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Long considered the bible of thoracic surgery, this comprehensive two-volume textbook guides you through virtually every open and endoscopic surgical technique with expert commentary by the leaders in thoracic surgery from around the world. Coverage includes extensive sections on lung cancer and other pulmonary tumors. All facets of thoracic disease are covered from anatomy and embryology to diagnostics, including extensive radiological sections. Multidisciplinary contributions on medical treatment, radiation oncology, and surgery and anesthesia are included. Highlights include new material on minimally invasive procedures and thoroughly updated diagnostic and treatment information. Operative checklists are included in procedural chapters, and procedures are presented as bulleted to-do lists wherever possible. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text with all images and video clips of selected procedures.

This third edition continues up-to-date coverage of the immunologic aspects of pediatric illness. It relates basic immunology to clinical problems in a clear, easy-to-follow manner. It begins with the development and function of the immune system, progresses to immunodeficiencies, and concludes with a group of chapters detailing the immunologic aspects of the various pediatric disorders.

ACCURATELY DIAGNOSE PEDIATRIC CONDITIONS BY VISIBLE SIGNS AND INTERNAL IMAGING WITH THIS FULL-COLOR ATLAS The Color Atlas of Pediatrics features more than 1,800 full-color photographs to help you visually diagnose a wide variety of common and uncommon conditions and disorders spanning the entire pediatric spectrum. This superb collection of clinical images is supported by concise, evidence-based treatment recommendations presented in easy-to-apply bulleted text. Each chapter begins with a patient story that ties the photographs to real-life patients. Coverage for conditions includes: Epidemiology Etiology and Pathophysiology Risk Factors Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis Management Prevention Patient Education Strength of recommendation ratings are cited throughout, skillfully blending the art and science of medicine for optimal patient care.

Johannes Trachsel was born in 1689 in Lenk, Berne Canton, Switzerland and emigrated with his family from Wolfersheim near Homburg-Saar in Germany to Philadelphia in 1737. He settled in Egypt, Pennsylvania, married widow Anna Magdalena Roth Schreiber in 1750, and died in 1750/1751.

"Without abandoning the value of postmodern perspectives, Haswell and Haswell use their own perspective of authorial potentiality and singularity to reconsider staple English-studies concerns such as gender, evaluation, voice, character, literacy, feminism, self, interpretation, assessment, signature, and taste. The essay is unique as well in the way that its authors embrace often competing realms of English studies, drawing examples and arguments equally from literary and compositionist research."--From publisher description.

Presents an authoritative approach to patients with fluid electrolyte and acid-base disorders. It provides both a detailed matrix for managing patients with specific electrolyte disorders and clinical conditions associated with electrolyte imbalances.