Clinical Problems in General Medicine and Surgery

vClinical Problems provides a comprehensive selection of important medical and surgical scenarios. The reader is taken through 62 case histories step by step and is asked to interpret a broad range of medical data.
* Addresses important medical and surgical topics from a problem-oriented approach.
* Presents relevant clinical illustrations for each case, such as ECGs, radiographs, and clinical and pathologi-cal photographs.
* Emphasizes empathy with the patient’s situation as well as effective patient counseling.
* Provides commentaries from experienced clinicians, highlighting the most important issues of each case and offering suggestions on possible further areas of study.
* Identifies situations where emergency management must take precedence over pathophysiological diagnosis.