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Part of the Challenging Concepts in series, this book is a case-based guide to challenging clinical scenarios in neurosurgery covering the major sub-speciality areas of oncology, vascular neurosurgery, brain and spine trauma, paediatrics, spinal degenerative disease, peripheral and cranial nerves, functional neurosurgery and infection. Specific cases are examined with consideration of clinical presentation, diagnostics, and surgical principles, with a summary of evidence from the neurosurgical literature highlighting areas of interest and controversy. This book serves as a useful and engaging resource for consultants and trainees in neurosurgery as well as in the disciplines of neurology, maxillofacial surgery, spinal surgery and neuro-oncology.
This is a case-based guide to difficult scenarios faced in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology. Each case is set off by an 'Expert Commentary' written by an expert, giving the reader both a solid base of knowledge and a nuanced view of current challenges.
This practical title presents 18 challenging cases in paediatric critical care, complete with case histories and evidence-based, up-to-date learning points and clinical tips. Each chapter has commentary from an expert who identifies and explains the key points and controversies of the case.
A case-based guide to challenging cases in anaesthesia and pain management, this book covers the major sub-specialty areas in both fields. It explores selects specific challenging scenarios that are encountered in everyday clinical practice but do not have simple answers.
A case-based guide with expert commentary Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine, deals with contemporary clinical scenarios in respiratory medicine. Each chapter is based around a real-life case, and interspersed with the most up-to-date evidence, management strategies, guidelines and controversies in management. As the reader works through each case there are a number of 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Landmark Trial Summaries' to enhance the learning process along with an 'Expert Commentary' written by a nationally or internationally-renowned expert in that particular field. This will provide a unique inside track on how the experts approach these types of challenging cases. The approach taken in this series is highly attractive to those in training preparing for their specialist exams.
Challenging Concepts in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology contains of over 30 clinical cases from a wide area of infectious diseases, medical microbiology and virology syllabuses for specialty registrars and trainees.
This volume is a case-based guide to challenging clinical scenarios in neurology, covering 25 sub-speciality areas of the neurology curriculum. Each chapter is based around a potential real-life case, which is used as a platform to discuss the subject in a broader way and to explore the most up-to-date evidence regarding diagnosis and management.
Providing the inside track on how the experts approach and deal with real-world clinical scenarios, Challenging Concepts In Oncology selects twenty five cases to highlight the important issues relating to common cancers and common cancer-related complications, which do not have simple answers. Each case discusses the presentation of the cancer, its treatment, and an acute oncological emergency. Written using the UK Oncology curricula for Medical Oncology and Clinical Oncology to support preparation for the MRCP3 examination in Medical Oncology and FRCR, Challenging Concepts in Oncology highlights critical information through the use of boxed features: 'Learning points', 'Clinical tips', and ...
Palliative care has evolved rapidly in recent years. Not only is the field dealing with an increasingly elderly and multi-morbid population, it is also addressing a wider variety of complex diagnoses such as heart failure, renal failure, advanced lung disease, frailty, and dementia. Challenging Cases in Palliative Care is unique, as it uses examples of real-world cases from palliative care practices. It also includes expert commentary to support modern clinicians in managing the 'messiness' of clinical care, as well as the increasingly complex needs of patients today. As part of our Challenging Cases series, the cases in this book not only cover a range of physical and psychosocial problems seen in palliative care, they also reflect the core curriculum for UK speciality trainees. Each case brings together expert interpretation of the available evidence, management strategies, guidelines and best practice, while discussing complexities in clinical decision-making and controversies in approach.