Published March, 2009
By Glen Furuta and Dan Atkins
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Looks at Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases as related to allergy with topics such as 'Basic pathogenetic mechanisms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis', 'Nutritional management of patients with food allergies and EGIDs', 'Chemotactic factors role in EGIDs', and 'Biomarkers associated with allergic diseases'.

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Published March, 2009
By Ragavendra R. Baliga and William T. Abraham
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Hemodynamic monitoring provides data on blood flow and pressure to assist physicians in determining the status of the patient's heart and in managing heart failure. This book provides a picture of the various options for assessing hemodynamics, including clinical assessment, echocardiography, and transthoracic impedance cardiography.

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Published March, 2009
By Richard McCallum and Richard W. McCallum
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Suitable for the busy gastroenterologist/endoscopist, this title covers the advances and future directions in gastrointestinal motility and functional bowel disorders. It covers the esophagus and small bowel and emphasises on Smartpill technology. It also includes gastric emptying and constipation.

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Published March, 2009
By Romergryko G. Geocadin and Robert Silbergleit
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Contains topics including 'Practical guide to hypothermia for neuroprotection', 'Safety of stroke thrombolysis in community practice', 'Glycemic control and the injured brain', 'Vertigo and dizziness in the ED', 'Critical care transport of patients with neuroemergencies', 'Primary headaches in the ER', and 'Meningitis and encephalitis'.

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Published March, 2009
By Peter A. Boling
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Focuses on the home health care, a subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine. This title describes the population in need (age range, numbers, projected growth), range of service needs, social verses medical models of care, international and state-to-state comparisons to show the wide range of strategies that have been tried.

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Published March, 2009
By Joel J. Heidelbaugh and Wendy Biggs
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Covers the full gamut of women's health problems seen in a primary care practice, from amenorrhea and family planning through menopause and osteoporosis. This book features articles on common breast problems, urinary problems, cervical cancer screening, depression, and domestic violence.

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Published February, 2009
By Julie Gammack and Julie K. Gammack
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Discusses the spectrum of sleep-related changes and disease states. This book summarizes the evaluation of insomnia in the context of the elderly individual. It reviews sleep disturbances in various care settings and disease states. It also discusses both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management of sleep disorders.

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Published February, 2009
By Michael R. Uhing and Robert M. Kliegman
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Contains articles on strategies to prevent bacterial and fungal infection in the NICU, drugs of choice for sedation and analgesia in the NICU, iron therapy for preterm infants, management of fetal arrhythmias, inhaled nitric oxide for preterm infants, and racial disparity in low birth weight and infant mortality.

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Published February, 2009
By Andrea Natale and Ranjan K. Thakur
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia in humans. This issue offers a historical perspective and discusses many of the clinical issues in the management of atrial fibrillation, such as cardioversion, anticoagulation and ablation.

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Published February, 2009
By Arun J. Sanyal, Stephen H. Caldwell and Arun Sanyal
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Focuses on advances in liver disease related to disturbances in hemostasis and coagulation. This work emphasizes the multifaceted aspects of coagulation disorders in liver disease from hypo-coagulable to hyper-coagulable states and the limitations of conventional tests such as the INR.

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