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from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
March 21, 2008

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BASICS
Title: NCLEX® Review 4000 Study Software for NCLEX-RN® (Individual Version)
Author(s):  Springhouse
ISBN: 978-0-7817-7790-2
Price: $50.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

This comprehensive NCLEX® review program is designed for individual student NCLEX® review. The popular NCLEX® 4000 study software provides more than 4,000 NCLEX®-quality review questions covering all 29 topics in five major content areas, including fundamentals, pediatrics, psychiatric-mental health, maternal-neonatal, and medical-surgical nursing. The software delivers NCLEX®-style multiple-choice questions and alternate-format questions. Three study modes-pretest, review, and test-give correct and incorrect answers with rationales and new supporting references. NCLEX® 4000 includes important new questions on prioritizing and delegation, a key topic on the NCLEX® exam. Updated to reflect the National Council of State Boards of Nursing's latest test plan, including all forms of alternate-format questions.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Nursing: References

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Lippincott's Content Review for NCLEX-RN®, Book
Springhouse NCLEX-RN® Review Cards, Card Deck
Lippincott's Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN®, Book
NCLEX-RN® Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy! , Book
NCLEX-RN® Review Made Incredibly Easy!, Book


BASICS
Title: Modern Epidemiology
Edition: Third
Author(s): Kenneth J Rothman Vice President; Sander  Greenland Professor; Timothy L Lash Associate Professor
ISBN: 978-0-7817-5564-1
Price: $99.00

 
DIAGNOSIS
The thoroughly revised and updated Third Edition of the acclaimed Modern Epidemiology reflects both the conceptual development of this evolving science and the increasingly focal role that epidemiology plays in dealing with public health and medical problems. Coauthored by three leading epidemiologists, with sixteen additional contributors, this Third Edition is the most comprehensive and cohesive text on the principles and methods of epidemiologic research. The book covers a broad range of concepts and methods, such as basic measures of disease frequency and associations, study design,field methods, threats to validity, and assessing precision. It also covers advanced topics in data analysis such as Bayesian analysis, bias analysis, and hierarchical regression. Chapters examine specific areas of research such as disease surveillance, ecologic studies, social epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, genetic and molecular epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Epidemiology / Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Medical Review
Occupational and environmental Medicine
Residents

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Designing Clinical Research, Book
Clinical Epidemiology, Book
Studying a Study and Testing a Test, Book


BASICS
Title: Pediatric Board Recertification Review
Author(s): Katie S Fine MD
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0507-1
Price: $69.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

This review book will help practicing pediatricians prepare for the pediatric recertification examination that they must pass every seven years. Each chapter contains a detailed review of topics followed by questions. There are approximately 1,000 questions. This book is sharply focused, with the singular objective of preparing the busy physician to pass the exam on the first try. CME credit will also be available.

Along with the text is a companion Website with an interactive question-and-answer test bank to provide additional review.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Nursing: Pediatric
Pediatrics


BASICS
Title: Manual of Gastroenterology Diagnosis and Therapy
Edition: Fourth
Author(s): Canan  Avunduk MD, PhD
ISBN: 978-0-7817-6974-7
Price: $59.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Thoroughly revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, this Spiral® Manual is a practical quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of all gastrointestinal problems—from common complaints such as intestinal gas to life-threatening diseases such as cancer and AIDS. Chapters written in an easy-to-scan outline format cover the approach to the patient, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, nutritional assessment and management, gastroenterologic emergencies, and specific complaints and disorders. Highlights of this Fourth Edition include an expanded obesity chapter, major updates on inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, new treatments for viral hepatitis, and endoscopic treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Family Medicine / General Practice
Gastroenterology
General Practice
Hepatology
Internal Medicine
Primary Care
Residents

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
The Washington Manual® Gastroenterology Subspecialty Consult, Book
Manual of Nutritional Therapeutics, Book
Primo Gastro: The Pocket GI/Liver Companion, Book
Schiff's Diseases of the Liver, Book
Handbook of Gastroenterologic Procedures, Book
The Esophagus, Book


BASICS
Title: Weiner and Levitt's Neurology
Edition: Eighth
Author(s): Alexander  Rae-Grant MD, FRCP(C)
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8154-1
Price: $42.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Thoroughly updated for its Eighth Edition, this highly praised volume of the House Officer Series is a succinct, symptom-oriented pocket guide to diagnosis, treatment, and management of common neurological disorders. Each chapter opens with a clinical case study and proceeds to classification of symptoms, history, physical examination, laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, diagnosis, treatment, and management.

This edition includes a new glossary of neurological terms, a new chapter on evidence-based neurology, a revised, more thorough chapter on localization of neurological disease, updated illustrations, and current references. The author reviews the latest advances in therapeutics, particularly in movement disorders, stroke, neuroimmunology, brain tumor treatment, headache pharmacology, and epilepsy.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Family Medicine / General Practice
General Practice
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Nursing: Psychiatric / Mental Health
Primary Care
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychopharmacology
Residents

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Practical Neurology , Book
Handbook of Epilepsy , Book
Pocket Guide and Toolkit to DeJong's Neurologic Examination, Book
Clinical Neurology, Book
The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Neurology, Book
Pediatric Neurology: Essentials for General Practice, Book
Merritt's Neurology Handbook, Book
Neurology for the Boards, Book
Merritt's Neurology , Book
The 5-Minute Neurology Consult for PDA, CD-ROM
Neurology for the Non-Neurologist, Book
The 5-Minute Neurology Consult for PDA, Online Deliverable
Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics, Book
The 5-Minute Neurology Consult, Book
Weiner & Levitt's Pediatric Neurology, Book


BASICS
Title: Heart Disease Anatomical Chart in Spanish (Enfermedad cardiaca)
Author(s):  Anatomical Chart Company
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8219-7
Price: $16.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Now in Spanish, this chart provides an easy-to-understand overview of the important anatomical aspects of heart disease. The progression of heart disease is shown in 3 stages, each with an anatomical image of the surface or cross-section of the heart, a cross-section of an artery and a cross-section of heart wall. The stages show how a narrowed artery leads to ischemia; a blocked artery leads to a myocardial infarction (heart attack) and shows the recovery period with collateral blood supply.

Also shows heart disease in hypertension which can lead to hyprertrophy and dilation of the left ventricle. Shows and describes congestive heart failure, mitral valve prolapse and the effects of aging on the heart.

For comparison, the chart also contains illustrations of normal heart anatomy, including anterior surface and across-sections of the heart. Also shows the systems coronary arteries on the heart and a cross-section of a normal coronary artery.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Anatomy
Cardiology
Embryology
Family Medicine / General Practice
General Practice
Histology
Internal Medicine
Nursing: Anatomy / Physiology / Microbiology
Patient Education
Primary Care

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
High Cholesterol Anatomical Chart in Spanish (Colesterol alto), Chart
High Cholesterol Anatomical Chart in Spanish (Colesterol alto), Chart
Understanding Hypertension Anatomical Chart in Spanish (Entendiendo Que Es la Hypertension), Chart
Understanding Hypertension Anatomical Chart in Spanish (Entendiendo Que Es la Hypertension), Chart


BASICS
Title: Pregnancy and Birth Anatomical Chart in Spanish (Embarazo y parto)
Author(s):  Anatomical Chart Company
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8221-0
Price: $16.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Now available in Spanish, this chart provides a visual and textual overview of the stages of pregnancy and birth. It illustrates the anatomy of mammary glands and the infant within the mother. Illustrations show fertilization and implantation and trimester and fetal development. The chart discusses genetic screening and hormonal changes during pregnancy and shows and describes the three stages of labor.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Anatomy
Embryology
Histology
Nursing: Anatomy / Physiology / Microbiology
Nursing: Obstetric / Women's Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Patient Education



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