xvi, 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents
Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1. History taking -- 2. The clinical examination -- 3. In practice -- 4. Making sense of cardiovascular disease -- 5. How patients with respiratory disease present -- 6. The gastrointestinal tract -- 7. Basic guide to diseases of the nervous system -- 8. Psychiatric disorders and how to spot them -- 9. Medical problems in pregnancy -- 10. Endocrine disorders -- 11. Physical signs in skin disease -- 12. What to look for in the acutely ill patient -- 13. The elderly patient who seems muddled -- 14. Special difficulties with the elderly -- 15. How to deal with the unconscious patient -- 16. Eye problems for the non-specialist -- 17. The absolute minimum on ear, nose and throat -- 18. Illness contracted abroad -- 19. Renal and genitourinary medicine -- 20. Musculoskeletal system -- 21. Understanding AIDS -- 22. Learning to devise a differential diagnosis -- 23. Ordering basic tests -- 24. Breathlessness -- 25. Chest pain -- 26. Headche -- 27. Abdominal pain -- 28. Tiredness -- 29. Loss of weight -- 30. Swollen legs -- 31. Hot joint -- 32. Palpitations -- 33. Dizziness -- 34. Collapse -- 35. Rectal bleeding -- 36. Change in bowel habit -- 37. Haematemesis -- 38. Haemoptysis -- 39. Jaundice -- 40. Anaemia and enlarged glands -- 41. Limb weakness -- Index
