It is the first comprehensive textbook on critical care from India, written by prominent intensivists of the country. The book covers day-to-day challenges in management faced by intensivists in India/Low Medium Income Country (LMIC), where delivery of healthcare is variable, resources finite, and manpower challenges enormous. Therefore, to guide, each section starts with an approach to organ failure related to the section. Section and chapters have been devoted on critical care of obstetrics to help reduce maternal mortality, geriatrics due to marked increase in their population and admission in ICUs. High velocity trauma and poisoning are of epidemic proportion and major causes of unnatural deaths and admission in intensive care. Adequate space has been given with emphasis on snake envenomation, organophosphate compounds, aluminum phosphide poisoning, and alcoholic intoxication. It also covers critical care management aspects of solid organ and bone marrow transplantation, as organ transplantation is well established and expanding. It highlights adequately general critical care, ethical and administrative issues, especially end-of-life (EOL), latter still evolving in India, where physicians continue to have an ethical and moral dilemma. Section on sepsis not only deals with the traditional aspects but also covers adequately tropical infections (travel medicine), deluge of which we see commonly post-monsoon. It can be one-time reference for managing COVID-19, where from immunobiology to management is discussed in detail. Additional details as on vaccination and long COVID is also provided for interested readers. It also introduces and gives insight into the concept of chronic critical care, which is a new jargon in the specialty of critical care medicine, to make practitioners aware about its identification, diagnosis, and catastrophic effects. The language of the book has been kept simple and easy to make it readable and have better understanding with a hope to fulfill the long-felt need of intensivists of the country.

All the existing chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated with new concepts. Student-friendly adaptation with quick revision format and questionnaire. Contributions from more than 200 stalwarts of Pediatric Dentistry. New chapters like parenting styles, molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH), remineralization, sleep-disordered breathing in children, teledentistry, patents and innovation, stem cells in pediatric dentistry, digital pediatric dentistry, infant cleft care, hypnosis, etc., have been added. Apart from this some major modifications are done and newer concepts are added in various chapters like pediatric dental clinic, new techniques in digital radiographic diagnosis, new assessment scales in dental fear and anxiety, updated new methodologies in behavior management, nitrous oxide-oxygen anxiolysis, new types of space maintainers, concepts of minimal intervention, bioflex crowns, concepts of revascularization and pulp regeneration, rotary endodontics along with many others. Research studies, scientific references and text are updated with recent literature till 2022, according to the Dental Council of India (DCI) curriculum. More than 1, 000 illustrations and clinical photographs are added.

A fully revised and updated text. Written in simple and lucid language as per the MCI syllabus. Presents an intelligent and comprehensive study. Enriched with relevant subject information of medical biochemistry. Covers basics of biochemistry with clinical approach. Highlights important portions like clinical aspects/significance for better understanding. Provides colour photographs to make the book more attractive. Includes MCQs, essay and short type questions at the end of each chapter to help the students for examination. Covers all the topics of current interests for the undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers, and biochemists.

With the established use of ultrasound and advancement in technology in various systems of the body, this is the only book available covering scanning techniques, pathologies of the various systems of the body. It will be beneficial for postgraduate students, radiologists, sonologists, obstetricians and practitioners to update their knowledge. A new chapter on Elastography has been added and many illustrations have been updated. This book will serve a larger purpose for the interest of the medical fraternity.

Addition of chapters on COVID-19, Molecular Diagnostics, Laboratory Medicine, and Immunology. Chapters on Clinical and Applied Biochemistry updated along with clinically relevant points. Advances in Molecular Biology added. Learning Objectives given in the beginning of each chapter. Competencies are covered in the chapters. Case Studies given in boxes for Early Clinical Exposure. Clinically relevant points are highlighted inClinical Application BoxesM in every chapter. Each chapter ends with: o Key Concepts o Summary o Clinical Case Studies o Essay Questions, Short Answer Questions, MCQs and Viva Voce Questions and Answers. Enriched with 1200+ figures, 200+ tables and 200+ boxes, altogether making it more student friendly. Complementary Online Student Resource includes Key Concepts, Clinical Case Studies, Review Questions, Viva Voce Questions, Questions with Clinical Applications, MCQs, Self-study Exercises and Important Metabolic Cycles.

Updated, concise and thoroughly illustrated. It covers all common dermatoses of the skin. Contains 42 chapters, revised and updated by eminent authors across India. Includes new chapters like Dermatosis Affecting Mucosa, Dermatological Emergencies, and Diseases of vascular system, Vasculitis and Leg Ulcers. Chapters have been rearranged based on etiopathogenetic and morphological similarities. Incorporates recent advances and evidence-based treatment approach. Each chapter begins with learning objectives followed by structured pattern including introduction, etiopathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnosis and management. Important Key Learning Points given at the end of each chapter for last minute revision. Multiple choice questions (MCQs), including both text and image based are provided at the end of every chapter to help students prepare for the postgraduate entrance examinations (NEET). High-yield points have been highlighted in boxes for quick revision. Supplemented with clinical photographs, illustrations, tables and flowcharts for better understanding. Will immensely benefit the undergraduate students, postgraduates in dermatology, family physicians, internists and practicing dermatologists.

Thoroughly updated as per the latest evidence-based guidelines as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), Green-Top Guidelines, etc. in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. Covers the updated figures for maternal and perinatal mortality as described by MBRRACE UK (2019). This new edition comprises of 98 chapters, distributed into 17 sections. Designed as per the current MRCOG-2 curriculum available from the RCOG website. New chapters such as thromboembolism in pregnancy, genetic disorders, postpartum collapse, Zika virus infection, etc. included. COVID-19 and its management during pregnancy has also been discussed. A new heading, titled key features, has been added to all the chapters in the new edition. Addition of online content.

This textbook has been fully updated and expanded to provide anesthesiology practitioners and anesthesiologists in training with answers for nearly 250 anesthetic management problems. For each chapter, a step-by-step decision-making algorithm is included along with explanatory text and supplemental tables. All the chapters are thoroughly revised, and the editors have completely reconceptualized the entire edition, deleting many chapters, reorganizing the content into 25 sections, and adding topics to reflect the state-of-the-art in contemporary anesthesiology practice. General principles in anesthesia care are discussed along with detailed examinations of preoperative problems, an in-depth look at anesthesia in surgical specialty areas and postoperative management, perioperative management, and administrative issues. Each chapter is authored by faculty members from leading US medical schools.

This book describes all about prevention and control of healthcare- and laboratory-associated infections in 12 sections. It starts with introduction and later sections covering basic science, healthcare- and laboratory-associated infections, safe practices, device management, and surveillance. Provides a detailed description on Infection Prevention and Control Programme, Policies and Protocols in different hospital areas and different patient populations. Describes standard, airborne, droplet, and transmission-based precautions. The book summarizes current concepts on personnel safety along with cleaning, sterilization, and disinfection; safe environment in OT and during construction; central sterilization and supplies and laundry; air, water, and food safety and outbreak management. Describes antimicrobials, antibiogram, antibiotic policy, and antimicrobial stewardship. This edition also includes an important chapter on the ongoing pandemic of SARS CoV 2 infection that deals with epidemiology, pathogenesis and prevention strategies (both in hospitals and communities) for COVID 19 that will be of value to the readers. The book is written by experts with immense knowledge and expertise on the subject in simple, easy to understand language and flow charts based on the current knowledge. Information detailed in last two chapters and MCQs given at end of each chapter help the readers to prepare power points to train and educate the healthcare personnel.

This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Prevailing concepts in lung cancer, asthma, interstitial lung disease, and several other diseases have been discussed at length with special reference to India and Southeast Asia. The highlight of this book is the section on tuberculosis (TB). Every aspect of this disease has been revised with special regard to epidemiology, MDR-TB, XDR-TB, the relation between TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the drug regimes in use, and the newer drugs available in treatment. The section on newer diagnostic aids involving genetic and molecular biology, has been extensively revised. Every chapter of every section is illustrated wherever necessary with high-quality images contributing to a better understanding of the text.

In this book, Operating principles, clinical applications, and future promises of OCTA are clearly explained by world-renowned original developers of the technology. Part I, Section 1 of the Atlas exposes the basic principles of OCT angiography, the methods and technology, the interpretation of OCTA imaging, the vascular anatomy of retina, and the clinical applications from an angiographic perspective. In Part II provide a general update on the state of clinical OCT angiography research in a variety of retinal, choroid, and anterior chamber disorders. Part III describes the future clinical applications and implications of next generation of devices.

Incorporates latest evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations related to pediatric and neonatal emergencies. Comprehensively covers acute illnesses in children, with emphasis on their initial management. New chapters on oxygen therapy, anaphylaxis, blood component therapy, asthma, chronic respiratory disorders, cardiac arrhythmias, traumatic brain injuries, oncological emergencies, dermatological, gynecological and psychiatric emergencies, burns, corrosive poisonings, urological, orthopedic, and ocular emergencies and approach to sexually abused child. Special arrangement in 8 sections starting with Organization of Pediatric Emergency Department, and progressing to initial Stabilization of a Sick Child, followed by Systemic Emergencies, Environmental, and Toxicological Threats, Neonatal Emergencies, Surgical and Subspecialty Emergencies, and Procedures. Contribution from over 170 authors with vast experience in emergencies and intensive care. Annexures on drug doses for emergency drugs, with emphasis on antiarrhythmic drugs. Pleasing color format for better revision and reference. A must for every postgraduate student and practicing pediatriciains and an essential component in the shelf of all pediatric emergenct units.