100 Diagnostic Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine

100 Diagnostic Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine presents 100 real-life scenarios seen in the hospital. A summary of the patient's history, examination and any initial investigations is followed by a detailed consideration of the diagnosis and management of each case, in the short, medium and, where appropriate, long term..

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Reference Ranges for Common Investigations -- Case 1 Confusion and Persistent Fever -- Case 2 Painful Upper Limb Swelling -- Case 3 An Unusual Infection -- Case 4 A Teenager with Falls -- Case 5 A Case of Intrapartum Fever -- Case 6 Jaundice and Diarrhoea -- Case 7 Erratic Behaviour -- Case 8 A Young Woman with Fever and Chest Pain -- Case 9 An Enlarged Tongue -- Case 10 A Young Man with an Abnormal Chest X-ray -- Case 11 Visual Loss and Confusion -- Case 12 Left-Eye Pain -- Case 13 Spontaneous Bleeding -- Case 14 A Young Man with a Rash and Hearing Impairment -- Case 15 Recurrent Loss of Consciousness -- Case 16 Visual Loss and Anuria -- Case 17 Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss -- Case 18 Worsening Shortness of Breath and Cough -- Case 19 Fatigue and Constipation -- Case 20 An Upper Limb Mass -- Case 21 A Teenager with a Rash and Fever -- Case 22 Hepatitis in a Nightshift Worker -- Case 23 Yellow Blood -- Case 24 An Unusual Method of Deliberate Self-Harm -- Case 25 Coffee Ground Vomiting -- Case 26 A Case of Parotitis Followed by Acute Hearing Loss -- Case 27 A Purpuric Rash -- Case 28 An Elderly Patient Admitted with a Fall -- Case 29 A Young Mother with Constipation -- Case 30 Hyperpigmented Skin Lesions -- Case 31 It's All in Your Head -- Case 32 A Right Upper Quadrant Pain Puzzle -- Case 33 Arthritis, Miscarriage and Drowsiness -- Case 34 A Confused Traveller -- Case 35 A Pleural Effusion on a Background of Knee Pain -- Case 36 A Hypertensive Patient with Carpal Spasms -- Case 37 A Patient with HIV and Personality Change -- Case 38 Unilateral Facial Weakness -- Case 39 Chest Pain with a Gynaecological Cause -- Case 40 A First Fit -- Case 41 Collapse in the Corridor -- Case 42 ITP or Not ITP?..

Medienart:	E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023 ©2024
Erschienen:	Milton: Taylor & Francis Group ; 2023 ©2024
Ausgabe:	2nd ed.

Reihe:	100 Cases Series

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Layne, Kerry [VerfasserIn]

Links:	ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:	978-1-000-99237-3

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Umfang:	1 online resource (424 pages)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	1870590716