Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Third Edition 3rd Edition

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The classic leading-edge guide to heart surgery in adults — completely updated by leaders in the field

A Doody’s Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011!

5 STAR DOODY’S REVIEW
“Each chapter reports the state-of-the-art and reflects the most recent reports in the international literature. The DVD is especially valuable. With modern surgical textbooks becoming more like multimedia tools than dry stacks of unreadable pages, readers can count on visual depictions of new techniques. The book achieves its goal of shedding new light on all the needed areas. This is a great resource for medical professionals involved in the care of patients with cardiac surgical diseases. It certainly is a ‘must have’ for trainees in cardiothoracic surgery as well as for more experienced practitioners who desire a reliable update from world renowned leaders in the field.”–Doody’s Review Service

In this trusted reference, renowned cardiac surgeon and Harvard professor Dr. Lawrence H. Cohn takes you through all aspects of heart surgery in adults. The text’s acclaimed coverage begins with a solid review of cardiac surgery fundamentals, then progresses to optimal perioperative and interoperative care before covering the full range of individual procedures.

Inside, you’ll find over 1,000 step-by-step illustrations that clarify each procedure, along with important guidance on all of the discipline’s fundamental operations and operative techniques. With updated and revised content, the new edition of this forward-thinking, landmark text is undoubtedly the most up-to-date resource of its kind available anywhere.

Features:

  • All the latest surgical perspectives and techniques in ischemic and valvular heart disease, disease of great vessels, cardiac arrhythmias, and more
  • Expert authorship by one of the world’s most respected cardiac surgeons, with contributions from an internationally recognized group of authors
  • Cutting-edge overview of cardiothoracic transplantations, circulatory support, and nontransplant options for heart failure
  • Brand new, timely chapters on cardiac imaging, minimally invasive procedures, and stem cell therapy
  • Reworked illustration program, featuring newly commissioned two-color drawings, with classic artwork from the previous editions colorized
  • Two-color format throughout the text, which helps you efficiently navigate chapter material, providing quick access to key information
  • Complimentary DVD with video clips that help simplify complex procedures

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The Pediatric Diagnostic Examination 1st Edition

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An essential guide to interpreting signs and symptoms in infants, children, and adolescents

“As a physician who has spent the past 40 years honing my skills as a diagnostician, I see this book as a welcome addition to my personal library and recommend it enthusiastically to all those who desire to improve their personal effectiveness in getting children the right care at the right time.”–Jay E. Berkelhamer, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics (from the foreword)

This well-illustrated, full-color handbook offers a logical, systematic approach to differential diagnosis in children, and is ideal for developing the skills and confidence necessary for diagnosing pediatric patients. Incorporating must-know anatomy, pathophysiology, and diagnostic tools, Pediatric Diagnostic Examination will sharpen your ability to effectively manage every step of the diagnostic examination process.

Features:

  • Icons that lead you quickly and easily to key signs, problems, findings, and syndromes
  • Easy-to-follow, consistent template for all chapters, covering physiology and mechanics, functional anatomy, taking patient history, key symptoms and signs, suspicions, diagnostic tools, and important clinical alerts
  • Useful for diagnosing children of all ages
  • Coverage of all regions and systems
  • Numerous diagrams, tables, and clinical photographs–all in full-color
  • Written by practicing pediatricians experienced enough to know the complications and pitfalls you will encounter in daily practice

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LANGE Q&A Pediatrics, Seventh Edition 7th Edition

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More than 1,000 board-style questions build confidence, knowledge, and test-taking skills for the USMLE Step 2 CK and the pediatrics shelf exam

“I really like the format of the questions. I believe they are quite an accurate representation of the questions that appear on the boards” — Joshua Lynch, DO Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2008

“I thought the questions were well worded. The conciseness [of the answer explanations] is one of the benefits of this book.” — Lisa A. Nowell, MD, Pediatric Resident, PGY-2, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian, Columbia University

There’s no better way to prepare for the USMLE Step 2 CK and the pediatrics clerkship exam than LANGE: Q&A: Pediatrics. This board-format review offers outstanding coverage of high-yield topics in pediatrics and provides detailed explanations of both correct and incorrect answer choices.

Everything you need to excel on the exam:

  • Questions are presented in board-style to prepare you for what you’ll see on the actual exam
  • Answers include detailed discussion and references to key textbooks and American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines
  • Student reviewed for the most relevant content possible
  • A complete practice test prepares you for the real thing
  • Valuable test-taking tips give you the edge on exam day

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First Aid for the Anesthesiology Boards (First Aid Specialty Boards) 1st Edition

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Turn to the proven First Aid formula to help you ace the Anesthesia Boards

AN INSIDER’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PASSING THE ANESTHESIA BOARD EXAM

4 STAR DOODY’S REVIEW!
“Clinicians seeking certification and recertification in anesthesiology will find this book invaluable as an aid in their preparation for examinations.”–Doody’s Review Service

Written by a team of residents from St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, this is a high-yield “insider’s guide” to success on the anesthesia boards and in-service exams. The books presents quick, frequently-tested, high-yield facts based on the most recently administered exams. You will find this great for initial and last minute exam review and anesthesiologists will find it valuable as a refresher before recertification.

Features:

  • A complete one-stop review for in-service, written, and oral boards
  • Quick, high-yield facts review the most frequently tested topics
  • Mnemonics make learning and memorization fast, fun, and easy
  • Margin notes reinforce must-know information
  • Covers all the subspecialties, including pediatric, obstetric, cardiac, and thoracic anesthesiology
  • Reviews the most common oral board topics
  • Great as a refresher for recertification

The High-Yield Content You Need to Ace the Anesthesia Boards:
Introduction: How to Succeed on the Boards, Section 1: The Fundamentals of Anesthetic Management: Anesthetic Pharmacology, Physiology and Anesthesia, Preoperative Evaluation, Monitoring and Equipment, Techniques for General Anesthesia, Techniques for Regional Anesthesia, PACU, Section 2: Anesthesia for the Subspecialties: Pediatric Anesthesia, Obstetric Anesthesia, Cardiac Anesthesia, Thoracic Anesthesia, Vascular Anesthesia, Neurosurgical Anesthesia, Anesthesia for Trauma, Critical Care, Pain, Anesthesia for Ophthalmic and ENT Surgeries, Anesthesia for GU Surgery, Anesthesia for Patients with Liver Disease, Anesthesia for Patients with Endocrine Disease, Anesthesia for Transplantation, Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery, Anesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery, Anesthesia Outside of the ER, Special Considerations for Anesthesia Practice, Section 3:Common Oral Board Topics.

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Gross Anatomy: The Big Picture (LANGE The Big Picture) 1st Edition

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Get the BIG PICTURE of Gross Anatomy in the context of healthcare – and zero-in on what you really need to know to ace the course and board exams!

A Doody’s Core Title for 2015!

Gross Anatomy: The Big Picture is the perfect bridge between review and textbooks. With an emphasis on what you truly need to know versus “what’s nice to know,” it features 450 full-color illustrations that give you a complete, yet concise, overview of essential anatomy.

The book’s user-friendly presentation consists of text on the left-hand page and beautiful full-color illustrations on the right-hand page. In this way, you get a “big picture” of anatomy principles, delivered one concept at a time -– making them easier to understand and retain.

Striking the perfect balance between illustrations and text, Gross Anatomy: The Big Picture features:

  • High-yield review questions and answers at the end of each chapter
  • Numerous summary tables and figures that encapsulate important information
  • 450 labeled and explained full-color illustrations
  • A final exam featuring 100 Q&As
  • Important clinically-relevant concepts called to your attention by convenient icons
  • Bullets and numbering that break complex concepts down to easy-to-remember points

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Physiology PreTest™ Self-Assessment and Review, Twelfth Edition (PreTest Basic Science) 12th Edition

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PreTest™ is the closest you can get to seeing the test before you take it!

“This is an excellent review of basic science concepts presented in a clinical Q&A context, perfect for both basic science and USMLE Step 1 review. The format not only prepares you to take Step 1, but reinforces what you have learned by forcing you to think through detailed, comprehensive questions and answers, as opposed to simply sheer memorization.”–Amy S. Arrington, PhD, Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine

Great for course review and the USMLE Step 1, Physiology: PreTest™asks the right quetions so you’ll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what’s on the test:

  • 500 USMLE-type questions, answers, and explanations
  • Explanations for right and wrong answers
  • Targets what you really need to know
  • Student tested and reviewed

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Medical Microbiology: The Big Picture (LANGE The Big Picture) 1st Edition

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Get the Big Picture of Medical Microbiology-and zero-in on what your really need to know to ace the course and board exams and prepare for clinical rotations!

A Doody’s Core Title!

4 STAR DOODY’S REVIEW!
“This is in a league of its own, encompassing aspects of a textbook, an atlas, and a high yield quick-reference….For medical students and residents looking for a book that emphasizes the clinical presentation and treatment of human pathogens, this is highly recommended. Overall, this is a beautifully bound workbook-style text, with high-gloss pages and well oriented color pictures, tables, and diagrams. This is the book that will help new medical practitioners to see the forest for the trees of infectious disease.” — Doody’s Review Service

Medical Microbiology: The Big Picture is a different kind of resource. With an emphasis on what you “need to know” versus “what’s nice to know,” and featuring 300 full-color illustrations, it offers a focused, streamlined overview of clinical microbiology and immunology. You’ll find a succinct, user-friendly presentation designed to make even the most complex concepts understandable in a short amount of time.

With just the right balance of information to give you the edge at exam time, Medical Microbiology: The Big Picturefeatures:

  • A “Big Picture” perspective on precisely what you need to know
  • Clinically oriented coverage of infections of the central nervous system, eyes and ears, respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, hematopoietic/lymphoreticular system, bone and joints, and more
  • 300 labeled and fully-explained full-color illustrations
  • Numerous summary tables and figures
  • Key concepts at the end of each chapter
  • 100 USMLE-type questions, answers, and explanations to help you prepare for the exams

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DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination, Ninth Edition 9th Edition

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

A Doody’s Core Title for 2011!

5 STAR DOODY’S REVIEW!
“DeGowin’s is considered one of the first books on diagnosis, and the one most physicians trained in the last 40 years grew up with. With this edition, the authors continue the unparalleled tradition of providing a comprehensive, understandable way to approach a patient….DeGowin’s is considered one of the first books on diagnosis, and the one most physicians trained in the last 40 years grew up with. With this edition, the authors continue the unparalleled tradition of providing a comprehensive, understandable way to approach a patient.”–Doody’s Review Service

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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Breast Augmentation (McGraw-Hill Plastic Surgery Atlas) 1st Edition

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A full-color step-by-step atlas of operative techniques in aesthetic breast augmentation

Includes DVD of surgical procedures

Part of the McGraw-Hill Plastic Surgery Atlas series

“Drawings, illustrations, and photographs are highly illustrative. An accompanying DVD brings to life breast augmentation surgery….for an easy to read and quick reference guide, this book hits the mark. 3 Stars.”–Doody’s Review Service

Featuring 110 photographs and 124 illustrations – all in color – Breast Augmentation is an unmatched visual guide to learning technical pearls for primary and revision breast augmentation. Specific surgical procedures are illustrated step-by-step to help you to fully understand the principles and techniques for optimizing outcomes in your patients.

Chapters focus on different aspects and approaches to primary and secondary breast augmentation and include:

  • The process of breast augmentation
  • Incision planning
  • Instruments
  • Markings/landmarks
  • Details of procedure including dual place pocket dissection
  • Pitfalls
  • Pearls

Features

  • Approaches including: trans-axillary, peri-areolar, and the “new” infra-mammary incision
  • Revision breast augmentation techniques include: capsular contracture, malposition, and hyperanimation deformities
  • A companion DVD of surgical procedures
  • Key chapters on the process of breast augmentation, patient education, tissue-based planning, and post-operative management

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Hurst Reviews NCLEX-RN Review 1st Edition

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Ace the NCLEX-RN–with the help of nursing review pioneer Marlene Hurst!

Use Marlene’s unique “no cram, pass with what you already know” system and slash your study time in half

Based on Marlene Hurst’s phenomenally popular nursing seminars that train over 30,000 students annually, this innovative review is loaded with the author’s time-tested strategies–all designed to help you pass the NCLEX certification and course exams the first time around!

NCLEX-RN Review breaks the mold of other review books by explaining how to apply critical thinking and test-taking skills, rather than how to re-learn course content. Marlene shows you how to effectively work with the “think-on-your-feet” philosophy of the NCLEX-RN, not against it.

Features:

  • A complete NCLEX-RN toolkit–from the world’s most sought-after speaker on passing the NCLEX
  • Over 1,000 skill-building NCLEX-style questions, complete with answers and rationales
  • Full of concise, easy-to-remember strategies that cut study time in half!
  • An eye-catching four-color format
  • “Marlene Moments”–Marlene’s humorous anecdotes of common student mistakes that offer a light-hearted look at how new nurses learn to succeed
  • “What the NCLEX Lady Thinks”–valuable tips that reveal the rationale behind certain types of NCLEX questions and how to adjust your strategy accordingly
  • Chapter-ending NCLEX practice questions that solidify important information and show you how it will be tested on the NCLEX examination
  • Downloadable material includes 300 additional NCLEX-style questions, plus downloadable MP3 audio tips from Marlene Hurst’s award-winning NCLEX reviews

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