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Imaging in Rheumatology: A Clinical Approach is ideal for radiologists and rheumatologists--as well as orthopedic surgeons and others interested in applying imaging to rheumatologic diseases--and stresses conventional radiography as the most effective imaging assessment technique to help diagnose various diseases and conditions. Greenspan and Gershwin--a radiologist and rheumatologist, respectively--focus on practical, everyday use, so you can apply knowledge you learn in any clinical setting. Feautres: * Clearly and comprehensively details clinical, pathological, and imaging assessment of rheumatic diseases and conditions like arthritides and arthropathies. * Trains radiologists learn how imaging fits into diagnostic processes--and non-radiologists how to better understand imaging techniques. * Designed for practical, everyday use in clinical situations with patients. * Chapters in the core middle section present clinically relevant and practical overviews of a disease or condition, accompanied by illustrated imaging features of that condition. * Helps you recognize a disease process masquerading as arthritis.Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: * The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time -- providing a seamless reading experience online or offline. * Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks. * Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design. * The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click.

This popular core nursing pharmacology textbook provides unique coverage of nursing interventions for drug therapy with related rationales. Highly praised for its organized and readable presentation, the text explains the "why" behind each nursing action, and emphasizes how drugs work differently in different patients. The 10th edition has a new fresh design and approach with an added focus on patient safety integrated into the text. Included in this package is Lippincott's Photo Atlas of Medication Administration (ISBN 9781451112481) which uses the nursing process format to provide step-by-step nursing skills.

Strengthen your emergency nursing know-how, with the newly updated ER Facts Made Incredibly Quick!®, 2nd edition, the indispensable pocket guide that offers on-the-go clarity on ER care essentials.   Thumb quickly to the right topic with the help of brightly colored tabs, then scan the easy-read bulleted text for crucial how-to's on trauma assessments, CPR, medications and IV, and treating multiple trauma, breathing difficulties, and gunshot wounds, and more. This is vital clinical support for, nurses and all ER healthcare professionals.  Be expertly guided through ER assessments, devices, and treatment with ...   *NEW and updated quick-read, bulleted content, tables, and colorful images *NEW and updated tables, photos, drawings, and diagrams *Laminated pages are wipeable for easy notetaking and erasing *Pocket-sized, spiral-bound format offering on-the-spot access to expert guidance *Dozens of colorful diagrams, charts, and images supporting guidance on areas such as: *Vital signs chart - neonates to older adults *Advanced cardiac life support algorithms *8-step method for rhythm strip analysis *Hands-free electrode placement for defibrillation *CPR and choking interventions, by age group *Assessment skills and flow charts for assessing individual body systems *Step-by-step direction on triage methods--assessments, procedures, and monitoring, including: *Triage criteria for critical trauma assessment *Primary and secondary assessment - parameters, questions to ask patients, interventions *Emergency Nurses Association and Academy of Emergency Physicians five-level triage scale to determine patient acuity *Assessing child and elder abuse and neglect *Maternal/neonatal charts - assessing gestational age, maternal hypotension, true versus false labor, fetal distress, preeclampsia, and more *Newborn assessment charts and graphs - neonatal resuscitation, APGAR scoring system, pediatric vital sign normal ranges, pediatric trauma score, and more *Assessment charts and pain measurement scale for scoring pain acuteness, symptoms, and appearance *Disaster and mass casualty triage protocols *Treating special triage populations - pediatric, geriatric, pregnant, LGBTQ patients *Cultural considerations in patient care *Evidence collection kit materials *Practical guide to patient teaching  About the Clinical Editor   Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi, MSN, APRN, CCNS, is a Clinical Nurse Educator at Lankenau Medical Center at the Crozer Keystone Health System in Chester, Pennsylvania.

A staple of family medicine training for 30 years, Essentials of Family Medicine offers a comprehensive introduction to this specialty designed just for clerkship students. Covering principles of family medicine, preventive care, and a full range of common ambulatory care problems, it provides all the guidance you need to succeed on a clinical rotation in family medicine.

Revised and updated by experts in both nephrology and clinical nutrition, this seventh edition of Handbook of Nutrition and the Kidney provides practical and clinically relevant information for addressing the nutritional needs of patients with acute and chronic kidney disease. Concise yet in-depth, the book is packed with tables and charts in every chapter, and outlines detailed and daily nutritional requirements, including proteins, vitamins, minerals, lipids, other fatty acids, and more.Features:Useful for physicians, dietitians, nurses, and anyone who works with patients afflicted by chronic kidney disease (CKD), hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplants.Each chapter contains tables and figures that visually demonstrate nutritional principles and enable you to find essential information quickly.Presents easy-to-follow sample menus with lists of ingredients and dietary recommendations.Chapters cover the affects of kidney disease on metabolism and hormonal function, nutritional approaches to caring for different patient types, an overview of nutritional biochemistry and digestive physiology in healthy adults, and more.Includes guidelines and requirements for people with hypertension.Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac.Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience:The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time —providing a seamless reading experience online or offline.Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks.Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design.The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click.

Principles of Rubin's Pathology, Seventh Edition distills the renowned coverage of Rubin's Pathology, Seventh Edition into a focused, approachable guide to the essentials of pathology.   This resource introduces principles and mechanisms of pathology, followed by organ-specific information, extracting key information on pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical features of diseases. Detailed images clarify challenging content, and companion online resources enable students to learn on the go and confidently prepare for exams.   This edition is optimized for students seeking only the most critical information, making it an ideal resource for international medical schools, PA, pharmacy, nursing, and allied health programs.  * Streamlined content emphasizes essential concepts, including the use of bold terms and bulleted lists to emphasize key points, for the most efficient study of pathology available.* Illustrations, photomicrographs, and clinical photographs clarify challenging content and represent the pathogeneses of disease. * Highlighted boxes and helpful graphic icons identify Pathogenesis, Pathology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Features sections.* Globally sourced content reflects an international spectrum of current practices and approaches.* Online resources including new slide-based histopathology lectures presented by Dr. Rubin, original animations, and fully searchable text make learning more engaging and efficient.Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience with Enhanced Video, Audio and Interactive Capabilities!* Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone* Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech* Adapt for unique reading needs, supporting learning disabilities, visual/auditory impairments, second-language or literacy challenges, and more

This 11th Edition of Timby and Smith's popular text equips LPN/LVN students with the practical knowledge and skills necessary to provide safe and effective nursing care to today's medical-surgical clients. Now enhanced with new research, techniques, and clinical competencies, exciting new concept maps that help students focus and think critically about their clients, a new art program featuring hundreds of illustrations and photographs, new evidence-based practice boxes, and new NCLEX-PN questions, the 11th edition prepares students to manage nursing care of clients in today's changing healthcare environments and eases the transition from classroom to clinical practice.

Offering expert guidance from seasoned clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this bestselling handbook provides accurate, clinically essential information in a portable, quick-reference format. Broad-based, multidisciplinary coverage draws from the disciplines of anesthesiology, neurology, behavioral medicine, nursing, psychiatry, and physical therapy to provide practical, evidence-based information for sound therapeutic choices. Now in full color for the first time, The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management, Fourth Edition, contains numerous new chapters, new illustrations, and other features that keep you up to date with today's latest approaches to pain management. *Contains an extensive new section on interventional approaches to pain management, as well as new chapters on radiotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals for cancer pain and ethical considerations in pain medicine.*Features new chapters on discography, epidural steroid injections; intrathecal drug delivery; peripheral nerve blocks; and sympathetic blockade.*Includes handy appendices that provide useful medication information, basic science coverage relevant to clinical strategies, and numerous tables and chapter-opening outlines for quick reference.Enrich Your Ebook Reading Experience*Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone.*Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.

Part of the highly respected Master Techniques in Surgery series, Colon and Rectal Surgery: Anorectal Operations, 2nd Edition, provides the authoritative, up-to-date guidance you need to master both traditional techniques and innovative new procedures in colon and rectal surgery. Covering both basic and advanced procedures, this edition contains superbly illustrated, expertly written chapters covering virtually any colorectal surgical technique likely to be performed today. Each contributing author presents a real-world viewpoint on a particular surgery, and outstanding full-color illustrations provide visual support for every procedure.   * Presents easy-to-digest, clinically relevant material from world-renowned colon and rectal surgeons who explain their preferred techniques step by step, including indications and contraindications, preoperative planning, postoperative management, outcomes, complications, and follow-up. * Covers  hemorrhoidectomies, anal and rectovaginal fistula and sphincter procedures, fecal incontinence, procedures for perineal prolapse and excision of rectal carcinoma, lateral sphincterotomy, rectocele, and muscle, anal and pilonidal flap procedures. * Includes 17 all-new chapters: * Ultrasound-guided Ligation/Mucosalpexy for Hemorrhoidal Disease * Rubber Band Ligation * Ligation of the Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT): Without Mesh * Repair of Rectovaginal Fistula Repair with Bioprosthetic Mesh, Transvaginal * Rectovaginal Fistula: Transvaginal Approach Without Mesh * Magnetic Anal Sphincter * Encirclement Procedure for Rectal Prolapse in the Elderly * Perineal Rectosigmoidectomy * Closed Lateral Interanal Sphincterotomy * Transanal Endoscopic Operating * Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) for Local Excision * Transabdominal Rectus Flaps * Ventral Hernia Repair * Incision, Excision and Wound VAC Closure * Surgical Management of Anogenital Hidradenitis * Condylomata Acuminatum * Anal Carinoma and MelanomaEnrich Your eBook Reading Experience with Enhanced Video, Audio and Interactive Capabilities! * Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone * Customize for your language, including right-to-left reading, vertical writing, and enhanced annotation in over 30 languages * Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech * Adapt for unique reading needs, supporting learning disabilities, visual/auditory impairments, second-language or literacy challenges, and more

New from the American College of Sports Medicine! This clear and highly applied overview of exercise nutrition illustrates difficult concepts using real-world examples and case studies that allow students to put learning into practice. Well-known author Dan Benardot draws on his vast experience as an instructor, scientist, and practitioner to craft an engaging and factual resource that makes the nutrition of exercise science accessible. Written at a level appropriate for both exercise science majors and non-majors, this practical book is packed with helpful in-text learning aids and stunning visuals that bring concepts to life.   As an ACSM publication, this text offers the unsurpassed quality and excellence that has become synonymous with titles by the leading exercise science organization in the world.* eBook available. Faster, smarter, and more convenient, today's eBooks can transform learning. These interactive, fully searchable tools offer 24/7 access on multiple devices, the ability to highlight and share notes, and much more.* Case studies with discussion questions in every chapter show real-world application of the science of nutrition.* Important Factors to Consider boxes throughout chapters summarize key points.* Practical advice and clear explanations in every chapter prepare students for effective practice.* In-text learning aids, including Chapter Objectives, boxed Key Terms, bulleted Chapter Summaries, and multiple-choice Chapter Questions, help students master the content of the course.* Practical Application Activity boxes that challenge students to get actively involved with the content include such activities as using a nutrition tracker to assess their diet for a full day and analyze their energy balance.

A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding is your hands-on, step-by-step guide to receiving and filling prescription drug orders as well as a comprehensive look at the preparation of sterile and non-sterile extemporaneously compounded preparations.

Perfect for residents and fellows to use during rotations, or as a quick review for practicing radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians, Nuclear Medicine: The Essentials is a complete, concise overview of the most important knowledge in this challenging and evolving field. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and ends with board-style questions that help you focus your learning. A self-assessment examination in print and additional self-assessment material online test your mastery of the content and prepare you for exams.

Hands-on guidance on treating neurologic disease. The best-selling Samuels's Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics is a practical, accessible handbook for the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disorders. Completely updated to reflect the most recent developments in the field, the book features a concise, intuitive outline format that makes today's best approaches easy to find and apply. *Implement the current strategies to combat neurological diseases. Highlights include new pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments for seizures; new molecular techniques and personalized approaches to neurologic cancers; new approaches for treating pain; the most recent intra-arterial therapies for acute stroke; and new treatments for neurologic infectious diseases.*Manage benignautoimmune conditions with the aid of a new chapter that discusses diagnosis via serological testing as well as therapies involving immune modulation.*Treat patients in resource-limited environments, thanks to a new chapter that focuses on cost-effective management options.*Locate the information you need quickly through accessible and well-organized chapters and an outline format.Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: *The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time -- providing a seamless reading experience online or offline*Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks*Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design*The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click

Thoroughly updated, with 127 new drug entries, this edition provides practical, reliable information on over 1,175 drugs commonly prescribed to pregnant or lactating women. Each drug monograph summarizes potential side effects on the embryo and fetus and drug passage to the nursing infant. It also includes FDA Risk Factor ratings for each drug.

Concise, portable, and packed with essential information, Manual of Clinical Oncology is an indispensable resource for understanding basic science, clinical findings, and available technology as they relate to the diagnosis and management patients with cancer.  The practical format provides high-yield content useful for participating in rounds ad making diagnostic and therapeutic decisions at the bedside.  Edited by Dr. Bartosz Chmielowski  and Dr. Mary Territo, both from UCLA School of Medicine, this eighth edition carries on the tradition of excellence set forth by longtime editor Dr. Dennis Casciato. Key Features:*Incorporates recent major achievements in immunotherapies, biologics, and targeted therapies.*Features new chapters on the biology of cancer, immunotherapy, and cancer survivorship.*Contains numerous diagnostic and treatment algorithms, as well as content on complications, for assistance with clinical decision making.*Includes helpful appendices such as a glossary of cytogenetic nomenclature and combination chemotherapy regimens.Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience:*The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time -- providing a seamless reading experience online or offline*Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks*Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design*The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click