Medicine at a Glance
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-43049-0 (ISBN)
In the newly revised Fifth Edition of Medicine at a Glance, expert general physicians and cardiologists Dr Patrick Davey and Dr Alex Pitcher deliver a fully updated and comprehensive overview of the core medical curriculum. All topics are presented in an intuitive, double page spread style with four-color illustrations included to aid in learning and retention. The book is an essential tool for medical students revising for exams and an excellent reference for those on clinical attachments.
The Fifth Edition includes expanded coverage of COVID, neurology, fluid management, and medical emergencies. As the perfect practical companion for medical students for on-the-go study and review, Medicine at a Glance offers access to a companion website and a bundled "Core Cases" book.
Every bite-sized chapter is supported by clear, easy-to-follow diagrams and succinct explanatory text. The book also offers:
* A thorough introduction to the practice of medicine generally and how to be a medical student, including discussions of patient confidentiality and consent, patient relationships, complaint history, medical history, and the principles of examination
* Comprehensive explorations of clinical presentations at a glance, including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, renal medicine, and more
* Practical discussions of diseases and treatments at a glance, including endocrinology, infectious disease, hematology, and more
* In-depth examinations of miscellaneous medical issues, including fluid replacement therapy, psychiatric disorders, and substance misuse
Perfect for medical students, Foundation Programme Doctors, and Physician Associates Medicine at a Glance is also an indispensable resource for anyone training in the allied health professions seeking a fully updated and comprehensive clinical medicine revision guide.
Patrick Davey is Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at John Radcliffe Hospital at Oxford. Alex Pitcher is Consultant Cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow at New College, Oxford.
List of Contributors, 00
Preface, 00
Acknowledgements, 00
Part 1 Introduction
1 How to be a medical student, 00
2 Patient confidentiality, 00
3 Consent
4 Relationship with the patient
5 History of presenting complaint
6 Past medical history, drugs and allergies
7 Family and social history
8 Functional enquiry
9 Principles of examination
10 Basic clinical skills
11 Is the patient ill?
12 The critically ill patient
Part 2 Clinical presentations at a glance
Cardiovascular disease
13 Chest pain
14 Oedema
15 Palpitations
16 The painful leg
17 Heart murmurs
18 Shock
Respiratory disease
19 Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis
20 Wheeze (stridor)
21 Pleural effusion
22 Pneumothorax
Gastroenterology
23 Unintentional weight loss
24 Constipation and change in bowel habit
25 Diarrhoea: acute and chronic
26 Vomiting and intestinal obstruction
27 Haematemesis and melaena
28 Rectal bleeding
29 Dysphagia
30 Abdominal pain and dyspepsia
31 Jaundice
32 Abdominal mass
33 Ascites
Renal medicine
34 Polyuria and oliguria
35 Dysuria, frequency and urgency
36 Haematuria
Endocrinology
37 Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings
38 Obesity
39 Hirsutism and infertility
40 Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia
Infectious disease
41 Principles of infection
42 Diagnosis of infection
43 An approach to the patient with fever of short duration
44 Healthcare-associated infections
45 Fever of unknown origin
46 Fever and rash
47 Fever in HIV-infected patients
48 Fever in the returned traveller
49 Vaginal discharge and urethritis in men
Haematology
50 Anaemia
51 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly
52 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising
53 Leukopenia
Oncology
54 Oncological emergencies
Neurology
55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1
56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2
57 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology
58 Common neurological symptoms
59 Weakness
60 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective
61 Sudden painless loss of vision
62 Tremor and other involuntary movements
63 Headache and facial pain
64 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness
Ophthalmology
65 The red eye
Rheumatology
66 Introduction to rheumatological disease
67 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes
Dermatology
68 Introduction to dermatology
69 Pruritus and rashes
70 Hair and nail disorders
71 Leg ulcers
72 Photodermatoses
Women's health
73 Pelvic pain
74 Urinary incontinence
Other acute medical emergencies
75 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning
76 Anaphylaxis
77 Allergic reactions
78 Cardiac and respiratory arrest
79 Delirium
80 Coma
Part 3 Diseases and treatments at a glance
Cardiovascular disease
81 Hypertension
82 Hyperlipidaemia
83 Acute coronary syndromes
84 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
85 Chronic coronary syndromes
86 Aortic dissection
87 Heart failure
88 Aortic valve disease
89 Mitral valve disease
90 Cardiomyopathies
91 Pericardial disease
92 Pulmonary embolism
93 Cardiac infections
94 Tachyarrhythmias
95 Bradyarrhythmias
96 Congenital heart disease
Respiratory disease
97 Lung function tests
98 Sleep apnoea
99 Respiratory failure
100 Arterial blood gas analysis
101 Chest X-ray anatomy
102 Basic chest X-ray interpretation
103 Chest X-ray cases 1
104 Chest X-ray cases 2
105 Non-invasive ventilation
106 Mechanical ventilation
107 Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia
108 Upper respiratory tract infection
109 Asthma
110 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
111 Bronchiectasis
112 Cystic fibrosis
113 Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases
114 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
115 Pulmonary fibrosis
116 Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis
117 Fungi and the lung
118 Industrial lung disease
119 Lung disease caused by drugs
120 BOOP and ARDS
121 Primary tumours of the lung
Gastroenterology
122 Gastrointestinal infections
123 Reflux
124 Peptic ulcer disease
125 Diverticular disease
126 Iron deficiency
127 Abnormal liver chemistry
128 Inflammatory bowel disease
129 Malabsorption
130 Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
131 Gallstone disease
132 Inflammatory liver disease: viral and immune
133 Acute and chronic liver disease
134 Metabolic liver disease (including alcohol)
135 Upper gastrointestinal cancer
136 Colorectal cancer
137 Imaging in gastrointerstinal disease
137 Functional gastrointestinal disorders
138 Nutrition
Renal medicine
139 Renal physiology and function tests
140 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia
141 Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia
142 Disorders of acid–base balance
143 Urinary calculi
144 Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes
145 Glomerulonephritis
146 Renal involvement in systemic disease
147 Hereditary renal disorders
148 Tubulointerstitial disease
149 Acute renal failure
150 Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient
151 The renal transplant recipient
152 Drugs and renal failure
153 Benign prostatic hypertrophy
154 Urinary tract infection
Endocrinology
155 Diabetes and its complications
156 Diabetic emergencies
157 Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly
158 Hypothyroidism
159 Hyperthyroidism
160 Calcium metabolism
161 Adrenal dsiease
162 Miscellaneous endocrine disorders
163 Hypogonadism
Infectious disease
164 Bacteraemia and septic shock
165 Herpes virus infections in adults
166 HIV infection and advanced HIV disease
167 Common fungal infections
168 Specific bacterial infections
169 Malaria
170 Tuberculosis
171 Tropical infectious diseases
172 Diseases predisposing to infection
173 Immunological deficiency syndromes
Haematology
174 Haematinic deficiency anaemias
175 Haemolytic anaemia
176 Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease
177 Bone marrow failure
178 Acute leukaemia
179 Lymphoma
180 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
181 Myeloproliferative disorders
182 Myeloma
183 Myelodysplasia
184 The blood in systemic disease
185 Platelet disorders
186 Disorders of coagulation
187 Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs
188 Thrombophilia
Oncology
189 Aetiology of cancer
190 Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management
191 Cancer screening and early detection
192 Breast cancer
193 Prostate cancer
194 Cancer with an unknown primary
195 Paraneoplastic cancer syndromes and hormone-producing cancers
196 Palliative care
Neurology
197 Head computed tomography cases
198 Head magnetic resonance imaging cases
199 Stroke
200 Management of stroke
201 Other vascular disorders of the brain
202 Dementias
203 Epilepsy
204 Multiple sclerosis
205 Infections of the central nervous system
206 Tumours and the nervous system
207 Spinal cord disease
208 Neuromuscular disease
209 Peripheral neuropathy
210 Movement disorders
Rheumatology
211 Osteoarthritis
212 Gout and pseudogout
213 Arthritis associated with infectious agents
214 Metabolic bone disease
215 Other bone disease
216 Rheumatoid arthritis
217 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
218 Vasculitis
219 Systemic lupus erythematosus
220 Myositis syndromes, polymyalgia rheumatica and systemic sclerosis
Dermatology
221 Eczema and urticaria
222 Psoriasis
223 Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis
224 Disorders of skin pigmentation
225 Blistering diseases
226 Skin infections and infestations
227 The skin and systemic disease
228 Skin tumours
229 Orogenital disease
Women's health
230 Endometriosis and adenomyosis
231 Polycystic ovary syndrome
232 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
233 Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy
234 Other medical and surgical conditions in pregnancy
Miscellaneous
235 Fluid replacement therapy
236 Illness in elderly people
237 Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms
238 Psychiatric disorders
239 Substance misuse
240 Alcohol misuse
241 Drug toxicity (adverse drug reactions)
242 COVID-19
Index, 00
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.05.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 1588 g |
| Einbandart | kartoniert |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-43049-6 / 1119430496 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-43049-0 / 9781119430490 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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