Emma Baker, Dilys Lai

Respiratory Medicine, eTextbook (eBook, PDF)

Clinical Cases Uncovered

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations.

Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases Uncovered

This essential title in the Clinical Cases Uncovered series includes many important scenarios in respiratory medicine that feature in real-life clinical practice. Everything is covered, from respiratory arrest and asthma to environmental effects and abnormal chest X-rays.

Anatomy, physiology and the relevant pathological background feature in the basic science section, with important advice on the approach to the patient. The self-assessment section at the end is crucial to testing your understanding, giving you the best possible preparation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444392982
• Artikelnr.: 41068084

Autorenporträt

Emma Baker, Honorary Consultant Physician and Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, St George's Hospital and Medical School, London, UK.

Dilys Lai, Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgements. How to use this book. Part 1 Basics. Basic science. Approach to the patient. Part 2 Cases. Case 1 A 64
year
old man with respiratory arrest. Case 2 A 19
year
old man with chest tightness. Case 3 A 31
year
old woman with poorly
controlled asthma. Case 4 A 22
year
old man with life
threatening shortness of breath. Case 5 A 65
year
old man with worsening shortness of breath. Case 6 A worried 56
year
old man. Case 7 An 81
year
old man with acute shortness of breath. Case 8 A 73
year
old woman with confusion. Case 9 A 78
year
old man with ankle swelling. Case 10 A 72
year
old man with a hoarse voice. Case 11 A 56
year
old woman with an abnormal chest X
ray. Case 12 A 68
year
old man with shortness of breath and chest pain. Case 13 A 16
year
old boy with right
sided chest pain. Case 14 A 62
year
old woman with breathlessness. Case 15 A 24
year
old woman with pleuritic chest pain. Case 16 An elderly woman who collapsed suddenly. Case 17 A 45
year
old man with chest pain and breathlessness. Case 18 A 72
year
old man who becomes breathless during inpatient stay on a medical ward. Case 19 A 58
year
old woman with breathlessness following surgery. Case 20 A 16
year
old boy with a sore throat. Case 21 A 45
year
old woman with a chronic cough. Case 22 A 17
year
old girl with cystic fi brosis. Case 23 A 25
year
old woman with cough and weight loss. Case 24 A 44
year
old man commencing treatment for tuberculosis. Case 25 A 32
year
old man who absconds from directly observed therapy for tuberculosis. Case 26 A 32
year
old woman with a skin rash and abnormal chest X
ray. Case 27 A 68
year
old woman with worsening breathlessness on exertion. Case 28 A 35
year
old man with chronic shortness of breath. Case 29 An overweight 52
year
old man who snores. Part 3 Self
assessment. MCQs. EMQs. SAQs. Answers. Index of cases by diagnosis