The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine - Mujammil Irfan

The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine

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Buch | Softcover
300 Seiten
2019
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-24403-5 (ISBN)
41,68 inkl. MwSt
»The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine« is the perfect companion to your time on clinical placements, providing an easy-to-read, highly visual guide to help develop your clinical decision making skills, and transfer your knowledge into practice. Packed full of useful tips, key boxes, exercises and summaries that are designed to help you apply the knowledge gained in clinical practice.

Divided into the common clinical placements that you would find yourself in: Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Neurology, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endocrinology and Rheumatology, each chapter covers the diagnosis of common clinical conditions, as well as decision-making in their investigation and management.

Written for medical students in their clinical years, as well as new doctors and advanced nurse practitioners, The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine provides students with an accessible resource for honing their clinical reasoning skills.

Take the stress out of clinical decision making with The Hands-on Guide!

Dr Mujammil Irfan MBBS, MRCP(UK), MSc Medical Education, SCE Respiratory Medicine, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Wales Deanery, UK.

Abbreviations 9

Normal Reference Ranges 11

Icons explained: 14

Introduction 15

1. The skeleton Laid Bare 15

Respiratory Medicine 27

2. History Taking 28

3. Clinical Examination 34

4. Interpretation of Chest Radiographs 36

5. Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases and Pleural Fluid Results 40

6. Chronic Cough 44

7. Acute Breathlessness 51

8. Acute chest pain 59

9. Acute Haemoptysis 64

Cardiovascular Medicine 69

10. History Taking 70

11. Clinical Examination 75

12. Interpretation of Chest Radiographs 80

13. Interpretation of Electrocardiograms 83

14. Palpitations 88

15. Worsening breathlessness 93

16. Vague systemic symptoms 98

17. Acute Chest Pain 102

18. Blurring the Margins 107

Nephrology 112

19. History Taking 113

20 Clinical Examination 119

21. Renal Investigations 122

22. Hypertension 127

23. Haematuria 131

24. Oedema 135

25. Non-Specific Symptoms 138

Endocrinology 142

26. History Taking 143

27. Clinical Examination 146

28. Investigations 150

29. Weight Gain 155

30. Palpitations 159

31. Weight Loss 163

32. Thirsty and Confused 167

Neurology 171

33. History Taking 172

34. Clinical Examination 176

35. Investigations 187

36. Headache 195

37. Diplopia 199

38. Leg Weakness 205

39. Unilateral Weakness 211

Geriatric Medicine 215

40. History Taking 216

41. Clinical Examination 221

42. Urinary Continence 224

43. Falls 229

44. Acute Confusion 234

45. Dementia 239

Gastroenterology 244

46. History Taking 245

47. Clinical Examination 253

48. Investigations 257

49. Weight Loss and Diarrhoea 263

50. Jaundice 268

51. Haematemesis and Melaena 272

52. Abdominal Pain 277

Rheumatology 282

53. History Taking 283

54. Clinical Examination 286

55. Investigations 291

56. Muscle Aches 297

57. Joint Pain 302

58. Back Pain 307

59. Multi-System Disease 311

Common Clinical Conditions 316

60. Common Clinical Conditions 317

61. Respiratory block 318

62. Cardiology 322

63. Nephrology 327

64. Neurology 330

65. Gastroenterology 335

66. Geriatric Medicine 338

67. Endocrinology 340

68. Rheumatology 342

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Hands-on Guides
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Gewicht 666 g
Einbandart kartoniert
Themenwelt Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Anamnese / Körperliche Untersuchung
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Innere Medizin / EKG
Medizin / Pharmazie Studium Studium / PJ / Berufsplanung
ISBN-10 1-119-24403-X / 111924403X
ISBN-13 978-1-119-24403-5 / 9781119244035
Zustand Neuware
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