New Title and Supplemental Updates

New Title

 

Health Promotion Strategies Through the Life Span

8th Edition ©2009 Pearson Education, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Ruth Beckmann Murray, Ed.D, MSN, RN, CS, Judith Proctor Zentner, RN, MA, Richard Yakimo

This valued resource provides a holistic approach to the health promotion of the individual and family throughout all developmental stages, from birth to death. The eighth edition presents new coverage of the prominent concepts and theories of health promotion for individuals and families. Specific guidelines for assessment and interventions are woven throughout the chapters, with cultural care considerations, education strategies and spiritual and religious influences addressed for each age. This popular title provides an excellent foundation for students and a refresher for practitioners.

Supplemental Updates:

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

©2007 WebMD Inc.

Authors/Editors: David C. Dale, M.D.

This resource, derived from ACP Medicine, provides practical guidance on a wide range of infectious diseases such as upper respiratory infections, STDs and meningitis as well as viral, bacterial and fungal infections. It includes more than 4,000 focused, practical and current recommendations in addition to halftone and color illustrations.

What's New in October 2009:

Pneumonia and Other Pulmonary Infections

Anaerobic Infections

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The

©2009-1995 The Medical Letter, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Mark Arbramwicz, MD et. al.

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is an independent, nonprofit publication that offers unbiased critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. This resource evaluates virtually all new drugs and also reviews older drugs when important new information becomes available on their usefulness or adverse effects. It is only available to single users online and covers the period from 1995-2008.*

What's New: November 30, 2009 (Issue 1326)

Colchicine and Other Drugs for Gout 

Aliskiren/Valsartan (Valturna) for Hypertension 

Tolvaptan (Samsca) for Hyponatremia

DrugPoints® System

©2009 Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Thomson Healthcare, Inc

Rather than giving you too little or too much information, DrugPoints® System gives you direct access to the exact level of drug information you need to do your job. This evidence-based resource helps healthcare professionals prescribe, administer and monitor drugs safely and efficiently. Contains more than 1,400 concise, unbiased, synopses on drugs.

Features:

• Dosing & Indications
• Black Box Warnings
• Contraindications/Warnings
• Drug Interactions
• Adverse Effects
• Mechanism of Action/Pharmacokinetics
• Administration/Monitoring
• Toxicology
• Clinical Teaching

What's New in November 2009 - New Monographs:

• Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Bivalent (Types 16, 18)
• Ofatumumab
• Pazopanib Hydrochloride
• Peramivir
• Phenytoin Sodium
• Telmisartan/Amlodipine besylate
• Vitamin E

ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice

©2009 B.C. Decker

Authors/Editors: Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S., Douglas W. Wilmore, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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.

Current - written and continually updated by a team of the nation's foremost surgeons

Fast - "body system" format "thinks" like a surgeon, guiding you quickly to the answers and recommendations you need

Instructive - each operative procedure chapter covers indications and preoperative preparation, breaks down key steps, and highlights potential problems and ways to prevent them

Illustrated - over 1,000 illustrations and algorithms convey complex problems easily

What's New in September/October 2009:

• Thorax 
• Vascular System 
• Care in Special Situations 
• Gastrointestinal Tract and Abdomen 
• Vascular System 
• Care in Special Situations

New Titles added to the STAT!Ref Collection

Community Health Nursing: Advocacy for Population Health

5th Edition ©2008 Pearson Education, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Mary Jo Clark, Ph.D., RN

The community/public health nurse is charged with promoting the health of populations, not only the individuals within populations. This requires advocacy on the part of the nurse, for entire communities as well as for the individuals within. The fifth edition of Community Health Nursing by respected leader and educator Mary Jo Clark approaches community health nursing from an aggregate perspective, clearly showing how nurses can serve to improve the health of populations within a community by functioning as advocates on many levels. To illustrate how that can be manifested, real-life vignettes begin every chapter, showing students what advocacy looks like in the public health context. In each chapter, critical thinking exercises are woven throughout in boxed features.

Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions

©2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Authors/Editors: Stedman's

This comprehensive resource is the perfect customized dictionary for the dental professional and student. With nearly 13,000 terms relevant to the dental professions, this is the essential quick reference!

Features include:

•A-to-Z listing that makes it easy to find a definition

•Over 500 images and illustrations—most in full color

•Special full-color Oral Conditions and Disorders insert

•Eye-catching icons to help identify terms with accompanying images, common medical prefixes, suffixes and combining forms

•Representation of all dental professionals including dentistry, dental hygiene and dental assisting

•8,500 audio pronunciations included in STAT!Ref online!

New Edition, New Title and Supplemental Updates

New Edition:

High-Acuity Nursing 5th Ed.

©2009 Pearson Education, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Kathleen Dorman Wagner RN, MSN, EdD (AED), Karen L. Johnson PhD, RN, CCRN and Melanie Hardin-Pierce, D.N.P., R.N., A.C.N.P., C.S.

The fifth edition of High Acuity Nursing delivers essential understanding of complex patients and instructs both students and nurses on how to provide nursing care in varied clinical settings. Broken down into a series of learner-focused modules, High Acuity Nursing takes complex information and presents it in smaller, more accessible chunks that promote easier mastery by readers. As the modules progress in difficulty, this text addresses the multiple-system problems that nurses face when caring for high acuity patients. With a focus on concepts and principles that can be applied across practice settings and patient populations, High Acuity Nursing, Fifth Edition is a learner friendly approach that will help nurses and nursing students master the concepts and confidence necessary to succeed in today’s health care settings.

New Title:

Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (2 Volumes)

5th Edition ©2008 Wiley-Blackwell (Munksgaard International Publishers)

Authors/Editors: J. Lindhe, N. P. Lang, T. Karring

The fifth edition of Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry brings to its readers another iteration of the unrivalled, unparalleled work on the specialty of periodontics. The editors have brought together contributions from experts all over the world to provide the reader with a comprehensive, cohesive title that fuses scholarship and science with clinical instruction and pragmatism. Clinical Periodontology runs the gamut of sub-disciplines and topics within periodontics and implant dentistry, supporting an intellectually and internationally inclusive approach.

The fifth edition includes a wealth of new and revised chapters that reflect developments in the field in the years since the fourth edition was published. The sections on anatomy of the periodontium and the basic sciences underlying tooth and implant attachment have been expanded, as has the section on pathology and pathogenesis of periodontitis. Increased interest in the interdisciplinary aspects of periodontology is reflected by new chapters on orthodontic anchorage. Other important topics with increased prominence include: risk assessment and host-modulation therapies, regenerative therapies and a full discussion of surgical and non-surgical therapies.

With an approximate increase in length of 25% and over 15 new chapters, the 5th edition of Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry has grown beyond the confines of one volume. Two volumes divide the topics into basic sciences and applied clinical concepts, at the same time maintaining a seamless integration between the two.

This title is the cornerstone of periodontology, and represents a unique distillation of the specialty by an expert group of authors under the tutelage of a legendary editorial team.

Supplemental Updates:

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The

©2009-1995 The Medical Letter, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Mark Arbramwicz, MD et. al.

 

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is an independent, nonprofit publication that offers unbiased critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. This resource evaluates virtually all new drugs and also reviews older drugs when important new information becomes available on their usefulness or adverse effects. It is only available to single users online and covers the period from 1995-2008.*

What's New November 2, 2009 (Issue 1324)

Saxagliptin (Onglyza) for Type 2 Diabetes [51:1324]

Tadalafil (Adcirca) for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [51:1324]

In Brief: Injectable Paliperidone Palmitate for Schizophrenia

In Brief: A New Hib Booster What's New in October 2009:

DrugPoints® System ©2009 Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Rather than giving you too little or too much information, DrugPoints® System gives you direct access to the exact level of drug information you need to do your job. This evidence-based resource helps healthcare professionals prescribe, administer and monitor drugs safely and efficiently. Contains more than 1,400 concise, unbiased, synopses on drugs.

Features:

•Dosing & Indications

•Black Box Warnings

•Contraindications/Warnings

•Drug Interactions

•Adverse Effects

•Mechanism of Action/Pharmacokinetics

•Administration/Monitoring

•Toxicology

•Clinical Teaching

What's New in October 2009:

Azathioprine Sodium

Dextrose

Pralatrexate

Ustekinumab

 

Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer™ ©2009

Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Thomson Healthcare, Inc.

Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer is a trusted resource for easy-to-understand, in-depth materials that provide education about medications.

Features:

•Clear, comprehensive information about medications and their proper use

•Advice written in lay language at a 12th-grade literacy level

•Easy-to-search indices and instant electronic access using keyword and hypertext links

•Greater detail than typical patient education leaflets, including: brand names, descriptions, proper use, precautions, side effects and instructions for how to handle missed doses

New Title, New Edition and Supplemental Updates for October

New Title:

Walker's Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease

5th Ed. ©2008 B.C. Decker, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Ronald E., M.D. Kleinman, Oliver-jean Goulet, Giorgina Mieli-vergani, Ian R., M.D. Sanderson, and Philip M. Sherman

The revision of this definitive reference work (in two volumes) is dedicated to the maintenance of a comprehensive approach to the practice of Pediatric Gastroenterology. This fifth edition was extensively reviewed to assess the continuing relevance and as a result, the size and content of various sections have been modified and new chapters have been added. Each author, selected because of particular expertise in the field, has provided an authoritative and comprehensive account of his/her topic.

Chapters have been reorganized such that normal anatomy, physiology, biochemistry is followed by pathology and disease states with diagnosis and treatment. It added emphasis on the genetic and molecular biology that underpins pathological states. The resource fully covers the syllabus necessary for pediatric gastroenterologists in training, not only in North America, but throughout the world. It is regularly updated, with assessment of the quality of the chapters on each new edition.

New Edition:

Comprehensive Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist

3rd Ed. ©2010 Pearson Education, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Mea A. Weinberg, D.M.D., M.S.D., R.Ph., Cheryl Westphal, R.D.H., M.S., Stuart J. Froum, D.D.S., Milton Palat, D.D.S., J.D., Robert Schoor, D.D.S.

Comprehensive Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist is a classic title anchored in evidence-based learning, providing students simple explanations of many of the complexities of the dental disease process and providing clear links back to practical aspects of therapy. It has been written in an attempt to make the professions’ understanding of periodontal diseases accessible to the dental hygiene student, the practicing dental hygienist and the dentist needing to update their knowledge through a concise synopsis of clinical periodontics.

New to this edition are Rapid Dental Hints that remind readers about key information or tasks that should be performed related to the condition or topic that is discussed. Fun Facts also provide a mental break for readers by providing interesting “gee whiz” information. For dental hygienists and general dentists.

Supplemental Updates:

Review of Natural Products

©2009 by Facts and Comparisons, A Wolters Kluwer Company

Authors/Editors: Ara DerMarderosian, PhD & John A. Beutler, PhD As natural products continue to rise in popularity, there is an increased need for unbiased, accurate, scientifically based information on these products. The Review of Natural Products, already well established and highly regarded as a publication to meet this need, has been revised significantly to prove even more useful to health care professionals. Clinical information has been added and highlighted in all of the monographs so users can find critical information quickly. What's New in October 2009:

NEW MONOGRAPHS:

Bugleweed, Buplerum, Capsicum Peppers, and Pumpkin 

REVISED MONOGRAPHS:

Lecithin and Poison Ivy

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.

August 2009 featured updates in Neurology, Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology and Oncology.

ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice

©2009 B.C. Decker

Authors/Editors: Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S., Douglas W. Wilmore, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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.

Updates for August 2009 include Thorax, Gastrointestinal Tract and Abdomen, and Vascular System

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

©2007 WebMD Inc.

Authors/Editors: David C. Dale, M.D.

This resource, derived from ACP Medicine, provides practical guidance on a wide range of infectious diseases such as upper respiratory infections, STDs and meningitis as well as viral, bacterial and fungal infections. It includes more than 4,000 focused, practical and current recommendations in addition to halftone and color illustrations.

August 2009 has an update in Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal Zoonoses

New Title, New Edition and Supplemental Updates: What's New in September 2009

New Titles:

Trauma Care: Initial Assessment and Management in the Emergency Department

©2008 Wiley-Blackwell

The often complex problems of the trauma patient present many challenges to front line emergency staff. Multiple injuries involving many systems of the body require careful and timely prioritization and intervention in the emergency department. Trauma Care provides emergency nurses with a practical guide to the systematic assessment and management of trauma patients, equipping them with the clinical knowledge and practical skills necessary to initially assess and care for the trauma patient in the emergency department trauma environment.

Atlas of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vol. 1

2nd Edition ©2007 People's Medical Publishing House, USA

This is a beautiful, color surgical atlas, which will complete any surgeon's online library. The first edition was published 14 years ago, and this new edition reflects advances in surgical care, as well as improved illustrations and text.

The authors are authoritative leaders in surgery from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The title describes the operative techniques on the foregut employed at this august institution. Many of the operations described were developed at Johns Hopkins. The atlas vividly depicts in color illustrations and clear language these surgical techniques, bringing them alive for the reader.

New Edition:

Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology

23rd Ed. ©2010 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

The field's most complete, current and engagingly written title on medical physiology -- now in full color. For more than four decades, Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology has been the leader in helping medical students and clinicians understand the fascinating subject of human and mammalian physiology. Concisely covering every important topic without sacrificing depth or readability, Ganong's delivers more detailed, clinically relevant, high-yield information per page than any similar title or review.

Supplemental Updates:

AHFS DI® Essentials™

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

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.

ACP PIER, Journal Club & AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 by the American College of Physicians

A pre-appraised, evidence-based clinical tool that defines the standard of care, including value-added abstracts of original journal articles and drug treatment information.

•PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) Integrated and authoritative EBM resources for the point-of-care and background reference.

•ACP Journal Club is the quintessential EBM journal that summarizes original research applicable to clinical cases.

•AHFS® DI Essentials™ distills the essential information from the larger AHFS Drug Information database.

ACP PIER & AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 ACP PIER: American College of Physicians

©2009 AHFS DI® Essentials™

PIER© is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

ACP PIER®: Physicians' Information and Education Resource

©2009 ACP PIER: American College of Physicians

PIER© is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

 

AHFS Drug Information®

©2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

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.

 

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The

©2009-1995 The Medical Letter, Inc.

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is an independent, nonprofit publication that offers unbiased critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. This resource evaluates virtually all new drugs and also reviews older drugs when important new information becomes available on their usefulness or adverse effects.

APhA DrugInfoLine®

©2009 American Pharmacists Association (APhA)

APhA DrugInfoLine® is a monthly newsletter of interpreted drug and pharmacotherapeutic information designed to keep frontline pharmacists current on the latest trends in the biomedical literature.

New Titles, New Edition and Supplemental Updates: August 2009

New Titles:

The Official Guide for Foreign-Educated Nurses: What You Need to Know about Nursing and Health Care in the United States

©2009 Springer Publishing Company

This title is the only guide to the United States health care system for nurses immigrating to this country as well as foreign-educated nurses who are already here.

 

Comprehensive Nursing Care for Parkinson's Disease

©2007 Springer Publishing Company

The incidence of Parkinson's is growing as the number of older adults making up the general population increases. The demand for nurses who specialize in the care of patients with movement disorders is also increasing and it is crucial that they have a comprehensive manual for patient care.

 

New Edition:

Clinical Neuroanatomy 26th Ed.

©2010 McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Learn the essential aspects of neuroanatomy and its clinical relevance with the field's most concise, trusted and effective title.

 

 

Supplemental Updates:

ACP Journal Club

©2009 by the American College of Physicians

ACP Journal Club, published by the American College of Physicians, is the quintessential EBM journal, and is often positioned near the top of the EBM pyramid.

ACP Medicine

©2009 BC Decker

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.

ACP PIER, Journal Club & AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 by the American College of Physicians

A pre-appraised, evidence-based clinical tool that defines the standard of care, including value-added abstracts of original journal articles and drug treatment information.

•PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) Integrated and authoritative EBM resources for the point-of-care and background reference.

•ACP Journal Club is the quintessential EBM journal that summarizes original research applicable to clinical cases.

•AHFS® DI Essentials™ distills the essential information from the larger AHFS Drug Information database.

ACP PIER & AHFS DI® Essentials™

©2009 ACP PIER: American College of Physicians

©2009 AHFS DI® Essentials™

PIER© is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

ACP PIER®: Physicians' Information and Education Resource

©2009 ACP PIER: American College of Physicians

PIER© is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.

ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice

©2009 B.C. Decker

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.

AHFS Drug Information®

©2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

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 DI® Essentials™

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

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

 

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

©2007 WebMD Inc.

This resource, derived from ACP Medicine, provides practical guidance on a wide range of infectious diseases such as upper respiratory infections, STDs and meningitis as well as viral, bacterial and fungal infections. It includes more than 4,000 focused, practical and current recommendations in addition to halftone and color illustrations.

Medical Letter® On Drugs and Therapeutics, The

©2009-1995 The Medical Letter, Inc.

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is an independent, nonprofit publication that offers unbiased critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. This resource evaluates virtually all new drugs and also reviews older drugs when important new information becomes available on their usefulness or adverse effects. It is only available to single users online and covers the period from 1995-2008.*

New Title: Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents

 

Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents

3rd Ed. ©2008 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Authors/Editors: Hagan, Joseph F., Jr., MD, FAAP; Shaw, Judith S., MPH, RN, EdD; Duncan, Paula M., MD, FAAP

Now the authoritative AAP Guidelines for Health Supervision III is combined with the practical approach Bright Futures delivers. The result: an updated, highly efficient system to help you provide better health care.

The new 3rd edition includes the most current recommendations for the top 10 areas of child development and the most current well child supervision standards.

Bright Futures is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that addresses children's health needs in the context of family and community. In addition to use in pediatric practice, many states implement Bright Futures principles, guidelines and tools to strengthen the connections between state and local programs, pediatric primary care, families, and local communities. Whether you are a health care or public health professional, a parent or a child advocate, Bright Futures offers many different resources for your use in improving and maintaining the health of all children and adolescents.

The centerpiece of Bright Futures is a comprehensive set of health supervision guidelines developed by multidisciplinary child health experts–-ranging from providers and researchers to parents and other child advocates–-that provide a framework for well-child care from birth to age 21. These guidelines are designed to present a single standard of care and a common language based on a model of health promotion and disease prevention.

Strong Supporting Resource: Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Pediatrics

A practical, heavily updated edition of a pediatric classic, Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment has long been the go-to guide for students, residents, and practitioners looking for concise, reliable, and up-to-date information. The 19th edition contains several new features, including a chapter on sports medicine, a key area of pediatrics for which students and residents state they need more training (ACGME survey); completely reorganized section on Infectious Diseases, and an expanded section on key lab and reference values. In addition, the “Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment” bulleted lists provide clear overviews of critical matter and instant guidance on treating both common and rare problems encountered in the care of children.

New Title: Rational Medical Decision Making: A Case-Based Approach

 

Rational Medical Decision Making: A Case-Based Approach

©2007 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Goutham Rao, MD

All the key principles of medical decision making in one concise, case-based guide.

Rational Medical Decision Making: A Case-Based Approach is a hands-on resource that clarifies the process of evidence-based medical decision making like no other source.

Following the trusted LANGE format, this resource is ideal for learning the fundamentals of evidence-based medical practice and skills. Whether you are a student, resident or a clinician, here is where you'll find all the right tools, including case studies, learning objectives and self-assessment exercises, to take your decision making skills to the next level.

Features:

• Full-spectrum coverage, from basic statistics, medical literature interpretation, and statistics and data application, to different types of research methodologies
• Case-based orientation in each chapter, featuring cases designed to highlight the important principles discussed in that chapter
• Focus on learning critical evidence-based medicine concepts, such as Positive Predictive Values, Number-Needed-to-Treat Statistics, Pre Test Probability, Sensitivity and Specificity and more
• Engaging discussion of research methods in the context of diagnosis and therapeutics-centered studies
• An overview of the construction and evidentiary basis of Clinical Practice Guidelines, with a look at their definition, purpose and use in aiding patient care decisions
• “Anatomy of a Research Article” chapter that goes beyond the interpretation of medical literature to describe the process through which articles are published

Strong Supporting Resource: Medical Epidemiology

Succinct and comprehensive, this book provides students with an overview of the principles and concepts of epidemiology and illustrates the complementary relationship between population-based science and the care of patients. Thoroughly updated, this new edition features epidemiologic implications of bioterrorism, “Patient Profiles” within each chapter, and USMLE clinical vignettes within the “Study Question” section of each chapter.

Medical Epidemiology illustrates the complementary relationship between population-based science and the care of patients. Recognized for its succinct and compelling discussion of epidemiology and its role in medicine.

New Title: First Aid™ Q&A for the NBDE Part I

 

First Aid™ Q&A for the NBDE Part I

©2008 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Derek M. Steinbacher, Steven R. Sierakowski

Hundreds and hundreds of questions and answers to help you ace the NBDE Part I!

No other resource gives you the practice questions you need to prepare for the NBDE Part I like First Aid Q&A for the NBDE Part I. The 800 questions focus on what you most need to know in order to pass the exam and include detailed explanations for each answer choice.

Features:

• 800 NBDE Part I-style questions, including one complete practice test
• Written for students by students who aced the exam and reviewed by top dental school faculty and practitioners
• Detailed explanations of both correct and incorrect answers
• Table of Contents mirrors First Aid for the NBDE Part I - allowing you to self-test by chapter during exam prep and coursework

Strong Supporting Resource: Essentials of Oral Medicine

Essentials of Oral Medicine is designed to simplify patient evaluation and treatment, improve patient care and prevent complications. Organized into five sections, this resource describes and illustrates a large number of oral diseases and conditions, including pathologic and molecular correlates, enabling both students and practitioners to attain a final diagnosis and initiate the appropriate treatments.

New Title: First Aid for the® NBDE Part II

 

First Aid for the® NBDE Part II

©2008 McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

Authors/Editors: Jason E. Portnof, Timothy Leung

Use the successful First Aid formula to pass the National Board Dental Exam Part II with flying colors!

The new “bible” for NBDE Part II preparation, this high-yield, comprehensive review of topics examined on the National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) Part II is written for dental students by recent dental graduates who aced the boards.

Features:

• Written for students by students who aced the exam, and reviewed by top dental school faculty
• Hundreds of high-yield facts and mnemonics boost exam-day performance
• Five case studies for top performance on the case-based component of the NBDE Part II
• Four-page color insert of images
• 100+ clinical images and illustrations you must know on exam day

For the ultimate NBDE study package, be sure to subscribe to First Aid for the NBDE Part 1.

Strong Supporting Resource: Essentials of Microbiology for Dental Students

A core reference that presents the science of microbiology in a clinical context that is relevant to the safe and effective practice of dental surgery. Microbiology is of immense importance to dentists and this resource helps to make the subject accessible and relevant for both students and those in clinical practice.

A number of infectious diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and SARS have emerged as significant clinical problems. There have also been changes in the epidemiology of certain infections. Essentials of Microbiology for Dental Students has been updated to address these issues and changes to antimicrobial drug prescribing regimens have been included. Major new chapters include those on fungi, human herpes viruses, infections of the central nervous system and use of antimicrobial agents in dentistry.