapid susceptibility testing methods; Synergy testing; Serology testing re-imagined; Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Microbiology; MALDI-TOF; Superbugs of the Future, the Antimicrobial Laboratory Resistance Network, Partnerships between Public Health and the clinical microbiology laboratory; Next generation sequencing, from identification to susceptibility prediction; Distributed microbiology testing; Direct from Sample Identification; Biomarkers - predicting viral versus bacterial infection; PK/PD in the era of emerging multidrug-resistance; Training the next generation of clinical microbiologists; and Pictorial illustration of debate, developments, and controversy in clinical microbiology.

This issue of Critical Care Clinics, edited by Dr. Kianoush Kashani in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. John Kellum, is focused on Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine. Topics in this issue include: ICU telemedicine program administration: from start to full implementation; ICU telemedicine multidisciplinary care teams; ICU telemedicine technology; Impact of ICU telemedicine on outcomes; Quality assurance of ICU telemedicine; ICU telemedicine cost-effectiveness and financial analyses; ICU telemedicine care models; ICU telemedicine in the era of big data, artificial intelligence, and computer clinical decision support systems; ICU Telemedicine: Innovations and Limitations; ICU telemedicine: provider-patient satisfaction; and ICU telemedicine services beyond medical management: Tele-pharmacy, tele-procedure, tele-dialysis, tele-stroke: evidence, benefits, risks, and legal ramifications.

Guest edited by Dr. Steven Moran, this issue of Hand Clinics will cover Current Concepts and Controversies in Scaphoid Fracture Management. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Kevin Chung of the University of Michigan. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Imaging for acute and chronic fractures, The vascularity of the scaphoid, Arthroscopic management of non-union, Vascularized grafts, Long-term outcomes of vascularized trochlear grafts for proximal pole reconstruction, The management of the healed scaphoid malunion, My technique for volar plating of scaphoid non-union, My technique for the management of scaphoid non-union, Volar vascularized grafts, Managing the athlete with a scaphoid fracture, among others.

This issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery will provide a broad overview of Diabetes as it relates to podiatric surgical care. Guest edited by Dr. Paul Kim, this issue will discuss a number of related topics that are important to practicing podiatrists. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Thomas Chang. The volume will include: Medical Management of the Diabetic Patient, Perioperative Management of the Diabetic Patient, Perfusion Assessment and Treatment, Conservative Offloading, Diabetic Foot Infection, Dressings, Topical Therapy & Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Bioengineered Alterative Tissue, Pedicled and Free Tissue Transfers, Bone Reconstruction, Charcot Reconstruction, Amputation, Trauma in the Diabetic Limb, and HBO and Rheumatological Management, in addition to other topics.

This issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Kenneth Hunt, will cover concepts surrounding Avascular Necrosis of the Foot and Ankle. Under the guidance of long-time series Consulting Editor Dr. Mark Myerson, Dr. Hunt and his contributing authors will explore topics of interest for practitioners in the field. Articles include, but are not limited to: Diagnostic Imaging for Avascular Necrosis of the Foot and Ankle; Natural History of AVN in the talus; Prevention of AVN in the talus; Avascular Necrosis of the Sesamoids; Kohlers disease and Avascular Necrosis of the Tarsal Navicular in the child; Management of Muller Weiss disease; Bone Grafting and Core Decompression for AVN of the Talus; AVN of the tibial plafond following rotational ankle fracture; Vascularized pedicle graft for talar AVN; Ankle arthrodesis for Talar AVN and arthrodesis non-union; Tibiotalar-Calcaneal Arthrodesis for Severe Talar AVN; and Total Talar Replacement Prosthesis.

This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, edited by Dr. Serpil Erzurum and Dr. Sumita Khatri, is devoted to several key areas of interest related to understanding Asthma and its treatments. Topics covered in this issue include: Epidemiology of the Asthma Epidemic in the 21st Century; Classification of Asthma; Genetics and Epigenetics of Asthma; Pro-Inflammatory Pathways in the Pathogenesis of Asthma; Dysfunction of Bronchomotor Tone Pathways in Asthmatic Airway Smooth Muscle; Systematic Approach to Asthma of Varying Severity; Comorbidities and Non-allergic Triggers in Asthma Exacerbations and Severity; Microbiome in Mechanisms of Asthma; Diet and Metabolism in the Evolution of Asthma and Obesity; The Exposome of Asthma; Life Cycle of Childhood Asthma; Asthma over the Adult Lifecourse, considering Gender and Hormonal Influences; Asthma and Corticosteroid Responses in Childhood and Adult Asthma; Immunomodulators and Biologics; Bronchial Thermoplasty; Population Health Models for Asthma; and The Future of Asthma Care: Personalized Asthma Treatment.