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Main description:
Covering all aspects of the syllabus, Crash Course offers students a fast way to recap on what they need to know to get through the exams with ease. Styled in an easy-to-follow, readily accessible format, each book is prepared by senior medical students or junior doctors - under faculty supervision - to give them the correct level of information perfectly tailored to current curricula requirements. The series now includes improved pedagogic features and a fully revised self-assessment section, updated to meet current examination needs.
Contents:
Part I: The Patient Presents With
Regional pain
Widespread musculoskeletal pain
An acute, hot swollen joint
A child with a limp
Deformity
A limb swelling
An incidental bone lesion on X-ray
Altered sensation and weakness
Part II: Diseases and Disorders
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spondyloarthropathies
Connective tissue diseases
Metabolic bone disease
Crystal arthropathies
Paediatric joint disease
Fractures
Trauma
Infection of bones and joints
Fibromyalgia
Surgical principles in the treatment of bone and joint disease
Pre-and post-operative care
Bone tumours/malignancy
Disorders of the spine
Sports injuries
Peripheral nerve lesions
Soft tissue disorders
Part III: History, Examination, and Common Investigations
Taking a history
General principles of examining joints
Examination of joints
Writing up a medical clerking
Investigations
Part IV: Self-assessment
MCQs
SAQs
EMQs
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Elsevier (Mosby)
Publication date: August, 2008
Pages: 316
Weight: 652g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Orthopaedics and Fractures, Rheumatology
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