A 19-year-old student is admitted to hospital after being found unconscious in her room in the university halls of residence. Her roommate told the paramedics that the patient had recently failed her end of year exams. She was once reportedly found with several packets of paracetamol and codeine phosphate nearby and an empty bottle of wine on her bedside table. You’re the medic on duty…
100 Cases in Acute Medicine presents 100 acute conditions commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency department, or on the ward or in the neighborhood setting. A succinct summary of the patient’s history, examination and initial investigations, including photographs where relevant, is followed by questions on the diagnosis and management of each and every case. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each and every topic, with further illustration where appropriate, providing an essential revision aid in addition to a practical guide for students and junior doctors.
Making clinical decisions and choosing the most productive plan of action is among the most challenging and difficult parts of training to grow to be a doctor. Fully revised and up to date for this second edition, these cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important clinical symptoms and signs, and to develop their diagnostic and management skills.
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