Maxwell Quick Medical Reference

A valuable resource for any health professional, the Maxwell Quick Medical Reference packs essential information used in everyday clinical practice. Color-coded pages group the info by topic and make it quickly accessible while heavy cardstock paper and plastic spiral binding make the book durable day-in and day-out. Pocket size allows it to go anywhere - the wards, E.R., O.R., clinic - even the library or lab. This inexpensive small text can save you time at work and make you look good in the process.

A pocket guide that includes essential information used in everyday medical practice. Topics include ACLS protocols, normal lab values, serum drug levels, common healthcare equations, chart note formats, glucose tolerance values, immunization schedule, developmental milestones, APGAR scoring exam, history and physical exam, neurological exam, dermatome maps, Glasgow coma scale, and Snellen eye charts.

Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized looseleaf is one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents on the wards and candidates reviewing for internal medicine board exams. In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Medicine provides key clinical information about common problems in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology. This Fifth Edition is fully updated and includes a sixteen-page color insert with key and classic abnormal images. If you purchased a copy of Sabatine: Pocket Medicine 5e, ISBN 978-1-4511-8237-8, please make note of the following important correction on page 1-36: Oral anticoagulation (Chest 2012;141:e531S; EHJ 2012;33:2719; Circ 2013;127:1916) · All valvular AF as stroke risk very high · Nonvalv. AF: stroke risk ~4.5%/y; anticoag ® 68% ¯ stroke; use a risk score to guide Rx: CHADS2: CHF (1 point), HTN (1), Age =75 y (1), DM (1), prior Stroke/TIA (2) CHA2DS2-VASc: adds 65–74 y (1) =75 y (2), vasc dis. [MI, Ao plaque, or PAD (1)]; ? (1) score ³2 ® anticoag; score 1 ® consider anticoag or ASA (? latter reasonable if risk factor age 65-74 y, vasc dis. or ?); antithrombotic Rx even if rhythm control [SCORE CORRECTED] · Rx options: factor Xa or direct thrombin inhib (non-valv only; no monitoring required) or warfarin (INR 2-3; w/ UFH bridge if high risk of stroke); if Pt refuses anticoag, consider ASA + clopi or, even less effective, ASA alone (NEJM 2009;360:2066) Please make note of this correction in your copy of Sabatine: Pocket Medicine 5e immediately and contact LWW's Customer Service Department at 1.800.638.3030 or 1.301.223.2300 so that you may be issued a corrected page 1-36. You may also download a PDF of page 1-36 by clicking HERE. All copies of Pocket Medicine, 5e with the ISBN: 978-1-4511-9378-7 include this correction.

A valuable resource for any health professional, the Maxwell Quick Medical Reference packs essential information used in everyday clinical practice. Color-coded pages group the information by topic and make it easily accessible while heavy cardstock paper and plastic spiral binding make the book durable day in and day out. Pocket size allows it to go anywhere - the wards, E.R., O.R., clinic - even the library or lab. Browse through the online copy at maxwellbooks.com and see what's included. This inexpensive small text can save you time at work and make you look good in the process!

This book will help you take a badly wounded patient to the operating room, organize yourself and your team, do battle with some vicious injuries and come out with the best possible result. It is a practical guide to operative trauma surgery for residents and registrars, for general surgeons with an interest in trauma, and for isolated surgeons operating on wounded patients in military, rural or humanitarian settings. A surgical atlas may show you what to do with your hands but not how to think, plan and improvise. Here you will find practical advice on how to use your head as well as your hands when operating on a massively bleeding trauma patient. The first part of this book presents some general principles of trauma surgery. The second part is about trauma surgery as a contact sport. Here we show you how to deal with specific injuries to the abdomen, chest, neck and peripheral vessels. The single most important lesson we hope you will derive from this book is to always keep it simple because, in trauma surgery, the simple stuff works.

The proven four-step method for improving communication and managing conflict in any healthcare setting The Exchange Strategy for Managing Conflict in Health Care delivers a wealth of strategies and techniques for structuring conversations about conflicts and issues in groups large and small. "A fresh, clear-eyed view of how to approach conflict in the American healthcare system . . . shows how direct, immediate, tactful, and open communication will greatly improve any workplace setting." -- KATHLEEN SELLICK, President and CEO, Rady Children's Hospital "Having worked in large hospital systems for many years, I wish I had known these skills and techniques when I supervised nurses and coordinated teams." -- KIM PHILLIPS, MSN, RN, CFCN, Nurse's Touch, Inc. "During the past 12 months, over 450 managers and supervisors on my team at Sanford Health have gone through this training, and it works!" -- EVAN BURKETT, Chief Human Resources Officer, Sanford Health "The strategy and skills laid out in this book . . . are truly effective. Ignore this at your peril." -- DR. SAMUEL B. HO, Chief, Gastroenterology Section, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

"RAPID Rescue Spanish" provides essential questions and answers needed to perform complete assessments, discuss treatment plans, and manage all aspects of patient care and transportation for Spanish-speaking patients. Perfect for the classroom and the field, this valuable tool is pocket sized, spiral bound, and water and stain resistant.