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.

This book is highly helpful for young medical researchers and pharmacologists. Statistics and pharmacology including the recent advances with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) updates are incorporated. Written in a very simple and lucid language. Different flowcharts are included for easy understanding. Reputed libraries of many countries including Harvard, Oxford, and British Library have cataloged the book.

Complete coverage of the subject with due attention to the subspecialties including fetal medicine, endoscopy, fertility care, uro-gynaecology and oncology. Chapters are compiled into two volumes for quick reference. Contributing authors are experts in their fields and represent a broad geographic distribution as well as representing the public and private healthcare settings. Key messages, diagrams, photographs and tables have been provided to adequately illustrate the subject matter. Multiple choice questions, short and long questions with every chapter to facilitate self-assessment and preparation for examinations.

This textbook devoted to the specificities of the formation, branching and course of the cranial nerves, is addressed to medical students and doctors in different areas of medicine. The voluminous material on cranial nerves is presented here in a structured and compact manner; the description of the course of cranial nerves is accompanied by clear and detailed illustrations and diagrams. Special attention is paid to problematic and controversial issues in the description of cranial nerves.

An invaluable reference guide for students and gynecologists. Covers management of all Gynecological Emergencies in a simple and precise manner. New modernized version incorporating evidence-based practice guidelines using diagrams, user-friendly flowcharts and tabulated data. Special emphasis given to ethical and medicolegal issues, clinical emergencies associated with puberty, menstruation and menopause with the appropriate investigations and management strategies. Concise yet updated algorithms that were the hallmark of success for the first edition.

A comprehensive review book on anesthesia. Provides a fully revised and updated text as per the latest evidence of the management of various cases as well as the new guidelines. Presents the text in an easy-to-follow question-answer format. Thoroughly discusses the equipment and table viva topics, such as arterial blood gases (ABGs), electrocardiograms (ECGs), pulmonary function tests (PFTs), cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), etc. normally encountered in the examination. Includes all the complicated cases and the entire range of anesthesia equipment. Contains new chapters on Management of Acute Postoperative Pain, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Videolaryngoscopes.

This book is truly practical, unique, and to the point. Based on competency-based medical education curriculum of NMC. All important practical competencies are covered. An excellent resource for the undergraduate medical students commencing his/her ward posting and practical instruction in otolaryngology. A good refresher prior to the examination. The book would also serve as a useful resource for postgraduate students to reappraise them of the must know facts of the subject, especially sections on X-rays, operations, audiology, osteology, instruments, and FAQs. A very comprehensive synopsis of basic otolaryngology. The book elegantly captures the essence of ENT.

The second edition of this much-awaited book has been thoroughly revised and updated, keeping in mind the recent advances in the field of Contact and Occupational Dermatology. The text has been divided into well-formatted seventeen chapters, along with bibliography and index. Few chapters like chemical leukoderma have been rewritten due to a lot of advances in recent years. For easy understanding, it is supplemented with clinical photographs, tables, flowcharts and informative boxes.

Complete coverage of the subject with due attention to the subspecialties including fetal medicine, endoscopy, fertility care, uro-gynaecology and oncology. Chapters are compiled into two volumes for quick reference. Contributing authors are experts in their fields and represent a broad geographic distribution as well as representing the public and private healthcare settings. Key messages, diagrams, photographs and tables have been provided to adequately illustrate the subject matter. Multiple choice questions, short and long questions with every chapter to facilitate self-assessment and preparation for examinations care.

Question and answer format- This user-friendly format of short questions and brief answers replicates the actual exams and contains many questions from previous exams, accompanied by succinct answers written in simple and easy-to-understand language. Illustrations- The book is profusely illustrated with over 500 labelled line-sketches of gross and microscopy of specimens/slides, schematic drawings and photographs. Some of these figures were also used for questions, to show the students that some questions on the forthcoming examination will be based on pictorial material. Tables- The book contains approximately 200 tables that include comparative features of closely resembling conditions, important classifications and listing of salient features. Online learning resources- The electronic supplement to the book includes approximately 1, 200 high-yield questions (MCQs, clinicopathologic vignettes and figure-based questions), followed by corresponding answers and brief explanatory notes for the correct answers, as well as a full rationale for all other answer options. Self-assessment- Users have the facility for attempting online questions and knowing the score, followed by correct answers with explanatory notes.

Comprehensive Coverage: Encompasses fundamental and sophisticated aspects of systemic pathology, essential for postgraduate scholars. Accessible Presentation: Presents systemic pathology insights in a clear, uncomplicated, and easily graspable manner. Convenient Memorization: Facilitates quick review through the use of significant points emphasized in bold. Exam-Centric Approach: Includes customary questions encountered in MD and DNB systemic pathology theory examinations. Visual Enrichment: Augmented with illustrations, flowcharts, tables, gross images, photomicrographs, clinical visuals, and radiographs to enhance content understanding.

Focuses on the link between diabetes and obesity, two pressing health problems in the developed world Covers changing epidemiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes and the causes of metabolic syndrome Provides a state-of-the-art overview of drug and non-drug therapies for obesity and diabetes Includes the latest treatment options, such as lifestyle changes, pharmacological interventions, surgical procedures, endoscopic intervention, and cell therapy Addresses major comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, renal and neuropsychiatric disorders, metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, and osteoarthritis Special focus on care for special populations: Pediatric, pregnant women, elderly and geriatric patients, and sarcopenic population Leaves no stone unturned in gathering the latest practical information and future directions and research providing insights into potential advancements and breakthroughs, appealing to seasoned specialists, students, and healthcare professionals in training.