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ABC of Pleural Diseases
Ian Hunt, Nick Maskell & Fergus Gleeson
Pleural diseases are very common and of increasing prevalence. This brand new title in the ABC series
covers a wide range of conditions including pneumothorax, pleural effusions, pleural infections, chylothorax
and mesothelioma. Written by a team of specialists this overview of pleural diseases is a practical guide for
the management of pleural diseases including general practitioners, junior doctors, specialist nurses,
radiologists and all healthcare professionals working within chest medicine.
Series: ABC Series
Print ISBN: 978-0-470-65474-3 • Paper • £26.99 • €32.40 • $34.95 • Jan 2018 • 64PP
PACS and Imaging Informatics
Basic Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition
H. K. Huang
University of California, San Francisco
PACS and Imaging Informatics, Third Edition addresses the latest in PACS, from the electronic patient record
to the full range of topics in digital imaging. The third edition uses the framework of image informatics, not
physics or engineering principles, to explain PACS and its application in clinical settings and labs.
• Covers the critical issues of PACS hardware and software design and implementation
• New topics include Data Grid and Cloud Computing, IHE XDS-I Workflow Profile (Integrating the
Healthcare Enterprise Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging), extending XDS to share
images, and diagnostic reports and related information across a group of health care sites
• Expanded coverage of PACS and eHR's (Electronic Health Record), with HIPPA compliance
• New coverage of PACS in Pathology
• Reorganized and expanded clinical chapters discuss one distinct clinical application each
Print ISBN: 978-1-118-79573-6 • Cloth • £200.00 • €240.00 • $249.95 • Jan 2018 • 768PP
Previous Edition: 978-0-470-37372-9
ABC of Pleural
Diseases
PACS and
Imaging
Informatics
Veterinary Science
Veterinary Epidemiology
4th Edition
Michael Thrusfield & Robert Christley
University of Edinburgh, UK & University of Liverpool, UK
A comprehensive introduction to the role of epidemiology in veterinary medicine
This fully revised and expanded edition of Veterinary Epidemiology introduces readers
to the field of veterinary epidemiology. The new edition also adds new chapters on the
design of observational studies, validity in epidemiological studies, systematic reviews,
and statistical modelling, to deliver more advanced material. This updated edition begins
by offering an historical perspective on the development of veterinary medicine. It then
addresses the full scope of epidemiology, with chapters covering causality, disease
occurrence, determinants, disease patterns, disease ecology, and much more.
Veterinary Epidemiology, Fourth Edition:
• Features updates of all chapters to provide a current resource on the subject of veterinary epidemiology
• Presents new chapters essential to the continued advancement of the field
• Includes examples from companion animal, livestock, and avian medicine, as well as aquatic animal diseases
• Focuses on the principles and concepts of epidemiology, surveillance, and diagnostic-test validation and performance
• Includes access to a companion website providing multiple choice questions
Print ISBN: 978-1-118-28028-7 • Paper • £79.99 • €96.00 • $100.00 • Jan 2018 • 600PP
Previous Edition: 978-0-632-06397-0, 978-1-4051-5627-1
About the Authors
Michael Thrusfield is Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in the University of Edinburgh in
Edinburgh, UK.
Robert Christley is Reader in Epidemiology at the Institute of Infection and Global Health and the Institute of Veterinary Science in the
University of Liverpool in Liverpool, UK.