{"product_id":"clinical-consultation-skills-in-medicine-9781032553429","title":"Clinical Consultation Skills in Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book follows the revised format of the Practical Assessment Clinical Examination Skills (PACES) exam conducted by the Royal College of Physicians in the UK, where clinical consultation skills' will be tested twice in two separate stations. Thus, coming closest to what doctors do in real life: obtain a structured history, perform a focussed examination and explain the problem to the patient in lay terms. This book takes readers through a rational approach to 63 common presenting symptoms or laboratory abnormalities in medicine. It is aimed at improving the clinical consultation skills of young doctors and preparing them for the new format of MRCP PACES. Readers will learn: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The approaches to common presenting symptoms and blood test abnormalities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. What questions to ask the patient and why. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. What to check when they examine the patient. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. What to tell the patient and how to convey this information in lay terms without jargon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. How to in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 1 The 46-year-old lady with pain in multiple joints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 2 The 49-year-old man with recurrent joint pains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 3 The 26-year-old man who is struggling to walk. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 4 The 29-year-old man with a painful, swollen knee. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 5 The 68-year-old lady with pain in her right knee and hands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 6 The 72-year-old man with pain in all four limbs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 7 The 67-year-old man with back pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 8 The 38-year-old lady with widespread pain and tiredness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 9 The 38-year-old lady with pain and colour changes in her fingers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 10 The 65-year-old man with a painful right leg. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 11 The 24-year-old lady with a painful and swollen leg. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 12 The 56-year-old lady with microcytic anaemia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 13 The 38-year-old lady with macrocytic anaemia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 14 The 27-year-old lady with thrombocytopenia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 15 The 33-year-old man with eosinophilia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 16 The 64-year-old lady with an enlarged cervical lymph node. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 17 The 64-year-old man with abdominal discomfort. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 18 The 52-year-old man with headache. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 19 The 28-year-old lady who is losing weight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 20 The 54-year-old lady with weight gain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 21 The 45-year-old man with giddiness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 22 The 64-year-old lady who recently fractured her wrist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 23 The 43-year-old man with hypercalcaemia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 24 The 36-year-old lady with amenorrhoea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 25 The 51-year-old man with polyuria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 26 The 28-year-old lady with high blood pressure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 27 The 27-year-old lady who is passing very little urine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 28 The 46-year-old man with swelling of his legs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 29 The 34-year-old man with haematuria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 30 The 55-year-old man with dysuria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 31 The 40-year-old man with acute kidney injury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 32 The 51-year-old man with impaired renal function. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 33 The 56-year-old lady with dysphagia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 34 The 46-year-old man with epigastric discomfort. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 35 The 53-year-old man with hematemesis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 36 The 38-year-old lady with jaundice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 37 The 44-year-old lady with abnormal liver function tests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 38 The 22-year-old lady who took an overdose of paracetamol. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 39 The 32-year-old lady with diarrhoea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 40 The 42-year-old lady with diarrhoea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 41 The 59-year-old lady with recent change in bowel habits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 42 The 36-year-old lady with chest pain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 43 The 46-year-old man with palpitations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 44 The 56-year-old lady with syncope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 45 The 28-year-old lady with shortness of breath. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 46 The 62-year-old lady with shortness of breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 47 The 22-year-old man with wheezing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 48 The 63-year-old man with breathlessness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 49 The 56-year-old man with haemoptysis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 50 The 54-year-old man who snores at night. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 51 The 25-year-old man with Marfanoid habitus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 52 The 62-year-old man with transient right sided weakness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 53 The 27-year-old lady with seizures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 54 The 35-year-old lady with headache. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 55 The 26-year-old lady with headache. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 56 The 71-year-old man with dizziness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 57 The 43-year-old man with facial weakness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 58 The 54-year-old man with tremor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 59 The 32-year-old lady with double vision. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 60 The 62-year-old lady with weakness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 61 The 68-year-old man with leg weakness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 62 The 46-year-old man with elevated creatine kinase. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase 63 The 56-year-old man with numbness in his feet. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019114643799,"sku":"9781032553429","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032553429.jpg?v=1750779350","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/clinical-consultation-skills-in-medicine-9781032553429","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}