Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis 3e and Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence

by Llewelyn, Huw; Ang, Hock Aun; Lewis, Keir; Al-Abdullah, Anees; Harrison, James; Kulkarni, Kunal; Baguneid, Mohamed; Prendergast, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780198785057
• ISBN10: 0198785054
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2016-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Two titles from the bestselling Oxford Handbook series are available together in this great value pack.

Now revised for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis provides a concise and practical summary of the reasoning processes behind clear and confident diagnosis. The handbook is set out systematically with symptoms and signs through each specialty, and includes a detailed description of the basis of logical evidence-based differential diagnosis.

This new edition has been updated with clearer diagrams and brand new images. Including rarer diagnoses alongside the common conditions, and vital information about longer-term management alongside the initial treatments, this handbook will ensure your excellence and confidence no matter what signs and symptoms your patient presents with. Providing practical help when dealing with problems outside your area of expertise or with unforeseen situations, you can be sure that this handbook will be your perfect companion to clear and confident diagnoses throughout your medical career.

The Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence provides an alternative to the burgeoning repositories of trial data for students, trainees and researchers looking for the key evidence affecting medical practice. Recognising the growing importance of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to both study and practice of medicine and surgery, the editors have aimed to provide a quick-reference text which presents the key data, facts and evidence informing medical and surgical practice on a daily basis.

Introductory chapters give the 'uninitiated' reader a firm footing in the history of EBM and its current importance within medical science. Readers are introduced to the current statistical methods and tools which are needed to analyse and critically assess trial data, providing a key for the terms and statistical methods encountered in the book and within medical research as a whole.

Leading figures in the major specialties have selected and summarised the most important modern trials, creating a two-page format for each study which distils the key information. Highlighted boxes identify the study type and evidence-level attained, while analysis of the key message and impacts of the trial firmly place the evidence into a practical setting for the reader. Key study features and results are examined, while the difficulties or problems associated with the trials are outlined.

This is essential reading for all medics with an interest in the fundemental evidence underpinning modern practice.

Author Biography

Huw Llewelyn, Formerly Consultant Physician; Honorary Departmental Fellow, Kings College Hospital, London; Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, UK,Hock Aun Ang, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine; Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Penang Medical College; Seberang Jaya Hospital, Penang, Malaysia,Keir Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Medicine; Honorary Consultant Physician, Swansea University; Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, UK,Anees Al-Abdullah, General Practitioner, Meddygfa Minafon, Kidweli, Carmarthenshire

Huw Llewelyn qualified in Medicine at the University of Wales in 1970. In 1975 he became senior registrar and lecturer in medicine and endocrinology at St Bartholomew's Hospital London. In 1979 he was appointed Consultant Physician at King's College Hospital London. His MD was sponsored by the Nobel Laureate Sir James Black FRS and describes new theorems in probability theory that allow tests to be designed and assessed in a systematic way for differential diagnosis and identify patients who probably respond (or do not respond) to specific treatments. His clinical and teaching experience is based on work in university teaching hospitals in inner cities, rural district general hospitals and general practice. He is currently adapting the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis so that it can be used by trainee doctors at Kettering General Hospital to write sophisticated electronic discharge and handover summaries that explain medical reasoning to patients and students.



Hock Aun Ang is a medical graduate from University College Cork, Ireland. After jobs in various medical specialties in the UK, he pursued Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Liverpool) and MSc in Infectious Diseases (University of London). Currently, as a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Seberang Jaya Hospital in Penang, Malaysia, he is actively involved in the supervision of clinical specialists, medical officers and house officers, and the teaching of medical students from Penang Medical College.



Keir Lewis qualified from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and after various jobs in North and East London, he completed his specialist training in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine in Wales. He has a First Class Intercalated BSc in Psychology and his current research interests include Sleep-Disordered Breathing (in which he did his MD Thesis) and Smoking Cessation.



Annes Al-Abdulla graduated from Baghdad University Medical School in 1977. He came to the UK in 1983 and started training in Chemical Pathology in 1985 first at Kings College London then at the Middlesex and University College, London Medical Schools. His last post was a lecturer and senior registrar in chemical pathology. During this period he obtained two master degrees from London University in General and Clinical Biochemistry and finished the examinations for the membership of the Royal College of Pathology, which was awarded in 1990. After this he decided to move into general practice and after a couple of years he was able to get a job as a full time general practitioner in Carmarthenshire. In 2000 he was awarded the fellowship of the Royal College of Pathology. Currently in addition to his job as a GP, he regularly covers for the absence of the local Chemical Pathologist and participates in two hospital diabetic clinics as a diabetes specialist.


Dr Prendergast qualified from The University of Nottingham Medical School in 1982 and trained in Cardiology in Cardiff, Paris and Edinburgh followed by an initial Consultant appointment at The North West Regional Cardiac Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. He has specialist interests in coronary heart disease, percutaneous cardiac intervention, valvular heart disease and infective endocarditis and is an experienced practitioner of evidence-based medicine.


Mr Baguneid graduated from University of Manchester in 1993 and followed a career in vascular surgery. Following a position as an anatomy demonstrator in Cardiff, he completed general surgical training in the North West, and specialised in vascular surgery. During training he spent 3 years performing research into the development of tissue-engineered vascular grafts, which remains a key topic of interest to this day.



Dr Kunal Kulkarni is a junior doctor training with the Oxford Deanery. He qualified from the University of Oxford with a first-class degree in Physiological Sciences, also receiving a special prize in his final medical examinations. He has an interest in medical writing and education, having had a number of articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He also runs the increasingly popular 'revise4finals' website for medical students.


Dr James Harrison is a Specialist Trainee in Medicine in the London Deanery. He graduated at Green College, Oxford in 2005, with pre-clinical studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He has a particular interest in medical writing and has edited undergraduate publications and contributed articles to several peer-reviewed journals.

Table of Contents

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis
1. The diagnostic process
2. Interpreting the history and examination
3. General and endocrine symptoms and physical signs
4. Skin symptoms and physical signs
5. Cardiovascular symptoms and physical signs
6. Respiratory symptoms and physical signs
7. Gastrointestinal symptoms and physical signs
8. Urological and gynaecological symptoms and physical signs
9. Joint, limb, and back symptoms and physical signs
10. Psychiatric and neurological symptoms and physical signs
11. Laboratory tests
12. Chest x-rays
13. Making the diagnostic process evidence-based
Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence
1. The history of evidence-based medicine (EBM)
2. An introduction to EBM
3. Cardiology
4. Dermatology
5. Diabetes
6. Emergency medicine
7. Endocrinology
8. Gastroenterology
9. Genitourinary medicine
10. Geriatric medicine
11. Haematology
12. HIV/AIDS
13. Infectious diseases / tropical medicine
14. Neurology
15. Psychiatry
16. Renal
17. Respiratory
18. Rheumatology
19. Anaesthetics and intensive care
20. Breast surgery
21. Cardiothoracic surgery
22. Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery
23. Intensive care
24. Neurosurgery
25. Obstetrics and gynaecology
26. Ophthalmology
27. Otorhinolaryngology
28. Plastic and reconstructive surgery
29. Transplantation
30. Trauma and orthopaedics
31. Urology
32. Vascular surgery