Change is the law of nature and so is with the medical science. The whole perception of the medicine has changed. Many early impressions, personal experiences, options, dogmas and axons of the past years have been challenged and proven to be wrong in the present era of evidence-based medicine. Modern imaging has transformed the approach to anatomy. Molecular biology and genetics can predict various diseases, which can occur in future. Interventions have blurred the boundary between the physicians and surgeons. Robots are conducting various surgeries and targeted interventions. Target therapy is being done for cancers, and is a part of protocol. Today we are living in digital world. Moreover, the society and media have easy access to Internet and the expectations of the patients are too high from the treating doctors. Therefore, it is essential for the treating physicians to update themselves with the latest developments in the field of medicine. With that view I have kept the theme of my scientific program as “Dawn of a New Era in Medicine”.

For a good doctor, three things are essential, i.e. competence, communication and compassion. Competence, i.e. skill is achieved through conferences, literatures, journals, books and Internet. Conference provides a means of updating knowledge in the context of changing scenarios of Medical Sciences. There is one-to-one interaction between the attendees and the experts, and they can exchange and share their views. APICON is a multidisciplinary conference, where all disciplines of medicine are being discussed at one common platform. Medicine Update 2018 a very popular book read by postgraduate students and internists, which contain the preceding of APICON-2018. It contains common topics, clinical problems and approach and management of various disorders, especially in Indian context. The intention is not to replace textbooks or journals but to complement them.

This book contains 159 chapters in 17 sections written by the experts in their fields meant for Indian population. The emphasis has been laid on clinical approach to medical problems, case-based discussions and algorithmic approach to various diseases. I am sure that this book will be very handy and useful not only for postgraduates but also as a reference guide for busy practicing physicians.

Contents

SECTION 1 HYPERTENSION
SECTION 2 CARDIOLOGY
SECTION 3 DIABETES
SECTION 4 ENDOCRINOLOGY
SECTION 5 NEUROLOGY
SECTION 6 GASTROENTEROLOGY/HEPATOLOGY
SECTION 7 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SECTION 8 INFECTIONS
SECTION 9 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
SECTION 10 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
SECTION 11 TOXICOLOGY
SECTION 12 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
SECTION 13 RHEUMATOLOGY
SECTION 14 NEPHROLOGY
SECTION 15 GERIATRICS AND GENETIC
SECTION 16 SOCIAL ISSUES
SECTION 17 MISCELLANEOUS