Medicine at a Glance

Patrick Davey

John Wiley & Sons, Mar 1, 2012 - Medical - 504 pages

The central title in the market-leading at a Glance series, Medicine at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction to the study of medicine and is the ultimate revision guide for the core medical curriculum.

Ideal for medical students, Foundation Programme doctors and those training in the allied health professions, Medicine at a Glance presents each topic as clear, double-page spreads with key facts accompanied by tables, illustrations, photographs and diagrams.

• Used by thousands of students in its previous two editions, Medicine at a Glance has been fully revised and updated to ensure that it remains THE essential revision guide purchase
• Contains new chapters on history and examination, patient consent and confidentiality, and substance abuse
• Further coverage of the essential facts for the diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms and conditions
• Offers full support for PBL-style courses via self-assessment cases and MCQs contained in a brand new case-based book, Medicine at a Glance: Core Cases which is also available online at: www.ataglanceseries.com/medicine

For more information on the complete range of Wiley-Blackwell medical student and junior doctor publishing, please visit: www.wileymedicaleducation.com

Reviews of previous editions

"Fantastic revision tool before finals with all the breadth of information you need and full colour, clearly laid out diagrams."
—Medical Student, St. Georges Medical School

"The most up-to-date and best presented clinical medicine text on the market. It contains succinct and clear explanations of the medical conditions any student is expected to know. A student favourite."
—Medical Student, Nottingham University

"I definitely recommend this book to all final year students...."
—Final Year Student, GKT

"...once you start using this book, you won't say goodbye to it..."
—Gube Magazine, Melbourne University Medical Students Association

Contents

• How to be a medical student: 2
• Patient confidentiality: 4
• Consent: 6
• Relationship with the patient: 8
• History of presenting complaint: 10
• Diseases and treatments at a glance Cardiovascular disease 79 Hypertension 160: 188
• Congenital heart disease: 190
• Lung function tests: 192
• Sleep apnoea: 193
• Respiratory failure: 194
• Arterial blood gas analysis: 196
• Basic chest Xray interpretation: 198
• Noninvasive ventilation: 200
• Mechanical ventilation: 202
• pneumonia: 204
• Past medical history drugs and allergies 12: 206
• Upper respiratory tract infection: 207
• Asthma: 208
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 211
• Bronchiectasis: 214
• Cystic fibrosis: 216
• Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases: 218
• Extrinsic allergic alveolitis hypersensitivity pneumonitis: 220
• Pulmonary fibrosis: 222
• Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis: 224
• Fungi and the lung: 226
• Family and social history 14: 227
• Industrial lung disease: 228
• Lung disease caused by drugs: 230
• BOOP and ARDS: 231
• Primary tumours of the lung: 232
• Food poisoning and gastrointestinal infections: 234
• Reflux: 235
• Peptic ulcer disease: 236
• Diverticular disease: 237
• Iron deficiency: 238
• Abnormal liver function tests: 240
• Functional enquiry 15: 241
• Inflammatory bowel disease: 242
• Malabsorption: 244
• Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer: 246
• Gallstone disease: 248
• viral and immune: 249
• Acute and chronic liver disease: 253
• Metabolic liver disease including alcohol: 256
• Upper gastrointestinal cancer: 258
• Colorectal cancer: 260
• Imaging in gastrointestinal disease: 262
• Principles of examination 16: 262
• Functional gastrointestinal disorders: 263
• Nutrition: 264
• Renal physiology and function tests: 266
• Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia: 268
• Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia: 270
• Disorders of acidbase balance: 272
• Urinary calculi: 274
• Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes: 276
• Glomerulonephritis: 278
• Renal involvement in systemic disease: 280
• Basic clinical skills 17: 283
• Hereditary renal disorders: 284
• Tubulointerstitial disease: 286
• Acute renal failure: 288
• Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient: 290
• The renal transplant recipient: 292
• Drugs and renal failure: 294
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy: 295
• Urinary tract infection: 296
• Diabetes mellitus: 298
• Complications of diabetes: 300
• Is the patient ill? 22: 301
• Diabetic emergencies: 302
• Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly: 303
• Hypothyroidism: 304
• Hyperthyroidism: 306
• Calcium metabolism: 308
• Adrenal disease: 310
• Miscellaneous endocrine disorders: 312
• Hypogonadism: 314
• Bacteraemia and septic shock: 316
• Common viral infections in adults: 318
• The critically ill patient 24: 319
• HIV infection and AIDS: 320
• Common fungal infections: 322
• Specific bacterial infections: 324
• Malaria: 326
• Tuberculosis: 328
• Tropical infectious diseases: 330
• Diseases predisposing to infection: 332
• Immunological deficiency syndromes: 334
• Haematinic deficiency anaemias: 338
• Haemolytic anaemia: 340
• Clinical presentations at a glance: 343
• Cardiovascular disease: 343
• Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease: 344
• Bone marrow failure: 346
• Acute leukaemia: 348
• Chronic leukaemia: 350
• Lymphoma: 352
• Myeloproliferative disorders: 354
• Myeloma: 356
• Myelodysplasia: 357
• The blood in systemic disease: 358
• Platelet disorders: 362
• Chest pain 28: 363
• Disorders of coagulation: 364
• Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs: 366
• Thrombophilia: 368
• Aetiology of cancer: 370
• Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management: 372
• Cancer screening and early detection: 374
• Breast cancer: 376
• Prostate cancer: 378
• Cancer with an unknown primary: 380
• Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormoneproducing cancers: 382
• Palliative care: 384
• Stroke: 386
• Management of stroke: 388
• Other vascular disorders of the brain: 390
• Dementias: 392
• Epilepsy: 394
• Multiple sclerosis: 396
• Infections of the central nervous system: 398
• Tumours and the nervous system: 400
• Oedema 30: 401
• Spinal cord disease: 402
• Palpitations 32: 403
• Neuromuscular disease: 404
• Peripheral neuropathy: 406
• Movement disorders: 408
• Osteoarthritis: 410
• Gout and pseudogout: 412
• Arthritis associated with infectious agents: 414
• Metabolic bone disease: 416
• Other bone disease: 418
• Rheumatoid arthritis: 420
• Seronegative spondyloarthropathies: 424
• The painful leg 33: 427
• Vasculitis: 428
• Systemic lupus erythematosus: 431
• Inflammatory muscle disease and selected forms of vasculitis: 434
• Eczema and urticaria: 436
• Psoriasis: 439
• Acne rosacea and hidradenitis: 440
• Disorders of skin pigmentation: 441
• Blistering diseases: 442
• Skin infections and infestations: 444
• The skin and systemic disease: 447
• Heart murmurs 34: 449
• Skin tumours: 450
• Orogenital disease: 452
• Fluid replacement therapy: 454
• Illness in elderly people: 456
• Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms: 458
• Psychiatric disorders: 460
• Substance abuse: 462
• Alcohol abuse and dependence: 464
• Drug toxicity adverse drug reactions: 466
• Index: 471
• Shock: 36
• Breathlessness cough and haemoptysis: 38
• Wheeze stridor: 42
• Pleural effusion: 43
• Pneumothorax: 44
• Unintentional weight loss: 46
• Constipation and change in bowel habit: 48
• acute and chronic: 50
• Vomiting and intestinal obstruction: 52
• Haematemesis and melaena: 54
• Rectal bleeding: 56
• Dysphagia: 58
• Abdominal pain and dyspepsia: 60
• Jaundice: 62
• Abdominal mass: 64
• Ascites: 65
• Polyuria and oliguria: 66
• Dysuria frequency and urgency: 68
• Haematuria: 69
• Sweating flushing and thyroid swellings: 70
• Obesity: 72
• Hirsutism and infertility: 74
• Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia: 76
• Infectious disease 41 Principles of infection: 78
• Diagnosis of infection: 80
• Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection: 82
• Fever and infections in hospital patients: 84
• Fever of unknown origin: 86
• Fever and rash: 88
• Fever in HIVinfected patients: 90
• Fever in the returned traveller: 92
• Vaginal discharge and urethritis: 94
• Anaemia: 96
• Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly: 99
• The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising: 100
• Leukopenia: 101
• Oncological emergencies: 102
• Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1: 104
• Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2: 106
• neuroepidemiology: 108
• Common neurological symptoms: 109
• Weakness: 112
• a neurological perspective: 115
• Sudden painless loss of vision: 118
• Tremor and other involuntary movements: 120
• Headache and facial pain: 122
• Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness: 125
• The red eye: 128
• Introduction to rheumatological disease: 130
• Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes: 134
• Introduction to dermatology: 138
• Pruritis and rashes: 140
• Hair and nail disorders: 142
• Leg ulcers: 144
• Photodermatoses: 145
• Attempted suicide by drug poisoning: 146
• Anaphylaxis: 148
• Allergic reactions: 150

About the author

Patrick Davey is Consultant Cardiologist at Northampton General Hospital & Honorary Senior Lecturer at the John Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He was previously Clinical Tutor at Oxford University. He is also the author of ECG at a Glance.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Medicine at a Glance; Volume 82 of At a Glance
• Editor: Patrick Davey
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 1118374002, 9781118374009
• Length: 504 pages
• Subjects: Medical / General; Medical / Internal Medicine