Rapid Review of Medicine in Old Age (Medical Rapid Review Series) - Softcover

Vassallo, Michael; Allen, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840760907 ISBN 13: 9781840760903

Publisher: CRC Press, 2007

Synopsis

This book has two main purposes: formative case analysis and self-assessment of medicine in old age. It presents clinicians with a series of cases on which to base discussion of the investigation and management of patients. It also provides the trainee, or established doctor, with a medium to help prepare for post-graduate examinations and clinical practice.

The authors have chosen 109 cases, a total of 250 questions/answers, illustrated by color photographs, diagrams, and tables. The cases cover the main modes of presentation of acute illness in old age, such as fall, confusion, incontinence, weight loss and immobility, with examples from all the major systems. These illustrate the complexity of diagnosis and treatment of medical illness in frail older people and the need to think widely and laterally when caring for such patients.

The questions are mostly in best-of-five format to reflect the current style of multiple choice questions used in examination, though some are open questions as the basis for tutorials. Many of the clinical stems have been expanded to improve the educational function of the book and to test more rigorously the reader’s deductive thinking.

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About the Author

Michael Vassallo, Stephen Allen

From the Back Cover

This book contains 109 clinical cases illustrated by color photographs, diagrams and tables that will help candidates for postgraduate examinations learn how to handle the investigation and management of elderly patients. The cases cover the main modes of presentation of acute illness in old age, such as fall, confusion, incontinence, weight loss and immobility, with examples from all the major systems. The cases illustrate the complexity of diagnosis and treatment of medical illness in older people and the need to think widely and laterally when caring for such patients. The book also contains 250 'best of 5' multiple choice questions and answers to reflect the current style used in postgraduate examinations.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840760907
• ISBN 13: 9781840760903
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160