Acknowledgements.

How to use this book.

List of abbreviations.

Part 1 Basics.

Introduction and specialty overview.

Approach to the patient.

Part 2 Cases.

Case 1 A 45-year-old man with 'cardiac-type' chest pain.

Case 2 A 35-year-old woman with 'pleuritic' chest pain.

Case 3 A 50-year-old man presenting with palpitations.

Case 4 A 60-year-old man with a broad complex tachycardia.

Case 5 A 25-year-old woman with acute asthma.

Case 6 A 60-year-old woman with an 'exacerbation' of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Case 7 An 86-year-old woman with acute shortness of breath.

Case 8 A 68-year-old man presenting with shock.

Case 9 A 55-year-old man with suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Case 10 A 60-year-old man with diarrhoea.

Case 11 A 37-year-old woman with sudden severe headache.

Case 12 A 21-year-old man presenting following a seizure.

Case 13 A 22-year-old unconscious man.

Case 14 A 64-year-old man presenting with unilateral weakness.

Case 15 A 60-year-old man presenting following a blackout.

Case 16 A 45-year-old man with acute confusion.

Case 17 An 81-year-old woman with acute confusion.

Case 18 A 25-year-old woman with acute hyperglycaemia.

Case 19 A 73-year-old man with abnormal renal function.

Case 20 A 55-year-old man with pyrexia of unknown origin.

Case 21 A 25-year-old woman admitted following an overdose.

Case 22 A 35-year-old woman with an acutely swollen leg.

Part 3 Self-assessment.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Appendix: Normal ranges, units and common abbreviations for blood tests.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.

Colour plate section.