Tropical Medicine

by Beeching, Nick

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Title Statements

Full title :Tropical Medicine.

Summary

Providing a comprehensive introduction to the study of tropical medicine, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include new content and more illustrations and clinical photographs to aid understanding. Now fully supported by a companion website containing hundreds of interactive multiple-choice questions, and available in a range of digital formats, Tropical Medicine Lecture Notes is the perfect resource for study and revision, and is the ideal companion for those practising medicine in tropical and sub-tropical regions. New edition of the best-selling tropical medicine textbook Brand new chapters covering Ophthalmology and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Increased coverage of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS More colour illustrations and photographs for greater clarity and understanding Fully supported by a companion website at www.lecturenoteseries.com/tropicalmed containing figures and summaries from the book in PowerPoint format, and hundreds of interactive MCQs (written by Dom Colbert) Now available in a range of digital formats - perfect for on-the-go study and clinical practice.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014.
Edition:7th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (410 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118734551, 1118734556
oclc:on1347767207
LC Classification:RC961.T76 2014eb
Dewey Decimal:616.9883

Intro -- Tropical Medicine Lecture Notes -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- How to use your textbook -- About the companion website -- Part 1 A general approach to syndromes/symptom complexes -- 1 Gastrointestinal presentations -- Dysphagia/odynophagia -- Haematemesis -- Abdominal pain -- Malabsorption -- Tropical sprue -- Diarrhoea -- Pathophysiology and definitions -- History -- Other illness -- Host factors -- Examination -- Clinical syndromes of diarrhoea -- Investigations -- Management -- FURTHER READING -- 2 Respiratory presentations -- Assessment -- History -- Respiratory history -- Non-respiratory illness -- Examination in respiratory cases -- Investigation of respiratory disease -- Chest X-ray -- Sputum/respiratory secretions -- Blood cultures -- Pleural fluid -- Lung function testing -- Common presentations -- Acute breathlessness and fever in the small child -- Acute breathlessness, cough and fever in adults -- Chronic cough and malaise -- Breathlessness and wheeze -- Pleural effusion -- Respiratory disease and HIV -- FURTHER READING -- 3 Neurological presentations -- Reasons for increased incidence of neurological disorders in the tropic…