Crash Course General Medicine, 6th Edition (For UKMLA and Medical Exams)

Crash Course General Medicine comprehensively covers the extensive range of conditions and presentations that every medical student needs to know to pass their exams and UKMLA. Efficiently advance your revision by consulting key information presented concisely to facilitate visual learning. All guidelines and approaches to assessment have been updated for this new edition.

Περιεχόμενα:

1. History taking and communication
2. Clinical examination
3. Writing in the medical notes
Section 1: Clinical Presentations
4. Chest pain
5. Shortness of breath
6. Cough and haemoptysis
7. Palpitations
8. Pyrexia of unknown origin
9. Abdominal pain
10. Heartburn and indigestion
11. Gastrointestinal bleed
12. Change in bowel habit
13. Weight loss
14. Jaundice
15. Urinary symptoms and haematuria
16. Headache and facial pain
17. Goitre, thyroid disease and thyroid malignancy
18. Loss of consciousness
19. Confusion and delirium
20. Stroke and TIA
21. Focal neurological deficits
22. Dizziness and vertigo
23. Back pain and joint pain
24. Skin lesions and rash
25. Lumps
26. Excessive bruising and bleeding
27. Pain
Section 2: Diagnoses
28. Cardiovascular system
29. Respiratory system
30. Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems
31. Renal, genitourinary and sexual health
32. Fluid balance and electrolyte disturbances
33. Metabolic and endocrine disorders
34. Nervous system
35. Musculoskeletal system
36. Dermatology
37. Haematological disorders
38. Infectious diseases
39. Drug overdose and abuse
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