One Stop Doc Gastroenterology and Renal Medicine (Nov 3, 2007)_(0340925566)_(Hodder Education Publishers)

The One Stop Doc books have been designed by medical students for medical students to consolidate their knowledge, subject by subject and system by system. For each area studied there are only so many questions an examiner can ask; they are presented here with clear explanations that allow the student to revise thoroughly one topic at a time. While

The One Stop Doc books have been designed by medical students for medical students to consolidate knowledge, subject by subject and system by system. For each area studied there are only so many questions an examiner can ask; they are presented here with clear explanations that allow the student to revise thoroughly one topic at a time.

While doing so, the student can also practice their exam technique. Each book includes MCQs, EMQs, and SAQs and Problem-based Questions- exactly the kind of questions they will get in their exams.

Illustrated with simple, easy-to-reproduce line drawings, medical students have in this one volume all that they need for exam success.

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Reviewer:Willem J.S de Villiers, MD, PhD(University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
Description:This book aims to highlight key concepts and facts in gastroenterology and renal medicine and provide some core questions and answers that may come up in examinations. It contains useful algorithms and basic illustrative clinical scenarios.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide clinical medical students the opportunity to practice multiple-choice and problem-based questions in these two systems as part of the core curriculum to consolidate their underlying learning and to improve examination technique. It will help students and junior doctors prepare efficiently for their clinical exams.
Audience:The One Stop Doc series is aimed at clinical medical students and junior doctors who are preparing and revising for their exams. This is a well known and reputable series of helpful books that cover the different organ systems in a logical, sequential manner.
Features:The book covers the core topics and questions that are commonly encountered in exams. It thus aims to arm students with the knowledge to succeed, but it also distills the core topics in the respective specialties into important key facts and concepts. It allows efficient organization of revision, grouping of questions by topic, and detailed but short, integrated answers to questions. It addresses relevant clinical scenarios and promotes development of reasonable differential diagnoses and management plans. The section on inflammatory bowel disease covers a significant amount of key material.
Assessment:This revision guide for renal medicine and gastroenterology for students and junior doctors is a useful addition. It covers the important material succinctly and provides many excellent questions and answers.

© CONTENTS PREFACE vi ABBREVIATIONS vii SECTION 1 RENAL MEDICINE 1 • FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE 2 • SODIUM BALANCE 4 • POTASSIUM BALANCE 8 • ACID–BASE BALANCE 10 • ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 14 • CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE 18 • GLOMERULONEPHRITIS 22 • HAEMATURIA 26 • RENOVASCULAR DISEASE ANDHYPERTENSION 30 • PROTEINURIA AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME 32 • RENAL ONCOLOGY (I) 34 • RENAL ONCOLOGY (II) 36 • URINARY TRACT INFECTION (I) 38, 41 • URINARY TRACT INFECTION (II) 40, 42 SECTION 2 HEPATOBILIARY MEDICINE 43 • JAUNDICE 44 • LIVER FAILURE (I) 48 • VIRAL HEPATITIS 56 • AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE 60 • PANCREATITIS (I) 62 • PANCREATITIS (II) 64 • PANCREATITIS (III) 66 • GALLSTONES (I) 68 • GALLSTONES (II) 70 • HEPATOBILIARY ONCOLOGY (I) 74 • HEPATOBILIARY ONCOLOGY (II) 78 SECTION 3 UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICINE 81 SECTION 4 LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICINE 117 APPENDIX 151 INDEX 153 The One Stop Doc books have been designed by medical students for medical students to consolidate knowledge, subject by subject and system by system. For each area studied there are only so many questions an examiner can ask; they are presented here with clear explanations that allow the student to revise thoroughly one topic at a time. While doing so, the student can also practice their exam technique. Each book includes MCQs, EMQs, and SAQs and Problem-based Questions. Illustrated with simple, easy-to-reproduce line drawings