This tenth edition reflects the authoritative resource on comprehensive obstetric and perinatal care. Written as per the Competency-based Medical Education Curriculum (NMC). The language throughout the text is crisp, lucid and unambiguous. Information is consistent and uniform across all the chapters. Enriched with 790 line drawings, illustrations, photographs, boxes, tables, flowcharts, MR images, ultrasonograms and skiagrams. Key points for quick revision and fast learning. All the chapters have been thoroughly updated and restructured to reflect the contemporary obstetric care with quality. Ch. 13 Normal Labor, Ch. 39 Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring, Ch. 31, 32, 33 on Perinatal Care, and Ch. 34 Analgesia and Anesthesia in Obstetrics have been extensively revised and updated. Focuses on evidence-based knowledge. Core knowledge (must-know area) has been highlighted. Standardized headings with different styles are for quick pick-up, comfortable reading, and easy reproduction. Guidelines and recommendations of professional and academic organizations, e.g., RCOG, ACOG, ICOG, WHO, FIGO, NICE, CDC, ESHRE, ASRM, FOGSI have been highlighted. These highlighted matters are the must know for the individual topics discussed. They are the answers to the questions which the students are frequently tested on. List of most frequently used abbreviations have been provided for easy navigation. The Kernel and the Beyond Series are an extra addition. Its contents are structured to meet the one-to-one understanding of the topics for the examination point of view. It would meet the requirements for the undergraduates, postgraduates and nursing students. The QR codes used in several topics in the book highlight the extra reading matters for advanced learning. This is an approach to encourage and prepare the postgraduate students for their various examinations.

Textbook contains a course of lectures on the biochemistry of vitamins and hormones, biochemistry of liver, blood, kidneys, bones, teeth and saliva, connective, nervous and muscle tissues, xenobiotic and mineral metabolism, pharmaceutical biochemistry and photosynthesis. In addition, the book contains multiple choice questions, situational tasks and practical skills. This book proposed for the students in the specialties «General medicine», «Stomatology» and «Pharmacy» of higher medical schools.
Textbook is written in accordance with the programs in biochemistry for students in the specialties «General medicine», «Stomatology» and «Pharmacy» of higher medical schools.

Textbook contains a course of lectures on the main topics of biological chemistry: proteins and enzymes, biological membranes, introduction to metabolism and biochemistry of nutrition, bioenergetics and biological oxidation, carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolisms, nucleic acid metabolism and protein biosynthesis. This book proposed for the students in the specialties «General medicine», «Stomatology» and «Pharmacy» of higher medical schools.
Textbook is written in accordance with the programs in biochemistry for students in the specialties «General medicine», «Stomatology» and «Pharmacy» of higher medical schools.

Sonologists and Clinicians

With 15 sections and more than 180 chapters, the book covers all aspects of Dermatology including Clinical Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Leprosy, Procedural Dermatology, and Dermato-therapeutics. Written by more than 300 authors having impeccable credentials, the book is presented in lucid language with crisp information, algorithms, tables, diagrammatic representation and images in two volumes. Special attention has been paid to help examination going postgraduate students with emphasis on often repeated questions in postgraduate examination. Key points are summed at the end of each chapter for retention and easy re-call.

Includes Annexure on 'Clinical Methods' makes it an 'all-in-one' book for UG Students and residents. Complimentary Online Resources having Clinical Cases, MCQs and Mock Tests for self-assessment. Additional Information: From the entrance exams point of view given at the end of each chapter. Annexure on 'Orthopaedic Terminology' helps to review meaning of different terms in orthopaedics. Key points What have we learnt? have been given at the end of each chapter for a quick review. A number of diagrams and X-rays have been replaced for better clarity and understanding. Competency/Learning Objectives provided in the beginning of each chapter. Based on Education Curriculum of National Medical Commission (NMC).

This manual consists of 30 chapters starting from basic surgical skill development to postoperative complications. In each procedure the indications, preoperative considerations, detailed steps, postoperative management, potential complications and their prevention and management have been described in lucid language with case scenario in many cases. Each area of obstetrics which is associated with maneuvers and operative procedures has been covered with relevant theoretical background with the latest information and description of maneuvers and procedures. This book will be very useful for postgraduates and for all obstetric practitioners in the day-to-day practice.

Full-color guide to the most common dermatologic conditions Common skin conditions are easy to diagnose and treat Organized by anatomic region, the authors provide an in-depth discussion of 75 skin conditions and growths Each monograph contains Clinical and Treatment sections as well as full-color photographs.

Descriptions are supported by relevant diagrams, tables, boxes and images for easy understanding. Book is segmented into 14 sections, which are further divided into 124 chapters. Cross reference of chapters in relevant contents have been mentioned. Updated information with latest references has been incorporated. 15 new chapters added on Neuroimaging in Critical Care, Non-invasive Ventilation, Shock and Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome, Extracorporeal Therapies in ICU, Critical Care Issues in Elderly and Obese Patients, COVID-19 Disease, Fluid Physiology and Disorders of Sodium in the Critically III, Electrolyte Disorders in ICU, Gastrointestinal Emergencies, Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant, Renal Transplant: An Overview and Post-surgical Critical Care, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Newer Antimicrobials, Medication Overdose and Communication and Consents in the Intensive Care Unit. Special emphasis is given to trauma and toxicology as these domains are important in clinical practice as well as commonly asked in examinations of critical care courses and fellowships. Cardiac critical care section is supplemented with images of relevant ECGs and echocardiography which immensely elucidate the subject. Incorporation of Key Points summaries at the end of each chapter to keep book handy. References of chapters are provided online which can be accessed by QR code scan.

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.

The fourth edition of Diagnostic Procedures in Ophthalmology is updated and almost all chapters are revised. Includes 4 new chaptersFundus Autofluorescence Angiography, Optical Coherence Tomography in Retinal Diseases, Videonystagmography and Cerebral Angiography in Neuro-ophthalmology. Serves as a ready reckoner for basic and advanced diagnostic procedures. Translated in the Spanish language for the benefit of the Spanish-speaking students and ophthalmologists. Liberally illustrated.

Biochemistry is a constantly changing and evolving academic discipline that requires continuous study to keep one's knowledge current. The practical book is written in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education for students studying in the basic vocational and educational programs – specialty programs: "General Medicine" and "Pediatrics".

There are laboratory works in each unit, which should be carried out by students duringtheir practical lessons. The methods presented in the tutorial are used in clinical diagnostic laboratories. They assist the physician to diagnose the disease and to monitor the efficacy of treatment. Each unit is divided into several parts: questions for self-study, test tasks and case studies for testing the knowledge gained.

The tutorial contributes to the formation of professional competencies, as well as the identification of the patient's basic pathologies, clinical signs, disease syndromes, nosologies.