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Churchill's Pocketbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology

  • 2nd Edition - February 23, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Andrew D. Duckworth, Daniel Porter, Stuart H. Ralston
  • Language: English

Churchill's Pocketbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology offers a practical guide to these three combined disciplines in a handy pocketbook format and is ideal for me… Read more

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Churchill's Pocketbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology offers a practical guide to these three combined disciplines in a handy pocketbook format and is ideal for medical students, junior doctors and trainees. The book is perfect for clinical placements in orthopaedics, emergency medicine, rheumatology and general practice, as well as during the undergraduate musculoskeletal anatomy course.

Key features

  • The book guides the reader through effective history taking, patient examination, and the selection and interpretation of routine investigations.
  • There are sections on anatomy, paediatrics and trauma assessment, including pre- and post-operative care and complications, together with a comprehensive section on the common medications used in all three specialties.
  • The book will help improve a reader’s diagnostic skills and inform about current treatment options

Readership

Medical students for use during their elective rotations in orthopaedics, emergency medicine, rheumatology, general practice as well as pre-clinical musculoskeletal anatomy courses.

Table of contents

  • Anatomy

  • History and examination

  • Investigations

  • Trauma, injury classification and perioperative care

  • Rheumatology and bone disease

  • Regional orthopaedics and trauma

  • Paediatric orthopaedics and rheumatology

  • Therapeutics

Review quotes

"an absolute must for any student podiatrist … also very well suited to those studying advanced practice ... a worthwhile investment for any podiatry clinic"

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 23, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Andrew D. Duckworth

Affiliations and expertise
Specialty Registrar (StR) and Clinical Research Fellow, Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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Daniel Porter

Affiliations and expertise
Director of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tsinghua University Medical Centre, Beijing, China

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Stuart H. Ralston

Affiliations and expertise
Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK