Clinical Cases in Internal Medicine
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Samy A. Azer
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 0 4 9 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 0 5 0 - 0
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This useful new book enables students to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in their medicine classes to clinical cases. Students will improve their diagnostic skills as… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis useful new book enables students to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in their medicine classes to clinical cases.
Students will improve their diagnostic skills as they are taken simply and logically through the steps of generating a differential diagnosis, weighing up evidence to refine a hypothesis, and constructing a management plan. Author Samy Azer guides readers to use self-directed learning to identify their learning needs and ultimately develop a deeper understanding of internal medicine.
Designed to complement and enhance recommended undergraduate medicine textbooks, this book is easy to follow and written simply, making it suitable for students who speak English as a second language.
- More than 50 clinical cases , covering the core undergraduate medicine curriculum
- Case discussions using a logical and scientific approach to help students achieve their own diagnoses
- Model answers for comparison, to improve learning outcomes
- Summary of fundamental points for examination revision
- Useful up-to-date resources
- Short-answer and multiple-choice questions to test knowledge
- Diagrams and tables to deepen understanding and consolidate essential concepts
- Includes an Enhanced eBook version with purchase. The enhanced eBook allows the end user to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of Tables
- List of Illustrations
- Section 1. Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Systems
- Case 1.1 ‘I have tummy pain ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.2 ‘I am losing weight ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.3 ‘Not regular . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.4 ‘As dark as coffee grounds . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.5 ‘There is blood in my stool . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.6 ‘It is itching all over . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.7 ‘Not feeling well . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.8 ‘I have the runs . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 1.9 ‘Nothing is working for me . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Section 2. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
- Case 2.1 ‘Short of breath . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.2 ‘Still coughing . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.3 ‘I was admitted to hospital . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.4 ‘I have been smoking for over 20 years . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.5 ‘Nearly fainted in the bathroom ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.6 ‘Like a stone on my chest . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.7 ‘Not feeling well ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.8 ‘In the backyard . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.9 ‘While at the university campus . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 2.10 ‘I am coughing up blood . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Section 3. Nervous System
- Case 3.1 Tremor in hands
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.2 Not moving
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.3 Is it because of my back pain?
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.4 I have severe headache
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.5 Because of double vision
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.6 In the intensive care unit
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.7 Things are spinning around me
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 3.8 My feet are painfully hot
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Section 4. Rheumatology and Immune System
- Case 4.1 ‘Stiffness in the morning . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 4.2 ‘Progressive pain in my knees’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 4.3 ‘After my fall . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 4.4 ‘Is it serious?’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 4.5 ‘I have pain in my heels . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 4.6 ‘Red and tender . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 4.7 ‘I was nearly dead ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Section 5. Endocrine System
- Case 5.1 ‘The trouble with my vision . . . ’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 5.2 ‘I feel too hot ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 5.3 ‘Did not work ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 5.4 ‘Too tired ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 5.5 ‘They rushed me to the emergency room ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 5.6 ‘Trying hard to lose weight ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Section 6. Haematology System
- Case 6.1 ‘Looking pale ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 6.2 ‘After returning from a holiday in Europe ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 6.3 ‘Bleeding gums ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 6.4 ‘Unexpected outcomes ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 6.5 ‘Before travelling to congo in Africa ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 6.6 ‘Sweating and chills ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Section 7. Renal System
- Case 7.1 ‘... After severe attack of diarrhoea’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 7.2 ‘... Fluid build-up in my body’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 7.3 ‘I only feel tired ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Case 7.4 ‘Burning pain on passing urine ...’
- Case discussion
- Answers
- Back to basic sciences
- Review questions
- Answers
- Take-home message
- Further readings
- Index of cases
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 1, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 476
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702080494
- eBook ISBN: 9780702080500
- eBook ISBN: 9780323836784
- eBook ISBN: 9780323846301
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Samy A. Azer
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia