Making Sense of Acute Medicine: A Guide to Diagnosis
A Guide to Diagnosis
By Paul Jenkins, Paula Johnson
Published April 30th 2010 by CRC Press – 320 pages
Series: Making Sense of
Description
The first 72 hours following assessment and admission to the emergency department are crucial to a patient's care. As the medical practitioner on duty, you need good diagnostic skills and the ability to formulate a quick, safe and appropriate management plan. Making Sense of Acute Medicine is here to help.
This book is the perfect introduction to accurate diagnosis for medical students, newly qualified doctors and anyone intimately involved with the delivery of acute medical care. By focusing on the decision-making process in relation to common clinical presentations, Making Sense of Acute Medicine will assist you to:
- take an accurate history and examine the patient with a focused approach
- make appropriate investigations requests
- formulate suitable management plans
Contents
The shocked patient
The comatose patient
Chest pain
Breathlessness
Palpitation
Syncope
Seizures
Dizziness
Acute confusion
Acute headache
Weakness
Abdominal pain
Haematemesis and melaena
Diarrhea and vomiting
Jaundice
The patient with a fever
Joint problems
Skin rashes
Back pain
Leg swelling
Author Bio
Paul Jenkins, Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Paula Johnson, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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