Medicine at a glance
Davey, Patrick (ed)
Medicine at a glance - 3rd ed. - Chichester Wiley 2012 - 506 p. - At a glance .
Medicine at a Glance, Third edition; Contents; 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 diagnosis 1; 56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2; 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; Other acute medical emergencies; 73 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning; 74 Anaphylaxis; 75 Allergic reactions; 76 Cardiac and respiratory arrest; 77 Acute confusional state; 78 Coma; Diseases and treatments at a glance; Cardiovascular disease; 79 Hypertension; 80 Hyperlipidaemia; 81 Acute coronary syndromes; 82 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; 83 Chronic coronary syndromes.
The central title in the market-leading at a Glance series, Medicine at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to the study of medicine and is the ultimate revision guide for the core medical curriculum. Ideal for medical students, Foundation Programme doctors and those training in the allied health professions, Medicine at a Glance presents each topic as clear, double-page spreads with key facts accompanied by tables, illustrations, photographs and diagrams. Used by thousands of students in its previous two editions, Medicine at a Glance has been fully revised and updated to ensure that it remains THE essential revision guide purchase. Contains new chapters on history and examination, patient consent and confidentiality, and substance abuse and further coverage of the essential facts for the diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms and conditions.
1118373995 9781118373996
CLINICAL MEDICINE
Medicine at a glance - 3rd ed. - Chichester Wiley 2012 - 506 p. - At a glance .
Medicine at a Glance, Third edition; Contents; 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 diagnosis 1; 56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2; 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; Other acute medical emergencies; 73 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning; 74 Anaphylaxis; 75 Allergic reactions; 76 Cardiac and respiratory arrest; 77 Acute confusional state; 78 Coma; Diseases and treatments at a glance; Cardiovascular disease; 79 Hypertension; 80 Hyperlipidaemia; 81 Acute coronary syndromes; 82 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; 83 Chronic coronary syndromes.
The central title in the market-leading at a Glance series, Medicine at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to the study of medicine and is the ultimate revision guide for the core medical curriculum. Ideal for medical students, Foundation Programme doctors and those training in the allied health professions, Medicine at a Glance presents each topic as clear, double-page spreads with key facts accompanied by tables, illustrations, photographs and diagrams. Used by thousands of students in its previous two editions, Medicine at a Glance has been fully revised and updated to ensure that it remains THE essential revision guide purchase. Contains new chapters on history and examination, patient consent and confidentiality, and substance abuse and further coverage of the essential facts for the diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms and conditions.
1118373995 9781118373996
CLINICAL MEDICINE