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  • Trauma Anesthesiaby Charles Smith

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 87.00

    A reference book for anesthesiologists confronted with the unique challenges of trauma patients. more...

  • Diagnostic Criteria Handbook in Histopathologyby Paul J. Tadrous

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 135.00

    This handbook is designed to help jobbing histopathologists jog their memory and get through more workload in any working day. Rapid access is facilitated by a bullet-point, tabular and diagrammatic style, as well as by handy anatomical diagrams, guidance on the ‘Cut-Up’ with emphasis on core ‘datasets’ and by a special index for frozen section advice, grading systems and scoring systems. The book provides, where useful, differential diagnosis lists and presents diagnostically helpful molecular and immunohistochemical findings. Information is kept up-to-date on a dedicated website www.pathbook.com .   The Diagnostic Criteria Handbook in Histopathology is not designed to be an “exam cram” and neither... more...

  • First Aid for the Surgery Clerkshipby Latha Stead; S. Matthew Stead; Matthew Kaufman

    McGraw-Hill 2009; US$ 48.00

    The student-to-student, step-by-step guide to surgery clerkship success. There is no better way to ace the surgery clerkship exam and impress on the wards than First Aid for the Surgery Clerkship . Completely updated throughout, the Second Edition includes a guide to excelling in the clerkship, a high-yield review of core material, common exam and "pimp" questions, and a section of "classifieds" including scholarship opportunities.: Detailed what-to-study and what you must-know advice from clerkship veterans helps you ace the surgery clerkship exam and impress on the wards; Frequently-tested high-yield facts and mnemonics maximize your study time; “Exam Tips” reinforce concepts you need to know on exam day; “Ward... more...

  • Organ Preservation for Transplantationby Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

    Landes Bioscience 2010; US$ 159.00

    The first edition of this book, Basic Concepts in Organ Procurement, Perfusion and Preservation for Transplantation , was published 27 years ago, in 1982 when organ procurement and preservation began to advance in the study of the best ways to preserve organs for transplantation. The second edition, Organ Procurement and Preservation for Transplantation, 2nd Edition , followed 15 years later, in 1997, with the goal of finding common denominators in the best preservation techniques for transplantation. In this current third edition, 11 years after the second edition, similar goals are still pursued of defining the best preservation methods, but there is now more evidence, including results, and new advances have reached publication and are being... more...

  • Complete Self Assessment for Medical Finalsby Kinesh Patel; Neil Patel

    Hodder Education 2007; US$ 29.50

    This is an ideal revision package – a self-assessment book which covers all question types and key facts likely to be tested in Finals at all medical schools more...

  • Operative Cardiac Surgeryby Timothy Gardner; Thomas Spray

    Hodder Education 2004; US$ 425.00

    Established as the pre-eminent guide to operative surgery of the heart and great vessels, the Fifth Edition has been fully updated and revised by a team of internationally eminent editors and contributors. The excellent line illustrations, now in full colour throughout, to guide the cardiac surgeon through complex procedures. more...

  • Complicationsby Atul Gawande

    Henry Holt and Co. 2003; US$ 9.99

    A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur and why good surgeons go bad. He also shows us what happens... more...

  • The Checklist Manifestoby Atul Gawande

    Henry Holt and Co. 2010; US$ 9.99

    The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything... more...

  • The Closed Treatment of Common Fracturesby John Charnley

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 56.00

    This core textbook describes the elementary mechanics of reduction and immobilisation. more...

  • Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiographyby John Wasnick; Zak Hillel; David Kramer; Sanford Littwin; Alina Nicoara

    McGraw-Hill 2011; US$ 78.00

    A must-have guide for anesthesiologists new to the cardiac operating room. DVD with 90+ narrated TEE clips. "Overall this book is a nice guide and the quickest way to review cardiac anesthesia. 3 Stars."-- Doody's Review Service. Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography is a fast, efficient way for anesthesiology trainees to acquire the essential skills and knowledge necessary to successfully navigate the cardiac operating room. This unique guide imparts the basic principles of both cardiac anesthesia and echocardiography in a way that reflects the realities of clinical anesthesia practice. The companion DVD contains nearly 100 narrated, labeled TEE clips that illustrate normal and abnormal echocardiographic views.... more...