1st Edition

Diagnosis in Acute Medicine

By Sherif Gonem Copyright 2010
170 Pages
by CRC Press

170 Pages
by CRC Press

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching increasingly favours a symptom-based approach to diagnosis. Unlike many other textbooks in acute medicine, this book reflects this shift in emphasis, presenting a logical and structured approach to the diagnosis and initial management of acutely unwell adults. It discusses the relevant pathophysiology of each clinical presentation, and provides a... Read more
Section 1: Introduction to medical diagnosis. Section 2: Critical illness. Section 3: Cardiovascular and respiratory presentations. Section 4: Gastrointestinal presentations. Section 5: Neurological presentations. Section 6: Miscellaneous presentations. Section 7: Biochemical abnormalities.

Biography

Sherif Gonem