have grown in use, initially as a means of reducing hospital length of stay.
However, they offer a unique opportunity to raise the standard of care at
institutions, while at the same time to include all the appropriate tests and
treatments for patients. In this fashion, they serve as a readily available
guide to the clinician when treating the patient. They also may serve as a means
of improving compliance with current guidelines for treating patients.
We are delighted to present in this book a full array of critical pathways from
leading institutions around the country. These pathways are the “best practices”
for these hospitals, developed by leaders in their areas of expertise. The
authors have done a superb job of integrating the key clinical data into brief
summaries and then providing the critical pathways that they use at their
hospitals. We have organized this book in a fashion to facilitate using the
information. We begin with an overview of what critical pathways are and how to
develop them. We then present several pathways for management of patients in the
Emergency Department, focusing on patients with acute coronary syndromes. The
next section covers the types of patients who are admitted to the hospital, and
the final section includes several outpatient critical pathways, such as
management of hypertension and lipid disorders. It is hoped that these pathways
will allow clinicians around the world to adopt critical pathways more easily as
a means of improving the care of their cardiac patients.
Password: www.AvaxHome.ru
Michael H. Crawford, "Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology" (2nd edition)
McGraw-Hill Medical | ISBN 0838514731 | 2002 Year | PDB | 5 Mb | 627 Pages
“ Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology is designed to be a concise
discussion of the essential knowledge needed to diagnose and manage
cardiovascular diseases. Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology cannot be
considered a condensed textbook because detailed pathophysiologic discussions
are omitted; there are no chapters on diagnostic techniques; and rare or obscure
entities are not included. Also, it is not a cardiac therapeutics text because
diagnostic techniques, prevention strategies, and prognosis are fully discussed.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology is designed to be a quick reference
source in the clinic or on the ward for the experienced physician. Cardiology
fellows will find that it is an excellent review for Board examinations. Also,
students and residents will find it useful to review the essentials of specific
conditions and to check the current references included in each section for
further study. Nurses, technicians, and other health care workers who provide
care for cardiology patients will find Current Diagnosis & Treatment in
Cardiology a useful source for all aspects of heart disease care.
The 37 chapters in Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Cardiology cover the major
disease entities and therapeutic challenges in cardiology. There are chapters on
major management issues in cardiology such as pregnancy and heart disease, the
use of anticoagulants in heart disease, and the pre-operative evaluation of
heart disease patients. Each section is written by experts in the particular
area, but has been extensively edited to insure a consistent approach throughout
the book and the kind of readability found in single-author texts.
Since the first edition the book has grown somewhat. Each chapter has been
thoroughly revised and the references updated. Also, there are three new
chapters in areas that have increased in importance in the last 5 years:
coronary revascularization, atrial fibrillation, and aortic aneurysms.
My hope is that the book is found useful and improves patient care. Also, I hope
it is an educational tool that improves knowledge of cardiac diseases. Finally,
I hope it stimulates clinical research in areas where our knowledge is
incomplete.
Michael H. Crawford
Password: www.AvaxHome.ru
Sam D. Graham (Editor), James F., M.D. Glenn (Editor), Thomas E., M.D. Keane
(Editor), "Glenn's Urologic Surgery" (5th edition)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ISBN 0781740827 | 1998 Year | PDB | 13,39 Mb |
1098 Pages
“ It has been nearly 30 years since the first edition of Urologic Surgery was
published in 1969. Since then, the field of urology has undergone massive
transformation. We have witnessed advances and improvements in virtually every
aspect of our surgical craft. An exhaustive survey of improved capabilities
would include reconstructive techniques, endourology, laparoscopic surgery,
mastery of multiple energy sources for transurethral surgery, and tremendous
strides in pediatric urology.
However, certain fundamentals remain constant. As stated in the preface to the
first edition, “Urologists are—first and foremost—surgeons.” The second edition
expressed the hope that the volume “constitute the basis for further advances
and that it be rendered obsolete by progress in urology.” In the third edition,
it was acknowledged that progress in urology was paralleled by “advances in
anesthesia, antibiosis, medical techniques, and diagnostic capability.” The
fourth edition reaffirmed that “although many textbooks of urology and a number
of excellent atlases dealt with surgical procedures, no single volume combined
the virtues of text and illustrations that amplify the fundamental
considerations and technical aspects” of urologic surgery.
In retrospect, these thoughts are verities. We are still seeing rapid advances
in our specialty. Perhaps there is no greater compliment to a medical
publication than to admit to obsolesence in only a matter of a few months or
years, as the result of our expanding capabilities. However, it is our expressed
hope that this volume will serve as a ready reference for medical students,
residents in training, and even our colleagues with the most advanced surgical
skills.
On a personal note, it is with great satisfaction that the editorship of
Urologic Surgery passes on to Sam D. Graham, Jr., M.D., my capable friend,
respected colleague, and former resident. He has assembled an outstanding group
of authors for the fifth edition, and I anticipate with pleasure the prospect of
further editions.
James F. Glenn, M.D.
Lexington, Kentucky
Password: www.AvaxHome.ru
Kevin Tate, "Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective"
Addison-Wesley Professional | ISBN 0321286081 | 2005 Year | CHM | 0,57 Mb | 264
Pages
“ Sustainable Software Development brings together principles and practices for
building software that is technically superior, delivers exceptional business
value, and can evolve rapidly to reflect any change to your business or
technical environment.
Kevin Tate shows how to eliminate practices that make development unsustainable
and replaces these practices with a sustainable approach that draws on the best
ideas from both agile and conventional development. Tate demonstrates how to
balance rapid releases and long-term sustainability, achieving both rich
functionality and superior quality. You'll learn how to build a development
organization that is more productive and can continually improve its capability
to handle complexity and change.
Writing for developers, architects, project leaders, and other software team
members, Tate shows how to:
— Take control of your development environment, so you can outship your
competitors, leveraging new technologies and responding to new business
opportunities
— Maintain a consistent pace that optimally balances short- versus long-term
requirements
— Keep your code base in a "near-shippable" state between releases
— Prevent defects, rather than just recognizing and fixing them
— Invest continually and cost-effectively in software design improvements
— Leverage the fundamentals of the craft of software development
— Integrate sustainable processes with Agile and traditional methodologies
Password: www.AvaxHome.ru
Schmidt, "Game Theory and Economic Analysis. A Quiet Revolution in Economics"
Routledge | ISBN 0415259878 | 2003 Year | PDF | 1,24 Mb | 232 Pages
“ This book presents the huge variety of current contributions of game theory to
economics. The impressive contributions fall broadly into two categories. Some
lay out in a jargon free manner a particular branch of the theory, the evolution
of one of its concepts, or a problem, that runs through its development. Others
are original pieces of work that are significant to game theory as a whole.
After taking the reader through a concise history of game theory, the
contributions include such themes as: *the connections between Von Neumann's
mathematical game theory and the domain assigned to him today *the strategic use
of information by game players *the problem of the coordination of strategic
choices between independent players *cooperative games and their place within
the literature of games new developments in non-cooperative games *possible
applications for game theory in industrial and financial economics differential
qualitative games and entry dissuasion.
Password: www.AvaxHome.ru
Clive Maxfield, Alvin Brown, "The Definitive Guide to How Computers Do Math:
Featuring the Virtual DIY Calculator"
Wiley-Interscience | ISBN 0471732788 | 2005 Year | PDF | 2,18 Mb | 464 Pages
“ The Basics of Computer Arithmetic Made Enjoyable and Accessible-with a Special
Program Included for Hands-on Learning.
Packed with nuggets of information and tidbits of trivia, How Computers Do Math
provides an incredibly fun and interesting introduction to the way in which
computers perform their magic in general and math in particular. The
accompanying CD-ROM contains a virtual computer/calculator called the DIY
Calculator, and the book's step-by-step interactive laboratories guide you in
the creation of a simple program to run on your DIY Calculator.
How Computers Do Math can be enjoyed by non-technical individuals; students of
computer science, electronics engineering, and mathematics; and even practicing
engineers. All of the illustrations and interactive laboratories featured in the
book are provided on the CD-ROM for use by high school, college, and university
educators as lecture notes and handouts.
Password: www.AvaxHome.ru
 |
 |
 |
|
|