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Basic & Clinical Biostatistics (Dawson, 4th ed.)
Basics of biostatistics and epidemiology and the clinical applications in evidence-based medicine and decision-making methods.  Includes new chapter on survey research, expanded discussion of logistic regression, the Cox model, and other multivariate statistical methods, and problems drawn from the medical literature to illustrate the various statistical methods.
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (Katzung, 11th ed.)

Chapters describe pharmacology of specific drug groups and prototypes as well as clinical selection, use, and monitoring.  Organized according to the sequence used in many pharmacology courses: basic principles; autonomic drugs; cardiovascular-renal drugs; drugs with important actions on smooth muscle; central nervous system drugs; drugs used to treat inflammation, gout, and diseases of the blood; endocrine drugs; chemotherapeutic drugs; toxicology; and special topics.

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques (Estridge, 5th ed.)
Basic Dysrhythmias: Interpretation & Management (Huszar, 3rd ed.)
Basic Histology: Text & Atlas (Junqueira, 11th ed.)
Textbook on cell and tissue biology, structure, links cell and tissue structures with their functions. Covers the structure and function of cells, the four basic body tissues, and each organ and organ system of the human body.  Emphasizes cell biology as the fundamental approach to understanding structure and function.  Contains 600 illustrations including color photomicrographs prepared from new tissue samples and labeling of elements of interest.
Basic Infection Control for Health Care Providers (Kennamer, 2nd ed.)
Basic Neurochemistry : Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Aspects (Siegel, 6th ed.)
Neurochemistry textbook incorporating molecular biology and neurochemical basis of disease.  Includes new chapters on cell-cell interactions, adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix, intracellular trafficking, cytosol-nuclear communication, nerve growth and regeneration, excitotoxicity, apoptosis, drug addiction, and prion diseases, as well as 500 illustrations.
Basic Radiology (Chen)

Overview of current radiologic imaging. Extensively illustrated, organ-based, problem-oriented review of the most common disease states and their radiologic presentation. 750 high-quality images across all modalities (conventional radiography, nuclear imaging, ultrasonography, CT, MRI, PET, SPECT, etc.). Includes review of normal radiographic anatomy for each organ system, and advice on selection and ordering of imaging based on clinical presentation, patient preparation, and potential conflicts between techniques.

Berek and Hacker's Gynecologic Oncology (Berek, 5th ed.)
Biochemistry (Berg, 5th ed.)

Includes sections on Molecular Design of Life, Transducing and Storing Energy, Synthesizing the Molecules of Life, and Responding to Environmental Changes.   Textbook organization provides chapter-opening outlines, end-of-chapter problem sets, and icons highlighting evolutionary coverage, clinically relevant material, and related Internet media content.   Integrates information on evolution and protein structure and function.

Bioterrorism Sourcebook (Grey & Spaeth, 1st ed.)
BMJ Clinical Evidence

"Clinical Evidence is a continuously updated international source of evidence on the effects of clinical interventions. Clinical Evidence summarizes the current state of knowledge and uncertainty about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on thorough searches and appraisal of the literature. It is not a textbook of medicine nor a set of guidelines. It describes the best available evidence and if there is no good evidence it says so." Produced by the BMJ Publishing Group.

Books@Ovid

Full-text clinical and basic sciences textbook collection that includes A to Z Drug Facts and 5-Minute Clinical Consult.

Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine (Libby, 8th ed.)
Extensive textbook on clinical cardiology.  Covers fundamental topics on cardiovascular disease and includes chapters on the global burden, economics, clinical decision making, assessment of quality of cardiac care, principles of drug therapy, and care of patients with end-stage heart disease.  Clinical information includes history and physical examination, electrocardiography, exercise stress testing, echocardiography, new imaging techniques, radiology of the heart and great vessels, nuclear cardiology, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, cardiac catheterization, and coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasonography.
Brenner & Rector's The Kidney (Brenner, 8th ed.)

Comprehensive, authoritative coverage of kidney development and function, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of renal diseases and conditions.  Includes information on acid-base disorders, antihypertensive drugs, erythropoietin therapy in renal disease and renal failure, prescribing drugs in renal disease, intensive care nephrology, cardiovascular aspects of renal disease, hemodialysis and renal osteodystrophies.  Format incorporates tables, boxes and key references for rapid access to clinical information.

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