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The Fifth Edition of Developing Textbook Thinking continues to guide mid-to-high-level developmental students through a series of highly successful strategies based on the authors' own BCA system. A four-step process, BCA represents Before Reading, Staying Connected During Reading, and After Reading (Studying and Reviewing.) General strategies for reading and studying are taught in the context of the BCA system, including how to find the main idea, identify supporting details, and take lecture notes.Plugging In activities at the end of most chapters allow students to hone their Internet skills and learn to approach the Web as a learning tool.Application Exercises allow students to practice the strategies on the readings at the end of each chapter and in the appendix, then apply and adapt each of these strategies to textbooks in their other courses.

The fourth edition of Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography presents an accessible primer on this complex topic from Dr. Catherine Otto, one of the foremost teachers and writers in the field. You'll find straightforward explanations of the basics of ultrasound physics, image acquisition, and all the major techniques and major disease categories, as well as the latest on advanced echo techniques-such as contrast echo, 3D echo, and myocardial mechanics (strain rate imaging, speckle tracking, and synchrony). Each chapter-including a new one on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography-features a practical outline called The Echo Exam, ideal for understanding the use of echo and its outcomes. State-of-the-art echo images are complemented by full-color comparative drawings of heart structures. And now, you can access the full text online thanks to Expert Consult functionality.Covers all main diseases, including adult congenital heart disease, with a problem-based approach to echocardiography.Reviews basic principles for evaluation, the echocardiographic approach, differential diagnosis, limitations, and technical considerations for each disease, as well as alternate diagnostic approaches.Enables you to perform procedures correctly and recognize inadequate data with coverage of technical details for data acquisition and limitations of each echocardiographic approach.Emphasizes alternative diagnostic approaches to help you solve clinical problems when echocardiography does not provide a definitive answer.Includes The Echo Exam (a brief summary of how to do it, the necessary calculations, diagnosis and examples) as an appendix for review and reinforcement.Features a new chapter dedicated to intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, cross-referenced with other chapters, for coverage of this important and difficult technique.Covers myocardial mechanics-strain rate imagine, speckle tracking, and synchrony-in the advanced modalities, in addition to contrast and 3D echo.Integrates TTE and TEE images more explicitly into each chapter to discuss the two techniques in parallel and give you clear explanations of the pros, cons, and the role of each modality in patient evaluation.Includes new digital images throughout-with more TEE, more echocardiograms, and color diagrams-so you can easily identify cardiac problems.Presents the latest ASE recommendations for chamber quantification, including updated tables of normal measurements, for convenient reference.Provides online access to the full text of the book through Expert Consult functionality.Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

Now in its third edition, this landmark textbook has become the key resource for all nurses working in the field of palliative care. Edited by renowned nursing experts Betty Ferrell and Nessa Coyle and written by a dynamic team of internationally known authorities in nursing and palliative medicine, the book contains 78 chapters which cover the gamut of the palliative nursing world. The volume's scope is broad to incorporate principles of care from the time of the initial diagnosis of a terminal disease to the end of a patient's life and beyond. This text is distinctively developed to highlight the nurse's vital role as part of an integrated palliative care team. Various care settings are discussed including the hospital, ICU, home care, and hospice settings. While the book does provide some information on disease and pathophysiology when appropriate, the chapters focus on the practical aspects of nursing care, including symptom assessment, patient teaching, family support, psychosocial aspects of palliation, and spiritual care. All of the chapters have been completely updated and reorganized to incorporate new research and emerging models of care. This updated volume includes over 10 new chapters, including an extensively update section on international models of palliative care. In addition, there are many new ethics discussions covering a range of topics from pediatric palliative care to the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment. The text is authoritative and fully evidence-based, without ever losing sight of the humanity and sensitivity necessary in palliative nursing.

The new edition of this companion to Guyton & Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, 11th Edition delivers the salient points from the parent text in a manner that is ideal for rapid comprehension of the core concepts in the discipline. Small enough to fit in your pocket, you’ll find concise, easy-to-reference physiology essentials wherever you are...whenever you need it most. * Follows the same organization and scope as the primary text to reinforce key principles. * Provides fast access to essential information through concisely written text. * Represents the ideal, portable source for easy-to-reference need-to-know concepts in physiology. * Covers all of the major systems in the human body while emphasizing system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology.

This full-color study guide contains relevant activities and exercises to reinforce the information in Textbook of Basic Nursing, Ninth Edition.

This money-saving package includes Medical Terminology Online for Medical Terminology: A Short Course 5e User Guide, Access Code and Textbook.

Designed to accompany Textbook of Diagnostic Ultrasonography, 6th Edition, this workbook provides a comprehensive review of all material in the text. Activities include image identification, anatomy identification and labeling, definitions, transducer selection and manipulation exercises, sonographic techniques, positioning exercises, critical thinking exercises, and case reviews.A variety of question formats includes short answer, multiple-choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and labeling, to accommodate different student learning styles.Self-test in each chapter provides extra review of material.Mock Registry Exam at the end of the workbook provides students with comprehensive exam written in Registry format to practice for taking the ARDMS certification exam. Answers are provided at the end of the book.

This money saving package includes Chanber: The Language of Medicine, 9th edition textbook and Medical Terminology Online for The Language of Medicine (User Guide and Access Code).

This comprehensive book on transfusion practices and immunohematology offers concise, thorough guidelines on the best ways to screen donors, store blood components, ensure safety, anticipate the potentially adverse affects of blood transfusion, and more. It begins with the basics of genetics and immunology, and then progresses to the technical aspects of blood banking and transfusion. Chapters are divided into sections on: Basic Science Review; Blood Group Serology; Donation, Preparation, and Storage; Pretransfusion Testing; Transfusion Therapy; Clinical Considerations; and Safety, Quality Assurance, and Data Management. Developed specifically for medical technologists, blood bank specialists, and residents, the new edition conforms to the most current standards of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). * Expert Opinion essays, written by well-known, frequently published experts, discuss interesting topics of research or new advances in the field. * Important terms are defined in the margins of the pages on which they appear, enabling readers to easily check the meaning of an unfamiliar term where it appears in context. * Margin notes highlight important concepts and points, remind readers of previously discussed topics, offer an alternative perspective, or refer readers to other sources for further information. * Material conforms to the most recent AABB standards for the most accurate, up-to-date information on immunohematology. * Advanced concepts, beyond what is required for entry-level practice, are set apart from the rest of the text so readers can easily differentiate between basic and advanced information.

Neil Campbell and Jane Reece's BIOLOGY remains unsurpassed as the most successful majors biology textbook in the world. This text has invited more than 4 million students into the study of this dynamic and essential discipline.The authors have restructured each chapter around a conceptual framework of five or six big ideas. An Overview draws students in and sets the stage for the rest of the chapter, each numbered Concept Head announces the beginning of a new concept, and Concept Check questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to assess their mastery of a given concept. New Inquiry Figures focus students on the experimental process, and new Research Method Figures illustrate important techniques in biology. Each chapter ends with a Scientific Inquiry Question that asks students to apply scientific investigation skills to the content of the chapter.