Published October, 2009
By Robert Rappaport
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Covers genomics - genetic disorders and techniques; newborn screening; hormones in the premature infant; congenital disorders of the thyroid: hyper/hypo; glucose in the PIC setting; diabetes prevention; obesity: etiology, prevention, and treatment; and metabolic syndrome in pediatrics.

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Published September, 2009
By Richard A. Matthay, Charles S. Dela Cruz, David A. Beuther, Charles Dela Cruz and David Beuther
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes topics such as: The Obesity Epidemic, Altered Resting and Exercise Respiratory Physiology in Obesity, Association of Asthma and Other Obstructive Lung Diseases and Obesity, Role of Obesity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, The Pickwickian Syndrome - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, and Obesity and Thromboembolic Disease.

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Published September, 2009
By Nicholas J. Talley, Eric G. Tangalos and Eric Tangalos
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Aging is associated with an increased prevalence of several GI disorders, including those induced by drugs (such as gastrointestinal bleeding caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), anorexia of aging, development of constipation, diarrhea or fecal incontinence, and postprandial hypotension. This book addresses these disorders.

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Published September, 2009
By Dudley J. Pennell, Raymond J. Kim and Dudley Pennell
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has evolved into a first-line imaging tool for several cardiac pathologies. This title focuses on the areas in which CMI is the best modality, such as assessment of cardiac morphology and cardiac function, evaluation of pericardial disease and intracardiac masses, and detection of coronary artery disease.

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Published September, 2009
By David A. Sass
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Suitable for a practicing clinician, this book presents some of the best practices of caring for a cirrhotic patient. It covers topics such as diagnosis and epidemiology of cirrhosis; ascites: diagnosis and management; encephalopathy: pathophysiology and emerging therapies; and, portal hypertensive bleeding.

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Published September, 2009
By Henry Rinder and Henry M. Rinder
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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The understanding of hemostasis physiology has been considerably advanced by models of kinetics and by the complicated interplay of cells and soluble coagulation factors. This book explains how this physiology is reflected in clinical laboratory testing.

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Published September, 2009
By Mary Margaret Gleason, Daniel S. Schechter, Dr. Daniel S. Schechter and Daniel Schechter
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Discusses Infant Development. This title includes two articles on assessment in early childhood psychiatry: Psychiatric assessment, and Assessment of the caregiver-child relationship in early childhood psychiatry. It also discusses Early Childhood Mental Health Problems, such as Internalizing, Trauma and PTSD, and Preschool Disruptive Behavior.

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Published September, 2009
By Matthew E. Falagas
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Meta-analysis is a useful tool for evidence-based medicine. This book contains articles that examine the strengths and limitations of meta-analysis in infectious diseases, the use of meta-analysis in comparing diagnostic tests or treatments, and meta-analysis for specific problems, such as parasitic infections, HIV, and surgical infections.

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Published September, 2009
By E. Wesley Ely, Pratik Pandharipande and E.Wesley Ely
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Looks at modern Sedation techniques in the critically ill. This issue includes topics such as: Pharmacology of commonly used sedatives and analgesics in the ICU, Sedation practices: lessons learned from international surveys, Sedation and Immunomodulation, and Sedation and sleep disturbances in the ICU, and more.

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Published September, 2009
By David M. Spiro, Mohamud Daya and David Spiro
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Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles on GI Bleeding, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Bleeding diatheses, Disseminated intravascular coagulation, Hyperviscosity syndrome, Polycythemia, Hyperleukocytosis, Thrombocytosis, and more.

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