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Multiple-choice questions are a cornerstone of postgraduate medical education, valued for their reliability, efficiency, and ability to assess a wide range of clinical knowledge. This innovative book offers over 2,200 advanced, evidence-based questions, peer-reviewed and aligned with international clinical guidelines and contemporary research. Complementing OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, it provides a unique and comprehensive resource for trainees preparing for certification, as well as for clinicians and educators seeking topic-specific, high-quality questions. Designed to support self-assessment, peer learning, and teaching across multiple levels, this book helps readers deepen their understanding of medical and clinical sciences essential to patient care and professional competence.
The seventh edition of this classic text has been extensively updated offering an indispensable, up-to-date, and practical resource which incorporates the latest guidelines concerning a wide array of conditions. Readers are given explicit management instructions to be used across the sites where sick and injured children now receive treatment. Fully updated with the most current knowledge and guidance, new topics include abdominal masses, abnormal movements, acute neuropsychiatric symptoms, brief resolved unexpected events, covid, disaster response in the emergency department, do not resuscitate/do not intubate orders, eating disorders, informed consent and assent, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, myocarditis, ophthalmoplegia, and transport. Successful and trusted for forty years, this manual is a key resource for pediatricians, emergency medicine physicians, family practitioners, allied health professionals, and trainees. A handy, 'how-to' guide for delivering care to the increasing number of children being treated outside of tertiary care settings.
This comprehensive atlas is grounded in evidence-based practice and expert consensus, designed to equip clinicians with the technical expertise required for optimal patient outcomes in the prehospital setting. Developed by leading clinicians and educators in prehospital care, it combines high-quality photographs, detailed illustrations, and concise, authoritative explanations to transform complex procedures into clear, actionable steps. For both students building foundational skills and experienced emergency practitioners, this is an indispensable resource filled with pearls of wisdom, common pitfalls, and insider tips for mastering the technical aspects of prehospital care and optimizing patient outcomes.
Are you struggling with abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea, or constipation? Are gut symptoms taking too much of your time and energy? Do they make you feel anxious or limit the life you want to live? We all poop and pass gas, and sometimes experience bloating or pain. But for 1 in 4 adults, these symptoms are frequent, intrusive, and exhausting. This book is for anyone whose gut problems have gone beyond occasional physical annoyance to disrupting work, relationships, and daily life. Through vivid patient stories and expert guidance, Drs. Helen Burton-Murray, Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf, and Brjánn Ljótsson explain functional bowel disorders, how the gut-brain feedback loop can often spiral rather than resolve, and how to interrupt—and ultimately untangle—this cycle through targeted behavioural changes. Grounded in the latest research, this book offers clear, step-by-step strategies to help calm an overreactive gut-brain system and return to the life you want.
Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) does not have to be complicated. This fully updated second edition translates TIVA into an engaging, and practical guide for anaesthesia practitioners at all levels. Written in clear, straightforward language and enriched with insights from international experts, the book covers everything from core principles to advanced techniques, including pharmacokinetic models, dosage calculations, and emergency applications. Featuring practical advice for treating a wide range of patients - from routine elective cases to paediatric, geriatric, obese, and pregnant individuals - making it an essential resource for safe, confident anaesthetic care. Including real-world examples, diagrams, and step-by-step evidence-based guidance on TIVA techniques, drug pharmacology, and protocols, the authors bring fresh perspectives and updated knowledge to reflect the latest research and innovations. Whether you're starting out or refining your skills, this handbook delivers the clarity, confidence, and practical guidance needed to master TIVA in everyday clinical settings – an essential companion.
This exceptional guide to pancreatic pathology and cytopathology, incorporates extensive illustrations, videos, and infographics for easy understanding and diagnosis. The content is presented in an easy-to-digest, bulleted format, complemented by richly annotated videos that provide a visual learning experience. This practical guide addresses key diagnostic challenges, uniquely integrating cytopathology and histopathology. Four major topics are covered including inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, solid pancreatic neoplasms, cystic pancreatic neoplasms, and primary biliary lesions. This is an indispensable resource for pathologists, gastroenterologists, pancreatic surgeons, and researchers, offering a comprehensive and visual approach to a complex medical field.
This book makes a bold but crucial claim: storytelling is not an embellishment to medical knowledge-it is the engine that drives it. Evidence becomes meaningful only when it is framed and interpreted within existing stories. Focusing on reproductive health, Beyond the Bedside explores diverse understandings of medical evidence in relation to some of today's most contested topics, including embryo selection in IVF, puberty blockers for transgender youth and abortion care. Across these cases, the authors reveal how identical evidence can lead to starkly different syntheses, guidelines, and public positions, depending on the narratives into which it is woven. Introducing the concept of deep knowledge translation, the book offers a new way of analysing how evidence moves across research, clinical practice, policy, law, and public debate. It shows why medical controversies persist and how understanding narrative dynamics can transform the way we produce and use knowledge. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Surrogacy is a rapidly evolving global phenomenon that raises profound legal, ethical, and social questions. This book offers a pioneering Rights-Based Pyramid Approach, balancing adults' rights through liberty, equality, and vulnerability, to secure the best interests of children at the centre. Drawing on extensive empirical research in Sri Lanka, alongside comparative analysis of India and the UK, it provides a uniquely context-sensitive perspective on how surrogacy laws can and should respond to real-world challenges. A distinctive feature of this book is its examination of how one country's laws impact surrogacy both within and beyond national borders, shaping practices, markets, and policy responses across regions. Written in clear, accessible language, the book bridges academic and practical debates, making it essential reading for students, researchers, and professionals in law, bioethics, gender studies, social policy, sociology, psychology, and public health, as well as policymakers and practitioners seeking a comprehensive yet practical guide.
Protests are becoming more frequent and unpredictable, often creating complex challenges for emergency healthcare providers. Road closures, surging crowds, and sudden outbreaks of violence can strain resources and compromise safety. When demonstrations escalate, injuries from chemical irritants, kinetic impact projectiles, tasers, dog bites, and stampedes demand rapid and informed responses. This concise guide equips healthcare professionals with practical strategies for delivering timely, high-quality care in pre-hospital and hospital settings during civil unrest. Using lessons learnt from real world events this guide teaches readers to recognize common protest-related injury patterns, implement effective treatment plans, and maintain personal safety amid volatile conditions. Beyond immediate care, this book also addresses post-protest considerations, including trauma-informed approaches and psychological first aid for both patients and healthcare providers alike. Whether on the frontlines or in the emergency department this resource will prepare readers to navigate turbulent events with confidence, compassion, and care.
As a psychiatrist, you may be the only medically qualified person available to manage the physical healthcare of a patient in a mental health setting. Do you know how to: Recognise sepsis? Diagnose headache disorders? Manage Type 1 Diabetes? Written by leading experts in medicine, surgery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, primary care, disease prevention and the law, this book contains a wealth of information specifically for psychiatrists about physical healthcare. With full-colour illustrations, there is information about the management of acute illness, infectious diseases, cardiac, respiratory and neurological emergencies, and long-term conditions e.g., endocrine, renal and gastrointestinal disorders. Whether you are an experienced psychiatrist or a trainee or GP, you will find practical guidance about making the 'first response', delivery of routine physical healthcare and referral to colleagues. This book is essential reading to help update your knowledge, help you to make the right decisions, and avoid traps for the unwary.
This groundbreaking book delves into the origins and evolution of caring for the neurocritically ill. From the early pioneers like Galen and Charcot to the modern advancements in understanding acute brain injury, this narrative weaves together historical insights and clinical observations. Explore the unique challenges and breakthroughs that shaped acute neurology into the specialized field it is today. Through a meticulous exploration of primary sources and historical findings, this book sheds light on the trajectory of thought and the continuity of development in acute neurosciences. Aimed at neurointensivists, neurosurgeons, and clinicians across various specialties, Fixed and Dilated offers a fresh perspective on the past while connecting it to the present and future of neurocritical care. Uncover the untold stories that have shaped our understanding of acute neurological conditions.
Throughout the world, in liberal states, it is common to use prenatal selection techniques and procedures which can prevent the birth of a disabled child. A common assumption is that this practice is driven by individual choice, and that the state itself is neutral. If instead the state was not neutral, this would raise fears of eugenics. The purpose of this book is to test this common assumption. While there is extensive literature on the ethics of selecting against disability, this book proposes a different starting point based on an analysis of the state's position. Through an examination of liberal theory, and a review of concrete examples of state practice, it sheds new light on our society's commitment to the equality of disabled people and the equality of women.
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately harmed members of already disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. Focusing on five communities in the US with comparative data from other countries – children, older adults, women, people of color, and those who are incarcerated – The Unequal Pandemic explains why. The book points to the inadequacies of the public policies adopted to respond to the pandemic, evaluating their effectiveness and compliance with ethical norms and human rights obligations. By assessing the failures of the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the book outlines needed policy changes to rectify current disparities and respond more effectively in future health emergencies.
Brain maldevelopment or injury in utero can cause life-long disability. Focussing on improvements in imaging methods, therapeutics, and perinatal care that can help to identify, prevent, or treat brain problems in the fetus and newborn, this new edition brings the reader fully up to date with recent advances in clinical management and outcome assessment. Updated material includes protective strategies for pre-term and term infants, ways of promoting of brain development in the neonatal intensive care unit, resuscitation, and immediate care after resuscitation (golden hour care), and parental perspectives, particularly strategies for communicating with families. An outstanding international team of highly experienced neonatologists and maternal-fetal medicine clinicians have produced a practical and authoritative clinical text offering clear management advice to all clinicians involved in the treatment of the fetus and newborn.