100 Cases in Clinical Medicine

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100 CASES inClinical Medicine ...

P John ReesMD FRCP Consultant Physician and Professor of Medical Education, King’s College London School of Medicine at Guy’s, K ...

First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Arnold This second edition published in 2007 by Hodder Arnold, an imprint of Hodder ...

CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Section 1: Systems-related cases Abbreviations xi Cardiology Respiratory Abdomen Liver ...

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Most doctors think that the most memorable way to learn medicine is to see patients. It is easier to recall information based on ...

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The authors would like to thank the following people for their help with illustrations: Dr A Saunders, Dr S Rankin, Dr J Reidy, ...

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AAT alanine aminotransferase ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme ACTH adrenocorticotrophic hormone ADH antidiuretic hormone ADPKD ...

INR international normalized ratio IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ITP idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura JVP jugular venous ...

SYSTEMS-RELATED CASES Section 1 ...

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Cardiology CASE 1: DIZZINESS History A 75-year-old man is brought to hospital with an episode of dizziness. He still feels unwel ...

ANSWER 1 The blackouts do not seem to have had any relationship to posture. They have been a mix- ture of dizziness and loss of ...

The treatment should be insertion of a pacemaker. If the rhythm in complete heart block is stable then a permanent pacemaker sho ...

CASE 2: CHEST PAIN History A 34-year-old male accountant comes to the emergency department with acute chest pain. There is a pre ...

Questions What is the diagnosis? Should thrombolysis be given? I AVR V1 V2 V V4 V5 V AVL AVF II III Figure 2.1Electrocardiogra ...

ANSWER 2 The previous chest pains lasting a second or two are unlikely to be of any real signifi- cance. Cardiac pain, and virtu ...