Contents:

VOLUME 1

PART A: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS IN MEDICINE

1. An Introduction to Medical Learning

2. Nutrients and Diseases

3. Obesity

4. Medical Ethics and the Physicians: Emerging Challenges and New Dilemmas

5. Evidence-based Medicine

6. Stem Cell Therapy: Present Status

7. Palliative Care in Intensive Care Unit

8. Intensive Care and Basic Life Support

8.1 Advanced Life Support: An Overview

8.2 Basic Life Support

8.3 An Approach to Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

8.4 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

8.5 Mechanical Ventilation

8.6 Sepsis

PART B: MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTERS IN MEDICINE AND SYSTEMS

9. Dermatology

10. Disease of Bone and Joints

10.1 Approach to Articular and Musculoskeletal Disorders

10.2 Surgical Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

11. Behavioral Medicine: A Clinical Approach to Disorders of Mind and Behavior

12. Geriatrics: Add Quality to Life and Livelong Elderly People

12.1 Aged Care Medicine

12.2 Geriatrics: Add Quality to Life and Livelong Elderly People

13. Cancer and Its Management

14. Endocrine System

15. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

16. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

17. Holistic Approach and Practice of Alternative Medicine

18. Complementary/Alternative Therapies

19. Yoga and Medicine

20. Preventive Medicine

20.1 Preventive Health Check-up

20.2 Tobacco Dependence and Smoking Cessation

20.3 Cancer Prevention

20.4 Stress Management

20.5 Exercise

20.6 Medical Aspects of Air Travel

20.7 Alcohol Abuse

20.8 Scope of Clinical Trials

20.9 Global Warming:We Can Prevent

21. Biological Warfare

22. Disorders of the Immune System

23. Nanomedicine and Stem Cells

24. Clinical Pharmacology

25. Radiology Atlas in Clinical Medicine

26. Clinical Nuclear Medicine

27. Legal Obligations of Doctors

VOLUME 2

PART C: SPECIAL SYSTEMS IN MEDICINE

28. Poisoning and Drug Overdosage

28.1 Evaluation and Treatment

28.2 Cholinergic Agents Poisoning

28.3 Acetaminophen Poisoning

28.4 Antiarrhythmic Poisoning

28.5 Alcohols and Glycols

28.6 Anticholinergic Poisoning

28.7 Anticonvulsant Toxicity

28.8 Beta-blocker Poisoning

28.9 Calcium-Channel Blocker Poisoning

28.10 Cocaine Poisoning

28.11 Corrosive Poisoning

28.12 Cyclic Antidepressant Poisoning

28.13 Digitalis Poisoning

28.14 Snake Poisoning

28.15 Hydrofluoric Acid Poisoning

28.16 Hydrocarbon Poisoning

28.17 Iron Poisoning

28.18 Isoniazid Poisoning

28.19 Lithium Poisoning

28.20 Methylxanthines Overdose

28.21 Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor Toxicity

28.22 Neuroleptic Agents Overdose

28.23 Opiate Overdosage

28.24 Phencyclidine

28.25 Pesticide Poisoning

28.26 Salicylate and Other Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Poisoning

28.27 Sedative-Hypnotic Poisoning

28.28 Sympathomimetic Poisonin

28.29 Systemic Asphyxiants

28.30 Withdrawal Syndromes

28.31 Plants, Animals and Natural Toxins

28.32 Toxicology and Pregnancy

29. Diseases of Cardiovascular System

29.1 Clinical Anatomy

29.2 Physiology of the Heart

29.3 Presenting Problems in Cardiac Disease: Symptoms

29.4 Clinical Examination of the Cardiovascular System

29.5 Electrocardiography

29.6 X-ray Chest in Cardiology

29.7 Cardiac Investigations

29.8 Cardiac Dysrhythmias

29.9 Classification of Antiarrhythmic Agents

29.10 Heart Failure

29.11 Drugs for the Heart

29.12 Atherosclerosis

29.13 Metabolic Syndrome

29.14 Coronary Artery Disease

29.15 Acute Coronary Syndromes

29.16 Unstable Angina or NSTEMI

29.17 ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction or Acute Myocardial Infarction

29.18 Echocardiography

29.19 Valvular Heart Disease

29.20 Mitral Stenosis

29.21 Mitral Regurgitation

29.22 Aortic Stenosis

29.23 Aortic Regurgitation

29.24 Pulmonary Stenosis and Pulmonary Regurgitation

29.25 Tricuspid Stenosis and Tricuspid Regurgitation

29.26 Infective Endocarditis

29.27 Congenital Heart Disease

29.28 Atrial Septal Defect

29.29 Persistent Ductus Arteriosus

29.30 Ventricular Septal Defect

29.31 Coarctation of the Aorta

29.32 Tetralogy of Fallot

29.33 Myocardial Disease

29.34 Pericardial Disease

29.35 Cardiac Tumors

29.36 Systemic Hypertension

29.37 Aorta and its Diseases

29.38 Peripheral Vascular Disease

29.39 Preoperative Cardiac Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery

29.40 Pregnancy and Heart Disease

30. Diabetes Mellitus

31. Hematology

31.1 Blood Cell Formation

31.2 Blood Disorders

31.3 Disorders of White Cells

31.4 Hemostasis

31.5 Venous Thrombosis

31.6 Blood Products and Transfusion

31.7 Recent Advances in Hematology

32. Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract

32.1 Anatomy and Physiology of Kidney

32.2 Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract

33. Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas

33.1 Diseases of Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas

33.2 Functional Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver and Biliary Tract

33.3 Investigation of Hepatobiliary Disorders

33.4 Jaundice

33.5 Viral Hepatitis

33.6 Acute Liver Failure

33.7 Cirrhosis and its Complications

33.8 Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

33.9 Hepatic Encephalopathy

33.10 Autoimmune Liver Disorders

33.11 Alcoholic Liver Disease

33.12 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

33.13 Drug-induced Liver Disease

33.14 Inherited Disorders of the Liver

33.15 Vascular Disorders of the Liver

33.16 Tumors of the Liver

33.17 Miscellaneous Disorders of the Liver

33.18 Liver Transplantation

33.19 The Gallbladder and Biliary System

33.20 Pancreas

33.21 Alimentary Tract

33.22 Symptom-based Approach to Clinical Diagnosis

33.23 Esophageal Disorders

33.24 Stomach

33.25 Small Intestine

33.26 Large Intestine

33.27 Anorectal Diseases

34. Infectious Diseases

35. Diseases of Central Nervous System

35.1 Anatomy and Physiology: Cells of the Nervous System

35.2 Investigations in Neurological Diseases

35.3 Clinical Examination of Central Nervous System

35.4 Symptomatology in Nervous System

35.5 Cerebrovascular Diseases

35.6 Infections of the Nervous System

35.7 Inflammatory Diseases

35.8 Degenerative Diseases of Nervous System

35.9 Increased Intracranial Pressure and Tumors

35.10 Disorders of Spine and Spinal Cord

35.11 Diseases of Nerves and Muscle

35.12 Atlas for Central Nervous System

36. Respiratory Diseases

36.1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory Tract

36.2 Clinical Examination of Respiratory System

36.3 Symptomatology

36.4 Defenses of the Respiratory System

36.5 Investigations in Respiratory System

36.6 Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

36.7 Diseases of Bronchi

36.8 Infections of Respiratory System

36.9 Tumors

36.10 Interstitial and Infiltrative Disease

36.11 Vascular Diseases of the Lung

36.12 Sarcoidosis

36.13 Diseases of Pleura

36.14 Diseases of Chest Wall and Diaphragm

36.15 Pulmonary Disease in Pregnancy

36.16 Connective Tissue Disease and the Lungs

36.17 Occupational Lung Diseases

36.18 Sleep Apnea

36.19 Atlas of Respiratory Diseases

Index