Featured New Book Titles, 04/26/07

Circadian Rhythms : Methods and Protocols / edited by Ezio Rosato. Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2007.

New Book Shelf | QH506 M562 v.362 2007

Description (Amazon):

The aim of Circadian Rhythms is to provide a resource that can be adopted by several types of users: those who are new to circadian biology, those who are already active in the field but are interested in learning new techniques and researchers who are considering moving to a new a model system or undertaking comparative studies and would like to consult protocols applied to different organisms before starting the study of new species. This book features a full range of methods that illustrate procedures that have been recently been introduced in circadian studies and by presenting variations to take into account the peculiarities of different model systems.

Glycovirology Protocols / edited by Richard J. Sugrue. Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2007.

New Book Shelf | QH506 M562 v.379 2007

Description (Amazon):

Glycovirology Protocols reviews the increasing importance of glycosylation to the field of virology, as well as virus replication. The chapters provide an overview of glycosylation in relation to virus infection, and the generic techniques that are used to analyze and characterize glycoproteins.

Inborn Metabolic Diseases : Diagnosis and Treatment / John Fernandes ... [et al.], editors. Heidelberg : Springer, c2006.

New Book Shelf | WD205 In1 2006

Review (Rittenhouse):

This henceforth classical textbook has become indispensable for those in the front line dealing with metabolic disorders. As with previous editions the book is aimed at all those involved with this specialty including pediatricians, biochemists, dieticians, neurologists, internists, geneticists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers. This 4th edition has been thoroughly updated and revised and John Walter has joined the three other editors. One new chapter on Neonatal screening by tandem MS/MS has been added and several new groups of disorders have been included; for example defects involving the pentose phosphate pathway (polyols metabolism) and disorders of glucose transport. The first chapter presents the clinical approach to inherited metabolic disease using many algorithms and tables and has been entirely revised and extended to include adult metabolic medicine. It now incorporates many new findings particularly in neuroradiology and neurophysiology and emphasises those disorders for which treatment is available. This accessible and practical book can be used either by going directly to the relevant chapter when the diagnosis is already suspected or by referring to Chapter 1 if it is unknown. Despite the numerous updates the book has been maintained at a reasonable size and is published as a single volume of approximately 550 pages divided into 43 Chapters.

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Featured New Book Titles, 04/12/07

Antepartal and Intrapartal Fetal Monitoring / [edited] by Michelle L. Murray. New York : Springer Pub Co., c2007.

Stacks | WQ209 M96a 2007

Review (Rittenhouse):

Designed for labor and delivery nurses, nurse mid-wives, nurses cross-training in L&D, and Ob/Gyn nurses and physicians, this workbook is a step-by-step guide to using the equipment and identifying FHR pattern components an dthe significance of those components. Everything you need to enable you to identify the common signs of fetal well-being and the indictors of fetal compromise is included in this guide.

Brain Tumor Pathology : Current Diagnostic Hotspots and Pitfalls / by Davide Schiffer. Dordrecht : Springer, c2006.

Stacks | WL358 Sch32br 2006

Review (Rittenhouse):

This book is not a treatise on brain tumor pathology and nosography. It has been conceived as a help to pathologists, neuropathologists and neuro-oncologists in confronting everyday problems arising in the diagnostics of brain tumors.

The initial chapters cover the distinction between infiltrating tumors and normal nervous tissue, between diffuse astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma and the identification of the malignant variant of some tumor types. Moreover, in the pathology of brain tumors, some biological processes are active which show a development over the course of time, such that in surgical samples they cannot be recognized as a whole, but only from the occurrence of limited and partial aspects. Invasion modalities, angiogenesis and apoptosis fall in this category and are discussed not in an exhaustive manner, but as stages or phases of the processes identified in the tissue.

The figures do not seek to illustrate the characteristic aspects of the tumors, but only the points under discussion.This book is the result of many years of personal experience in the diagnosis of brain tumors as well as of discussions with neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists and it aspires to contribute to solving emerging everyday problems.

Cardiac Arrhythmias : Practical Notes on Interpretation and Treatment / David H. Bennett. London ; Hodder Arnold, 2006.

Stacks | WG330 B43c 2006 In process

Book Description (Amazon):

Cardiac Arrhythmias has become established as a highly respected guide to the interpretation and treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders. Acting as a thoroughly usable hadnbook to dip into when required and a practical textbook, it covers the basics and detail or cardiac arrhythmias at an appropriate level without overwhelming the reader with unnecessary technical details and references. For this seventh edition, the content has been updated throughout, incorporating results from recent major clinical trials, developments in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, enhanced sophistication in pacemaker technology and the increased availability of defibrillators. The book will continue to provide invaluable advice to junior hospital doctors, coronary care nurses, cardiac techniques, higher level medical students and practising physicians requiring a ready reference to this important subject.


Handbook of Geriatric Assessment / edited by Joseph J. Gallo ... [et al.]. Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2006.

Stacks | WT30 G13h 2006

Review (Rittenhouse):

This text addresses assessment technology used by health care professionals, social workers, and researchers working with a wide variety of elderly populations including hospitalized elderly, nursing home residents, and those receiving home care services. Handbook of Geriatric Assessment emphasizes the multidisciplinary functions of the assessment team, and includes new chapters on ethnicity and assessment, and driving and assessment.

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Featured New Book Titles, 04/05/07

Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists / David Myland Kaufman. Philadelphia, : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007.

Stacks | WL141 K16c 2007

Review (Rittenhouse):

The sixth edition of this popular favorite is ideal for board review, as well as for clinical reference on neurologic illnesses that can cause or mimic psychiatric symptoms. First it reviews anatomic neurology, describes how to approach patients with suspected neurologic disorders and correlates physical signs. Then it addresses clinical areas such as relevant history, easily performed examinations, differential diagnosis, and management approaches, and reviews psychiatric comorbidity. Abundant line drawings, CTs, MRIs, and EEGs demonstrate key clinical findings to facilitate diagnosis. And, more than 1,600 review questions help you to test and enhance your mastery of the material.


Pain Management / [edited by] Steven D. Waldman ; color drawings by Joseph I. Bloch. Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007

Stacks | WL704 P1647 2007

Description (Amazon):

Joined by an international team of leading experts, noted pain authority Dr. Steven Waldman presents comprehensive, one-of-a-kind coverage examining pain syndromes from a multidisciplinary perspective. A user-friendly, how-to-do-it format enables you to access specific guidance quickly...and apply the information easily...to bring faster pain relief to your patients.


Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

Stacks | WO600 G75p 2007

Review (Rittenhouse):

Thoroughly revised for its Sixth Edition, Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery is the only comprehensive single-volume reference on the full range of aesthetic and reconstructive procedures in plastic surgery. All of this edition's chapters are either entirely new or completely rewritten, and the sections on breast and cosmetic surgery have been expanded. New contributors have been added and all are recognized as the world's foremost leaders in plastic surgery. More than 1,900 photographs and line drawings complement the text. A front-of-book CD-ROM contains the full text and all the images from the book.

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