EMQs in Clinical Medicine

Author: Irfan Syed BSc (Hons), MBBS PRHO University College Hospital, London, & Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK. Editorial Advisors: Aroon Hingorani MA, FRCP, PhD BHF Senior Fellow, Reader and Honorary Consultant Physician, BHF Laboratories, University College London, Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, London, UK Raymond MacAllister MA, MD, FRCP Reader in Clinical Pharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician, BHF Laboratories, University College London, Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, London, UK Patrick Vallance BSc (Hons), MD, FRCP, FMedSci Head, Division of Medicine, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University College London, The Rayne Institute, London, UK

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
1) Chest pain
2) Pulses
3) Cardiac murmurs
4) Jugular venous pressure
5) ECG abnormalities
6) ECG abnormalities
7) Hypertension
8) Treatment of heart failure
9) Arrhythmias
10) Cardiovascular emergencies
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
11) Shortness of breath
12) Causes of pneumonia
13) Haemoptysis
14) Chest X-ray pathology
15) Chest X-ray pathology
16) Treatment of asthma and COPD
17) Emergency management of asthma
18) Management of COPD
19) Treatment of respiratory infections
HAEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY
20) Causes of anaemia
21) Anaemia
22) The peripheral blood film
23) Haematological diseases
24) Cancer care
25) Tumour markers
26) Risk factors for malignancy
27) Adverse effects of chemotherapy
NEUROLOGY
28) Dizziness & vertigo
29) Headache
30) Headache
31) Weakness in the legs
32) Nerve lesions
33) Cranial nerve lesions
34) Abnormal movements
35) Neurological problems
36) Gait
37) Falls & loss of consciousness
38) Site of neurological lesion
39) Anti-epileptic drug therapy
40) First line treatment of headache
41) Treatment of Parkinson’s disease
ORTHOPAEDICS & RHEUMATOLOGY
42) Arthritis
43) Joint pain
44) Pain in the hip
45) Back pain
46) Rheumatological conditions
47) Complications of fractures
48) Management of fractures
49) Fall on the outstretched hand
50) Shoulder problems
51) Knee problems
52) Management of painful joints
53) Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
THE ABDOMEN & SURGERY
54) Abdominal pain
55) Abdominal pain
56) Abdominal masses
57) Liver diseases
58) Causes of splenomegaly
59) Jaundice
60) Breast conditions
61) Presentation with a lump
62) Lumps in the neck
63) Lumps in the groin
64) Pain/lumps in the scrotum
65) Around the anus
66) Ulcers
67) Treatment of peripheral vascular disease
68) Post-operative complications
69) Haematuria
70) Weight loss
71) Dysphagia
72) Rectal bleeding
73) Haematemesis
74) Diarrhoea
75) Constipation
76) Abnormal abdominal X-rays
77) Treatment of gastro-intestinal conditions
ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISTURBANCES
78) Endocrine problems
79) Nutritional deficiencies
80) Electrolyte & Metabolic disturbances
81) Disorders of sodium balance
82) Hypercalcaemia
83) Diabetic complications
84) Treatment of diabetes
MISCELLANEOUS
85) Antibiotics
86) Antibiotics
87) Anti-fungal therapies
88) Anti-viral therapies
89) Poisoning & Overdose
90) Treatment of poisoning & overdose
91) Adverse drug reactions
92) Adverse drug reactions
93) Adverse drug reactions
94) Adverse drug reactions
95) Adverse drug reactions
96) Infections
97) Infections
98) Medical emergencies
99) Emergency management: hypotensive patient
100) Drugs & Immunity