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New Titles just added in Psychiatry and Surgery

 

 9th Ed., 2011 © Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Benjamin J. Sadock, MD & Virginia A. Sadock, MD

Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry is a comprehensive review of the specialty and perfect for stand-alone review or as preparation for the PRITE in-service, ABPN Part I, and re certification examinations. The book contains more than 1,600 multiple-choice questions and answers, with explanatory discussions of correct and incorrect responses. Chapters parallel the essential corresponding chapters in Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, a staple of psychiatry education around the globe. Terms and definitions are consistent with DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10.

Key Features:

• NEW: Pedro Ruiz joins the author team
• More than 1,600 multiple-choice questions/answers/explanations
• Test-taking hints

Doody's Reviews:

Reviewed
Score/Stars: 96/4

 

10th Ed., 2007  © Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Benjamin J. Sadock, MD & Virginia A. Sadock, MD

The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is now in its thoroughly updated Tenth Edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry is a staple board review text for psychiatry residents and is popular with a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work, nursing, and occupational therapy, as well as practitioners in all these areas.

Key Features:

• DSM-IV-TR compatible
• Numerous case studies and tables
• Includes ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables

Additional Resources:

• Test bank of approximately 100 multiple-choice questions and full answers
• Image bank.

Doody's Reviews:

DCT
EPT
Reviewed
Score/Stars: 100/5
Score/Specialty: 2.6 Health Sciences - Psychiatry

 

     5th Ed., 2011 © Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Michael W Mulholland, MD, PhD; Keith D Lillemoe, MD; Gerard M Doherty, MD Ronald V Maier,   MD; Diane M Simeone, MD & Gilbert R Upchurch Jr., MD

The Fifth Edition of Greenfield's Surgery has been thoroughly revised, updated, and refocused to conform to changes in surgical education and practice. Reflecting the increasingly clinical emphasis of residency programs, this edition features expanded coverage of clinical material and increased use of clinical algorithms. Key Points open each chapter, and icons in the text indicate where Key Points are fully discussed. Many of the black-and-white images from the previous edition have been replaced by full-color images.

This edition has new chapters on quality assessment, surgical education, and surgical processes in the hospital. Coverage of surgical sub specialty areas is more sharply focused on topics that are encountered by general surgeons and included in the current general surgery curriculum and ABSITE exam. The vascular section has been further consolidated. A new editor, Diane M. Simeone, MD, PhD, has joined the editorial team.

Unique to this new edition are 100 "Morbidity and Mortality" case discussions. Each case reviews a specific surgical complication, how the complication was addressed, and reviews the literature on approaches and outcomes.

Features:

• NEW! Key Points open each chapter
• NEW! Icons indicate in text where Key Points are discussed
• NEW! Increased coverage of clinical content, new surgical recommendations, and less emphasis on  integrating basic science
• NEW! Increased use of clinical algorithms—500 algorithms and reference tables
• NEW! New chapter on measuring the quality of surgical care
• NEW! New chapter on surgical education
• NEW! New chapter on surgical processes in the hospital
• NEW! New editor, Diane Simeone, MD, PhD
• Authoritative: edited and authored by acknowledged leaders
• 1,700 color illustrations
• Comprehensive

 

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Important STAT!Ref News

 New Titles now available online in the Psychiatry Discipline:

Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry - 9th Ed. (2011) © Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Benjamin J. Sadock, MD & Virginia A. Sadock, MD

Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry is a comprehensive review of the specialty and perfect for stand-alone review or as preparation for the PRITE in-service, ABPN Part I,
and recertification examinations. The book contains more than 1,600 multiple-choice questions and answers, with explanatory discussions of correct and incorrect responses. Chapters parallel the essential corresponding chapters in Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry, a staple of psychiatry education around the globe. Terms and definitions are consistent with DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10.

Key Features:

• NEW: Pedro Ruiz joins the author team
• More than 1,600 multiple-choice questions/answers/explanations
• Test-taking hints

Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry - 10th Ed. (2007) © Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Benjamin J. Sadock, MD & Virginia A. Sadock, MD

The best-selling general psychiatry text since 1972, Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry is now in its thoroughly updated Tenth Edition. This complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry is
a staple board review text for psychiatry residents and is popular with a broad range of students in medicine, clinical psychology, social work, nursing, and occupational therapy, as well as practitioners in all these areas.

Key Features:

• DSM-IV-TR compatible
• Numerous case studies and tables
• Includes ICD-10 diagnostic coding tables

Additional Resources:

• Test bank of approximately 100 multiple-choice questions and full answers
• Image bank.

 

New title added - Primary Care & Internal Medicine Discipline

The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics

33rd Ed. 2010 © Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine; Corey Foster, MD; Neville Mistry, MD; Parvin F Peddi, MD & Shivak Sharma, MD

Established for over 40 years, as the "bible" of the medical ward, The Washington Manual^® of Medical Therapeutics is now in its Thirty-Third Edition and builds upon that proud tradition—with even more of the current information you need, delivered in a time saving, quick-reference style. Its comprehensiveness, and ease of access makes it a favorite on-call resource for house staff and faculty around the world. In this edition, color has been added for better navigation, new decision support algorithms have been added, and an improved templated and bulleted format facilitates a quicker answer. The

Washington Manual^® is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.

4 Newly added STAT!Ref Titles - Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Discipline

 

               

*    Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit 2012© Joint Commission Resources, Joint Commission Resources & Joint Commission International, Ilese J. Chatman

Despite increased attention to the pressure ulcer problem and evidence that indicates many pressure   ulcers can be avoided with proper care, pressure ulcers are very common in various health care settings around the world. In response to this global healthcare issue, the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit  provides practical and effective tips, strategies, forms, and illustrations for preventing and mitigating pressure ulcers.

 

*    Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections 2012© Joint Commission Resources, Joint Commission Resources & Joint Commission International, Ilese J. Chatman

Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections gives clinicians and leaders around the world the tools they need to prevent C. difficile infections before they happen or mitigate them when infections do occur. Its concise, need-to-know format, gives the reader only the most salient and practical information in an easy-to-understand format.

Learn how to:

• Comply with The Joint Commission and Joint Commission International requirements related to infection prevention and control
• Reduce your organization’s incidence rates of C. difficile
• Improve hand hygiene practices
• Increase patient and family education and awareness
• Enhance the environment of care by improving maintenance programs and equipment cleaning processes
• Engage aggressively in an antimicrobial stewardship program

 

*    Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Catheter-Associated urinary Tract Infections 2011© Joint Commission Resources, Maria R. Aviles, M.A.

Clinical Care Improvement Strategies: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections is your authoritative guide to ensure the safety of patients who have urinary catheters.

Features include:

• A description of The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal to prevent CAUTIs
• A thorough explanation of best practices to insert urinary catheters, including following appropriate indications, using aseptic technique, and removing these as soon as medically possible
• Detailed descriptions of best practices to care for urinary catheters, including properly securing and positioning the collection system, maintaining a closed system, and checking the collection system
• A discussion of how health care organizations should perform surveillance for CAUTIs, including equations for outcome and process measures
• Tips, tools, and case examples to help improve staff compliance with CAUTI preventive strategies (many of the tools are customizable)

 

*    Addressing Patients’ Health Literacy Needs 2009 © Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Commission Resources, Robert A. Porché, Jr.

Every day, patients experience confusion, frustration, miscommunication, or a preventable adverse event at a doctor's appointment or during a visit to the hospital. Statistics show that a significant number of adverse events can be attributed to low health literacy levels in patients. This new product, Addressing Patients' Health Literacy Needs, addresses health literacy as it impacts patient safety and healthcare outcomes. This book thoroughly examines the health literacy crisis in the United States and provides techniques and suggestions for assessing and improving the health literacy of patients in healthcare organizations and bridging the communication gap between physicians and patients.

Features include:

• Definition and overview of health literacy
• Information on how to identify signs of health literacy problems and specific strategies to overcome the challenges
• Case studies and from actual health care organizations on overcoming health literacy challenges and meeting patients’ health care literacy needs
• Techniques for developing and assessing patient-friendly health communications materials
• Features a downloadable component. The "Additional Tools" folder offers a collection of informational resources designed to enhance and expand upon the book's content. Among other features, the folder includes all seven case studies presented in Chapter 4 of this publication
• Suggested additional resources

 

New Editions

• Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures with Nursing Diagnoses - 8th Ed. (2013)

Supplemental Updates

•  Review of Natural Products, The - May, 2012
•  AAFP Conditions A to Z - April, 2012
•  ACP PIER & AHFS DI® Essentials™ - PIER: April, 2012 & AHFS DI® Essentials™: May, 2012
•  ACP PIER, Journal Club & AHFS DI® Essentials™ - PIER: April, 2012, Journal Club: April, 2012 & AHFS DI® Essentials™: May, 2012
•  ACP PIER: The Physicians' Information and Education Resource - April, 2012
•  AHFS DI® Essentials™ (2012) - May, 2012
•  AHFS Drug Information® (2012) - May, 2012
•  Clinical Checklist® - April, 2012
•  Clinical Checklist®, Lab Advisor™ & DrugPoints® System - April, 2012
•  Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses - 12th Ed. (2011) - April, 2012
•  Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer™ - April, 2012
•  DrugPoints® System - April, 2012
•  Lab Advisor™ - February, 2012
•  Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The (2012-1995) - April 30, 2012 (Issue 1389)

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