Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 8/e-SAE
The South Asian Edition addresses the very real needs of anundergraduate medical student—to be able to understand the conceptsof biochemistry in a rational and logical way so that it can be easilyremembered and applied in his/her very responsible future role as aprimary healthcare physician.
Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 8/e-SAE
The South Asian Edition addresses the very real needs of an undergraduate medical student—to be able to understand the concepts of biochemistry in a rational and logical way so that it can be easily remembered and applied in his/her very responsible future role as a primary healthcare physician.
- Alignment with CBME - Covers all competencies of Medical Council of India's Competency-Based Undergraduate Curriculum for Biochemistry (Vol 1, MCI-CBME curriculum).
- Includes all Biochemistry areas required for vertical and horizontal integration with other subjects in all phases of MBBS as mentioned in MCI-CBME curriculum (Vol. 1–3).
- To cover all the competencies, three New Units have been added.
- These include chapters on (1) Cell membranes, (2) Subcellular components, (3) Regulation of blood pH, (4) Arterial blood gases, (5) Electrolyte imbalance, (6) Cancers, (7) Xenobiotic, (8) Oxidative stress, (9) He me synthesis and catabolism, (10) Organ function tests, (11) Immune system and immune cells, (12) Antigen and anti-body, (13) Innate and adaptive immunity, (14) Cellular and humoral immunity and (15) Vaccines.
Key Features :
- Each Unit begins with a list of MCI-CBME competencies followed by a Unit Overview to facilitate comprehension for the learner to avoid missing “the forest for the trees.”
- Learning Objectives have been specified at the beginning of each chapter.
- Content of all chapters has been thoroughly reviewed and updated for recent knowledge, clarity of concepts, clinical correlation and practical utility of the knowledge gained.
- Blue Boxes integrated throughout chapters reflect clinical relevance of biochemical interactions.
- Medical Perspectives of each chapter is an important section added just before Chapter Summary.
- This is to guide the future doctors in understanding the application of the pertinent section, in commonly seen diseases in clinical practice. A note is added for rare diseases as well.
- Each chapter ends with Study Questions—important Long-Answer Questions, Short-Answer Questions, and Multiple-Choice Questions.
- Each chapter has a discussion of Clinical Cases to provide guidance for problem solving. These 70 Clinical Cases across the book focus on common Indian scenarios and diseases, and not rare occurrences.
- The Appendices at end of each Unit give summary of applicable knowledge, for example, Normal Values in Blood, Common Derangements in Organ Functions, Recommended Dietary Allowances, Diagnostic Criteria of Various Diseases like Diabetes, Recommended Lipid Levels, Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases, Diagnosis of Common Genetic Mutations, etc. as pertinent to that Unit and as relevant to medical practice.
- Bonus Online Content—10 detailed Clinical Cases with answers, 200Multiple-Choice Questions with answers, 11 animations, etc. (see front inner cover for details).
| Book | |
|---|---|
| Author | Singh / Goyal |
| Year | 2020 |
| ISBN | 9789389859751 |
| Publisher | Wolters Kluwer |
| Language | English |
| Uncategorized | |
| Edition | 8/e, SAE |
| Weight | 1.1 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Length (cm) | 20 |
| Width (cm) | 14 |
| Height (cm) | 4 |