100 Diagnostic Dilemmas in Clinical Medicine 2nd edition [Minkštas viršelis]

Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Reference Ranges for
Common Investigations. Confusion and Persistent Fever. Painful Upper Limb
Swelling. An Unusual Infection. A Teenager with Falls. A Case of Intrapartum
Fever. Jaundice and Diarrhoea. Erratic Behaviour. A Young Woman with Fever
and Chest Pain. An Enlarged Tongue. A Young Man with an Abnormal Chest X-ray.
Visual Loss and Confusion. Left-Eye Pain. Spontaneous Bleeding. A Young Man
with a Rash and Hearing Impairment. Recurrent Loss of Consciousness. Visual
Loss and Anuria. Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss. Worsening Shortness of
Breath and Cough. Fatigue and Constipation. An Upper Limb Mass. A Teenager
with a Rash and Fever. Hepatitis in a Nightshift Worker. Yellow Blood. An
Unusual Method of Deliberate Self-Harm. Coffee Ground Vomiting. A Case of
Parotitis Followed by Acute Hearing Loss. A Purpuric Rash. An Elderly Patient
Admitted with a Fall. A Young Mother with Constipation. Hyperpigmented Skin
Lesions. Its All in Your Head. A Right Upper Quadrant Pain Puzzle.
Arthritis, Miscarriage and Drowsiness. A Confused Traveller. A Pleural
Effusion on a Background of Knee Pain. A Hypertensive Patient with Carpal
Spasms. A Patient with HIV and Personality Change. Unilateral Facial
Weakness. Chest Pain with a Gynaecological Cause. A First Fit. Collapse in
the Corridor. ITP or Not ITP?. Recurrent Haemothorax. Hepatosplenomegaly.
Cutaneous Ulceration in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis. An Elderly Man
with Confusion. Severe Sepsis Following Tonsillitis. A Farmer with Abdominal
Pain. Recurrent Episodes of Acute Kidney Injury. A Sauna Cleaner with
Shortness of Breath. A Hypernatraemic Patient. Recurrent Abdominal Pain and
Diarrhoea. A Teenager with a Rash. Bilateral Foot Weakness. Hepatomegaly in a
Patient with Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus. A Teenager with Palpitations.
A Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Flu-Like Symptoms. Vomiting without
Gastrointestinal Pathology. Seizures and Hand Lesions. New Confusion in a
Patient with Bipolar Affective Disorder. A Blistering Rash. Heart and Lungs.
Sudden Onset Headache. A Febrile Canoeist. Chest Pain and an Abnormal Blood
Film. Numb Fingers and Eosinophilia. Fevers and Cough (Part 1). Fever and
Cough (Part 2). Fevers, Night Sweats and Lymphadenopathy. Unconscious outside
a Club. A Relentless Rash. Bleeding Gums. Chest Pain after Bad News. HIV and
Seizures. A Patient with Crohns Disease and Worsening Diarrhoea. Bilateral
Hip Pain. A Young Woman with Chest Pain. A Heavy Smoker with Proximal
Weakness. Collapse Following Influenza. Diarrhoea and Proximal Weakness.
Haemoptysis and Renal Failure. A Young Patient with a Chronic Cough.
Abdominal Pain and Bloody Diarrhoea. Nocturnal Enuresis and Back Pain.
Shivering at the Station. Loss of Vision and Ophthalmitis. A Pregnant Woman
with Loss of Vision. Rash, Fevers and Headache. Haemoptysis and Diplopia.
Post-Partum Auditory Hallucinations. Rapidly Progressive Dementia. A
Hillwalker with Fever and Chest Pain. Fever, Weight Loss and Night Sweats.
Painless Jaundice. A Young Man with Chest Pain. An Unusual Cause of
Haematemesis. TB or Not TB?. Headache at the Cattle Farm. Recurrent Lower
Respiratory Infections Following a Renal Transplant. An Unsolved Mystery.
Index.

Kerry Layne, Consultant in Acute Medicine Department, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.