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Chest Pain : Advanced Assessment and Management promotes a systematic approach to the assessment and management of patients presenting with chest pain and related undifferentiated symptoms. Specifically, it equips practitioners with the knowledge and clinical skills needed to effectively differentiate and respond to clinical presentations where the primary symptom for seeking healthcare advice involves chest pain. Introductory chapters in section one explore the principles of physical assessment, history taking and differential diagnosis to provide the framework for subsequent chapters, which explore cardiac and non-cardiac causes of chest pain. Section two examines the advanced assessment and overall management of patients with pain in the chest. A range of clinical conditions that trigger chest pain and other related symptoms are covered, including: angina, acute coronary syndromes, pericarditis and myocarditis, aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, oesophago-gastric disorders, musculoskeletal causes, pulmonary and respiratory causes, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, chest pain caused by trauma or cardiac syndrome X, cocaine misuse and Herpes zoster. more...

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Assessment and monitoring are fundamental aspects of the care of the acutely ill child, especially in high dependency areas and critical care units. Clinical Assessment and Monitoring in Children is a practical, introductory guide which provides detailed information on assessment and monitoring techniques, including physical assessment, physiological monitoring and an appraisal of additional assessment tools to enable practitioners to develop effective skills. The book adopts a physical systems approach, discusses assessment strategies and tools (starting with the least invasive and moving to the more complex) and examines how to analyse and apply the information to provide ongoing care. Each chapter explores physical assessment and examination whilst maintaining the focus on the child and the family. Clinical Assessment and Monitoring in Children assumes no prior knowledge, and provides the knowledge and skills needed to underpin decision-making and provide effective evidence-based care. This is an invaluable resource for all health care practitioners involved in caring for children. Key Features:. * Explores assessment and monitoring of children from 0 - 16 years. * Draws upon National Service Frameworks and clinical practice guidelines. * Adopts a system by system approach. * Provides knowledge and skills needed to underpin decision-making and provide effective evidence-based care. * Includes hints on trouble-shooting and gaining the child and family's co-operation. * Includes case studies and suggested further reading more...

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In today's medical education curriculum, it is necessary for students to learn the proper technique for taking medical histories, performing physical exams, and finding the appropriate way to educate and inform patients. The best way for a student to learn these skills is through hands-on training with a Standardized Patient (SP)--an actor who has been hired to portray a specific set of health problems and symptoms. Tips to Help You:.; Develop Coaching Skills and Be a Director to Your SPs.; Cast Standardized Patients.; Get the Best Performance from Your Actors.; Perfect Your SPs' Timing of Fact Delivery during Examinations.; Improve the SPs' Written Feedback to Students.; Streamline Training Regimens; Checklists Included. Working with SPs has become so important in medical education that it is now a component of the USMLE clinical skills assessment exam. To ensure best practice, the coaches who prepare SPs now need general guidelines. This handbook is intended as that guide and as a support for those who are involved in training SPs, to encourage each coach to develop a system that will deliver the best results and, in the end, help train the most competent doctors. more...

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In 1994, the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of the contrast media used in radiology departments. The committee has questioned members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines, and discussed various proposals. This book represents the result of this work. more...

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The ultimate clinical companion: know what the experts know -- and make it part of your practice!. In this trusted text, you'll find the most current insights into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot answers to your questions for both hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined, authoritative reference gets you up to speed-fast-on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more. No wonder it's the most popular annually updated text in internal medicine!. CURRENT Medicine in the right dose: exactly what you need for optimum patient care - in exactly the right amount of information: Comprehensive coverage of inpatient and outpatient care, highlighting only the diagnostic and treatment tools pertinent to your practice; A-to-Z overview of internal medicine and primary care topics from gynecology and neurology to toxicology and urology; Only text with an annual HIV infection update; “Essentials of Diagnosis” for most diseases/disorders; Hundreds of drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices-plus helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms; Recent references with PMID numbers for fast access to abstracts or full-text articles. Evidence-based standards for 1,000+ diseases and disorders. New to this edition: New 8-page color insert; Extensively revised chapters on Ear, Nose and Throat; Hypertension; Disorders of the Blood Vessels and Lymphatics; and Protozoal and Helmithic Diseases; Updated chapter on preventive medicine emphasizes disease prevention and health promotion; Revamped cancer chapter delivers the very latest treatment advances; Common Symptoms chapter expanded to provide more information on treatment; Reworked chapter on end-of-life now addresses palliative care and pain management more...

Price: $69.95