Full Description
The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise and simple approach and excellent illustrations.
Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.
Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.
Everything you need to know about Medicine... at a Glance!
A learning resource containing 250+ cases with self-assessment exercises to aid understanding and test student knowledge
Written to complement the bestselling Medicine at a Glance, Fifth Edition, this newly revised and updated Second Edition of Medicine at a Glance: Core Cases contains more than 250 cases with self-assessment exercises that aid understanding and test your knowledge. Following the structure of the main textbook, each chapter presents several clinical cases based on the chapter's content.
The use of text, images, and diagrams in answer explanations caters for different learning styles and provides intuitive, targeted information to support the decision-making process in selecting answers.
Medicine at a Glance: Core Cases is an essential learning aid for students preparing for exams and clinical practice. This text is also fully updated for the UK AKT.
Contents
Preface vi
List of Contributors vii
List of Abbreviations ix
1 Cardiovascular: Cases and Questions 1
Answers 9
2 Respiratory: Cases and Questions 19
Answers 23
3 Gastroenterology: Cases and Questions 28
Answers 38
4 Renal: Cases and Questions 48
Answers 52
5 Endocrinology: Cases and Questions 59
Answers 64
6 Infectious Disease: Cases and Questions 71
Answers 82
7 Haematology: Cases and Questions 93
Answers 102
8 Oncology: Cases and Questions 112
Answers 117
9 Neurology: Cases and Questions 122
Answers 128
10 Ophthalmology: Cases and Questions 137
Answers 141
11 Rheumatology: Cases and Questions 145
Answers 148
12 Dermatology: Cases and Questions 153
Answers 159
13 Other Emergencies: Cases and Questions 165
Answers 173
14 The Acutely Unwell Patient: Cases and Questions 178
Answers 181
Index 184
