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Thoroughly updated, with 132 new drug entries, the Seventh Edition of this popular reference provides practical, reliable information on more than 1,000 drugs that may be used by pregnant and lactating women. New to this edition are highlighted recommendations in each drug entry that indicate the level of risk to the fetus and nursing infant. The recommendations help readers interpret animal and human pregnancy data to assess potential human risk when there are human data or the human data are limited or not available.
FDA Risk Factor ratings for each drug are also included. Drugs are listed alphabetically and indexed by generic and US and foreign trade names.
This edition is also available for PDAs. See Media listing for details.
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Drugs in Pregnancy reference.......2006-12-15
Big, bountiful, beautiful book. Heavy, hard to get around, huge for transport reference guide. Quite expensive and not very portable... palm pilot version would be nice or quick, pocket reference....
my single most valuable reference book.......1999-01-20
I do locum tenens (temporary) doctoring and when I go on an assignment this is the first book to go in my suitcase. I take it to the office with me in the morning and take it home at night in case I get a question that I need it for. It is clear, concise, comprehensive and as authoritative as any text can be. If you care for or prescribe meds to pregnant or lactating women, this is a "must have".
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For decades, Patricia Cornwell has demonstrated her extraordinary ability not only to entertain and enthrall but to surprise as well. Beginning in January 2006, The New York Times Magazine will serialize a brand-new Cornwell thriller, a book filled with all the chilling suspense, rich characters, and trademark forensics that have made her an international phenomenon. But what she does with those ingredients is a revelation.
A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?
Her investigator is not so sure-not sure about anything to do with this woman, really-but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It's not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they're about to get much worse.
Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound-this is the master working at the top of her game.
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REALLY poor!! .......2007-09-01
The absolute WORST book that I have wasted time, and a lot of money on
in a LONG time!! Very disapointed!!
Too bad..........2007-08-30
Patricia Cornwell's early work was top-notch, but most everything she's written lately has been sloppy, disjointed and feels like something she did while she was busy thinking about something else. I was hoping this one would be different since it was written as a series of magazine serials. But, this one was even worse.
This book has so many plot holes and barely introduced characters that flit in and flit out again that it feels like the work of an amateur rather than the work of an author of more than 20 books. The main characters are just sketches, rather than being fleshed out. Is she such a commodity that her editors can't edit her any more?
Poor and disappointing.......2007-08-24
Winston Garano, a forensic investigator who is given an assignment that has been in the cold case bucket for 20 years thinks his talents are being wasted on a stupid, old investigation.
"AT RISK" is a new program in the anti-crime program that District Attorney, Monique Lamont has her greedy hands on. Winston is working his knuckles to the bone on the coldcase, while Winston wants to further her program---she wonders if there will be interferance from Winston.
There is no Scarpetta or Lucy in this novel which to me is Cornwell's bread and butter for mystery writing. The plot is boring, flat and downright bad. I was disappointed.
Very poor.......2007-08-22
I've read all of Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta books and liked the first three or four quite a bit. The series declined markedly in quality after that. At Risk is Cornwell's worst yet and illustrates exactly why I did not enjoy the later Kay Scarpetta books very much.
The problem is that, rather than showing us what the characters are feeling, Cornwell simply tells us. That's just lazy.
If a character is fearful, we should be able to infer that from the plot itself, without Cornwell having to tell us, "Suzie is afraid here, because she in a dangerous situation, which I'm not going to bother describing."
If that happened once or twice, that would be mildly irritating. Unfortunately, it happens over and over. Cornwell tells us that Suzie is fearful when her alarm clock goes off in the morning; Suzie feels a shiver of terror when she puts cream in her coffee; a nameless dread comes over Suzie as she puts her shoes on; she grits her teeth in frustration as she dunks her donut in her coffee; her heart turns cold with fear as she pets her dog; etc., etc. The endless, overwrought emotions in routine situations get very tiresome very quickly.
I hope Cornwell can make a comeback, but she's had four or five weak efforts in a row now. Sad.
Not worth the price!.......2007-08-15
With the exception of "Preditor", I have read and enjoyed read Cornwell's books. This books was boring and uninteresting.
I purchased the paperback and paid a normal price. However, the print was larger then a normal book and contained more blank pages. If, the print was small like other books and didn't have the blank pages, instead of 289 pages, it would be about 189 pages.
I'm just glad I didn't pay for a hardcover version.
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21 CFR Part 11: Complete Guide to International Computer Validation Compliance for the Pharmaceutical Industry
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The most comprehensive guide to computer validation currently available, this invaluable reference discusses good laboratory, clinical, manufacturing, and distribution practices and explains the latest regulatory developments for the US, European and other regulatory authorities. Practical examples and checklists appear throughout the book and the authors explores the role of quality assurance and risk management as key components of pragmatic regulatory compliance. He reviews over twenty case studies of different types of computer systems. Latest FDA and PIC/S developments concerning computer validation, electronic records and signatures, and process analytical technologies are included.
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Continuing its superiority in the health care risk management field, The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations (5th Edition), is written by the key practitioners and consultants in the field. Included are many practical chapters and health care examples than before as well as additional material on methods and techniques of risk reduction and management. This edition also revises the structure of the previous edition, and focuses on operational and organizational structure rather than risk areas and functions. Readers will welcome this more practical and user-friendly approach.
Volume I, a risk management primer, incorporates the basic elements of risk management. Several topics will be given a more comprehensive treatment in one of the other two volumes. This volume is also perfect as a general overview and used by academia.
A wealth of checklists and detailed, up-to-date explanations of regulatory and legal changes will help novice and veteran risk managers learn to manage risk effectively.
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Completely revised and updated, the third edition of this standard handbook includes entirely new chapters on managed care and risk financing that address the important issues of cost containment and the advancements in alternate risk financing arrangements. This comprehensive resource offers everything from the basics of program development to the more sophisticated concepts of enterprise risk management.
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Pregnancies compromised by disease, trauma, substance abuse, and other factors are not uncommon. They clearly demand special attention from the obstetrician, obstetric nurse, primary care physician and others. Through three successful editions, Queenan has provided these audiences with a concise yet complete guide to managing pregnant patients and fetuses at risk.For the fourth edition, Dr Queenan has proposed replacing up to a third of the 96 contributors to get some new blood into the book. He has invited more contributions from European authors in order to better cater to an international readership. The book will, however, retain the popular protocols theme, in which very brief chapters on the spectrum of HRP topics provide quick summaries of a problem and diagnostic and therapeutic steps to manage it. Every chapter will be revised carefully to reflect the latest thinking on the best approach to pregnant patients with risks like tuberculosis, STDs, bleeding, pre-eclampsia, etc. The many quick reference tables and charts will be updates as, of course, will the brief bibliographies accompanying each chapter.This new edition will provide increased coverage of IUGR, Pre-eclampsia, teratology and genetics. New chapters will be introduced on doppler ultrasound, nuchal translucency and also on AIDS in pregnancy.Furthermore the fourth edition will be evidence-based. The new editor, Catherine Spong, is a guru of evidence-based medicine and as well as her role as one of the editors of the American journal: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, controls the foetal medicine programme at the National Institute of Health in Washington.
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What To Read While Waiting For Deliveries.......2000-06-14
This is a neat concise text which covers almost any problem that you're likely to run into while on an Obstetrical service. The text is clearly divided into problems which facilitate "a fast look-up". Each subject is discussed with critial issues covered, such as statistics, decision trees, and the presence or absence of outcome based protocols. While there are limitations regarding the accuracy of the recommendations, given the publication date, this remains a helpful tool for learning basic obstetrical practice.
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Here is the exciting new edition everyone has been waiting for! Look to Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works, Second Edition, to provide you with a solid grounding and clear understanding of managed health care. This completely updated and revised new edition is by the foremost authority in the managed care industry, Dr. Peter Kongstvedt. Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works is enhanced with learning objectives at the beginning of every chapter and an extensive glossary of key managed health care terms. It is written in clear and concise fundamental terms, beginning with an historical overview of managed care, to organizational structures, concepts, and practices of the managed care industry.
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slow read.......2006-07-14
From the very first page, I found this book difficult to get through. Not only is it a very dry book, one gets bogged down in complicated sentence structure and undefined terminology. I think this book is probably designed for folks who already know a lot about managed care (see the bios for the two previous reviews). For someone like me, new to pharma, this book just wasn't basic enough to truly grasp the concept of managed care.
...covers the basics in an understandable and logical order........1999-01-15
The book covers the basics in an understandable and logical order...it is well-organized and complete. Chapter 3, The Infrastructure of Managed Care, is very interesting and informative - is very good at describing how managed care organizations do what they do. Chapter 4, Provider Networks, and Chapter 5, Purchasers and Managed Care, are very good chapters with good descriptions of provider networks and purchasing arrangements. (Reviewed by Bernard J. Turnock, MD, MPH, Professor and Director of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago.)
...well thought out and easy to read........1999-01-15
The content of the book overall is well thought out and easy to read. Chapter 1, The Evolution of Managed Care, is an excellent chapter. The Medicaid and Medicare sections of Chapter 5 are excellent. Chapter, 7, Quality of Care, is an excellent chapter--one of the best on quality I've read. (reviewed by Carmella M. Sebastian, MD, Senior Medical Director, First Priority Health, The Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania HMO)
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This new edition by Lisa Iezzoni examines how risk adjustment controls for the intrinsic health risks that patients bring to their healthcare encounters. For determining costs or comparing clinical outcomes, it thus levels the playing field, ensuring that "apples are compared to apples, not to oranges."
This new edition is your comprehensive guide to risk adjustment for comparing outcomes of care across different patients, treatments, providers, health plans, or populations. It covers everything from developing risk adjusters to determining data sources to tackling issues related to special populations. A handy reference, it also includes a glossary of common acronyms, and references to web sites are found throughout the text, offering additional resources.
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Brackenridge's Medical Selection of Life Risks has long been recognized as the leading reference book on insurance medicine. The fifth edition provides a comprehensive guide to life expectancy for underwriters and clinicians involved in the life insurance industry. Extensively revised and expanded the new edition reflects developments in life and healthcare insurance as well as medicine. There is expanded coverage of disability issues and full account is taken of new developments in genetics and gene therapy and also recent technology and regulatory and compliance issues. Part I deals with the principles of life and disability insurance and the logistics of life underwriting. Part II is devoted to a systematic clinical appraisal of underwriting problems, mainly relating to life insurance but also, where appropriate, to disability, critical illness and long term care insurance.
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