Crash Course General Medicine
For UKMLA and Medical Exams
- 6th Edition - February 28, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Inez Eiben, Paola Eiben, Pennylouise Hever, Megan Giles
- Editors: Philip Xiu, Kathryn Watson
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 3 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 9 0 7 - 1
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A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated with a full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the UKMLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of general medicine will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
Crash Course General Medicine: For UKMLA and Medical Exams, Sixth Edition comprehensively covers the extensive range of conditions and presentations that every medical student needs to know to pass their exams and UKMLA. Efficiently advance your revision by consulting key information presented concisely to facilitate visual learning. All guidelines and approaches to assessment have been updated for this new edition.
- Fully aligned to UKMLA requirements, with key ‘conditions’ and ‘presentations’ highlighted in handy checklists - save valuable revision time and be confident you have the syllabus covered
- Written by senior students and recent graduates - those closest to what is essential for exam success
- Quality assured by leading Faculty Advisors - ensures complete accuracy of information
- Features the ever popular 'Hints and Tips' boxes and other useful aide-mémoires - distilled wisdom from those in the know
- Updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats – confirm your understanding and improve exam technique fast
- Instructions for online access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- How To Use
- Copyright
- Series editor’s foreword
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgements
- Series editor’s acknowledgement
- Rapid UKMLA Index
- 1. History taking and communication
- General principles
- The history
- Conclusion of history taking
- 2. Clinical examination
- ABCDE approach
- General principles
- Visual survey
- The face and body habitus
- The hands
- The cardiovascular system
- The respiratory system
- The abdomen
- The nervous system
- Musculoskeletal examination
- Hands
- Skin and lymphadenopathy
- Breast examination
- Neck examination
- 3. Writing in the medical notes
- General principles
- Sample clerking
- Section 1. Clinical Presentations
- 4. Chest pain
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 5. Shortness of breath
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 6. Cough and haemoptysis
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 7. Palpitations
- Introduction
- History
- Causes and contributing factors
- Examination
- Investigations
- 8. Pyrexia of unknown origin
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- Differential diagnosis
- 9. Abdominal pain
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Examination
- Investigations
- 10. Heartburn and indigestion
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 11. Gastrointestinal bleed
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 12. Change in bowel habit
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 13. Weight loss
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 14. Jaundice
- Introduction
- History and EXAMINATION FINDINGS
- Investigations
- 15. Urinary symptoms and haematuria
- Introduction
- Micturition disturbances
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- Haematuria
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- Proteinuria
- 16. Headache and facial pain
- Introduction
- 17. Goitre, thyroid disease and thyroid malignancy
- Introduction
- Goitre
- 18. Loss of consciousness
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 19. Confusion and delirium
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- MANAGEMENT
- 20. Stroke and TIA
- Introduction
- Causes and pathophysiology
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 21. Focal neurological deficits
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 22. Dizziness and vertigo
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- 23. Back pain and joint pain
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- Differential diagnosis
- 24. Skin lesions and rash
- Introduction
- History and EXAMINATION FINDINGS
- Investigations
- Differential diagnosis
- 25. Lumps
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- Differential diagnosis
- 26. Excessive bruising and bleeding
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- Investigations
- Haemorrhagic shock
- Differential diagnosis
- 27. Pain
- Introduction
- History and examination findings
- History
- Investigations
- The WHO pain ladder
- Section 2. Diagnoses
- 28. Cardiovascular system
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Acute coronary syndromes
- Arrhythmias
- Cardiac failure
- Hypertension
- Miscellaneous conditions
- 29. Respiratory system
- Introduction
- Respiratory failure
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Bronchiectasis
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary embolism (PE)
- Lung cancer
- Tuberculosis
- Pneumothorax
- Pleural effusion
- Interstitial lung disease
- Hypoventilation syndromes and sleep-related respiratory disorders
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Cystic fibrosis
- 30. Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems
- Upper gastrointestinal tract
- Lower gastrointestinal tract
- Hepatobiliary system
- 31. Renal, genitourinary and sexual health medicine
- Introduction
- Haematuria and proteinuria
- Acute kidney injury
- Chronic kidney disease
- Glomerular disease
- Urinary tract infections
- Renal calculi
- Urinary tract malignancies
- Miscellaneous conditions
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Gender medicine
- 32. Fluid balance and electrolyte disturbances
- Introduction
- Sodium and water balance
- Hyponatraemia
- Hypernatraemia
- Hypokalaemia
- Hyperkalaemia
- Calcium balance
- Investigations
- 33. Metabolic and endocrine disorders
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diagnosis and clinical features
- Obesity and metabolic syndrome
- Lipid disorders
- Thyroid disease
- Parathyroid disease
- Pituitary disorders
- Acromegaly
- Prolactin disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Miscellaneous endocrine conditions
- Metabolic bone disease
- 34. Nervous system
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Headache
- Dementia
- Epilepsy
- Intracranial tumours
- Movement disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Central nervous system infection
- Spinal cord disorders
- Peripheral nervous system disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Miscellaneous disorders
- 35. Musculoskeletal system
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Spondyloarthropathies
- Crystal arthropathy
- Connective tissue disorders
- Vasculitis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- 36. Skin disease
- Skin manifestations of systemic disease
- Skin disease
- Neoplastic disease
- Infections
- 37. Haematological disorders
- ANAEMIA
- Iron deficiency anaemia
- Iron replacement
- Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency anaemia
- Vitamin B12 and folate replacement
- Anaemia of chronic disease
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Haemoglobinopathies
- Thalassaemia
- Aplastic anaemia
- Haemochromatosis
- Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Chronic myeloid leukaemia
- Multiple myeloma
- Lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Pathology
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Myeloproliferative disorders
- Essential thrombocythaemia
- Haemophilia A
- Haemophilia B (Christmas disease)
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
- Thrombotic disorders and thromboembolism
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
- 38. Infectious diseases
- General overview
- Hiv and Aids
- Malaria
- Diarrhoeal disease
- Drug-resistant bacteria
- Covid-19
- 39. Drug overdose and abuse
- General overview
- Specific drugs
- Alcohol
- Opioids
- Illegal drugs
- Carbon monoxide
- Organophosphates
- Self-Assessment
- UKMLA High Yield Association Table
- UKMLA Single Best Answer (SBA) questions
- UKMLA SBA answers
- INDEX
- Edition: 6
- Published: February 28, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443115387
- eBook ISBN: 9780443119071
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Philip Xiu
Philip Xiu a GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
GP Registrar, Yorkshire Deanery, Leeds, UKKW
Kathryn Watson
Affiliations and expertise
ST7 Renal and General Medicine, St. George's Hospital NHS Trust, London, UKIE
Inez Eiben
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKPE
Paola Eiben
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK