Clinical Cases

<p>It is vitally important for medical students and junior doctors to grasp an understanding of ‘real-life medicine’. This innovative book of cases shows how a particular presentation may progress and the different complications that may arise and emerge over time which may be missed by the ‘snapshot in time' approach taken by many problem-based volumes. The content reflects the average length of stay for a patient in hospital in which their situation can change in a multitude of ways and the management of chronic conditions may also need to be adapted as complications arise.</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Demonstrates the real bedside experiences that medical students can expect in whichever simple or complex way that they may present</li> <p> </p> <li>Cases selected from a range of sub-specialties for comprehensive coverage across the curriculum</li> <p> </p> <li>Illustrates the complicated progressive problems that will be seen while practicing as a doctor with detailed diagrams and diagnostic imagery to aid understanding</li> <p> </p> <li>Shows with timepoints how differential diagnoses may change as more information becomes available and new symptoms arise</li> <p> </p> <li>Describes a typical initial hospital stay and subsequent presentations to the general practitioner and hospital readmission</li> </ul><p>The Authors</p><p>Andrew Solomon BM BCH MA(Hons) DM FRCP is a Consultant Physician East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Stevenage UK.</p><p>Julia Anstey BSc (Hons) MBBS is a Foundation Doctor Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Taunton UK.</p><p><strong>Liora Wittner MBBS BSc </strong>is a Resident in Internal Medicine Shamir Medical Centre Be'er Ya'akov Israel.</p><p>With contributions from</p><p>Priti Dutta MBBS BSc FRCR Consultant Radiologist Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London UK.</p>