Patrick Davey

Medicine at a Glance (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118286678
• Artikelnr.: 40683400

Autorenporträt

Patrick Davey is Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to third edition xii Preface 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 84 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 73 Pelvic pain 154 74 Urinary
incontinence 156 Other acute medical emergencies 75 Attempted suicide by
drug poisoning 158 76 Anaphylaxis 160 77 Allergic reactions 162 78 Cardiac
and respiratory arrest 164 79 Delirium 166 80 Coma 169 Diseases and
treatments at a glance 172 Cardiovascular disease 81 Hypertension 175 82
Hyperlipidaemia 178 83 Acute coronary syndromes 181 84 ST segment elevation
myocardial infarction 186 85 Chronic coronary syndromes 190 86 Aortic
dissection 194 87 Heart failure 196 88 Aortic valve disease 200 89 Mitral
valve disease 202 90 Cardiomyopathies 204 91 Pericardial disease 205 92
Pulmonary embolism 206 93 Cardiac infections 208 94 Tachyarrhythmias 210 95
Bradyarrhythmias 216 96 Congenital heart disease 218 Respiratory disease 97
Lung function tests 220 98 Sleep apnoea 221 99 Respiratory failure 222 100
Arterial blood gas analysis 224 101 Chest X-ray anatomy 226 102 Basic chest
X-ray interpretation 228 103 Chest X-ray cases 1 230 104 Chest X-ray cases
2 232 105 Non-invasive ventilation 234 106 Mechanical ventilation 236 107
Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia 238 108 Upper respiratory
tract infection 241 109 Asthma 242 110 Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease 245 111 Bronchiectasis 248 112 Cystic fi brosis 250 113 Sarcoidosis
and other granulomatous lung diseases 252 114 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
(hypersensitivity pneumonitis) 254 115 Pulmonary fi brosis 256 116
Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis 258 117 Fungi and the lung 260 118
Industrial lung disease 262 119 Lung disease caused by drugs 264 120 BOOP
and ARDS 265 121 Primary tumours of the lung 266 Gastroenterology 122 Food
poisoning and gastrointestinal infections 268 123 Refl ux 269 124 Peptic
ulcer disease 270 125 Diverticular disease 271 126 Iron defi ciency 272 127
Abnormal liver function tests 274 128 Infl ammatory bowel disease 276 129
Malabsorption 278 130 Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer 280 131 Gallstone
disease 282 132 Infl ammatory liver disease: viral and immune 283 133 Acute
and chronic liver disease 287 134 Metabolic liver disease (including
alcohol) 290 135 Upper gastrointestinal cancer 292 136 Colorectal cancer
294 137 Imaging in gastrointestinal disease 296 138 Functional
gastrointestinal disorders 297 139 Nutrition 298 Renal medicine 140 Renal
physiology and function tests 300 141 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia 302
142 Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia 304 143 Disorders of acid-base balance
306 144 Urinary calculi 308 145 Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes 310 146
Glomerulonephritis 312 147 Renal involvement in systemic disease 314 148
Hereditary renal disorders 318 149 Tubulointerstitial disease 320 150 Acute
renal failure 322 151 Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient 324
152 The renal transplant recipient 326 153 Drugs and renal failure 328 154
Benign prostatic hypertrophy 329 155 Urinary tract infection 330
Endocrinology 156 Diabetes mellitus 332 157 Complications of diabetes 334
158 Diabetic emergencies 336 159 Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly 337 160
Hypothyroidism 338 161 Hyperthyroidism 340 162 Calcium metabolism 342 163
Adrenal disease 344 164 Miscellaneous endocrine disorders 346 165
Hypogonadism 348 Infectious disease 166 Bacteraemia and septic shock 350
167 Common viral infections in adults 352 168 HIV infection and AIDS 354
169 Common fungal infections 356 170 Specifi c bacterial infections 358 171
Malaria 360 172 Tuberculosis 362 173 Tropical infectious diseases 364 174
Diseases predisposing to infection 366 175 Immunological defi ciency
syndromes 368 Haematology 176 Haematinic defi ciency anaemias 372 177
Haemolytic anaemia 374 178 Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease 378 179
Bone marrow failure 380 180 Acute leukaemia 382 181 Chronic leukaemia 384
182 Lymphoma 386 183 Myeloproliferative disorders 388 184 Myeloma 390 185
Myelodysplasia 391 186 The blood in systemic disease 392 187 Platelet
disorders 396 188 Disorders of coagulation 398 189 Anticoagulation and
antiplatelet drugs 400 190 Thrombophilia 402 Oncology 191 Aetiology of
cancer 404 192 Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer
management 406 193 Cancer screening and early detection 408 194 Breast
cancer 410 195 Prostate cancer 412 196 Cancer with an unknown primary 414
197 Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormone-producing cancers 416 198
Palliative care 418 Neurology 199 Head computed tomography cases 420 200
Head magnetic resonance imaging cases 422 201 Stroke 424 202 Management of
stroke 426 203 Other vascular disorders of the brain 428 204 Dementias 430
205 Epilepsy 432 206 Multiple sclerosis 434 207 Infections of the central
nervous system 436 208 Tumours and the nervous system 438 209 Spinal cord
disease 440 210 Neuromuscular disease 442 211 Peripheral neuropathy 444 212
Movement disorders 446 Rheumatology 213 Osteoarthritis 448 214 Gout and
pseudogout 450 215 Arthritis associated with infectious agents 452 216
Metabolic bone disease 454 217 Other bone disease 456 218 Rheumatoid
arthritis 458 219 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies 462 220 Vasculitis 466
221 Systemic lupus erythematosus 469 222 Infl ammatory muscle disease and
selected forms of vasculitis 472 Dermatology 223 Eczema and urticaria 474
224 Psoriasis 477 225 Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis 478 226 Disorders of
skin pigmentation 479 227 Blistering diseases 480 228 Skin infections and
infestations 482 229 The skin and systemic disease 485 230 Skin tumours 488
231 Orogenital disease 490 Women's health 232 Endometriosis and adenomyosis
492 233 Polycystic ovarian syndrome 494 234 Hypertensive disorders of
pregnancy 496 235 Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy 498 236 Other medical
and surgical conditions in pregnancy 500 Miscellaneous 237 Fluid
replacement therapy 502 238 Illness in elderly people 504 239 Chronic
tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms 506 240 Psychiatric
disorders 508 241 Substance misuse 510 242 Alcohol misuse 512 243 Drug
toxicity (adverse drug reactions) 514 Index 519