About Book
We are proud to carry the fourth version of this Exam Preparatory Manual for Undergraduates—Pathology which has end up famous inside a few years of publishing the first edition. We had to deliver this version little in advance to comprise “Competency-based undergraduate curriculum for the Indian clinical graduate” by using Medical Council of India (MCI) in 2018. This e book is equipped to include amendment as cautioned via this new “Competency-based Medical Education (CBME)”. As per CBME following have been incorporated:
Interpretation of liver characteristic and viral hepatitis alongside with serology panel. Features to distinguish obstructive from nonobstructive jaundice primarily based on medical aspects and liver characteristic tests. Cases have been supplied with records and liver feature assessments for interpretation.
Abnormal urinary findings and few unusual renal characteristic exams in various disorder states are furnished with medical history. Common urinary abnormalities in nearly all renal ailments have been included.
Abnormal findings in physique fluids in quite a number sickness states. Clinical records with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings has been protected so that learner can become aware of the etiology of meningitis primarily based on CSF parameters.
Core competency is marked as (CC) and non-core competency as (NC). v DOAP (Demonstration-Observation-Assistance-Performance): A sensible session that permits the scholar to observe, demonstrate, help the performer, function in a simulated environment, operate below supervision or operate independently has been noted in applicable topics.
As the announcing goes “Change is inevitable”, this e book additionally has gone through modifications as per the want of the student. Pathology is one of the rapidly-expanding, ever-changing and fascinating subject in medicine. This e book is an exercise to current the widespread expertise of pathology in a lucid manner for undergraduate and postgraduate scientific college students as nicely as these present process education in paramedical courses.
The predominant goal of this e book is to supply a sound expertise of pathology and recognize ailment mechanisms which lays the basis for simple science. It offers perception into etiology, pathogenesis, pathology and the ailment course. Every strive has been made to existing records in a simplified textual content augmented with the use of coloured illustrations, tables, textual content bins and flowcharts. There used to be a brilliant expand in the perception of molecular pathology and equal is highlighted in all the applicable chapters.
Thus, this version is absolutely revised, updated, higher illustrated and a whole guide for scoring excessive marks in all pathology examinations. Two chapters have been reorganized to consist of pediatric illnesses and environmental diseases. Two new chapters particularly primary diagnostic cytology and blood banking and transfusion as nicely as many flowcharts are added.
Each chapter has been up to date incorporating all the core and non-core talents as per CBME. Few figures and illustrations have been changed with higher fantastic photomicrographs or illustrations. As a ways as possible, we have used clear and easy language that can be understood by means of college students who studied their important college in any of the regional language.
Organization
This e book consists of 27 chapters and is equipped into three sections particularly General Pathology, Hematology and Clinical Pathology, and Systemic Pathology.
Section 1—General Pathology: It affords an overview of the fundamental pathologic mechanisms underlying ailments including—introduction to pathology; telephone damage and adaptation; infection and healing; infections and infestations; hemodynamic disorders, thromboembolism, and shock; immunopathology, AIDS, and amyloidosis; neoplasia; genetic and pediatric diseases; environmental and dietary diseases, and primary diagnostic cytology.
Section 2—Hematology and Clinical Pathology: It consists of—introduction to hematology and problems of pink blood cell; problems of white blood cell, lymph node, and spleen; issues of hemostasis; scientific pathology, and blood banking and transfusion necessary for the undergraduate students. Students are requested to go via the 2nd version of the e book titled Essentials in Hematology and Clinical Pathology authored by means of Dr Ramadas Nayak and Dr Sharada Rai, M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, for distinct know-how of hematology and medical pathology.
Section 3—Systemic Pathology: It offers with systemic pathology with chapters dedicated to ailments of more than a few organ structures including—cardiovascular disorders; respiratory disorders; problems of oral cavities and gastrointestinal tract; hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders; kidney and urinary tract disorders; male genital tract disorders; lady genital tract disorders; breast disorders; endocrine disorders; bones, joints, and gentle tissue tumors; pores and skin disorders, and problems of central apprehensive machine and eye.
We observed that undergraduate college students discover it hard to understand, be mindful and reply the questions all through examinations, in a pleasing way. There are many pathology textbooks, however undergraduates face situation to refresh their know-how at some point of examinations. This e book fills the niche, to furnish fundamental statistics to an undergraduate in a nutshell.
The textual content presents all the fundamental statistics the scholar will ever want to know. Keywords are proven in daring phrases so that the pupil can swiftly go via the e book on the preceding day or simply earlier than the examination. Most college students are basically “visually oriented”. As the pronouncing “a photograph is really worth a thousand words”, it prompted us to furnish many illustrations.
This e book can serve as a supply of speedy overview of pathology for even postgraduates in pathology. Numerous illustrations, gross photographs, photomicrographs, tables, textual content boxes, flowcharts, and X-rays have been included for handy perception of the subject. Appendices supply more than a few essential our bodies and its related conditions, vital cells in a range of lesions, pathognomonic constructions in diseases, and peripheral blood smear.
How to use this book
Before you begin reading
We endorse that this e book to be used through all college students for appreciation the fundamental expertise and refresh their expertise in the course of examinations.
CC (core curriculum) and NC (non-core curriculum) is highlighted in v Bold words: The readers are requested to provide greater emphasis on phrase in bold letters which represents the key-word to be remembered.
Text boxes: Text bins have been designed to supply records beneficial all through viva-voce. Most vital factors to be remembered are introduced as textual content field with yellow historical past and blue heritage for now not so necessary points.
Definition: One of the regularly occurring viva as nicely as principle questions is
“definition” of the disease. It is supplied in a yellow box.
Pathogenesis: As a ways as viable pathogenesis have been supplied with flowchart as properly as textual content for higher grasp of hard concepts.
Classification: Only classifications commonly requested in examinations are provided.
Morphology: Another general query in principle is “Morphology” which include gross and microscopic findings. Hence, it is additionally supplied in a field to draw your interest in the course of reading.
Clinical cases: Common clinical-oriented questions (asked in few universities) have been incorporated.
Interpretation laboratory results: In “Competency-based undergraduate curriculum for the Indian scientific graduate” a talent attribute has been introduced. It check how as pupil is capable to interpret/demonstrate a complicated process requiring thought, understanding and behavior. Hence, in this addition following has been provided:
– Abnormal urinary findings in sickness states and discover and describe frequent urinary abnormalities in a medical specimen.
– Interpret the abnormalities in renal characteristic exams and liver characteristic tests.
– Cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
