The formation of microcolonies on surfaces is an important bacterial survival strategy. These biofilms occur on both inert and living systems, making them important to a wide range of scientific disciplines. This book first provides an analysis of the chemical, ecological and physical processes involved with the development of biofilms and their interactions with surfaces. The next section deals with biofilms on non-living surfaces. Biofilms have important engineering implications, such as in mining industries, the corrosion of pipelines and pure and waste water industries. Biofilms have medical significance when associated with the mouth, urinary tract and urinogenital tract. In addition, they form in plant root systems and in animals, such as the ruminant digestive tract, and so are agriculturally important. The final section examines these interactions with living surfaces.

Pharmacists have a vital contribution to make in disease and medicines management. It is vital for all community pharmacists to provide pati ents with authoritive information on prescribed drugs. Hypertension in Focus takes a unique approach by aiming to inform pharmacists, as par t of the healthcare team, about the scientific concepts applicable for the effective medicines management and lifestyle choices of patients with hypertension. This book will be of interest to all community pha rmacists, pre-registration and undergraduate students.

A major part of the FRCA examination are multiple choice questions. QBase Anaesthesia 4 is much more than just a book giving five sets examination papers, in groups of sixty questions, mirroring the format of the new Primary Examination. It also comes with a free CD-ROM (see QBase Anaesthesia 1, 2 or 3 for details).

This new title provides a concise, one-stop reference for anaesthetic trainees, surgical trainees and medical undergraduates, on the key topics in modern perioperative patient management, including detailed coverage of the essential physiological and pharmacological principles underlying basic perioperative skills. Essential topics such as antibiotics, fluid balance, DVT prophylaxis, pain management, drug pharmacology and respiratory failure, to name but a few, are all covered in detail, and in each case their effect on perioperative management is emphasised.

University of South Florida, Tampa. Concise practitioners guide to procedures in difficult cases. Abundant photographic illustration, augmented with corresponding line drawings. For skilled surgeons.

A major part of the FRCA examination is multiple choice questions. QBase Anaesthesia is much more than just a book giving five sets of examination papers, in groups of ninety questions, mirroring the format of the Primary Examination. It also comes with a free CD-ROM. This powerful electronic package can be installed in a matter of seconds and gives the reader an incredible range of options, greatly increasing the utility and value of the book. Not only can the reader practice the set exams, but the program will mark these exams, allow the reader to customize exams to focus in on areas requiring further revision, shuffle the question stems to set an inexhaustible number of different papers, and advise on examination strategy. It has the facility to print out and store test results for future comparison and re-analysis, and provides helpful notes on each question.

ATLAS OF COSMETIC DERMATOLOGY is a comprehensive resource covering the full spectrum of aesthetic techniques and products currently used in dermatologic care. Primarily focusing on the management of skin lesions and scars, this text also fully explains the methods used for managing alopecia, hirsutism, and nail discoloration and disfigurement. The full spectrum of cosmetics and their use in the dermatologic patient, including skin, hair, and nails, is examined.

Probabilistic methods are assuming greater significance in the analysis of nucleotide sequence data. This book provides the first unified, up-to-date and self-contained account of such methods, and more generally of probabilistic methods of sequence analysis, presented in a Bayesian framework.

...a new edition of one of the most popular hands-on resour ces for head and neck surgery that balances coverage of conv entional surgery with the newest endoscopy techniques...resi dents and practitioners will benefit. Harvard University, Boston, MA. Clinical text on surgical techniques for otolaryngologists and residents. Extensively illustrated. Topics include surgery of the paranasal sinuses, repair of dural defects, and management of facial fractures. 10 U.S. authors. DNLM: Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases - surgery.

The ideal ophthalmic quick reference, this pocket guide offers illustrated, step-by-step instructions for 50 common in-office procedures. Clear line drawings and consistent format illuminate procedures from lid repair to corneal ulcer scraping and culturing. It's a valuable tool for ophthalmologists, optometrists, residents, or students. *Covers office procedures for the cornea; glaucoma; cataract/lens; neuro-ophthalmology; oculoplastics; pediatrics; and the retina *Indications for use for each procedure *Equipment list for each procedure *Detailed step-by-step guidance *200 fine line drawings

The second edition of Fundamentals of Anaesthesia builds upon the success of the first edition, and encapsulates the modern practice of anaesthesia in a single volume. Written and edited by a team of expert contributors, it provides a comprehensive but easily readable account of all of the information required by the FRCA Primary examination candidate and has been expanded to include more detail on all topics and to include new topics now covered in the examination. As with the previous edition, presentation of information is clear and concise, with the use of lists, tables, summary boxes and line illustrations where necessary to highlight important information and aid the understanding of complex topics. Great care has been taken to ensure an unrivalled consistency of style and presentation throughout.

Don't leave home without it - a sure-fire hit for virtually all of your medical science and general medical teaching。 Few things at university will last you from Freshers' Week to Finals。but this book should！ It is hard to see how other medical textbooks will not be deficient compared to this one, with its numerous outstanding features - full colour photos and text, summary and "at a glance" boxes and coverage of all the medical sciences, clinical skills and clinical topics in a fully integrated fashion。 It's almost as if the pertinent parts of the standard pre-clinical texts have been cut and pasted into a book written by doctors, for doctors-to-be。 Medical students have had to wait a long time for this kind of book to come along，SHO - London。

Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Nucleic Acid-Based Therapy presents a comprehensive account of gene therapy, from development in the laboratory to clinical applications, with an emphasis on cancer and cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. Internationally acclaimed scientists discuss the potential use of lipids, peptides and polymers for the in vivo delivery of nucleic acids, the genesis of structure-synthesis-function interrelationships and the evolutionary approaches of these gene carriers. The book also addresses the influence of a viable gene expression system on disease by controlling gene regulation, tran*ion, translation and replication. Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis. Presents a comprehensive account of design and modulation of gene expression and nucleic acid delivery systems. Includes the possible use of lipids, structure-synthesis-function relationship, and the use of DNA and devices for gene delivery. Contains color plates and halftone illustrations. For research scientists.

Multidisciplinary textbook on intra-aortic balloon pump therapy, for anesthesiologists, critical care practitioners, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, and nurses. Softcover. 18 U.S. contributors. DNLM: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping.

"At its core,evidence-based practice rests on a supposition which,while probabliy true.itself has unclear evidentiary support" A quaret-century of outcomes research,systematic reviews and research synthesis have reshaped medicine and oher health professions,even as they have been subjected to vigorous and vehement criticism. The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement、and Clinicians have been urged to adopt the rigors of science while remaining true to their "clinical judgment". This tension-btwen efforts to make medical practice make medical practice more scientiric and the suspicions of many clinicians-has caused one of the greatest practical and conceptual origins ofevidence-based practice and discusses key ethical issues that arise in clinical practice, public health, and health policy. 作者简介: Kenneth W.Goodman is founder and director of the university of miami's bioethics program a

Since 1980, Dr. Osborn's An Introduction to Cerebral Angiography has been the definitive text on this imaging modality. Now, this classic work has been completely revised, reorganized, and updated and expanded from an introductory book into a comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference on cerebral angiography. Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography, Second Edition, is organized into three major parts. Part 1 covers techniques and technical aspects of cerebral angiography. Part 2 is a detailed de*ion of normal anatomy, anatomic variations, and congenital anomalies. Part 3 focuses on pathological entities, including trauma, aneurysms, stroke, vascular malformations, atherosclerosis, and vasculitis. Coverage includes new information on vascular territories, film subtraction, and magnetic resonance angiography. The text is thoroughly illustrated with 1,200 radiographs and line drawings, all of them new to this volume. Another new feature of this Second Edition is the use of boxed summaries throughout the text to highlight

addresses such topics as epidemiology, biology, screening and chemoprevention, the role of imaging in diagnosis, staging and prognosis, radiation therapy, medical and surgical treatment, as well as new modalities of therapy, including laparoscopy, and transanal endoscopic surgery. A greater understanding of prognostic factors, patterns of spread and natural history has occurred during the past decade; together with new diagnostic modalities this has led to significant changes in the management of patients with rectal cancer. This book will be invaluable for all those who treat rectal cancer.

"An outstanding and practical book focusing on women's health...Serves as a ready diagrammatic for discussions with patients in the office setting as well as a well-organized and succinct review of the major medical and surgical problems encountered in our specialty...We would highly suggest the purchase of Netter's Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, an investment that will pay big dividends." - Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology This comprehensive clinical reference uses a quick-reference tabular format to present the major diseases and conditions traditionally seen in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology as well as general medical conditions commonly seen in women. More than 200 topics and over 300 Netter illustrations are included.

Designed for easy reference， this thoroughly illustrated， portable handbook is a practical guide to performing and interpreting imaging studies of the adult chest。 The first section reviews the fundamentals of plain film radiography and high-resolution CT and presents chest CT protocols。The second section presents succinct， bulleted “key facts” about all commonly encountered pathologic entities， along with representative images and explanatory captions。 The authors focus primarily on differential diagnoses and offer a combination of approaches to image interpretation--they use a basic pattern approach， an anatomic site of disease approach， or a disease process approach depending on what's best suited to a particular case。 A list of suggested readings is provided for each topic。

This book assembles recent achievements in both basic research and clinical management in the field of hepatology, virology, and immunology. It provides up-to-date information for clinicians who can apply the relevant knowledge to their daily clinical practice and for researchers who are interested in clinically orientated studies. The updated and detailed technology and state-of-the-art treatment strategies provided in this book serve as references for clinicians and resident physicians in the daily management of ACLF. The rationality and strategies for basic research as well as patient management in this book can also be a valuable reference for other fatal and end-stage liver diseases than HBV-induced ACLF. This Volume 1 has six chapters and focuses on the definition, research technology, virology, genetics, and immunology. 本书汇集了在肝病、病毒学和免疫学领域的基础研究和临床领域的新成果。它为临床医师提供了新的信息，临床医师可以将相关知识应

There is now a vast array of imaging modalities available for diagnostic use. Junior doctors are now faced with a range of complex and sophisticated imaging techniques – radioisotopes, ultrasound, CT and MRI are all used to demonstrate human anatomy and pathology affecting internal organs. Diagnostic Imaging is an introductory textbook that provides a balanced account of all the imaging modalities available to the practising clinician, explaining the techniques used and the indications for their use. The beautifully written text is organised by body system and covers all anatomical regions. Under each region, the authors discuss the imaging techniques available for that region and give guidelines for interpreting normal images. They then discuss the common diseases and signs that can be seen using each modality, illustrating these clinical problems with normal and abnormal images. In this new edition there is coverage of plain film, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, radionuc

This updated Fourth Edition best-selling text and atlas is refined in several ways. Many chapters are completely revised, and nearly half of the photographs are new. There are approximately 189 atlas plates, and over 70 new illustrations. Textboxes read as "Clinical Correlation" or "Functional Correlation", and in the text, emphasis is placed on functional integration with increased coverage of cell and molecular biology. The sentence heading and four-color art have been retained from the previous edition.