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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Abdominal Imaging Abdominal Imaging Bernd Hamm In this book a team of leading experts come together to provide a comprehensive overview of modern imaging of the abdomen and pelvis, with detailed sections on both gastrointestinal and genitourinary… OL19823427W
Biomedical Ethics Reviews · 1989 Biomedical Ethics Reviews · 1989 James M. Humber Should abnormal fetuses be carried to term just to be used for infant transplant organs? Should physicians sell the drugs they prescribe? Should human death be deemed to occur when one permanently lo… OL19831414W
CT Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Disease CT Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Disease Wojciech Mazur Improvements in surgical and medical management of congenital heart disease (CHD) result in an increased life expectancy and a greater number of children living into adulthood. Consequently, adult ca… OL19838930W
Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations Dermatologic Ultrasound with Clinical and Histologic Correlations Ximena Wortsman Significant technological advances have produced equipment that allows imaging of the skin with variable frequency ultrasound in previously unseen detail and provides a range of dynamic data that is … OL19841117W
Evidence-based management of patients with respiratory failure] Evidence-based management of patients with respiratory failure] Antonio Anzueto Respiratory failure is a complex disease process whereby the underlying disease and therapeutic measures interact. This book contains an extensive bibliographic review, focusing on preventive and the… OL19848720W
Ghrelin in Health and Disease Ghrelin in Health and Disease Roy G. Smith <p>Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptor, is critical in the control of food intake and energy balance. The ghrelin receptors are now known to have importa… OL19852875W
Handbook of health behavior research Handbook of health behavior research David S. Gochman Volume 4 considers the importance of health behavior research in practical settings. Particularly notable are treatments of the "narrative approach", the taxonomy of health behavior, and the organiza… OL19854392W
Herbal Drugs and Fingerprints Herbal Drugs and Fingerprints Devi Datt Joshi Evidence based herbal drugs are on hi-acceptance day by day due to health friendly nature compared to synthetic drugs. The active ingredients in herbal drugs are different chemical classes, e.g. alka… OL19855096W
High-Risk Sexual Behavior High-Risk Sexual Behavior Evvie Becker High-risk sexual behavior has been linked to social problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, and deprivation. This volume's unique multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach… OL19855395W
Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways Graham Hughes Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways is a handy and easy-to-read guide to the main features of Hughes syndrome. There has been worldwide interest in this 'new' syndrome (first described in 1983). A c… OL19856156W
Implantable Cardiac Devices Technology Implantable Cardiac Devices Technology David Korpas Development in a majority of medicine branches today is based on technological advancement. This is the case in cardiology, where medical devices designed to correct heart rhythm – pacemakers, cardi… OL19856993W
Lymphoma Lymphoma Anas Younes Recently, understanding the molecular pathogenesis of malignant lymphomas has led to improvement in the diagnostic precision and to the identification of a variety of molecular therapeutic targets. I… OL19884929W
Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Liver Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Liver Fulvio Calise <p>The treatment of liver diseases comprises a significant component of the practice of any general surgeon, whether working in an academic, a general, or a community hospital. With the rapid expansi… OL19888313W
Nanotechnology in Dermatology Nanotechnology in Dermatology Adnan Nasir <p><i>Nanotechnology in Dermatology</i> is the first book of its kind to address all of the important and rapidly growing aspects of nanotechnology as it relates to dermatology. In the last few years… OL19889969W
Nutrition in Infancy Nutrition in Infancy Ronald R. Watson <p><i>Nutrition in Infancy: Volume 1</i> is a very useful resource for all clinicians treating and preventing nutritional problems in infants. This volume covers a wide range of topics that support … OL19891695W
Radiation Therapy for Skin Cancer Radiation Therapy for Skin Cancer Armand B. Cognetta Jr. Superficial radiation has been utilized by dermatologists for skin cancer and inflammatory diseases since the early 1900s. This textbook is the progeny of multiple previous editors from 1926 on dedi… OL19898457W
Reproductive tract infections Reproductive tract infections Adrienne Germain Reproductive tract infections (RTis) have become a silent epidemic that is devastating women's lives. Each year, thousands of women die needlessly from the consequences of these infections, including… OL19899631W
Total Hip Arthroplasty Total Hip Arthroplasty Karl Knahr In recent years the ‘Tribology Day’ has become a recognized highlight of the EFORT Congress, and at the 2012 Congress in Berlin an entire day was once again devoted to tribology in total hip arthropl… OL19907416W
Weight of Modernity Weight of Modernity Cathy Banwell <p>Over a half of adults in the US, Canada, Australia and numerous European countries are now overweight or obese, a proportion that has risen sharply in the past two decades. Dominant biomedical exp… OL19910819W