Medical Books

Pages: 688,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Oxford UP,
Publication Year: 2016,
Cover: Part-work (fasc?culo),
Dimensions: 102x184x27mm

The Oxford Handbook of Dialysis is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of dialysis, the management of patients with end stage kidney disease, and all its complications. The fourth edition has been completely updated, and covers all aspects of dialysis from haemodialysis techniques and haemodiafitration, to the medical, nursing and psychosocial aspects of managing patients with end stage kidney failure. Renal transplantation, plasma exchange, palliative care, and drug dosing are discussed, along with end of life care, and complications of chronic kdney disease. This handbook is packed with practical guidance and management, presented in a compact and easy to use format. The Oxford Handbook of Dialysis is aimed at all health care professionals dealing with dialysis patients from nephrologists to dieticians, as well as pharmacists, nurses, and surgeons. There are specific chapters on nursing patients on haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and detailed nutrition and drug prescribing chapters. The fourth edition includes new sections on renal replacement therapies in acute kidney injury, home dialysis, new peritoneal dialysis fluids, new drugs including new epoietins and phosphate binders, updated sections on nocturnal dialysis, dialysis monitoring, encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, and sleep disorders. Easy to read, practical, and focussed, this handbook should have a home in every renal unit, dialysis centre, renal ward, and be close to hand for every nephrologist, renal trainee, or renal nurse.

Weight: 0.32 KG
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Pages: 576,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer,
Publication Year: 2013,
Cover: Paperback,
Dimensions: 175.26x226.06x33.02mm

This text provides students with a solid foundation for understanding data analysis and specific statistical techniques. Focusing on the most current and frequently used statistical methods in today's health care literature, the book covers essential material for a variety of program levels including in-depth courses beyond the basic statistics course. Well-organized, clear text discussions and great learning tools help students overcome the complexities and fully comprehend the concepts of this often intimidating area of study.

Weight: 0.88 KG
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Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Paras,
Publication Year: 2018

Weight: 1 KG
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Pages: 360,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Jaypee,
Publication Year: 2010,
Cover: Paperback,
Dimensions: 142.24x210.82x17.78mm

Weight: 0.43 KG
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Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Jaypee,
Publication Year: 2004

Weight: 1 KG
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Pages: 624,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Oxford UP,
Publication Year: 2014,
Cover: Hardback,
Dimensions: 154x224x60mm

This book analyses various issues concerning the application of law to the field of medical practice, education, and research from a global perspective with particular focus on India. The volume, analytical in approach and comprehensive in coverage, ought to evoke vital public interest in that it examines technological advancements in the medical field that have legal, social, and ethical implications. The issues, including organ transplant, euthanasia, surrogacy and abortion, sex selection, the concept of consent, clinical trials, designer babies, cosmetic enhancement and confidentiality, are common to all countries but vary in their moral perception due to diverse cultural underpinnings of each country. The author adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining law with medicine to address these issues. This book is also a comparative study with a special focus on Indian case law and jurisdictions from other countries including the US and the UK.

Weight: 0.86 KG
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Pages: 380,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Cambridge,
Publication Year: 2014,
Cover: Paperback,
Dimensions: 156x230x18mm

Effective communication is the ultimate, but often daunting, purpose of any medical research or review. This book provides the practical information necessary to turn first drafts into concise, unambiguous text, without loss of individuality. Written by a consultant anaesthetist and an experienced medical editor, and also illustrated by an accomplished medical editor, all of whom are sympathetic to the problems and needs of medical writers, this book deals with the basic craft of writing, from choosing the best word or phrase to essential grammar. This expanded fourth edition includes many more words better replaced, and deals explicitly with the problems of writers whose first language is not English. Whether you are writing a simple clinical report or a thesis, supervising others, running a course on medical or scientific writing, or just want to develop your skills in written communication, this book is the ideal guide and reference. Clear, simple and precise, and illustrated with apt cartoons, this is an invaluable handbook.

Weight: 0.64 KG
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Pages: 528,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Wiley,
Publication Year: 2009,
Cover: Paperback,
Dimensions: 154.94x231.14x27.94mm

A new edition of the classic guide to the use of statistics in medicine, featuring examples from recent articles in the New England Journal of Medicine Medical Uses of Statistics has served as one of the most influential works on the subject for physicians, physicians-in-training, and a myriad of healthcare experts who need a clear idea of the proper application of statistical techniques in clinical studies as well as the implications of their interpretation for clinical practice. This Third Edition maintains the focus on the critical ideas, rather than the mechanics, to give practitioners and students the resources they need to understand the statistical methods they encounter in modern medical literature. Bringing together contributions from more than two dozen distinguished statisticians and medical doctors, this volume stresses the underlying concepts in areas such as randomized trials, survival analysis, genetics, linear regression, meta-analysis, and risk analysis. The Third Edition includes:* Numerous examples based on studies taken directly from the pages of the New England Journal of Medicine* Two added chapters on statistics in genetics* Two new chapters on the application of statistical methods to studies in epidemiology* New chapters on analyses of randomized trials, linear regression, categorical data analysis, meta-analysis, subgroup analyses, and risk analysis* Updated chapters on statistical thinking, crossover designs, p-values, survival analysis, and reporting research results* A focus on helping readers to critically interpret published results of clinical research Medical Uses of Statistics, Third Edition is a valuable resource for researchers and physicians working in any health-related field. It is also an excellent supplemental book for courses on medicine, biostatistics, and clinical research at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels.

Weight: 0.68 KG
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Pages: 288,
Specialty: Epidemiology & Public Health,
Publisher: Wiley,
Publication Year: 2013,
Cover: Paperback,
Dimensions: 220x276x16mm

The bestselling Medical Statistics at a Glance, 3rd Edition, and its companion volume, Medical Statistics at a Glance Workbook, together at specially-discounted price, providing a complete, concise, and accessible introduction to medical statistics.

Weight: 0.88 KG
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