The first edition of An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases
rapidly estabished itself as a classic and has sold over 25,000
copies.
The aims of this revised and extended second edition are the same
as those of the first: to provide a comprehensive guide for those
preparing for the short cases section of the Membership of the
Royal College of Physicians examination. The MRCP examination is a
major hurdle for all trainee hospital physicians and has a failure
rate of over 70%.
The largest part of the book consists of 200 short cases that are
presented in order of frequency of their occurrence in the
examination (based on an extensive survey of successful
candidates). The clinical features of each case are fully covered
and supported by illustrations and photographs. The emphasis
throughout the book is on examination technique and how to present
the clinical information in the style that the examiners expect. In
short, it is an indispensable guide for anyone preparing for this
critical examination.
Autorentext
Robert E. J. Ryder is the author of An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. M. Afzal Mir is the author of An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.
Zusammenfassung
The first edition of An Aid to the MRCP Short Cases rapidly estabished itself as a classic and has sold over 25,000 copies.
The aims of this revised and extended second edition are the same as those of the first: to provide a comprehensive guide for those preparing for the short cases section of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians examination. The MRCP examination is a major hurdle for all trainee hospital physicians and has a failure rate of over 70%.
The largest part of the book consists of 200 short cases that are presented in order of frequency of their occurrence in the examination (based on an extensive survey of successful candidates). The clinical features of each case are fully covered and supported by illustrations and photographs. The emphasis throughout the book is on examination technique and how to present the clinical information in the style that the examiners expect. In short, it is an indispensable guide for anyone preparing for this critical examination.
Inhalt
Preface to the second edition ix
Preface to the first edition xi
Introduction xiii
Section 1: Preparation 1
Section 2: Examination Routines 7
1 Heart 10
2 Abdomen 14
3 Fundi 18
4 Hands 20
5 Legs 24
6 Chest 28
7 Spot diagnosis 31
8 Eyes 35
9 Face 37
10 Arms 38
11 Neck 42
12 Ask questions 43
13 Pulse 46
14 Visual fields 48
15 Skin 49
16 Gait 51
17 Rash 53
18 Legs and arms 54
19 Cranial nerves 55
20 Thyroid status 58
Section 3: 200 Short Case Records 61
1 Diabetic retinopathy 65
2 Hepatosplenomegaly 69
3 Mitral stenosis (lone) 71
4 Rheumatoid hands 73
5 Mixed mitral valve disease 76
6 Dullness at the lung base 78
7 Splenomegaly (without hepatomegaly) 80
8 Optic atrophy 82
9 Chronic liver disease 84
10 Polycystic kidneys 86
11 Paget's disease 87
12 Psoriatic arthropathy/psoriasis 90
13 Other combinations of mitral and aortic valve disease 93
14 Mixed aortic valve disease 94
15 Systemic sclerosis/CRST syndrome 96
16 Exophthalmos 98
17 Hepatomegaly (without splenomegaly) 101
18 Spastic paraparesis 102
19 Fibrosing alveolitis 103
20 Aortic incompetence (lone) 104
21 Hemiplegia 106
22 Old tuberculosis 108
23 Acromegaly 109
24 Aortic stenosis (lone) 112
25 Graves' disease 114
26 Ocular palsy 117
27 Mitral incompetence (lone) 121
28 Motor neurone disease 123
29 Goitre 126
30 Ulnar nerve palsy 129
31 Visual field defect 131
32 Peripheral neuropathy 134
33 Hypertensive retinopathy 136
34 Resuscitation Annie 138
35 Cerebellar syndrome 142
36 Retinitis pigmentosa 144
37 Carcinoma of the bronchus 145
38 Parkinson's disease 148
39 Chronic bronchitis and emphysema 150
40 Hypothyroidism 152
41 OslerWeberRendu syndrome 155
42 Abdominal mass 157
43 Dystrophia myotonica 159
44 Bronchiectasis 161
45 Wasting of the small muscles of the hand 162
46 Generalized lymphadenopathy 165
47 Papilloedema 166
48 Diabetic foot 168
49 Nystagmus 171
50 Old choroiditis 174
51 Neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease) 176
52 Erythema nodosum 178
53 Horner's syndrome 180
54 Old polio 182
55 Ankylosing spondylitis 184
56 Abnormal gait 186
57 Irregular pulse 189
58 Single palpable kidney 190
59 Ascites 191
60 SturgeWeber syndrome 193
61 Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum 195
62 Ventricular septal defect 197
63 Lower motor neurone VIIth nerve palsy 198
64 Clubbing 201
65 Retinal vein thrombosis 203
66 Eisenmenger's syndrome 205
67 Crohn's disease 207
68 Mitral valve prolapse 209
69 Cervical myelopathy 211
70 Patent ductus arteriosus 213
71 Tricuspid incompetence 214
72 Purpura 215
73 Xanthomata 218
74 Drug-induced extrapyramidal syndrome 220
75 Bilateral parotid enlargement/Mikulicz's syndrome 221
76 Primary biliary cirrhosis 222
77 Lupus pernio 224
78 Muscular dystrophy 226
79 Prosthetic valves 228
80 Addison's disease 229
81 Cushing's syndrome 231
82 Friedreich's ataxia 234
83 PeutzJeghers syndrome 236
84 Systemic lupus erythematosus 237&...