100 Cases in Clinical Medicine presents 100 scenarios commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency or outpatient department, on the ward, or in the community setting. Each case begins with a succinct summary of the patient's history, examination, and initial investigation. The text includes photographs where relevant and questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answers provide a detailed discussion on each topic, with further illustration where appropriate. Most of the cases included are common problems but the book also includes more unusual cases to illustrate specific points and to emphasize that rare things do present occasionally and to prepare the student or trainee for these. The first 20 cases are arranged by systems; the next 80 are in random order because symptoms such as breathlessness and pain may relate to many different clinical problems in various systems.
Key Features –
- Succinct case studies presented in an easy-to-read format, listing patient history, examination and investigations
- Questions at the end of each case prompt readers to consider their options for diagnosis, investigation and management
- Answer pages then guide readers through the clinician's sequence of thoughts and actions
- Illustrations, information boxes and key points summaries reinforce learning, ideal during exam revision
- A broad range of common conditions is covered, from chest pain to weight gain, together with more unusual presentations
Making speedy and appropriate clinical decisions, and choosing the best course of action to take as a result, is one of the most important and challenging parts of training to be a doctor. These true-to-life cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important clinical symptoms and signs and to develop the diagnostic and management skills needed for the cases they will encounter on the job.
Section 1- HEPATOLOGY
Case 1 NAUSEA AND WEIGHT LOSS
Case 2 ANOREXIA AND FEVER
Case 3 OVERDOSE?
Case 4 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 5 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 6 VOMITING
Case 7 FATIGUE
Section 2 – NEUROLOGY
Case 8 A WEAK HAND
Case 9 DOUBLE VISION
Case 10 SEIZURES
Case 11 PAINS IN THE ARM
Case 12 NAUSEA AND VERTIGO
Case 13 HEADACHES
Case 14 HEADACHE AND CONFUSION
Case 15 HEADACHE
Case 16 LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Case 17 MEMORY LOSS
Case 18 LEG WEAKNESS
Case 19 UNSTEADINESS
Case 20 HEADACHE
Case 21 WEAKNESS
Case 22 WEAKNESS OF THE LEGS
Case 23 CLUMSINESS
Section 3 – RHEUMATOLOGY
Case 24 PAINFUL KNEE
Case 25 PAIN IN THE KNEE
Case 26 JOINT PAINS
Case 27 PAIN IN THE BACK
Case 28 UNCONSCIOUS AT HOME
Case 29 COUGH AND JOINT PAINS
Case 30 URINARY FREQUENCY
Case 31 BACK PAIN
Case 32 ACHES AND PAINS
Section 4 - CARDIOLOGY
Case 33 CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Case 34 PALIPITATIONS
Case 35 FAMILY HISTORY OF SUDDEN DEATH
Case 36 CHEST PAIN
Case 37 SYNCOPE
Case 38 DIZZY SPELLS
Case 39 MURMUR
Case 40 SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Case 41 FATIGUE
Case 42 EPISTAXIS
Case 43 CHEST PAIN
Case 44 CARDIAC ARREST
Section 5 - ENDOCRINOLOGY
Case 45 WEIGHT GAIN
Case 46 TIREDNESS
Case 47 THIRST AND FREQUENCY
Case 48 DROWSINESS
Case 49 TIREDNESS AND IRRITABILITY
Case 50 LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Case 51 NUMB FEET
Case 52 CHANGE IN CHARACTER
Section 6 - HAEMATOLOGY
Case 53 PERSONALITY CHANGE
Case 54 EASY BRUISING
Case 55 TIREDNESS, BREATHLESSNESS & HEADACHES
Case 56 SWELLING IN THE NECK
Case 57 PAIN IN THE CHEST & SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Section 7 - RESPIRATORY
Case 58 CHRONIC COUGH
Case 59 SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Case 60 FEVER AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Case 61 CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Case 62 WORSENING FATIGUE AND BLEEDING GUMS
Case 63 CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Case 64 EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS
Case 65 PAIN IN THE CHEST
Case 66 COUGH AND BREATHLESSNESS
Case 67 SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Case 68 SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Section 8 - NEPHROLOGY
Case 69 TIREDNESS
Case 70 BACK PAIN
Case 71 ANKLE SWELLING
Case 72 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Case 73 SHORTNESS OF BREATH & REDUCED URINE OUTPUT
Case 74 POSTOPERATIVE DETERIORATION
Case 75 BLOOD IN THE URINE
Case 76 KIDNEY FAILURE
Section 9 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES & MICROBIOLOGY
Case 77 THREE DAYS OF FEVER
Case 78 FEVERS AND MALAISE
Case 79 ACUTE DIARRHOEA
Case 80 HEADACHES AND CONFUSION
Case 81 CONFUSION
Case 82 FEVER
Case 83 BACK PAIN
Case 84 HEADACHE
Case 85 REDNESS & SWELLING IN ARMS
Section 10 - GASTROENTEROLOGY
Case 86 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 87 ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT
Case 88 CHEST PAIN
Case 89 GENERAL WEAKNESS
Case 90 TIREDNESS
Case 91 RECURRENT CHEST INFECTIONS
Case 92 WEIGHT LOSS
Case 93 DIARRHOEA
Case 94 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 95 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 96 ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 97 WEIGHT LOSS
Case 98 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 99 ABDOMINAL PAIN
Case 100 SWELLING ON THE LEGS
Reference Ranges
Index
Biography
Eamon Shamil, Senior Registrar in ENT Surgery, London, UK
Praful Ravi, Fellow in Hematology and Oncology, Harvard University, Boston, US
