Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation

From basic science to practical clinical tools, Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation, 4th Edition provides you with the up-to-date, authoritative guidance you need to safely and effectively manage patients with chronic renal disease. Covering all relevant clinical management issues, this companion volume to Brenner and Rector’s The Kidney presents the knowledge and expertise of renowned researchers and clinicians in the fields of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, critical care nephrology, and transplantation – for an all-in-one, indispensable guide to every aspect of this fast-changing field.

Pocket Medicine

Prepared by residents and attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, this pocket-sized looseleaf is one of the best-selling references for medical students, interns, and residents on the wards and candidates reviewing for internal medicine board exams. 
In bulleted lists, tables, and algorithms, Pocket Medicine provides key clinical information about common problems in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology.
The six-ring binder resembles the familiar "pocket brain" notebook that most students and interns carry and allows users to add notes. This Fifth Edition is fully updated and includes a sixteen-page color insert with key and classic abnormal images.
This pocket-sized reference provides key clinical information about common problems in internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology.

Medicine: Prep Manual for Undergraduates

The fifth edition of this book is in a must-have for all undergraduate medical students as it prepares them for both theory and viva-voce examinations. It is also useful for dentistry and nursing students. Structured in question-answer format, this book presents a concise exam-oriented text as per the guidelines of Medical Council of India and health universities across the country.

Main Features of the Book

• Presents the text in question-answer format which helps the student in quick learning and revision
• Topics presented in points with suitable boxes, tables, flowcharts and diagrams to facilitate easy understanding and revision

Highlights of the Fifth Edition

• Extensively revised, updated, and strengthened to keep up with the latest changes in the field of medicine
• Large number of tables, flowcharts to facilitate quick learning and greater retention of knowledge
• Thoroughly revised chapters on respiratory system, cardiovascular system, oncology, diseases of kidneys
• Systemize presentation to make reading soothing and pleasurable by deleting redundant details, adding new text without changing basic framework
• Inclusion of clinical decision pathways for some of the commonly encountered critical and non-emergent disease conditions
• Inclusion of newer innovations and treatments modalities

Medicine and Surgery: A Concise Textbook

"Medicine and Surgery" is an exciting new book that contains the core information needed by medical students in the run up to exams. This is the only book available that covers both medicine and surgery. It encompasses all of the major systems and core subjects. Every condition is discussed under the key headings of definition, epidemiology, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, investigations, management and prognosis. The content follows a very consistent and familiar style, so that information is easily accessible, digestible and memorable. Each chapter opens with an overview of clinical method before discussing the most common conditions relevant to that speciality.

"Medicine and Surgery: A Concise Textbook" is written specifically for medical students as essential revision preparation, for junior doctors as a refresher on the wards and for other allied health professionals who want a quick reminder of key facts and data. Reviews: 'I like the way the book goes through each disease using the same system of definition, aetiology etc. This makes it easier to learn...The content is exactly what the undergraduate brain needs' - Final year student, University of Oxford.

Mahajan & Gupta Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine

Almost all the chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated in this edition; notably among those are epidemiology, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, MCH and family planning, management, demography and vital statistics, disaster, biomedical waste management, food and nutrition, immunization, geriatrics, communication, etc. National Health Programs have also been thoroughly revised and updated. New data have been incorporated, wherever applicable. Latest SRS and census data have also been included. 

Various domains that are of importance, both in theory, practical and viva of MBBS examination have been highlighted with examples and justification. Many postgraduate study materials have also been incorporated with references for further reading. Various flow charts, diagrams and pictures have been introduced for clarity of understanding. Students will be benefited for their preparation in answering MCQ for their Postgraduate Entrance Examination.

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2018

CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment! Written by clinicians renowned in their respective fields, this trusted text offers the most current insights into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. You'll find concise, evidence-based answers to questions about both hospital and ambulatory problems. This valuable clinical companion is the fastest and easiest way to find the latest information about diagnostic advances, prevention strategies, and cost-effective treatments.

Here’s why CMDT is critical to your practice:

•Strong emphasis on the practical aspects of clinical diagnosis and patient management 

•Full review of internal medicine and additional family medicine topics, including gynecology and obstetrics, dermatology, neurology, ophthalmology, geriatrics, and palliative care 

•Annual update on HIV/AIDS and other new emerging viral infections 

•Specific disease prevention information 

•Medication treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices

•Helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms 

•Key recent references on each topic with PMID numbers for quick access

•Many full-color photographs and illustrations

Api Textbook of Medicine

The API (Association of Physicians of India) Textbook of Medicine consists of 28 sections across two comprehensive volumes covering a wide range of medical disorders. Fully revised and with 1588 images, illustrations and tables, this new edition has many new chapters on topics including nanotechnology and nano-medicine, and clinical approach to key manifestations. 

Each section is dedicated to a different medical phenomenon, including clinical pharmacology, endocrinology, dermatology, infectious diseases and nutrition. Also included is online access to teaching modules for teachers and students, questions and answers, an atlas/image bank, echocardiography and video EEG and common medical procedures with voice over.

Sports Medicine: Study Guide and Review for Boards

Sports Medicine: Study Guide and Review for Boards is the leading comprehensive review text surveying the breadth of non-surgical sports medicine. Covering topics pertinent to (and found on) the Sports Medicine board examination, the book is intended as a primary study tool for candidates preparing for the exam or recertification.

All chapters have been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest information and practice guidelines. A new section devoted to "Hot Topics" features new chapters on regenerative medicine and sports ultrasound, two rapidly expanding areas. This edition also contains a practice test with over 250 questions to help candidates identify knowledge gaps and fine-tune test taking skills prior to the examination.

This proven resource for board review, program, or practical use provides the concise, high-yield facts that residents, fellows, trainees, and cliniciansin any discipline need to supplement their training in non-operative sports medicine.

Key Features:

• Written in outline format for easy access to pertinent information
• Provides a comprehensive review of all topics covered on the Sports Medicine Board examination
• Editors and contributors are renowned experts and teachers in the field of sports medicine and relevant medical and surgical specialties
• Includes more than 100 figures and tables to illustrate key points and enhance learning
• New practice test assesses clinical knowledge and assists with final preparation for boards, MOC, or in-training exams

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for any Disaster is the new abridged version of the bestselling book The Survival Medicine Handbook.

This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren’t available due to a disaster.

This book is written by America’s top medical preparedness experts: Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP. Their mission: to put a medically prepared person in every family for when medical help is not on the way. Using decades of medical experience, they address, in plain language, dozens of medical issues associated with surviving disasters and epidemics. The Altons also discuss the medical supplies needed to become a medical asset to your family and community as well as alternative and natural strategies for when pharmaceuticals aren’t available.

Most medical books will send you to the doctor or hospital when an emergency happens. The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide assumes what might actually happen—that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With this unique book, you’ll have a head start on keeping your family healthy in times of trouble.