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The newly expanded edition of this highly acclaimed volume describes the latest techniques for reconstructive knee surgery. The worlds foremost experts share their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail and offer tips for improving results. The book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, intraoperative photographs.
Presents roadmap to implementing next level supply management practices and strategies. This title outlines the critical success factors for leading your company to the next level in procurement practices and performance and provides a transformation model to improve bottom-line results.
Geared to primary care physicians, this atlas is a straightforward illustrated guide to neurologic diagnosis and treatment. More than 130 common disorders are addressed in four alphabetically organized sections: differential diagnosis of neurologic symptoms; differential diagnosis of neurologic signs; diseases of the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and muscles; and diseases of the brain and brainstem. Abundant colorful drawings help clinicians understand critical neuroanatomy and recognize clinically significant anomalies. Case studies bring the diseases to life by highlighting salient features of various disorders, as well as key points on etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Appendices outline special examination techniques and laboratory workups and treatment guidelines for each disease.
Featuring over 1,700 illustrations—including full-color photomicrographs, drawings, and radiographs—this Second Edition is a comprehensive, practical guide to diagnosing musculoskeletal disorders. The book details the pathologic and radiologic characteristics of all bone and joint diseases, including arthritis, metastatic bone disease, osteoporosis, trauma, osteomyelitis, developmental bone disorders, and tumor-like lesions. A section on soft-tissue pathology discusses meniscal injuries, bursa, ligaments, and tendons. Although primarily a diagnostic aid, the text includes therapeutic suggestions. A glossary defines specific orthopaedic disorders. This edition has new chapters on fracture callus; the growth plate and dwarfs; tissue/bone banking—bone grafts; and giant cell tumors and differential diagnosis of giant cell lesions. New appendices cover bone biopsy and fine needle aspiration and immunohistochemistry. A companion Website will include a full-color image bank and an interactive quiz bank.
Written and edited by internationally known experts in primary care sports medicine, this book is the most comprehensive sports medicine reference geared to primary care practitioners. It is the ideal text for physicians studying for the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine that is now offered in many disciplines including family practice, internal medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and osteopathic medicine. This revised and updated Second Edition is published in association with the American College of Sports Medicine, and includes more practical information. The new, more user-friendly format features numerous illustrations, charts, and tables, including full-color illustrations.
Now thoroughly updated, this resource offers practical, evidence-based guidelines for the care of hospitalized patients. The only book geared directly and exclusively to inpatient management, this guide is edited by national leaders in the hospital field.
Revised and updated for its Seventh Edition, this highly acclaimed volume is a complete, current, and practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of allergic disorders. This comprehensive yet concise reference will remain the first choice for residents and practitioners who need guidance to identify an allergy, confirm a diagnosis, or find effective therapies. It will also be an excellent aid for board review. This edition includes discussions of clinical trials in asthma and significant updates on drug allergy, imaging, occupational allergy, and immune deficiency evaluation. A Companion Website will include the fully searchable text and additional illustrations and tables.
Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage. What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a Unilever plant? When Dell and Apple chip manufacturers in Taiwan take weeks to recover from an earthquake? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists strike? In The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi shows that companies' fortunes in the face of such business...