Product Description

What’s your worst nightmare as a doctor? Missing a life–threatening condition must be among the biggest fears for health professionals. But sometimes the clue to the diagnosis lies in just a single symptom.

Alarm Bells in Medicine brings you up to speed on recognising the symptoms of serious illnesses. Internationally renowned authors list the most crucial presenting symptoms in their own specialties that should ring the alarm bells for you. They provide clear information on diagnosis and action. Organised under the relevant specialties, the information is quick and easy to find.

Since patients disclose alarm symptoms in all clinical settings, this book is as relevant for consultants as it is for GPs, as useful for junior doctors as it is for medical students.

Special Features of this book:

• Answers the express need of doctors to avoid making diagnostic errors
  
• Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field
  
• Concise and easy to use

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #282808 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"This is a valuable and well–edited collection of potentially serious speciality–specific symptoms. It is highly informative and should alert the reader to the ′alarm bells′ that may present in their clinical practice. The book shouls prove a valuable asset to the library of anyone involved in the practice of medicine including medical students, GPs and hospital doctors."

Annals Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2006

From the Back Cover
What’s your worst nightmare as a doctor? Missing a life–threatening condition must be among the biggest fears for health professionals. But sometimes the clue to the diagnosis lies in just a single symptom.

So what if a patient comes to your clinic with an ear which hurts when they swallow, and you don’t think of a tumour ? Or a numb chin, and you don’t suspect metastases? Or an itch, and you miss a leukaemia?

Alarm Bells in Medicine brings you up to speed on recognising the symptoms of serious illnesses. Internationally renowned authors list the most crucial presenting symptoms in their own specialties that should ring the alarm bells for you. They provide clear information on diagnosis and action. Organised under the relevant specialties, the information is quick and easy to find.

Since patients disclose alarm symptoms in all clinical settings, this book is as relevant for consultants as it is for GPs, as useful for junior doctors as it is for medical students.

About the Author
Nadeem Ali, Eye Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary

Customer Reviews

an essential book for all doctors!
As a practising GP, I found this book refreshingly different from other medical books on the market. It covers a broad range of topics, and covers information not found on other textbooks. I found the bullet points good and each chapter is quite easy to read, you can flick through a few points in between seeing patients in clinic! I wish I had this book for medical finals - this book will be really valuable for medical student last minute cramming

So good it was stolen.........
I bought this book for the medical library I manage at the request of an Elderly Care Consultant/Clinical Tutor I know very well in the hospital. The book was stolen within a couple of days of it's being on the shelves and my clinical colleague didn't even get a chance to flick though it! The basis for my five star review of the book is on its being one of the fastest to fly off our shelves..... without permission. MUST be good!