Kumar & Clark's Cases in Clinical Medicine

The latest addition to the Kumar & Clark family, this thoroughly updated new edition covers more than 200 cases presenting with acute symptoms in the hospital, everything from shingles and breathlessness to chest pain, acute coronary syndromes, poisoning, renal failure and stroke. The authors give clear and concise advice on immediate and further management, management of complications, differential diagnoses, history-taking, tips and pitfalls, alerts, investigations, and prioritization.

• More than 200 cases
• Remember! boxes
• Investigations boxes
• Information boxes

Table of Contents:

1 Infectious Diseases

2 Sexually Transmitted Infections

3 Nutrition

4 Gastroenterology

5 Liver and Biliary Tract Disorders

6 Haematology and Oncology

7 Care of the Elderly

8 Rheumatology

9 Kidney and Urinary Tract Disease

10 Cardiology

11 Respiratory Disorders

12 ITU

13 Poisoning

14 Endocrinology and Diabetes

15 Neurology

16 Psychiatry

17 Dermatology

 

Parveen Kumar, DBE, BSc, MD, DM, DEd, FRCP, FRCP(L&E), FRCPath, FIAP, Professor of Medicine & Education, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, and Honorary Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Barts Health NHS Trust and Homerton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and Michael L Clark, MD, FRCP, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary,University of London and Consultant Physician, Princess Grace Hospital, London, UK