Acute Medicine is the central part of foundation and specialist general medical training and is one of the most rapidly expanding UK hospital specialties.
Acute Medicine: Clinical Cases Uncovered combines patient cases and outcomes, drawn from real-life experiences, with reference to the curriculum for Training in General (Acute) Medicine. It provides self-assessment MCQs, EMQs and SAQs to give medical students, junior doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals the perfect preparation for life on the wards.
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
How to use this book x
List of abbreviations xi
Part 1 Basics 1
Introduction and specialty overview 1
Approach to the patient 5
Part 2 Cases 28
Case 1 A 45-year-old man with ‘cardiac-type’ chest pain 28
Case 2 A 35-year-old woman with ‘pleuritic’ chest pain 37
Case 3 A 50-year-old man presenting with palpitations 47
Case 4 A 60-year-old man with a broad complex tachycardia 56
Case 5 A 25-year-old woman with acute asthma 62
Case 6 A 60-year-old woman with an ‘exacerbation’ of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 70
Case 7 An 86-year-old woman with acute shortness of breath 79
Case 8 A 68-year-old man presenting with shock 88
Case 9 A 55-year-old man with suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding 94
Case 10 A 60-year-old man with diarrhoea 103
Case 11 A 37-year-old woman with sudden severe headache 111
Case 12 A 21-year-old man presenting following a seizure 118
Case 13 A 22-year-old unconscious ml“K
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