This text was written especially for pre-hospital staff and provides the information needed to deal with seriously ill and severely injured children before arrival at hospital. Emphasis is placed in as speedy a transportation to hospital as possible, while providing appropriate emergency care. more »

Les classiques français de la science médicale: Principes de médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard: La médecine expérimentale n'est point un système particulier de médecine dans lequel on expliquerait ou traiterait les maladies suivant certaines idées propres à un auteur. La médecine expérimentale ... more »

Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige medical specialty. She is also a superbly gifted writer-witty, insightful, at once deeply humane and refreshingly wry. In Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, Dr. Firlik ... more »

Patient transfer is becoming increasingly frequent as specialist departments are being concentrated in the larger hospitals, and in the UK owing to the lack of ICU beds. There is a growing need for information on how to handle patients in these eventualities. This book gives a systematic approach for ... more »

Hepatitis, the leading indication for liver transplantation, is a straight-forward disease when it comes to diagnosis: it is a disease of pathology and is diagnosed by liver biopsy, with the result being either positive or negative. There is only one effective treatment: interferons. Nonetheless, new ... more »

CVMstat® provides leading edge information on hundreds of topics involving all aspects of cardiovascular medicine, including sections on diagnosis and management of peripheral arterial and venous disease. CVMstat® reviews and summarizes important clinical trials in cardiology and vascular medicine. Created ... more »

Vorsicht Interaktion! Das Risiko von Interaktionen wächst mit jedem zusätzlich eingenommenen Arzneistoff. Bei der steigenden Anzahl an multimorbiden Patienten in einer alternden Gesellschaft ist Wachsamkeit gefragt! Mithilfe der Interaktionen gelingt die Bewertung im Handumdrehn: Schnelles Finden der ... more »