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Springer Clinical Medicine Preview Top Frontlist October – December 2013 ABC springer.com Springer Clinical Medicine Preview Top Frontlist October – December 2013 FOURTH QUARTER 2013 springer.com New Publications at the Forefront of Research & Development Dear reader, This catalog is a special selection of new book publications from Springer in the fourth quarter of 2013. It highlights the titles most likely to interest specialists working in the professional field or in academia. You will find the international authorship and high quality contributions you have come to expect from the Springer brand in every title. Please show this catalog to your buyers and acquisition staff. It is a premier and most authoritative source of new print book titles from Springer. We offer you a wide range of publication types – from contributed volumes focusing on current trends, to handbooks for in-depth research, to textbooks for graduate students. If you are looking for something very specific, go to our online catalog at springer.com and search among the 83,000 English books in print by keyword. The Advanced Search makes it easy to define any scientific subject you have. You can even download a catalog just like this one with your own personal selection – completely free of charge! We hope you will enjoy browsing through our new titles and make your selection today! With best wishes, Matthew Giannotti Product Manager, Trade Marketing P.S. Register on springer.com for automatic New Book Alerts by subject. If you register as a bookseller, you will also receive the monthly Bookseller Alert that announces every new title by subject in the Springer NEWS catalog. Legend Book with online Book CD-ROM Textbook files/update with CD-ROM Book DVD Set with DVD springer.com Medicine | Anaesthesiology B. Allaria, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy (Ed) Practical Issues in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 2013 This book is an up-to-date guide to the most widely debated practical and management issues in anesthesia and intensive care. It provides vali- dated information on the state of the art regarding a wide range of topics, including choice of imaging techniques in the management of ARDS patients, the value and limits of continuous renal replace- E. I. Eger II, University of California, San Francisco, E. A. Frost, Icahn Medical Center at Mount Sinai, New ment therapy in intensive care, the prevention and San Francisco, USA; L. Saidman, Stanford University, York, NY, USA (Ed) treatment of postoperative shivering, the diagnosis Stanford, USA; R. Westhorpe, Australian and New and treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus, Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Melbourne, Comprehensive Guide to ways to prevent acute lung injury, the prevention Australia (Eds) Education in Anesthesia of perioperative myocardial ischemia, and the management of invasive candidiasis in intensive The Wondrous Story of This book covers all aspects of education in care. All subjects are addressed in a lively and Anesthesia anesthesiology in the US, from medical school to straightforward manner by recognized experts in the board certification process. It provides a road the field. Anesthetists and intensivists, including Due October 2013 map for medical students contemplating a career trainees, will find Practical Issues in Anesthesia Professional book in anesthesiology and anesthesiology residents and Intensive Care 2013 to be an ideal source of and fellows. rapidly retrievable practical information . 2014. I, 2810 p. 349 illus., 121 in color. Hardcover 7 $279.00 Due November 2013 Due October 2013 ISBN 978-1-4614-8440-0 Professional book Professional book 2014. X, 410 p. 21 illus., 16 in color. Softcover 2014. IV, 188 p. 24 illus., 18 in color. Softcover 7 $59.99 7 $59.99 ISBN 978-1-4614-8953-5 ISBN 978-88-470-5528-5 A. D. Kaye, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; A. M. Kaye, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Stockton, CA, USA; R. D. Urman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA (Eds) Essentials of Pharmacology for Anesthesia, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care with Black Box Warnings C. T. Chambers, Dalhousie University IWK Health J. M. Ehrenfeld, Vanderbilt University School This book provides a basic understanding of Center, Halifax, NS, Canada; G. A. Finley, Dalhousie of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA; M. Cannesson, pharmacologic principles and clinical consider- University Dept. Anesthesia & Psychology, Halifax, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA (Eds) ations for practitioners at all levels in anesthesiol- NS, Canada; P. J. McGrath (Eds) ogy, pain management, and critical care. It is an Monitoring Technologies in easy-to-read handbook designed to appeal to a Pediatric Pain Acute Care Environments wide audience. A Clinical Casebook A Comprehensive Guide to Patient Due December 2013 Monitoring Technology Professional book This book explains how monitoring works in a 2014. XXX, 828 p. 224 illus., 32 in color. Softcover variety of acute care settings. It covers hemody- 7 approx. $59.95 Due November 2013 namic, respiratory, neuro-, metabolic, and other ISBN 978-1-4614-8947-4 Contributed volume forms of monitoring as well as details how to apply theoretical knowledge to real patient situations. 2014. Approx. 300 p. 10 illus. (Contemporary Pain Medicine) Hardcover Due November 2013 7 approx. $89.50 Professional book ISBN 978-1-60327-050-2 2014. XII, 440 p. 175 illus., 132 in color. Softcover 7 $79.99 ISBN 978-1-4614-8556-8 1 Medicine | Bioethics springer.com A. D. Kaye, River Ridge, LA, USA; S. Davis, Ocean Springs, MS, USA (Eds) Principles of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring This book introduces readers to basic concepts relevant to the practice of intraoperative neuro- physiological monitoring (IOM). It provides com- prehensive coverage of the modalities available for monitoring during different types of surgery. Due December 2013 P. Lack, Basel, Switzerland; N. Biller-Andorno, H. A. ten Have, Pittsburgh, USA; B. Gordijn, Dublin Professional book S. Brauer, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland City University, Dublin 9, Ireland (Eds) 2014. 450 p. 150 illus., 100 in color. Softcover (Eds) Handbook of Global Bioethics 7 approx. $89.95 Advance Directives ISBN 978-1-4614-8941-2 This, the first detailed survey of global bioethics, This volume gives an overview on the currently covers 50 nations and includes key contempo- debated ethical issues regarding advance direc- rary discussions and emerging topics in the field. tives from an international perspective. It focuses Written by accomplished experts from around the on a wider understanding of the known and world, the handbook provides a uniquely global widely accepted concept of patient self-determina- perspective. tion for future situations. 7 First comprehensive survey of global bioethics Due October 2013 in specific countries Describes and analyses of bio- Contributed volume ethics in approximately 50 countries 7 Focuses on institutionalisation and the most important 2014. XIV, 215 p. (International Library of Ethics, Law, state of the art discussions emerging and topics in and the New Medicine, Volume 54) Hardcover the field 7 Provides a unique global perspective 7 $129.00 facilitating comparison of the state of bioethics in ISBN 978-94-007-7376-9 various countries 7 Gathers a renowned global group of international authors Due September 2013 Handbook Print 2014. XXVI, 1685 p. 54 illus., 49 in color. 7 $1100.00 ISBN 978-94-007-2511-9 N. Homedes, University of Texas at the Paso, El Paso, TX, USA; A. Ugalde, University of Texas at Austin, eReference Austin, TX, USA (Eds) 2013. Clinical Trials in Latin America: 7 $1100.00 Where Ethics and Business ISBN 978-94-007-2512-6 Clash Print + eReference Outsourcing of clinical trials to Latin America by 2013. XXVI, 1685 p. 54 illus., 49 in color. the transnational pharmaceutical industry began 7 $1350.00 about 20 years ago. ISBN 978-94-007-2513-3 Due October 2013 Contributed volume 2014. XIV, 285 p. 8 illus. (Research Ethics Forum, Volume 2) Hardcover 7 $189.00 ISBN 978-3-319-01362-6 2 springer.com Medicine | Cardiology P. Avanzas, Hospital Universitario Central de A. Davies, Plymouth, UK; A. Scott, Papworth F. F. Faletra, Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; P. Clemmensen, University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK Switzerland; G. Perk, Tisch Hospital, New York, of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Eds) NY, USA; N. G. Pandian, Tufts University School Starting to Read ECGs of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; H.-J. Nesser, Pharmacological Treatment of The Basics Elisabethinen Teaching Hospital, Linz, Austria; Acute Coronary Syndromes I. Kronzon, Tisch Hospital, New York, NY, USA This book is a basic introduction to recording and This book presents key knowledge that a cardio- interpreting ECGs, covering basic physiology of Real-Time 3D Interventional vascular professional needs to know on a day-to- the heart, and anatomical and rythm abnormali- Echocardiography day basis, written in a quick-access, no-nonsense ties. Each chapter offers a mind map, practice format. questions and example ECGs, plus diagrams, This book describes RT 3D TEE in percutaneous tables and color images. interventional procedures, exploring its growing Due September 2013 role and acceptance among interventional cardi- Contributed volume Due November 2013 ologists, and also emphasizing areas of weakness. Professional book 2014. XVI, 237 p. 23 illus., 11 in color. (Current Available Cardiovascular Therapy) Softcover 2014. XVII, 240 p. 190 illus., 185 in color. With Atlas 7 $49.99 online files/update. Softcover ISBN 978-1-4471-5423-5 2014. 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