Books published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Written by experts in musculoskeletal imaging, this radiology reference offers you structured checklists for interpreting and reporting a full range of musculoskeletal MRI examinations. It describes how to use these templates and incorporate them into your practice so you can provide efficient, complete and consistently formatted reporting.

Zero in on the most important cardiothoracic imaging knowledge with Chest Radiology: The Essentials! Ideal as a quick refresher for experienced radiologists as well as an efficient learning tool for residents, this best-selling radiology reference puts indispensible information at your fingertips in a compact and practical, high-yield format.

Helps you prepare your graduate students for their careers in audiology.

Suitable for introductory research methods courses at the beginning graduate and undergraduate levels, this book includes all major topics conventionally addressed in introductory research methods texts. It focuses on topics directly related to development of research proposals, since these topics are most relevant to beginning researchers.

This high-yield review book gives you exactly the help you need to succeed on your family medicine clerkship, the NBME Family Medicine Shelf Exam, and the ambulatory component of the USMLE Step 2 CK.

Designed to work as a clinical handbook and reference for nurses when interviewing patients of all age groups and cultural backgrounds, taking health histories, promoting health, and performing physical assessments, this book includes essential questions to review common and concerning signs and symptoms for each health assessment topic.

Now significantly revised based on student feedback, this best-selling text provides a quick, authoritative review of the most important clinical aspects of neuroanatomy. A new, full-color design highlights the essential information you need to know to excel on course exams and the USMLE Step 1. New objectives begin every chapter, contents have been reorganized and streamlined, and all information has been completely updated. A new Gross Structure chapter lays the foundation for understanding the sectional anatomy in the Atlas chapter, and all terminology is now consistent with Terminologia Anatomica. A companion website offers USMLE-style questions for study and review.A concise, streamlined review perfect for course exams or the USMLE Step 1.New full-color design and illustrations make the text more visually appealing.New objectives in every chapter help you focus on key content.Reorganized contents are integrated and combined to group similar topics in a logical, easy-to-review fashion.A new Gross Structure chapter lays the foundation for understanding the sectional anatomy in the Atlas chapter.All terminology is up-to-date to comply with Terminologia Anatomica.Online access to USMLE-style questions for self-assessment and review.

Synthesizes the information about the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in children and adolescents. This edition presents the AAP's new guidelines on diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea and the AAP's policy statement on school start times and its relationship to sleep in adolescents.

Helps you systematically solve tough diagnostic challenges in GI pathology. This clinical reference uses select images of clinical and pathological findings together with succinct, expert instructions, to guide you through the decision-making process by distinguishing between commonly confused Gastrointestinal lesions.

Mirroring the way practicing nurses read research reports, this book begins with a research article's conclusion - the section that most directly addresses the clinical meaning of a research study - and works "backward" through each section in the research article.

A thoracic surgery reference that provides illustrated, step-by-step guidance you need to perfect a full range of thoracic surgery techniques, avoid and manage complications, and achieve optimal outcomes. It shows you exactly how to perform the full range of procedures, both open and minimally invasive.

Focuses on the use of duplex scanning in the study and diagnosis of vascular disorders. This book covers all vascular duplex ultrasound topics, including principles and instrumentation; cerebrovascular; aortoiliac and peripheral arterial; peripheral venous; and visceral vascular.

Provides a basic framework of many common principles in patient safety and quality improvement to a broad market of medical students and residents, nurses, patient safety officers and pharmacists. This book highlights specific issues of patient safety relevant to different specialties.

A compact quick-reference covering relevant pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, and glosses of medical and surgical treatment. It covers major subspecialty areas such as shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee, foot and ankle.

Addressing pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and therapy of various CNS infections and related conditions, this book features clinical information on treatment of tuberculosis, non-tubercular mycobacterial infections, brain abscess, and lyme disease.

Simplifies neuroscience content to focus coverage on the essentials and helps students learn important neuroanatomical facts and definitions.

Designed to reinforce the material covered in Radiographic Pathology, Second Edition, by TerriAnn Linn-Watson. This book includes, a variety of exercise types to reinforce learning, including fill-in-the-blank, image labeling, true/false, multiple choice, matching. It also features case studies with critical thinking questions.

Suitable for students, interns, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, nurses, and respiratory care practitioners working in the critical care medicine environment, this book features revised content with a focus on patient safety.

Covers major aspects of preventive rehabilitative and fitness programs and the main points from position stands of the American College of Sports Medicine. This book includes topics on assessment of physical activity, applied exercise programming, arthritic diseases and conditions, and neuromuscular diseases and exercise.

Delivers clear, how-to- information, an array of sport-specific guidelines, and key principles that will keep your clients at peak performance. This book lets you join the revolution to improve sports performance, treat injury, and re-train patterns.

An educational tool for mastering the clinical practice of neurologic diagnosis. It opens new venues for teaching and learning the essentials of neurology by utilizing an interactive patient-based audiovisual electronic format. It also includes 131 real-world scenarios to sharpen readers' critical thinking and diagnostic skills.

Building upon the success of prior editions, this title offers a guide to diagnostic and interventional neuroangiography and its role in the management of neurovascular disease. It provides the new fellow with background knowledge needed to understand these procedures, the unusual variant anatomy that can affect treatment and outcomes.