100 CASES IN ACUTE MEDICINE

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A 32yearold Caucasian lady was admitted to hospital following a collapse at the gym. Her friends described the patient falling to the floor while exercising on the rowing machine followed by twitching of her arms and legs and a period of being unrousable. You are the medic on duty...100 Cases in Acute Medicine presents 100 acute conditions commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency department or on the ward or in the community setting. A succinct summary of the patients history examination and initial investigations including photographs where relevant is followed by questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussion of each topic with further illustration where appropriate providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for students and junior doctors. Making clinical decisions and choosing the best course of action is one of the most challenging and difficult parts of training to become a doctor. These cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important clinical symptoms and signs and to develop their diagnostic and management skills.Shortness of breath and a coughCollapse and confusion in a young womanDiarrhoea with pneumoniaSwollen glands and hearing impairmentNose bleed (epistaxis) following an operationWorsening deliriumDeliberate selfharm with painkillersLymphadenopathy and malaiseThe ill returning travellerDelirium and urinary symptomsHeadache in pregnancyEpigastric pain and vomitingSevere pain in the legsChest pain radiating to the backShortness of breath (orthopnoea) with a coughRecurrent abdominal painHaemoptysis in a returning travellerBloody diarrhoeaDrowsiness and headachesProgressive lower limb weaknessSeizure and agitationSubstance misuseUnilateral leg swellingVomiting caused by norovirusFever and sore throatBlurred visionRecurring dizziness with exercisePalpitations and collapseEcchymosisPetechiae and limb weaknessGeneralized weakness and dysarthriaDysphagia and shallow breathingBlisters and itchy skinShortness of breath following a fallSwelling of lower limbsHaemoptysis and shortness of breathKnee swelling and painBleeding per rectumShortness of breath and pedal oedemaSharp central chest painFever in a returned travellerRed eyes and sight impairmentRash and flulike symptomsSubstance abuse and agitationGeneralized rash and malaisePruritic rash and alopeciaDefective vision and eye painAbdominal pain with malaise and feverPainful shoulder and malaiseFacial rash in a patient with SLEA woman off her legsAcute confusionMemory loss and unsteadinessPostoperative hypotensionDrowsiness bordering on comaAnxiety with Graves diseaseEpisodic anxiety and headacheShortness of breath in a returning travellerA fatigued college girlHaematuria and flank painBradycardia and malaiseBleeding gums and nosePalpitations and shortness of breathPetechial rash and loss of consciousnessWheeze and productive coughWheeze and shortness of breathCoffeegroun

Data Publikacji: 2012-06-29
Wymiary: 246 mm 174 mm 498.95 gr