How a physician understands, interacts, and communicates with a patient with musculoskeletal low back pain will have a powerful impact on the course of care and outcome, regardless of the diagnosis. The authors of the new second edition of Low Back Pain provide a unique and valuable perspective on the non-surgical management of this potentially disabling condition.

Pub. Date: November 2007
ISBN: 978-1-883595-34-0
Format: Paperback, 360 pages. 

• The only medical Spanish book that specifically deals with work-related injuries and occupational medicine
• Offers pocket-sized convenience and quick, easy access to key medical terms in Spanish
• Organizes correct phrases for treatment in a logical sequence
• Gives you samples of all the forms you regularly use

Pub. Date: 1999
ISBN: 1-883595-23-1
Format: Paperback, 209 pages. 

You have a short time to read and evaluate a journal article in an area that's vital to your practice, yet is filled with terminology you haven't come across before, haven't used in years, or is only vaguely familiar. What's the most efficient way to accomplish the task? Turn to Judith Green-McKenzie's time-saving guide. It offers a step-by-step approach to dissecting an article, a glossary of commonly used terms, methods for evaluating the validity of the results presented, and much more.

As Associate Director of Occupational Medicine Residency, Judith Green-McKenzie saw the need for a glossary and guide that could help busy residents and other professionals understand and evaluate professional journal articles in the limited time their schedules allowed.

Now all medical professionals can benefit from Dr. Green-McKenzie's work, carefully organized into a concise, up-to-the-minute guide to understanding and evaluating medical journal articles.

July 2006. Paperback, 128 pages.
ISBN 1-883595-46-0 

This reliable reference, written by over 300 experts in their respective medical fields, is well-known for its essential information on diagnosing and treating medical disorders. This edition has been thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded. New features include 15 new chapters, over 300 new tables, and 56 new figures. Purchase of the book includes free 1-year mobile app access.

Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 2011 

Published October 2011 - Updated Annually

Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment is a streamlined clinical reference providing the most current insight into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. Topics new to this edition include a new chapter on sports medicine and outpatient orthopedics; extensive revision of the chapter on kidney diseases; updated coverage of evaluating fertility in women, immunization requirements, and the use and safety of nonsteroidal and anti-inflammatory drugs. Full-color photos and illustrations. Six online chapters are available through purchase of this book including a new, online-only, chapter on women's health issues.

Format: Softcover, 1867 pages including index
Publication Date: 2011 

Annually updated, this reference offers expert guidance on the latest therapeutic options for a broad spectrum of health concerns. Includes new chapters on fatigue and migraines. Searchable online content available through www.expertconsult.com.
Publication Date: December 2011
Format: Hardcover, 1320 pages 

This annually updated reference covers information on over 4,000 drugs, new FDA approvals and changes to existing drugs. Indexed by brand name, generic name, manufacturer, and product category.
Publication Date: January 2012
Format: Hardcover 

The tenth edition provides the solid foundation for performing physical examinations and taking patient history. Printed in a simple, clear, two-column format, with highly visual step-by-step exam techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.
New to this edition, the health promotion sections have been extensively updated and expanded in all chapters, with new and revised national guidelines, pertinent screening tools, and more information about ways to help patients prevent disease and optimize their health across all settings and age groups. Detailed information on pain assessment is now included in the general survey, vital signs, and pain chapter. There is a new chapter that presents assessment of mental health status and behavior to encompass the psychological dimensions of care. More than 50 new line drawings and photos have been added in this edition.

Publication Date: 2009
Format: Hardcover, 964 pages w/index and CD-Rom NOTE - THIS BOOK NON-RETURNABLE IF CD-ROM IS OPENED 

Practical guide to the use of lab tests. Aids physicians in using tests more effectively and efficiently by offering test outcomes, possible meanings, differential diagnosis, and summaries of tests available.

This ninth edition has been reorganized into two sections. The first section is devoted to an alphabetical listing of lab tests while stressing the integration of the clinical laboratory in the clinical decision making process. Test sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative probabilities are included whenever appropriate. The second section is devoted to disease states.

Highlights of the ninth edition:
*Detailed listing and description of routine and esoteric tests listed alphabetically with information on when to order and how to interpret the test results based on evidence-based laboratory medicine
*Information on how to work up patients with specific symptoms and the appropriate lab tests to order
*Up-to-date test procedures including molecular diagnostic tests
*Detailed microbiology chapter of infectious disease states
*A companion website

Format: Softcover, 1160 pages
Publication Date: 2011
 

Over 120,000 entries in and 1500 clear illustrations are included in the 32nd edition published in 2011. Includes bonus software and free online access.
Format: Hardcover, 2176 pages with CD-Rom
Publication Date: 2011