Clinical Cases in General Medicine
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
About the author
Acknowledgments
1 Mr Nguyen and Mrs Fennech present with chest pain
2 Mr Khan presents with chest pain
3 Mr Winters presents with chest pain
4 Frida presents with palpitations and breathlessness
5 Annika presents with breathlessness and haemoptysis
6 An asthmatic woman presents with shortness of breath
7 A man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with breathlessness and an abdominal mass
8 Mrs Mason presents with haematemesis
9 Timothy presents with acute abdominal pain
10 Anoushka presents with bloody diarrhoea
11 A case of confusion in a man with cirrhosis
12 Mr Perez presents with right-sided weakness
13 Marwan presents with seizures
14 Mrs Flint presents with lower limb weakness
15 Mr Quixote presents with headache
16 A case of elevated potassium in a man of non-English-speaking background
17 Sasha presents with metabolic acidosis
18 A case of an acutely painful knee
19 Mrs Panetta has a painful jaw
20 Emmanuel suffers a needlestick injury
21 McGyver has postoperative fever
22 Bobby presents with HIV and fever
23 Sachin presents with fever and headache Jean-Paul presents with fever and a rash
25 Ruby presents with fever and cough
26 Mr Edison’s case of antibiotics and anaphylax
27 Mr Darcy presents with anaemia
28 Mr Wayne develops fever during blood transfusion
29 Mr Papadopoulos is assessed for low sodium
30 Mr Caesar presents with confusion
31 Cases of hype and hypertension on the wards
32 A case of clots
33 Intravenous fluids
34 Mrs Van Dyke takes an overdose
35 Mr Wilson presents with an acutely painful leg
36 Bruno presents with acute flank pain
37 Indiana returns from overseas with fever
38 A red leg in a very sick person NEW
39 Peter collapses at a wedding NEW
40 Christine is feeling under the weather NEW
41 Saesha calls in sick NEW
42 Grace presents with urinary tract symptoms NEW
43 Mr Ecks presents with fever and generalised muscle aches NEW
44 Mrs Daniels presents with tremor and tachycardia NEW
Index
This edition has over 40 cases showcasing a comprehensive range of common scenarios encountered in emergency departments and hospital wards.
Features
• All cases have been revised and updated.
• Cases are presented as they would occur in the clinical setting and follow a step-by-step process of diagnosis and management.
• Problem-based learning scenarios encourage junior doctors to use the skills that they will need in daily practice.
What’s New?
• Seven new case studies including hypothyroidism, urinary tract symptoms and hypotension.
• Multiple choice self-assessment questions for Clinical Cases in General Medicine 3e are now available in an app for both smart phones and tablets from the Apple App Store and Google Play.