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Tables of Contents for Clinical Problems in General Medicine and Surgery
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Preface
x
Acknowledgements
xi
Normal values
xiii
The Internet
xvi
THE PROBLEMS:
Difficulties with postoperative fluid balance in a 65-year-old man
1
7
A middle-aged man with postoperative fever
8
5
Postoperative hypotension
13
7
Postoperative confusion
20
9
Swelling in the neck in a 58-year-old man
29
6
A 26-year-old man with a swelling below the ear
35
4
Swelling in the neck
39
4
A young man with acute scrotal pain
43
3
A scrotal swelling in a 19-year-old man
46
5
A 46-year-old woman with a breast lump
51
6
A skin lesion in a 73-year-old man
57
4
A 27-year-old man with burns
61
8
Dysphagia in a middle-aged woman
69
6
Vomiting and collapse in an elderly woman
75
6
A 77-year-old man with vomiting
81
8
Weight loss in a middle-aged woman
89
6
Abdominal pain in a young woman
95
7
A man with acute upper abdominal pain
102
6
A woman with acute upper abdominal pain
108
7
A 67-year-old woman with acute lower abdominal pain
115
5
A 49-year-old man with abdominal pain and vomiting
120
6
Jaundice in an older woman
126
4
A young man with profuse diarrhoea
130
8
Rectal bleeding in a 65-year-old woman
138
7
A 42-year-old man with haematuria
145
5
A 70-year-old man with a painful hip
150
5
Acute back pain in a 75-year-old man
155
5
A 59-year-old man with calf pain
160
6
Acute leg pain in a 73-year-old woman
166
6
A 68-year-old woman with a leg ulcer
172
4
A 38-year-old man involved in a car crash
176
6
Lower limb trauma in a young man
182
5
A 48-year-old man with chest pain
187
5
Severe epigastric pain in a middle-aged man
192
7
Breathlessness in a diabetic woman
199
6
Breathlessness in a 37-year-old woman
205
7
Collapse in a 63-year-old man
212
5
A 62-year-old man with breathlessness and yellow sputum
217
9
Persistent cough in a young woman
226
6
Fever, cough and breathlessness in a middle-aged man
232
7
Breathlessness and weight loss in a 58-year-old man
239
8
A 63-year-old woman with breathlessness on exertion
247
5
Acute breathlessness in a 21-year-old woman
252
6
Haematemesis in a 40-year-old man
258
6
A young woman with jaundice
264
5
A 34-year-old man with abdominal discomfort
269
6
Postoperative oliguria in an elderly woman
275
8
A 40-year-old man with lethargy and hypertension
283
5
A 35-year-old woman with hypertension
288
7
Intellectual deterioration in an elderly woman
295
5
A young man with depressed conscious state and seizures
300
5
A middle-aged man with sudden visual loss
305
5
A young man in a coma
310
8
A 31-year-old woman with vertigo
318
5
Headache in a middle-aged woman
323
5
Back pain in a 50-year-old woman
328
7
A woman with a lump in the neck
335
7
Severe dehydration in a young woman
342
7
A 22-year-old woman with palpitations and anxiety
349
4
A 21-year-old woman with fever, lethargy and painful joints
353
6
A collapsed, breathless woman
359
5
Management of a young man who is HIV positive
364
5
Back and leg pain in a middle-aged man
369
4
Acute respiratory failure in a 68-year-old man
373
7
A young woman with lower abdominal pain
380
4
A young woman with abnormal vaginal bleeding
384
5
Index
389