Apollo Hospitals Textbook of Medicine

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