Medicine at a Glance

Learning resource containing 250+ cases with self-assessment exercises to aid understanding and test student knowledge Written to support the bestselling Medicine at a Glance, this newly revised and updated Second Edition of Core Cases contains more than 250 cases with self-assessment exercises to aid understanding and test student knowledge. Following the structure of the main textbook, each chapter presents a number of clinical cases based on the chapter's content. The use of text, images, and diagrams in answer explanations helps cater to a range of learning styles and provides intuitive, targeted information to support the decision-making process in selecting answers. Some of the patient cases in Core Cases include: High blood pressure (165/95 mmHg) which continues to stay persistently elevated over the next few weeks Shortness of breath and chest tightness after eating, which over the past few months had occurred only after exertion Severe chest pain with type 2 diabetes, with cofactors of obesity, mild tenderness to palpation of the anterior chest wall, and a 90 beats/minute heart rate Flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath with loud heart sounds and a third heart sound Presenting hundreds of clinically-relevant cases, Core Cases is an essential learning aid for students seeking to prepare for exams and real-life situations they may encounter during practice. This text is also fully updated for the UK AKT.