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Oxford Textbook of Critical Care (Oxford Medical Publications) |
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Book Description
Few specialties are as exacting as critical care; the holistic complexity of the patient with multi-system dysfunction, the out-of-hours commitment, the often stressful and highly charged situations requiring considerable agility of brain and hand, and the continuing evolution, and occasional revolution in perceived 'best-practice' place major demands on intensive care unit staff. Decision making at the bedside should ideally be systematic, problem-oriented and base... >> |
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Genetics in Endocrinology (Modern Endocrinology) |
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From the New England Journal of Medicine, December 5, 2002
Genetics, until recently the domain of molecular biologists, mathematicians, anthropologists, forensic scientists, pediatricians, and families concerned about rare and esoteric diseases, today captures the imagination of a wide spectrum of basic scientists and clinicians. The principal reasons for this remarkable shift are the explosion of new knowledge about the genetic basis of numerous diseases, the rapid progress in sequ... >> |
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From Book News, Inc.
This completely rewritten edition (first, 1990) creates a generic text for all adult intensive care units, with an emphasis on fundamental principles that should prove useful outside the context of the ICU, as well. The text is deliberately "problem- oriented" rather than being "disease-oriented": coverage ranges from a basic science review covering circulatory blood flow, respiratory gas transport, and the threat of oxidant injury to pharmaceutical toxins and ... >> |
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