Acute Medicine is the central part of foundation and specialist general medical training and is one of the most rapidly expanding UK hospital specialties. "Acute Medicine: Clinical Cases Uncovered" combines patient cases and outcomes, drawn from real-life experiences, with reference to the curriculum for Training in General (Acute) Medicine. It provides self-assessment MCQs, EMQs and SAQs to give medical students, junior doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals the perfect preparation for life on the wards.

Part 1: Basics

* Introduction and Speciality Overview
* Approach to The Patient.

Part 2: Cases

Cases.1: A 45-year-old Man With 'cardiac Type' Chest Pain.
Cases 2: A 35-year-old Woman With 'pleuritic' Chest Pain
Cases 3: A 50-year-old Man Presenting With Palpitations
Cases 4: A 60-year-old Man With a Broad Complex Tachycardia
Cases 5: A 25-year-old Acutely Wheezy Woman
Cases 6: A 60-year-old Woman With an 'exacerbation' of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Cases 7: An 86-year-old Breathless Woman
Cases 8: A Shocked 68-year-old Man
Cases 9: A 55-year-old Man With Suspected Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Cases 10: A 60-year-old Man With Diarrhoea
Cases 11: A 37-year-old Woman With Sudden Severe Headache
Cases 12: A Young Man Presenting Following a Seizure
Cases 13: An Unconscious 22-year-old Man
Cases 14: A 64-year-old Man Presenting With Unilateral Weakness
Cases 15: A 60-year-old Man Presenting Following a 'blackout'
Cases 16: An Acutely Confused Alcoholic Man
Cases 17: An Acutely Confused Elderly Woman
Cases 18: An Acutely Hyperglycaemic Young Woman
Cases 19: A 73-year-old Man With Abnormal Renal Function
Cases 20: A 55-year-old Man With Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
Cases 21: A 25-year-old Woman Admitted Following an Overdose
Cases 22: A 35-year-old Woman With an Acutely Swollen Leg

Part 3: Self Assessment

* MCQs
* EMQs
* SAQs
* Answers
* Index of Cases by Diagnosis
*Index