Acute medicine : clinical cases uncovered
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Acute medicine : clinical cases uncovered
(Clinical cases uncovered)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
Acute Medicine is the central part of foundation and specialist general medical training and is one of the most rapidly expanding UK hospital specialties.
Acute Medicine: Clinical Cases Uncovered combines patient cases and outcomes, drawn from real-life experiences, with reference to the curriculum for Training in General (Acute) Medicine. It provides self-assessment MCQs, EMQs and SAQs to give medical students, junior doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals the perfect preparation for life on the wards.
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
How to use this book x
List of abbreviations xi
Part 1 Basics 1
Introduction and specialty overview 1
Approach to the patient 5
Part 2 Cases 28
Case 1 A 45-year-old man with 'cardiac-type' chest pain 28
Case 2 A 35-year-old woman with 'pleuritic' chest pain 37
Case 3 A 50-year-old man presenting with palpitations 47
Case 4 A 60-year-old man with a broad complex tachycardia 56
Case 5 A 25-year-old woman with acute asthma 62
Case 6 A 60-year-old woman with an 'exacerbation' of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 70
Case 7 An 86-year-old woman with acute shortness of breath 79
Case 8 A 68-year-old man presenting with shock 88
Case 9 A 55-year-old man with suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding 94
Case 10 A 60-year-old man with diarrhoea 103
Case 11 A 37-year-old woman with sudden severe headache 111
Case 12 A 21-year-old man presenting following a seizure 118
Case 13 A 22-year-old unconscious man 125
Case 14 A 64-year-old man presenting with unilateral weakness 136
Case 15 A 60-year-old man presenting following a blackout 145
Case 16 A 45-year-old man with acute confusion 152
Case 17 An 81-year-old woman with acute confusion 158
Case 18 A 25-year-old woman with acute hyperglycaemia 166
Case 19 A 73-year-old man with abnormal renal function 173
Case 20 A 55-year-old man with pyrexia of unknown origin 182
Case 21 A 25-year-old woman admitted following an overdose 191
Case 22 A 35-year-old woman with an acutely swollen leg 200
Part 3 Self-assessment 205
MCQs 205
EMQs 211
SAQs 216
Answers 219
Appendix: Normal ranges units and common abbreviations for blood tests 229
Index of cases by diagnosis 231
Index 233
Colour plate section can be found facing p.148
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