This Textbook of Electrotherapy, 4th edition has been written as per the latest curriculum of electrotherapy for BPT and MPT Degree courses. Chapter on Inflammation and Repair has been added. Covers the syllabi of various universities. Presents all the necessary aspects of the subject. Explains the text in a systematic and lucid manner. Includes common as well as updated modalities of treatment. Deals with low, medium and high frequency currents, laser therapy, superficial heating modalities, ultrasonic therapy, cryotherapy, electromyography and biofeedback. Fulfills the long-felt needs of the students and teachers of physiotherapy.

In summary, a must-read reference book with information that is useful in every day clinical practice for cardiologists. Provides easy access to acute cardiovascular problems incorporating both their diagnosis and management. Special emphasis on common cardiac conditions, including coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, valvular and congenital heart disease as well as acute heart failure. Provides essential advice for the rapid diagnosis and management of cardiac emergencies both common and rare.

Each chapter has: o Learning Objectives with clinical relevance o Introductory Outline for each topic o Clinical Application boxes and Case Scenarios in every chapter o Take Home Message with Key Concepts at the end of each chapter o Questions and Multiple-Choice Questions for self-assessment at the end of each chapter Anatomical Terms provided with historical derivation and meaning. Rapid Review section is added which includes important figures for quick revision during exams. Includes additional Chapters on Introduction of Radiological Anatomy, Introduction to Surface Anatomy, and Introduction to Dissection of Cadaver. Supplemented with self-explanatory clinical images, microscopic structures, tables, and flowcharts.

A compact and complete text on the subject. Deals with the human food choices and eating patterns as well as their impact on the health and well-being. Provides basic information about individual nutrient of high importance along with the latest recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) and dietary guidelines. Suggests techniques of planning for nutritionally balanced diet through food pyramid. Transcends into nutritional and dietary considerations in infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and other special life stages such as pregnancy, lactation, and old age. Focuses on malnutrition problems through nutritional deficiency disorders and some of the diet-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and osteoporosis along with national policies and programs to attain food and nutrition security. Presents the emerging topics such as fortification, irradiation, biotechnology, functional foods, nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, pre- and probiotic, nanotechnology and nutrigenomics, and role of nutrition in sports persons, astronauts, and mountaineers.

Useful for all practitioners of acute care medicine, including the postgraduate trainees of critical care medicine, emergency medicine and others. Covers all important aspects of mechanical ventilation Physiology of respiration Heart-Lung interactions Artificial airway uses and complications How, what and why of mechanical ventilation? Starting from basic and ending with advanced modes of ventilation Use of extracorporeal therapies in acute respiratory failure How do you get your patient to speak, while being ventilated? Much more

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.

This book has been devised as per revised Indian Nursing Council (INC) syllabus, it is divided into nursing foundation I and II including first aid., This book has 32 chapters, each framed with review questions and multiple choice questions (MCQs), designed to create interest in chapter for the student to review after reading each chapter., Each chapter is prepared with adequate tables and diagrams for better understanding of the content., Contents are thoroughly updated as per scientific principles of nursing, All the descriptions are framed basis latest information, findings, and evidence-based research, Contents are drafted in the simple form of English and facilitate reading from the examination point of view.

This book has been written as per Indian Nursing Council (INC) syllabus following the terminology of topics used by INC. Written in understandable, clear and simple language with logically organized chapters which will help readers to understand retain and apply basic and fundamental concepts with ease. With this book novice or beginners of research will be able to learn how to read, understand, analyze, critique, disseminate nursing research and utilize research findings.

The book has retained its original virtues of accuracy, clarity, comprehensiveness and consistency of style. The chapter consists of four parts: (i) Clinical long and short cases with discussion, (ii) Dark-room examination with questions and answers, (iii) Ophthalmic instruments and their uses, and (iv) General viva voce. The chapter will make the students familiar with the modus operandi of undergraduate practical examination in ophthalmology. Additionally, it will help in quick revision of the subject. A brief description of local ocular anesthesia is given in chapter 32, and chapter 33 contains drawings, descriptions, uses and methods of sterilization of ophthalmic instruments. The book is written mainly for the use of undergraduate medical students primarily keeping in mind their basic examination requirements. Hopefully, it will also be beneficial to the postgraduate students and residents in ophthalmology. The family practitioners, internists, neurologists and practicing general ophthalmologists can use it as a reference book in their day-to-day care of patients.

Competency-based curricular changes recommended by NMC incorporated as core/must-know, and non-core/desirable-to-know and their corresponding new assessment methods included. Updated text in academic and diagnostic pathology includes current definitions, additional causes, contemporary mechanisms, up-to-date international classifications of diseases (including WHO classifications of neoplasms, 5th edition) and modern approach to diagnosis and prognosis, in a simple, lucid, easily understandable and reproducible, user-friendly format. Newer content includes a new chapter on Blood Banking and Transfusion and another on Clinical Pathology incorporated in Appendix I along with Basic Diagnostic Cytology. Pathology of COVID-19 and its impact on different organ-systems incorporated in different chapters. Labelled gross and photomicrographs of high quality and better resolution added and amended, many of these were generously contributed by Prof Ivan Damjanov in previous edition, several schematic illustrations updated and amended. New tables added at several places for enhanced learning. Key points as gist at the end of every topic in bulleted points for a rapid revision of the subject in an ultra-short time. Chapter orientation paragraph given at the beginning of every chapter to peek through the entire chapter and meant to aid the user in systematic and organised learning. Revised companion book prepared exclusively on the pattern of competencies/outcomes as recommended by the NMC is given for free to the user of the textbook for a quick review of the subject. Complimentary online learning resource includes high-yield questions (long-answer type, short-answer type, MCQs, clinical scenario-based and image-based) and clinical cases along with key and explanatory notes. Cheers! No overburdening!! With all these additions and insertions, girth of the book remains unaltered, care having been taken not to overburden the already stressed students.

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.

First textbook about pleural disease written and edited by Indian authors. First pleural textbook which has contributions from multiple authors. Textbook of pleural disease which has been authored by multiple specialtiesa unique feature where each chapter has been written by the concerned specialists, e.g., pleural disease in kidney disease by nephrologist, hepatic hydrothorax by hepatologist, and pleural disease in gynecological disorder by gynecologist. Every aspect of pleura from embryology, anatomy, physiology, and radiological diagnosis has been covered in detail. Role of ultrasonography in pleura, which is now a vital tool for point-of-care management has been described in detail. High-quality pleural imaging and its highlights are shown in concerned chapters Pathophysiologic basis of pleural diseases has been discussed with each specific disease. Concise algorithm summarizing disease management has been clearly depicted. Updated treatment as per recent guidelines has been incorporated. The topics in pleural diseases have been written by eminent chest physicians all over India. A special chapter describes pleural diseases in COVID, in the post pandemic era. Being a Lung Transplant center, a special chapter on overview on pleura issues in lung transplant has been elaborated.