Oxford Specialist Handbooks
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- McLatchie G R. Borley N. Chikwe J
- 664 pages. Published Nov 07
- Oxford University Press. ISBN
0198568258
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| Thoroughly revised with a wide
range of new topics, presentations, and a new layout to aid quick
reference, the new edition of this bestselling Oxford Handbook serves as
an accessible pocket reference for junior surgical trainees, medical
students, nursing, paramedical and rehabilitation staff. It covers the
assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care,
inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of
general surgical practice as well as chapters on other surgical
specialties, including plastic, paediatric and orthopaedic surgery. There
are step by step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques,
practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms and
rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid
reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear
and easy to follow way. Surgically relevant anatomy and physiology is
provided for each area, quick reference symbols ensure the reader is
guided to key facts and there is an increased focus on evidence-based
practice throughout. A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to
clinical surgery and the surgical specialities. |
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- Reynard J. Brewster S. Biers S
- Paperback. 816 pages. Published
Mar 09
- Oxford University Press. ISBN
0199534942
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| Approximately 20% of all surgical operations
and a similar percentage of surgical emergencies are urological in nature.
However, often doctors have very limited experience of the many common and
varied conditions encountered in this important surgical specialty. For
the doctor or nurse expected to provide the initial assessment and
management of a condition with which he or she has had very limited
experience, this book provides an invaluable source of information and
advice. This applies not only to SHOs and specialist registrars on urology
and surgical rotations, but also to General Practitioners, Accident and
Emergency staff and the growing number of urological specialist nurses.
This handbook provides a comprehensive summary of urological disease and
its management, in a form that is concise, relevant to the target audience
and readily available. While the description of urological conditions is
comprehensive, the emphasis is on the practical approach to the conditions
which are likely to be encountered. The significance and appropriate
management of common symptoms is described, providing (on a single page) a
summary of the essential approach to a specific presenting complaint, be
that haematuria, scrotal pain or bedwetting. Common urological operations
are described, to allow the General Practitioner, Accident and Emergency
doctor, nurse or surgical trainee, rapid access to information concerning
indications, pre-operative assessment, consent, and complications and
their management. |
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- Corbridge R. Steventon N
- Paperback. 432 pages. Published Dec
09
- Oxford University Press. ISBN
01999550794
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| This second edition of a
best-selling Oxford Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the practice
of ENT and head and neck surgery in a concise, practical, and easily
accessible format. For use on the ward or for revision purposes, this new
edition is organised anatomically and each section provides a summary of the
essential approach to a specific presenting complaint. Quick access chapters
are included detailing emergency conditions and their acute management. This
new edition includes expanded sections on anatomy, paediatrics, drugs,
practical and surgical procedures, and emergencies. There are new chapters
covering ENT manifestations in HIV/AIDS and sleep disorders. Still the only
pocket-sized reference of ENT available, this handbook is unique in offering
diagnostic flowcharts which guide readers based on specific sets of
symptoms. Patient-centred and practical, this book represents a more
accurate experience for those typically faced with ENT and head and neck
surgery in clinical practice. |
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- Singer M. Webb A R
- Paperback. 632 pages. Published Mar 05
- Oxford University Press. ISBN
019263190X
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| Of all the medical specialties, few if any are
as exacting and complex as critical care medicine. All members of the
multidisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients require a sound
knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, biochemistry, technology and
pharmacology. The new edition of this enormously popular Oxford Handbook
describes best practice in critical care in a succinct, concise, clinically
orientated way. It covers therapeutic and monitoring devices, drugs and
fluids, specific organ system disorders and complications, and general
management philosophies. Ample space is provided to append or amend sections
to suit local protocols and particular practices. |
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- Llewelyn H. Ang H A. Lewis K E.
Al-Abdullah A
- Paperback. 800 pages. Published Feb
09
- Oxford University Press. ISBN
0199573085
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| The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis helps
the reader to interpret symptoms, physical signs and initial test results
and to allow students (or doctors not familiar with all aspects of medicine)
to arrive at diagnoses logically and to explain their reasoning confidently.
The book starts with a review of the techniques of history taking and
examination, with hints on how to interpret the information and practical
advice on the diagnostic process. The bulk of the book is divided by body
system and describes the findings that can emerge at each stage of the
assessment process. The main differential diagnoses of significant findings
are given as a starting point for the diagnostic reasoning process. With
each diagnosis is listed the findings which suggests that the diagnosis
might be present and the evidence which confirms the diagnosis. |
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