Friday, July 31, 2009

Surgical Talk: Revision In Surgery

As final examinations approach, medical students often become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of knowledge required to pass all subjects in one go, including surgery, medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, pharmacology, and psychiatry. Students cannot know each of these subjects in as much detail as they did during their individual attachments and they need to concentrate on important topics rather than minutiae.
Whereas existing textbooks cover many topics very well and in great detail, they are lengthy and difficult to read in a short space of time; some subjects are poorly covered and give no real understanding of practical management and logical thought processes — the exact requirements for passing finals.
In this second edition, each chapter has been extensively rewritten and updated with the help of experts in their respective subjects.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Ultra Medicine: Essential Preparation for Medical Finals

Ultra Medicine: Essential Preparation for Medical Finals provides a one-stop resource for senior medical students preparing for their final exams.
The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 contains a random selection of questions, mimicking actual exam questions covering clinical medicine. The assessment includes 120 multiple choice questions (MCQs) and a further 24 extended matching questions (EMQs) for written exam preparation.
Detailed, fully explanatory answers are provided in Part 2, making this text a really useful learning resource. This enables you to check and refresh your understanding and is perfect to help you identify the weaker aspects of your knowledge.
Part 3 reflects upon the history and examination routines and is neatly divided into the various body systems. The final part contains 50 objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) for clinical assessment and provides the best hints and tips for House Officer skills.
With the pressure in the run up to exams, this is the perfect buy for anyone who wants to lay their hands, quickly on the most reliable, effective preparation material.

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Overcoming Steroid Insensitivity in Respiratory Disease

Since their discovery in the 1950's, the therapeutic use of corticosteroids has been the mainstay of treatment for many chronic inflammatory diseases. Their utility has been tempered, however, by the increasing risk of side effects with higher dose therapy.
In the treatment of airways diseases, side-effects can be limited by targeted delivery to the airway and lung, and significant progress has been made through the use of increasingly selective molecules, and through a variety of lung targeting strategies. Moreover, the recent developments in our understanding of the molecular and structural mechanisms of action of corticosteroid actions have suggested that it may be possible to develop new corticosteroids with intrinsically different pharmacology.
A combination of these developments will enable the design of agents with an enhanced therapeutic index and this book, aimed at specialists in pulmonology, provides the clinician who prescribes corticosteroid therapies with the most up-to-date information on one of the most significant therapeutic challenges to effective management of chronic inflammatory diseases.
First book dedicated specifically to this major management issue for respiratory and general physicians.
Authors well-known experts in field.
Reviews important new advances in therapeutics.

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Practical ECG Interpretation: Clues to Heart Disease in Young Adults

Practical ECG Interpretation draws on Dr. Stouffer's clinical experience to identify specific tracings and findings that will aid diagnosis of a wide variety of disorders, incluidng atrial spetal defect, mitral stenosis, pericarditis, and more.

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Stockley's Drug Interactions 2009 Pocket Companion

This new edition continues to provide the busy health care professional with a small and conveniently sized quick reference "Stockley" text. "Stockley's Drug Interactions Pocket Companion 2009" draws on the wealth of clinically evaluated, evidence-based information on drug-drug, drug-herb and drug-food interactions that is presented in the full reference work, "Stockley's Drug Interactions".

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Smith's General Urology (LANGE Clinical Medicine)

The book provides a general overview of urology with chapters addressing anatomy, diagnostic studies, and varied disease entities affecting the genitourinary system. Surgical procedures in addition to nonsurgical treatment strategies are reviewed. Typically, the common disorders are reviewed. The timeliness and the careful discussion of varied topics are important positive aspects of the book.

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GENERAL SURGERY MCCQE NOTES

The Medical Council of Canada grants a qualification in medicine known as the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) to graduate physicians who have satisfied the eligibility requirements and passed the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Parts I and II

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Gastrointestinal Surgery: Pathophysiology and Management

GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT is an invaluable reference text for surgeons and surgical trainees. Written entirely by Dr. Haile T. Debas, Dean of School of Medicine and former Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, at the University of California, San Francisco, this book provides the unified approach only found in a single-authored text. Based on the three pillars of understanding particular disease processes-- fundamental anatomy and physiology, pathopysiology, and clinical correlations--surgical treatment of GI disease is presented as the means to correct abnormal physiology and restore health. Using an integrated approach of basic science and clinical practice, Dr. Debas allows the student of surgery to gain an solid understanding of disease processes that minimizes the need for rote memorization.
Thirteen lavishly illustrated chapters cover the GI system as well as gastrointestinal peptides and peptide-secreting tumors, abdominal trauma, the abdominal wall, surgery for morbid obesity, the liver, spleen, retroperitoneum, and perioperative care. Dozens of summary tables throughout each chapter condense "essentials" for quick reference. Comprehensive discussions of clinical disorders review the surgical treatment options. With 400 illustrations and tables, including hundreds of anatomical line drawings commissioned exclusively for this textbook, GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY provides a clinical and therapeutic approach to surgical diseases which will prove invaluable to the surgical trainee and the practitioner preparing for recertification.

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Essentials of Hand Surgery (Seiler, Essentials of Hand Surgery)

Multi-authored textbook developed by an ad hoc committee of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Provides access to basic information about the diagnosis and initial treatment of hand surgery problems. Includes halftone illustrations.

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Endosurgery for Cancer (Vademecum)

This book provides surgeons with updated information about the current status, perspectives and controversies for staging and treating cancer through minimal access procedures. The authors discuss the biology of, techniques and equipment used for, and the perspectives and controversies surrounding videoendoscopy, in particular, in its application to cancer management.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SURGICAL KNOTS

Encyclopedia of Knots provides easy-to-follow, step-by-step diagrams and instructions for tying over eighty knots. Three hundred and thirty illustrations and ninety full-color photographs guide the reader through the stages of tying each knot correctly and safely. Included are knots for sailing, fishing, climbing, crafts, and a host of other pursuits. Along with the description of how to tie each knot is a detailed history of the knot and an explanation of its practical and decorative uses. (9 x 11, 160 pages, color photos, color illustrations)

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (Vademecum) [ILLUSTRATED]

Pocket medical handbook on video-assisted thoracic surgery. Provides a framework for clarifying confusion on issues such as patient positioning and airway management. The target readership of this handbook includes practicing surgeons, residents, medical students, operating room nurses, technicians, physician assistants, and administrative personnel interested in reducing cost and increasing efficiency while offering this relatively new technology. Halftone illustrations. Quick reference in outline format.

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DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine 2nd Edition 2003

Covering all athletes throughout their lifespan, this 2-volume reference explores the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the full spectrum of sports-related injuries and medical disorders. It provides the most clinically focused, comprehensive guidance available in any single source, with contributions from the most respected authorities in the field. Thoroughly revised and updated, you'll find state-of-the-art coverage in an all-new full-color format and access to the complete contents online, with regular updates, video clips, and more!
Encompasses imaging techniques, the management of both adult and child/adolescent injuries, and sports-related fractures to help you meet for every clinical challenge.
Includes coverage of important non-orthopaedic conditions in the management of the athlete for a complete guide to treatment.
Integrates coverage of pediatric and aging athletes to help you meet the unique needs of these patients.
Covers rehabilitation and other therapeutic modalities in the context of return to play.

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Vascular Surgery. Springer Specialist Surgery Series

Vascular Surgery is an essential aid for candidates sitting surgery examinations who need a practical understanding of vascular surgery.Edited by prominent vascular surgeons in the USA and UK, the book tackles the epidemiology and etiology of atherosclerosis and how to evaluate patients with vascular disease. Specific vascular diseases are then covered and their treatment options discussed. Vascular Surgery adopts a transatlantic approach so that chapters are written either by a practitioner in the USA or UK, and each chapter is critically appraised by a colleague who provides a potentially alternative perspective.This book is recommended to be read by trainees in general and vascular surgery and those who have already qualified but might need further knowledge of this important field. TOC:The Epidemiology and Etiology of Atherosclerosis.- Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Vascular Disease.- Noninvasive Vascular Examination.- Radiological Investigations.- Bleeding and Clotting Disorders.- Medical Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease.- Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery.- Non-Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease.- Lower Limb Ischemia.- Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Varicose Veins, Lymphedema, and AV Fistulas.- Vascular Trauma.- Complications in Vascular Surgery.- Vascular Access.- Measures.- Carotid Artery Disease.- Arch Vessel, Vertebrobasilar and Upper Extremity.- Aneurysmal Disease.- Renovascular Hypertension and Ischemic Nephropathy.- Visceral Ischemic Syndromes.- Endovascular Approaches and Techniques.

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Surgery, Sixth Edition (Current Clinical Strategies) 2006 Edition

This handbook contains essential current surgical protocols and management strategies, and it includes reviews of current surgical techniques. It is an excellent handbook for students, residents, and practicing surgeons.

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Current Clinical Strategies Surgery 2002 Edition

This handbook contains essential current surgical protocols and management strategies, and it includes reviews of current surgical techniques. It is an excellent handbook for students, residents, and practicing surgeons.

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Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine (Evidence-Based Medicine)

Emergency physicians assess and manage a wide variety of problems from patients presenting with a diversity of severities, ranging from mild to severe and life-threatening. They are expected to maintain their competency and expertise in areas where there is rapid knowledge change.
Evidence-based Emergency Medicine is the first book of its kind in emergency medicine to tackle the problems practicing physicians encounter in the emergency setting using an evidence-based approach. It summarizes the published evidence available for the diagnosis and treatment of common emergency health care problems in adults. Each chapter contextualizes a topic area using a clinical vignette and generates a series of key clinically important diagnostic and treatment questions. By completing detailed reviews of diagnostic and treatment research, using evidence from systematic reviews, RCTs, and prospective observational studies, the authors provide conclusions and practical recommendations.
Focusing primarily on diagnosis in areas where evidence for treatment is well accepted (e.g. DVTs), and treatment in other diseases where diagnosis is not complex (e.g. asthma), this text is written by leading emergency physicians at the forefront of evidence-based medicine. Evidence-based Emergency Medicine is ideal for emergency physicians and trainees, emergency department staff, and family physicians specialising in the acute care of medical and injured patients.

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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Statistical Methods for Health Sciences, Second Edition

Building upon material presented in the first edition, Statistical Methods for Health Sciences, Second Edition continues to address the analytical issues related to the modeling and analysis of cluster data, both physical clustering-sampling of communities, families, or herds-and overtime clustering-longitudinal, repeated measures, or time series data. All examples in this new edition are solved using the SAS package, and all SAS programs are provided for understanding material presented. Numerous medical examples make this text especially suitable for applied health scientists and epidemiologists.

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Friday, July 24, 2009

A Textbook of Neuroanatomy

This complete, yet concise text is designed to help students easily master the anatomy and basic physiology of the nervous system. Accessible and clear, the text highlights interrelationships between systems, structures, and the rest of the body as it moves through various regions of the brain. A comprehensive chapter on embryology furthers this end, showing students the major themes in the configuration of human anatomy. The organization navigates the student through the many details involved in neuroanatomy. The first nine chapters introduce the main principles and terms that play a role in neuroanatomy, and the remaining chapters then use this information to describe the anatomy and function of the various pathways and discrete systems.
The text emphasizes the clinical relevance of the material through clinical cases, questions, and follow-up discussions in each chapter, motivating students to learn the information. Clinical considerations in each chapter indicate medical conditions relevant to the chapter topics. In addition, synonym/eponym tables in most chapters organize the many different terms for the same vocabulary word, and summary tables assist students in learning and memorizing. An accompanying website includes the illustrations, along with animations of key processes.

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Trauma (Trauma (Moore)) 5TH EDITION

This definitive one-stop resource begins with an informative look at the history and epidemiology of trauma surgery, as well as injury prevention, before moving into core topics such as trauma systems, triage, and transport, and managing shock. It then delivers a clear, organ-by-organ overview of the treatment of traumatic injuries, from the cranium and brain to pelvic fractures, while covering need-to-know subjects such as anesthesia and infection.
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The general surgeon's most trusted clinical companion--with expert, high-yield guidance on the standard treatments and modes of management of traumatic injuries
Encyclopedic coverage of all clinical issues related to trauma, from pre-hospital care, initial assessment, and airway control, to ensuring optimal trauma outcomes
Indications and techniques of thoracotomy and laparotomy
Specialized chapters on alcohol and drug-related trauma, pediatric trauma, geriatric trauma, and trauma related to domestic and gang violence
Commentaries on each chapter from experts in the field
NEW! Additional management algorithms that guide you through the proper diagnosis and management of the trauma patient
NEW! 2-color design that makes the content even easier to navigate
NEW! Brand-new chapters including “Acute Care Surgery,” “Gastrointestinal Failure,” “Military Trauma,” and “Weapons of Mass Destruction”

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Endocrine Surgery

Containing full-color figures depicting current minimally-invasive methods, this reference illustrates cutting-edge techniques and modern technologies in endocrine surgical management—encompassing traditional and emerging concepts in physiology, molecular endocrinology, imaging, and surgery to anchor and assist professionals in all areas of this burgeoning discipline.

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Access for Dialysis: Surgical and Radiologic Procedures, 2nd edition (Landes Bioscience Medical Handbook (Vademecum))

This publication is intended as a guide to common diagnostic, operative and percutaneous techniques used in creating and maintaining vascular access for hemodialysis. When writing the text, the authors have focused on surgeons in training, fellows, interventional radiologists and clinically active nephrologists. Dialysis nurses and other clinicians involved in the care of end stage renal disease and dialysis patients will also greatly benefit from this handbook. This 2nd edition of the text contains expanded sections on ESRD, access surveillance and surgical and diagnostic devices, as well as new sections on peritoneal and dual lumen catheter placement, commonly used drugs and dialysis, hemo- and peritoneal dialysis techniques and CPT and ICD coding for statistical and billing purposes. These changes reflect the highly technical nature of clinical management in this evolving specialty.

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Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery

There are numerous textbooks detailing almost every aspect of the different laparoscopic procedures. However, in this era of evidence-based medicine, a text focusing on the controversies – from the laparoscopic as well as the general surgeon's point of view – is missing. This book is not intended to be yet another textbook of laparoscopy; instead, its main purpose is to address unsettled issues of controversy. This will significantly enhance evidence-based knowledge of this developing field, stimulate thinking and discussions in rounds and meetings, assist surgeons in their decision making and stimulate further research. This book is not aimed only at laparoscopic surgeons – with their steadily increasing number – but also at general surgeons and surgical trainees. It will define and sharpen points of controversy by internationally recognized authors, and thus provide 'state of the art' quality to each topic.

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Medical Epidemiology (LANGE Basic Science)

This book provides students with an overview of the principles and concepts of epidemiology and illustrates the complementary relationship between population-based science and the care of patients Thoroughly updated, this new edition features epidemiologic implications of bio-terrorism, “Patient Profiles” within each chapter, and USMLE clinical vignettes within the “Study Question” section of each chapter.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook

From the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual prepared by the American Joint Committer on Cancer, the Cancer Staging Handbook contains the complete text of the Manual conveniently sized to fit the pocket of a lab coat for complete portability.* Used by physicians and health care professionals worldwide to facilitate the uniform description of neoplastic diseases, the fully revised and updated Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook brings together all currently available information on staging of cancer at various anatomic sites and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on the etiology and pathology of cancer. Proper classification and staging allow the physician to determine treatment more appropriately, evaluate results of management more reliably, and compare worldwide statistics reported from various institutions on a local, regional, and national basis more confidently. All of the TNM staging information included in the Sixth Edition is uniform between the AJCC and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer).
Organized by disease site into 48 comprehensive chapters, the Sixth Edition features much-anticipated, major revisions to the chapters on melanoma and breast cancer. Numerous new line drawings illustrate key anatomic sites throughout the text. Additional user-friendly enhancements include:
* a concise summary of changes in the TNM classification since the previous edition at the start of every chapter * page tabs for easy access between chapters * a comprehensive index
The Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and Handbook remain the essential reference for oncologists, pathologists, surgeons, cancer registrars, and medical professionals worldwide to assure that all those taking care of cancer patients will be trained in the language of cancer staging.
* Cancer staging forms may be found in the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual-the forms are featured at the end of every chapter and included on a CD-ROM packaged with the book

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Surgery of the Trachea and Bronchi [ILLUSTRATED]

Based on 40 years of experience of the renowned Dr. Hermes C. Grillo, Surgery of the Trachea and Bronchi is designed to be clinically useful. The book is divided into two comprehensive sections. The first section thoroughly describes the trachea, its diseases, diagnosis, and results of treatment. The second section is a detailed surgical manual featuring descriptions of special problems and their management. Topics covered included pre- and post-operative care, anesthesia, complications, urgent airways, and other special problems including ENT aspects, tubes, devices, stents, laser and radiotherapy, bronchopleural fistula, foreign bodies, transplantation, and irradiated airways. Tracheal replacement and the development of tracheal surgery are also critically reviewed. The text is well supported by the over 300 detailed and precise illustrations by Edith Tagrin making Surgery of the Trachea and Bronchi an atlas within a textbook.

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Diseases of the Breast - HARRIS

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Reference of clinicians, residents, and scientists. Sections include anatomy and development, diagnosis and management of benign diseases, imaging and image-guided biopsy techniques, epidemiology and assessment, pathogenesis, in situ carcinoma, staging and natural history, and more. Previous edition: c1996. DNLM: Breast Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery--A Clinical & Reference Guide

Hugely popular on its first release, and now thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of this pocket reference guide provides a rapid and thorough practical review and reference for otolaryngology clinicians and residents, as well as other medical students. Designed in an expanded outline format, the book is a guide to the entire medical course: from work-up, differential diagnosis and symptomatology to pathophysiology, complications, and current standard of care treatment plans. New content and illustrations appear throughout the text, and an additional chapter on Allergy and Immunology is included. Still in a convenient pocket-sized guide, this book remains an essential reference.

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Hepatobiliary Surgery (Vademecum)

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY. Pocket technical manual presents a strategy by combining expertise, experience, and opinion on operative procedures and interventions. Contains halftone illustrations and images. For students, residents, surgeons, and gastroenterologists.

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NMS Surgery Casebook (National Medical Series for Independent Study)

Presents an effective system for learning and review. Provides students with the knowledge to apply in clinical situations, diagnoses, surgical decisions on common presentations, and preparation for the USMLE Step 2. Numerous case studies included. Softcover. DNLM: Surgical Procedures, Operative--Case Report.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Current Concepts in General Surgery: A Resident Review (Vademecum)

This book is designed to filter the medical minutia into an easy to read and follow text in General Surgery. As I went through my training in General Surgery, I found that as the in-service training exam approached I was never quite prepared. I just couldn't bring myself to read a 2000 page textbook the month before the exam. The Surgery Residents at the University of Louisville set out to develop a succinct and informed review for the in-training exam. We included the essential information needed to do well on the Board exam without overwhelming the reader.This book is written for residents by residents to enhance your understanding of the art and science of surgery. Carry it in your pocket and read between cases or quickly review a topic before teaching conference. I am sure you will find it informative and essential for preparation for the Surgery In-service Training Exam.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Surgical Critical Care Vivas

An understanding of critical care is one of the key objectives of medical and surgical training, and viva examinations in particular remain a source of anxiety for many candidates. Surgical Critical Care Vivas follows the same format as the hugely popular General Pathology Vivas and gives candidates a means of practising some of the most common questions that they will be asked in their viva examinations. Pocket-sized, for portability, and packed with useful information in an east-to-use A-Z format, this book will help the reader to broaden their knowledge base and, by practising the vivas, gain confidence in their examination technique.

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Prostate Cancer: Principles and Practice

Bridges the gap between the basic and clinical sciences and the different disciplines. Provides a current and comprehensive assessment of the field. For researchers and clinicians. Extensive references. DNLM: Prostatic Neoplasms.

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Key Questions in Surgical Critical Care

An understanding of critical care is vital to the modern surgeon, who is often responsible for patients requiring intensive care or high-dependency support. Key Questions in Surgical Critical Care has been designed as a companion to Surgical Critical Care, by Robert Ashford and Neal Evans, and is split into two main sections, multiple choice questions and viva topics. Based on the syllabus of the Royal College of Surgeons, each of these two sections is further subdivided into six sub-sections covering the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, other systems and multisystem failure, problems in intensive care, principles of intensive care and practical procedures. The MCQs and viva topics provided are typical of those appearing in the MRCS examination, and the authors provide detailed explanatory notes to accompany each answer, almost all of which are cross-referenced directly to the relevant pages of Surgical Critical Care, as well as other sources of further reading.

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Organ Procurement and Preservation (Vademecum)

Intended as a ready-reference guide for organ procurement and transplant units, the Handbook of Organ Retrieval and Preservation addresses the identification and management of potential donors and the subsequent retrieval and preservation of various organs. After an introduction to the historical development behind organ preservation, the authors discuss the physiological changes that take place in the organ donor and in an organ during preservation. Several preservation techniques are evaluated for their ability to minimize these physiological changes. In this handbook procurement coordinators, surgeons, residents and any other health care professionals involved in organ retrieval will find most questions answered that may arise during their participation with these difficult and complex issues. The Handbook of Organ Retrieval an d Preservation will prove an invaluable resource in the procurement or transplant unit as well as in the intensive care unit, where organ donors are potentially identified.

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Surgical Oncology (Vademecum)

This book presents the most important information in surgical oncology in an easily accessible manner. It can be read during the length of a rotation on a surgical oncology service. Chapters are arranged by organ involvement. Each chapter begins with epidemiology and screening following by methods of diagnosis, preoperative evaluation and staging. Treatment options and outcomes and post-treatment surveillance are described. Important aspects of radiation and systemic therapies are also addressed in separate chapters. In the past several years a new generation of surgical oncologists has been trained in the U.S. Few academic progams are now without a service devoted to surgial oncology. This book is written to aid that group of surgical oncologists in training surgeons to become educated collaborators in medical decision-making. This comprehensive spiral-bound handbook fits in the pocket of a hospital coat.

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