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Learning resource containing 250+ cases with self-assessment exercises to aid understanding and test student knowledge Written to support the bestselling Medicine at a Glance, this newly revised and updated Second Edition of Core Cases contains more than 250 cases with self-assessment exercises to aid understanding and test student knowledge. Following the structure of the main textbook, each chapter presents a number of clinical cases based on the chapter's content. The use of text, images, and diagrams in answer explanations helps cater to a range of learning styles and provides intuitive, targeted information to support the decision-making process in selecting answers. Some of the patient cases in Core Cases include: High blood pressure (165/95 mmHg) which continues to stay persistently elevated over the next few weeksShortness of breath and chest tightness after eating, which over the past few months had occurred only after exertionSevere chest pain with type 2 diabetes, with cofactors of obesity, mild tenderness to palpation of the anterior chest wall, and a 90 beats/minute heart rateFlu-like symptoms and shortness of breath with loud heart sounds and a third heart sound Presenting hundreds of clinically-relevant cases, Core Cases is an essential learning aid for students seeking to prepare for exams and real-life situations they may encounter during practice. This text is also fully updated for the UK AKT.
List of contents
Preface vi
List of Contributors vii
List of Abbreviations ix
1 Cardiovascular: Cases and Questions 1
Answers 9
2 Respiratory: Cases and Questions 19
Answers 23
3 Gastroenterology: Cases and Questions 28
Answers 38
4 Renal: Cases and Questions 48
Answers 52
5 Endocrinology: Cases and Questions 59
Answers 64
6 Infectious Disease: Cases and Questions 71
Answers 82
7 Haematology: Cases and Questions 93
Answers 102
8 Oncology: Cases and Questions 112
Answers 117
9 Neurology: Cases and Questions 122
Answers 128
10 Ophthalmology: Cases and Questions 137
Answers 141
11 Rheumatology: Cases and Questions 145
Answers 148
12 Dermatology: Cases and Questions 153
Answers 159
13 Other Emergencies: Cases and Questions 165
Answers 173
14 The Acutely Unwell Patient: Cases and Questions 178
Answers 181
Index 184
About the author
Patrick Davey, Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
William Ries attended medical school at the University of Birmingham with postgraduate training in Bristol. He is currently an internal medicine doctor in the Oxford Deanery with an interest in cardiology.
Alex Pitcher, Consultant Cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He teaches all aspects of clinical medicine, particularly clinical and professional skills.
