Examination Medicine · A Guide to Physician Training by Talley, Nicholas J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover image Title page Copyright Foreword Preface to the 7th edition Authors’ statement Acknowledgements Reviewers Abbreviations Chapter 1: Basic physician training

Basic Training Units Trainees’ Committee Medical Education Officers Examinations Unit

Chapter 2: The written examination

The examination format Approaching multiple-choice questions Preparation for the written examination

Chapter 3: The clinical examination

The examination format The mini-CEX Preparation for the clinical examination

Chapter 4: The long case

The history-taking and physical examination The presentation The long case rationale Types of long case

Chapter 5: The cardiovascular long case

Ischaemic heart disease Revascularisation Infective endocarditis Congestive cardiac failure Diastolic heart failure (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction) Hyperlipidaemia Hypertension Heart transplantation Cardiac arrhythmias

Chapter 6: The respiratory long case

Bronchiectasis Lung carcinoma Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Sleep apnoea Interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary hypertension Sarcoidosis Cystic fibrosis Tuberculosis Lung transplantation

Chapter 7: The gastrointestinal long case

Peptic ulceration Malabsorption and chronic diarrhoea Inflammatory bowel disease Colon cancer Chronic liver disease Liver transplantation

Chapter 8: The haematological long case

Haemolytic anaemia Thrombophilia Polycythaemia Idiopathic myelofibrosis Essential thrombocythaemia Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) Lymphomas Multiple myeloma (myeloma) Bone marrow (haematopoietic cell) transplantation

Chapter 9: The rheumatological long case

Rheumatoid arthritis Systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic vasculitis Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

Chapter 10: The endocrine long case

Osteoporosis (and osteomalacia) Hypercalcaemia Paget’s disease of the bone (osteitis deformans) Acromegaly Types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus

Chapter 11: The renal long case

Chronic kidney disease (chronic renal failure) Renal transplantation

Chapter 12: The neurological long case

Multiple sclerosis Myasthenia gravis Guillain-Barré syndrome Transient ischaemic attacks and ‘funny turns’

Chapter 13: The infectious disease long case

Pyrexia of unknown origin HIV/AIDS

Chapter 14: Think like a physician, think like an examiner – an approach with long case examples Chapter 15: The short case Chapter 16: Common short cases

The cardiovascular system The cardiovascular examination Notes on valve diseases The hypertensive examination Marfan’s syndrome Oedema The respiratory system The respiratory examination Chest X-ray films The gastrointestinal system The abdominal examination The haematological system The haemopoietic examination The endocrine system The thyroid gland Panhypopituitarism Cushing’s syndrome Acromegaly Addison’s disease Diabetes mellitus Hirsutism The rheumatological system The hands The knees The feet The back The nervous system Cranial nerves Eyes One-and-a-half syndrome Horner’s syndrome Notes on the cranial nerves Higher centres Speech Upper limbs Shoulder girdle examination Lower limbs Notes on the neurological examination of the limbs Notes on spinal cord lesions Dystrophia myotonica Gait Cerebellum Parkinson’s disease Chorea

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