Opis: Medicine at a Glance - Patrick Davey

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 and digital flashcards. "This is a well-formatted, easy-to-use presentation of basic topics in medicine." ("Doody's", 17 August 2012)"All in all these two titles are excellent revision guides for under and post graduate students and can be highly recommended." (Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 19 December 2010)"Whilst the descriptive style of writing helps to engage the reader, it is the many diagrams which help to drive home key points." ("Oxford Gazette, " July 2010)Preface List of contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1 How to be a medical student 2 Patient confidentiality 3 Consent 4 Relationship with the patient 5 History of presenting complaint 6 Past medical history, drugs and allergies 7 Family and social history 8 Functional enquiry 9 Principles of examination 10 Basic clinical skills 11 Is the patient ill? 12 The critically ill patient Clinical presentations at a glance Cardiovascular disease 13 Chest pain 14 Oedema 15 Palpitations 16 The painful leg 17 Heart murmurs 18 Shock Respiratory disease 19 Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis 20 Wheeze (stridor) 21 Pleural effusion 22 Pneumothorax Gastroenterology 23 Unintentional weight loss 24 Constipation and change in bowel habit 25 Diarrhoea: acute and chronic 26 Vomiting and intestinal obstruction 27 Haematemesis and melaena 28 Rectal bleeding 29 Dysphagia 30 Abdominal pain and dyspepsia 31 Jaundice 32 Abdominal mass 33 Ascites Renal medicine 34 Polyuria and oliguria 35 Dysuria, frequency and urgency 36 Haematuria Endocrinology 37 Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings 38 Obesity 39 Hirsutism and infertility 40 Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia Infectious disease 41 Principles of infection 42 Diagnosis of infection 43 Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection 44 Fever and infections in hospital patients 45 Fever of unknown origin 46 Fever and rash 47 Fever in HIV-infected patients 48 Fever in the returned traveller 49 Vaginal discharge and urethritis Haematology 50 Anaemia 51 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly 52 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising 53 Leukopenia Oncology 54 Oncological emergencies Neurology 55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis1 56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis2 57 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology 58 Common neurological symptoms 59 Weakness 60 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective 61 Sudden painless loss of vision 62 Tremor and other involuntary movements 63 Headache and facial pain 64 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness Ophthalmology 65 The red eye Rheumatology 66 Introduction to rheumatological disease 67 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes Dermatology 68 Introduction to dermatology 69 Pruritis and rashes 70 Hair and nail disorders 71 Leg ulcers 72 Photodermatoses Women's health 73 Pelvic pain 74 Urinary incontinence Other acute medical emergencies 75 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning 76 Anaphylaxis 77 Allergic reactions 78 Cardiac and respiratory arrest 79 Delirium 80 Coma Diseases and treatments at a glance Cardiovascular disease 81 Hypertension 82 Hyperlipidaemia 83 Acute coronary syndromes 84 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction 85 Chronic coronary syndromes 86 Aortic dissection 87 Heart failure 88 Aortic valve disease 89 Mitral valve disease 90 Cardiomyopathies 91 Pericardial disease 92 Pulmonary embolism 93 Cardiac infections 94 Tachyarrhythmias 95 Bradyarrhythmias 96 Congenital heart disease Respiratory disease 97 Lung function tests 98 Sleep apnoea 99 Respiratory failure 100 Arterial blood gas analysis 101CXR anatomy 102 Basic chest X-ray interpretation 103 CXR cases1 104 CXR cases2 105 Non-invasive ventilation 106 Mechanical ventilation 107 Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia 108 Upper respiratory tract infection 109 Asthma 110 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 111 Bronchiectasis 112 Cystic fibrosis 113 Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases 114 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) 115 Pulmonary fibrosis 116 Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis 117 Fungi and the lung 118 Industrial lung disease 119 Lung disease caused by drugs 120 BOOP and ARDS 121 Primary tumours of the lung Gastroenterology 122 Food poisoning and gastrointestinal infections 123 Reflux 124 Peptic ulcer disease 125 Diverticular disease 126 Iron deficiency 127 Abnormal liver function tests 128 Inflammatory bowel disease 129 Malabsorption 130 Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer 131 Gallstone disease 132 Inflammatory liver disease: viral and immune 133 Acute and chronic liver disease 134 Metabolic liver disease (including alcohol) 135 Upper gastrointestinal cancer 136 Colorectal cancer 137 Imaging in gastrointestinal disease 138 Functional gastrointestinal disorders 139 Nutrition Renal medicine 140 Renal physiology and function tests 141 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia 142 Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia 143 Disorders of acid--base balance 144 Urinary calculi 145 Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes 146 Glomerulonephritis 147 Renal involvement in systemic disease 148 Hereditary renal disorders 149 Tubulointerstitial disease 150 Acute renal failure 151 Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient 152 The renal transplant recipient 153 Drugs and renal failure 154 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 155 Urinary tract infection Endocrinology 156 Diabetes mellitus 157 Complications of diabetes 158 Diabetic emergencies 159 Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly 160 Hypothyroidism 161 Hyperthyroidism 162 Calcium metabolism 163 Adrenal disease 164 Miscellaneous endocrine disorders 165 Hypogonadism Infectious disease 166 Bacteraemia and septic shock 167 Common viral infections in adults 168 HIV infection and AIDS 169 Common fungal infections 170 Specific bacterial infections 171 Malaria 172 Tuberculosis 173 Tropical infectious diseases 174 Diseases predisposing to infection 175 Immunological deficiency syndromes Haematology 176 Haematinic deficiency anaemias 177 Haemolytic anaemia 178 Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease 179 Bone marrow failure 180 Acute leukaemia 181 Chronic leukaemia 182 Lymphoma 183 Myeloproliferative disorders 184 Myeloma 185 Myelodysplasia 186 The blood in systemic disease 187 Platelet disorders 188 Disorders of coagulation 189 Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs 190 Thrombophilia Oncology 191 Aetiology of cancer 192 Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management 193 Cancer screening and early detection 194 Breast cancer 195 Prostate cancer 196 Cancer with an unknown primary 197 Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormone-producing cancers 198 Palliative care Neurology 199 Head CT cases 200 Head MRI cases 201 Stroke 202 Management of stroke 203 Other vascular disorders of the brain 204 Dementias 205 Epilepsy 206 Multiple sclerosis 207 Infections of the central nervous system 208 Tumours and the nervous system 209 Spinal cord disease 210 Neuromuscular disease 211 Peripheral neuropathy 212 Movement disorders Rheumatology 213 Osteoarthritis 214 Gout and pseudogout 215 Arthritis associated with infectious agents 216 Metabolic bone disease 217 Other bone disease 218 Rheumatoid arthritis 219 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies 220 Vasculitis 221 Systemic lupus erythematosus 222 Inflammatory muscle disease and selected forms of vasculitis Dermatology 223 Eczema and urticaria 224 Psoriasis 225 Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis 226 Disorders of skin pigmentation 227 Blistering diseases 228 Skin infections and infestations 229 The skin and systemic disease 230 Skin tumours 231 Orogenital disease Women's Health 232 Endometriosis and adenomyosis 233 Polycystic ovary syndrome 234 Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy 235 Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy 236 Other medical and surgical conditions in pregnancy Miscellaneous 237 Fluid replacement therapy 238 Illness in elderly people 239 Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms 240 Psychiatric disorders 241 Substance abuse 242 Alcohol abuse and dependence 243 Drug toxicity (adverse drug reactions) Index

Szczegóły: Medicine at a Glance - Patrick Davey

Tytuł: Medicine at a Glance
Autor: Patrick Davey
Producent: Blackwell Science
ISBN: 9780470659458
Rok produkcji: 1982
Ilość stron: 568
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 1.53 kg

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