Acute Medicine: Clinical Cases UncoveredAcute 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. |
Contents
CASES | |
Case 1 A 45yearold man with cardiactype chest pain | |
Case 2 A 35yearold woman with pleuritic chest pain | |
Case 3 A 50yearold man presenting with palpitations | |
Case 4 A 60yearold man with a broad complex tachycardia | |
Case 16 A 45yearold man with acute confusion | |
Case 17 An 81yearold woman with acute confusion | |
Case 18 A 25yearold woman with acute hyperglycaemia | |
Case 19 A 73yearold man with abnormal renal function | |
Case 20 A 55yearold man with pyrexia of unknown origin | |
Case 21 A 25yearold woman admitted following an overdose | |
Case 22 A 35yearold woman with an acutely swollen leg | |
SELFASSESSMENT | |
Case 5 A 25yearold woman with acute asthma | |
Case 6 A 60yearold woman with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
Case 7 An 86yearold woman with acute shortness of breath | |
Case 8 A 68yearold man presenting with shock | |
Case 9 A 55yearold man with suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding | |
Case 10 A 60yearold man with diarrhoea | |
Case 11 A 37yearold woman with sudden severe headache | |
Case 12 A 21yearold man presenting following a seizure | |
Case 13 A 22yearold unconscious man | |
Case 14 A 64yearold man presenting with unilateral weakness | |
Case 15 A 60yearold man presenting following a blackout | |
MCQs | |
EMQs | |
SAQs | |
MCQs answers | |
EMQs answers | |
SAQs answers | |
Normal ranges units and common abbreviations for blood tests | |
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