History taking in clinical practice / Krsna Mahbubani.

Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Basic History Taking -- Presenting Complaint -- History of Presenting Complaint -- Past Medical History -- Drug History -- {u200B} Family History -- Social History -- Systems Review -- Taking a Pain History -- Chapter 2: Cardiorespiratory -- Chest Pain -- Cardiovascular Causes -- Respiratory Causes -- Gastrointestinal Causes -- Muskuloskeletal -- Shortness of Breath -- Acute Causes -- Chronic Causes -- Palpitations -- Cough -- Chapter 3: Abdominal -- Abdominal Pain -- Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) -- Epigastric -- Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) -- Right/Left Loin

Right/ Left Iliac Fossa (RIF/LIF) -- Suprapubic -- Umbilical -- Diarrhoea and Vomiting -- Diarrhoea and Vomiting Together -- Vomiting Only -- Diarrhoea Only -- Constipation -- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) -- Incontinence -- Chapter 4: Neurological -- Headache -- Recurrent/Chronic Headaches (Table 4.2) -- Visual Changes -- Dizziness/Vertigo -- Collapse -- Confusion -- Numbness and Tingling -- Peripheral Neuropathy -- Mononeuropathy -- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) -- Anxiety -- Peripheral Vascular Disease -- Weakness -- Acute Weakness -- Sub-Acute/Chronic Weakness -- Distal Weakness

Proximal Weakness -- Motor Neurone Disease -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Tremor -- Chapter 5: Musculoskeletal -- Joint Pains -- Inflammatory Vs Mechanical Joint Pains -- Rheumatological Causes -- Orthopaedic Causes -- Monoarthritis -- Back Pain -- Mechanical/Orthopaedic -- Rheumatological -- Infective -- Malignant -- Chapter 6: Other -- Leg Swelling -- Bilateral Leg Swelling -- Unilateral Leg Swelling -- Lumps and Bumps -- Cardio/Respiratory -- Neurological Histories -- Abdominal Histories -- Rheum/Ortho Histories -- Cases to Practice -- Chapter 7: Gynaecology -- Abnormalities of the Menstrual Cycle

Menorrhagia -- Gynaecological Causes -- Systemic Causes -- Dysmenorrhea -- Gynaecological Causes -- Amenorrhea -- Primary Amenorrhea -- Secondary Amenorrhea -- Abnormal Bleeding Patterns -- Intermenstrual Bleeding -- Post-Coital Bleeding -- Post-Menopausal Bleeding -- Abnormal Pain -- Dyspareunia -- Superficial Dyspareunia -- Deep Dyspareunia -- Pelvic Pain -- Acute Pelvic Pain (Table 7.2) -- Chronic Pelvic Pain (Table 7.3) -- Example Answers -- Obstetrics and Gynaecology -- Gynaecological History -- Obstetric History -- Obstetric Nomenclature -- Chapter 8: Obstetrics

Abnormal Bleeding during Pregnancy (Table 8.1) -- Abnormal Pain during Pregnancy -- Itching in Pregnancy -- Dermatological Causes -- Systemic Causes -- Vomiting in Pregnancy -- Practice Cases -- Chapter 9: Paediatric Histories -- The Febrile Child -- Respiratory tract -- Common Viral Respiratory Tract Infections in Children -- Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections in Children (Table 9.2) -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Gastrointestinal -- Other Viral Infections (Table 9.3) -- Rarer Causes of Fever in a Child (Table 9.4) -- Enuresis-Bed Wetting -- Abdominal Pain -- Acute Abdominal Pain

Chronic Abdominal Pain

This book provides a simplified guide to history taking by assessing each symptom in detail, highlighting what key questions are important to ask, and which key differentials are essential to rule out. The chapters are well presented and organised in a logical manner, utilising an easily accessible and user-friendly format for solid learning on focused history taking that includes both general and specific information gathering. History Taking in Clinical Practice includes case-based examples throughout as well as short exercises to enhance learning. GPs, junior doctors and medical students seeking an effective approach to history taking will find this book to be an essential resource for daily clinical practice and exam preparation.

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