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ClinicalKey Content Updates: December 11, 2018

New Clinical Overviews – CK Global
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • HIV infection in children
  • Herpes encephalitis
  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Leprosy
  • Lung cancer (small cell)
  • Normocytic anemia
  • Opioid use disorder
  • Paraphimosis
  • Pericarditis
  • Phimosis

Journal Added

Journal Removals
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics; ISSN: 1530-1567; Package/Collection: Pediatrics. Journal discontinued. Recommended alternative – Advances in Pediatrics
  • European Journal of Pain; ISSN: 1090-3801; Package/Collection: Pain Medicine. Transferred to another publisher. Recommended alternative – Journal of Pain
  • European Journal of Pain Supplements; ISSN: 1754-3207; Package/Collection: Pain Medicine. Transferred to another publisher. Recommended alternative – Journal of Pain
  • Surgical Neurology; ISSN: 0090-3019; Package/Collection: Neurosurgery. Journal discontinued. Recommended alternative – Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Books Added – CK Global
Books Removed – CK Global
  • Comprehensive Pediatric Nephrology (Geary, Denis) 1st ed; ISBN: 9780323048835; Package/Collection: Nephrology. Out of print, no new edition. Recommended alternative – Skorecki: Brenner and Rector’s The Kidney, 10e.
  • Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique and Tissue (Brightbill, Frederick) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780323048354; Package/Collection: Ophthalmology. Out of print, no new edition. Recommended alternative – Mannis: Cornea, 4e.
  • Forfar and Arneil’s Textbook of Paediatrics (McIntosh, Neil) 7th ed; ISBN: 9780443103964; Package/Collection: Pediatrics. Out of print, no new edition. Recommended alternative – Lissauer: Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics, 5e.
  • Illustrated Orthopedic Physical Assessment (Evans, Ronald) 3rd ed; ISBN: 9780323045322; Package/Collection: Flex Only. Out of print, no new edition. Recommended alternative – Magee: Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 6e.
  • Parkland Trauma Handbook (Eastman, Alexander) 3rd ed; ISBN: 9780323052269; Package/Collection: Surgery Extended. Out of print, no new edition. Recommended alternative – Asensio: Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2e.
  • Pathology Secrets (Damjanov, Ivan) 3rd ed; ISBN: 9780323055949; Package/Collection: Flex Only. Out of print, no new edition. Recommended alternative – Kumar: Robbins Basic Pathology, 10e.
  • USMLE Step 1 Secrets (Brown, Thomas) 3rd; ISBN: 9780323085144; Package/Collection: Medical Education Extended. Permissions expiring. Recommended alternative – Ferri’s Practical Guide: Fast Facts for Patient Care, 9e.
  • USMLE Step 2 Secrets (O’Connell, Theodore) 4th ed; ISBN: 9780323188142; Package/Collection: Medical Education Extended. Permissions expiring. Recommended alternative – Ferri’s Practical Guide: Fast Facts for Patient Care, 9e.

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