This new edition gives the customer a unique set of tools to enhance their clinical skills. Each chapter starts with a presenting complaint from a patient allowing the reader to practise history taking with real-life scenarios. At the end of each case study there are sections covering differential diagnosis and investigations for each presenting complaint. Fourteen case scenarios give realistic practise of history taking. Asking difficult questions brings together questions scattered throughout the book that students find most difficult.
Recenzijas
A terrific guide for medical students when taking a patient's history. The case studies are an excellent resource to build confidence and formulate a plan when taing a history. 4th year medical student at Leeds University.
Introduction and How to use this book;Abbreviations;the structural basis
of history taking;how to present this history;abdominal masses and
distension;acute abdominal pain;alcohol-related problems;ano-rectal pain;back
pain;breast lump;change in bowel habit;chest pain;collapse, syncope and
blackouts; confusion;constipation;cough;depressin and
anxiety;diabetes;diarrhoea;dizziness and vertigo;double
vision(diplopia;dyspepsia and
indigestion;dysphagia;dysuria;earach(otalgia;facial pain;faecal
incontinence;fallsand gait abnormalities;fatigue and
lethargy;haematuria;haemoptysis;headaches;hearing loss;hoarseness and voice
disorders;jaundice;joint disorders (mono/polyarthritis);leg pain;leg
ulcers;lower gastrointestinal
bleeding;lumps(general);lymphadenopathy;multiply injured patient;neck
lumps;nipple discharge;overdose;palpitations;pruritus;pyrexia of unknown
origin and fever;rashes;redeye;scrotal pain and swellings;shortness of
breath;swollen legs;tinnitus;tremor and movement disorders;upper
gastrointestinal bleeding;vaginal bleeding;visual loss
(acute/chronic);vomiting;weight loss;ASKING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS;CASE
SCENARIOS;index.
Jonathan Fishman is a Specialist Registrar in ENT and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He graduated with a triple first class honours degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge and completed his clinical training at St Johns College, Oxford and the John Radcliffe Hospital. Jonathan has extensive teaching experience and is primary author of 6 undergraduate/postgraduate medical textbooks. Laura Cullen is the twin sister of Jonathan. She qualified from Imperial College London with a first class honours BSc in Endocrinology. She undertook her medical rotations at St. Mary's and the Hammersmith Hospital in London. She is now a GP partner in North London with a special interest in education.
