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Medicine at a Glance

Medicine at a Glance

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Publisher Wiley & Sons
Year
Pages 568
Version paperback
Language English
ISBN 9780470659458
Categories Medical study & revision guides & reference material
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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

Medicine at a Glance

Table of contents

Preface to third edition xiiPreface to fourth edition xiiiList of contributors xivAcknowledgements xviList of abbreviations xviiiHow to use your revision guide xxiiiAbout the companion website xxviiIntroduction 11 How to be a medical student 22 Patient confidentiality 43 Consent 64 Relationship with the patient 85 History of presenting complaint 106 Past medical history, drugs and allergies 127 Family and social history 148 Functional enquiry 159 Principles of examination 1610 Basic clinical skills 1711 Is the patient ill? 2212 The critically ill patient 24Clinical presentations at a glance 27Cardiovascular disease13 Chest pain 2814 Oedema 3215 Palpitations 3416 The painful leg 3517 Heart murmurs 3618 Shock 38Respiratory disease19 Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis 4020 Wheeze (stridor) 4421 Pleural effusion 4522 Pneumothorax 46Gastroenterology23 Unintentional weight loss 4824 Constipation and change in bowel habit 5025 Diarrhoea: acute and chronic 5226 Vomiting and intestinal obstruction 5427 Haematemesis and melaena 5628 Rectal bleeding 6029 Dysphagia 6230 Abdominal pain and dyspepsia 6431 Jaundice 6632 Abdominal mass 6833 Ascites 69Renal medicine34 Polyuria and oliguria 7035 Dysuria, frequency and urgency 7236 Haematuria 73Endocrinology37 Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings 7438 Obesity 7739 Hirsutism and infertility 8040 Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia 82Infectious disease41 Principles of infection 8442 Diagnosis of infection 8643 Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection 8844 Fever and infections in hospital patients 9045 Fever of unknown origin 9346 Fever and rash 9647 Fever in HIV-infected patients 9848 Fever in the returned traveller 10049 Vaginal discharge and urethritis 102Haematology50 Anaemia 10451 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly 10652 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising 10853 Leukopenia 109Oncology54 Oncological emergencies 110Neurology55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1 11256 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2 11457 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology 11658 Common neurological symptoms 11759 Weakness 12060 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective 12361 Sudden painless loss of vision 12662 Tremor and other involuntary movements 12863 Headache and facial pain 13064 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness 132Ophthalmology65 The red eye 136Rheumatology66 Introduction to rheumatological disease 13867 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes 142Dermatology68 Introduction to dermatology 14669 Pruritis and rashes 14870 Hair and nail disorders 15071 Leg ulcers 15272 Photodermatoses 153Women's health73 Pelvic pain 15474 Urinary incontinence 156Other acute medical emergencies75 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning 15876 Anaphylaxis 16077 Allergic reactions 16278 Cardiac and respiratory arrest 16479 Delirium 16680 Coma 169Diseases and treatments at a glance 172Cardiovascular disease81 Hypertension 17582 Hyperlipidaemia 17883 Acute coronary syndromes 18184 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction 18685 Chronic coronary syndromes 19086 Aortic dissection 19487 Heart failure 19688 Aortic valve disease 20089 Mitral valve disease 20290 Cardiomyopathies 20491 Pericardial disease 20592 Pulmonary embolism 20693 Cardiac infections 20894 Tachyarrhythmias 21095 Bradyarrhythmias 21696 Congenital heart disease 218Respiratory disease97 Lung function tests 22098 Sleep apnoea 22199 Respiratory failure 222100 Arterial blood gas analysis 224101 Chest X-ray anatomy 226102 Basic chest X-ray interpretation 228103 Chest X-ray cases 1 230104 Chest X-ray cases 2 232105 Non-invasive ventilation 234106 Mechanical ventilation 236107 Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia 238108 Upper respiratory tract infection 241109 Asthma 242110 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 245111 Bronchiectasis 248112 Cystic fi brosis 250113 Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases 252114 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) 254115 Pulmonary fi brosis 256116 Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis 258117 Fungi and the lung 260118 Industrial lung disease 262119 Lung disease caused by drugs 264120 BOOP and ARDS 265121 Primary tumours of the lung 266Gastroenterology122 Food poisoning and gastrointestinal infections 268123 Refl ux 269124 Peptic ulcer disease 270125 Diverticular disease 271126 Iron defi ciency 272127 Abnormal liver function tests 274128 Infl ammatory bowel disease 276129 Malabsorption 278130 Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer 280131 Gallstone disease 282132 Infl ammatory liver disease: viral and immune 283133 Acute and chronic liver disease 287134 Metabolic liver disease (including alcohol) 290135 Upper gastrointestinal cancer 292136 Colorectal cancer 294137 Imaging in gastrointestinal disease 296138 Functional gastrointestinal disorders 297139 Nutrition 298Renal medicine140 Renal physiology and function tests 300141 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia 302142 Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia 304143 Disorders of acid-base balance 306144 Urinary calculi 308145 Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes 310146 Glomerulonephritis 312147 Renal involvement in systemic disease 314148 Hereditary renal disorders 318149 Tubulointerstitial disease 320150 Acute renal failure 322151 Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient 324152 The renal transplant recipient 326153 Drugs and renal failure 328154 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 329155 Urinary tract infection 330Endocrinology156 Diabetes mellitus 332157 Complications of diabetes 334158 Diabetic emergencies 336159 Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly 337160 Hypothyroidism 338161 Hyperthyroidism 340162 Calcium metabolism 342163 Adrenal disease 344164 Miscellaneous endocrine disorders 346165 Hypogonadism 348Infectious disease166 Bacteraemia and septic shock 350167 Common viral infections in adults 352168 HIV infection and AIDS 354169 Common fungal infections 356170 Specifi c bacterial infections 358171 Malaria 360172 Tuberculosis 362173 Tropical infectious diseases 364174 Diseases predisposing to infection 366175 Immunological defi ciency syndromes 368Haematology176 Haematinic defi ciency anaemias 372177 Haemolytic anaemia 374178 Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease 378179 Bone marrow failure 380180 Acute leukaemia 382181 Chronic leukaemia 384182 Lymphoma 386183 Myeloproliferative disorders 388184 Myeloma 390185 Myelodysplasia 391186 The blood in systemic disease 392187 Platelet disorders 396188 Disorders of coagulation 398189 Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs 400190 Thrombophilia 402Oncology191 Aetiology of cancer 404192 Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management 406193 Cancer screening and early detection 408194 Breast cancer 410195 Prostate cancer 412196 Cancer with an unknown primary 414197 Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormone-producing cancers 416198 Palliative care 418Neurology199 Head computed tomography cases 420200 Head magnetic resonance imaging cases 422201 Stroke 424202 Management of stroke 426203 Other vascular disorders of the brain 428204 Dementias 430205 Epilepsy 432206 Multiple sclerosis 434207 Infections of the central nervous system 436208 Tumours and the nervous system 438209 Spinal cord disease 440210 Neuromuscular disease 442211 Peripheral neuropathy 444212 Movement disorders 446Rheumatology213 Osteoarthritis 448214 Gout and pseudogout 450215 Arthritis associated with infectious agents 452216 Metabolic bone disease 454217 Other bone disease 456218 Rheumatoid arthritis 458219 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies 462220 Vasculitis 466221 Systemic lupus erythematosus 469222 Infl ammatory muscle disease and selected forms of vasculitis 472Dermatology223 Eczema and urticaria 474224 Psoriasis 477225 Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis 478226 Disorders of skin pigmentation 479227 Blistering diseases 480228 Skin infections and infestations 482229 The skin and systemic disease 485230 Skin tumours 488231 Orogenital disease 490Women's health232 Endometriosis and adenomyosis 492233 Polycystic ovarian syndrome 494234 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 496235 Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy 498236 Other medical and surgical conditions in pregnancy 500Miscellaneous237 Fluid replacement therapy 502238 Illness in elderly people 504239 Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms 506240 Psychiatric disorders 508241 Substance misuse 510242 Alcohol misuse 512243 Drug toxicity (adverse drug reactions) 514Index 519

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