Long Cases in Clinical Medicine - 2nd Edition

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Long cases in clinical medicine, second edition is a must-read guide to practical approaches to examining a patient. This version allows you to test your knowledge and skills by providing a complete list of laboratory procedures as well as a comprehensive differential diagnosis in each case. This book discusses the many long cases that clinical medical students experience during their medical rotations. It provides a detailed framework for a full medical encounter, including history collection, physical examination and interpretation of the data obtained to generate a diagnostic. It comprises prototypes of clinical cases. Long cases in clinical medicine, second edition is an easy book to master the approach to common long cases with the background information and skill required to succeed. It has been thoroughly updated and verified by clinical experts who treat protracted cases on a regular basis. It provides guidance on practical approaches to a patient as they prepare for the exam. Case stories and nearly 200 color images depict the clinical manifestations of many illnesses encountered in daily practice. This is the standard, internationally recognized manual for long cases in clinical medicine. There are many books on the market, but most of them prefer to deliver information about difficult long cases rather than detailed information that may be applied in daily clinical practice.