Basic science for the MRCS a revision guide for surgical trainees by Raftery, Andrew T.

Table of Contents: “…The thorax -- The abdomen, pelvis, and perineum -- The upper limb and breast -- The lower limb -- The head, neck, and spine -- The nervous system -- General physiology -- Respiratory system -- Cardiovascular system -- Gastrointestinal system -- Urinary system -- Endocrine system -- Nervous and locomotor systems -- Cellular injury -- Disorders of growth, morphogenesis, and differentiation -- Inflammation -- Thrombosis, embolism and infarction -- Neoplasia -- Immunology -- Haemopoietic and lymphoreticular system -- Basic microbiology -- System-specific pathology.…”

Munro Kerr's operative obstetrics

Table of Contents: “…Pelvic vessel ligation and embolization: obstetric and radiological perspective -- 39. …”

Critical care medicine at a glance by Leach, Richard M. (Haematologist)

Table of Contents: “…Management of the critically ill patient -- Monitoring in critical care medicine -- Oxygen transport -- Shock -- Circulatory support: fluid and inotropes -- Oxygenation failure and oxygen therapy -- Airways management -- Non-invasive ventilation -- Endotracheal intubation -- Mechanical ventilation -- Respiratory management, weaning and tracheostomy -- Arterial blood gases and acid-base balance -- Sedation, analgesia and paralysis -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Hypothermia and hyperthermia -- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis -- End of life issues -- Acute coronary syndromes -- Arrhythmias -- Heart failure and pulmonary oedema -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Cardiac emergencies -- Pneumonia -- Asthma -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- Pneumothorax and air leaks -- Respiratory emergencies -- Renal and metabolic -- Acute renal failure; pathophysiology and clinical aspects -- Acute renal failure; management and renal replacement therapy -- Diabetic emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Gastrointestinal -- Gastrointestinal haemorrhage -- Acute liver failure -- Acute pancreatitis -- Altered mental state, coma and status epilepticus -- Neurological emergencies: stroke -- Neurological emergencies: infective -- Neuromuscular conditions -- Other systems -- Transfusion and coagulation disorders -- Drug overdose and poisoning -- The immune compromised patient -- Surgical -- Trauma -- Head injury -- Chest trauma -- Acute abdominal emergencies -- Obstetric emergencies -- Burns, toxic inhalation and electrical injuries…”

Cardiovascular therapeutics a companion to Braunwald's heart disease

Table of Contents: “…PART I DECISION MAKING AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE -- Chapter 1 Tools for Assessment of Cardiovascular Tests and Therapies -- Chapter 2 New Drug Development -- Chapter 3 Device Development for Cardiovascular Therapeutics: Concepts and Regulatory Implications -- Chapter 4 Pharmacogenetics Chapter -- 5 Systems of Health Care -- Chapter 6 Global Cardiovascular Therapy -- PART II ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE -- Chapter 7 Pharmacologic Options for Treatment of Ischemic Disease -- Chapter 8 Stable Ischemic Heart Disease/Chronic Stable Angina -- Chapter 9 Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes -- Chapter 10 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- Chapter 11 Advances in Coronary Revascularization -- PART III HEART FAILURE -- Chapter 12 Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure in the Ambulatory Setting -- Chapter 13 Implantable Devices for the Management of Heart Failure -- Chapter 14 Strategies for Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure -- Chapter 15 Cardiac Transplantation and Circulatory Support Devices Chapter -- 16 Regenerative Therapy for Heart Failure Chapter -- 17 Hypertrophic, Restrictive, and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies -- PART IV ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES -- Chapter 18 Clinical Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmic Drugs -- Chapter 19 Pharmacologic Management of Supraventricular Tachycardias -- Chapter 20 Atrial Fibrillation -- Chapter 21 Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Tachyarrhythmias -- Chapter 22 Role of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death -- Chapter 23 Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia and Cardiac Arrest -- PART V DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIAS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS -- Chapter 24 Drugs for Elevated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol -- Chapter 25 Therapy to Manage Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Elevated Triglycerides -- Chapter 26 Cardiovascular Disease and Lifestyle Modification -- Chapter 27 Steps Beyond Diet and Drug Therapy for Severe Hypercholesterolemia PART VI HYPERTENSION -- Chapter 28 Initial Evaluation and Approach to the Patient with Hypertension -- Chapter 29 Pharmacologic Management of Hypertension -- Chapter 30 Endocrine Causes of Hypertension -- Chapter 31 Resistant Hypertension -- Chapter 32 Hypertensive Crisis -- Chapter 33 Hypertension in Pregnancy -- Chapter 34 Management of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents PART VII OTHER VASCULAR CONDITIONS -- Chapter 35 Peripheral Artery Disease Chapter 36 Cerebrovascular Disease -- Chapter 37 Renal Artery Stenosis -- Chapter 38 Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis -- Chapter 39 Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- Chapter 40 Aortic Disease -- PART VIII OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS -- Chapter 41 Pharmacologic Options for Treating of CardiovascularDisease During Pregnancy -- Chapter 42 Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease -- Chapter 43 Prevention and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis -- Chapter 44 Treatment of Pericardial Disease -- Chapter 45 Optimal Timing of Surgical and Mechanical Intervention in Native Valvular Heart Disease -- Chapter 46 Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease -- Chapter 47 Percutaneous Treatment for Valvular Heart Disease -- Chapter 48 Manifestations, Mechanisms, and Treatment of HIV-Associated Cardiovascular Disease -- Chapter 49 Rehabilitation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease -- PART IX APPENDIX Cardiovascular Devices…”

Clinical respiratory medicine

Table of Contents: “…Toxic Inhalational Lung Injury-- Section 9 Pulmonary Vascular Disorders, Vasculitides, and Hemorrhage-- 57. Pulmonary Embolism-- 58. Pulmonary Hypertension-- 59. Pulmonary Vasculitis and Hemorrhage -- Section 10 Sleep-Disordered Breathing-- 60. …”

Youmans neurological surgery

Table of Contents: “…[vol. 2] : Brain tumors: general considerations -- Brain tumors: an overview of current histopathologic classifications -- Brain tumor immunology and immunotherapy -- Brain tumor stem cells -- Proliferation markers in the evaluation of gliomas -- Molecular genetics and the development of targets for glioma therapy -- Growth factors in glial tumors -- The genetic origins of brain tumors -- Invasion in malignant glioma -- Angiogenesis and brain tumors: molecular targets and molecular scalpels -- Barriers to delivery of therapeutics to brain tumors -- Epidemiology of brain tumors -- Gene- and viral-based therapies for gliomas -- Clinical features: neurology of brain tumor and paraneoplastic disorders -- Radiologic features of central nervous system tumors -- Endovascular techniques for tumor embolization -- Brain tumors during pregnancy -- Principles of chemotherapy -- Brain tumor outcome studies: design and interpretation -- Frame and frameless stereotactic brain biopsy -- Basic principles of cranial surgery for brain tumors -- Basic principles of skull base surgery -- Surgical complications of brain tumors and their avoidance -- Navigation for brain tumors -- Endoscopic approaches to brain tumors -- Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging -- Low-grade gliomas: astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, and mixed glioma -- Malignant gliomas: anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme, gliosarcoma -- Unusual gliomas -- Primitive neuroectodermal tumors -- Pineal tumors -- Medulloblastoma -- Meningiomas -- Meningeal sarcoma and meningeal hemangiopericytoma -- Acoustic neuroma -- Pituitary tumors: functioning and nonfunctioning -- Craniopharyngioma -- Epidermoid, dermoid, and neurenteric cysts -- Neoplastic meningitis -- Ventricular tumors -- Overview of skull base tumors -- Chordomas and chondrosarcomas -- Glomus tumors -- Neoplasms of the paranasal sinuses -- Esthesioneuroblastoma -- Trigeminal schwannomas -- Juvenile nasal angiofibroma -- Osseous tumors -- Tumors of the orbit -- Skull tumors -- Scalp tumors -- Pseudotumor cerebri -- Sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, and xanthogranuloma -- Demyelinating disease -- Pain: general historical considerations -- Anatomy and physiology of pain -- Molecular basis of nociception -- Approach to the patient with chronic pain -- Pharmacologic treatment of pain -- Management of pain by anesthetic techniques -- Evidence-based approach to the treatment of facial pain -- Trigeminal neuralgia: diagnosis and nonoperative management -- Percutaneous procedures for trigeminal neuralgia -- Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia -- Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia -- Neurosurgical management of intractable pain -- Evidence base: neurostimulation for pain -- Peripheral nerve stimulation for neuropathic pain -- Spinal cord stimulation -- Motor cortex stimulation -- Evidence base for destructive procedures -- Diagnosis and management of painful neuromas -- Dorsal root entry zone lesions -- Percutaneous cordotomy and trigeminal tractotomy-nucleotomy -- Neuroanesthesia in children -- Neurocritical care in children -- Normal and abnormal embryology of the brain -- Encephalocele -- Dandy-Walker syndrome -- Arachnoid cysts -- Chiari malformations -- Craniopagus twins -- Genetics of craniosynostosis -- Craniosynostosis -- Syndromic craniosynostosis -- Endoscopic treatment of craniosynostosis -- Plagiocephaly -- Hydrocephalus in children: approach to the patient -- Infantile posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus -- Cerebrospinal fluid physiology -- Experimental hydrocephalus -- Ventricular shunting procedures -- Neuroendoscopy -- Cerebrospinal fluid devices -- Shunt infections and their treatment -- General approaches and considerations for pediatric brain tumors -- Optic pathway hypothalamic gliomas -- Thalamic tumors -- Choroid plexus tumors -- Pediatric craniopharyngioma -- Supratentorial hemispheric tumors -- Ependymoma -- Medulloblastoma in children -- Cerebellar astrocytomas -- Brainstem glioma -- Intracranial germ cell tumors -- Familial tumors (neurocutaneous syndromes) -- Skull tumors and fibrous dysplasia -- Moyamoya disease -- Vein of galen aneurysmal malformation -- Management of severe head injury in children -- Child abuse -- Growing skull fracture -- Birth head trauma -- Birth brachial plexus injury -- Myelomeningocele and myelocystocele -- Lipomyelomeningocele -- Split spinal cord -- Tethered spinal cord: fatty filum terminale, meningocele manque, and dermal sinus tracts -- Developmental abnormalities of the craniocervical junction -- Achondroplasia and other dwarfisms -- Cervical spine disorders in children -- Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children -- Spine tumors in children -- Thoracolumbar spinal disorders in pediatric patients -- Vertebral column and spinal cord injuries in children -- Clinical features and management of cerebral palsy -- Intrathecal baclofen therapy for cerebral palsy -- Selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy -- Dystonia in children…”

Fatherhood by Logelin, Matthew