Elsevier Clinical Advisory Board (ECAB) India
ECAB is an endeavor of Elsevier, the leading publishing house worldwide in health sciences, with an aim to develop relevant content in clinical speciales and make them easily available to the medical professionals of India. In the first year of its incepon, ECAB included clinical specialties like diabetes, cardiology, gastroenterology, and obstetrics & gynecology. In the second phase, ECAB extended its endeavor to more clinical specialties, i.e., orthopedics, pediatrics, nephrology, medicine and otolaryngology. The aim of this concept is to explore the experience and learning of some of the eminent medical professionals of India and south-east Asia in their respective fields in addion to Elsevier’s own existing resources to create content, which is available in the form of various products and services for utilization by the Indian clinical practitioners. This concept is the first of its kind in the Indian medical scenario, and ECAB will extend this to every clinical discipline in the near future to serve the information needs of the Indian medical fraternity.
Statement of Need
Otolaryngology is a broad-based specialty that requires knowledge of a wide range of clinical presentations. Because of the diversity of clinical conditions encountered and the modification of the presentation of these at various stages of growth and development, it takes longer to acquire the skills for pattern recognition. This involves among other things the ability to recognize and manage the rare conditions as well as the rare presentations of the common conditions.
In this era, where at times there seems to be an overabundance of information, it is important for the practicing clinician to have an authoritative source of quality advice and genuine practice wisdom. Keeping in mind the requirements of the society, the practitioners need to update themselves on the current approach and the wide variety of choices now available. India has a distinct need for comprehensive programs that fit into the Indian context of the situation. It has to be a continuous process, which approaches the problem on the basis of the experience of the specialists in India who are among the stalwarts in this field.
In its quest to better address the topic, Elsevier has pooled its existing resources with those of the nationally acclaimed otolaryngologists of India who have chosen to apply their rich clinical knowledge and expertise to serve the Indian patients. This book provides a useful basis from which to view new perspectives in otolaryngology, coupled with the more traditional protocols. It will be a valuable learning tool and reference point for the many professionals engaged in the field of otolaryngology.
Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Chronic rhinosinusitis is a widely prevalent condition globally as well as in India. The chronicity of the condition and its multifactorial origin makes the detection of the underlying mechanism of the disease difficult to detect and renders the management challenging. This clinical update handbook put together by the eminent exponents of otolaryngology in India aims to simplify this elusive condition for the benefit of all practitioners involved in the management of this disease.
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