{"product_id":"100-cases-in-clinical-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-9781032151397","title":"100 Cases in Clinical Pathology and Laboratory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 77-year-old man phones â999â after experiencing severe backache. The paramedics arrive to find him in severe pain, and cold and clammy. While at his house, they note that he smokes and also elicit a history of hypertension. He is tachycardic and hypotensive \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003een route to hospital, and intravenous fluids are started\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e. You have been assigned his initial assessment ...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100 Cases in Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine presents 100 clinical scenarios commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency department, outpatient clinic, operating theatre or in general practice. A succinct summary of the patient's history, examination and initial investigations is followed by questions on each case, with particular emphasis on the interpretation of the results and in which an understanding of the underlying clinical pathology is central to arriving at the correct diagnosis. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each topic, providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for students and junior doctors, especially those preparing for undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking speedy and appropriate clinical decisions, and choosing the best course of action to take as a result, is one of the most important and challenging parts of training to become a doctor. Fully revised and updated for this second edition, these true-to-life cases will teach students and junior doctors to recognize important clinical conditions, to request the appropriate pathological investigation and correctly interpret those results, and, as a result, to develop their diagnostic and management skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1- LABORATORY MEDICINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 1 POLYURIA AND POLYDIPSIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 2 TRACES OF BLOOD FOUND ON URINE DIPSTICK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 3 CONFUSION, LETHARGY AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 4 A CHILD WITH FACIAL SWELLING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 5 JOINT PAINS AND FATIGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 6 ANXIETY, IRRITABILITY AND REDUCED MENSTRUAL FREQUENCY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 7 SCREENING FOR PROSTATE CANCER?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 8 A YOUNG WOMAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN BED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 9 A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WITH JAUNDICE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 10 DRUG OVERDOSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 11 FATIGUE, WEAKNESS AND CONSTIPATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 12 EXCESSIVE HAIR GROWTH AND INFERTILITY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 13 FATIGUE AND IRREGULAR PERIODS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 14 STIFF AND PAINFUL HANDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 15 ABDOMINAL PAIN, NAUSEA AND VOMITING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 16 FREQUENT THROAT AND CHEST INFECTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 17 A ROUTINE ‘HEALTH CHECK’ FOR A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 18 COLLAPSE IN A PATIENT UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 19 A 10-DAY-OLD BABY WITH AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 20 FATIGUE, WEAKNESS AND WEIGHT GAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 21 HYPERTENSION IN A YOUNG WOMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 22 NAUSEA, VOMITING, WEAKNESS AND PARAETHESIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 23 ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN A YOUNG MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 24 A YOUNG MAN WITH ‘HIGH CHOLESTEROL’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 25 RASH AFTER A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 26 A FALL ON AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 27 A PATIENT IN FOLLOW-UP AFTER A LIVER TRANSPLANT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 28 A MAN WITH POORLY CONTROLLED BLOOD PRESSURE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 39 DIZZINESS ON STANDING UPRIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 30 SUDDEN-ONSET CHEST PAIN IN A TALL WOMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 31 CONCERNS ABOUT THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 32 SEIZURE IN A NEONATE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 33 FLU -LIKE ILLNESS AFTER FOREIGN TRAVEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 2- HISTOPATHOLOGY \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 34 A YOUNG WOMAN WITH ANKLE SWELLING AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 35 CHEST PAIN AND SUDDEN DEATH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 36 AN ELDERLY MAN WITH SEVERE BACK PAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 37 INCREASED BREATHLESSNESS AND SUDDEN DEATH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 38 A WORSENING COUGH AND HAEMOPTYSIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 39 A YOUNG MAN WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND HAEMOPTYSIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 40 SUDDEN ONSET WEAKNESS AND DYSPHASIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 41 NUMBNESS, WEAKNESS AND CLUMSINESS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 42 FORGETFULNESS AND DISORIENTATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 43 COFFEE-GROUND VOMITING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 44 EPISODIC RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT ABDOMINAL PAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 45 CHRONIC DIARRHOEA AND FLATULENCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 46 A YOUNG MAN WITH BLOODY DIARRHOEA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 47 ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT AND GENERALISED WEAKNESS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 48 ABDOMINAL PAIN IN A PUBLICAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 49 ABDOMINAL DISTENSION, LOSS OF APPETITE AND MALAISE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 50 BACK PAIN AND FEVER IN A DIABETIC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 51 URINARY PROBLEMS IN AN ELDERLY MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 52 A YOUNG MAN WITH A TESTICULAR LUMP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 53 HEAVY AND PAINFUL MENSTRUAL BLEEDING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 54 ABNORXMAL VAGINAL BLEEDING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 55 A LUMP IN THE BREAST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 56 LYMPH NODE ENLARGEMENT IN A YOUNG MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 57 AN ITCHY, BLEEDING MOLE ON THE BACK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 58 BLOOD IN THE URINE IN AN ELDERLY MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 59 THYROID DISEASE IN A YOUNG WOMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 3 – HAEMATOLOGY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 60 SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND HEARTBURN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 61 RAISED WHITE CELL COUNT IN AN ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 62 WORSENING FATIGUE AND BLEEDING GUMS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 63 BURNING URINE AND AN ABNORMAL CLOTTING SCREEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 64 HEADACHES, BLURRED VISION AND ITCHING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 65 A PAINFUL ARM AND A LARGE SPLEEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 66 A RASH ON THE THIGHS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 67 FATIGUE AND WEIGHT LOSS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 68 PNEUMONIA WITH ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 69 RECURRENT EPISTAXIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 70 BRUISING AFTER A PNEUMONIA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 71 HEADACHE AND A RASH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 72 SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND WEIGHT LOSS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 73 ANAEMIA RESISTANT TO A BLOOD TRANSFUSION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 74 ASYMPTOMATIC ANAEMIA IN THE ELDERLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 75 BACK PAIN AND FATIGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 76 SHORT OF BREATH AND UNDERWEIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 77 DETERIORATION AFTER A BLOOD TRANSFUSION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 78 HEADACHE AND BLURRED VISION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 79 LOWER BACK PAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 4 – MICROBIOLOGY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 80 LEG PAIN AND FEVERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 81 FEVER AND COLLAPSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 82 BURNING SENSATION WHEN PASSING URINE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 83 A BIT SHORT OF BREATH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 84 UNHAPPY CAMPER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 85 DIARRHOEA IN AN ELDERLY MAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 86 A PAINFUL KNEE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 87 A PAIN IN THE EAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 88 A RED EYE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 89 CHILD WITH A RASH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 90 PELVIC PAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 91 A PAINFUL SWOLLEN JAW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 92 TRAVELLER’S DIARRHOEA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 93 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