| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 490 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
At a glance |
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At a glance series (Oxford, England)
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| Contents |
1. How to be a medical student -- 2. Patient confidentiality -- 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 -- 13. Chest pain -- 14. Oedema -- 15. Palpitations -- 16. The painful leg -- 17. Heart murmurs -- 18. Shock -- 19. Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis -- 20. Wheeze (stridor) -- 21. Pleural effusion -- 22. Pneumothorax -- 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 -- 34. Polyuria and oliguria -- 35. Dysuria, frequency and urgency -- 36. Haematuria -- 37. Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings -- 38. Obesity -- 39. Hirsutism and infertility -- 40. Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia -- 41. Principles of infection -- 42. Diagnosis of infection -- 43. Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection -- 44. Fever and infections in hospital patients -- 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 -- 50. Anaemia -- 51. Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly -- 52. The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising -- 53. Leukopenia -- 54. Oncological emergencies -- 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 -- 65. The red eye -- 66. Introduction to rheumatological disease -- 67. Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes -- 68. Introduction to dermatology -- 69. Pruritis and rashes -- 70. Hair and nail disorders -- 71. Leg ulcers -- 72. Photodermatoses -- 73. Attempted suicide by drug poisoning -- 74. Anaphylaxis -- 75. Allergic reactions -- 76. Cardiac and respiratory arrest -- 77. Acute confusional state -- 78. Coma -- 79. Hypertension -- 80. Hyperlipidaemia -- 81. Acute coronary syndromes -- 82. ST segment elevation myocardial infarction -- 83. Chronic coronary syndromes -- 84. Aortic dissection -- 85. Heart failure -- 86. Aortic valve disease -- 87. Mitral valve disease -- 88. Cardiomyopathies -- 89. Pericardial disease -- 90. Pulmonary embolism -- 91. Cardiac infections -- 92. Tachyarrhythmias -- 93. Bradyarrhythmias -- 94. Congenital heart disease -- 95. Lung function tests -- 96. Sleep apnoea -- 97. Respiratory failure -- 98. Arterial blood gas analysis -- 99. Basic chest X-ray interpretation -- 100. Non-invasive ventilation -- 101. Mechanical ventilation -- 102. Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia -- 103. Upper respiratory tract infection -- 104. Asthma -- 105. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 106. Bronchiectasis -- 107. Cystic fibrosis -- 108. Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases -- 109. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) -- 110. Pulmonary fibrosis -- 111. Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis -- 112. Fungi and the lung |
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113. Industrial lung disease -- 114. Lung disease caused by drugs -- 115. BOOP and ARDS -- 116. Primary tumours of the lung -- 117. Food poisoning and gastrointestinal infections -- 118. Reflux -- 119. Peptic ulcer disease -- 120. Diverticular disease -- 121. Iron deficiency -- 122. Abnormal liver function tests -- 123. Inflammatory bowel disease -- 124. Malabsorption -- 125. Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer -- 126. Gallstone disease -- 127. Inflammatory liver disease: viral and immune -- 128. Acute and chronic liver disease -- 129. Metabolic liver disease (including alcohol) -- 130. Upper gastrointestinal cancer -- 131. Colorectal cancer -- 132. Imaging in gastrointestinal disease -- 133. Functional gastrointestinal disorders -- 134. Nutrition -- 135. Renal physiology and function tests -- 136. Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia -- 137. Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia -- 138. Disorders of acid-base balance -- 139. Urinary calculi -- 140. Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes -- 141. Glomerulonephritis -- 142. Renal involvement in systemic disease -- 143. Hereditary renal disorders -- 144. Tubulointerstitial disease -- 145. Acute renal failure -- 146. Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient -- 147. The renal transplant recipient -- 148. Drugs and renal failure -- 149. Benign prostatic hypertrophy -- 150. Urinary tract infection -- 151. Diabetes mellitus -- 152. Complications of diabetes -- 153. Diabetic emergencies -- 154. Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly -- 155. Hypothyroidism -- 156. Hyperthyroidism -- 157. Calcium metabolism -- 158. Adrenal disease -- 159. Miscellaneous endocrine disorders -- 160. Hypogonadism -- 161. Bacteraemia and septic shock -- 162. Common viral infections in adults -- 163. HIV infection and AIDS -- 164. Common fungal infections -- 165. Specific bacterial infections -- 166. Malaria -- 167. Tuberculosis -- 168. Tropical infectious diseases -- 169. Diseases predisposing to infection -- 170. Immunological deficiency syndromes -- 171. Haematinic deficiency anaemias -- 172. Haemolytic anaemia -- 173. Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease -- 174. Bone marrow failure -- 175. Acute leukaemia -- 176. Chronic leukaemia -- 177. Lymphoma -- 178. Myeloproliferative disorders -- 179. Myeloma -- 180. Myelodysplasia -- 181. The blood in systemic disease -- 182. Platelet disorders -- 183. Disorders of coagulation -- 184. Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs -- 185. Thrombophilia -- 186. Aetiology of cancer -- 187. Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management -- 188. Cancer screening and early detection -- 189. Breast cancer -- 190. Prostate cancer -- 191. Cancer with an unknown primary -- 192. Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormone-producing cancers -- 193. Palliative care -- 194. Stroke -- 195. Management of stroke -- 196. Other vascular disorders of the brain -- 197. Dementias -- 198. Epilepsy -- 199. Multiple sclerosis -- 200. Infections of the central nervous system -- 201. Tumours and the nervous system -- 202. Spinal cord disease -- 203. Neuromuscular disease -- 204. Peripheral neuropathy -- 205. Movement disorders -- 206. Osteoarthritis -- 207. Gout and pseudogout -- 208. Arthritis associated with infectious agents -- 209. Metabolic bone disease -- 210. Other bone disease -- 211. Rheumatoid arthritis -- 212. Seronegative spondyloarthropathies -- 213. Vasculitis -- 214. Systemic lupus erythematosus -- 215. Inflammatory muscle disease and selected forms of vasculitis -- 216. Eczema and urticaria -- 217. Psoriasis -- 218. Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis -- 219. Disorders of skin pigmentation -- 220. Blistering diseases -- 221. Skin infections and infestations -- 222. The skin and systemic disease -- 223. Skin tumours -- 224. Orogenital disease -- 225. Fluid replacement therapy -- 226. Illness in elderly people -- 227. Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms -- 228. Psychiatric disorders -- 229. Substance abuse -- 230. Alcohol abuse and dependence -- 231. Drug toxicity (adverse drug reactions) |
| Summary |
"Medicine at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to the study of medicine and is the ultimate revision guide for the core medical curriculum. 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."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Clinical medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Clinical medicine.
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Clinical Medicine
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Clinical medicine.
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Diseases.
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davey, Patrick
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| ISBN |
9781118373996 |
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1118373995 |
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