New Title: First Aid for the® COMLEX 2nd Edition

 

First Aid for the® COMLEX 2nd Edition

©2009 McGraw Hill Publishers, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Zachary Nye, John M. Lavelle, Stockton M. Mayer, Rachel Laven

Zero-in on exactly what you must know to pass the OMM section of the COMLEX with this unique student-to-student guide. Written by an exceptional team of former teaching fellows at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, First Aid for the COMLEX presents high-yield bulleted information on OMM techniques with corresponding mnemonics, illustrations and tables to reinforce must-know information. This is the only review book to include frequently tested cases for the new COMLEX and is the perfect companion to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 for the most complete exam preparation possible.

Features:

• Completely revised based on the latest student feedback so you know you're studying the most up-to-date relevant material possible
• High-yield bulleted coverage of the latest OMM techniques and treatments and osteopathic considerations for each core clerkship
• Corresponding illustrations, mnemonics and tables to reinforce must-know concepts and bring manipulations to life
• Frequently tested cases prepare you for the new COMLEX
• Comprehensive guide to effective exam preparation includes valuable test-taking strategies
• Questions and answers at the end of each chapter prepare you for exam day

Strong Supporting Resource: First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1

The essential case companion to First Aid™ for the USMLE Step 1. First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1 features 400 well illustrated cases to help you relate basic science concepts to clinical situations. Each case includes drawings or clinical images with Q&As that reinforce key concepts. The content is keyed to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 to help you create the ultimate study package.

New Title: First Aid for the® ABSITE

 

First Aid for the® ABSITE

©2008 McGraw Hill Publishers, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Jennifer LaFemina, R. Todd Lancaster

The resident-to-resident insider's guide to ABSITE success. Written by residents from top surgery programs who aced the American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam, and edited by Tao Le, author of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 and numerous other First Aid titles, First Aid for the ABSITE covers all the must-know basic science AND clinical surgery topics in one total study package. Updated to reflect the newly reorganized ABSITE, this unique guide features high-yield information, illustrations, mnemonics and clinical images great for initial review or last-minute cramming.

Strong Supporting Resource: ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice

Published by B.C. Decker in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), this continually updated reference, noted for its problem solving approach and numerous illustrations, is geared to the surgeon in practice. Master surgeons outline their preferred core general surgical procedure techniques.

New Title: First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1

 

First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1

2nd Edition, ©2009 McGraw Hill Publishers, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Tao Le MD, MHS

The essential case companion to First Aid™ for the USMLE Step 1. First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1 features 400 well illustrated cases to help you relate basic science concepts to clinical situations. Each case includes drawings or clinical images with Q&As that reinforce key concepts. The content is keyed to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 to help you create the ultimate study package.

New Title: First Aid™ Q&A for the USMLE Step 1

 

 First Aid™ Q&A for the USMLE Step 1

2nd Edition ©2009 McGraw Hill Publishers, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Le, Tao, MHS; Bechis, Seth K., MS

The essential Q&A companion book to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. First Aid™ Q&A for the USMLE Step 1 features 1,000 board-style questions and answers, along with explanations for both correct and incorrect answers. The content is keyed to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, allowing you to study high-yield facts and Q&As simultaneously. All questions have been reviewed by students who just aced the exam.

Strong Supporting Resource: First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1

The essential case companion to First Aid™ for the USMLE Step 1. First Aid™ Cases for the USMLE Step 1 features 400 well illustrated cases to help you relate basic science concepts to clinical situations. Each case includes drawings or clinical images with Q&As that reinforce key concepts. The content is keyed to First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 to help you create the ultimate study package.

New Title: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 Sexually Transmitted Diseases

4th Ed. ©2008 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Authors/Editors: King K. Holmes, P. Frederick Sparling, Walter E. Stamm, Peter Piot, Judith N. Wasserheit, Lawrence Corey, Myron S. Cohen

The most respected, all-in-one global STD reference now in full-color.

With a level of detail and scientific rigor that no other title can match, Sexually Transmitted Diseases takes you through all aspects of STDs, from epidemiology to diagnosis and public health measures. Featuring an exciting new full-color format, the fourth edition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases delivers the most encyclopedic overview of the clinical, microbiological and public health aspects of STDs, including HIV. You'll find essential coverage of critical new developments in vaccines and prevention, global epidemiology, new treatments and much more.

Features of the Fourth Edition:

• The ultimate sourcebook on STDs, with top-to-bottom coverage of all STDs and all etiologies, from bacteria to viruses and more
• Cutting-edge insights and clinically relevant perspectives from a distinguished roster of international authorities in medicine, infectious disease and public health
• NEW! Brand-new chapters that cover: Drug Use and STDs, Cervical Cancer and STDs, Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in AIDS, Pregnancy and Bacterial STDs, Pregnancy and Perinatal Transmission of STDs, The Role of Primary Care Clinicians in Managing STDs and STD and HIV Vaccines
• NEW! Eye-catching full-color format with hundreds of precise illustrations that drive home chapter concepts and help you visualize various conditions

Strong Supporting Resource: Control of Communicable Diseases Manual

This title, the most widely recognized sourcebook on infectious diseases provides detailed, accurate, informative text for public health workers in official and voluntary health agencies, including those serving in the armed forces and other governmental agencies, and for all students of medicine. Each listing is easy to read and includes identification, infectious agent, occurrence, mode of transmission, incubation period, susceptibility and resistance.

Ingenix CPT® with RVUs Data Files: What's New in July 2009

 

Ingenix CPT® with RVUs Data Files

©2009 Ingenix® Inc. / St. Anthony Publishing / Medicode

CPT® is based on the America Medical Association’s Physicians’ Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)® coding system, which is copyrighted and owned by the physician organization. CPT® is the nation’s official, HIPAA, compliant code set for procedures and services provided by physicians, ambulatory surgical centers, and hospital outpatient services, as well as laboratories, imaging centers, physical therapy clinics, urgent care centers and others.

July 2009: New Codes 

0199T PHYSIOLOGIC TREMOR RECORD ACCELEROMETER/GYROSCOP

0200T PERCUTANEOUS SACRAL AUGMENT UNILATERAL INJ

0201T PERCUTANEOUS SACRAL AUGMENT BILATERAL INJ

0202T POST VERTEB JOINT ARTHROPLASTY SINGLE LUMBAR

90670 PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE, 13 VALENT, IM

AHFS Drug Information® What's New in June 2009

AHFS Drug Information®

©2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Authors/Editors: Gerald K. McEvoy, Pharm.D. and Elaine K. Snow, B.S. Pharm.

With the 2009 edition, the American Hospital Formulary Service® (AHFS™) marks over 50 years of continuous publication by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Each year, an average of over 60% of AHFS content is revised to help you provide the most accurate recommendations for your patients’ drug therapy. AHFS references are evidence-based and peer-reviewed, compiled without the influence of manufacturers, insurers, regulators or other interested parties. No other drug information sources can make this claim. AHFS DI has been designated as an official compendium by the US Congress. AHFS DI contains information from medical literature and expert advice from over 500 medical scientists, physicians, pharmacists, pharmacologists and other professionally qualified individuals that goes beyond FDA-approved labeling.

 

June 2009 Revised Monographs:

• Aldesleukin
• Anticonvulsants General Statement
• Aprotinin
• Carbamazepine
• Felbamate
• Gabapentin
• Levetiracetam
• Oxcarbazepine
• Pregabalin
• Simvastatin
• Testosterone
• Tiagabine
• Topiramate
• Valproate/Divalproex
• Zonisamide

AHFS DI® Essentials™ What's New in June 2009

 

AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Gerald K. McEvoy, Pharm.D.

AHFS DI® Essentials™ offers healthcare professionals easy access to knowledge that is critical at the point of care. Essentials™ monographs draw on the meticulously evidence-based guidelines in the full AHFS DI® database, distilling essential information on prescription and key over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in an easy-to-use and highly structured outline format. Comparative pricing for most Rx and OTC monographs.

June 2009

New Monographs:

Altretamine: Antineoplastic agent; s-triazine derivative.

Edetate Calcium Disodium: Heavy metal antagonist; used to chelates lead, but also chelates zinc and other heavy metals.

Ipecac: Central and local emetic; contains the major alkaloids emetine and cephaeline.

Revised Monographs:

Betamethasone (Topical): A synthetic fluorinated corticosteroid.

Carbamazepine: Anticonvulsant, specific analgesic for trigeminal neuralgia; structually related to tricylic antidepressants.

Felbamate: Anticonvulsant; a dicarbamate derivative.

Gabapentin: Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA.

Levetiracetam: Anticonvulsant; a pyrrolidine derivative.

Oxcarbazepine: Anticonvulsant agent; structurally related to carbamazepine.

Pregabalin: Anticonvulsant; structurally related to the inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter GABA; also possesses analgesic activity.

Ranitidine: Histamine H2 receptor antagonist.

Testosterone: Androgenic anabolic steroid hormone; the principal endogenous androgen.

Tiagabine: Anticonvulsant; a nipecotic acid derivative.

Topiramate: Anticonvulsant and antimigraine agent; sulfamate-substituted derivative of D-fructose; differs structurally from other currently available anticonvulsant agents.

Valproate/Divalproex: Valproic acid (the active moiety), valproate sodium, and divalproex sodium are carboxylic acid-derivative anticonvulsants; also antimanic, other psychotherapeutic, and antimigraine agents.

ACP Medicine: What's New in March and April 2009

ACP Medicine

©2009 BC Decker

Authors: David C. Dale, M.D., Daniel D. Federman, M.D., M.A.C.P.

ACP Medicine is the first comprehensive reference to carry the name of the American College of Physicians. Developed to help busy physicians keep up with changing guidelines in primary care, ACP Medicine is a continually updated, evidence-based reference of internal medicine.

This respected adult primary care reference not only addresses the underlying science of a given condition but also provides the experts’ recommended approach to diagnosis and treatment. Sections cover the internal medicine disciplines, as well as dermatology, neurology, and psychiatry. Abundant references to current best evidence ensure further study time is well spent, and exquisite illustrations, many in four-color, enhance understanding of difficult scientific concepts. Continually updated, with approximately 15 new and revised chapters incorporated each quarter, this peer-reviewed reference is also praised for its readability.

WHAT'S NEW … APRIL 2009

Neurology: The Dizzy Patient

Dermatology: Malignant Cutaneous Tumors Infectious

Disease: Septic Arthritis

Nephrology: Disorders of Acid-Base and Potassium Balance

WHAT'S NEW … MAY 2009

Cardiovascular Medicine: Approach to the Cardiovascular and Patient Ventricular Arrhythmias

Infectious Disease: Mycoplasma Infections

Gastroenterology: Diarrheal Diseases

Immunology/Allergy: Food Allergies

New Title: Telephone Triage Protocols for Adult Populations

Telephone Triage Protocols for Adult Populations

©2009 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Author/Editor: Sheila Wheeler

The most comprehensive and user friendly adult telephone triage protocols available from a pioneer in the field.

Written by Sheila Wheeler, one of the world's leading experts in telephone triage, this functional reference provides the guidelines nurses need for the safe, effective and fast disposition of 1,000+ health related problems by telephone.

Organized by anatomical site and written in lay language, Telephone Triage eliminates the extra step of translating home treatment, first aid or self-assessment instructions when performing telephone triage with the layperson. The format incorporates a critical-thinking process that mimics how nurses naturally solve problems in real-world situations.

This title contains everything you need to implement a telephone triage program: Comprehensive training, protocols and standards.

Features:

• User's Guide - complete with insightful FAQs
• Protocols - wide-range of common diseases including Women's Health
• Documentation Form - ensures proper procedure, documentation and risk management
• Standards - Comprehensive practice standards for practitioners and programs
• 10 audio case study files for discussion and analysis are integrated in STAT!Ref online