Medicine at a Glance: (At a Glance)

In the At A Glance style, this excellent new text is an introductory or revision textbook covering the core information relevant to clinical medicine. It covers 100 clinical presentations (symptoms, signs and incidental findings) and 150 diseases (patholo

Table of Contents:
SECTION 1 - GENERAL INTRODUCTION How to be a medical student Basic history taking skills Physical examination SECTION 2 - CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS Cardiovascular Disease Chest pain Oedema Palpitations Painful leg Heart murmurs Shock Respiratory Disease Breathlessness, Cough and Haemoptysis Wheeze Pleural effusion Pneumothorax Gastroenterology Anorexia and weight loss Constipation and Change in Bowel Habit Acute and Chronic diarrhoea Vomiting and Intestinal Obstruction Haematemesis and Melaena Rectal Bleeding Dysphagia Abdominal pain and dyspepsia Jaundice Abdominal mass Ascites Renal Medicine Polyuria and oliguria Dysuria frequency and urgency Haematuria Endocrinology Sweating, thyroid swellings and flushing. Obesity Hirsutism and infertility Gynaecomastia and erectile dysfunction Infectious Disease Principles of Infection Diagnosis of Infection Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection. Fever and infections in hospital patients. Fever of unknown origin Fever and rash Fever in the HIV infected patient Vaginal discharge and urethritis Fever in the returned traveller Haematology Anaemia Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly The Patient with Abnormal Bleeding or Bruising Leucopenia Oncology Superior Vena Caval Obstruction and Spinal Cord Compression Neurology Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness (see Neurology) Weakness Difficulty walking Tremor and other involuntary movements Dizziness and vertigo Disturbance of vision Headache and facial pain Ophthalmology The red eye Rheumatology Introduction to rheumatology Diagnostic approach to patient with rheumatological problems Low back pain and sciatica Muscle pain Bone pain Regional pain syndromes Dermatology Introduction to Dermatology Itching Hair loss and nail disorders Leg ulcer Other Acute medical presentations Acute confusional states Coma Cardiac and respiratory arrest Anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions Suicide and poisoning SECTION 3 - DISEASES Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension Hyperlipidaemia Acute coronary syndromes Acute myocardial infarction Chronic coronary syndromes Aortic dissection Heart Failure Aortic valve disease Mitral valve disease Cardiomyopathies Pericardial disease Pulmonary embolism Cardiac Infarctions Tachyarrhythmia 1 Tachyarrhythmia 2 Bradyarrhythmias Congenital heart disease Respiratory Disease Lung function tests Respiratory failure Sleep Apnoea Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia Pneumonia in immunocompromised patients Upper respiratory tract infection Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Bronchiectasis Cystic fibrosis Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung disease Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis Fungi and the Lung Industrial Lung Disease Lung disease caused

About the Author :
Patrick Davey is Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital & Honorary Senior Lecturer at the John Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He was previously Clinical Tutor at Oxford University.

Review :
Pre-publication reviews: "The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience." Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK "This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material." Consultant Rheumatologist, UK "This book is an absolute bargain" Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK Published Reviews of the 1st Edition "I would definitely consider this another 'must have'. .This book is ideal for any student studying Medicine, and really at any level. .it has everything in it you could need for Med exams; being able to easily identify the main things about the main conditions means you can realistically know enough about a range of topics to impress your examiners. In short, I cannot recommend this book to all students enough- put it on your list for next year." National Rural Health Network Published Reviews of the 1st Edition "As a revision aid this hefty book is fantastic, and is detailed enough for most subjects. Of particular note are the sections on hyper- and hypothyroidism, which clears up a topic that for some reason has students confused more often than not... ...As a final year student, I have finally realised what the 'At a Glance' series books are all about: revising what you have already learnt... ...I have become a convert and I definitely recommend this book to all final year students in particular." Final Year Student, GKT, March 2004 Pre-publication reviews: "The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience." Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK "This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material." Consultant Rheumatologist, UK "This book is an absolute bargain" Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK Published Reviews of the 1st Edition "I would definitely consider this another 'must have'. .This book is ideal for any student studying Medicine, and really at any level. .it has everything in it you could need for Med exams; being able to easily identify the main things about the main conditions means you can realistically know enough about a range of topics to impress your examiners. In short, I cannot recommend this book to all students enough- put it on your list for next year." "National Rural Health Network" Published Reviews of the 1st Edition "As a revision aid this hefty book is fantastic, and is detailed enough for most subjects. Of particular note are the sections on hyper- and hypothyroidism, which clears up a topic that for some reason has students confused more often than not... ...As a final year student, I have finally realised what the 'At a Glance' series books are all about: revising what you have already learnt... ...I have become a convert and I definitely recommend this book to all final year students in particular." "Final Year Student, GKT, March 2004" Pre-publication reviews: "The information is pitched perfectly for an undergraduate audience." Final year medical student, Leicester University, UK "This is an excellent revision book for medical students and is an attractive way of presenting core material." Consultant Rheumatologist, UK "This book is an absolute bargain" Fourth year medical student, Oxford, UK Published Reviews of the 1st Edition "I would definitely consider this another 'must have'. .This book is ideal for any student studying Medicine, and really at any level. .it has everything in it you could need for Med exams; being able to easily identify the main things about the main conditions means you can realistically know enough about a range of topics to impress your examiners. In short, I cannot recommend this book to all students enough- put it on your list for next year." "National Rural Health Network" Published Reviews of the 1st Edition "As a revision aid this hefty book is fantastic, and is detailed enough for most subjects. Of particular note are the sections on hyper- and hypothyroidism, which clears up a topic that for some reason has students confused more often than not... ...As a final year student, I have finally realised what the 'At a Glance' series books are all about: revising what you have already learnt... ...I have become a convert and I definitely recommend this book to all final year students in particular." "Final Year Student, GKT, March 2004"