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"I went to several doctors for five years with skin lesions. Nobody beleived me. They called me 'Delusional'. Dr. Uppal figured it out, treated me and I am better now after so many years. Dr. Uppal saved my life."
- Andronikki Rios

The book is based on my practice of Infectious diseases and discovery of a new parasitic disease referred to as Morgellon's Disease. My experience made me realize the dilemmas of the recognition of the disease in the medical community and social implication. It made me understand how it may be spreading in United States and how it may be prevented as a...

Infectious disease is the most common cause of illness and death in Africa, yet health practitioners routinely fail to identify causative microorganisms in most patients. As a result, patients often do not receive the right medicine in time to cure them promptly even when such medicine is available, outbreaks are larger and more devastating than they should be, and the impact of control interventions is difficult to measure. Wrong prescriptions and prolonged infections amount to needless costs for patients and for health systems. In Divining without Seeds, Iruka N. Okeke...

In Avoiding Errors in Radiology: Case-Based Analysis of Causes and Preventive
Strategies, the authors provide 118 real-life examples of interpretation errors
and wrong decisions from both diagnostic and interventional radiology. In
each case, the authors discuss in detail the context in which the errors were
made, the resulting complications, and strategies for future prevention. The
cases are organized by body region, beginning with the cranium and then
moving to cases of the breast, chest and abdomen, spinal column, musculoskeletal
and vascular systems.

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The Second Edition contains new questions and is completely updated

Curbside Consultation in Endoscopy: 49 Clinical Questions, Second Edition contains new questions and brief, practical, and evidence-based answers to the most frequently asked questions that are posed during a "curbside consultation" between surgical colleagues.

Dr. Joseph Leung and Dr. Simon Lo have designed this unique reference, which offers expert advice,...

Epilepsy is, after headache, the second most common neurological disorder. This book clarifies the many courses of action to take in treating patients with epilepsy. It presents current knowledge about seizures and epilepsy in a comprehensive, socially conscious, and clear manner. The editors have provided this information in a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and practical form.

This short, simple pedagogical guide to the diagnosis and management of epilepsy is an important reference work for all medical schools, hospitals, clinics, and primary care centers.

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A pragmatic approach to differential
diagnosis gives rapid, reliable answers to these questions: Which diseases are
likely? What causes them? What are the typical characteristics of these
disorders? Do they correspond with the symptoms in question? How can the
preliminary diagnosis be confirmed? Siegenthaler's new Differential Diagnosis in
Internal Medicine guides the reader through the challenges of differential
diagnosis across the spectrum of internal medicine.

Practice-orientated learning:

• Identify and understand key...