This new edition of An Aid to the MRCP Paces Volume 1: Stations 1 and 3 has been fully revised and updated, and reflects feedback from PACES candidates as to which cases frequently appear in each station. The hundreds of cases have been written in accordance with the latest examining and marking schemes used for the exam and, together with exam hints, tips, routines and clinical checklists, provide an invaluable training and revision aid for all MRCP PACES candidates.
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Robert E.J. Ryder is Consultant Physician and Clinical IT Lead at City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Birmingham.
Dr M. Afzal Mir is Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr Anne Freeman is Consultant Physician at Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, and Clinical Adviser and Chairwoman of the Welsh Stroke Alliance
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This new edition of An Aid to the MRCP Paces Volume 1: Stations 1 and 3 has been fully revised and updated, and reflects feedback from PACES candidates as to which cases frequently appear in each station.
The hundreds of cases have been written in accordance with the latest examining and marking schemes used for the exam and, together with exam hints, tips, routines and clinical checklists, provide an invaluable training and revision aid for all MRCP PACES candidates.
Inhalt
Preface vii
Preface to the Third Edition xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Preface to the first edition xv
Introduction xvii
Section A: Preparation 1
Section B: Examination Routines 7
1 Pulse 11
2 Heart 12
3 Chest 17
4 Abdomen 21
5 Visual fields 26
6 Cranial nerves 27
7 Arms 30
8 Legs 34
9 Legs and arms 38
10 Gait 39
11 Ask some questions 40
12 Fundi 43
13 Eyes 47
14 Face 49
15 Hands 51
16 Skin 55
17 Rash 57
18 Neck 58
19 Thyroid status 60
20 Knee 62
21 Hip 64
22 What is the diagnosis? 65
Section C: Short Case Records 69
Station 1 Respiratory 73
1 Interstitial lung disease (fibrosing alveolitis) 74
2 Pneumonectomy/lobectomy 77
3 Chronic bronchitis and emphysema 79
4 Bronchiectasis 81
5 Dullness at the lung base 83
6 Rheumatoid lung 85
7 Old tuberculosis 86
8 Chest infection/consolidation/pneumonia 87
9 Yellow nail syndrome 89
10 Kyphoscoliosis 90
11 Stridor 92
12 Marfan's syndrome 93
13 Carcinoma of the bronchus 94
14 KlippelFeil syndrome 97
15 Kartagener's syndrome 98
16 Lung transplant 99
17 Cystic fibrosis 101
18 Obesity/Pickwickian syndrome 103
19 Pneumothorax 107
20 Cor pulmonale 109
21 Collapsed lung/atelectasis 110
22 Superior vena cava obstruction 112
23 Tuberculosis/apical consolidation 113
24 Normal chest 115
Station 1 Abdominal 117
1 Transplanted kidney 118
2 Polycystic kidneys 120
3 Chronic liver disease 121
4 Hepatosplenomegaly 124
5 Hepatomegaly (without splenomegaly) 126
6 Splenomegaly (without hepatomegaly) 127
7 Ascites 129
8 Abdominal mass 131
9 Crohn's disease 133
10 Polycythaemia rubra vera 135
11 Normal abdomen 136
12 PEG tube 138
13 Single palpable kidney 139
14 Generalized lymphadenopathy 140
15 Hereditary spherocytosis 142
16 Idiopathic haemochromatosis 143
17 Primary biliary cirrhosis 145
18 Carcinoid syndrome 147
19 Motor neurone disease 149
20 Nephrotic syndrome 150
21 Pernicious anaemia 152
22 Pyoderma gangrenosum 153
23 Felty's syndrome 154
Station 3 Cardiovascular 155
1 Prosthetic valves (mechanical) 156
2 Mitral incompetence (lone) 157
3 Mixed mitral valve disease 159
4 Aortic incompetence (lone) 161
5 Aortic stenosis (lone) 163
6 Mixed aortic valve disease 165
7 Mitral stenosis (lone) 167
8 Irregular pulse 169
9 Other combinations of mitral and aortic valve disease 171
10 Mitral valve prolapse 172
11 Tricuspid incompetence 174
12 Ventricular septal defect 175
13 Marfan's syndrome 176
14 Pulmonary stenosis 177
15 Ankylosing spondylitis 178
16 Atrial septal defect 179
17 Ebstein's anomaly 181
18 Raised jugular venous pressure 183
19 Down's syndrome 184
20 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 185
21 Dextrocardia 186
22 Rheumatoid arthritis 187
23 Fallot's tetralogy with a Blalock shunt 188
24 Normal heart 189
25 Cannon waves 190
26 Coarctation of the aorta 191
27 Eisenmenger's syndrome 193
28 Infective endocarditis 195
29 Patent ductus arteriosus ...