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More About This Title Medicine at a Glance 3e
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Ideal for medical students, Foundation Programme doctors and those training in the allied health professions, Medicine at a Glance presents each topic as clear, double-page spreads with key facts accompanied by tables, illustrations, photographs and diagrams.
Used by thousands of students in its previous two editions, Medicine at a Glance has been fully revised and updated to ensure that it remains THE essential revision guide purchaseContains new chapters on history and examination, patient consent and confidentiality, and substance abuseFurther coverage of the essential facts for the diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms and conditionsOffers full support for PBL-style courses via self-assessment cases and MCQs contained in a brand new case-based book, Medicine at a Glance: Core Cases which is also available online at: www.ataglanceseries.com/medicineFor more information on the complete range of Wiley-Blackwell medical student and junior doctor publishing, please visit: www.wileymedicaleducation.com
Reviews of previous editions
"Fantastic revision tool before finals with all the breadth of information you need and full colour, clearly laid out diagrams."
—Medical Student, St. Georges Medical School
"The most up-to-date and best presented clinical medicine text on the market. It contains succinct and clear explanations of the medical conditions any student is expected to know. A student favourite."
—Medical Student, Nottingham University
"I definitely recommend this book to all final year students...."
—Final Year Student, GKT
"...once you start using this book, you won't say goodbye to it..."
—Gube Magazine, Melbourne University Medical Students Association
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List of contributors ix
Acknowledgements x
List of abbreviations xi
Introduction
1 How to be a medical student 2
2 Patient confidentiality 4
3 Consent 6
4 Relationship with the patient 8
5 History of presenting complaint 10
6 Past medical history, drugs and allergies 12
7 Family and social history 14
8 Functional enquiry 15
9 Principles of examination 16
10 Basic clinical skills 17
11 Is the patient ill? 22
12 The critically ill patient 24
Clinical presentations at a glance
Cardiovascular disease
13 Chest pain 28
14 Oedema 30
15 Palpitations 32
16 The painful leg 33
17 Heart murmurs 34
18 Shock 36
Respiratory disease
19 Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis 38
20 Wheeze (stridor) 42
21 Pleural effusion 43
22 Pneumothorax 44
Gastroenterology
23 Unintentional weight loss 46
24 Constipation and change in bowel habit 48
25 Diarrhoea: acute and chronic 50
26 Vomiting and intestinal obstruction 52
27 Haematemesis and melaena 54
28 Rectal bleeding 56
29 Dysphagia 58
30 Abdominal pain and dyspepsia 60
31 Jaundice 62
32 Abdominal mass 64
33 Ascites 65
Renal medicine
34 Polyuria and oliguria 66
35 Dysuria, frequency and urgency 68
36 Haematuria 69
Endocrinology
37 Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings 70
38 Obesity 72
39 Hirsutism and infertility 74
40 Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia 76
Infectious disease
41 Principles of infection 78
42 Diagnosis of infection 80
43 Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection 82
44 Fever and infections in hospital patients 84
45 Fever of unknown origin 86
46 Fever and rash 88
47 Fever in HIV-infected patients 90
48 Fever in the returned traveller 92
49 Vaginal discharge and urethritis 94
Haematology
50 Anaemia 96
51 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly 98
52 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising 100
53 Leukopenia 101
Oncology
54 Oncological emergencies 102
Neurology
55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1 104
56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2 106
57 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology 108
58 Common neurological symptoms 109
59 Weakness 112
60 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective 115
61 Sudden painless loss of vision 118
62 Tremor and other involuntary movements 120
63 Headache and facial pain 122
64 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness 124
Ophthalmology
65 The red eye 128
Rheumatology
66 Introduction to rheumatological disease 130
67 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes 134
Dermatology
68 Introduction to dermatology 138
69 Pruritis and rashes 140
70 Hair and nail disorders 142
71 Leg ulcers 144
72 Photodermatoses 145
Other acute medical emergencies
73 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning 146
74 Anaphylaxis 148
75 Allergic reactions 150
76 Cardiac and respiratory arrest 152
77 Acute confusional state 154
78 Coma 156
Diseases and treatments at a glance
Cardiovascular disease
79 Hypertension 160
80 Hyperlipidaemia 162
81 Acute coronary syndromes 164
82 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction 166
83 Chronic coronary syndromes 168
84 Aortic dissection 170
85 Heart failure 172
86 Aortic valve disease 174
87 Mitral valve disease 176
88 Cardiomyopathies 178
89 Pericardial disease 179
90 Pulmonary embolism 180
91 Cardiac infections 182
92 Tachyarrhythmias 184
93 Bradyarrhythmias 188
94 Congenital heart disease 190
Respiratory disease
95 Lung function tests 192
96 Sleep apnoea 193
97 Respiratory failure 194
98 Arterial blood gas analysis 196
99 Basic chest X-ray interpretation 198
100 Non-invasive ventilation 200
101 Mechanical ventilation 202
102 Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia 204
103 Upper respiratory tract infection 207
104 Asthma 208
105 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 211
106 Bronchiectasis 214
107 Cystic fibrosis 216
108 Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases 218
109 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) 220
110 Pulmonary fibrosis 222
111 Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis 224
112 Fungi and the lung 226
113 Industrial lung disease 228
114 Lung disease caused by drugs 230
115 BOOP and ARDS 231
116 Primary tumours of the lung 232
Gastroenterology
117 Food poisoning and gastrointestinal infections 234
118 Reflux 235
119 Peptic ulcer disease 236
120 Diverticular disease 237
121 Iron deficiency 238
122 Abnormal liver function tests 240
123 Inflammatory bowel disease 242
124 Malabsorption 244
125 Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer 246
126 Gallstone disease 248
127 Inflammatory liver disease: viral and immune 249
128 Acute and chronic liver disease 253
129 Metabolic liver disease (including alcohol) 256
130 Upper gastrointestinal cancer 258
131 Colorectal cancer 260
132 Imaging in gastrointestinal disease 262
133 Functional gastrointestinal disorders 263
134 Nutrition 264
Renal medicine
135 Renal physiology and function tests 266
136 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia 268
137 Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia 270
138 Disorders of acid–base balance 272
139 Urinary calculi 274
140 Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes 276
141 Glomerulonephritis 278
142 Renal involvement in systemic disease 280
143 Hereditary renal disorders 284
144 Tubulointerstitial disease 286
145 Acute renal failure 288
146 Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient 290
147 The renal transplant recipient 292
148 Drugs and renal failure 294
149 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 295
150 Urinary tract infection 296
Endocrinology
151 Diabetes mellitus 298
152 Complications of diabetes 300
153 Diabetic emergencies 302
154 Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly 303
155 Hypothyroidism 304
156 Hyperthyroidism 306
157 Calcium metabolism 308
158 Adrenal disease 310
159 Miscellaneous endocrine disorders 312
160 Hypogonadism 314
Infectious disease
161 Bacteraemia and septic shock 316
162 Common viral infections in adults 318
163 HIV infection and AIDS 320
164 Common fungal infections 322
165 Specific bacterial infections 324
166 Malaria 326
167 Tuberculosis 328
168 Tropical infectious diseases 330
169 Diseases predisposing to infection 332
170 Immunological deficiency syndromes 334
Haematology
171 Haematinic deficiency anaemias 338
172 Haemolytic anaemia 340
173 Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease 344
174 Bone marrow failure 346
175 Acute leukaemia 348
176 Chronic leukaemia 350
177 Lymphoma 352
178 Myeloproliferative disorders 354
179 Myeloma 356
180 Myelodysplasia 357
181 The blood in systemic disease 358
182 Platelet disorders 362
183 Disorders of coagulation 364
184 Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs 366
185 Thrombophilia 368
Oncology
186 Aetiology of cancer 370
187 Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management 372
188 Cancer screening and early detection 374
189 Breast cancer 376
190 Prostate cancer 378
191 Cancer with an unknown primary 380
192 Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormone-producing cancers 382
193 Palliative care 384
Neurology
194 Stroke 386
195 Management of stroke 388
196 Other vascular disorders of the brain 390
197 Dementias 392
198 Epilepsy 394
199 Multiple sclerosis 396
200 Infections of the central nervous system 398
201 Tumours and the nervous system 400
202 Spinal cord disease 402
203 Neuromuscular disease 404
204 Peripheral neuropathy 406
205 Movement disorders 408
Rheumatology
206 Osteoarthritis 410
207 Gout and pseudogout 412
208 Arthritis associated with infectious agents 414
209 Metabolic bone disease 416
210 Other bone disease 418
211 Rheumatoid arthritis 420
212 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies 424
213 Vasculitis 428
214 Systemic lupus erythematosus 431
215 Inflammatory muscle disease and selected forms of vasculitis 434
Dermatology
216 Eczema and urticaria 436
217 Psoriasis 439
218 Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis 440
219 Disorders of skin pigmentation 441
220 Blistering diseases 442
221 Skin infections and infestations 444
222 The skin and systemic disease 447
223 Skin tumours 450
224 Orogenital disease 452
Miscellaneous
225 Fluid replacement therapy 454
226 Illness in elderly people 456
227 Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms 458
228 Psychiatric disorders 460
229 Substance abuse 462
230 Alcohol abuse and dependence 464
231 Drug toxicity (adverse drug reactions) 466
Index 471
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“This is a well-formatted, easy-to-use presentation of basic topics in medicine.” (Doody’s, 17 August 2012)
"All in all these two titles [Medicine at a Glance and Medicine at a Glance: Core Cases] are excellent revision guides for under- and post-graduate students and can be highly recommended". (Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 19 December 2010)"Whilst the descriptive style of writing helps to engage the reader, it is the many diagrams which help to drive home key points." (Oxford Gazette, July 2010)
