100 Cases in Acute Medicine

100 Cases in Acute Medicine--------------------------------------------------A 32-year-old Caucasian lady was admitted to hospital following a collapseat the gym. Her friends described the patient falling to the floorwhile exercising on the rowing machine, followed by twitching of herarms and legs and a period of being unrousable. You are the medic onduty...100 Cases in Acute Medicine presents 100 acute conditions commonlyseen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency department,or on the ward or in the community setting. A succinct summary of thepatient's history, examination and initial investigations, includingphotographs where relevant, is followed by questions on the diagnosisand management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussionon each topic, with further illustration where appropriate, providingan essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for studentsand junior doctors. Making clinical decisions and choosing the bestcourse of action is one of the most challenging and difficult partsof training to become a doctor. These cases will teach students andjunior doctors to recognize important clinical symptoms and signs,and to develop their diagnostic and management skills.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Kerry Layne, Core Medical Trainee, Guy's & St Thomas'NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Henry Fok Academic Clinical Fellow,Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust MB BS, BSc (Hons) Adam NabeebaccusSpecialist Registrar, Cardiology, King's College, London, UK