"This practical manual provides a comprehensive yet concise guide to state-of-the-art molecular techniques and their applications. It starts with an overview of the essential principles of molecular techniques, followed by separate chapters detailing the use of these techniques in particular tissues and organs, and describing recommended treatment plans. Each chapter covers the tests available, their advantages, limitations, and use as diagnostic and prognostic tools, with key learning points a…
Ethics questions—in which test-takers must choose the single best answer from multiple ethical and legal choices—appear in Steps 1 and 3 of USMLE and in the American Board of Internal Medicine Examination. To excel on these test topics, users need to master the relevant U.S. ethical and legal principles. This practical book presents the questions you are most likely to encounter on the test, with concrete and definite answer explanations to help you choose the right answer every time.
No other resource helps clinicians to put key evidence-based medicine protocols into daily clinical practice better than Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. An instant classic in its first edition, this detailed, yet highly readable reference demystifies the statistical, analytical, and clinical principles of evidence-based medicine, giving you a hands-on, practical resource that no other text can match. Readers will learn how to distinguish solid medical evidence from poor medical evide…
The streamlined companion to the classic Users' guides to the medical literature--fully updated and revised. This compact guide condenses the most clinically relevant content of the landmark Users' Guides to the Medical Literature to help you incorporate evidence-based medicine into your practice. You will learn the principles of evidence-based medicine, how your practice can benefit from the constant stream of new medical literature, and how to differentiate good medical evidence from bad. Th…
This pocket guide resource provides specific chapters based on KDIGO and KDOQI guidelines and recommendations for nutrition; peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis; diabetes; cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia, and hypertension; CKD-mineral and bone disorder; and CKD related anemia. Special populations include acute kidney injury, gout, HIV/AIDS, nephrolithiasis, nephrotic syndrome, older adults, pediatrics, pregnancy, and kidney transplant.