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Medical, Allied Healthand Veterinary NewsletterJanuary, February and March 2014New & Noteworthy Titles from CRC Press Nursing - Pages 2Radiology - Pages 3Biomedical Science - Pages 4 – 5Clinical Medicine - Pages 6 –18Medicine QMP - Pages 19 – 20

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Nursing

Developing Practical Nursing Skills, Fourth Edition

Edited by Lesley Baillie, Aylesbury, UK

ISBN: 978-1-4441-7595-0February 2014 • PB • £28.99 • 642pp • 153 illus • 246 x 189

Market Pre-registration nursing students as well as those on access and foundation courses, health care assistants and assistant practitioners

This fourth edition of a bestseller helps readers learn and perfect the practical skills required to become a qualified nurse. Patient-focussed and adopting a caring approach, this essential text integrates nursing values alongside physical skills in daily practice. It provides color illustrations and clinical photographs to aid visual learning and takes an evidence-based approach clearly mapped to key guidelines to ensure best practice. The reader-friendly style with learning outcomes, activities, and reflection points that link theory to practice make the book a favorite for students and professors alike.

Key Features

• Full colour text design with clear illustrations and clinical photographs to aid visual learning

• Evidence-based and clearly mapped to key guidelines to ensure best practice

• Reader-friendly style with learning outcomes, activities and reflection points to help you link theory to practice

• Scenarios from a range of settings, including community, mental health and learning disabilities nursing

• A focus on adults and young people, and with “pointers” on caring for children to promote a lifespan approach

• Free companion website providing image library, videos of key skills, and MCQs as well as additional resources for lecturers to download

Editor: Naomi Wilkinson

TEXTBOOK

Developing Practical Skills for Nursing Children and Young People, ISBN: 9780340974193Physical Examination Procedures for Advanced Nurses and Independent Prescribers ISBN: 9780340967584

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Radiology

Medical Imaging, ISBN: 978-1-4398-7102-7 Signal Processing in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy with Biomedical Applications, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0644-9 Fundamentals of MRI, ISBN: 978-1-58488-901-4MRI of the Whole Body, ISBN: 978-1-85315-776-9

Market Biomedical engineering students, medical physicists, radiographers, and technologists.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging The Basics

Christakis Constantinides, University of Cyprus, Nicosia

ISBN: 978-1-4822-1731-5March 2014 • PB • £44.99 • 232pp • 105 illus • 254 x 178

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the most powerful diagnostic techniques available, detecting everything from a torn meniscus to cancer. An MRI teaching primer, this text addresses the basic principles at a level suitable for undergraduate and graduate students. Developed from the author’s courses at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cyprus, the book illustrates physical principles using a series of diagrams and includes homework exercises, case studies, and questions. An ideal textbook, it can also be used by researchers in labs, diagnostic centers, and hospitals with MRI.

Key Features

• Clearly explains the basic concepts• Provides comprehensive coverage of physical principles• Includes numerous diagrams to illustrate concepts

Editor: Claire Bonnett

TEXTBOOK

International Features

• Teaching primer, clearly explains the basic principles at a level suitable for undergraduate and graduate students (particularly graduate medical engineering courses) but also useful for researchers in labs, diagnostic centers, and hospitals with MRI.

• Illustrates the physical principles of MRI using a series of diagrams, includes homework exercises, case studies, and questions.

• Brings together the history of NMR, the physics of magnetic resonance, the mathematics of the Fourier transform employed for spatial encoding and image reconstruction, the chemistry of NMR spectroscopy, the biology that can be revealed with in vivo spectroscopy, and the engineering principles underlying system design—all with abundant clinical examples

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Biomedical Science

NanotoxicologyProgress toward Nanomedicine, Second Edition

Edited by Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and C. Lang Tran, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, UK

ISBN: 978-1-4822-0387-5March 2014 • HB • £108.00 • 512pp • 106 illus • 235 x 156

Market Toxicologists, chemists, basic scientists, pharmaceutical scientists

Revised and updated, this second edition of Nanotoxicology covers the principles of nanotechnology and its potential adverse effects on human health. With a focus on different pathways of hazard exposure, the book examines the interaction of nanomaterials with biological systems, including membrane transfer, screening methods and impact on major organs via dermal, oral, and respiratory routes.

Reflective of the past five years of development since the previous edition published in this emerging field, the book is aimed at basic scientists, toxicologists, chemists, safety assessors, and all those involved in the manufacturing of nanomaterials.

Key Features

• Covers the principles of nanotechnology and its potential adverse effects on human health, focusing on dermal, oral and respiratory pathways of exposure and hazard assessments

• Examines the interaction of nanomaterials with biological systems, including membrane transfer, screening methods and impact on major organs

Editor: Barbara Norwitz

REFERENCE

Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems, ISBN: 978-0-8493-9073-9 Drug Delivery Nanoparticles Formulation and Characterization, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7804-6 Nanotechnology, ISBN: 978-1-4398-8175-0Nanotechnology: Health & Environmental Risks, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5363-0


• Nancy Monteiro is a recognized international expert on Nanotoxicology• C. Lang Tran, is based in the UK• Tran is the leader of a European project called the ENPRA (RISK

ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES). This is a major new European Framework 7 project to develop and implement a novel integrated approach for engineered nanoparticle (ENP) risk assessment.

• Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden now uses the first edition of this book in their nano classes.

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Biomedical Science

Market Neuroscience, scientists working in behavior phenotyping of animal models, analytical chemistry, molecular biology, ecology, agriculture, cosmetic

Neurobiology of Chemical Communication

Edited by Carla Mucignat-Caretta, University of Padova, Italy


The release of pheromones is one of various forms of nonverbal communication many animals use to transmit messages to other members of the same species. Their complex molecular structure allows these chemical messages to contain a great deal of often very specific information. This book provides an overview of recent findings in the field of pheromones and chemical signals in vertebrate and invertebrate species. It includes chapters on how chemical signals work on different species and covers non-mammalian species and mammalian pheremones in general and in particular species.

Key Features

• Provides an overview of the most recent findings in the field of pheromones and chemical signals in both vertebrates and invertebrates species.

• Includes material on laboratory and wild species, livestock, and humans• Details how chemical signals work on different species• Covers mammalian pheromes on a general basis (structure, anatomy,

electrophysiology, molecular biology)

Editor: Lance Wobus

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• Includes contributors from eight countries representing four continents, emphasizing an international readership

Methods in Insect Sensory Neuroscience, ISBN: 9780849320248Insect Sounds & Communication, ISBN: 9780849320606The Neurobiology of Olfaction, ISBN: 9781420071979

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Clinical Medicine

Market Medical students and junior doctors.

Neurology and Clinical Neuroanatomy on the Move

Matthew Tate, MBChB (Hons) DTM&H, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK, Johnathan Cooper-Knock, BMBCh MRCP, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK, Zoe Pearson, MBChB, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK and Elizabeth Wood, BSc (Hons) MBChB, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK ISBN: 978-1-4441-3832-0March 2014 • Pack • £24.99 • 325pp • 46illus • 216 x 138

The Medicine on the Move series provides fully flexible access to subjects across the curriculum in a unique combination of print and mobile formats ideal for the busy medical student and junior doctor. No matter what your learning style, whether you are studying a subject for the first time or revisiting it during exam preparation, Medicine on the Move will give you the support you need.

This innovative print and app package will help you to connect with the topics of neurology and clinical neuroanatomy, to learn, understand and enjoy them, and to cement your knowledge in preparation for exams and future clinical practice. By using this resource in print or as an app, you really will experience the opportunity to learn medicine on the move.

Key Features

• Mobile - Skyscape app for your iPhone®/iPod Touch®/iPad® or Android(tm) device included with the book enables quick reference to the content and time-saving tools including search and cross-indexing

• Accessible - bulleted text, flow charts, colourful diagrams and summary tables enable you to find information fast

• Concise - gives you ‘must-have’ rather than ‘nice-to-have’ knowledge, ensuring exam success and as a grounding for further study

• Flexible - notes sections, ideal for rapid reference in the clinical setting, guide you quickly to key points while self-assessment material allows you to test and reinforce your understanding

• Relevant - designed by medical students for medical students

Editor: Jo Koster

TEXTBOOK

Understanding Neurology: A Problem-Oriented Approach, ISBN: 9781840760613 Neuroimaging: Self-Assessment Colour Review, ISBN: 9781840760781 Medicine on the Move Series

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Clinical Medicine

Making Sense of the ECG: Cases for Self-Assessment, ISBN: 9780340946893Making Sense of Echocardiography: A Hands-on Guide, ISBN: 9780340950043 An Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology 5E, ISBN: 9780340942048Emergency Cardiology Second Edition, ISBN: 9780340974223

Market Undergraduate doctors and nurses; junior doctors and nurses, particularly those on medical wards, A&E, ICU/HDU; paramedics; cardiac technicians

Making Sense of the ECGA Hands-On Guide, Fourth Edition

Andrew Houghton, MA(Oxon) DM FRCP(Lond) FRCP(Glasg) Consultant Cardiologist, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, UK and Visiting Fellow, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK and David Gray, DM MPH BMedSci FRCP(Lond.) FRIPH Reader in Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician (retired); Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK


Interpreting an ECG correctly is an essential skill for evaluating the condition of a patient. This volume helps students and healthcare practitioners identify and answer crucial questions such as whether abnormalities are significant, necessitating a referral to the emergency department, inpatient ward, or outpatient setting. The book describes how the ECG works and explains important functions such as the axis, PR and QT intervals, QRS complex, ST segment, and the P, Q, T, and U waves. It also discusses artifacts on the ECG, pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, ambulatory ECG recording, exercise ECG testing, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Key Features

• Provides essential information for evaluating ECG reports• Presents a strong clinical emphasis, focusing on correct diagnosis and

appropriate referral to the emergency department, inpatient ward, or outpatient setting

• Uses a new larger format, allowing for clear presentation of full 12-lead ECG traces throughout

Editor: Jo Koster

TEXTBOOK

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Clinical Medicine

Textbook of Pleural Diseases Second Edition, ISBN: 9780340940174 Thoracic Imaging: Self-Assessment Colour Review, ISBN: 9781840760620

Market Physicians in respiratory medicine, acute general medicine, emergency medicine, and intensive care; and cardiothoracic surgeons.

Pleural Ultrasound for CliniciansA Text and E-book

Claire L Tobin, Clinical Pleural Fellow, Respiratory Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Y C Gary Lee, Winthrop Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Western Australia; Consultant & Director of Pleural Services, Respiratory Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Head, Pleural Disease Unit, Lung Institute of Western Australia, Fergus Gleeson, Consultant Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK, Najib Rahman, Academic Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Medical Sciences, Oxford, UK and David Feller-Kopman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4441-6695-8March 2014 • Pack • £75.00 • 304pp • 264 illus • 246 x 189

With a large volume of ultrasound images, ultrasound video clips and teaching videos, this print and interactive digital book provides a practical guide for all physicians undertaking pleural ultrasound investigations and procedures. Containing key knowledge, hints and tips for clinical practice, the book will help you to:

• recognise normal anatomy and common pleural pathologies from the wealth of ultrasound clips and teaching videos;

• perfect techniques for ultrasound-guided pleural procedures through clear explanations supported by instructional videos;

• learn how to choose the correct ultrasound equipment for your department;

• test your knowledge through the self-assessment and revision sections.

Key Features

• Provides an integrated print and digital book enabling readers to learn to how to perform procedures

• Presents images demonstrating normal appearance and common pathologies

• Offers hints, tips, and practical advice in an approachable and down-to-earth way

• Includes a huge wealth of ultrasound images and instructional videos

Editor: Caroline Makepeace

REFERENCE

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Clinical Medicine

Dizziness and VertigoAn Introduction and Practical Guide

Edited by Rahul Kanegaonkar, Consultant in Otolaryngology at Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK, and Clinical Lead for the Multidisciplinary Balance Clinic at Guy’s Hospital, London, UK and James Tysome, Consultant in Otolaryngology and Skull Base Surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK


This essential text is designed to teach the basic knowledge and practical skills necessary for managing patients with dizziness and vertigo. The book can be used as a reference for trainees in managing patients in the outpatient and general practice setting. Topics include clinical assessment of the dizzy patient, diagnosis and management of the condition, surgical options, and psychological complications of vertigo and dizziness. Disorders featured include benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Ménière’s disease, hyperventilation syndrome, and superior semicircular canal dehiscence. Case studies supplement the text.

Key Features

• Teaches the basic knowledge and practical skills necessary for managing patients with dizziness and vertigo

• Discusses clinical assessment of the dizzy patient, diagnosis and management of the condition, surgical options, and psychological complications of vertigo and dizziness

• Explores a host of conditions, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Ménière’s disease, hyperventilation syndrome, and superior semicircular canal dehiscence

• Includes case studies to supplement the text

Editor: Henry Spilberg

REFERENCE

Market Otorhinolaryngologists in training and in practice; neurologists; and general practitioners/family doctors.

ENT: An Introduction and Practical Guide, ISBN: 9781444149081Logan Turner’s Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Head and Neck Surgery, 11th Edition, ISBN: 9780340987322Scott-Brown’s Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 7Ed: 3 volume set, ISBN: 9780340808931Stell & Maran’s Textbook of Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, Fifth Edition, ISBN: 9780340929162


• A practical, hands-on guide for all medical professional likely to encounter patients with symptoms of dizziness and vertigo: general practitioners/family doctors, neurologists, audiologists, otologists, ENT/ORL/head & neck surgeons, general/internal medicine specialists

• From the same editors as the successful ENT: An Introduction and Practical Guide

• Expert contributions from the US and UK, reflecting current best practice in diagnosis and management

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Clinical Medicine

Market Obesity researchers and medical professionals

Handbook of Obesity – Volume 1Epidemiology, Etiology, and Physiopathology, Third Edition

Edited by George A. Bray, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA and Claude Bouchard, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

ISBN: 978-1-84214-556-2January 2014 • HB • £121.00 • 734pp • 139 illus • 279 x 216

In recent years, we’ve developed a much better grasp of the biological and other factors associated with the development of obesity. Reflecting our evolving understanding of causes and consequences, this third edition examines the history and prevalence of obesity and explores its biological, behavioral, environmental, social, and cultural determinants. The book also examines the consequences of obesity, including economic costs, and describes how excess weight affects and exacerbates a range of comorbid conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disorders, arthritis, and cancer.

Key Features

• Discusses changes over time surrounding the notion of obesity • Examines the epidemiology of obesity around the world as well as factors

related to gender, ethnicity, and genetics• Explores behavioral determinants of obesity, including smoking cessation,

sleep duration, and activity level• Analyzes the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity and associated

morbidities• Reviews the consequences of obesity, including heart disease, cancer, and

inflammation


• This volume is divided into five sections exploring essential factors involved in obesity research – History, Biological Determinants of Obesity, Behavioral Determinants of Obesity, Environmental, Social, and Cultural Determinants of Obesity and Consequences of Obesity

• Discusses changes over time surrounding the notion of obesity• Examines the epidemiology of obesity around the world as well as factors related to gender, ethnicity, and

genetics• Explores behavioral determinants of obesity• Analyzes the direct and indirect economic costs of obesity and associated morbidities• Reviews the consequences of obesity, including heart disease, cancer, and inflammation• Written by a team of international experts and edited by two eminent leaders in obesity research, the book is

essential for health care providers in search of a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to treating obese patients.

This book is part of a two volume set - Handbook of Obesity Two Volume Set, ISBN: 978-1-4822-1067-5


REFERENCE

Disorders of Fat and Cellulite: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment, ISBN: 9780415477000 Obesity: Evaluation and Treatment Essentials, ISBN: 9781420090024 Abdominal Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System, ISBN: 9781420060843

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Clinical Medicine

Market Obesity researchers and medical professionals

Handbook of Obesity – Volume 2Clinical Applications, Fourth Edition

Edited by George A Bray, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA and Claude Bouchard, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

ISBN: 978-1-84184-981-2February 2014 • HB • £121.00 • 522pp • 84 illus • 279 x 216:

Several major developments have occurred since the last edition of this volume was published, including new clinical trials, discoveries related to drug use, and greater understanding of the benefits of weight loss in obese patients. Now in its fourth edition, this volume continues to offer unparalleled depth and breadth of coverage concerning this global and chronic disease that affects and exacerbates associated conditions including diabetes and heart disease. The book covers prevention, evaluation of the overweight or obese patient, and treatment options involving behavior modification, diet, exercise, medications, and surgical procedures.

Key Features

• Discusses techniques for assessing levels of obesity • Explores the results of prevention strategies for adults and children,

including reengineering the environment to encourage physical activity • Examines the role of the primary care physician in the management of

obese patients • Discusses drugs that produce weight gain and weight loss • Reviews surgical options such as laparoscopic banding and liposuction


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• This volume is divided into five sections exploring essential factors involved in obesity prevention and treatment – Prevention of Obesity, Evaluation of the Overweight or Obese Patient, Medical Treatment of Obesity and Weight Management Issues in the Treatment of Obesity: Surgery and the Economic Assessment and Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Obesity

• Discusses techniques for assessing obesity• Explores prevention strategies for adults and children, including reengineering environments to encourage

physical activity• Examines the role of the primary care physician in the management of obese patients• Discusses drugs that produce weight gain and weight loss• Reviews surgical options such as laparoscopic banding and liposuction• Discusses economic assessment and cost-effectiveness of treatments for obesity• Written by a team of international experts and edited by two eminent leaders in obesity research, the book

is essential for health care providers in search of a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to treating obese patients.

This book is part of a two volume set - Handbook of Obesity Two Volume Set, ISBN: 978-1-4822-1067-5


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Allergens and Allergen ImmunotherapySubcutaneous, Sublingual and Oral, 5th Edition

Edited by Richard F. Lockey, University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, USA and Dennis K. Ledford, University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, USA

ISBN: 978-1-84214-573-9February 2014 • HB • £99.00 • 582pp • 112 illus • 279 x 216

Unlike drug treatments for allergic disease which mask or suppress allergic reactions, immunotherapy “resets” the immune system to prevent allergic reactions. This fifth edition of a bestseller provides comprehensive coverage of all types of allergies and vaccines, providing clinicians with the information they need to accurately diagnose their patients and offer the best possible treatment. The new edition contains a new chapter on skin testing and extensive updates to the sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) chapter.

Key Features

• Comprehensive – covers a vast range of allergens and allergen immunotherapies, providing all the necessary information in one volume

• Synoptic – supplies only the key information using figures and tables to give clinicians instant access

• Up to date – includes the very latest information on subcutaneous, sublingual and oral allergen immunotherapies to offer the best possible treatments

• Safe and reliable - provides the basic information that all clinicians need to know about cross-reactivity among allergens and how it influences diagnosis and treatment, as well as the key information necessary to carry out any form of immunotherapy in a safe and effective manner

• Internationally recognized expert authors – the editors and authors are leading experts in the fields of allergy and immunology

• Free forms – contains template forms which can be used by the clinician in daily practice


REFERENCE

New Generation Vaccines 4E 9781420060737Dictionary of Immunology 3E 9780849379871Atlas of Immunology 3E 9781439802687

Clinical Medicine

Market Allergy specialists- There are 35,000 allergists in the world practicing allergy/immunology.


• Comprehensive• Synoptic• Up to date• Safe and reliable• Internationally recognised experts and authors• Free forms included

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Clinical Medicine

Respiratory Infections, ISBN: 9781420080346Asthma and Infections, ISBN: 9781420092998

Market Pulmonologists, Allergists, Primary, Care physicians, Fellows in allergy and pulmonology, Residents

Clinical AsthmaTheory and Practice

Edited by Jonathan A. Bernstein, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology/Allergy Section, Cincinnati, OH, USA and Mark L. Levy, General Practitioner and Senior Research Fellow, Kenton Bridge Medical Centre London; and Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK


Using a case study-based format to present common and challenging problems faced by pulmonologists and/or primary care physicians treating patients with asthma, this book includes background information on the basic science that underpins clinical decisions and evaluations. It covers asthma in patient subpopulations, exposures to asthma, and treatment. The final discussion section reviews methods that are currently used in practice, highlighting where improvement could be attained. It also explores a countrywide approach to integrating asthma care.

Key Features

• A ‘bench to bedside’ approach that links basic science to the clinical management of asthma

• A thorough review of modern evaluation and treatment methods in common and challenging asthma cases ensures the book is comprehensive in its approach

• Case based studies bring the book into the real world of the busy asthma clinic

• Underpinned with basic sciences and clinical decision-making, the book provides all the necessary key information in this important area of practice

• The international editorship and carefully selected expert authorship ensures that the book will appeal to all clinicians worldwide in a truly global approach


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• The international editorship and carefully selected expert authorship ensures that the book will appeal to all clinicians worldwide in a truly global approach.

• Asthma is a growing problem in developed and developing world economies.• The book covers asthma as it relates to various subpopulations etc Asthma in women and high risk groups.• Asthma as it relates to the workplace is also covered.

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Clinical Medicine

Market ObGyns specializing in Reproductive Medicine, Urologists specializing in Reproductive Medicine

Intra-Uterine InseminationEvidence Based Guidelines for Daily Practice

Edited by Ben Cohlen, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fertility Center Isala, Zwolle, The Netherlands and Willem Ombelet, Institute for Fertillity Technology, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium

ISBN: 978-1-84184-988-1January 2014 • PB • £100.00 • 220pp • 16 illus • 254 x 178

Intra-uterine insemination (IUI) is a widely used fertility treatment for couples with unexplained and male subfertility. Although it is less invasive and less expensive than other treatment options such as in vitro fertilization, several factors affect its outcome. In addition, IUI remains controversial due to concerns about some of the possible aspects of treatment, including side-effects such as multiple pregnancies. This comprehensive evidence-based book from an international IUI expert team explores all these topics and provides clear guidelines for daily practice

Key Features

• Provides a one-stop resource for practical queries on intra-uterine insemination

• Features international contributors for a transcultural perspective• Presents evidence-based appraisals to allow assessment of best practices• Includes algorithms throughout for clarification• Emphasizes cost-effective treatment options

Editor: Robert Peden

REFERENCE

The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility, Third Edition, ISBN: 9781841848105Infertility in Practice, Forth Edition, ISBN: 9781841848495


• IUI is a low-cost and minimally technological option that is widely practised internationally• evidence based medicine tries to avoid any one country’s cultural bias by looking at the statistics available• contributors from 12 countries, including Europe, Africa, and India

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Clinical Medicine

Market Anthroposophic medical practitioners

Individual PaediatricsPhysical, Emotional and Spiritual Aspects of Diagnosis and Counseling. Anthroposophic-homoeopathic Therapy, Fourth edition

Georg Soldner, Wissenschaftliche Verlag mbH, Stuttgart, Germany and Herrmann Michael Stellman

ISBN: 978-1-4822-0729-3March 2014 • HB • £199.00 • 984pp • 229 x 152

Ten years after publication of the first edition of this renowned volume, this book has been completely revised for its fourth edition. The updated version presents current developments in the field of epigenetics, answers questions about vaccination, and discusses sun protection and vitamin D. The book also examines newly developed and refined treatment concepts for disorders such as inadequate ventilation of the middle ear, bronchial asthma, neurodermatitis, and ADHS. New case reports have been added, and all drug data have been updated.

New features

• Uses an integrative approach to pediatric medicine, including homeopathic and anthroposophic methods

• Covers current developments in the field of epigenetics, questions about vaccination, sun protection, and vitamin D are covered, as are newly developed and refined treatment concepts for disorders such as inadequate ventilation of the middle ear, bronchial asthma, neurodermatitis, and ADHS

• Illustrates aspects of individualized medical history, diagnosis, and treatment using new case studies

Editor: Naomi Wilkinson

REFERENCE

Easy Paediatrics, ISBN: 978-1-85315-826-1Concise Paediatrics, second edition, ISBN: 978-1-85315-836-0The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8290-6

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Clinical Medicine

Market The team at a stroke center, including neurologists and practice nurses; critical care health professionals.

The Stroke Center HandbookOrganizing Care for Better Outcomes, Second Edition

Marilyn M. Rymer, Mid-America Brain & Stroke Institute, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, USA, Debbie Summers, Mid-America Brain & Stroke Institute, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, USA and Pooja Khatri, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, USA


This illustrated text presents an overview of the best-practice management protocols for acute stroke, as practiced by a major medical center. Covering clinical and administrative procedures, the text provides all members of the team with an accessible guide to patient management, encompassing initial presentation, rapid response and emergency interventions, through to hospital-based procedures and neuro-critical care. Additional chapters review the latest thinking on rehabilitation and recovery. The book enables readers to establish or manage more efficiently a facility of their own or to participate more effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary care team.

Key Features

• Adopts a multidiscipinary approach• Provides a cohesive and practical approach• Contains all relevant medical, surgical, and nursing topics • Includes charts and graphics designed to present information quickly to

busy clinicians

Editor: Lance Wobus

REFERENCE

Thrombus and Stroke, ISBN: 978-0-8493-4196-0The Prevention of Stroke, ISBN: 978-1-84214-115-1Acute Stroke, ISBN: 978-0-8493-9870-4


• Provides an overview of the best-practice management protocols for acute stroke as practiced by a major medical center, which should have wide appeal.

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Clinical Medicine

Market Dermatologists in practice and in training, family physicians, allergologists

Atopic Dermatitis and Eczematous Disorders

Donald Rudikoff, Chief of Dermatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, New York, USA, Steven R Cohen, Division of Dermatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA and Noah Scheinfeld, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA


Comprehensive in scope, this text explores the clinical, historical, histopathological, and etiological aspects of atopic dermatitis and other eczema variants. It discusses disorders such as exfoliative erythroderma, HIV-related dermatoses, ichthyosis vulgaris, hand dermatitis, and immunodeficiency disorders that occur in conjunction with or enter into the differential diagnosis of atopic dermatitis. Complications of atopic dermatitis, including secondary infection and ophthalmic disease as well as legal aspects, are presented in detail. Most importantly, an abundance of high quality colored clinical images are provided to convey the subtleties of dermatologic diagnosis in relation to the above conditions.

Key Features

• Provides a comprehensive text exploring the clinical, historical, histopathological and etiological aspects

• Offers coverage of secondary infection and ophthalmic disease as well as legal aspects

• Contains an abundance of high quality colored clinical images that convey the subtleties of dermatologic diagnosis in relation to the above conditions

• Includes contributions from international authorities in their respective disciplines

Editor: Robert Peden

REFERENCE

Psoriasis, ISBN: 9781840761221Photodermatology, ISBN: 9781840761351A Colour Handbook of Dermatology, Second Edition, ISBN: 9781840761108


• Atopic dermatitis is a major dermatologic condition internationally • Illustrated with manifestations in patients of different ethnicities• Contributors from Europe (UK, Germany, The Netherlands) and New

Zealand

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Clinical Medicine

Market Trainees, students, course directors, and educators in clinical neurology, as well as clinical neurologists, radiologists, general physicians (internists), and geriatricians.

Hankey’s Clinical Neurology, Second Edition

Philip B. Gorelick, Medical Director, Hauenstein Neuroscience Institute, St. Mary’s Hospital, Michigan, USA, Fernando Testai, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Graeme Hankey, Consultant Neurologist and Head of Stroke Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia and Joanna M. Wardlaw, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh


Integrating presentation, pathology, radiology, diagnosis, and treatment options to provide a practical, patient-oriented examination of clinical neurology, the Second Edition reflects a more global approach, as each chapter is written by an international expert. The book contains expanded coverage of degenerative diseases of the nervous system, with sections on dementias, Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian syndromes, and hereditary ataxias, as well as a new chapter on sleep disorders, a new section on neuro-ophthalmology, and 440+ new illustrations, with many images taken from the authors’ own patients.

Key Features

• Contains a chapter solely dedicated to sleep disorders• Introduces a section on neuro-ophthalmology within the cranial

neuropathies chapter• Reflects a more global approach, as each chapter is written by an

international expert in the field• Integrates presentation, pathology, radiology, diagnosis, and treatment

options to provide a practical, patient-oriented examination of clinical neurology

• Delivers expanded coverage of degenerative diseases of the nervous system, with sections on dementias, Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian syndromes, and hereditary ataxias

• Includes 440+ all-new, high-quality illustrations ranging from anatomical drawings to clinical photographs and pathology specimens, with many images taken with permission from the authors’ own patients

Editor: Lance Wobus

REFERENCE


• Written by an international team of clinical neurologists who are experts in their field

Mayo Clinic Essential Neurology, ISBN: 9781420079739 Clinical Neurology, 4th Edition, ISBN: 9780340990704Neuroanatomical Basis of Clinical Neurology, Second Edition, ISBN: 9781439848333

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Medicine QMP

Market Plastic surgeons, both trainees and practitioners. Facial plastic surgeons and ENT surgeons

Dallas RhinoplastyNasal Surgery by the Masters, Third Edition

Edited by Rod J. Rohrich, William P. Adams, Jamil Ahmad and Jack Gunter

ISBN: 978-1-57626-384-6 March 2014 • Pack • £316.00 • 1600pp • 700 illus • 279 x 216

This two-volume set is no less than the “bible” of rhinoplasty, the complete and essential resource for performing advanced nasal surgery. The editors and contributors are the recognized pioneers of rhinoplasty. This book·DVD combination covers it all—from basic fundamentals and anatomy to the latest refinements and advances in technique. With ten new chapters, this edition provides the rhinoplasty surgeon with the tools needed for achieving superb results. This new edition provides comprehensive video coverage with the addition of 6 DVDs containing 25 short videos and 22 complete operative procedures to complement the book.

Key Features

• Written by the leaders in rhinoplasty• 10 new chapters in this third edition and a new lead editor• Comprehensive coverage of primary and secondary rhinoplasty• Greatly expanded video coverage: 6 DVDs with 25 short videos and 22 full

operative videos• Considered the definitive reference• Beloved by residents and experienced surgeons alike• Comprehensive case analyses facilitate clinical decision making• More than 3,400 color images• Key points highlight essential information in each chapter

Editor: Sue Hodgson

REFERENCE

Rhinoplasty: Craft and Magic, ISBN: 978-1-57626-247-4Aesthetic Rhinoplasty, ISBN: 1-57626-087-9Sheen Rhinoplasty 6-DVD Video Library, ISBN: 978-1-57626-351-8

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Medicine QMP

Market Plastic surgeons both practicing and trainees, breast surgeons, general surgeons (some perform reconstructive breast surgery)

Problems in Breast SurgeryA Repair Manual

Edited by Jack Fisher, MD Fisher Hair Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA and Neal Handel, MD UCLA School of Medicine, Sherman Oaks, California, USA


This dramatically illustrated textbook provides different solutions for solving complex problems associated with secondary breast surgery, both aesthetic and reconstructive. The book begins with chapters on the basic principles of corrective breast surgery and the key anatomic factors and mechanisms of failure that are key to accurate analysis. With this foundation in place, it proceeds to address the spectrum of potential problems that can occur with each of the different procedures, ranging from breast augmentation, reduction, and mastopexy to breast and nipple-areola reconstruction.

Key Features

• Written by leading experts• Unique problem-solving approach• Semi-atlas with step-by-step illustrations• Four-color throughout• Provides different solutions for solving problems associated with

secondary breast surgery• Covers aesthetic and reconstructive surgery

Editor: Sue Hodgson

REFERENCE

Aesthetic Breast Surgery, ISBN: 978-1-57626-262-7Bostwick’s Plastic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery, 3rd ed., ISBN: 978-1-57626-233-7Partial Breast Reconstruction: Techniques in Oncoplastic Surgery, ISBN: 978-1-57626-283-2

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