This page provides a list of books and book chapters authored by GW health sciences faculty. Copies may be available at Himmelfarb Library for checkout or for viewing online.
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Quality and Value Innovations in Acute and Emergency Care
Jennifer Wilder, Jesse Pines, and Michael Ward
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Quality and Value Innovations in Acute and Emergency Care
Jennifer Wiler, Jesse Pines, and Michael Ward
Access to acute and emergency care is essential when we are ill or injured, but the costs are significant. How can we make services more efficient and effective? This thought-provoking text provides twenty case studies detailing successful innovations to enhance value, including telehealth, observation medicine, high utilizer programs, and the use of informatics to improve clinical decision support. A detailed history of system developments over the last fifty years in the US and internationally is provided, and subjects including measurement and quality improvement, volume versus value based care, and emergency department crowding are discussed. This book is an ideal way ... Read more
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Person-Focused Health Care Management: a Foundational Guide for Health Care Managers
Donald L. Zimmerman and Denise G. Osborn-Harrison
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Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
Emmanuel A. Andreadis
This book provides comprehensive analysis into individualized patient care, and applying evidence‐based medicine while integrating basic medical knowledge with applied medicine. The Editor and the contributors not only discuss important issues on hypertension management and its deleterious consequences if it is not well‐controlled, but also highlight the important signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of hypertensive heart disease and cardiac hypertrophy.
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ACSM's Research Methods
Lawrence Armstrong and William J. Kraemer
Introduction to research methods -- The importance of research for evidence-based practice -- Choosing yourresearch project : framing the problem, research hypotheses, and predictions -- Searching the scientific literature -- Fundamentals of study design -- Understanding research : a clinician's perspective of basic, applied, and clinical investigations -- Experimental design I -- independent variables -- Experimental design II -- dependent variables, blinding, randomization, and matching -- The unique challenges of field research -- Veracity of data : understanding validity and reliability -- Unique features in animal research -- Ethical principles in human and animal research -- Developing a funding base ... Read more
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The Direct Anterior Approach to Hip Reconstruction
B. Sonny Bal, Lee E. Rubin, and Kristaps J. Keggi
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Obstetric Evidence Based Guidelines
Vincenzo Berghella
This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in obstetric medicine, to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones, and by rating the evidence of the key references. The information is presented in the right format by summarizing evidence succinctly and clearly in tables and algorithms. The aim is to inform the clinician, to reduce errors and "to make it easy to do it right."
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Conn's Current Therapy (2016)
Edward T. Bope and Rick D. Kellerman
Designed for busy medical practitioners who need a trustworthy, current, and easy-to-use resource, Conn's Current Therapy 2016 focuses solely on up-to-date treatment protocols for the most common complaints, acute diseases, and chronic illnesses. -- From the publisher
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Dermatological Signs of Systemic Disease
Jeffrey Callen, Joseph Jorizzo, John Zone, Warren Piette, Misha Rosenbach, and Ruth Ann Vleugels
Lupus erythematosus / Christopher B. Hansen and Jeffrey P. Callen -- Dermatomyositis / Ruth Ann Vleugels and Jeffrey P. Callen -- Scleroderma, Raynaud's phenomenon, and related conditions / Stephanie T. Le, Nicole Fett, and Anna Haemel -- Vasculitis / Miguel A. González-Gay and Trinitario Pina -- Neutrophilic dermatoses / Joanna Harp and Joseph L. Jorizzo -- Psoriasis and systemic disease / Jashin J. Wu and Johann E. Gudjonsson -- Other rheumatologic-dermatologic conditions / Natalie A. Wright and Joseph F. Merola -- Autoinflammatory syndromes / Kieron S. Leslie -- Eosinophil-associated diseases with dermatologic manifestations / Kristin M. Leiferman -- Urticaria / ... Read more
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Disaster Medicine
Gregory R. Ciottone and + 6 more
The most comprehensive resource of its kind, Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, 2nd Edition, thoroughly covers isolated domestic events as well as global disasters and humanitarian crises. -- From the Publisher
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells : Methods and Protocols
Massimiliano Gnecchi
This volume aims to outline the current status of the Mesenchymal Stem Cells(MSC) field in regenerative medicine and to propose clear and reproducible protocols to better define the identity, function and use of these cells that are today, more than ever, “under the spotlight”. Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols, Second Editionis organized into four sections. The first guides the reader through a series of state-of-the-art reviews summarizing the use of MSC for the treatment of various diseases. The other three sections are a collection of methodological chapters covering several aspects: isolation and characterization of MSC; expansion of MSC for ... Read more
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Community and Public Health Nursing: Evidence for Practice (2nd ed.)
Gail A. Harkness and Rosanna F. DeMarco
Pt. 1. The Context of Public Health Nursing -- Public Health Nursing: Present, Past, and Future -- Public Health Systems -- Health Policy, Politics, and Reform -- Health and the Global Environment -- Pt. 2. Evidence-Based Practice and Population Health -- Frameworks for Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Risk Reduction -- Epidemiology: The Study of Prevention -- Describing Health Conditions: Understanding and Using Rates -- Gathering Evidence for Public Health Practice -- Pt. 3. Implementing Nursing Practice in Community Settings -- Planning for Community Change -- Cultural Diversity and Values -- Community Assessment -- Care Management, Case Management, and Home ... Read more
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Professional Issues in Nursings: Challenges and Opportunities (4th Ed.)
Carol J. Huston
Professional Issues in Nursing: Challenges & Opportunities features contemporary and enduring issues in professional nursing. Designed to be used in both pre- and post-licensure nursing programs, the text has an undiluted focus on professional issues in nursing and includes many timely workplace issues, workforce issues, legal and ethical issues, nursing education, and issues related to professional power and furthering the nursing profession. -- From the publisher's description.
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Lanzkowsky's Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 6th edition
Philip Lanzkowsky, Jeffrey Lipton, and Jonathan D. Fish
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Avery's Neonatology: Pathophysiology & Management of the Newborn (7th ed.)
Mhairi MacDonald and Mary M.K. Seshia
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Phlebology, Vein Surgery and Ultrasonography: Diagnosis and Management of Venous Disease
Eric Mowatt-Larssen, Sapan S. Desai, Anahita Dua, and Cynthia E. K. Shortell
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Lymphedema: Complete Medical and Surgical Management
Peter C. Neligan, Juame Masia, and Neil B. Piller
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Short Stay Management of Atrial Fibrillation
William Peacock and Carol L. Clark
This book provides a road map for the efficient and successful management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the short stay unit. It describes the problem, defines the measures of successful treatment, elucidates interventions, and supplies the tools for achieving quality care. Organized in four parts, it covers the impact of AF on patient populations; the presentation and management of AF; the transition to the outpatient environment; and systems management. Topics include the economic consequences of AF; cardioversion and cardiac implantable electronic devices in AF management; education of the AF patient and discharge planning; and quality metrics in AF. The book ... Read more
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HIV Protocols
Vinayaka R. Prasad and Ganjam V. Kalpana
This third edition volume expands upon the previous editions with new research topics and numerous leading-edge HIV protocols. This book contains chapters that cover various aspects of HIV-1 replication and are helpful for investigating the mechanisms of HIV-1 replication or pathogenesis. The chapters are grouped into six sections: HIV early events; HIV-1 RNA structure and RNA-protein interactions; HIV-1 post-integration events; HIV-1 pathogenesis in animal models; tools to study HIV-1 latency; and Neuro AIDS. Chapters are written by research experts who have diligently developed techniques, improved them, simplified them, or applied them to their own HIV research. Written in the highly ... Read more
