100 Cases in Clinical Medicine

100 Cases in Clinical Medicine presents 100 scenarios commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency or outpatient department, on the ward or in the community setting. Each case begins with a succinct summary of the patient's history, examination and initial investigation. The text includes photographs where relevant and questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answers provide a detailed discussion on each topic, with further illustration where appropriate. Most of the cases included are common problems, but the book also includes more unusual cases to illustrate specific points and to emphasise that rare things do present occasionally and to prepare the student or trainee for these. The cases are arranged within clinical systems and specialties, though of course there may be significant overlap between these since symptoms such as breathlessness and pain may relate to many different clinical problems in various systems. Key Features - Succinct case studies presented in an easy-to-read format, listing patient history, examination and investigations - Questions at the end of each case prompt readers to consider their options for diagnosis, investigation and management - Answer pages then guide readers through the clinician's sequence of thoughts and actions - Illustrations, information boxes and key points summaries reinforce learning, ideal during exam revision - A broad range of common conditions is covered, from chest pain to weight gain, together with more unusual presentations Making speedy and appropriate clinical decisions, and choosing the best course of action to take as a result, are the most important and challenging parts of training to be a doctor. These true-to-life cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognise important clinical symptoms and signs and to develop the diagnostic and management skills needed for the cases they will encounter on the job.

Eamon Shamil MBBS MRes FRCS (ORL-HNS), Locum Consultant ENT Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, England. Praful Ravi MA MBBChir MRCP, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Section 1- HEPATOLOGY Case 1 NAUSEA AND WEIGHT LOSS Case 2 ANOREXIA AND FEVER Case 3 OVERDOSE? Case 4 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 5 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 6 VOMITING Case 7 FATIGUE Section 2 - NEUROLOGY Case 8 A WEAK HAND Case 9 DOUBLE VISION Case 10 SEIZURES Case 11 PAINS IN THE ARM Case 12 NAUSEA AND VERTIGO Case 13 HEADACHES Case 14 HEADACHE AND CONFUSION Case 15 HEADACHE Case 16 LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Case 17 MEMORY LOSS Case 18 LEG WEAKNESS Case 19 UNSTEADINESS Case 20 HEADACHE Case 21 WEAKNESS Case 22 WEAKNESS OF THE LEGS Case 23 CLUMSINESS Section 3 - RHEUMATOLOGY Case 24 PAINFUL KNEE Case 25 PAIN IN THE KNEE Case 26 JOINT PAINS Case 27 PAIN IN THE BACK Case 28 UNCONSCIOUS AT HOME Case 29 COUGH AND JOINT PAINS Case 30 URINARY FREQUENCY Case 31 BACK PAIN Case 32 ACHES AND PAINS Section 4 - CARDIOLOGY Case 33 CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES Case 34 PALIPITATIONS Case 35 FAMILY HISTORY OF SUDDEN DEATH Case 36 CHEST PAIN Case 37 SYNCOPE Case 38 DIZZY SPELLS Case 39 MURMUR Case 40 SHORTNESS OF BREATH Case 41 FATIGUE Case 42 EPISTAXIS Case 43 CHEST PAIN Case 44 CARDIAC ARREST Section 5 - ENDOCRINOLOGY Case 45 WEIGHT GAIN Case 46 TIREDNESS Case 47 THIRST AND FREQUENCY Case 48 DROWSINESS Case 49 TIREDNESS AND IRRITABILITY Case 50 LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Case 51 NUMB FEET Case 52 CHANGE IN CHARACTER Section 6 - HAEMATOLOGY Case 53 PERSONALITY CHANGE Case 54 EASY BRUISING Case 55 TIREDNESS, BREATHLESSNESS & HEADACHES Case 56 SWELLING IN THE NECK Case 57 PAIN IN THE CHEST & SHORTNESS OF BREATH Section 7 - RESPIRATORY Case 58 CHRONIC COUGH Case 59 SHORTNESS OF BREATH Case 60 FEVER AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH Case 61 CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH Case 62 CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH Case 63 EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS Case 64 PAIN IN THE CHEST Case 65 COUGH AND BREATHLESSNESS Case 66 SHORTNESS OF BREATH Case 67 SHORTNESS OF BREATH Section 8 - NEPHROLOGY Case 68 TIREDNESS Case 69 BACK PAIN Case 70 ANKLE SWELLING Case 71 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE Case 72 SHORTNESS OF BREATH & REDUCED URINE OUTPUT Case 73 POSTOPERATIVE DETERIORATION Case 74 BLOOD IN THE URINE Case 75 KIDNEY FAILURE Section 9 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES & MICROBIOLOGY Case 76 THREE DAYS OF FEVER Case 77 FEVERS AND MALAISE Case 78 SHORTNESS OF BREATH ON EXERTION Case 79 HEADACHES AND CONFUSION Case 80 CONFUSION Case 81 FEVER Case 82 BACK PAIN Case 83 HEADACHE Case 84 REDNESS & SWELLING IN ARMS Section 10 - GASTROENTEROLOGY Case 85 GENERAL WEAKNESS Case 86 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 87 ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT Case 88 CHEST PAIN Case 89 ACUTE DIARRHOEA Case 90 TIREDNESS Case 91 RECURRENT CHEST INFECTIONS Case 92 WEIGHT LOSS Case 93 DIARRHOEA Case 94 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 95 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 96 ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 97 WEIGHT LOSS Case 98 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 99 ABDOMINAL PAIN Case 100 SWELLING ON THE LEGS Index