The Handy Physics Answer Book, Second edition

Paul W. Zitzewitz,
Visible Ink Press | 2011

ISBN: 1578593050 | 450 pages
PDF | 3,4 MB

Eschewing the usual mathematical explanations for physics phenomena, this approachable reference explains complicated scientific concepts in plain English that everyone can understand. Completely updated to tackle the big issues such as gravity, magnetism, sound, and what really happens in the Large Hadron Collider, this engaging look at physics also spells out why cats always land on their feet, why people appear to have red eyes in photographs, and the real danger of looking at an eclipse.

For everyone who ever wondered how a light bulb works or how squirrels avoid electrocution on the power lines, this handbook supplies answers on the physics of everyday life and examines the developments in the exploration of subatomic particles. In addition to the question-and-answer section, an addendum of facts about physicists explains what the Nobel prize is and who has won it, and tells the story of the scientist who was incarcerated for agreeing with Copernicus.

The Handy Physics Answer Book, Second edition

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Principles of Medical Statistics

Chapman and Hall/CRC | September 14, 2001
ISBN-10: 1584882166 | 712 pages

PDF | 7 MB

The get-it-over-with-quickly approach to statistics has been encouraged - and often necessitated - by the short time allotted to it in most curriculums. If included at all, statistics is presented briefly, as a task to be endured mainly because pertinent questions may appear in subsequent examinations for licensure or other certifications. However, in later professional activities, clinicians and biomedical researchers will constantly be confronted with reports containing statistical expressions and analyses.

Not just a set of cookbook recipes, Principles of Medical Statistics is designed to get you thinking about data and statistical procedures. It covers many new statistical methods and approaches like box plots, stem and leaf plots, concepts of stability, the bootstrap, and the jackknife methods of resampling. The book is arranged in a logical sequence that advances from simple to more elaborate results. The text describes all the conventional statistical procedures, and offers reasonably rigorous accounts of many of their mathematical justifications.

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A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine

Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, 3 edition
Elaine Atkins, Jill Kerr, Emily Jane Goodlad
Ch r ,ch .l L g s to .e | ISBN: 0702031747

2010-02-23 | PDF | 480 pages | 55.20 Mb

In the new third edition of this popular multidisciplinary text, Elaine Atkins, Jill Kerr and Emily Goodlad continue to advance the field of orthopaedic medicine. Always inspired by the work of Dr James Cyriax, this edition, renamed A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine, updates techniques and incorporates recent research discoveries into the text. There are also self assessment tasks to test your understanding of orthopaedic medicine on EVOLVE, an online electronic learning solution site designed to work alongside textbooks to stimulate clinical reasoning and to enhance learning.

The introductory chapters deal with the principles of orthopaedic medicine, with the following chapters taking the clinician through the practice of orthopaedic medicine joint by joint.

This edition includes:
- Substantially revised chapters
- Extended evidence-based commentaries underpinning indications and contraindications to treatment of spinal lesions
- Expanded critique of the treatment of peripheral joints including recent advances in the approach to tendinopathy
- Clearly described and illustrated injection and manual techniques
- New page layout for easy navigation
- Foreword by Monica Kesson

A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine is a complete reference source that provides the most up-to-date principles and practice for students and postgraduate medical practitioners, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals, including podiatrists and osteopaths. It is essential reading.

A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine: Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, 3 edition

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Gray Anatomia para Estudiantes

Richard Drake - Gray Anatomia para Estudiantes
Elsevier Espana | ISBN: 8481748323

2005-11-10 | 1058 pages |PDF 168 Mb

Nueva obra de anatomia de la familia Gray, la obra mas prestigiosa en anatomia, especificamente disenada para satisfacer las necesidades actuales de aprendizaje de los estudiantes de Anatomia. Se trata de un recurso definitivo para el estudio de la asignatura de Anatomia, a todo color, con mas de 1000 excelentes ilustraciones anatomicas especificamente disenadas para esta obra y mas de 300 ilustraciones clinicas, radiografias, TC, ecografias, RM, etc., que son una herramienta muy util para el conocimiento de la anatomia, pues ayudan al estudiante a visualizar la anatomia in vivo. Se hace eco de todos los avances que se han producido en la manera en que los estudiantes aprenden mayoritariamente anatomia en las facultades de todo el mundo y en los programas docentes de medicina, con mayor integracion y orientacion hacia la clinica.

- Los autores, de una dilatada experiencia docente y clinica, se han decantado despues de sopesar los distintos posibles abordajes, por un enfoque regional que recogiera en cada capitulo cuatro secciones distintas: aspectos conceptuales basicos, que revisan cada region corporal y resumen las funciones de sus componentes, sus relaciones con otros organos del cuerpo y otras caracteristicas importantes; anatomia regional, que detalla las estructuras clave en las que esta fundamentada la anatomia e integra la informacion clinica relevante para potenciar los conocimientos del estudiante; anatomia de superficie, que correlaciona las caracteristicas externas visibles con la anatomia interna, y casos clinicos, que demuestran las aplicaciones del conocimiento anatomico en situaciones clinicas reales que permiten al estudiante comprobar sus propios conocimientos.
- Gray Anatomia para estudiantes recorre todo el cuerpo humano con un sentido logico, abordando los distintos aspectos complejos del organismo a medida que el lector va dominando los basicos. Cada capitulo puede ser utilizado como un modulo de aprendizaje independiente. La secuencia elegida ha sido region posterior del tronco, torax, abdomen, pelvis y perine, miembro inferior, miembro superior, cabeza y cuello. El material clinico se encuentra en tres niveles, los casos clinicos ya mencionados, que aparecen al final de capitulo; las correlaciones clinicas, plenamente integradas en el texto y que correlacionan los aspectos anatomicos expuestos de manera directa con la aplicacion directa de esta informacion, pero en cursiva, de modo que el estudiante puede obviarlas en su lectura si asi lo desea, y los resumenes clinicos, que ofrecen informacion clinica util y relevante que demuestra la manera en que el conocimiento anatomico facilita la resolucion de problemas clinicos.

Otra particularidad de esta excelente obra es que todo el material ha sido revisado por un comite de mas de 100 expertos mundiales que han aportado sus comentarios y sugerencias a los distintos temas, garantizando su absoluta correccion, asi como un enfoque global e internacional. En el caso de la edicion espanola, han colaborado en esta revision reputados profesores de Espana, Mexico y Argentina.

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A Casebook of Medical Ethics

Oxford University Press
August 31, 1989 | ISBN-10: 0195039173

264 pages | PDF | 80.7 MB

Should a brain-dead woman be artificially maintained for the sake of her fetus? Does a physician have the right to administer a life-saving transfusion despite the patient's religious beliefs? Can a family request a hysterectomy for their retarded daughter? Physicians are facing moral dilemmas with increasing frequency. But how should these delicate questions be resolved and by whom? A Casebook of Medical Ethics offers a real-life view of the central issue involved in clinical medical ethics.

Since the analysis of cases plays a critical role in this study, the authors have assembled a broad collection of histories encountered in their work as medical ethics educators and consultants.

The cases are developed in substantial detail to reflect the rich medical and psychosocial complexity involved, and each is brought to a decision point at which a course of action must be chosen. Among the issues examined are conflicts between patients' wishes and respect for their well-being, tensions concerning duties to patients unable to care for themselves and obligations to family members, and clashes between patient care obligations and the interests of other persons, including physicians, third parties, and the general public.

The book also includes commentaries that combine general discussion of ethical principles with specific analysis of the cases examined in the text, as well as various options for resolving conflicts. Readers are invited to assess the comparative merits and liabilities of these approaches. An ideal text for undergraduate and medical school courses, A Casebook of Medical Ethics brings readers to the forefront of medicine, where they share in the determination of crucial ethical decisions.

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Okechukwu F.E | Medical Imaging

By Okechukwu Felix Erondu,
Publisher: InTech | ISBN: 9789533077741, 9533077741

2011 | PDF | 412 pages | 29.9 MB

What we know about and do with medical imaging has changed rapidly during the past decade, beginning with the basics, following with the breakthroughs, and moving on to the abstract.

This book demonstrates the wider horizon that has become the mainstay of medical imaging sciences; capturing the concept of medical diagnosis, digital information management and research.

It is an invaluable tool for radiologists and imaging specialists, physicists and researchers interested in various aspects of imaging.

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Advances in Molecular Toxicology, Volume 4

Elsevier; 1 edition | August 12, 2010
ISBN-10: 0444535845, 286 pages

PDF | 5.58 MB

Advances in Molecular Toxicology features the latest advances in all of the subspecialties of the broad area of molecular toxicology. Toxicology is the study of poisons, and this series details the study of the molecular basis by which a vast array of agents encountered in the human environment and produced by the human body itself manifest themselves as toxins.

Not strictly limited to documenting these examples, the series is also concerned with the complex web of chemical and biological events that give rise to toxin-induced symptoms and disease.

The new technologies that are being harnessed to analyze and understand these events will also be reviewed by leading workers in the field.

Advances in Molecular Toxicology will report progress in all aspects of these rapidly evolving molecular aspects of toxicology with a view toward detailed elucidation of both progress on the molecular level and on advances in technological approaches employed.

* Cutting-edge reviews by leading workers in the discipline.
* In-depth dissection of molecular aspects of interest to a broad range of scientists, physicians and any student in the allied disciplines.
* Leading edge applications of technological innovations in chemistry, biochemistry and molecular medicine.

Advances in Molecular Toxicology, Volume 4

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DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination, 9th Edition

By Richard LeBlond, Donald Brown, Richard DeGowin
MgH | 2008 | ISBN: 0071478981

944 pages | epub | 9,9 MB

The classic point-of-care guide to the undifferentiated patient -- completely revised and easier to navigate than ever!

Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination takes you a step beyond elementary physical diagnosis.

DeGowin's covers all physical examination techniques and procedures, but this highly practical point-of-care guide goes further, focusing on the meaning of signs and symptoms. It also shows you how to catalog clinical findings resulting from the physical examination--and order them into a differential diagnosis.


FEATURES
* All the essentials of the diagnosis exam procedure and patient record preparation - in one ultra-handy reference. Top-to-bottom coverage of differential diagnosis, organized by systems, signs, and syndromes .
* High-yield overviews of each organ/region/system, followed by the definition of key presenting signs and their possible origins.
* NEW! Updated content includes the latest developments in evidence-based physical examination, along with references to the popular JAMA series ?The Rational Clinical Examination?.
* NEW! 24 full-color illustrations.
* NEW! Full-text download for your mobile device

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Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine

By Samuel Durso, Lesley Bowker, James Price and Sarah Smith
O U P | 828 pages | English | 2010

ISBN: 0195373189
PDF | 4,5 MB

Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered.

Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common procedures, and in-patient care. These books will be invaluable resources for residents and students, as well as a useful reference for practitioners.

The Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine is the essential ready-reference to effective geriatric practice. Written in a concise, accessible style, the Handbook covers the entire range of diseases and disorders commonly encountered in the care of older adults and offers easily accessible 'how to' information to facilitate basic geriatric care decisions.

Guidance is offered concerning both ethical and clinical decision-making along with evidence-based information on key topics as well as insight into balancing competing priorities in the older patient. Tables and algorithms provide step-wise instruction for evaluation and management. This is a must have resource for all clinical settings.

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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Methods and Protocols

Methods in Molecular Medicine
By Nagy A. Habib,

Publisher: Humana Press | ISBN: 0896037851
edition 2000 | PDF | 282 pages | 1,6 mb

The book focuses on gene therapy approaches, including the use of such vectors as lipids, such viruses as adenovirus and baculovirus, and virus detection assessment using electron microscopy.

It provides preclinical and clinical data on the killing of cancer cells using tumor-suppressor genes, antisense compounds to growth factors, immunotherapy (remove gene), or virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Methods and Protocols offers experimental and clinical researchers a rich source of both basic science and clinical information on today's optimal use of gene therapy to treat and manage patients suffering from hepatocellular carcinoma.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Methods and Protocols

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Information Technologies in Medicine

By Metin Akay,
Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Pres | ISBN: 0471414921

edition 2001 | PDF | 204 pages | 3,5 mb

Medicine and the biological sciences have long relied on visualizations to illustrate the relationship between anatomic structure and biologic function.

The new multidimensional imaging modalities are powerful counterparts to traditional forms of observation–surgery, postmortem examination, or extensive mental reconstruction.

VR technologies have reached unimagined levels of sophistication and utility, giving physicians and students new avenues for planning and practicing surgery and diagnostics.

Information Technologies in Medicine

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Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, 3rd Edition

Roger Blowey BSc BVSc FRCVS,
A. David Weaver BSc DrMedvet PhD FRCVS,

M..by | 2011-04-25 | ISBN: 0723436029
280 pages | PDF | 68,1 MB

The Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle is the established and respected illustrated guide to the full range of conditions encountered in cattle worldwide. For this new edition the atlas has been redesigned to present over 840 colour illustrations and clearer than ever coverage of conditions, with a special emphasis on ease of use.

The text has been updated and rewritten to encompass many new conditions including burns, 'bleeding calf syndrome', rib fracture and jejunal hemorrhagic syndrome, while treatment of existing conditions has been expanded.

The emphasis of this new edition of the Color Atlas remains the visible signs of diseases and disorders in the live animal. In its third edition guise, the atlas is an indispensable reference for both experienced and novice cattle practitioners, government and industry veterinarians, as well as veterinary and agricultural students, and managers of large-scale cattle enterprises throughout the world.

* One hundred fresh illustrations included, improving the range of signs presented.

* Special emphasis on improvements in animal welfare.

* Extensive upgrade to chapter on locomotor disorders.

* Improved layout places images and relevant text closer together.

* Terms updated with the latest nomenclature.

* Inclusion of more lay terms and clarification of acronyms.

* One hundred fresh illustrations included, improving the range of signs presented.

* Special emphasis on improvements in animal welfare.

* Extensive upgrade to chapter on locomotor disorders.

* Improved layout places images and relevant text closer together.

* Terms updated with the latest nomenclature.

* Inclusion of more lay terms and clarification of acronyms.

"What this textbook does well is to quickly provide the reader with enough information to come to the most likely diagnosis for certain diseases, based on a description of its clinical signs and with the use of good photography...The images are excellent and allow you to see what diseases actually look like, as opposed to endless text and droning lecturers! I would certainly recommend this book to all veterinary students in their clinical years and certainly those with a particular interest in cattle medicine."--JAVS, November 2011

Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, 3rd Edition

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Medical Imaging Informatics

By Alex A.T. Bui, Ricky K. Taira
Springer, English, 2010-02-02

ISBN: 1441903844 | 562 pages
PDF | 8.4 mb

Medical Imaging Informatics provides an overview of this growing discipline, which stems from an intersection of biomedical informatics, medical imaging, computer science and medicine.

Supporting two complementary views, this volume explores the fundamental technologies and algorithms that comprise this field, as well as the application of medical imaging informatics to subsequently improve healthcare research.

Clearly written in a four part structure, this introduction follows natural healthcare processes, illustrating the roles of data collection and standardization, context extraction and modeling, and medical decision making tools and applications. Medical Imaging Informatics identifies core concepts within the field, explores research challenges that drive development, and includes current state-of-the-art methods and strategies.

Medical Imaging Informatics

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Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy and Prognosis, Volume 6

Ovarian Cancer, Renal Cancer, Urogenitary tract Cancer,
Urinary Bladder Cancer, Cervical Uterine Cancer

By M. A. Hayat
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 9048129176
edition 2010 | PDF | 482 pages | 13.3 mb

This sixth volume in the series Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis discusses Ovarian Cancer, Renal Cancer, Urogenitary Cancer, Urinary Bladder Cancer, Cervical Uterine Cancer, Skin Cancer, Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and Sarcoma. Both standard and emerging therapies for these cancers, written by expert oncologists/pathologists in this field, are included.

This fully illustrated volume

-Identifies biomarkers based on genetic alterations for clear cell ovarian adenocarcinoma.
-Identifies subgroups of ovarian cancer by using differential gene expression.
-Includes the application of the power-Doppler imaging for distinguishing benign from malignant complex adrenal masses in ovarian cancer.
-Emphasizes the advantage of using cytoreduction surgery for diagnosing advanced ovarian cancer.
-Provides details on the treatment of kidney cancer with radiofrequency ablation, surgery, and chemotherapy.
-Explains the use of immunohistochemistry for diagnosing adenomatoid tumor of the adrenal gland.
-Discusses the chemotherapy of testicular cancer and related second primary tumors.
-Includes the diagnosis of urothelial bladder cancer with urine-based tumor markers.
-Explains the use of immunohistochemistry and MRI for diagnosing uterine cervical cancer and describes the staging of this cancer using PET alone or PET/CT.
-Describes the localization of malignant melanoma using FDG-PET/CT.
-Explains the use of prognostic receptors for nonmelanoma skin cancer.
-Details the treatment of multiple myeloma using immunotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted radionuclide therapy.
-Presents diagnostic immunohistochemistry of synovial and Kaposi's sarcoma.

The technological advances presented in this volume are expected to expedite new discoveries and their translation to clinical practice. The field of oncology will benefit the most from these advanced methods, as a combination of therapies and personalized medicine will improve early detection of these different types of cancer.

Professor Hayat has summarized the problems associated with the complexities of research publications and has been successful in editing a must-read volume for oncologists, cancer researchers, medical teachers and students of cancer biology.

Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy and Prognosis, Volume 6

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Netter's Neurology

By H. Royden Jones Jr. MD, Jayashri Srinivasan,
Gregory J. Allam, Richard A. Baker,

Sa unders | 2011 | ISBN: 1437702732
768 pages | PDF | 175 MB

Netter's Neurology, 2nd Edition, by Drs. H. Royden Jones, Jayashri Srinivasan, Gregory J. Allam, and Richard A. Baker uses visually rich Netter artwork to efficiently provide you with a concise overview of general neurology and its intersection with internal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and orthopedics. From stroke and epilepsy to dementia and neuromuscular disorders, Netter's Neurology is a thorough synopsis of the state of the art in most areas of adult neurology. You'll rapidly access complete introductions to clinical details, complex concepts, and correlations between anatomical, pathological, physiological, and pharmacological aspects in the clinical settings. Netter - it's how you know.
Master general neurology and its intersection with internal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, psychiatry, and orthopedics through comprehensive topic coverage.

Get a quick and memorable overview of anatomy, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation from the precision and beauty of Netter and Netter-style plates that highlight key neuroanatomical and neurologic concepts.

Explore specific clinical applications with vignettes included throughout the text that bring each topic to life.

Find the information you need quickly and easily thanks to the short text and concise topic overviews.
See the latest developments in the field in clear detail with new artwork and new entries on ALS, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, African Sleeping Sickness, and more.

Effectively visualize the underlying anatomy in living patients through upgraded neuroimaging coverage, including MR, CT, and PET.

Tap into additional treatment information with more clinical vignettes that provide "real-life" illustrative case evaluations.

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Allergy Frontiers: Therapy and Prevention, Volume 5

By Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 4431993614

edition 2010 | PDF, 800 pages | 14.6 mb

The prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases is on the rise worldwide, with a marked impact on quality of life and socioeconomics. Allergy Frontiers comprises six volumes, each dedicated to a specific aspect of the disease to reflect the multidisciplinary character of the field and its explosive growth. Included are reviews by world-renowned scientists from Europe, North and South America, Australia, Japan, other parts of Asia, and South Africa.

The fifth volume is dedicated to therapy and prevention of allergies, including pharmacotherapy and allergen-specific immunotherapy, with novel aspects and special considerations for particular groups such as children, the elderly, and pregnant women. This book serves as a valuable tool for scientists and as a practical guide for clinicians working in the fields of allergy, asthma, and immunology.

 Allergy Frontiers: Therapy and Prevention, Volume 5

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Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

By Charles L. Sanders,
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3642037194

edition 2009 |  217 pages
PDF | 79.3 mb

Current radiation protection standards are based upon the application of the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption, which considers that even very low doses of ionizing radiation can cause cancer. The radiation hormesis hypothesis, by contrast, proposes that low-dose ionizing radiation is beneficial.

In this book, the author examines all facets of radiation hormesis in detail, including the history of the concept and mechanisms, and presents comprehensive, up-to-date reviews for major cancer types.

It is explained how low-dose radiation can in fact decrease all-cause and all-cancer mortality and help to control metastatic cancer. Attention is also drawn to biases in epidemiological research when using the LNT assumption.

The author shows how proponents of the LNT assumption consistently reject, manipulate, and deliberately ignore an overwhelming abundance of published data and falsely claim that no reliable data are available at doses of less than 100 mSv.

Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

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Acute Stroke Care, 2nd Edition

By Ken Uchino, Jennifer Pary, James Grotta
Cam....ge Univer...y ..ess Date 2011-04-29

ISBN: 0521184843 | 234 pages
PDF | 3,4 MB

You have just encountered a possible stroke patient. You ask yourself: what should I do first? How do I know it is a stroke? Is it too late to reverse the damage? How do I do the right things in the right order? This book will help you answer these critical questions. It provides practical advice on the care of stroke patients in a range of acute settings.

The content is arranged in chronological order, covering the things to consider in assessing and treating the patient in the emergency department, the stroke unit and then on transfer to a rehabilitation facility. All types of stroke are covered.

This new edition provides updated information from recently completed clinical trials and added information on endovascular therapy, hemicraniectomy for severe stroke, DVT prophylaxis and stroke prevention. A comprehensive set of appendices contain useful reference information including dosing algorithms, conversion factors and stroke scales.

Acute Stroke Care, 2nd Edition

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Clinical Coach for Nurse Practitioners

Phonda Hensley, Rhonda Hensley, Angela Williams,
F.A. D.vis C.mpany | 2010

ISBN: 080362171X
384 pages | PDF | 11,6 MB

From classroom to practice - this title is your own clinical coach by your side! Here's the perfect go-to guide for making decisions in clinical settings! Experienced practitioners coach you as you analyze 30 of the most common patient complaints and rule out each differential until you reach the correct diagnosis. This guide features: decision-making guidelines for the most common complaints seen in clinical practice; charts and guidelines pertaining to...the lab x-rays; EKG interpretation, skin/wound care and pediatric medications, and screening tools; tables and charts for pediatric drug information by weight including...antibiotics cough and cold products; tylenol and ibuprofen; information on nursing home, home health, and hospice patient management; and, practical advice on issues such as...legal considerations, licensure, billing and coding, payors, and more.

 Clinical Coach for Nurse Practitioners

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Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context, 1st Edition

Geology, Geochronology, Paleoecology and Paleoenvironment
Springer; 1st Edition, January 21, 2011

ISBN-10: 9048199557
414 pages
PDF | 18.01 MB

This volume 1 and its companion volume 2 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned for the discovery of fossils of the early hominin Australopithecus afarensis, as well as remarkable trails of its footprints. The first volume provides new evidence on the geology, geochronology, ecology, ecomorphology and taphonomy of the site.

The second volume describes newly discovered fossil hominins from Laetoli, belonging to Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus aethiopicus, and presents detailed information on the systematics and paleobiology of the diverse associated fauna. Together, these contributions provide one of the most comprehensive accounts of a fossil hominin site, and they offer important new insights into the early stages of human evolution and its context.

 Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context

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