It is a layer of polysaccharide which lies outer part of cell wall of certain bacteria. Capsule is formed in adverse environment. It is antigenic and helps in antigenic typing of the organism. Capsulated bacteria form smooth colonies and non-capsulated bacteria form rough colonies.
"The present book is a very helpful learning manual for undergraduate and postgraduate students preparing for FCPS, MD, MRCP, FRACP or any other equivalent examinations in internal medicine, or even any subspecialties. It would also be useful to practicing doctors. The students can carry the book to the ward and with its help practice examination of patients in a systematic way, thus prepare themselves for their practical exams.
Fully revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing is the indispensable resource for all those caring for patients with mental health problems. Practical, concise, and up-to-date with the latest guidelines, practice, and initiatives, this handbook is designed to allow essential information to be quickly accessible to nurses in a busy clinical setting.
This book has incorporated the techniques for a logical and accurate interpretation of the clinical information according to the modern examination system. The first edition of this book was published with the intention of helping students learn the basics of data interpretation and practice by themselves. Its huge popularity and wide acceptance among students have encouraged the author to upgrade the book and bring out this new edition enriched with new cases and pictures of a variety of clinical conditions. 100 new clinical cases have been added. The text contains variety in clinical setup and the amount of data provided in each setup. Includes data on cardiac catheterization and a whole new chapter on pictorial diagnosis which contains 100 clinical pictures. Various modifications have been made in the book according to various innovative suggestions made by teachers and students. Incorporates many long and short questions with proper investigations, largely based on the real cases. Answers are given with brief short notes of the specific problems so that the reader can get some idea without going through a big textbook. The book will help increase a doctors competence, and skill in diagnosing a particular disease, formulating specific investigations, and proper management.
Salient Features
• This complete and user-friendly book is simple and easy-to-follow.
• It introduces several modifications in the contents of the book. Firstly, the “Colour atlas” has been changed to “Colour Atlas and Practical Guide”.
• To make it a practical guide, the illustrations are now arranged in groups based on similarity of appearance. The accompanying text been entirely rewritten from this perspective.
• Incorporates improved and updated illustrations of each atlas figure.
• Contains coloured diagrams to facilitate an easier understanding.
Table Of Contents
• 1. Cell Structure
• 2. Epithelia
• 3. Glands
• 4 . General Connective Tissue
• 5 . The Blood and the Mononuclear
• 6.Cartilage
• 7. Bone
• 8.Muscle
• 9. Nervous Tissue
• 10. The Cardiovascular System
• 11. Lymphatics and
• 12. Skin and its Appendages
• 13. Respiratory System
• 14. Oral Cavity and
• 15. Oesophagus, Stomach
• 16. The Liver and Pancreas
• 17. The Urinary Organs
• 18. The Male Reproductive Organs
• 19. The Female Reproductive Organs
• 20. The Endocrine System
• 21. The Eye
• 22. The Ear
• 23. Spinal Cord; Cerebellar Cortex;
• Index
Table of Contents
• Career Options for a Dermatologist
• Designing a Dermatology Center
• Financial Considerations for Starting a Dermatology Center
• Understanding Basic Financial Aspects
• Pricing
• Human Resources and its Importance
• Ethics, Etiquettes and Legal Issues
• Health Care Waste Management
• Continuous Medical Education
• Evidence Based Dermatology
• Patient Satisfaction: Why and How?
• Role of Computers for a Dermatologist
• Meeting the Patient on the Internet
• Interprofessional Relations
• Index
• This book has been written from the perspective of medical people in simple language with very little mathematical formulas and examples.
• A great boon to medical students both undergraduates and postgraduates who want to be self- significant in statistical analysis. It is a book that every medical person and medical college library must possess.
• This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. In this context the chapter “Computer Application in Biostatistical Analysis: An SPSS Manual” has been added.
• Use of computers for which special chapter has been added in brief has greatly facilitated the analysis of the work done in medical field and biosciences too.
This is a premier text and reference for students and professionals in the medical instrumentation area. It provides a comprehensive overview of the basic concepts of medical instrumentation showing the interdisciplinary nature of Bioinstrumentation. This book enlists information on infant apnea monitors, impedance pneumography, the design of cardiac pacemakers and disposable defibrillator electrodes and their standards.
Questions at the end of each Chapter prepare the student for practical viva-voce. Case reports orient the students to medical application of the basic sciences and prepare them for the viva-voce as well. A list of spotters has also been given after consulting many syllabi. Useful not only for the basic science students but also for the medico-clinical students. VP Acharya MBBS MD (Biochemistry) has obtained her graduation and postgraduation degree from VSS Medical College, Burla, Orissa, India. She is currently serving as Assistant Professor in Vinayaka Missions Medical College, Karaikal, Puducherry, India. She has been an outstanding scholar all throughout her career and has published many scientific publications in national and international journals and has presented research papers in various conferences.
The book 'Community Pharmacology' a problem based approach is certainly a significant step along the path towards more appropriate use of medicines. The approach is built around the appropriate treatment of illustrative cases rather than a more traditional encyclopedia method of presenting pharmacological information.
This book primarily aims to render quick revision of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology for the rapid-fire round of viva voce examination. It will assist students to learn numerous concepts and practical aspects of the subject in short period of time, before they appear for university examination. This edition like its predecessor is a selective collection of the most frequently asked questions. The text has been extensively updated and new illustrations have been added. A new chapter on ‘Living Anatomy’ has been included.
Understanding haematology requires knowledge of physiology, insight into pathogenesis and essential pathological processes, laboratory tests (with their limitations and strengths), and clinical medicine. For diagnosis of a haematological disease, integration of clinical examination findings and haematological tests is necessary and final evaluation and judgement has to come from co-ordination between the pathologist and the clinician. Essentials of haematology is an effort to make understanding of haematology easier so that it will facilitate learning by students and help them solve haematological problems in their clinical practice.
Table of Contents
* Carbohydrates
* Proteins
* Miscellaneous
* Qualitative Urine
* Identification
* Spectroscopic Examination of Haemoglobin
* Estimation of Blood Sugar
* Estimation of Blood Urea
* Estimation of Serum and Urinary Creatinine
* Estimation of Serum Total Proteins and A.G. Ratio
* Estimation of Serum Bilirubin
* Estimation of Serum Cholesterol
* Estimation of Serum Uric Acid
* Enzymes
* Minerals
* Estimation of Free and Total Acidity in Gastric Juice
* Quantitative Urine
* Cerebrospinal Fluid
* Determination of pH
* Colorimetry
* Chromatography
* Electrophoresis
* Flamephotometry
* Glucose Tolerance Test
* Gastric Analysis (Fractional Test Meal)
* ELISA
* Spotters
* Cell and Subcellular Components
* Chemistry and Metabolism of Carbohydrates
