Kerry Layne

100 Diagnostic Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

100 Diagnostic Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine presents 100 real-life scenarios seen in the hospital. A summary of the patient's history, examination and any initial investigations is followed by a detailed consideration of the diagnosis and management of each case, in the short, medium and, where appropriate, long term.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 423
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000992380
• Artikelnr.: 69440105

Autorenporträt

Kerry Layne, Consultant in Acute Medicine Department, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Reference Ranges for
Common Investigations. Confusion and Persistent Fever. Painful Upper Limb
Swelling. An Unusual Infection. A Teenager with Falls. A Case of
Intrapartum Fever. Jaundice and Diarrhoea. Erratic Behaviour. A Young Woman
with Fever and Chest Pain. An Enlarged Tongue. A Young Man with an Abnormal
Chest X-ray. Visual Loss and Confusion. Left-Eye Pain. Spontaneous
Bleeding. A Young Man with a Rash and Hearing Impairment. Recurrent Loss of
Consciousness. Visual Loss and Anuria. Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss.
Worsening Shortness of Breath and Cough. Fatigue and Constipation. An Upper
Limb Mass. A Teenager with a Rash and Fever. Hepatitis in a Nightshift
Worker. Yellow Blood. An Unusual Method of Deliberate Self-Harm. Coffee
Ground Vomiting. A Case of Parotitis Followed by Acute Hearing Loss. A
Purpuric Rash. An Elderly Patient Admitted with a Fall. A Young Mother with
Constipation. Hyperpigmented Skin Lesions. It's All in Your Head. A Right
Upper Quadrant Pain Puzzle. Arthritis, Miscarriage and Drowsiness. A
Confused Traveller. A Pleural Effusion on a Background of Knee Pain. A
Hypertensive Patient with Carpal Spasms. A Patient with HIV and Personality
Change. Unilateral Facial Weakness. Chest Pain with a Gynaecological Cause.
A First Fit. Collapse in the Corridor. ITP or Not ITP?. Recurrent
Haemothorax. Hepatosplenomegaly. Cutaneous Ulceration in a Patient with
Rheumatoid Arthritis. An Elderly Man with Confusion. Severe Sepsis
Following Tonsillitis. A Farmer with Abdominal Pain. Recurrent Episodes of
Acute Kidney Injury. A Sauna Cleaner with Shortness of Breath. A
Hypernatraemic Patient. Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Diarrhoea. A Teenager
with a Rash. Bilateral Foot Weakness. Hepatomegaly in a Patient with Newly
Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus. A Teenager with Palpitations. A Patient with
Sickle Cell Disease and Flu-Like Symptoms. Vomiting without
Gastrointestinal Pathology. Seizures and Hand Lesions. New Confusion in a
Patient with Bipolar Affective Disorder. A Blistering Rash. Heart and
Lungs. Sudden Onset Headache. A Febrile Canoeist. Chest Pain and an
Abnormal Blood Film. Numb Fingers and Eosinophilia. Fevers and Cough (Part
1). Fever and Cough (Part 2). Fevers, Night Sweats and Lymphadenopathy.
Unconscious outside a Club. A Relentless Rash. Bleeding Gums. Chest Pain
after Bad News. HIV and Seizures. A Patient with Crohn's Disease and
Worsening Diarrhoea. Bilateral Hip Pain. A Young Woman with Chest Pain. A
Heavy Smoker with Proximal Weakness. Collapse Following Influenza.
Diarrhoea and Proximal Weakness. Haemoptysis and Renal Failure. A Young
Patient with a Chronic Cough. Abdominal Pain and Bloody Diarrhoea.
Nocturnal Enuresis and Back Pain. Shivering at the Station. Loss of Vision
and Ophthalmitis. A Pregnant Woman with Loss of Vision. Rash, Fevers and
Headache. Haemoptysis and Diplopia. Post-Partum Auditory Hallucinations.
Rapidly Progressive Dementia. A Hillwalker with Fever and Chest Pain.
Fever, Weight Loss and Night Sweats. Painless Jaundice. A Young Man with
Chest Pain. An Unusual Cause of Haematemesis. TB or Not TB?. Headache at
the Cattle Farm. Recurrent Lower Respiratory Infections Following a Renal
Transplant. An Unsolved Mystery. Index.