Tropical medicine: lecture notes

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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 practisi…

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Title Statements

Full title :Tropical medicine : lecture notes / edited by Nick Beeching, Geoff Gill.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Seventh edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
Place of Publication:West Sussex, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (410 pages) : : illustrations (some color), tables

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118734551, 1118734556
oclc:ocn880450353
LC Classification:RC961
Dewey Decimal:616.9883

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 casesInvestigation 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 tropics; Neurological syndromes; Pathological processes.

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