Davidson's clinical cases / [edited by] Mark W. J. Strachan, Surendra K. Sharma, John A. A. Hunter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strachan, Mark W. J.

Sharma, S. K. (Surendra K.), 1951-

Hunter, John A. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical medicine--Case studies.

Clinical medicine.

Clinical Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Clinical Medicine.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Clinical cases

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008.

Summary:

Davidson's Clinical Cases reflects the real world in which doctors practise medicine. Patients may present with problems that cross several organ systems and with no obvious diagnosis in sight! This selection of clinical problems guides the reader, step by step, through the correct path in the maze between the presenting complaint of a patient and the final diagnosis. The text emphasises the value of interpreting available clinical and investigative information in a logical way before considering a definitive diagnosis. Contains over 90 new cases based on the 'presenting problems' of Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine, Provides an international outlook reflecting differences in the practice of medicine in the developing world and in low-resource settings, Includes a section on 'Global Issues' at the end of each case study addressing epidemiological, economic and other reasons for many of these important differences, Written by a team of senior doctors, from different parts of the world, with considerable teaching experience, Reflects a personal approach to the difficult problems of diagnosis.

Contents:

1 A young woman with intermittent lip swelling and a rash 1

2 Intermittent swelling of the eyelids and mild urticaria in a young man 4

3 A young man with severe malnutrition 7

4 An elderly woman with repeated falls 11

5 An elderly man with acute confusion 15

6 An elderly woman with sudden onset of dizziness 19

7 Unexplained weight loss in an elderly woman 22

8 A man who has been bitten by a snake 26

9 A young woman who has been stung by a scorpion 29

10 A young man who is semiconscious in the Accident and Emergency department 32

11 A young woman who has taken an overdose of paracetamol (acetaminophen) 35

12 A young woman with chest pain 38

13 A middle-aged woman with facial rash, joint swelling and hepatomegaly 41

14 A 40-year-old man with urinary retention 45

15 A young man from Bangladesh with a pyrexia of unknown origin 48

16 A young man with fever, jaundice and a purpuric rash 52

17 An Indian farmer with a high fever 56

18 An elderly woman with sudden diarrhoea 60

19 A young Indian with eosinophilia, nocturnal dry cough and progressive breathlessness 64

20 Fever in an man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 68

21 A young woman with vulval pain and dysuria 72

22 A man with a urethral discharge 75

23 A man with constipation, pain on defaecation and rectal bleeding 78

24 A young woman with a vaginal discharge 81

25 Hyponatraemia discovered in an elderly man in a neurosurgical ward 84

26 A young man found incidentally to have hypokalaemia 87

27 A 72-year-old man with breathlessness 91

28 A young man with muscle cramps and weakness 95

29 Haematuria and facial puffiness in a young man 98

30 A man with chest pain, haemoptysis and leg swelling 102

31 A middle-aged farmer with pain and swelling of the lower limb and acute renal failure 105

32 A young man with generalised oedema 109

33 A man with sudden and severe chest pain 113

34 A 56-year-old man with breathlessness on exertion 117

35 A young adult with hypertension 120

36 A young man with a sudden transient loss of consciousness 124

37 A student with intermittent palpitation 128

38 A prolonged fever in a young boy with acyanotic congenital heart disease 132

39 A young man with joint pains and fever 136

40 A young man with sudden onset of chest pain and breathlessness 140

41 An elderly man with progressive breathlessness and a cough 143

42 A businessman with chest pain 147

43 A middle-aged woman with haemoptysis and a previous history of tuberculosis 150

44 A solitary radiographic pulmonary lesion in a middle-aged man 153

45 An obese middle-aged man with snoring and day-time sleepiness 157

46 A young man with a fever and right-sided chest pain 161

47 A young man with neck swelling, bilateral exophthalmos and proximal myopathy 165

48 A young woman with neck swelling, weight gain and hoarseness of voice 169

49 A 30-year-old woman with amenorrhoea 172

50 An elderly woman with hypercalcaemia 175

51 A middle-aged man with muscle cramps 178

52 Weight gain, amenorrhoea, fatigue and muscle weakness in a young woman 181

53 A young woman with fatigue, anorexia, weight loss and increased pigmentation 185

54 An elderly woman with recurrent spontaneous hypoglycaemia 189

55 An obese middle-aged woman with recently discovered hyperglycaemia 192

56 A woman with type 1 diabetes, a cough and breathlessness 196

57 A middle-aged man with poorly controlled diabetes and a non-healing foot ulcer 200

58 A middle-aged man with dysphagia 204

59 A middle-aged man with a recent haematemesis 207

60 A boy with long-standing diarrhoea 210

61 A young woman with constipation 213

62 A woman with chronic abdominal pain 216

63 A young woman with fever and jaundice during pregnancy 219

64 A man with worsening jaundice and confusion 222

65 A confused man with jaundice and abdominal distension 225

66 A middle-aged man in sub-Saharan Africa with vomiting, anorexia, weight loss and abdominal pain 229

67 A 65-year-old woman with anaemia and macrocytosis 232

68 A middle-aged man with an elevated haemoglobin concentration 235

69 A 35-year-old woman with leucopenia 239

70 A young woman with a lump in her neck 242

71 A young garment worker from Bangladesh with fever and massive splenomegaly 245

72 A 30-year-old woman with menorrhagia 249

73 A woman with thrombocytopenia after hip surgery 253

74 A woman with thrombocytosis noted after elective surgery 256

75 A woman with a reaction to a blood transfusion 260

76 An elderly woman with an acute-onset monoarthritis 263

77 A 30-year-old woman with pain in multiple joints 266

78 An elderly woman with back pain 269

79 Repeated abortions and a stroke in a young woman 272

80 A 65-year-old man with a sudden headache 275

81 A 47-year-old woman with chronic headache 279

82 A young woman with numbness and sensory loss in her fingers 282

83 A 49-year-old man admitted in coma 285

84 A woman with a shaking attack 289

85 A young woman with progressive visual loss in her right eye 292

86 A man with a sudden stroke 295

87 A young girl with a changing mole 298

88 A baby with incessant scratching 302

89 A young woman with a widespread scaly rash 305

90 Palpable purpura in an elderly woman with psoriasis 308

91 A non-healing leg ulcer in an elderly man 311

92 A man with a blistering disorder 314

93 A young boy with multiple hypopigmented lesions 317

Biochemical and haematological values 321

Cardiovascular risk prediction charts 328.

Notes:

"A Davidson Title."

Companion vol. to: Davidson's principles & practice of medicine. 20th ed. / editors, Nicholas A. Boon ... [et al.]. 2006.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780443068942

0443068941

9780443068935

0443068933

OCLC:

166278716