The basic layout of this expanded and revised version remains unchanged presenting the essentials of the subject in a lucid and concise manner. This third edition, like its predecessor, also includes several new mnemonics, jokes and cartoons to pep up the text.
New chapters on psychiatry, adverse drug reactions, and diagnose until proven otherwise.
The content guides undergraduates (UGs) through to postgraduates (PGs), while PGs can revisit UG topics up to their level.
Cardiology: Chest pain guidelines, stress cardiomyopathy, Prinzmetal angina, and resistant hypertension.
Endocrinology: Prediabetes, polycystic ovarian syndrome, polyuria-polydipsia syndrome, arginine vasopressin deficiency, glucocorticoid therapy, and pseudopheochromocytoma.
Gastroenterology: Non-responders to PPI treatment, other functional GI disorders, and steatotic liver disease.
Hematology: Cancer related anemia, febrile neutropenia, antiphospholipid syndrome, and transfusion-related acute lung injury.
Pulmonary: Staphylococcal pneumonia, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, lung abscess, reactive airway dysfunction syndrome, allergic and invasive bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and interpretation of chest X-ray.
Infectious diseases: Hemolytic uremic syndrome, Lyme disease, rocky mountain spotted fever, differential diagnosis of tick-borne diseases, dengue fever, and coronavirus disease-2019.
Rheumatology: Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, discoid lupus erythematosus, drug-induced lupus erythematosus, Takayasu arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, and Paget’s bone disease.
Nephrology: Infection-related glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis, and renal papillary necrosis.
Neurology: Neurologic examination, cryptogenic stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, subcortical dementias, healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis, critical illness myopathy, sleep disorder, and insomnia.
Dermatology: Skin cancers
Toxicology: Methylenedioxymethamphetamine overdose, withdrawal syndromes, smoking cessation, serotonin syndrome, and toxicology mnemonics.
Best Review book for UGs, PGs, NEET, USMLE, PLAB candidates