Danforth’s Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10/e

The book should be of deep interest to internists, pediatricians, nephrologists, dermatologists and rheumatologists. The book is written in a simple style and makes the subject easy to understand even for an undergraduate student or common medical practitioner. A Primer on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus begins with a chapter written by Prof Anand N Malaviya,the first one in India to work on lupus,giving a rendition of his journey of over nearly four decades beginning with the first recognition of the patients with lupus in India,and the trials and tribulations of managing the patients with lupus.This is followed by chapters on various manifestations of lupus and its treatment, written with a clinical perspective, addressing the dilemmas faced in managing patients with lupus.Many chapters include case vignettes to add a real-life feel. Issues such as balancing the pros and cons of therapy and how to improve longterm outcome have also been discussed. The text ends with a patient?s perspective of the disease.

Advances in Liposomal Therapeutics, Liposomes and? related developments and approaches have emerged as the most promising carrier stratagems for site specific optimized drug therapeutics. Targeted drug delivery whi~h is a programmed kinetic behaviour, tissue distribution and pharmacodynamic activity of drug substances, seems to be an achievable goal with the advent of liposomes as a versatile, petite and bio-compatible drug carrier system.

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.

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.

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.

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.