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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — August 2011
Arrangement is by title.

The integrated medical curriculum.

Bandaranayake, Raja C.
Radcliffe Publishing, ©2011    128 p.    $45.00    R745
978-1-84619-510-5

From the first instances of curriculum integration at Case Western Reserve and McMaster universities to the present, this book explores ways to move toward a problem-based curriculum in medical education. Bandaranayake, with years of experience as an international consultant in medical education, gives a fair assessment of the advantages of such integration, along with some warning of potential pitfalls. The last chapter includes four case studies in curriculum integration, with the institutions kept anonymous. Each chapter ends with a list of key points, and the book could be used as text for a course in curriculum theory and practice. It is also appropriate as a guide for medical educators. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed by BookMasters. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Key questions in cardiac surgery.

Moorjani, Narain et al.
TFM Publishing Ltd., ©2011    502 p.    $99.00    RD598
978-1-903378-69-4

Moorjani (cardiothoracic surgery, Drexel U.) et al. answer key questions in adult cardiac surgical practice for cardiac surgical trainees and residents and other specialists, such as cardiologists, cardiothoracic intensivists, nurses, and physiotherapists. They use an evidence-based approach that incorporates current guidelines from the American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology as they explain, in a question-and-answer format, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, electrocardiography, echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, imaging, cardiopulmonary bypass and adjuncts, myocardial protection, various diseases, heart failure, arrhythmia surgery, tumors and trauma, anesthesia and intensive care management, and postoperative management. US distribution by BookMasters. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Management of complications in ophthalmic surgery.

Ed. by Samuel Boyd and Lihteh Wu.
Jaypee Bros., ©2009    132 p.    $90.00    RE80
978-9962-678-06-9

Boyd, a surgeon in the retina and vitreous department at an ophthalmology center in Panama, and Wu, a surgeon in vitreoretinal diseases at the Instituto de Cirugia Ocular, Costa Rica, identify major complications that can occur in ophthalmic surgery and how ocular surgeons can manage them. In 16 chapters, ophthalmologists from Europe, South America, and the US cover glaucoma, anesthetic complications, penetrating keratoplasty, laser complications, postoperative endophthalmitis, suprachoroidal hemorrhage, LASIK complications, complications during phacoemulsification, and those related to new techniques in cataract surgery, and complications after retinal surgery, and modifications of phakic intraocular lenses. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Optical coherence tomography; atlas and text.

Ed. by Samuel Boyd et al.
Jaypee Bros., ©2009    154 p.    $99.00    R857
978-9962-678-04-5

Boyd et al., ophthalmologists from Panama, Italy, and the US, bring together a group of ophthalmologists from India, the US, South America, and Europe for 19 chapters on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and its uses and interpretation and applications in ophthalmology, including in the anterior segment and retina, and in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration. They also cover the integration of OCT and fluorescein angiography and in the diagnosis and management of ocular tumors. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)