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The Unofficial Guide to Medical and Surgical Emergencies

  • 1st Edition - December 24, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Zeshan Qureshi, Varshini Manoharan, Vijaytha Muralidharan, Agalya Ramanathan, Jameela Sheikh, Anna Kathryn Taylor
  • Language: English

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understan… Read more

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The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.

The Unofficial Guide Medical and Surgical Emergencies offers a collection of common clinical emergency scenarios. It walks you through the practical steps of the decision-making process, from taking a referral through to making a management plan and prescribing – all designed to ensure safe and best practice.

With plenty of tips to support your clinical reasoning, real time examples, and a focus on initial management before a diagnosis is clear, this book is ideal for medical students as well as junior doctors wanting a quick reference guide or revision aid.

Key features

  • Clear, simple, practical tips for managing common emergency scenarios
  • Describes patient management through real time thought processes of a doctor making decisions
  • Key clinical and prescribing tips to improve safety
  • Covers a wide range of cases, including fluid prescriptions, interpreting blood test results and acute management of emergencies
  • Covers practical essentials such as clerking, effective communication and handover tips
  • High quality images to illustrate important clinical findings

Table of contents

1. Starting the job

2. Data Interpretation

3. Prescribing

4. Radiology

5. Recognition and Assessment of the Acutely Unwell Patient

6. Cardiology

7. Respiratory

8. Gastroenterology

9. Endocrinology

10. Neurology

11. Elderly Care Medicine

12. Haematology and Oncology

13. Toxicology

14. Dermatology

15. Psychiatry

16. Palliative Care

17. General Surgery

18. Renal and Urology

19. Vascular

20. Orthopaedics

21. Ear, Nose and Throat

22. Ophthalmology

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 8, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

ZQ

Zeshan Qureshi

Affiliations and expertise
History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Paediatric Registrar, London, UK

VM

Varshini Manoharan

Affiliations and expertise
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Yorkshire and the Humber, UK

VM

Vijaytha Muralidharan

Affiliations and expertise
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

AR

Agalya Ramanathan

Affiliations and expertise
Imperial College London, Stonecot Surgery, London, UK

JS

Jameela Sheikh

Affiliations and expertise
University of Birmingham, UK

AT

Anna Kathryn Taylor

Affiliations and expertise
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, University of Leeds, UK