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Pocket Emergency Medicine
by Richard D. Zane Joshua M. KosowskyPocket-sized and easy to use, Pocket Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition, provides accurate, actionable, and up-to-date information essential to caring for patients in life-threatening situations. Edited by Drs. Richard D. Zane and Joshua M. Kosowsky, this handy, loose-leaf resource is designed to be used at the bedside by clinicians on the front lines of emergency care. A volume in the popular Pocket Notebook series, it organizes chapters by presenting condition and supports the thought processes needed to hone everyday diagnostic decision making.
Pocket Emergency Medicine: Powered By Skyscape, Inc (Pocket Notebook Series)
by Richard D. Zane Joshua M. KosowskyPocket Emergency Medicine, Fourth Edition, provides accurate, actionable, and easily accessible information for clinicians on the front lines of emergency care. Designed to be used at the bedside, it’s an outstanding go-to source for the essential information you need to care for patients in life-threatening situations. This volume in the popular Pocket Notebook series provides a concise and focused review of the entire field of emergency medicine — from history and physical exam to differential diagnosis testing to therapeutics to disposition – all in one easy-to-navigate looseleaf notebook.
Pocket Essential Medical Equipment (Pocket Series)
by David Zhang Norbert BanhidyThis genuinely pocket-sized guide to essential medical equipment is ideal for medical students, newly qualified junior doctors and other healthcare professionals seeking a convenient and concise handbook to refer to in busy clinical settings including emergency departments. Clear, concise and systematic, it provides a visual guide to enable readers to identify correctly common medical equipment and use it appropriately without overwhelming or extraneous information. Key Features: Convenient – everything at your fingertips, for speedy access in the emergency department, on the ward and in the clinic Portable – actually fits in a pocket Illustrated – plentiful photographs and explanatory line diagrams support and enhance the text Tailored – written specifically with the less experienced practitioner in mind Providing guidance and answering questions when senior help is not readily available, with this book as your indispensable companion you will be equipped to identify and use equipment with confidence in order to provide safe and effective care for patients.
Pocket Evidence Based Medicine: A Survival Guide for Clinicians and Students
by Walter R. PalmasThis concise, easy-to-read pocket guide offers medical trainees, researchers, and clinicians at every level the perfect resource on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). Based on the author’s many years of experience teaching EBM to medical students and medical residents at Columbia University, this handy title addresses not only all the basic concepts and issues in EBM, but also takes an example-based approach and is replete with numerous illustrations. This brief book provides readers with all the tools needed to tell the good from the bad in healthcare research. It discusses every type of study design, from the assessment of diagnostic tests to clinical trials and meta-analysis. The work also introduces readers to novel methods, such as the Bayesian analysis of clinical trials. In addition, to help readers better retain the information, the guide includes thought-provoking review questions and answers in an appendix. In all, Pocket Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survival Guide for Clinicians and Students is an ideal resource for anyone who encounters statistics in their studies or career, including clinicians, researchers, trainees in medicine and graduate students in a wide range of other disciplines
Pocket Foot and Ankle Medicine and Surgery (Pocket Notebook Series)
by Rock G. PositanoPublisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This latest addition to the popular Pocket series is a go-to-resource for essential, up-to-date information for surgeons, podiatrists, and residents presented in a concise, quick-to-grasp format. With its compact size—perfect for taking home, on the ward, in your office—Pocket Foot and Ankle Medicine and Surgery addresses common disorders and conditions you’ll encounter in a clinical setting. You’ll find contributions from nearly 40 experts in both podiatry and orthopaedic surgery, as well as radiology, critical care, anesthesia, and other relevant fields. The ideal portable quick-reference for fast, effective musculoskeletal diagnosis and care!
Pocket Glossary Of Health Information Management And Technology (Fifth Edition)
by American Health Information Management Association StaffPocket Glossary of Health Information Management and Technology Fifth Edition
Pocket Guide Beatmung
by Reinhard Larsen Alexander MathesIn diesem handlichen Kitteltaschenbuch, inklusive ebook, finden Sie die wichtigsten Fakten zur Beatmung: Prinzipien, Beatmungsverfahren bei speziellen Krankheitsbildern sowie Prävention und Behandlung von beatmungsbedingten Komplikationen. Ideal für alle Ärzte und das Fachpflegepersonal auf Intensivstation und im OP. Übersichtlich, praxisrelevant und auf das Wesentliche reduziert. Passt garantiert in jede Kitteltasche und als ebook auf das Smartphone!Die 4. Auflage ist komplett aktualisiert und erweitert: Beatmung bei Viruspneumonien, u.a. COVID-19, Vorgehen bei Kapazitätsengpässen, Beatmung von Patienten beim Transport und des Palliativpatienten
Pocket Guide Beatmung
by Reinhard Larsen Alexander MathesDie wichtigsten Fakten zur Beatmung: Grundlagen, Prinzipien und Einstellungen bei speziellen Krankheitsbildern. Prägnant geschrieben und thematisch praxisrelevant, u.a. Beatmung bei Viruspneumonien, z.B. bei COVID-19, Vorgehen bei Kapazitätsengpässen, Beatmung von Patienten beim Transport und von Palliativpatienten. Die 5. Auflage wurde komplett aktualisiert. Für alle Ärztinnen und Ärzte sowie das Fachpflegepersonal auf Intensivstation und im OP.
Pocket Guide For Textbook Of Pharmocotherapy
by David Rosenberg Samuel Gershon John Holttum Neal RyanThe Pocket Guide for the Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders is a quick reference guide for psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, and other practitioners to give them the bottom line about each group of medications. This guide, which discusses the use of psychiatric drugs in patients under 18, accompanies this author team's complete book, Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders.Clinical indications, dosage guidelines, side effects, common drug interactions and most tables are retained and updated in this new guide. In addition, the guide includes new research findings that have been published recently. This guide assumes the reader has done a complete assessment of all non-pharmacologic methods before treating the patient with medication. It also assumes that the reader has a working knowledge of the types of medication available for treating psychiatric illnesses. Once everything is taken into account, the practitioner can accurately determine the advantages and disadvantages of a specific treatment and relay that to the patient. Above all, the Pocket Guide for the Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders provides the reader with the practical guidelines to safely and effectively prescribe medication.
Pocket Guide For The Textbook Of Pharmacotherapy For Child And Adolescent psychiatric disorders
by David RosenbergThis is a quick-reference guide for psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, and other practitioners about each group of medications. This guide, which discusses the use of psychiatric drugs in patients under 18, accompanies the author team's complete book Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders.; Clinical indications, dosage guidelines, side-effects, common drug interactions and most tables are retained and updated in this guide. the guide provides the reader with the practical guidelines to safely and effectively prescribe medication.
Pocket Guide Psychopharmaka von A bis Z: Von A Bis Z
by Gerhard Gründer Otto Benkert Frank Weber Philip Heiser Christoph Hiemke Matthias J. Müller Ion-George Anghelescu Hubertus Himmerich Falk Kiefer Christian Lange-Asschenfeldt Michael Paulzen Francesca Regen Axel SteigerDieses komprimierte Pocket-Buch ist bestens geeignet, um es in die Kitteltasche zu packen.Die Informationen im Buch sind sehr knapp und präzise gehalten; ganz bewusst wurde hier auf eine ausführliche Darstellung der Störungen verzichtet.Im Pocket Guide finden Sie von A bis Z schnell und übersichtlich die "Erste-Hilfe"-Information rund um alle Psychopharmaka, die Sie auf Station und im Praxisalltag brauchen.
Pocket Guide Schmerztherapie: Soforthilfe bei den häufigsten Schmerzzuständen
by Justus Benrath Hadi TaghizadehDieses handliche Buch für die Kitteltasche wendet sich an alle Ärzte im Krankenhaus oder niedergelassenen Bereich, die keine ausgewiesenen Schmerztherapeuten sind. Von A wie Arthrose bis Z wie Zosterneuralgie findet der Leser in dem Werk Krankheitsbilder, die häufig mit Schmerzen assoziiert sind und wie es gelingt, diese rasch und effektiv in den Griff zu bekommen. Daneben wird auf die Therapie postoperativer Schmerzen eingegangen, z.B. nach abdominellen, intrathorakalen, unfallchirurgischen/orthopädischen, neurochirurgischen Operationen oder Eingriffen im HNO Bereich, ebenso wie auf die Tumorschmerztherapie. Hinweise auf die Besonderheiten bei Leber-und Niereninsuffizienz, bei Demenz, im Alter, bei Kindern, Adipositas, Laktose- und Histaminintoleranz, bei Sucht sowie in Schwangerschaft und Stillzeit, runden das Werk ab und machen es besonders praxistauglich und ubiquitär einsetzbar. Ein Werk, in dem Ärzte aller Fachdisziplinen das erforderliche "Know-How" finden, um die häufigsten Schmerzzustände ihrer Patienten schnell und effektiv zu behandeln.
Pocket Guide to Advanced Endoscopy in Gastroenterology
by Adrian SăftoiuThe book offers a comprehensive and didactic overview of both advanced diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy imaging techniques, with a clinical impact correspondent in major gastroenterology, hepatology, and pancreatology diseases.It includes state-of-the art techniques like endoscopic ultrasound and confocal laser endomicroscopy, as well as endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography. Divided into 9 main chapters, the book covers the examination techniques, the sedation and monitoring, and investigates the clinical impact of endoscopy. Specific chapters are dedicated to the upper gastrointestinal tract, the lower gastrointestinal tract, to pancreatico-biliary diseases and to liver diseases. Enriched by more than 400 original images based on 25 years' experience in the field of advanced endoscopy imaging, and accompanied by carefully selected videos, this volume will be a reference guide for residents and trainees in gastroenterology, hepatology, pancreatology, and surgery, with emphasis on endoscopy techniques.
Pocket Guide to Bacterial Infections (Pocket Guides to Biomedical Sciences)
by K. Balamurugan and U. PrithikaPocket Guide to Bacterial Infections provides information pertinent to the behaviour of bacterial cells during their interactions with different cell types of multiple host systems. This book will present the role of various bacterial pathogens affecting the host system. The book is to be organized flexibly so that chapters and topics are arranged with continuity from the former chapters. Each chapter has been made as self-contained as possible to promote this flexibility. This book will discuss each of the virulence properties of the bacteria with reference to their interacting hosts in a larger perspective. Kwey selling features: Summarizes the role various bacterial pahtogens affect the host system Reviews recent advances for combating different types of bacterial infections that infect different body parts Designed as an effective teaching and research tool providing up to date information on bacterial infections Defines important terms Written in a readable and direct writing style
Pocket Guide to Clinical Microbiology (ASM Books)
by Christopher DoernQuick reference to clinical microbiology If you work in the clinical laboratory, this pocket guide will help you confidently identify most organisms you could encounter. This useful updated edition continues to present valuable quick-reference information to the clinical microbiology community in a small package. Along with specifics on pathogenic microorganisms, there is updated information on effectively using essential molecular diagnostic techniques for today's challenges. You will find guidance on: MALDI-TOF MS performance for individual bacteria, mycobacteria, and fungi Nucleic acid amplification testing/PCR and help interpreting genetic sequencing results Susceptibility testing, with methods and interpretive criteria for most organism/antibiotic combinations Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and resistance profiles for common organisms
Pocket Guide to Critical Care Pharmacotherapy
by John PapadopoulosThis is a no-nonsense guide to drug treatment in the intensive care unit. It covers the most commonly encountered conditions and is organized by system. Management of each condition is tersely outlined step-by-step in table format. The book also includes non-drug information that is essential to making informed, evidence-based pharmacotherapy decisions, such as risk scores, scales, and assessment tools. The Second Edition has been revised to reflect the latest critical care practice guidelines and up-to-date drug and non-drug information.
Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Hematopathology
by S. David Hudnall Melissa A. Much Alexa J. SiddonThis book is designed not as a comprehensive textbook, but instead as a short practical guide to diagnosis of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues. Concise and easy to read, this text provides essential information in a bulleted text format. This simple format was chosen to provide essential information that may quickly be reviewed at the microscope. Each single-page entry begins with a brief one-line Snapshot description, followed by short descriptions of important clinical, morphologic, immunohistochemical, and genetic features, and ending with Caveats and Pearls and Differential Diagnosis. In most cases, entries are accompanied by a few high-quality histologic images. To keep the text concise, recommended texts and recent review articles are cited in the bibliography at the end of the book. To help quickly find alternative diagnoses, the index cross-references all differential diagnoses. The Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Hematopathology should be of use to practicing hematopathologists (academic and private) and hematologic oncologists, as well as trainees (fellows) in hematopathology and hematologic oncology.
Pocket Guide to Echocardiography
by Dimitri M. Tsverava Alexander T. Gedevanishvili Craig M. Brodsky Andro G. Kacharava Guram G. ImnadzeWith its easy accessibility, low cost, and ability to deliver, essential bedside information about the cardiac structure and function, echocardiography has become one of the most relied-upon diagnostic tools in clinical medicine. As a result, more clinicians than ever before must be able to accurately interpret echocardiographic information in order to administer appropriate treatment. Based on the authors' experience teaching echocardiography in busy clinical settings, this new pocketbook provides reliable guidance on everyday clinical cardiac ultrasound and the interpretation of echocardiographic images. It has been designed to help readers develop a stepwise approach to the interpretation of a standard transthoracic echocardiographic study and teach how to methodically gather and assemble the most important information from each of the standard echocardiographic views in order to generate a complete final report of the study performed. What's included: * A summary of TTE examination protocol and a comprehensive listing of useful formulas and normal values * Atrial and ventricular dimensions, LV and RV systolic function, LV diastolic patterns * Echocardiographic findings in the most commonly encountered cardiac diseases and disorders, including various cardiomyopathies, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, infective endocarditis, and congenital heart disease * Companion website with video clips and over 70 self-assessment questions Packed with essential information and designed for quick look-up, this pocketbook will be of great assistance for anyone who works in busy clinical settings and who needs a ready and reliable guide to interpreting echocardiographic information to help deliver optimal patient care.
Pocket Guide to GastrointestinaI Drugs
by Robert C. Lowe M. Michael WolfeLearn all you need to know about gastrointestinal drugs and their clinical use with this one-stop, rapid reference pocket guide.Brought to you by many of the world's leading GI drug experts, Pocket Guide to Gastrointestinal Drugs provides comprehensive guidance to the pharmacological properties of drugs used to treat gastrointestinal conditions, including mechanisms of action, appropriate administration, and potential adverse effects associated with their use.Organized by class of drug and ranging from PPIs to immunosupressants, each chapter first examines the specific agents within that class and then their appropriate and judicious use across a range of specific GI disorders.Key features include:Introduction of drug classBasic pharmacology, including mechanism of action, bioavailability, metabolism, interactions, adverse effects, toxicity, and special considerationsDosing information for each GI condition and on- and off-label useConsistent use of both generic and trade names throughoutSpecific reference to drug use in pediatric patients and during pregnancyPerfect for quick consultation on the wards and in the office, Pocket Guide to Gastrointestinal Drugs is the ideal tool for all those managing patients with GI conditions, including gastroenterologists, GI trainees, emergency physicians, GI specialist nurses, primary care physicians and residents, intensivists and pharmacists.
Pocket Guide to Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice
by Victor A. BernstamPocket Guide to Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice is an abbreviated, pocket-size, quick-reference guide that provides a point-by-point synopsis of the vast wealth of information contained in CRC Handbook of Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice. All sections and subsections in the Pocket Guide are cross-referenced to corresponding pages in the Handbook. The book works well on its own as a quick reference, but also can be used in conjunction with the larger Handbook for detailed coverage and references to specific information. Pocket Guide to Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice also includes extensive supplements featuring material not included in the Handbook. These are intended to provide an up-dated, practical source of information useful to anyone involved in molecular diagnostic research and/or service. Supplements are cross-referenced to the main text of the Pocket Guide, that complement and enhance the material covered. Pocket Guide to Gene Level Diagnostics in Clinical Practice will be a handy reference for professionals and students in pathology, biotechnology, biology, and medicine.
Pocket Guide to IBD
by Sonia Friedman Marla DubinskyPocket Guide to IBD, Second Edition is designed to provide quick clinical information for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who need to review symptoms, medications, and disease management, in order to decide effective diagnoses and treatments for their patients with IBD.Some of the topics covered are:• Special populations, including pregnancy and children• Vaccinations in the patient with IBD• Treatment of the infliximab refractory patient• Diagnosis and treatment of perianal disease• Care of the post operative patientDr. Marla Dubinsky and Dr. Sonia Friedman have created this go-to reference for one of the most popular topics among practicing gastroenterologists and other GI and primary care providers.Features:• Comprehensive chapters in quick reference format• Symptom-based guide for diagnosis and treatment • Tables highlighting the full array of IBD medications • Charts and figures detailing complete treatment algorithmsThe Pocket Guide to IBD, Second Edition is unique in its size, accessibility of information, thoroughness, and clarity of content. This clinical guide will be the quick reference to turn to when treating patients with IBD.
Pocket Guide to Intervention in Occupational Therapy
by Kristine Haertl Franklin SteinPocket Guide to Intervention in Occupational Therapy, Second Edition builds upon the strengths of the first edition as a useful quick reference of occupational therapy terms and interventions regarding specific diagnoses and conditions. Occupational therapy is an evidence-based health care profession that uses scientifically based research to justify clinical practice. Interventions in hospitals, clinics, and community and school settings continue to evolve based on scientific evidence. These interventions are intended to prevent injury and maintain or improve client function. Pocket Guide to Intervention in Occupational Therapy, Second Edition by Dr. Franklin Stein and Dr. Kristine Haertl is organized around the major conditions that occupational therapists encounter in their everyday practice. These include physical, psychosocial, cognitive, geriatric, and pediatric diagnoses. Intervention guidelines are outlined for the major disabilities. In addition, there are brief descriptions of the intervention techniques that therapists use and definitions of terms that are relevant to interventions. Intervention techniques encompass the following: Non-medical techniques such as client health education or counseling Instruction in activities of daily living, modifying of environment such as in ergonomics Teaching and demonstrating arts and crafts as therapeutic activities Providing sensory stimulating activities especially for children The appendices include an outline of essential skills for occupational therapists, general developmental guidelines, an overview of muscles and movements, orthotic devices, tables of muscles, average range of motion measurements, prime movers for upper and selected lower extremity motions, and substitutions for muscle contractions.Pocket Guide to Intervention in Occupational Therapy, Second Edition is based on the latest scientific evidence garnered from recent research studies, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, occupational therapy textbooks and their own wide experiences as a clinician, professor and researcher.
Pocket Guide to Kidney Stone Prevention
by Manoj Monga Kristina L. Penniston David S. GoldfarbThis book provides a concise, patient-directed approach to stone prevention. It defines who to evaluate and when to treat, and provides empiric guidelines for all stone formers. Specific treatment guidelines are also included, based on the kidney stone composition and the underlying metabolic abnormalities demonstrated by 24-hour urine stone risk profile. Written by experts in the field, Pocket Guide to Kidney Stone Prevention: Dietary and Medical Therapy serves as a valuable resource for a broad base of clinicians in primary and specialty care.
Pocket Guide to Midwifery Care (Crossing Press Pocket Guides)
by Aviva Jill RommIf you are pregnant, plan to be pregnant, or are curious about alternatives to medical childbirth, the POCKET GUIDE TO MIDWIFERY will provide you with complete information about:Safety and effectiveness of midwifery care.The different types of midwives.How to choose a midwife.The care midwives give.Midwifery and the law.National organizations.
Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis (Pocket Guides to Biomedical Sciences)
by Rossana de Aguiar CordeiroThe Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis provides useful and concise information for microbiologists and professionals diagnosing the most medically relevant fungal species. Cellular and molecular techniques, immunological methods, and more accurate microscopy equipment available in most mycology laboratories now make diagnosis more routine. Furthermore, information regarding medical mycology, including identification of specific fungal pathogens, is widely available. This book helps mycologists address the emerging challenges of diagnosis. Key Features Succinct summary of fungal disease diagnosis Includes opportunistic fungal infections that can afflict immunocompromised patients Permits the identification of common fungal pathogens Reviews antifungal drugs Related Titles Ghannoum, M. A. & John R. Perfect, eds. Antifungal Therapy, 2nd ed. (ISBN 978-1-4987-6814-6)Miyaji, M., ed. Animal Models in Medical Mycology (ISBN 978-1-3158-9059-3)Razzaghi-Abyaneh, M., M. Shams-Ghahfarokhi and M. Rai, eds. Medical Mycology: Current Trends and Future Prospects (ISBN 978-1-4987-1421-1)