Fast Facts: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

 Oncology  Comments Off on Fast Facts: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Feb 232018
 

Rapid developments in the classification, screening and treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are improving outcomes for patients with the disease. This insightful guide is designed to bring you up to speed with recent advances, including: - the latest CT-based screening and interval growth imaging techniques - proposed changes to the TNM classification system - the increasing trend for minimally invasive and lung-sparing surgery - stereotactic radiation for early-stage tumors - new targeted therapies - breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Today’s developments will change tomorrow?s standards of care. Fast Facts: Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer is important reading for all health professionals and medical trainees working in this fast-moving area.

 

 

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Clinical Gynecology, Second Edition

 Ob/Gynae  Comments Off on Clinical Gynecology, Second Edition
Feb 222018
 

Written with the busy practice in mind, this book delivers clinically focused, evidence-based gynecology guidance in a quick-reference format. It explores etiology, screening, tests, diagnosis, and treatment for a full range of gynecologic health issues. The coverage includes the full range of gynecologic malignancies, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, infectious diseases, urogynecologic problems, gynecologic concerns in children and adolescents, and surgical interventions including minimally invasive surgical procedures. Information is easy to find and absorb owing to the extensive use of full-color diagrams, algorithms, and illustrations. The new edition has been expanded to include aspects of gynecology important in international and resource-poor settings.

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Basics of PET Imaging: Physics, Chemistry, and Regulations

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Feb 222018
 

The Third Edition of this classic text presents the basic concepts of PET imaging technology. Topics include basic physics of PET imaging; detectors, scanners and data collection; storage, display, and PACS; PET radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals; reimbursement for PET procedures; and performance of PET studies. This revised edition is thoroughly updated and includes information on new PET scanning detectors and PET/MRI scanners; PET/MRI data acquisition; software packages; recently developed PET radiopharmaceuticals; and new procedures for PET studies. To maximize understanding, the book includes pertinent basic science principles, equations, sample problems and practice questions. Basics of PET Imaging, Third Edition, is an ideal resource for nuclear medicine physicians, residents and technologists.
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Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine

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Feb 222018
 

This reference focuses on individualized spinal injury assessments, immobilization techniques, nonoperative and operative indications, operative fixation strategies, and prognoses. Containing over 1900 references, Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine is an invaluable resource for orthopedic, spinal, and trauma surgeons; neurosurgeons; emergency medicine physicians; and neurologists; and residents, nurses, and medical school students in these disciplines.

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Intracoronary Ultrasound

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Feb 222018
 

Distilling more than ten years of experience with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), Intracoronary Ultrasound summarizes Dr Mintz’s own experiences as well as published and unpublished observations of others in the field.

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Mitral Valve Transesophageal Echocardiography

 Cardiovascular  Comments Off on Mitral Valve Transesophageal Echocardiography
Feb 222018
 

The only book available on transesophageal echocardiography of the mitral valve, this impressive and highly illustrated text provides a concise yet in-depth analysis of the mitral valve from an experience of over 10,000 transesophageal echocardiograms performed by the authors.
A starting point or ‘how-to’ reference for studying the mitral valve with transesophageal echocardiography, Mitral Valve Transesophageal Echocardiography is also a highly useful resource for diagnostic examples of mitral pathology for physicians who practice transesophageal echocardiography.

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Analyzing Health Data in R for SAS Users

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Feb 222018
 

Analyzing Health Data in R for SAS Users is aimed at helping health data analysts who use SAS accomplish some of the same tasks in R. It is targeted to public health students and professionals who have a background in biostatistics and SAS software, but are new to R.

For professors, it is useful as a textbook for a descriptive or regression modeling class, as it uses a publicly-available dataset for examples, and provides exercises at the end of each chapter. For students and public health professionals, not only is it a gentle introduction to R, but it can serve as a guide to developing the results for a research report using R software.

Features:

Gives examples in both SAS and R
Demonstrates descriptive statistics as well as linear and logistic regression
Provides exercise questions and answers at the end of each chapter
Uses examples from the publicly available dataset, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2014 data
Guides the reader on producing a health analysis that could be published as a research report
Gives an example of hypothesis-driven data analysis
Provides examples of plots with a color insert

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Heart Disease and Pregnancy, Second Edition

 Cardiovascular, Ob/Gynae  Comments Off on Heart Disease and Pregnancy, Second Edition
Feb 222018
 

This comprehensive and authoritative text on heart disease in pregnancy - one of the leading causes of maternal death - will be of value to a wide audience of obstetricians, cardiologists, anaesthetists, midwives, and cardiac nurses. It provides consensus guidelines of great practical value in a compact and convenient format. Written by a multidisciplinary team, it covers both maternity and cardiac care. Contents range from pre-conception counselling and contraception, through practical templates for antenatal and intrapartum care, to long-term outcome for both mother and baby. It covers all causes of heart disease, both congenital and acquired. Thoroughly updated, this new edition has reorganised the consensus statements about priorities in management. In addition, each chapter now starts with a summary of ‘Practical Practice Points’ to aid quick revision when seeing a patient with a specific problem. A new section on heart and lung transplantation has been added since the first edition.

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Cardiology Board Review

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Feb 222018
 

This compact but comprehensive board review includes everything you need to successfully prepare for the ABIM Cardiology Board Review examination.
Features over 1200 questions with answers and clear explanations
Includes over 400 accompanying images
Covers all key areas of cardiology practice, from history/physicial examination through all major diseases/disorders, along with special topics, e.g. consultative cardiology, covered on the exam
Complements standard textbook reading
Written by an internationally-recognized, well-respected and well-published senior cardiologist, expert in valvular heart disease and cardiovascular imaging

Ramdas G. Pai MD, FRCP (Edin), FACC
Professor and Chairman of Medicine
Chair of Clinical Sciences
Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
University of California School of Medicine, Riverside, CA

Padmini Varadarajan MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA, USA

Sudha M. Pai MD, MRCP (UK), FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA, USA

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The Thyroid Sourcebook

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Feb 222018
 


The classic reference guide for living with thyroid disorder–now completely revised and updated

The New York Times called this book “an excellent source of information.” The Thyroid Sourcebook features patient narratives; information on the complications of hypo- and hyperthyroidism, such as depression, weight gain, thyroid, eye disease, and sleep disorders; the latest on complimentary medicine; and much more.

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