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Clinical Vignettes for the USMLE Step 1: PreTest asks the right questions so you will know the right answers! This one of a kind study guides delivers: a format that simulates the actual exam, 450 board-type questions, referenced answers and explanations, and material reviewed by recent, successful USMLE Step 1 test-takers. With this unique test prep guide you will be able to recall key facts; get invaluable practice with 450 timed, high-yield questions; respond within the time restrictions of the actual exam; assess your strengths and weaknesses; review explanations of right and wrong answers; and build confidence, skills, and knowledge. more...

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This handbook is the definitive manual for producing a Cochrane systematic review. The editors have drawn from the expertise of the Cochrane methods groups to bring together the breadth and depth of systematic reviewing experience in a step-by-step guide to writing a Cochrane review. Anyone conducting a systematic review will be interested in Cochrane methodology, which represents the ‘gold standard’ in the science of reviewing. The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is divided into two sections. Section A deals with the basics, and is compulsory reading for all review authors. Section B contains more specialist topics. . Topics include addressing risk of bias in included studies, analysing and presenting results (including publication bias), using individual patient data, prospective meta-analysis, qualitative methods, and incorporating economic evaluation. The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is essential reading for every Cochrane review author. It is also of interest for authors of non-Cochrane systematic reviews, clinical trial authors, Health Technology Assessment and Health Economics organisations. more...

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Focuses on language and communication issues in older people with mental health problems. This book recognizes that language and communication is not just the business of speech and language therapy, but is relevant to staff involved with people who have mental health difficulties. more...

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To help you accelerate your learning curve, Dr. Cohen offers this helpful new atlas with over 900 endoscopic images. Emphasizing conditions for which NBI is particularly useful - such as finding dysplasia in Barrett's mucosa and ulcerative colitis and detecting adenomatous colon polyps - Comprehensive Atlas of High Resolution Endoscopy and Narrowband Imaging gives you an exceptional preview of the future of endoscopy, with a broad new look at normal and abnormal findings throughout the GI tract. The book is divided into three main parts:. * The Basics of NBI. * Potential Applications of NBI. * Atlas of 585 colour images, broken into sections on the pharynx and esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon, including correlating histopathology. The accompanying DVD-ROM includes:. * 55 video clips containing 2 1/2 hours of annotated video to give you a complete sense of how HRE and NBI work and look in real time, including during therapeutic procedures. * The complete text with a full text and image caption search function. * A database of figures from the book. This spectacular new imaging modality promises to enhance endoscopic decision making in real time, facilitate therapeutic maneuvers, and make tissue sampling more precise. As a tool to guide your mastery of this advance and as a reference for you to use with your patients, colleagues and students, this atlas will find regular use on your desktop and have a noticeable impact on your practice. more...

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Clinical trials have revolutionized the way disease is prevented, detected and treated, and early death avoided, and they continue to be an expanding area of research. They are central to the work of pharmaceutical companies, and there are many academic and public sector organizations that conduct trials on a wide variety of interventions, including drugs, devices, surgical techniques, and changes in behaviour and lifestyle. A Concise Guide to Clinical Trials provides a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of the design, conduct and analysis of trials. It requires no prior knowledge on the subject as the important concepts are introduced throughout. There are chapters that distinguish between the different types of trials, and an introduction to systematic reviews, health-related quality of life and health economic evaluation. The book also covers the ethical and legal requirements in setting up a clinical trial due to an increase in governance responsibilities and regulations. This practical guidebook is ideal for busy clinicians and other health professionals who do not have enough time to attend courses or search through extensive textbooks. It will help anyone involved in undertaking clinical research, or those reading about trials. The book is aimed at:.:.; Those wishing to learn about clinical trials for the first time, or as a quick reference guide, for example as part of a taught course on clinical trials.:.; Health professionals who wish to conduct their own trials, or participate in other people’s studies.; People who work in pharmaceutical companies, grant funding organisations, or regulatory agencies. more...

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