Clinical Problems in Medicine and Surgery provides a comprehensive selection of important medical and surgical scenarios. The reader is taken through 66 case histories step by step and is asked to interpret a broad range of medical data. Most of the clinical problems are accompanied by illustrations, which include cardiographs, radiographs, clinical and pathological photographs. In addition to detailed questions and answers, a commentary is provided that highlights the important issues of each case, as well as a guide to further topics of study.
- Addresses important medical and surgical topics from a problem-oriented approach.
- Presents relevant clinical illustrations for each case, such as ECGs, radiographs, and clinical and pathologi-cal photographs.
- Emphasizes empathy with the patient's situation as well as effective patient counseling.
- Provides commentaries from experienced clinicians, highlighting the most important issues of each case and offering suggestions on possible further areas of study.
- Identifies situations where emergency management must take precedence over pathophysiological diagnosis.
New photographs throughout with high quality imaging added.Two new authors added to the team.New all -colour page designNew case scenarios.
Peter Devitt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; Juliet Barker, Department of Hematology, University of Minnesota, USA; Jon Mitchell, Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology, King's College Hospital