By GR Sethi Sangeeta Sharma
Presenting a practical book on managing the patientWhy• To assist busy clinicians in clinical decision-making• To reduce inappropriate clinical variation in practice• To improve quality of care and patient safetyHow• User-friendly ready reckoner• Holistic approach• Up-to-date• Evidence-basedFor Whom• General practitioners• Primary care physicians• Undergraduate medical students• Postgraduates and Resident doctors• ConsultantsThis clinically oriented book covers more than 330 priority diseases in 11 specialties, focusing on clinical manifestations, therapeutic advances, patient management and patient education. This edition presents you with:• Major revisions reflecting latest recommendations in all chapters, and presenting new algorithms.• Key information on COVID-19 pandemic:- Restandardized cardio-pulmonary resuscitation algorithms and guidelines in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.- Severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) including COVID-19, management of COVID-19 and co-infections, Pregnancy in COVID-19, etc.• A new chapter on tumours and cancers with a special focus on screening and early diagnosis and treatment of some of the most common cancers.• Several new priority diseases namely syncope, button battery injuries, acute encephalitis syndrome, cerebral palsy, club foot, scrub typhus, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, frost bite, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), etc.• Antimicrobial Stewardship principles in the treatment of infectious diseases.Large number of experts have contributed in this book to help solve the problems you encounter in everyday practice. This reader friendly, up-to-date and comprehensive book provides expert information you can use immediately in your clinical practice including goals of treatment and assessment of response to therapy with step-up as well as step-down criteria. A busy clinician can thus make an informed, effective patient management decision for different levels of health care, from primary health care to detailed protocols for tertiary care health centres.
