Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Abbreviations |
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Part 1 Overview of tests |
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1 Investigations and interpreting tests |
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3 Consent for investigations |
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6 Principles of radiological investigations |
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7 Cytology and histopathology tests |
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8 Presenting at radiology and histopathology meetings |
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10 Therapeutic drug monitoring |
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11 Investigations in resource-limited settings |
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12 Tests for outpatient, inpatient and patients in intensive care |
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Part 2 Common presentations |
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19 Haematemesis and melaena |
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26 Coma and impaired consciousness |
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27 Preoperative investigations for elective surgery |
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37 Palpitations and cardiac arrhythmias |
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40 Urinary tract infection |
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42 Attempted suicide and self-poisoning |
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43 lmmunosuppressed patients |
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Part 3 Conditions |
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54 Peripheral arterial disease |
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55 Infective endocarditis |
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Respiratory disease and sleep disorders |
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61 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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65 Pulmonary hypertension |
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67 Interstitial lung disease |
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Gastroenterology and hepatology |
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70 Intestinal obstruction |
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72 Inflammatory bowel disease |
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73 Irritable bowel syndrome |
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80 Chronic kidney disease |
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81 Metabolic acid-base disorders |
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89 Diabetes mellitus: diagnosis |
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192 | (2) |
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90 Diabetes mellitus: complications |
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194 | (2) |
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198 | (4) |
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93 Thyroid function tests |
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101 Primary hyperaldosteronism |
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Reproductive and obstetric medicine |
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107 Polycystic ovary syndrome |
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108 Pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy |
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110 Pyrexia of unknown origin |
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111 Leucopenia and febrile neutropenia |
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112 Illness in returned travellers |
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114 Sepsis: testing for infectious diseases |
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116 Sexually transmitted diseases |
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120 Myelodysplastic syndromes |
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130 Spinal cord compression |
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131 Cancer of unknown primary |
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141 Spinal cord disorders |
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142 Peripheral neuropathy |
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304 | (2) |
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144 Septic and crystal arthropathies |
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146 Spondyloarthropathies |
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310 | (3) |
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147 Scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (2) |
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149 Systemic lupus erythematosus |
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322 | (2) |
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152 Polymyalgia rheumatics and giant cell arteritis |
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326 | (2) |
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Geriatric and general medicine |
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330 | (2) |
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Clinical immunology and allergy |
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158 Allergy and anaphylaxis |
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338 | (2) |
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158 Primary immunodeficiency disorders |
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342 | (2) |
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162 Urticaria and angioedema |
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Further reading |
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Index |
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