Haematology, eTextbook (eBook)

Professor Shaun McCann, Consultant Haematologist, St James' Hospital, Dublin. Professor of Academic Medicine and Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the School of Medicine in Trinity College Dublin. Professor Robin Foa, Professor of Haematology at University 'La Sapienze' in Rome Dr Owen Smith, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, St James' Hospital, Dublin Dr Eibhlin Conneally, Consultant Haematologist, St James' Hospital, Dublin

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

How to use this book.

Part 1 Basics.

Basic science.

Approach to the patient.

Part 2 Cases.

Case 1 A 35-year-old tired woman.

Case 2 A 50-year-old tanned man with diabetes
mellitus.

Case 3 A 65-year-old cranky woman with jaundice.

Case 4 A 25-year-old man with weight loss and
diarrhoea.

Case 5 A 30-year-old man with abdominal pain and
jaundice.

Case 6 A 70-year-old man who was no longer able to take
his dog for a walk.

Case 7 A 35-year-old man with shortness of breath and
anaemia.

Case 8 A 19-year-old woman with thalassaemia.

Case 9 A 17-year-old boy with a sore throat and bleeding
gums.

Case 10 A 33-year-old football player who was dropped
from the team.

Case 11 A 62-year-old man who cannot button his shirt
collar.

Case 12 A 40-year-old man with fatigue and a sore
throat.

Case 13 A 58-year-old farmer with a broken rib.

Case 14 An 18-year-old medical student who complained of
bone pain following alcohol ingestion and a swelling on the right
side of her neck.

Case 15 A 53-year-old woman with discomfort under her
left arm.

Case 16 A 65-year-old red-faced man with a 'smoker's
cough'.

Case 17 A 28-year-old woman who suddenly started
bruising.

Case 18 Delivery of a newborn baby boy that went
wrong.

Case 19 A 26-year-old woman with chest pain following a
long aeroplane journey.

Case 20 A 27-year-old woman afraid to receive a blood
transfusion.

Case 21 A 35-year-old woman with an elevated platelet
count.

Case 22 A 68-year-old man with a headache and
confusion.

Case 23 A 10-year-old boy with a fever.

Part 3 Self-assessment.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Appendix: Normal laboratory values and CD table.

Glossary.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.

"I have purchased three of your books: Paediatics, Obstetrics &
Gynaecology, and Haematology. I have found the story-telling style
and the level of detail contained in the cases to be balanced
nicely so that it retains a realism that other case books lack and
that reader remains engaged in the outcome of the investigations
and the end-point of the case. All in all, these series make for
interesting and entertaining reads which ultimately renders them an
excellent learning tool." - Medical Student,Trinity
College Dublin

"This book is an example of how complex information can be
presented attractively." - Journal of Tropical Pediatrics,
2009

"A useful book for the purpose of applying theory to practice in
haematology diagnosis and problem solving and a good aid to
revision." - The Royal College of Pathologists, July
2009