The new 5th edition of Clinical Examination continues to serve all medical students with a clear and understandable explanation of clinical examination. Set out logically and systematically, this best-selling textbook has comprehensive coverage of essential skills necessary for history taking and examining the patient. Highly regarded by students ...
In recent years functional gastrointestinal disorders have attracted much interest. These disorders are extremely common. They are characterized by symptoms and the lack of structural lesions that can be identified with clinically available routine diagnostic tests. Several functional abnormalities are now believed to play a role in the ...
Examination Medicine is a very successful and highly used book among FRACP candidates preparing for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Part 1 Examination. The book is also widely used by senior medical students throughout Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. The new 5th edition will be significantly updated in order to keep up ...
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a clinicopathologic disease characterized by upper intestinal symptoms and the finding of more than 15 or 20 eosinophils in the esophageal epithelium; these findings are unresponsive to proton pump inhibitor treatment. EE is a common disease that affects both children and adults. Some of the many important topics ...
This book, the proceedings of Falk Symposium 130 on 'Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Disturbed Gut Function: The Challenge of New Concepts', held in Freiburg, Germany, on October 4-6, 2002 (Part I of the Gastroenterology Week Freiburg 2002), reviews ground-breaking work and will stimulate new research in the functional GI disorders, from the ...
Provides a solid foundation of gastroenterology in a practical and accessible form, focusing on a practical problem-based, rather than disease-based, approach. Medical and surgical aspects are described in an integrated way and numerous summary tables aid the mastery of comprehension.
Up to one in five individuals are troubled by typical Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms. In some cases, the complaints are minor, but in others, IBS unfortunately rules their lives. Written as a guide to liberating those suffering with stomach and bowel problems, "Conquering Irritable Bowel Syndrome" is directed to the general public and primary ...
A carefully taken history and a thorough physical examination are the foundation upon which efficient diagnosis rests. This work provides guidance on how to obtain a history and perform a physical examination. In addition, some common and key surgical symptoms and signs are included. This edition is a complete revision of the original text, and ...
The diagnosis of a patient's illness and the subsequent treatment depend upon a detailed history and careful examination. Since the publication of the first edition in 1988, Clinical Examination has become a well-established part of the education of doctors in Australia and overseas, and this completely revised and updated third edition continues ...
This new book has been designed as a companion volume to the third edition of the highly successful Clinical Examination by Talley and O'Connor (ISBN 0 865426899). The questions are closely keyed to the text of Clinical Examination with the aim of helping medical students and trainees to obtain more from it, as well as aiding understanding and ...
The second edition of this popular pocket book gives an overview of internal medicine, and is a highly relevant study aid for senior medical students and post-graduates preparing for examinations. Clinicians as well as students will find it a very useful aide memoire, as it packs between its covers the essentials of this large subject and gives a ...
This book is an introduction to history taking and the examination of patients, with step-by-step instructions for the junior medical student working on the ward for the first time. It aims to provide a solid foundation of essential knowledge from which students can develop their own systematic approaches. The book is designed to be carried ...
The book will aim to provide a simple, practical management approaches rather than detailed disease information. It will have a problem-based focus concentrating on providing management solutions in emergency situations where clinicians have limited time. There will also be detailed chapters on preparing patients for procedures, such as endoscopy ...
Aging is associated with an increased prevalence of several GI disorders, including those induced by drugs (eg, gastrointestinal bleeding caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), anorexia of aging, development of constipation, diarrhea or fecal incontinence, and postprandial hypotension. This issue addresses these disorders and discusses ...
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