Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery

Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery, second edition, teaches students a hypothesis-driven, logical step-by-step approach to diagnosis when faced with each of 29 common patient presentations. This approach mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the wards, challenging students with questions at each stage of a case (history-taking, examination, investigation, management).

List of contents

• 1: Headache


• 2: Confusion


• 3: Blackout


• 4: Neck lump


• 5: Haematemesis


• 6: Dysphagia


• 7: Cough


• 8: Haemoptysis


• 9: Chest pain


• 10: Shortness of breath


• 11: Breast lump


• 12: Epigastric pain


• 13: Nausea and vomiting


• 14: Jaundice


• 15: Right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain


• 16: Right iliac fossa (RIF) pain


• 17: Left iliac fossa (LIF) pain


• 18: Flank pain


• 19: Constipation


• 20: Diarrhoea


• 21: Rectal bleeding


• 22: Poor urinary output


• 23: Polyuria


• 24: Groin lump


• 25: Scrotal mass


• 26: Limb weakness


• 27: Acute joint pain


• 28: Swollen calf


• 29: Leg ulcer


• Appendix

About the author

Hugo Farne, Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, London Deanery, Edward Norris-Cervetto, Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine, Oxford Deanery, James Warbrick-Smith, Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery, Wales Deanery

Summary

Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery, second edition, teaches students a hypothesis-driven, logical step-by-step approach to diagnosis when faced with each of 29 common patient presentations. This approach mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the wards, challenging students with questions at each stage of a case (history-taking, examination, investigation, management).

Product details

• Authors: Hugo Farne, Hugo (Specialist Registrar in Respiratory M Farne, Hugo (Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine Farne, Farne Hugo, Edward Norris-Cervetto, Edward (Specialist Registrar in Emergency Medicine Norris-Cervetto, Norris-Cervetto Edward, James Warbrick-Smith, James (Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery Warbrick-Smith, Warbrick-Smith James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2015
• EAN: 9780198716228
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871622-8
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Diagnosis, Surgery, MEDICAL / Surgery / General, MEDICAL / Test Preparation & Review, Medical Diagnosis, Medical study, exam preparation and revision guides, Medical study & revision guides