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ONLINE BOOK COLLECTION

The following online books are available through OVID (O), MDConsult (M), Nursing Consult (NC), and StatRef (S).  All staff and affiliated physicians may obtain an ID & password by contacting the Librarian at 301.279.6101 or dvmartin@ahm.com.  The collection is available from any location with internet access.

Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
       Middleton's Allergy: principles and practice (M)
       
Patterson's Allergic Diseases (O)
        Samter's Immunological Diseases (O)


Alternative Medicine
       
Clinicians' Handbook of Natural Medicine (NC)
        Essentials of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (O)

        Rakel: Integrative Medicine (M)
        Review of Natural Product (S)

Anesthesiology & Pain Management
       
Bonica's Management of Pain (O)
          Clinical Anesthesia (O)

       
Miller: Anesthesia (M)

Cardiology
        Braunwald: Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
(M) (M)
        Huszar: Basic Dysrythmias: interpreation and management (NC)
        Park: Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners (M)
       
Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine (O)

Critical Care
        ICU Book (O)
       
Irwin & Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine (O)

Dermatology
        Habif: Clinical Dermatology (M)
       
Sauer's Manual of Skin Diseases (O)

Diagnosis
        ACP's PEIR: The Physician's Information and Education Resource (S)
       
Clinical Imaging: An Atlas of Differential Diagnosis (O)
       
Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests (O)
        Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures (NC)

        Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (S)
       
The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics (O)

Dictionaries
        Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations (S)
        Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (S)

Emergency Medicine
        Auerbach: Wilderness Medicine (M)
          Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (O)
          Ford: Clinical Toxicology (M)
          Marx: Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (M)
          Roberts: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine (M)

Endocrinology & Metabolism
        Larsen: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology (M)
       
Principles and Practice of Endocrinology & Metabolism (O)
        Werner & Ingbar's The Thyroid: A Fundamental & Clinical Text (O)
AAFP Conditions A to Z (S)
        Family Nursing: research, theory, and practice (S)
        Family Medicine: principles and practice (S)
(M)
        Rakel: Textbook of Family Practice (M)
        Women's Health: a primary care clinical guide (S)

Gastroenterology
        Feldman: Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (M)
       
Reichel's Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging (O)
        Schiff's Diseases of the Liver (O)
        Textbook of Gastroenterology (O)


Geriatric Medicine
        Duthie: Practice of Geriatrics (M)
        Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach (S)

Healthcare
        Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care (S)
        ICD-9-CM, volume 1-3 (S)
        Ingenix CPT with RVUs Data File (S)

Hematology
        Hoffman: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice (M)
       
Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology (O)

Infectious Disease
        Cohen & Powderly: Infectious Diseases (M)
        Gershon: Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children (M)
        Infectious Diseases: The Clinician's Guide (S)
        Long: Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (M)
        Mandell: Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases (M)
       
Reese & Betts': A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases (O)

Internal Medicine
       
Cheng-Zaas: The Osler Medical Handbook (M)
        Ferri: Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient (M)
        Hospital Medicine (O)
        Internal Medicine (S)
        Goldman: Cecil Textbook of Medicine (M)
        Kelley's Textbook of Internal Medicine (O)
        Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient (M)
        Primary Care Medicine (O)
        Rakel: Conn's Current Therapy (M)
        Primary Care (NC)
        Seidel: Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination (NC)
        Seidel: Mosby's Physical Examination Handbook (NC)

Nephrology
        Brenner & Rector's The Kidney (M)
       
Diseases of the Kidney & Urinary Tract (O)

Neurology
        Goetz: Textbook of Clinical Neurology (M)
        Merritt's Neurology (O)

Nursing
        2005 Intravenous Medications (NC)
        Acute and Chronic Wounds (NC)
        Basic Dysrythmias: interpreaton and management (NC)
        Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing (S)
        Cecil's Textbook of Medicine (NC)
        Habif: Clinical Dermatology (NC)
       Clinical Medical Surgical Nursing (NC)
        Clinicians' Handbook of Natural Medicine (NC)
        Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing (NC)
        Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (S)
        Delmar's Fundamentals & Advanced Nursing Skills (S)
        Delmar's Guide to Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests (S)
        Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual (S)
        Evidence Based Nursing (NC)
        Family Nursing: research, theory, practice (S)
        Ferri's Clinical Advisor (NC)
        Foundations of Nursing Research (S)
        Gerontologic Nursing (NC)
        Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures (NC)
        Maternal Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Care (S)
        Manual of High Risk Pregnancy and Delivery (NC)        
        Mosby's Pediatric Nursing Reference (NC)
        Neonatal Nursing Handbook (NC)
        Nurses Guide to Cancer Care (S)
        Nurse's Pocket Guide: diagnosis, interventions, and rationales (S)
        Nursing Diagnosis in Psychiatric Nursing (S)
        Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual (S)
        Nursing Interventions Classication, NIC (NC)
        Nursing Outcomes Classification, NOC (NC)
        Oncology Nursing Clinical Reference (NC)
        Pediatric Nursing (S)
        Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment (NC)
        Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base (NC)
        Primary Care (NC)
        Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook (NC)
        Seidel: Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination (NC)
        Seidel: Mosby's Physical Examination Handbook (NC)
        Sheehy's Emergency Nursing (NC)
        Swearingen: Manual of Medical Surgical Nursing Care (NC)
        Thompson: Mosby's Clinical Nursing (NC)
        Tucker: Patient Care Standards (NC)
        Urden: Thelan's Critical Care Nursing (NC)

Nutrition & Dietetics
       
Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease (O)
        Nutrition Care Manual (ADA)

Obstetrics & Gynecology
       
Danforth's Obstetrics & Gynecology (O)
        Gabbe: Obstetrics - Normal and Problem Pregnancies (M)
        Maternal Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Care (S)
        Manual of High Risk Pregnancy and Delivery (NC)
       
Novak's Gynecology (O)
        Stenchever: Comprehensive Gynecology (M)
       
Oncology
        Abeloff: Clinical Oncology (M)
        AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook (S)
       
Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology (O)
        Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine (S)


Ophthalmology
       
Wills Eye Manual: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis & Treatment of Eye Disease (O)
        Yanoff: Ophthalmology (M)

Orthopedics
       
Browner: Skeletal Trauma: Basic Science, Management, and Reconstruction (M)
        Chapman's Orthopaedic Surgery (O)
        Canale: Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics (M)
        Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics (S)
        DeLee: DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (M)
        Green: Skeletal Trauma in Children (M)

        Manual of Rheumatology & Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy (O)

Otolaryngology
        Cummings: Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery (M)
       
Head & Neck Surgery - Otolaryngology (O)

Pathology
        Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods (M)
       
Kumar: Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease (M)
       
Pediatrics
        Behrman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics (M)
        Johns Hopkins: The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House
        Officers (M)
        Pediatric Nursing (S)
       
Pediatric Primary Care: Ill-Child Care (O)
        Pediatric Primary Care: Well-Child Care (O)

       
Oski's Pediatrics: Principles and Practice (O)
       
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
        AHFS Drug Information (S)
        Drug Facts & Comparisons, pocket version (O)
        Mosby's Drug Consult™ (S)
        Pharmacotherapeutics (S)
    
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
        Frontera: Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (M)

Psychiatry
        DSM-IV-TR™:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health (S)
        Jacobson: Psychiatric Secrets (will be removed on October 1, 2005) (M)
       
Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (O)
        Moore & Jefferson: Handbook of Medical Psychiatry (M)
        Nursing Diagnosis in Psychiatric Nursing (S)
       
Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders (S)

Pulmonary Medicine
        Murray & Nadel: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine (M)

Radiology
        Essentials of Radiology (M)
        Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging (M)
       
What to Order When: Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Imaging (O)

Rheumatology
       
Arthritis & Allied Conditions: A Textbook of Rheumatology (O)
        Manual of Rheumatology & Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy (O)

        Ruddy: Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology (M)

Surgery, General
       
Chapman's Orthopaedic Surgery (O)
        Operative Surgery Manual (M)
       
Surgery: Scientific Principles & Practice (O)
        Townsend: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery (M)

Tropical Medicine
        Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (S)

Urology
        Adult and Pediatric Urology (O)
       
Diseases of the Kidney & Urinary Tract (O)
        Walsh: Campbell's Urology (M)

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