Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations. Get the most from clinical practice, with "Clinical Cases Uncovered". With more than 30 cases to work through, "General Practice: Clinical Cases Uncovered" is perfect for medical students and junior doctors to get to grips with what to expect from Primary Care in the UK. Presented in a narrative style with questions and patient background, everything from a chest infection to panic attacks can be investigated in these real-life situations. This is the ideal resource for exam preparation or attachments and provides up-to-date and concise information when students need it most.

* Preface
* How to use this book

Part 1: Basics

1 Setting the context
2 Approach to the patient
3 Clinical overview

Part 2: Cases

Case 1: A 40-year-old female smoker with a chest infection, 14
Case 2: A 9-year-old asthmatic child
Case 3: A 27-year-old woman with a headache
Case 4: A 76-year-old man who has been in hospital
Case 5: A 23-year-old man with a red eye
Case 6: A 5-year-old child with earache
Case 7: A 20-year-old woman with a sore throat
Case 8: A 35-year-old man with back pain
Case 9: A 62-year-old woman with a painful shoulder
Case 10: A 35-year-old woman with knee pain
Case 11: A 78-year-old male with rash on trunk
Case 12: A 2-year-old boy with a rash
Case 13: A 17-year-old man with rash and fever
Case 14: A 46-year-old man with indigestion
Case 15: An 8-year-old child with abdominal pain
Case 16: A 26-year-old man with abdominal pain
Case 17: A 78-year-old woman with bruising
Case 18: A 38-year-old man with high blood pressure
Case 19: An 80-year-old woman with funny turns
Case 20 :A 43-year-old man with ‘weakness’
Case 21: A 23-year-old woman with panic attacks
Case 22: A 24-year-old woman who feels abnormally tired
Case 23: A 54-year-old woman with urinary frequency and hot sweats
Case 24: A 19-year-old woman with vaginal discharge
Case 25: A 34-year-old woman with ‘funny periods’
Case 26: A 15-year-old girl with a problem
Case 27: A 27-year-old pregnant woman with
backache and anaemia
Case 28: A 42-year-old man with erectile dysfunction
Case 29: A 64-year-old man with prostatism
Case 30: An 82-year-old man with a cough
Case 31: A 44-year-old man who wants a ‘check-up’
Case 32: A 49-year-old woman who feels exhausted
Case 33: A 62-year-old woman who is breathless
Case 34: A 10-year-old girl with abdominal pain and recurrent vaginal discharge
Case 35: A 26-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain
Case 36: A 17-year-old girl requesting contraception

Part 3: Self-assessment

* MCQs.
* EMQs
* SAQs
* Answers
* Appendix: Additional information, schedules and normal values
* Index of cases by diagnosis
* Index