This useful new book enables students to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in their medicine classes to clinical cases. Students will improve their diagnostic skills as they are taken simply and logically through the steps of generating a differential diagnosis, weighing up evidence to refine a hypothesis, and constructing a management plan. Author Samy Azer guides readers to use self-directed learning to identify their learning needs and ultimately develop a deeper understanding of internal medicine. Designed to complement and enhance recommended undergraduate medicine textbooks, this book is easy to follow and written simply, making it suitable for students who speak English as a second language.
Author(s): Samy Azer
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 473
City: Amsterdam
Dedication
Foreword • Anthony P. S. Guerrero
Foreword • Badran AlOmar
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Contents
Section 1: Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Systems
Case 1.1 ‘I Have Tummy Pain . . . ’
Case 1.2 ‘I Am Losing Weight . . . ’
Case 1.3 ‘Not Regular . . . ’
Case 1.4 ‘As Dark as Coffee Grounds . . .
Case 1.5 ‘There Is Blood in My Stool . . . ’
Case 1.6 ‘It Is Itching All Over . . . ’
Case 1.7 ‘Not Feeling Well . . . ’
Case 1.8 ‘I Have the Runs . . . ’
Case 1.9 ‘Nothing Is Working for Me . . . ’
Section 2: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
Case 2.1 ‘Short of Breath . . . ’
Case 2.2 ‘Still Coughing . . . ’
Case 2.3 ‘I Was Admitted to Hospital . . . ’
Case 2.4 ‘I Have Been Smoking for Over 20 Years . . . ’
Case 2.5 ‘Nearly Fainted in the Bathroom . . . ’
Case 2.6 ‘Like a Stone on My Chest . . . ’
Case 2.7 ‘Not Feeling Well . . . ’
Case 2.8 ‘In the Backyard . . . ’
Case 2.9 ‘While at the University Campus . . . ’
Case 2.10 ‘I Am Coughing Up Blood . . . ’
Section 3: Nervous System
Case 3.1 Tremor in Hands
Case 3.2 Not Moving
Case 3.3 Is It Because of My Back Pain?
Case 3.4 I Have Severe Headache
Case 3.5 Because of Double Vision
Case 3.6 In the Intensive Care Unit
Case 3.7 Things Are Spinning Around Me
Case 3.8 My Feet Are Painfully Hot
Section 4: Rheumatology and Immune System
Case 4.1 ‘Stiffness in the Morning . . . ’
Case 4.2 ‘Progressive Pain in My Knees’
Case 4.3 ‘After My Fall . . . ’
Case 4.4 ‘Is It Serious?’
Case 4.5 ‘I Have Pain in My Heels . . . ’
Case 4.6 ‘Red and Tender . . . ’
Case 4.7 ‘I Was Nearly Dead . . . ’
Section 5: Endocrine System
Case 5.1 ‘The Trouble with My Vision . . . ’
Case 5.2 ‘I Feel Too Hot . . . ’
Case 5.3 ‘Did Not Work . . . ’
Case 5.4 ‘Too Tired . . . ’
Case 5.5 ‘They Rushed Me to the Emergency Room . . . ’
Case 5.6 ‘Trying Hard to Lose Weight . . . ’
Section 6: Haematology System
Case 6.1 ‘Looking Pale . . . ’
Case 6.2 ‘After Returning From a Holiday in Europe . . . ’
Case 6.3 ‘Bleeding Gums . . . ’
Case 6.4 ‘Unexpected Outcomes . . . ’
Case 6.5 ‘Before Travelling to Congo in Africa . . . ’
Case 6.6 ‘Sweating and Chills . . . ’
Section 7: Renal System
Case 7.1 ‘ . . . After Severe Attack of Diarrhoea’
Case 7.2 ‘ . . . Fluid Build-up in My Body’
Case 7.3 ‘I Only Feel Tired . . . ’
Case 7.4 ‘Burning Pain on Passing Urine . . . ’
Index of Cases
Index
