Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls

317 Single Best Answer Questions in Obstetrics This book was written to overcome the difficulties faced by medical students since thu Single Best Answer Question pattern was introduced to the medical curriculum globally. The first edition was produced to help the students understand the style and the method of answering SBA questions as hitherto there was a dearth of standard model question paper books. It contains the relevant clinical principles and knowledge required to answer SBA questions and detailed explanation for the answers. The first edition had unprecedented large sales and the author was invited to write the second edition after two years.

The textbook on pain has written with the aim to introduce medical undergraduates and postgraduates of medicine anaesthesiology and various pain clinicians and specialist working for the relief of pain. This book gives an introduction to various mechanisms assessment pharmacology diagnostic modalities of pain. The cancer pain pain in various specialities headache neuropathic pain low backache acute pain pediatric neuralgia trauma visceral pain has been discussed well. The peripheral nerve blocks are discussed in a simple manner using illustrations this book is a simplified guide for any physician who wishes to work in a pain relief clinic.

258 Clinical Cases in Medicine for DNB and MRCP Examinations, Postgraduate training in medical colleges is not so much updated because of lack of sufficient number of teachers and mushrooming of medical colleges. The students of medicine do not find sufficient clinical material to learn as they are not exposed to requisite clinical cases as well as the material. The author, being an examiner in postgraduate examinations, finds that the students lack clinical orientation to medicine and face difficulty in interpreting clinical signs and their significance while making differential diagnosis and final diagnosis. 258 Clinical Cases in Medicine aims to serve the interest of postgraduate students in medicine (MRCP/MD/DNB) and allied sciences. It describes 258 cases in medicine which are clinically discussed to make the students oriented to clinical examination and diagnosis. At the end of each case, questions have been answered for making the students updated on the case discussed. It is a known fact that there is scarcity of such types of books and many books written by the foreign authors are not understandable to the Indian students. This book will cater to the needs of postgraduate students in medicine and allied sciences (pulmonology and dermatology) and help them be prepared for postgraduate examinations. Each case is discussed with clinical photograph and all the important investigations, i.e. radiology/CT scan/MRI, have also been included.

The author, Dr Eranthi Samarakoon, being a dedicated and a committed teacher, understands the difficulties faced by the students ever since the single best answer (SBA) questions were introduced in medical curriculum in many countries around the world. She realises that the successful preparation for a professional examination requires understanding the style of the questions asked and the process of the examination. With these goals in mind, she has produced this set of two books containing a large number of questions in obstetrics (214) and gynaecology (214) to help the students in facing the examination with confidence. Eranthi Samarakoon MBBS, MS(SM Lanka), FRCOG (UK) is a senior lecturer and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Peradeniya University and the Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She obtained second class honors at the final MBBS examination and came first in the order of merit at the Master of Surgery in obstetrics and gynaecology (Sri Lanka) part 1 and part 2 examinations. She completed the final year of her postgraduate training at St Mary?s Hospital, Manchester, and got through the MRCOG (UK) examination at the first attempt. She was Board certified as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sri Lanka in 1983 and has been in active practice since then. This book is based on over three decades of experience as an active clinician and academician who has been teaching medical students for the final MBBS examination and training postgraduate students for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in obstetrics and gynaecology (Sri Lanka) and the MRCOG (UK) examinations. She has been an examiner for the final MBBS examination in all eight universities in Sri Lanka and for the MD obstetrics and gynaecology (Sri Lanka) examination. She plays a major role in the clinical training and examinations for undergraduate and clinical training of postgraduate students. At least five students are trained each year at the Peradeniya University Hospital for the MD (Sri Lanka) and MRCOG (UK) examinations.

AIIMS Protocols in Neonatology, The manual is a compilation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) protocols in neonatology for common neonatal diseases. The manual is intended to be used by the residents and neonatal physicians in managing newborn conditions in their day-to-day practice.