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Description
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Inseparable ward companion of students and doctors for quick and easy reference.
This book is a primer of medical diagnosis for use by undergraduate medical students to facilitate their smooth entry into the medical wards through to their final year, internship and housemanship. It is equally useful for general medical practitioners to solve their day-to-day clinical problems.
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Key Features
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• Topics discussed under simple headings such as fever, headache, etc.
• Boxes highlight the disease conditions under discussion
• Point-by-point discussion of all common diseases—brief to the point
• Easy-to-read and easy-to-revise
• Designed to act as a bridge between the patient and a textbook of medicine
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About the Author
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GD Thapar, MD Consultant Physician Formerly, Chief of the Medical Unit Willingdon (RML) Hospital, New DelhiDirector (Medical) ESI Hospital, New Delhi Chairman Central Standing Medical Board Govt of India; Physician & Cardiologist, INAS Hospital, University of Tripoli (Libya)
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TOC
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1. Scope
2. How to Use this Book
3. The Art of Diagnosis
4. Fevers
5. Dyspnoea
6. Cough and Expectoration
7. Haemoptysis
8. Cyanosis
9. Chest Pain
10. Murmurs in the Heart
11. Palpitations
12. Blood Pressure
CONTENTS
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Contents
13. Oedema and Ascites
14. Abdominal Pain
15. Dysphagia
16. Constipation
17. Diarrhoea and Vomiting
18. Bleeding from Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
19. Bleeding from Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
20. Enlarged Lymph Glands
21. Enlargement of Liver and Spleen
22. Anaemia
23. Jaundice
24. Some Common Neurological Conditions
25. Headache
26. Convulsions
27. Vertigo
28. Syncope and the Fainting Fit
29. The Unconscious Patient
30. Muscle and Joint Pains
31. Common Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
32. Suppression of Urine
33. Bleeding from the Urinary Tract
34. Pain and Discolouration of the Extremities
35. Abnormal Bleeding
36. Gain in Weight
37. Loss of Weight
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38. Impotence and Sterility
39. Amenorrhoea
40. Abdominal Lumps
41. Subcutaneous Nodules
42. Common Skin Conditions
43. Psychiatric Symptoms in Medical Practice
44. Poisoning and Overdose of Drugs
45. Approach to the Problems of the Aged
46. Normal Values of Common Laboratory
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