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Editors: Tony C.K. Tham, John S.A. Collins and Roy M. Soetikno: Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell -221 pages Book Review by:  Nano Khilnani This book is not just on gastroenterology or a discussion of the many topics in this medical specialty that deals with various parts of the gastrointestinal  (GI) tract. It is specifically aimed at emergencies and complications that such specialists in this field run into during procedures such as a colonoscopy (examination of the insides of the large intestine) or at any point when diagnosing and treating patients. Drs. Tham, Collins and Soetikno, the editors of this book and all gastroenterologists, have done an excellent job of compiling materials for this informative book from over 40 specialists, most of them doctors and experts in various medical specialties. Most are physicians and surgeons, and some of them are professors and-or researchers. There are 33 chapters in this book spread over its three sections. The contributors’ names are mentioned as authors of each particular chapter. Some of them have contributed to writing multiple chapters or parts thereof. What really makes the book important is the collective expertise of these specialists in a single document. There is a detailed seven-page index that helps the reader get quickly, easily to any keyword such as a complication or a disease to study on it in detail. This compact book of a little over 200 pages...

Senior Editors: Tao Le and Kendal Krause; Junior Editor: Vinita Takiar Publisher:  McGraw-Hill – 561 pages Book Review by:  Nano Khilnani This review guide for the United States medical licensing exam (USMLE) should be used in conjunction with its counterpart on organs, which is entitled First Aid for the Basic Sciences: Organ Systems. The two guides are supplementary aids to the “First Aid for the USMLE Step 1,” the review book that helps you prepare to take and do well on the medical board exams to become a licensed physician. It is suggested that you also acquire the two allied books entitled “First Aid Cases for the USMLE Step1” and “First Aid Q&A for the USMLE Step1” The acquisition of the complete study package of the five books mentioned above – the two on the basic medical sciences plus the three review and test-preparation books on the USMLE Step 1 – are your best first step forward to performing at your top level in the board exams. After acquiring the total package, diligent review of the material in the first two basic sciences books and practice test-taking in the three USMLE books can help you do well on the exams. In this book review of the above title, we will give you an overview of the material contained in it and how to use it to get the most...

Author: Eric N. Berkowitz Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Learning  – 515  pages Book Review by:  Nano Khilnani This book has extensive coverage of topics pertaining to marketing as it applies to health care. With a length of more than 500 pages it has 14 chapters within three parts entitled:  The Marketing Process, Understanding the Consumer, and The Marketing Mix. We would say that this book pretty much covers anything and everything that relates to marketing in the field of health care, from the very meaning of marketing, its prerequisites and its elements for success, all the way to controlling and monitoring the end result of your quest for more revenue – the performance of your marketing plan as it is being (or after) it is implemented. A sample business planning manual is also provided to you at the end of the book to help you get started in drafting your business plan, which includes marketing your product or service. A glossary is also provided to help you learn terms unfamiliar to you. The author of this very useful book – Eric N Berkowitz – is professor of marketing at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He obtained his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from that university and his PhD from Ohio State University. Berkowitz has an impressive educational and professional record. He has authored...

Editors: Adam Brooks, Bryan A. Cotton, Nigel Tai and Peter F. Mahoney Associate Editor: David J. Humes Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell – 219 pages Book Review by:  Nano Khilnani This book covers emergencies relating to the abdomen and veins and soft tissue infection; urologic problems and trauma pertaining to the abdomen, chest and veins; and critical-care issues and post-operative complications. The book has four editors, an associate editor and 40 contributors who are specialists in various areas of medicine practicing in the United Kingdom and the United States. The book has 30 chapters on various types of emergency surgery organized into groups and covered in seven parts. Part 1 entitled Approach discusses preoperative considerations, the initial approach to the emergency surgery patient, emergency anesthesia and analgesia. Part 2 named Abdomen is the largest one of the seven parts, having chapters 5 through 17. It covers problems and complications such as appendicitis (inflamed appendix), diverticulosis (inflamed diverticulum, part of the gastrointestinal or GI tract), bilary colic (pain in the bile ducts), acute cholecystitis (painful inflammation of the gall bladder), perforated peptic ulcer (breaks in membranes of the stomach wall or other organs such as he duodenum; and fulminant colitis or sudden and severe inflammation of the colon. It also covers problems such as mesenteric ischemia (deficient blood supply to the mesentery, a part of the GI), bleeding and hemorrhage of the upper...