Published July, 2012
By John Zender
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Nursing
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Focuses on Robotic Surgery. This title includes topics such as: robotic cardiac surgery, robotic urologic surgery, anesthesia with robotic surgery, robotic surgery in a rural hospital, patient positioning, keeping pace with robotic technology, and educational competencies for robotic surgery.

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Published July, 2012
By Gayle L. Winters
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Presents clinically accessible information for pathologists on histology, differential diagnosis, and clinical overview. This title covers topics on Cardiovascular Pathology such as: examination of the Explanted/Autopsy Heart; Native Valves; Prosthetic Valves; Diagnostic (Native Heart) Biopsies; Aorta; Cardiac Tumors; and Cardiac Devices.

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Published July, 2012
By T. F. Ashavaid
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes articles on topics such as: Tuberculosis; Malaria; STIs and Dengue; Visceral Leishmaniasis; Neglected Tropical Diseases; Hepatitis; HIV; Diabetes; Cardiovascular diseases; Stroke; HPV / Cervical screening; Multiple congenital anomalies; Down Syndrome/Thalessemia; Muscle dystrophy; Spinal muscular atrophy; Wilson Disease; and, more.

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Published July, 2012
By Claire M. Perks, Jeff M.P. Holly and Jeff M. P. Holly
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Provides essential information about insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). This title covers IGFs and IGF system in the following: growth disorders; adipogenesis and obesity; muscle function and disease; bone; cancer; cardiac function and disease; normal and diseased kidney; peripheral nervous systems; and, IGF-1 central/degenerative diseases.

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Published July, 2012
By William L. Lombardi
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Chronic total occlusion is the complete blockage of a coronary artery. Opening up such blocked passageways is one of the most difficult challenges for coronary interventionists. Articles in this book reviews in percutaneous treatment of chronic total occlusion.

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Published July, 2012
By Hanmin Lee and Ronald B. Hirschl
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Offers coverage on fetal surgery. This title covers such topics as: fetal cardiac intervention, abdominal wall defects, NEC, esophageal atresia, and spinia bifida. It provides the clinical basics, like general concepts of fetal surgery, looking at CDH in utero, CDH post natal, ECMO/placenta, stem cell, and anorectal malformations.

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Published July, 2012
By Mohsen Beheshti
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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The use of F-18 NaF PET/CT versus conventional bone scanning in the assessment of benign and malignant disorders has many advantages, which are discussed at length in this issue. This title also discusses of imaging in pediatric patients.

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Published July, 2012
By Michael R. Littner
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Portable Sleep monitoring is a very important method of diagnosis and follow-up for sleep-disordered breathing. This title reviews information on classification, technical specifications and types of portable monitors, and use and limitations of portable monitoring with integration into positive airway pressure treatment.

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Published July, 2012
By Mark S. Granick
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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A surgeon involved with an international team training surgeons throughout the world in wound technology leads this issue, presenting advances in wound technology. This book inlcudes topics such as: Debridement; Harnessing Growth Factors to Influence Wound Healing; and Regenerative Materials that Facilitate Wound Healing.

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Published July, 2012
By Joachim M. Baehring and Jill Lacy
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes: Neoplastic Meningitis and Epidural Metastases: Evaluation and Management; Management of Brain Metastases: Surgery, Radiation, or Both?; Meningiomas/Nerve Sheath Tumors/Pituitary Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment; Primary CNS Lymphoma: Overview of Current Treatment Strategies; and, Anaplastic Gliomas: Radiation, Chemotherapy, or Both?

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