Retinopathy of Prematurity: Current Diagnosis and Management, ISBN-13: 978-3319521886 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (June 1, 2017) Language: English 163 pages ISBN-10: 3319521888 ISBN-13: 978-3319521886 This clinically oriented book is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of childhood blindness. World-renowned experts in the field discuss epidemiologic and pathogenic aspects of the disease. The staging and classification of ROP are explained in…
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ENT in Primary Care: A Concise Guide 2017 Edition by Edoardo Cervoni, ISBN-13: 978-3319519883 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer (April 15, 2017) Language: English 102 pages ISBN-10: 3319519883 ISBN-13: 978-3319519883 This volume serves as a practical guide for the primary care provider to better understand the clinical history, clinical examination, and accurate management of ENT disease. Additionally, the text aims to help general physicians and nurse practitioners to reduce the number of specialist…
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Cognitive Informatics in Health and Biomedicine: Understanding and Modeling Health Behaviors [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (June 14, 2017) Language: English 406 pages ISBN-10: 3319517317 ISBN-13: 978-3319517315 As health care is moving toward a team effort with patients as partners, this book provides guidance on the optimized use of health information and supporting technologies, and how people think and make decisions that affect their health and wellbeing. It focuses…
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Medical Management of Psychotropic Side Effects, ISBN-13: 978-3319510255 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer (April 5, 2017) Language: English 326 pages ISBN-10: 3319510258 ISBN-13: 978-3319510255 This book is a practical guide for psychiatrists to use when treating patients for medical issues. Over the past 10-20 years, the number of medications prescribed for psychiatric illnesses has steadily increased, and psychiatric practitioners are frequently called upon to manage medical issues and side effects that result from…
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Emerging Zoonoses: A Worldwide Perspective by I.W. Fong, ISBN-13: 978-3319508887 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (February 13, 2017) Language: English 268 pages ISBN-10: 3319508881 ISBN-13: 978-3319508887 The book begins with a review of zoonotic pandemics of the past: the “Black Death” or bubonic plague of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Influenza pandemic (derived from avian influenza) of the early 20th century, to the more modern pandemic of AIDS/HIV infection, which originated…
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Case-Based Lessons in the Management of Complex Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (March 27, 2017) Language: English 485 pages ISBN-10: 3319508679 ISBN-13: 978-3319508672 This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art definitive “case-based” reference for the work-up, diagnosis, intraoperative management, and peri-operative care of patients with complex, difficult to manage HPB diseases. The book provides a practical, clinically useful guide that reviews select complicated HPB cases, as well…
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Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System by Mehmet Turgut, ISBN-13: 978-3319507118 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (June 26, 2017) Language: English 643 pages ISBN-10: 3319507117 ISBN-13: 978-3319507118 Written and edited by leading international authorities in the field, this book provides an in-depth review of knowledge of tuberculosis of the central nervous system, with emphasis on clinical, diagnostics, and therapeutic features. Tuberculosis, one of the most lethal diseases in human…
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Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis: A Comprehensive Guide by Radhika Tandon, ISBN-13: 978-3319504025 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (March 17, 2017) Language: English 156 pages ISBN-10: 3319504029 ISBN-13: 978-3319504025 A handy manual for cornea specialists, this book provides detailed practical information about a complex, sight-threatening disease that can be challenging to diagnose and manage. This text features chapters dedicated to outlining all facets of diagnosis and management while covering both medical…
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The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (February 6, 2017) Language: English 260 pages ISBN-10: 3319503278 ISBN-13: 978-3319503271 This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the…
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Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) by Kevin M. Reavis, ISBN-13: 978-3319500492 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (July 7, 2017) Language: English 231 pages ISBN-10: 331950049X ISBN-13: 978-3319500492 This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to the current and future status of POEM. Sections address preliminary issues faced by surgeons and gastroenterologists who are interested in implementing this procedure into their treatment armamentarium. These areas…
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Nutrition Guide for Physicians and Related Healthcare Professionals 2nd Edition, ISBN-13: 978-3319499307 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Humana Press (April 5, 2017) Language: English 424 pages ISBN-10: 3319499300 ISBN-13: 978-3319499307 This second edition volume is a desktop reference guide on nutrition and its clinical implications for health and disease. Presented in a new softcover format and user-friendly style, it serves as a valuable resource of practical information on nutrition for physicians and other healthcare…
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Scleritis (Essentials in Ophthalmology) 2017 Edition by Carlos Pavesio, ISBN-13: 978-3319499130 [PDF eBook eTextbook] Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2017 edition (March 17, 2017) Language: English 133 pages ISBN-10: 3319499130 ISBN-13: 978-3319499130 This book offers a concise but comprehensive overview of scleritis, with up-to-date information on all aspects, including diagnosis and treatment. Fundamental features of the pathogenesis of scleral inflammation are first discussed as a basis for understanding the therapeutic strategies. Detailed descriptions are…
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