Medicine at a Glance
(Sprache: Englisch)
This fourth edition of Medicine at a Glance, the leading title in the best-selling at a Glance series, provides an unparalleled overview of the study of medicine, closely following the core medical curriculum.
Ideal for medical students, Foundation...
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This fourth edition of Medicine at a Glance, the leading title in the best-selling at a Glance series, provides an unparalleled overview of the study of medicine, closely following the core medical curriculum.Ideal for medical students, Foundation programme doctors and those training in the allied health professions, Medicine at a Glance presents vital information on clinical presentations, diseases, and treatments in every major medical specialty, from cardiology to dermatology.
Medicine at a Glance:
* Has been fully revised to reflect essential clinical and curriculum updates.
* Contains brand new material in key areas such as imaging, women's health, communication and data interpretation.
* Features a brand new, clearer text design, in the trusted at a Glance double-page spread style, in full-colour throughout.
* Is the ideal, practical companion to clinical attachments, available in a range of digital formats for on-the-go study and revision.
* Includes a companion website at www.ataglanceseries.com/medicine featuring interactive Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), interactive flashcards with show/hide labels, and tables of normal values
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Medicine at a Glance “
Preface to third edition xiiPreface to fourth edition xiii
List of contributors xiv
Acknowledgements xvi
List of abbreviations xviii
How to use your revision guide xxiii
About the companion website xxvii
Introduction 1
1 How to be a medical student 2
2 Patient confidentiality 4
3 Consent 6
4 Relationship with the patient 8
5 History of presenting complaint 10
6 Past medical history, drugs and allergies 12
7 Family and social history 14
8 Functional enquiry 15
9 Principles of examination 16
10 Basic clinical skills 17
11 Is the patient ill? 22
12 The critically ill patient 24
Clinical presentations at a glance 27
Cardiovascular disease
13 Chest pain 28
14 Oedema 32
15 Palpitations 34
16 The painful leg 35
17 Heart murmurs 36
18 Shock 38
Respiratory disease
19 Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis 40
20 Wheeze (stridor) 44
21 Pleural effusion 45
22 Pneumothorax 46
Gastroenterology
23 Unintentional weight loss 48
24 Constipation and change in bowel habit 50
25 Diarrhoea: acute and chronic 52
26 Vomiting and intestinal obstruction 54
27 Haematemesis and melaena 56
28 Rectal bleeding 60
29 Dysphagia 62
30 Abdominal pain and dyspepsia 64
31 Jaundice 66
32 Abdominal mass 68
33 Ascites 69
Renal medicine
34 Polyuria and oliguria 70
35 Dysuria, frequency and urgency 72
36 Haematuria 73
Endocrinology
37 Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings 74
38 Obesity 77
39 Hirsutism and infertility 80
40 Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia 82
Infectious disease
41 Principles of infection
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42 Diagnosis of infection 86
43 Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection 88
44 Fever and infections in hospital patients 90
45 Fever of unknown origin 93
46 Fever and rash 96
47 Fever in HIV-infected patients 98
48 Fever in the returned traveller 100
49 Vaginal discharge and urethritis 102
Haematology
50 Anaemia 104
51 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly 106
52 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising 108
53 Leukopenia 109
Oncology
54 Oncological emergencies 110
Neurology
55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1 112
56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2 114
57 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology 116
58 Common neurological symptoms 117
59 Weakness 120
60 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective 123
61 Sudden painless loss of vision 126
62 Tremor and other involuntary movements 128
63 Headache and facial pain 130
64 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness 132
Ophthalmology
65 The red eye 136
Rheumatology
66 Introduction to rheumatological disease 138
67 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes 142
Dermatology
68 Introduction to dermatology 146
69 Pruritis and rashes 148
70 Hair and nail disorders 150
71 Leg ulcers 152
72 Photodermatoses 153
Women's health
42 Diagnosis of infection 86
43 Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection 88
44 Fever and infections in hospital patients 90
45 Fever of unknown origin 93
46 Fever and rash 96
47 Fever in HIV-infected patients 98
48 Fever in the returned traveller 100
49 Vaginal discharge and urethritis 102
Haematology
50 Anaemia 104
51 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly 106
52 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising 108
53 Leukopenia 109
Oncology
54 Oncological emergencies 110
Neurology
55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1 112
56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2 114
57 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology 116
58 Common neurological symptoms 117
59 Weakness 120
60 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective 123
61 Sudden painless loss of vision 126
62 Tremor and other involuntary movements 128
63 Headache and facial pain 130
64 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness 132
Ophthalmology
65 The red eye 136
Rheumatology
66 Introduction to rheumatological disease 138
67 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes 142
Dermatology
68 Introduction to dermatology 146
69 Pruritis and rashes 148
70 Hair and nail disorders 150
71 Leg ulcers 152
72 Photodermatoses 153
Women's health
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Autoren-Porträt von Patrick Davey
Patrick Davey is Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Patrick Davey
- 2014, 4. Aufl., 568 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 21,5 x 27,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470659459
- ISBN-13: 9780470659458
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.02.1982
Sprache:
Englisch
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