An Aid to the MRCP PACES, Volume 1 Stations 1 and 3

by Ryder, Robert E. J.; Mir, M. Afzal; Freeman, E. Anne

• ISBN13: 9780470655092
• ISBN10: 0470655097
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

"...this is an excellent book, giving good advice on how to become a skilled, thoughtful and knowledgeable physician and hence how to become a MRCP (UK)" Journal of the Royal College of Physicians "The case-by-case approach is useful in preparing for Medicine finals. Together with the examination routines, the book becomes a kind of alternative textbook to conventional clinical examination books such as McCleods." 2nd Opinion, The Magazine of the Scottish Medical Schools "...an invaluable companion to undergraduates in medical finals. It is easy to filter out the more obscure cases but this being said, the vast majority of the information is relevant to House Officers-to-be. This book is excellent value for money; the buy is well worth it." Leech Y Gelen, University of Wales College of Medicine Gazette This new edition of An Aid to the MRCP Paces Volume 1: Stations 1, and 3 has been fully revised and updated. It reflects both feedback from PACES candidates as to which cases frequently appear in each station. Also taken into account is the new marking system introduced in which the former four-point marking scale has been changed to a three-point scale and candidates are now marked explicitly on between four and seven separate clinical skills, with examiners no longer being asked to provide an additional mark for the candidate's performance as a whole. The cases contained within this new edition together with the examination routines and checklists provide an invaluable training and revision aid for all MRCP PACES candidates. This volume is accompanied by the forthcoming volumes: An Aid to the MRCP PACES Volume 2: Stations 2 & 4 Fourth Edition (9780470655184) An Aid to the MRCP PACES Volume 3: Station 5 Fourth Edition (ISBN to follow)

Author Biography

Robert E. J. Ryder  
M. Afzal Mir  
E. Anne Freeman

Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham;
University Hospital of Wales and University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff;
Department of Integrated Medicine, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport

Table of Contents

Preface

Preface to the third edition

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the first edition

Introduction

Preparation

Examination Routines

Short Case Records

Respiratory

Interstitial lung disease (fibrosing alveolitis)

Pneumonectomy/lobectomy

Chronic bronchitis and emphysema

Bronchiectasis

Dullness at the lung bases

Rheumatoid lung

Old tuberculosis

Chest infection/consolidation/pneumonia

Yellow Nail Syndrome

Kyphoscoliosis

Stridor

Marfan's syndrome

Carcinoma of the bronchus

Klippel Feil Syndrome

Kartagener's syndrome

Lung transplant

Cystic fibrosis

Obesity/pickwickian syndrome

Pneumothorax

Cor pulmonale

Collapsed Lung/Atelectasis

Superior vena cava obstruction

Tuberculosis/apical consolidation

Normal chest

Abdominal

Transplanted kidney

Polycystic kidneys

Chronic liver disease

Hepatosplenomegaly

Hepatomegaly (without splenomegaly)

Splenomegaly (without hepatomegaly)

Ascites

Abdominal mass

Crohn's disease

Polycythaemia rubra vera

Normal abdomen

PEG tube

Single palpable kidney

Generalized lymphadenopathy

Hereditary spherocytosis

Idiopathic haemochromatosis

Primary biliary cirrhosis

Carcinoid syndrome

Motor neurone disease

Nephrotic syndrome

Pernicious anaemia

Pyoderma gangrenosum

Felty's syndrome

Cardiovascular

Prosthetic valves (mechanical)

Mitral incompetence (lone)

Mixed mitral valve disease

Aortic incompetence (lone)

Aortic stenosis (lone)

Mixed aortic valve disease

Mitral stenosis (lone)

Irregular pulse

Other combinations of mitral and aortic valve disease

Mitral valve prolapse

Tricuspid incompetence

Ventricular septal defect

Marfan's syndrome

Pulmonary stenosis

Ankylosing spondylitis

Atrial septal defect

Ebstein's anomaly

Raised jugular venous pressure

Down's syndrome

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Dextrocardia

Rheumatoid arthritis

Fallot's tetralogy with a Blalock shunt

Normal heart

Cannon waves

Coarctation of the aorta

Eisenmenger's syndrome

Infective endocarditis

Patent ductus arteriosus

Pulmonary incompetence

Slow pulse

Central Nervous System

Peripheral neuropathy

Myotonic dystrophy (dystrophia myotonica)

Parkinson's disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy)

Abnormal gait

Spastic paraparesis

Cerebellar syndrome

Hemiplegia

Muscular dystrophy

Multiple sclerosis

Motor neurone disease

Friedreich's ataxia

Visual field defect

Ulnar nerve palsy

Old polio

Ocular palsy

Spinal cord compression

Ptosis

Guillain-Barré syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy)

Choreoathetosis

Bulbar palsy

Lateral popliteal (common peroneal) nerve palsy

Proximal myopathy

Absent ankle jerks and extensor plantars

Cerebellopontine angle lesion

Cervical myelopathy

Myasthenia gravis

Normal central nervous system

Syringomyelia

Diabetic foot/Charcot's joint

Holmes-Adie-Moore syndrome

Nystagmus

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Drug-induced extrapyramidal syndrome

Lower motor neurone VIIth nerve palsy

Dysarthria

Subacute combined degeneration of the cord

Argyll Robertson pupils

Congenital syphilis

Dysphasia

Horner's syndrome

Infantile hemiplegia

Jugular foramen syndrome

Lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg's syndrome)

Polymyositis

Pseudobulbar palsy

Psychogenic/factitious

Radial nerve palsy

Subclavian-steal syndrome

Tabes

Thalamic syndrome

Wasting of the small muscles of the hand

Appendices

Checklists

Examination frequency of MRCP PACES short cases

Texidor's twinge and related matters

Abbreviations

Index

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