Making Sense of Acute Medicine: A Guide to Diagnosis (Hodder Arnold Publication)

Given the wealth of increasingly complex technology now available to doctors and the accompanying potential risks to patients, good reasoning and decision-making skills have arguably never been more important in clinical medicine; clinical skills, diagnostic skills, and the ability to formulate cogent management plans are vital attributes of the quality physician. Making Sense of Acute Medicine focuses on the clinical decision-making process, as it applies to common presentations in acute medicine, with each chapter analyzing a different medical presentation in a systematic way. This brand new book is the perfect introduction to this important subject area; it is designed to aid the clinical reasoning skills of medical students and residents as they learn to make the transition from clerking patients to rationalizing differential diagnosis. This book also helps the reader make decisions about requesting appropriate and focused investigations, and formulate appropriate management plans. The first 72 hours following assessment and admission to the emergency department are crucial to a patient's care. As the medical practitioner on duty, you need good diagnostic skills and the ability to formulate a quick, safe and appropriate management plan. Making Sense of Acute Medicine is here to help.This book is the perfect introduction to ac This book is the perfect introduction to accurate diagnosis for medical students, newly qualified doctors and anyone intimately involved with the delivery of acute medical care. --Book Jacket A practical guide to acute medicine for medical students; focusing on the history, examination, investigation and diagnosis of common acute - medical conditions A practical guide to acute medicine for medical students; focussing on the history, examination, investigation and diagnosis of common acute-medical conditions