Rapid
Review of Medicine in Old Age
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Softcover,
128 pages
261
x 194 mm page size
123
colour and b/w illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-84076-090-3
Price £19.95
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Michael
Vassallo
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, UK.
Stephen Allen
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, UK.
The
book has two main purposes: formative case analysis and self-assessment
of medicine in old age. It presents clinicians with a series of cases
on which to base discussion of the investigation and management of
patients. It also provides the trainee, or established doctor, with
a medium to help prepare for post-graduate examinations and clinical
practice.
The authors have chosen 109 cases, a total of 250 questions/answers,
illustrated by colour photographs, diagrams and tables. The cases
cover the main modes of presentation of acute illness in old age,
such as fall, confusion, incontinence, weight loss and immobility,
with examples from all the major systems. These illustrate the complexity
of diagnosis and treatment of medical illness in frail older people
and the need to think widely and laterally when caring for such patients.
The questions are mostly in best-of-five format to reflect the current
style of multiple choice questions used in examination, though some
are open questions as the basis for tutorials. Many of the clinical
stems have been expanded to improve the educational function of the
book and to test more rigorously the reader’s deductive thinking.
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Key Features:
Contains 109
clinical cases to help candidates consider the investigation and management
of elderly patients.
Contains 250 best-of-5 multiple choice questions and answers to reflect
the current style used in postgraduate examinations.
Covers the main modes of presentation of acute illness in old age with
examples from all the major systems.
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