All of the essential information you need from the world's foremost medical physiology textbook – right in your pocket! Dr. John E. Hall's Pocket Companion to Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology: First South Asia Edition, reflects the structure and content of the larger text, helping you recall and easily review the most essential, need-to-know concepts in physiology. - Efficiently review key concepts thanks to a concise, at-a-glance format. - Carry the same authoritative, useful knowledge that readers of Guyton have come to trust – right in your pocket. - Easily locate more in-depth discussions inside the parent text with abundant cross-references and a parallel chapter organization.

The main aim of the Second South Asia Edition is to meet the needs of the undergraduate medical students and faculty on South Asia by aligning the book to the teaching menthods in the subcontinent.

- Chapters have been rearranged and often split to work towards one chapter-one lecture model so that the text is linked to curriculum objectives which appeals to both students and faculty. - Narrative length has been reduced while ensuring the original flow and explanation of concepts is not affected. - Updated Learning Objectives (e.g. Applied physiology of the Renal System) and Glossary of Terms in the beginning of every chapter. - Short, easy-to-read, masterfully edited chapters and a user-friendly full-color design facilitates better learning and retention. - Features expanded clinical coverage including obesity, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and other degenerative diseases. - Complex Concepts/Processes are summarized in flowcharts/flow diagram for better understanding. - Contains more than 1000 carefully crafted diagrams and drawings ensures better understanding of Physiology. - Offers Clinically Oriented perspective - bridging basic physiology with pathophysiology, including cellular and molecular mechanism important for Clinical medicine. - Updated throughout based on the Guyton and Hall Textbook of Physiology 14th edition to reflect the latest knowledge in the field. - The information of the book has been updated to include all areas of the new MCI curriculum (these are either embedded within the existing chapters or as several new chapters at the end of the book).

The 13th edition of Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology continues this bestselling title's long tradition as the world's foremost medical physiology textbook. Unlike other textbooks on this topic, this clear and comprehensive guide has a consistent, single-author voice and focuses on the content most relevant to clinical and pre-clinical students. The detailed but lucid text is complemented by didactic illustrations that summarize key concepts in physiology and pathophysiology. - Emphasizes core information around how the body must maintain homeostasis in order to remain healthy, while supporting information and examples are detailed. - Summary figures and tables help quickly convey key processes covered in the text. - Reflects the latest advances in molecular biology and cardiovascular, neurophysiology and gastrointestinal topics. - Bold full-color drawings and diagrams. - Short, easy-to-read, masterfully edited chapters and a user-friendly full-color design. - Clinical vignettes throughout the text all you to see core concepts applied to real-life situations. - Brand-new quick-reference chart of normal lab values on the inside back cover. - Increased number of figures, clinical correlations, and cellular and molecular mechanisms important for clinical medicine. - Student Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience includes the complete text, interactive figures, references, plus 50 self-assessment questions and more than a dozen animations.

Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology continues this bestselling title's tradition as one of the world's favourite physiology textbooks. The main aim of the South Asian Edition of Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology is to meet the needs of undergraduate medical students and faculty in South Asia in alignment to the teaching methods in the subcontinent and also in terms of volume of content required. Presentation of the South Asian Edition is quite reflective of the way the lectures are being delivered in the classroom, both in terms of the breakup of topics and the basic level of detailing and explanations. The South Asian Edition incorporates several features aimed at aiding learning for students while retaining the flow and explanatory approach. Chapters have been rearranged and often split to work towards one chapter-one lecture model so that the text is linked to curriculum objectives which appeals to both students and faculty. Narrative length has been reduced while ensuring the original flow and explanation of concepts is not affected. Topics that are likely to be covered by other subjects and redundancies from the point of view of curriculum have been removed. Includes Learning Objectives and Glossary of Terms in the beginning of every chapter. Mobile App of physiology animations covering difficult and important concepts to enhance the learning process of students.

"Guyton and Hall Physiology Review is the ideal way to prepare for class exams as well as the physiology portion of the USMLE Step 1. More than 1000 board-style questions and answers allow you to test your knowledge of the most essential, need-to-know concepts in physiology. Includes thorough reviews of all major body systems, with an emphasis on system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology. Designed as a companion to the 13th edition of Guyton and Hall textbook of Medical Physiology, highlighting essential key concepts and featuring direct page references to specific questions." --