Core Clinical Cases in Medical and Surgical Specialties A Problem-Solving Approach

by Bain, Steve; Gupta, Janesh K.

• ISBN13: 9780340815724
• ISBN10: 0340815728
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-27
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

You've read your textbook and your course notes. Now you need to apply your knowledge to real life clinical situations.

Author Biography

Steve Bain MA MD FRCP, Professor of Medicine (Diabetes), University of Wales, Swansea Honorary Consultant Physician, Swansea NHS Trust, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK Janesh K. Gupta MSc MD FRCOG, Clinical Senior Lecturer Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Series preface	ix
Preface	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Acknowledgements	xvii
Ear, nose and throat	1	(50)
Adrian Drake-Lee
Nose: epistaxis	2	(4)
Unilateral nasal discharge	6	(4)
Nasal obstruction	10	(4)
Language delay and development	14	(4)
Adult ear disease	18	(4)
Adult bilateral deafness	22	(3)
Earache	25	(4)
The dizzy patient	29	(3)
Acute facial palsy	32	(3)
Throat	35	(5)
Difficulty in swallowing	40	(3)
Hoarse voice	43	(4)
Painless neck lump	47	(4)
Ophthalmology	51	(32)
Desiree Murray
Haematology	83	(28)
Christopher Fegan
Anaemia	84	(9)
Abnormal FBC	93	(9)
Haemoglobinopathies	102	(9)
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery	111	(38)
Ian Pallister
The painful hip	112	(12)
Fractures	124	(13)
Back problems	137	(12)
Oncology emergencies	149	(10)
Daniel Rea
Neurology	159	(60)
Stuart Weatherby
Disorders of consciousness	160	(13)
Cerebrovascular disease	173	(3)
Diseases of peripheral nerves	176	(7)
Headache	183	(14)
CNS demyelination	197	(4)
Disorders of cranial nerves	201	(4)
Movement disorders	205	(4)
Miscellaneous	209	(10)
Urology	219	(74)
Suresh Ganta
Alan P. Doherty
Haematuria	220	(10)
Stone disease	230	(8)
Bladder outflow obstruction	238	(7)
Prostate cancer and PSA	245	(10)
Incontinence	255	(9)
Neuropathic bladder	264	(4)
Upper tract obstruction and renal mass	268	(8)
Scrotal pain, testicular lumps	276	(7)
Erectile dysfunction/infertility	283	(10)
Infectious diseases	293	(12)
Chris Ellis
Dermatology	305	(40)
Nevianna Tomson
Malignant melanoma	306	(7)
Non-melanoma skin cancer	313	(7)
Eczema	320	(6)
Psoriasis	326	(7)
Pruritus	333	(7)
Acne	340	(5)
Index	345