Published June, 2012
By Alejandro A. Rabinstein, Alireza Minagar and Alejandro Rabinstein
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Features 14 articles on conditions such as epilepsy, headache, visual loss, nervous system infections, ischemic stroke, head and spinal cord injury, and intracranial hemorrhage.

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Published May, 2012
By James A. Goldstein and Jonathan D. Rich
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Although heart failure typically begins with the left side of the heart, it is also important for cardiologists to understand right-sided heart failure. This title covers the normal right ventricle (RV), imaging of the RV, RV failure in a variety of settings, and treatment of RV failure, including interventions.

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Published May, 2012
By Valentin Fuster and Jagat Narula
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Provides the essential updates on coronary risk factors. This title provides answers to such questions as: Are new biomarkers informative? LDL: the lower the better? How important is HDL? How much credit does triglyceride deserve? How important is family history of coronary disease? And, more.

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Published May, 2012
By Franco Muggia and Franco M. Muggia
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes topics such as: Targeting IGF-1R, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Lung Cancer, Targeting mTOR, Targeting Hedgehog, Mitotic Inhibitors, Topoisomerase I Inhibitors, and New Strategies and Drugs Inhibiting Folate Pathways.

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Published May, 2012
By Sol Epstein
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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It was not until feedback loops were identified between Vitamin D production and parathyroid hormone, phosphate that it earned its place as a true endocrine hormone. This title covers a variety of topics related to the importance of vitamin D.

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Published May, 2012
By Samir Shah, Edward Feller and Adam Harris
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Focuses on methods of diagnosing and evaluating IBD to help guide optimal treatment to maximize clinical outcomes and minimize risks. This title deals with endoscopy: its role in diagnosis and monitoring IBD; the importance of chromoendoscopy in IBD surveillance exams; assessment of post-operative recurrence; and, the role of capsule endoscopy.

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Published May, 2012
By Roxana Mehran and Annapoorna S. Kini
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among US women over the age of 65, resulting in more deaths than all forms of cancer combined. Women are less likely to survive heart attacks than are men, possibly because symptoms in women may differ and may be less recognizable. This title provides information on percutaneous interventions.

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Published May, 2012
By Holly Holmes
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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With the use of multiple medications in the elderly patient comes the risk of drug-related problems. This issue covers polypharmacy in the elderly patient with topics that include: The Interplay between Polypharmacy, Geriatric Conditions, and Adverse Drug Reactions, Factors Leading to Excessive Polypharmacy, and Tools to Decrease Polypharmacy.

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Published April, 2012
By Jay N. Cohn, Gary S. Francis and Gary Francis
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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In the joint American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association classification system, Stage B heart failure refers to patients with structural heart disease but no symptoms of heart failure. This title examines structural heart disease and the factors that cause progression from risk of heart failure to development of structural changes.

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Published April, 2012
By Fred Schiffman, Anthony Mega and Fred J. Schiffman
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes topics such as: Why does my patient have leukocytosis? Why Is My Patient Neutropenic? Does My Patient with a Serum Monoclonal Spike have Multiple Myeloma? DVT and Pulmonary Embolism, Why Does My Patient Have Lymphadenopathy/Splenomegaly? And Why Does My Patient have Thrombocytopenia?

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