11 Water, electrolyte and acid-base balance Chapter Contents Introduction 367 Salt and volume distribution 367 Sodium 370 Potassium 375 Magnesium 378 Phosphate 379 Acid–base disorders 380 Introduction The human body…
16 Diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia Chapter Contents Diabetes Mellitus 593 WHO classification of diabetes 593 Management of diabetes 595 Diabetic ketoacidosis 608 Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state 610 Hypoglycaemia 612 Complications of…
13 Respiratory disease Chapter Contents Approach to the patient 473 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 474 Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome 488 Cystic fibrosis 490 Asthma 496 Pneumonia 505 Tuberculosis 512 Diffuse…
17 Neurological disease Chapter Contents Approach to the patient 623 Alterations in consciousness 623 Stroke 628 Epilepsy 635 Movement disorders 641 Headache 647 Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo 651 Traumatic brain…
1 Inpatient medical care Chapter Contents Good medical practice 1 Pre- and peri-operative care and assessment 3 Specific interviews 5 Patient safety and infection control 6 Prescribing 7 Adverse drug…
9 Rheumatological disease Chapter Contents Approach to the patient 297 Drugs in rheumatology 297 Osteoarthritis 307 Inflammatory arthritis 308 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies 312 Crystal arthropathy 313 Autoimmune rheumatic disorders 314 Vasculitis…
7 Haematological disease Chapter Contents Approach to the patient 199 Microcytic anaemias 201 Anaemia of chronic disease 204 Macrocytic anaemias 205 Aplastic anaemia 208 Myelodysplastic syndromes 209 Haemolytic anaemias 210…
8 Malignant disease Chapter Contents Approach to the patient with cancer 253 Principles of radiation treatment 255 Principles of chemotherapy 257 Principles of endocrine therapy 265 Principles of targeted treatments…
14 Critical care Chapter Contents Introduction 533 Severity of illness scoring systems 533 Initial assessment: ABCDE 534 Guidelines for initial and daily patient assessment 534 Dying patients and end-of-life care…
2 Infectious disease Chapter Contents Approach to the patient with a suspected infection 29 Systemic multi-system infections 31 Skin and soft-tissue infections 42 Respiratory infections 48 Cardiological infections 52 Rheumatological…
