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Grading Key
***** =outstanding; **** =excellent; *** = good; ** =fair; * =poor.
Book Reviews
Contents: The book is divided into 7 sections. Section 1 reviews
Therapy in Nephrology and Hypertension: A Companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney, edited by Hugh R. Brady and Christopher S. Wilcox, 717 pp, with illus, $95, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 1998, ISBN 0-7216-7149-7
the fundamentals of ultrasonography and the instruments used in EUS examination, including high-resolution miniprobes. Section 2 describes the EUS appearance of normal anatomy, as well as the TNM classification for staging of gastrointestinal malignancies. The remaining 6 sections deal with EUS of specific organs (esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and rectum) or disease processes (portal hypertension). Techniques of fine-needle aspiration are discussed in both chapters 3 and 25. Strengths: This is the most current and comprehensive text available on EUS. It is far more than a good atlas, inasmuch as it describes techniques, indications, and results of well-referenced studies that pertain to the diagnostic role of EUS. The color photographs at the front of the book are of good quality and are duplicated in black and white in the appropriate chapters. A nice feature is the uniformity of presentation, particularly in the numerous line drawings that complement the ultrasound images. In general, the authors provide critical reviews in their respective chapters. Deficiencies: The strengths of this text far outweigh its deficiencies, but the inclusion of multiple chapters on the same topic by different authors, although providing a broader viewpoint, is repetitive. For example, 2 chapters on portal hypertension overstate the current role of EUS in this area. Recommended Readership: Gastroenterologists and trainees who perform EUS and gastroenterologists and surgeons who wish to understand the techniques and interpretation of EUS images.
Type ofBook: A comprehensive multiauthored companion text. Scope of Book: This book thoroughly reviews therapeutic interventions in the field of nephrology.
Contents: The 90-chapter book is divided into 16 parts. The largest sections include chapters on acute renal failure, glomerular disease, fluid and electrolytes, secondary hypertension, chronic renal failure, and maintenance dialysis. Less extensive sections are devoted to the basics of clinical trials; diabetic nephropathy; nephrolithiasis; inherited renal disease; genitourinary infections, malignancy, and obstruction; renal disease in pregnancy; essential hypertension; transplantation; and pharmacology. Most of the chapters include good diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms. The chapters are uniformly, extremely well referenced. Strengths: The strength of this text is noted in the title: a companion book that emphasizes therapy. It is an excellent resource on the outcomes of major therapeutic trials in many diverse areas of nephrology (the section on glomerular diseases is exceptional). Deficiencies: The emphasis on therapeutics without corresponding discussions of physiology and pathophysiology limits the book's potential uses and audience. This deficiency is particularly evident in the chapters on fluid, acid-base, and electrolytes. However, the text is not intended to be a sole source ofreview for particular disease states. Recommended Readership: I recommend this text to all primary care and subspecialty physicians as a resource for therapeutic recommendations in nephrology and the rationale behind them. It would also be useful for nephrology fellows and staff physicians who are reviewing for board certification examinations or are interested in obtaining complete references on therapeutic trials in nephrology.
Overall Grading:
Overall Grading:
Jonathan E. Clain, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn
Neurologic and Neurosurgical Emergencies, edited by Julio Cruz, 573 pp, with illus, $145, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 1999, ISBN 0-72166105-X
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Type of Book: A multiauthored text on emergent neurologic disorders and injuries. Scope of Book: This comprehensive reference text is designed for physicians and allied health personnel who provide care for patients with catastrophic neurologic and neurosurgical disorders. Contents: The text contains 20 chapters, the first few of which cover initial assessment and management. Chapters 2 and 3 comprehensively review the physiology and management of respiratory and cardiovascular complications of acute neurologic emergencies. Thereafter, chapters are devoted to specific emergency situations. The text covers the gamut of neurologic emergencies, including acute seizures, infectious diseases, neurologic emergencies associated with pregnancy, and cerebrovascular diseases such as ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Additionally, specific chapters are devoted to the management of severe acute brain trauma, trauma to
Eric N. Haugen, MD, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn
Gastrointestinal Endosonography, edited by Jacques Van Dam and Michael V. Sivak, Jr, 298 pp, with illus, $140, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 1999, ISBN 0-7216-7989-7
Type of Book: A multiauthored illustrative text describing the technique and applications of gastrointestinal endosonography.
Scope ofBook: This comprehensive text covers the principles of ultrasonography and the technique of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), with chapters dedicated to various organs and disease processes in which endosonography is helpful. Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74:644-646
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the peripheral nervous system, and spinal disorders. The chapters are written by recognized experts in their respective fields. Most chapters include a concise but thorough review of the underlying physiology of normal neurologic function as it pertains to specific disorders, followed by a review of pathologic features and therapies. An unusual feature is the inclusion of chapters on nursing issues in neurologic emergencies and a chapter on neurologic rehabilitation. Strengths: This is a comprehensive, reasonably priced text. Deficiencies: The text has no glaring deficiencies, but the multiple authorship results in differences in style and emphasis from chapter to chapter. In addition, most chapters would benefit from the inclusion of algorithms-particularly in the discussions of treatment-like that provided in chapter 4 on acute seizure disorders. Recommended Readership: This is an excellent reference source for neurologists, neurosurgeons, and emergency medicine practitioners. The excellent chapters devoted to nursing issues and physiatry would be of interest to specialists in those areas as well. Overall Grading:
****
Jimmy R. Fulgham, MD, Department a/Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn
BOOKS RECEIVED Nitric Oxide and Radicals in the Pulmonary Vasculature, edited by E. Kenneth Weir, Stephen 1. Archer, and John T. Reeves, 509 pp, with illus, $85, Armonk, New York, Futura Publishing Company, 1996 Human Physiology and Mechanisms of Disease, 6th ed, by Arthur C. Guyton and John E. Hall, 737 pp, with illus, $52.95, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Textbook of Rheumatology, 5th ed (in 2 vols), edited by William N. Kelley, Edward D. Harris, Jr., Shaun Ruddy, and Clement B. Sledge, 1,952 pp, with illus, $235, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Textbook of Surgery: Pocket Companion, edited by David C. Sabiston, Jr., and H. Kim Lyerly, 853 pp, $29.95, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 CDC Prevention Guidelines: A Guide for Action, edited by Andrew Friede, Patrick W. O'Carroll, Ray M. Nicola, Mark W. Oberle, and Steven M. Teutsch, 1,556 pp, with illus, $38, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Case Presentations in Clinical Infections (Case Presentations series), by Ian K. Hosein and Meirion B. Llewelyn, 132 pp, $32.50, Newton, Massachusetts, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997 The Washington Manual of Surgery, edited by Gerard M. Doherty, Dirk S. Baumann, Lawrence 1. Creswell, John A. Goss, and Terry C. Lairmore, 632 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 Case Studies in Emergency Medicine, 3rd ed, by Howard A. Freed, Dan Mayer, and Frederic W. Platt, 406 pp, $45.95 , Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1997 AIDS/HIV Reference Guide for Medical Professionals, 4th ed, edited by John 1. Fahey and Diana Shin Flemmig, 536 pp, with illus, $29.95, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Atlas of Vascular Anatomy: An Angiographic Approach, edited by Renan Uflacker, 811 pp, with illus, $199, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, by William S. Haubrich, 253 pp, $29.95, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 1997
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How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers, by Thomas A. Lang and Michelle Secic, 367 pp, with illus, $39.95, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 1997 Katzenstein and Askin's Surgical Pathology of Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease, 3rd ed (Major Problems in Pathology, Vol 13), by AnnaLuise A. Katzenstein, 477 pp, with illus, $80, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 English-Spanish Spanish-English Medical Dictionary, 2nd ed, by Glenn T. Rogers, 230 pp, $19.95, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1997 Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics, 6th ed, edited by John W. Graef, 643 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 Embolotherapy (Radiologic Interventions series), edited by Douglas M. Coldwell, 185 pp, with illus, $59, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Pulmonary Disorders (Differential Diagnosis in Pathology series), by Anthony A. Gal and Michael N. Koss, 151 pp, with illus, $59, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Principles and Practice of Brachytherapy, edited by Subir Nag, 732 pp, with illus, $160, Armonk, New York, Futura Publishing Company, 1997 Bove and Davis' Diving Medicine, 3rd ed, edited by Alfred A. Bove, 418 pp, with illus, $65, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Epithelial Tumors of the Thymus: Pathology, Biology, Treatment, edited by Alexander Marx and Hans Konrad Muller-Hermelink, 399 pp, with illus, $120, New York, Plenum Publishing, 1997 Manual of Clinical Problems in Adult Ambulatory Care: With Annotated Key References, 3rd ed, edited by Laurie Dornbrand, Axalla J. Hoole, and Robert H. Fletcher, 776 pp, with illus, $30, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 Successful Communication With Alzheimer's Disease Patients: An In-Service Training Manual, by Mary Jo Santo Pietro and Elizabeth Ostuni, 288 pp, with illus, $37.5, Newton, Massachusetts, ButterworthHeinemann, 1997 The Laryngeal Mask Airway: A Review and Practical Guide, by J. R. Brimacombe, A. I. J. Brain, and A. M. Berry, 301 pp, with illus, $62, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Manual of HIV Therapeutics, edited by William G. Powderly, 254 pp, with illus, $39.95, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 The ICU Book, 2nd ed, by PaulL. Marino, 928 pp, with illus, $55, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1998 Atlas of Lymphoid Hyperplasia and Lymphoma, by Judith A. Ferry and Nancy 1. Harris, 273 pp, with illus, $175, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed, edited by Anthony S. Fauci, Eugene Braunwald, Kurt J. Isselbacher, Jean D. Wilson, Joseph B. Martin, Dennis 1. Kasper, et aI, 2,569 pp, with illus, $99, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998 Fundamentals of Body CT, 2nd ed, by W. Richard Webb, William E. Brant, and Clyde A. Helms, 363 pp, with illus, $49, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1998 Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 6th ed, edited by Victor Chernick and Thomas F. Boat, 1,213 pp, with illus, $205, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1998 Saunders Infection Control Reference Service, edited by Elias Abrutyn, Donald A. Goldmann, and William E. Scheckler, 1,282 pp, with illus, $295, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1998 Atlas of Radiologic Anatomy, 6th ed, by Lothar Wicke, 320 pp, with illus, $39.95, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1998 Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials, 5th ed, by John B. West, 198 pp, with illus, $29, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1998
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
***** =outstanding; **** =excellent; *** = good; ** =fair; * =poor.
Book Reviews
Contents: The book is divided into 7 sections. Section 1 reviews
Therapy in Nephrology and Hypertension: A Companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney, edited by Hugh R. Brady and Christopher S. Wilcox, 717 pp, with illus, $95, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 1998, ISBN 0-7216-7149-7
the fundamentals of ultrasonography and the instruments used in EUS examination, including high-resolution miniprobes. Section 2 describes the EUS appearance of normal anatomy, as well as the TNM classification for staging of gastrointestinal malignancies. The remaining 6 sections deal with EUS of specific organs (esophagus, stomach, pancreas, and rectum) or disease processes (portal hypertension). Techniques of fine-needle aspiration are discussed in both chapters 3 and 25. Strengths: This is the most current and comprehensive text available on EUS. It is far more than a good atlas, inasmuch as it describes techniques, indications, and results of well-referenced studies that pertain to the diagnostic role of EUS. The color photographs at the front of the book are of good quality and are duplicated in black and white in the appropriate chapters. A nice feature is the uniformity of presentation, particularly in the numerous line drawings that complement the ultrasound images. In general, the authors provide critical reviews in their respective chapters. Deficiencies: The strengths of this text far outweigh its deficiencies, but the inclusion of multiple chapters on the same topic by different authors, although providing a broader viewpoint, is repetitive. For example, 2 chapters on portal hypertension overstate the current role of EUS in this area. Recommended Readership: Gastroenterologists and trainees who perform EUS and gastroenterologists and surgeons who wish to understand the techniques and interpretation of EUS images.
Type ofBook: A comprehensive multiauthored companion text. Scope of Book: This book thoroughly reviews therapeutic interventions in the field of nephrology.
Contents: The 90-chapter book is divided into 16 parts. The largest sections include chapters on acute renal failure, glomerular disease, fluid and electrolytes, secondary hypertension, chronic renal failure, and maintenance dialysis. Less extensive sections are devoted to the basics of clinical trials; diabetic nephropathy; nephrolithiasis; inherited renal disease; genitourinary infections, malignancy, and obstruction; renal disease in pregnancy; essential hypertension; transplantation; and pharmacology. Most of the chapters include good diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms. The chapters are uniformly, extremely well referenced. Strengths: The strength of this text is noted in the title: a companion book that emphasizes therapy. It is an excellent resource on the outcomes of major therapeutic trials in many diverse areas of nephrology (the section on glomerular diseases is exceptional). Deficiencies: The emphasis on therapeutics without corresponding discussions of physiology and pathophysiology limits the book's potential uses and audience. This deficiency is particularly evident in the chapters on fluid, acid-base, and electrolytes. However, the text is not intended to be a sole source ofreview for particular disease states. Recommended Readership: I recommend this text to all primary care and subspecialty physicians as a resource for therapeutic recommendations in nephrology and the rationale behind them. It would also be useful for nephrology fellows and staff physicians who are reviewing for board certification examinations or are interested in obtaining complete references on therapeutic trials in nephrology.
Overall Grading:
Overall Grading:
Jonathan E. Clain, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn
Neurologic and Neurosurgical Emergencies, edited by Julio Cruz, 573 pp, with illus, $145, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 1999, ISBN 0-72166105-X
****
Type of Book: A multiauthored text on emergent neurologic disorders and injuries. Scope of Book: This comprehensive reference text is designed for physicians and allied health personnel who provide care for patients with catastrophic neurologic and neurosurgical disorders. Contents: The text contains 20 chapters, the first few of which cover initial assessment and management. Chapters 2 and 3 comprehensively review the physiology and management of respiratory and cardiovascular complications of acute neurologic emergencies. Thereafter, chapters are devoted to specific emergency situations. The text covers the gamut of neurologic emergencies, including acute seizures, infectious diseases, neurologic emergencies associated with pregnancy, and cerebrovascular diseases such as ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Additionally, specific chapters are devoted to the management of severe acute brain trauma, trauma to
Eric N. Haugen, MD, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn
Gastrointestinal Endosonography, edited by Jacques Van Dam and Michael V. Sivak, Jr, 298 pp, with illus, $140, Philadelphia, Pa, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522), 1999, ISBN 0-7216-7989-7
Type of Book: A multiauthored illustrative text describing the technique and applications of gastrointestinal endosonography.
Scope ofBook: This comprehensive text covers the principles of ultrasonography and the technique of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), with chapters dedicated to various organs and disease processes in which endosonography is helpful. Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74:644-646
****
644
© 1999 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Mayo Clin Proc, June 1999, Vol 73
the peripheral nervous system, and spinal disorders. The chapters are written by recognized experts in their respective fields. Most chapters include a concise but thorough review of the underlying physiology of normal neurologic function as it pertains to specific disorders, followed by a review of pathologic features and therapies. An unusual feature is the inclusion of chapters on nursing issues in neurologic emergencies and a chapter on neurologic rehabilitation. Strengths: This is a comprehensive, reasonably priced text. Deficiencies: The text has no glaring deficiencies, but the multiple authorship results in differences in style and emphasis from chapter to chapter. In addition, most chapters would benefit from the inclusion of algorithms-particularly in the discussions of treatment-like that provided in chapter 4 on acute seizure disorders. Recommended Readership: This is an excellent reference source for neurologists, neurosurgeons, and emergency medicine practitioners. The excellent chapters devoted to nursing issues and physiatry would be of interest to specialists in those areas as well. Overall Grading:
****
Jimmy R. Fulgham, MD, Department a/Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn
BOOKS RECEIVED Nitric Oxide and Radicals in the Pulmonary Vasculature, edited by E. Kenneth Weir, Stephen 1. Archer, and John T. Reeves, 509 pp, with illus, $85, Armonk, New York, Futura Publishing Company, 1996 Human Physiology and Mechanisms of Disease, 6th ed, by Arthur C. Guyton and John E. Hall, 737 pp, with illus, $52.95, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Textbook of Rheumatology, 5th ed (in 2 vols), edited by William N. Kelley, Edward D. Harris, Jr., Shaun Ruddy, and Clement B. Sledge, 1,952 pp, with illus, $235, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Textbook of Surgery: Pocket Companion, edited by David C. Sabiston, Jr., and H. Kim Lyerly, 853 pp, $29.95, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 CDC Prevention Guidelines: A Guide for Action, edited by Andrew Friede, Patrick W. O'Carroll, Ray M. Nicola, Mark W. Oberle, and Steven M. Teutsch, 1,556 pp, with illus, $38, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Case Presentations in Clinical Infections (Case Presentations series), by Ian K. Hosein and Meirion B. Llewelyn, 132 pp, $32.50, Newton, Massachusetts, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997 The Washington Manual of Surgery, edited by Gerard M. Doherty, Dirk S. Baumann, Lawrence 1. Creswell, John A. Goss, and Terry C. Lairmore, 632 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 Case Studies in Emergency Medicine, 3rd ed, by Howard A. Freed, Dan Mayer, and Frederic W. Platt, 406 pp, $45.95 , Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1997 AIDS/HIV Reference Guide for Medical Professionals, 4th ed, edited by John 1. Fahey and Diana Shin Flemmig, 536 pp, with illus, $29.95, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Atlas of Vascular Anatomy: An Angiographic Approach, edited by Renan Uflacker, 811 pp, with illus, $199, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, by William S. Haubrich, 253 pp, $29.95, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 1997
Book Reviews
645
How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers, by Thomas A. Lang and Michelle Secic, 367 pp, with illus, $39.95, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572, American College of Physicians, 1997 Katzenstein and Askin's Surgical Pathology of Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease, 3rd ed (Major Problems in Pathology, Vol 13), by AnnaLuise A. Katzenstein, 477 pp, with illus, $80, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 English-Spanish Spanish-English Medical Dictionary, 2nd ed, by Glenn T. Rogers, 230 pp, $19.95, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1997 Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics, 6th ed, edited by John W. Graef, 643 pp, with illus, $34.95, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 Embolotherapy (Radiologic Interventions series), edited by Douglas M. Coldwell, 185 pp, with illus, $59, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Pulmonary Disorders (Differential Diagnosis in Pathology series), by Anthony A. Gal and Michael N. Koss, 151 pp, with illus, $59, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Principles and Practice of Brachytherapy, edited by Subir Nag, 732 pp, with illus, $160, Armonk, New York, Futura Publishing Company, 1997 Bove and Davis' Diving Medicine, 3rd ed, edited by Alfred A. Bove, 418 pp, with illus, $65, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Epithelial Tumors of the Thymus: Pathology, Biology, Treatment, edited by Alexander Marx and Hans Konrad Muller-Hermelink, 399 pp, with illus, $120, New York, Plenum Publishing, 1997 Manual of Clinical Problems in Adult Ambulatory Care: With Annotated Key References, 3rd ed, edited by Laurie Dornbrand, Axalla J. Hoole, and Robert H. Fletcher, 776 pp, with illus, $30, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 Successful Communication With Alzheimer's Disease Patients: An In-Service Training Manual, by Mary Jo Santo Pietro and Elizabeth Ostuni, 288 pp, with illus, $37.5, Newton, Massachusetts, ButterworthHeinemann, 1997 The Laryngeal Mask Airway: A Review and Practical Guide, by J. R. Brimacombe, A. I. J. Brain, and A. M. Berry, 301 pp, with illus, $62, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Manual of HIV Therapeutics, edited by William G. Powderly, 254 pp, with illus, $39.95, Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1997 The ICU Book, 2nd ed, by PaulL. Marino, 928 pp, with illus, $55, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1998 Atlas of Lymphoid Hyperplasia and Lymphoma, by Judith A. Ferry and Nancy 1. Harris, 273 pp, with illus, $175, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed, edited by Anthony S. Fauci, Eugene Braunwald, Kurt J. Isselbacher, Jean D. Wilson, Joseph B. Martin, Dennis 1. Kasper, et aI, 2,569 pp, with illus, $99, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998 Fundamentals of Body CT, 2nd ed, by W. Richard Webb, William E. Brant, and Clyde A. Helms, 363 pp, with illus, $49, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1998 Kendig's Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children, 6th ed, edited by Victor Chernick and Thomas F. Boat, 1,213 pp, with illus, $205, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1998 Saunders Infection Control Reference Service, edited by Elias Abrutyn, Donald A. Goldmann, and William E. Scheckler, 1,282 pp, with illus, $295, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1998 Atlas of Radiologic Anatomy, 6th ed, by Lothar Wicke, 320 pp, with illus, $39.95, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1998 Pulmonary Pathophysiology: The Essentials, 5th ed, by John B. West, 198 pp, with illus, $29, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1998
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.