This concise text is an ideal complement to the medical student curriculum and is an important text for primary care residents and physicians. It... features practical information on the diagnosis, management and referral of common ocular disorders and summarizes important ophthalmic concepts, techniques and facts with annotated resources for additional information. This new edition includes updates on neuro-ophthalmology, ocular manifestations of systemic diseases, and drugs and the eye. Additional topics include eye examination, acute and chronic visual loss, the red eye, ocular and orbital injuries, and amblyopia and strabismus.

An ideal complement to the medical student's curriculum and a leading text for primary care residents and physicians. Basic Ophthalmology presents... practical information for the diagnosis, management, and referral of common ocular disorders. Includes updated images and resources, additional sample clinical problems, and the latest information on such areas as glaucoma care and eye-related aging changes. Covers the eye examination, acute and chronic visual loss, the red eye, ocular and orbital injuries, amblyopia and strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology, ocular manifestations of systemic diseases, and drugs and the eye.

Completely revised and updated, the Third Edition of this classic text reflects the latest advances in research on orthopaedic biomechanics and the... successful applications of biomechanical principles in fracture fixation, prosthetic implant design, and hip and knee arthroplasty. For this Third Edition, Dr. Mow is joined by new co-editor Rik Huiskes, PhD, an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomechanics and an internationally renowned authority in the field. New chapters cover biomaterials, biomechanical principles of cartilage and bone tissue engineering, and biomechanics of fracture fixation and fracture healing.

For students with three semesters of calculus, this book is self-contained. In particular, Section 1.1 contains a complete treatment of the relevant... types of ordinary differential equations. No previous course in ordinary differential equations or linear algebra is necessary. There are approximately 280 examples worked out in detail, and 600 exercises ranging from routine to challenging. Answers to selected problems appear in the back of the book. Rigorous proofs of nearly all results used are given after ample physical motivation. The book documents extensive applications, including: heat conduction, wave propagation, vibrations of strings, square drums, round drums, spheres and manifolds, traffic flow shocks, evolution of population densities, fluid flow, electrostatics, minimal surfaces, gravitation, quantum mechanics (including the determination of the bound states of the hydrogen atom). Convenient summaries appear at the end of each section. Theorems and definitions are clearly off-set in boxes. The book contains 97 figures, illustrations and tables (graphs of mathematical functions of one or several variables were computer generated.).

While being both entertaining and enjoyable, this new edition of Basic Pathology is a straightforward introduction to pathology and the mechanisms of... disease. It puts pathology into its historical, scientific and clinical context for all medical, dental and nursing students and other health professionals. Basic Pathology has been brought fully up-to-date in this new edition, and once again covers four main themes: What is a Disease, Defence Against Disease, Circulatory Disorders, and Disorders of Cell Growth; highlighting key mechanisms and their interplay in producing symptoms, signs and disease. With new cartoons to illustrate key points and make those study hours pass by with ease, the book also retains the much-praised clinical scenarios, historical anecdotes and key facts boxes.

Ideal comparison tool, with subject breakdowns of the major provisions in 400 representative contracts. Includes a wide cross-section of industries,... employee populations, and policies.

This easy to understand text provides illustrated lessons that demonstrate the variouspatternmaking methods and how they are used to develop design... variations. Each of theSecond Edition s four units address one major segment of a garment the bodice, thecollar, the skirt, and the sleeve with a series of pictorial examples that progress fromthe most basic dart manipulations to advanced design variations. Students will masterthe slash and pivot methods of flat pattern design and understand how garment designvariations are derived from each other. Simple illustrations demystify the patternmakingprocess for the beginner student, showing how a few basic techniques can lead to endlessdesign possibilities.

Master the art of perspective drawing with this updated editionBasic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition gives artists, illustrators, designers, and... architects an accessible visual guide for developing a firm and thorough grasp of the important principles and techniques for perspective drawing. Logically moving from simple concepts to specific tools and methods, the book provides accessible step-by-step illustrations on how to construct perspective views with graphic examples covering every key part of the process.With the same attractive, easy-to-follow style that made previous editions so popular, this Fifth Edition adds new chapters on freehand sketching and rapid visualization, additional step-by-step examples, and new material demonstrating three-point views and methods of setting figures into perspective spaces. Basic Perspective Drawing, Fifth Edition is an invaluable learning tool that can be drawn in, written in, and highlighted to ensure effective understanding of the practices, concepts, and processes of perspective drawing.

With its clear, straightforward presentation, this text enables you to grasp all the fundamental concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. This... will allow you to understand the time course of drug response and dosing regimen design. Clinical models for concentration and response are described and built from the basic concepts presented in earlier chapters. Your understanding of the material will be enhanced by guided computer exercises conducted on a companion website. Simulations will allow you to visualize drug behavior, experiment with different dosing regimens, and observe the influence of patient characteristics and model parameters. This makes the book ideal for self-study.By including clinical models of agonism, indirect drug effects, tolerance, signal transduction, and disease progression, author Sara Rosenbaum has created a work that stands out among introductory-level textbooks in this area.You'll find several features throughout the text to help you better understand and apply key concepts:Three fictitious drugs are used throughout the text to progressively illustrate the development and application of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principlesExercises at the end of each chapter reinforce the concepts and provide the opportunity to perform and solve common dosing problemsDetailed instructions let you create custom Excel worksheets to perform simple pharmacokinetic analysesBecause this is an introductory textbook, the material is presented as simply as possible. As a result, you'll find it easy to gain an accurate, working knowledge of all the core principles, apply them to optimize dosing regimens, and evaluate the clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic literature.

Basic Pharmacology for Nurses, 15th edition, is a contemporary classic nursing pharmacology textbook known for its impeccably accurate drug content and... its practical applications of the nursing process. A consistent emphasis on health promotion through medication monitoring and patient education is a hallmark of the book. Introductory units ground the reader in basic principles of pharmacology and medication administration, and subsequent body-system units apply the nursing process to every major disorder and drug class to promote safe medication administration.Provides an overview of relevant pathophysiology with an application of the nursing process in each drug chapter, followed by an application of the nursing process to each applicable drug class.Covers the pharmacology of all major classes of drugs, emphasizing side effects to expect, side effects to report, drug interactions, and more.Emphasizes patient education and health promotion with easy-to-recognize Patient Education and Health Promotion headings and reproducible Patient Self-Assessment forms.UNIQUE! Each chapter concludes with a 3-part Medication Safety Review that highlights the importance of safe drug administration and provides review and application of key chapter content related to medication safety.Provides need-to-know coverage of herbal therapies and dietary supplements with an Herbal and Dietary Supplement Therapy chapter, plus Herbal Interactions boxes throughout the chapters.UNIQUE! New coverage of drugs for weight management are included in the expanded Nutrition and Weight Management chapter (Chapter 49).Increased emphasis on medication safety prepares nurses to practice more safely in a clinical environment that is both more pressured and more focused than ever on reducing drug errors. The increased emphasis includes Chapter 7: Principles of Medication Administration, do-not-confuse icons, and an icon to signal ISMP's "high alert" drugs.As the focus on pharmacology on the NCLEX continues to increase, chapter-ending Medication Safety Review sections have been refocused into three types of application-level questions, including Dosage Calculation Review Questions, Review Questions for the NCLEX Examination, and Critical Thinking Activities.Evidence-based practice content is now highlighted with a distinctive icon in the margins.The antimicrobial chapter has been broken into three smaller chapters (Antimicrobiotics, Antifungals, Antivirals) resulting in a less overwhelming reading on this topic.Updated coverage of the most recent FDA approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses provide impeccably accurate and current content to ensure safe drug therapy.Updated and streamlined coverage of nursing care with a stronger focus on the need-to-know material helps students focus on the most current, need-to-know content.

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in global issues through readings that reflect a variety of viewpoints. Each... issue is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. The Taking Sides readers feature annotated listings of selected World Wide Web sites. Taking Sides is supported by our student website at www.dushkin.com/online/.