BDC’s Handbook of General Anatomy, 7e

Accident and emergency is an emerging specialty stressing on the knowledge and medical skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of the acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury, affecting patients of all age groups covering physical and behavioral disorders. As time is the critical factor in this specialty, this book is planned to serve as a handy guide and reference on widely accepted techniques currently available for finding ?Causes, ?clinical diagnosis, ?investigations and ?management of acute medical emergencies and other ?common disorders. The contents of this book are presented in five parts Introduction (History Taking and Physical Examination) Medical Emergencies Accident Emergencies Surgical Emergencies Administrative and Legal Considerations Appendices The book discusses acute emergencies as well as some other common disorders for which the patients visit the department of accident and emergency for consultation and treatment. Special chapters on pediatric infections, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric problems, obstetrics and gynecological problems, environmental disorders, acute abdomen, and fractures are intended to serve as medically-oriented discussions in patient-care. Special attention has been given to recent developments such as pandemic Covid-19 and other infections; and in orthopedic surgery such as interlocking nailing, total joint replacement, revised hip arthroplasty, anterior cruciate ligament replacement and arthroscopic surgery. The book primarily aims at the medical students, residents, medical officers and all other professionals forming the main and support teams in the department of accident and emergency (A&E) in a hospital.

H N Sarker is Professor, Department of Medicine, Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh. He obtained his MBBS in 1984, FCPS (Internal Medicine) from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bangladesh in 2004, MRCP from the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 2011, FRCP(Edin)in 2013 and MRCP (Neurology) in 2016. He has been serving as a teacher since 1995 in different medical colleges as registrar, assistant professor, associate professor and professor. He is an examiner of undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. He is author of six medical books and has to his credit more than 40 scientific papers published in national and international journals.

This book contains MCQs with stress more on concepts than on dry and useless information. This book would serve another important purpose. Through MCQs many facts and concepts of physiology have been highlighted which a students is likely to miss during cursory reading of the textbook. This book shall also help in the self-assessment of the student after he/she has read the topic from a text book of physiology.

The book aims to serve the interest of undergraduate students preparing for their professional examination and clinical posting in medicine. It gives 104 clinical cases in medicine with focus on presentation and discussion. The text has been written keeping in mind the fact that during the final year practical examination students do not get sufficient time between the examinations of different specialties i.e. obstetrics and gynecology surgery medicine and pediatric and the entire subject has to be covered in only one or two days and hence the usefulness and Importance of this concise book.

Key features, The topics have been arranged in an alphabetical order to serve as a ready reckoner. It provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on all aspects of child care and common diseases of children. When faced with a sick child, mother can immediately seek information on home management of common diseases of children and household accidents. The book is written in a simple, easy-to-understand language without any medical jargon. The book is replete with home remedies and practical tips which have been collected from personal resource and reliable sources. A glossary of English and Hindi names of grains, lentils, vegetables, fresh and dry fruits and Indian spices has been provided.