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Alarm bells in medicine : danger symptoms in medicine, surgery, and clinical specialties / [edited by] Nadeem Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symptoms--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Symptoms.
- Diagnosis, Differential--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Diagnosis, Differential.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Danger symptoms in medicine, surgery, and clinical specialties
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What's your worst nightmare as a doctor? Missing a life-threatening condition must be among the biggest fears for health professionals. But sometimes the clue to the diagnosis lies in just a single symptom. Alarm Bells in Medicine brings you up to speed on recognising the symptoms of serious illnesses. Internationally renowned authors list the most crucial presenting symptoms in their own specialties that should ring the alarm bells for you. They provide clear information on diagnosis and action. Organised under the relevant specialties, the information is quick and easy t
- Contents:
- Breast surgery / Adele Francis and Jill Dietz
- Cardiology / Muzahir Tayebjee and Gregory Lip
- Cardiothoracic surgery / Ahmed El-Gamel and Pertti Aarnio
- Care of the elderly / Rose Anne Kenny, Andrew McLaren and Laurence Rubenstein
- Dermatology / Emma Topham and Richard Staughton
- Endocrinology / Petros Perros and Kamal Al-Shoumer
- ENT / Adrian Drake-Lee and Peter-John Wormald
- Gastroenterology and colorectal surgery / Robert Allan, John Plevris and Nigel Hall
- Genito-urinary medicine / Simon Barton and Richard Hillman
- Gynaecology / Martin Noel FitzGibbon and Mark Roberts
- Haematology / Graham Jackson and Patrick Kesteven
- Hepatology and hepatobiliary surgery / Peter Hayes, Kosh Agarwal and Gennaro Galizia
- HIV medicine / Richard Hillman and Simon Barton
- Immunology / Gavin Spickett and Javier Carbone
- Metabolic medicine / Jonathon Bodansky and Sadaf Farooqi
- Neurology / Andrew Larner, Graham Niepel and Cris Constantinescu
- Neurosurgery / Stana Bojanic, Richard Kerr, Guy Wynne-Jones and Jonathan Wasserberg
- Obstetrics / Chandrima Biswas, Christina Cotzias and Philip Steer
- Oncology / Robin Jones and Ian Smith
- Ophthalmology / Nadeem Ali, Philip Griffiths and Scott Fraser
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery / John Langdon and Robert Ord
- Orthopaedics / Farhan Ali, Mike Hayton, and Gary Miller
- Paediatrics / Martha Ford-Adams and Sue Hobbins
- Paediatric surgery / Mark Davenport and Stein Erik Haugen
- Plastic surgery / Sarah Pape, Navin Singh, and Paul Manson
- Psychiatry / Niruj Agrawal and Steven Hirsch
- Renal medicine / Andrew Fry and John Bradley
- Respiratory medicine / Chris Stenton and Jeremy George
- Rheumatology / Paul Emery, Lori Siegel, and Robert Sanders
- Transplantation / David Talbot and Chas Newstead
- Upper GI surgery / Michael Griffin and Nick Hayes
- Urology / Jeremy Crew and Bernard Bochner
- Vascular surgery / Gerard Stansby, Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam, and Mohan Adiseshiah.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611321031
- 9781281321039
- 1281321036
- 9780470757352
- 0470757353
- 9780470757314
- 0470757310
- OCLC:
- 212127555
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