The go-to textbook for medical students
Designed to be as easy to understand as it is comprehensive, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine is the definitive guide for medical students and doctors in training.
Revised and updated to reflect the structure of modern medical care, an all-new Acute Medicine chapter focuses on the initial, problem-based assessment of the unwell patient. Chapters on Medical Specialties explore the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic disease across the spectrum of systems-based disorders. Sections on The Practice of Medicine, Medicine and the world and Medicine Throughout Life explore medicine in its wider context, addressing the health needs of the population as well as specific patient groups.
This book has been the must-have text for medical students and doctors in training for over 35 years. The 11th edition has been fully updated and restructured to suit the needs of a contemporary audience.
1. Instructions for online access - p. i 2. Title of Book - p. i 3. Cover image - p. i 4. Title page - p. ii 5. Table of Contents - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iv 7. Video Contents - p. vii 8. Foreword to the Eleventh Edition - p. ix 9. Preface to the Eleventh Edition - p. xi 10. List of Contributors - p. xiii 11. International Advisory Board - p. xix 12. Acknowledgments for the Eleventh Edition - p. xxi 13. Part 1. The Practice of Medicine - p. xxi.evi 14. 1. The art of being a doctor - p. 1 15. 2. Clinical communication - p. 14 16. 3. Medical ethics - p. 25 17. 4. Evidence-based practice - p. 35 18. 5. Human genetics - p. 52 19. 6. Immunity - p. 79 20. 7. Therapeutics and prescribing - p. 107 21. 8. Radiology - p. 117 22. Part 2. Medicine and the World - p. 152 23. 9. Public health - p. 153 24. 10. Global and planetary health - p. 167 25. Part 3. Acute and Emergency Medicine - p. 174 26. 11. Acute medicine - p. 175 27. Background - p. 175 28. Patient flow through AIM - p. 176 29. The role of the AIM clinician - p. 178 30. Clinical skills - p. 179 31. Risk assessments for common acute medical conditions - p. 180 32. Communicating decisions and referrals - p. 180 33. Discharge planning - p. 182 34. Liaison with acute care MDT - p. 182 35. Core clinical presentations in AIM - p. 192 36. Anaphylaxis - p. 198 37. Chest pain - p. 198 38. Palpitations - p. 201 39. Breathlessness - p. 204 40. Haemoptysis - p. 218 41. Nausea and vomiting - p. 220 42. Diarrhoea - p. 220 43. Haematemesis and melaena - p. 223 44. Abdominal swelling - p. 226 45. Abnormal blood results - p. 227 46. Acute kidney injury - p. 228 47. Hyperkalaemia - p. 231 48. Follow-up - p. 232 49. The unconscious patient - p. 232 50. Dizziness and blackouts - p. 236 51. Headache - p. 239 52. Clinical assessment - p. 239 53. Investigations - p. 242 54. Migraine - p. 242 55. Tension-type headache - p. 242 56. Intracranial bleeds - p. 243 57. Subdural and extradural bleeding - p. 245 58. Cortical venous thrombosis and dural venous sinus thrombosis - p. 245 59. Meningitis - p. 246 60. Viral encephalitis - p. 249 61. Seizures - p. 249 62. Delirium - p. 250 63. Functional neurological disorder - p. 253 64. Polysymptomatology - p. 254 65. Swollen joint - p. 254 66. The unwell diabetic patient - p. 257 67. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism - p. 264 68. The unwell cancer patient - p. 272 69. Rash - p. 274 70. 12. Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection - p. 278 71. 13. Critical care medicine - p. 297 72. 14. Anaesthesia and perioperative medicine - p. 334 73. 15. Toxicology - p. 353 74. 16. Environmental medicine - p. 371 75. Part 4. Medical Specialties - p. 383 76. 17. Cardiology - p. 384 77. Clinical skills - p. 385 78. Examination - p. 387 79. ECG interpretation - p. 387 80. Anatomy, physiology, and embryology of the heart - p. 388 81. Clinical approach to the patient with heart disease - p. 393 82. Palpitations - p. 394 83. Syncope - p. 394 84. Fatigue - p. 394 85. Peripheral oedema - p. 394 86. Examination of the cardiovascular system - p. 394 87. Cardiac investigations - p. 397 88. Therapeutic procedures - p. 409 89. Cardiac arrhythmias - p. 411 90. Tachycardias - p. 418 91. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias - p. 423 92. Long QT syndrome - p. 424 93. Clinical features - p. 424 94. Management - p. 424 95. Short QT syndrome - p. 425 96. Normal heart ventricular tachycardia - p. 425 97. Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia - p. 425 98. Ventricular premature beats (ectopics) - p. 425 99. Long-term management of cardiac tachyarrhythmias - p. 426 100. Heart failure - p. 429 101. Coronary artery disease - p. 437 102. Diagnosis - p. 439 103. Angina - p. 440 104. Acute coronary syndromes - p. 444 105. Valvular heart disease - p. 452 106. Tricuspid valve - p. 462 107. Pulmonary valve - p. 463 108. Prosthetic valves - p. 464 109. Infective endocarditis - p. 465 110. Congenital heart disease - p. 469 111. Pulmonary heart disease - p. 477 112. Myocardial and endocardial disease - p. 480 113. 18. Hypertension - p. 496 114. 19. Lipid and metabolic disorders - p. 510 115. 20. Respiratory medicine - p. 521 116. CLINICAL SKILLS - p. 521 117. Function of the respiratory system - p. 523 118. Clinical approach to the patient with respiratory disease - p. 529 119. Examination of the respiratory system - p. 530 120. Investigation of respiratory disease - p. 532 121. Diseases of the upper respiratory tract - p. 537 122. Obstructive respiratory disease - p. 540 123. Smoking - p. 551 124. Respiratory infection - p. 552 125. Pneumonia - p. 552 126. Tuberculosis - p. 553 127. Pathogenesis - p. 553 128. Clinical features and diagnosis - p. 553 129. Pulmonary TB - p. 553 130. Lymph node TB - p. 554 131. Miliary TB - p. 554 132. Microbiological diagnosis - p. 554 133. Management - p. 554 134. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection - p. 557 135. Pleural disease - p. 557 136. Pleural effusion - p. 557 137. Diagnosis - p. 557 138. Management - p. 559 139. Empyema - p. 559 140. Malignant pleural effusion - p. 559 141. Chylothorax - p. 559 142. Tumours of the respiratory tract - p. 559 143. Benign tumours - p. 563 144. Prognosis - p. 566 145. Cystic fibrosis - p. 566 146. Pathogenesis - p. 566 147. Clinical features and complications - p. 566 148. Diagnosis - p. 566 149. Management - p. 567 150. Interstitial lung diseases - p. 568 151. Sarcoidosis - p. 568 152. Lung and heart–lung transplantation - p. 577 153. Indications and donor selection - p. 577 154. Complications and their treatment - p. 577 155. Prognosis - p. 577 156. Occupational lung disease - p. 577 157. Coal-worker’s pneumoconiosis - p. 577 158. Silicosis - p. 578 159. Diseases caused by asbestos - p. 578 160. Byssinosis - p. 578 161. Berylliosis - p. 578 162. Miscellaneous respiratory disorders - p. 578 163. Lung cysts - p. 578 164. Trauma - p. 579 165. Kyphoscoliosis - p. 579 166. Ankylosing spondylitis - p. 579 167. Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum - p. 579 168. Pleurisy - p. 580 169. Disorders of the diaphragm - p. 580 170. Diaphragmatic fatigue - p. 580 171. Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis - p. 580 172. Bilateral diaphragmatic weakness or paralysis - p. 580 173. Complete eventration of the diaphragm - p. 580 174. Diaphragmatic hernia - p. 580 175. Hiccups - p. 580 176. Mediastinal lesions - p. 580 177. 21. Ear, nose, and throat - p. 582 178. 22. Gastroenterology - p. 601 179. Clinical skills - p. 602 180. Background - p. 604 181. Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract - p. 604 182. Clinical features of gastrointestinal disease - p. 612 183. Constipation - p. 615 184. Pathophysiology and brain–gut interactions - p. 620 185. Mouth - p. 620 186. Salivary glands - p. 621 187. Pharynx and oesophagus - p. 621 188. Complications of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - p. 625 189. Motility disorders - p. 625 190. Other oesophageal disorders - p. 628 191. Oesophageal tumours - p. 630 192. Functional oesophageal disorders - p. 632 193. Stomach and duodenum - p. 632 194. Gastritis and gastropathy - p. 632 195. Helicobacter pylori infection - p. 632 196. Gastric tumours - p. 637 197. Adenocarcinoma - p. 637 198. Epidemiology and pathogenesis - p. 637 199. Screening - p. 638 200. Pathology - p. 638 201. Clinical features - p. 638 202. Diagnosis - p. 639 203. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours - p. 639 204. Management - p. 639 205. Primary gastric lymphoma - p. 639 206. Aetiology - p. 639 207. Clinical features - p. 640 208. Management - p. 640 209. Gastric polyps - p. 640 210. Acute and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 640 211. Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 640 212. Endoscopic management of acute gastrointestinal bleeds - p. 640 213. Prognosis - p. 641 214. Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 641 215. Management - p. 641 216. Chronic gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 641 217. Diagnosis - p. 641 218. Management - p. 642 219. Small intestine - p. 642 220. Malabsorption - p. 644 221. Miscellaneous intestinal diseases - p. 650 222. Tumours of the small intestine - p. 651 223. Colon and rectum - p. 665 224. Miscellaneous colonic conditions - p. 665 225. Diverticular disease - p. 666 226. Anorectal disorders - p. 667 227. Colonic tumours - p. 669 228. Colon polyps and polyposis syndromes - p. 669 229. Classification of colorectal polyps - p. 669 230. Sporadic adenomas - p. 669 231. Sessile serrated adenomas - p. 669 232. Inherited polyposis syndromes - p. 670 233. Colorectal carcinoma - p. 671 234. Genetics - p. 672 235. Pathology - p. 673 236. Clinical features - p. 673 237. Screening for CRC - p. 673 238. Investigations - p. 673 239. Management - p. 674 240. The acute abdomen - p. 674 241. Diagnosis - p. 674 242. Investigations - p. 675 243. Acute appendicitis - p. 675 244. Clinical features - p. 675 245. Differential diagnosis - p. 676 246. Management - p. 676 247. Gynaecological causes of an acute abdomen - p. 676 248. Acute peritonitis - p. 676 249. Clinical features - p. 676 250. Investigations - p. 676 251. Management - p. 676 252. Complications - p. 676 253. Intestinal obstruction - p. 677 254. Clinical features - p. 677 255. Management - p. 677 256. Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction - p. 677 257. Peritoneum - p. 677 258. Disorders affecting the peritoneum - p. 677 259. 23. Hepatology - p. 679 260. CLINICAL SKILLS - p. 680 261. Background - p. 682 262. Anatomy of the liver and biliary system - p. 682 263. Functions of the liver - p. 683 264. Investigations in the patient with liver disease - p. 686 265. Jaundice - p. 690 266. Hepatitis - p. 692 267. Viral hepatitis - p. 694 268. Acute hepatitis due to other infectious agents - p. 703 269. Acute hepatic failure - p. 704 270. Autoimmune hepatitis - p. 705 271. Drug-induced chronic hepatitis - p. 706 272. Chronic hepatitis of unknown cause - p. 706 273. Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease - p. 707 274. Cirrhosis - p. 708 275. Liver transplantation - p. 711 276. Complications and effects of cirrhosis - p. 712 277. Types of cirrhosis - p. 718 278. Alcohol and alcoholic liver disease - p. 722 279. Budd–Chiari syndrome - p. 726 280. Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome - p. 726 281. Fibropolycystic diseases - p. 726 282. Liver abscess - p. 727 283. Other infections of the liver - p. 728 284. Liver disease in pregnancy - p. 728 285. Liver tumours - p. 728 286. Miscellaneous conditions of the liver - p. 730 287. Drugs and the liver - p. 732 288. 24. Biliary tract and pancreatic disease - p. 735 289. 25. Nutrition - p. 762 290. 26. Kidney and urinary tract disease - p. 789 291. Clinical skills - p. 790 292. Background - p. 792 293. Anatomy and physiology - p. 792 294. Investigation of kidney and urinary tract disease - p. 797 295. The glomerulus and glomerular disease - p. 800 296. Nephrotic syndrome - p. 802 297. Non-nephrotic range proteinuria - p. 803 298. Causes of proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome - p. 803 299. Glomerulonephritis - p. 808 300. Mixed nephritic and nephrotic syndrome - p. 813 301. Other glomerular disorders - p. 816 302. Kidney involvement in other diseases - p. 817 303. Hypertension and the kidney - p. 819 304. Kidney calculi and nephrocalcinosis - p. 821 305. Urinary tract obstruction - p. 825 306. Drugs and the kidney - p. 828 307. Urinary tract infection - p. 829 308. Tubolointerstitial nephritis - p. 833 309. Acute kidney injury - p. 835 310. Chronic kidney disease - p. 837 311. Cystic kidney disease - p. 849 312. Tumours of the kidney and genitourinary tract - p. 851 313. Diseases of the prostate gland - p. 852 314. The urinary tract in the elderly - p. 852 315. 27. Water balance, fluids, and electrolytes - p. 853 316. 28. Neurology - p. 885 317. Clinical Skills - p. 886 318. Background - p. 888 319. Functional neuroanatomy - p. 888 320. Patterns of Neurological Disease - p. 889 321. Disorders of motor control systems - p. 902 322. Dysarthria - p. 906 323. Lower motor neuron lesions - p. 906 324. Disorders of sensory pathways and pain - p. 908 325. Bladder control and sexual dysfunction - p. 911 326. Investigation of neurological disease - p. 913 327. Neurological Conditions - p. 915 328. Secondary headache disorders - p. 919 329. Facial pain - p. 920 330. Epilepsy and loss of consciousness - p. 921 331. Movement disorders - p. 929 332. Neuroinflammatory disorders - p. 934 333. Nervous system infection - p. 941 334. Brain tumours - p. 944 335. Hydrocephalus - p. 946 336. Brain injury - p. 947 337. Spinal cord disease - p. 950 338. Syringomyelia and syringobulbia - p. 952 339. Dementia - p. 952 340. Epidemiology - p. 952 341. Clinical assessment - p. 952 342. Investigations - p. 953 343. Mild cognitive impairment - p. 954 344. Causes and risk factors - p. 954 345. Dementia syndromes - p. 954 346. Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia - p. 957 347. Vascular dementia - p. 957 348. Frontotemporal dementia - p. 957 349. Prion diseases, including Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease - p. 957 350. Other dementias - p. 958 351. Management of dementia - p. 958 352. Motor neuron disease - p. 959 353. Congenital disorders - p. 960 354. Neurogenetic disorders - p. 961 355. Paraneoplastic syndromes - p. 962 356. Peripheral nerve disease - p. 962 357. Plexus and nerve root lesions - p. 969 358. Muscle diseases - p. 970 359. 29. Stroke medicine - p. 977 360. 30. General hospital psychiatry - p. 1001 361. Clinical skills - p. 1002 362. Treatment approaches in psychiatry - p. 1006 363. Prescribing in psychiatry - p. 1007 364. Background - p. 1009 365. Liaison psychiatry - p. 1009 366. Ethical and legal issues in psychiatry - p. 1010 367. Aetiology of mental disorders - p. 1012 368. Common psychiatric emergencies - p. 1013 369. Common psychiatric disorders - p. 1017 370. Opioid addiction - p. 1032 371. Novel psychoactive substances - p. 1033 372. Personality disorder - p. 1033 373. Management - p. 1036 374. Eating and feeding disorders - p. 1036 375. Epidemiology - p. 1036 376. Anorexia nervosa - p. 1036 377. Bulimia nervosa - p. 1039 378. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder - p. 1039 379. Additional considerations in selected patient groups - p. 1039 380. Diagnoses of exclusion: factitious disorder and factitious disorder induced by another - p. 1041 381. Management of factitious disorder - p. 1041 382. Prevention of mental illness: public mental health - p. 1042 383. 31. Ophthalmology - p. 1044 384. 32. Rheumatology - p. 1061 385. Clinical skills - p. 1062 386. Anatomy and physiology of the normal joint - p. 1064 387. Investigation of rheumatic disease - p. 1065 388. Clinical conditions in rheumatology - p. 1067 389. Common regional musculoskeletal problems - p. 1067 390. Pain in the shin, calf, and ankle - p. 1077 391. Pain in the foot - p. 1077 392. Pain under the heel - p. 1078 393. Pain in the chest - p. 1078 394. Pain associated with sport and the performing arts - p. 1079 395. Chronic pain syndromes - p. 1079 396. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs for musculoskeletal problems - p. 1081 397. Disorders of collagen - p. 1082 398. Osteoarthritis - p. 1083 399. Inflammatory arthritis - p. 1087 400. Rheumatoid arthritis - p. 1088 401. Spondyloarthritis - p. 1099 402. Infection of joints - p. 1106 403. Autoimmune rheumatic diseases - p. 1107 404. Systemic inflammatory vasculitis - p. 1114 405. Arthritis in children - p. 1118 406. Rheumatological problems seen in other diseases - p. 1118 407. Miscellaneous arthropathies - p. 1119 408. 33. Bone disease - p. 1121 409. 34. Endocrinology - p. 1137 410. Clinical skills - p. 1138 411. Background - p. 1140 412. The pituitary gland and hypothalamus - p. 1145 413. Hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis - p. 1151 414. The adrenal medulla - p. 1161 415. The thyroid axis - p. 1163 416. Hyperthyroidism - p. 1167 417. Graves’ orbitopathy (ophthalmopathy) - p. 1171 418. Goitre (thyroid enlargement) - p. 1173 419. Thyroid cancer - p. 1174 420. Hypothalamo–pituitary–gonadal axis - p. 1175 421. Anatomy and physiology - p. 1175 422. Disorders in the male - p. 1178 423. Disorders in the female - p. 1180 424. Disorders of sex development - p. 1185 425. The thirst axis - p. 1190 426. Disorders of calcium metabolism - p. 1193 427. Hypoglycaemia in the non-diabetic patient - p. 1196 428. Other endocrine disorders - p. 1198 429. 35. Diabetes mellitus - p. 1200 430. Clinical skills - p. 1200 431. Physiology of insulin secretion and action - p. 1203 432. Classification of diabetes - p. 1204 433. Clinical approach to the person with diabetes - p. 1211 434. Prevention of type 2 diabetes - p. 1212 435. Management of diabetes - p. 1212 436. Medication for diabetes - p. 1214 437. Insulin - p. 1214 438. Non-insulin antidiabetes treatments - p. 1219 439. Which drug and when? - p. 1221 440. Pancreatic islet and whole-pancreas transplantation - p. 1222 441. Monitoring glucose levels in people with diabetes - p. 1222 442. Diabetes-related metabolic emergencies - p. 1224 443. Complications of diabetes - p. 1224 444. Diabetes in special situations - p. 1235 445. Organization of diabetes care - p. 1238 446. 36. Metabolic disease - p. 1240 447. 37. Obesity - p. 1248 448. 38. Haematology - p. 1270 449. Clinical skills - p. 1271 450. Anaemia - p. 1277 451. Microcytic anaemia - p. 1279 452. Normocytic anaemia - p. 1283 453. Macrocytic anaemias - p. 1283 454. Macrocytosis without megaloblastic changes - p. 1286 455. Anaemia caused by marrow failure (aplastic anaemia) - p. 1287 456. Haemolytic anaemias - p. 1288 457. Inherited haemolytic anaemia - p. 1289 458. Haemoglobin abnormalities - p. 1291 459. The thalassaemias - p. 1292 460. Sickle syndromes - p. 1295 461. Metabolic disorders of the red blood cell - p. 1299 462. Acquired haemolytic anaemia - p. 1301 463. Polycythaemia - p. 1306 464. The spleen - p. 1306 465. Blood transfusion - p. 1307 466. Blood groups - p. 1308 467. Procedure for blood transfusion in hospitals - p. 1308 468. Complications of blood transfusion - p. 1309 469. Prevention of wrong blood transfusions - p. 1310 470. Immunological complications - p. 1310 471. Non-immunological complications - p. 1312 472. Strategies for the avoidance of unnecessary transfusion - p. 1312 473. Blood, blood components, and blood products - p. 1313 474. White blood cells - p. 1314 475. Haemostasis - p. 1316 476. Vascular disorders - p. 1321 477. Platelet disorders - p. 1321 478. Inherited coagulation disorders - p. 1324 479. Acquired coagulation disorders - p. 1325 480. 39. Haematological oncology - p. 1328 481. 40. Venous thromboembolic disease - p. 1363 482. 41. Malignant disease - p. 1375 483. Clinical skills - p. 1376 484. Examination - p. 1377 485. Background - p. 1415 486. Principles of oncology - p. 1415 487. Aetiology and epidemiology - p. 1380 488. Screening and investigations - p. 1382 489. Principles of cancer treatment - p. 1386 490. Principles of endocrine therapy - p. 1392 491. Principles of biological and targeted therapy - p. 1392 492. Principles of radiation therapy - p. 1394 493. Common solid tumour treatment - p. 1396 494. Lung cancer - p. 1396 495. Breast cancer - p. 1399 496. Upper gastrointestinal cancers - p. 1402 497. Lower gastrointestinal cancers - p. 1403 498. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers - p. 1405 499. Urological cancers - p. 1406 500. Gynaecological cancers - p. 1409 501. Brain tumours - p. 1412 502. Head and neck cancer - p. 1413 503. Malignant melanoma - p. 1414 504. Metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin - p. 1414 505. 42. Infectious disease - p. 1417 506. Clinical skills - p. 1418 507. Background - p. 1421 508. Clinical approach to the patient with a suspected infection - p. 1421 509. Epidemiology and prevention of infections - p. 1433 510. Principles and mechanisms of infection - p. 1441 511. Viral infections - p. 1444 512. Virus infections of the skin and mucous membranes - p. 1444 513. Virus infections of the respiratory tract - p. 1451 514. Upper respiratory tract infections - p. 1451 515. Lower respiratory tract infections - p. 1451 516. Systemic viral infections - p. 1454 517. Virus infections of the nervous system - p. 1458 518. Virus infections of the gastrointestinal tract - p. 1461 519. Viral hepatitis - p. 1462 520. Viruses and malignant disease - p. 1462 521. Viral haemorrhagic fevers - p. 1463 522. Antiviral drugs - p. 1465 523. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases) - p. 1468 524. Bacterial infections - p. 1468 525. Bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissues - p. 1469 526. Bacterial infections of the respiratory tract - p. 1470 527. Bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract - p. 1472 528. Bacterial infections of the cardiovascular system - p. 1478 529. Bacterial infections of the nervous system - p. 1478 530. Bacterial bone and joint infections - p. 1481 531. Bacterial infections of the urinary tract - p. 1481 532. Systemic and multisystem bacterial infections - p. 1481 533. Bacterial infections seen in low- and middle-income countries - p. 1483 534. Antibiotic therapies - p. 1493 535. Fungal infections - p. 1493 536. Systemic fungal infections - p. 1493 537. Subcutaneous fungal infections - p. 1495 538. Superficial fungal infections - p. 1496 539. Antifungal drugs - p. 1496 540. Protozoal infections - p. 1497 541. Blood and tissue protozoa - p. 1497 542. Gastrointestinal protozoa - p. 1506 543. Helminth infections - p. 1508 544. Nematodes - p. 1509 545. Trematodes - p. 1513 546. Cestodes - p. 1516 547. Arthropod ectoparasites - p. 1517 548. 43. Sexually transmitted infections - p. 1519 549. 44. Human immunodeficiency virus - p. 1537 550. 45. Dermatology - p. 1564 551. Clinical skills - p. 1565 552. Background - p. 1566 553. Skin’s structure and function - p. 1570 554. Investigation of skin disease - p. 1572 555. Principles of dermatological therapy - p. 1572 556. Dermatological emergencies - p. 1574 557. Common rashes - p. 1574 558. Other rarer causes of facial rashes - p. 1577 559. Psoriasis - p. 1584 560. Skin infections - p. 1589 561. Human immunodeficiency virus and the skin - p. 1600 562. Skin signs of systemic disease - p. 1602 563. Systemic malignant disease - p. 1610 564. Genetic disease - p. 1610 565. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum - p. 1611 566. Photosensitivity disorders - p. 1611 567. Blistering and bullous skin disease - p. 1611 568. Skin tumours - p. 1614 569. Management - p. 1622 570. Photoprotection and vitamin D deficiency - p. 1623 571. Cutaneous lymphomas: primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides) - p. 1623 572. Treatment - p. 1623 573. Kaposi sarcoma - p. 1624 574. Clinical features - p. 1624 575. Treatment - p. 1624 576. Other rare skin tumours - p. 1624 577. Disorders of pigmentation - p. 1625 578. Nail disorders - p. 1626 579. Hair disorders - p. 1627 580. Increased hair growth - p. 1628 581. Birth marks and neonatal rashes - p. 1628 582. Drug eruptions - p. 1629 583. Psychodermatology - p. 1629 584. Part 5. Medicine Throughout Life - p. 1630 585. 46. Young adult medicine - p. 1631 586. 47. Sex and gender in medicine - p. 1639 587. Breast disease - p. 1640 588. Breast cancer - p. 1640 589. Congenital abnormalities of the breast - p. 1641 590. Aberrations of development and involution - p. 1641 591. Duct ectasia - p. 1642 592. Sclerosing lesions - p. 1642 593. Benign neoplasms and proliferations - p. 1642 594. Other benign conditions of the breast - p. 1643 595. Mastalgia - p. 1643 596. Nipple discharge - p. 1644 597. Breast infection - p. 1644 598. Granulomatous lobular mastitis - p. 1645 599. Mammary duct fistula - p. 1645 600. Skin-associated infection - p. 1645 601. Hidradenitis suppurativa - p. 1645 602. Post-surgical infection - p. 1645 603. Female health - p. 1646 604. The life course approach - p. 1649 605. Female adolescence - p. 1649 606. Heavy menstrual bleeding - p. 1649 607. Pre-pregnancy counselling - p. 1650 608. Miscarriage and stillbirth - p. 1651 609. Pregnancy - p. 1652 610. The postnatal visit - p. 1652 611. Contraception - p. 1653 612. Termination of pregnancy - p. 1653 613. Menopause - p. 1655 614. Female urinary incontinence - p. 1657 615. Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata) - p. 1657 616. Gynaecological malignancy - p. 1658 617. Domestic abuse and violence - p. 1659 618. Female genital mutilation - p. 1660 619. Male health - p. 1660 620. Benign conditions of the prostate - p. 1662 621. Prostate cancer - p. 1664 622. Diseases of the penis - p. 1666 623. Testicular and spermatic cord disease - p. 1667 624. Loss of libido and erectile dysfunction - p. 1669 625. The ageing male - p. 1669 626. Transgender health - p. 1670 627. 48. Obstetric medicine - p. 1680 628. 49. Medicine of the older adult - p. 1694 629. 50. Palliative care and symptom control - p. 1720 630. A. Chapter questions - p. 1734.e1 631. B. Answers to chapter questions - p. 1734.e24 632. Index - p. 1735 633. Reference Intervals - p. 1758
The go-to textbook for medical students
Designed to be as easy to understand as it is comprehensive, Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine is the definitive guide for medical students and doctors in training.
Revised and updated to reflect the structure of modern medical care, an all-new Acute Medicine chapter focuses on the initial, problem-based assessment of the unwell patient. Chapters on Medical Specialties explore the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic disease across the spectrum of systems-based disorders. Sections on The Practice of Medicine, Medicine and the world and Medicine Throughout Life explore medicine in its wider context, addressing the health needs of the population as well as specific patient groups.
This book has been the must-have text for medical students and doctors in training for over 35 years. The 11th edition has been fully updated and restructured to suit the needs of a contemporary audience.
1. Instructions for online access - p. i 2. Title of Book - p. i 3. Cover image - p. i 4. Title page - p. ii 5. Table of Contents - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iv 7. Video Contents - p. vii 8. Foreword to the Eleventh Edition - p. ix 9. Preface to the Eleventh Edition - p. xi 10. List of Contributors - p. xiii 11. International Advisory Board - p. xix 12. Acknowledgments for the Eleventh Edition - p. xxi 13. Part 1. The Practice of Medicine - p. xxi.evi 14. 1. The art of being a doctor - p. 1 15. 2. Clinical communication - p. 14 16. 3. Medical ethics - p. 25 17. 4. Evidence-based practice - p. 35 18. 5. Human genetics - p. 52 19. 6. Immunity - p. 79 20. 7. Therapeutics and prescribing - p. 107 21. 8. Radiology - p. 117 22. Part 2. Medicine and the World - p. 152 23. 9. Public health - p. 153 24. 10. Global and planetary health - p. 167 25. Part 3. Acute and Emergency Medicine - p. 174 26. 11. Acute medicine - p. 175 27. Background - p. 175 28. Patient flow through AIM - p. 176 29. The role of the AIM clinician - p. 178 30. Clinical skills - p. 179 31. Risk assessments for common acute medical conditions - p. 180 32. Communicating decisions and referrals - p. 180 33. Discharge planning - p. 182 34. Liaison with acute care MDT - p. 182 35. Core clinical presentations in AIM - p. 192 36. Anaphylaxis - p. 198 37. Chest pain - p. 198 38. Palpitations - p. 201 39. Breathlessness - p. 204 40. Haemoptysis - p. 218 41. Nausea and vomiting - p. 220 42. Diarrhoea - p. 220 43. Haematemesis and melaena - p. 223 44. Abdominal swelling - p. 226 45. Abnormal blood results - p. 227 46. Acute kidney injury - p. 228 47. Hyperkalaemia - p. 231 48. Follow-up - p. 232 49. The unconscious patient - p. 232 50. Dizziness and blackouts - p. 236 51. Headache - p. 239 52. Clinical assessment - p. 239 53. Investigations - p. 242 54. Migraine - p. 242 55. Tension-type headache - p. 242 56. Intracranial bleeds - p. 243 57. Subdural and extradural bleeding - p. 245 58. Cortical venous thrombosis and dural venous sinus thrombosis - p. 245 59. Meningitis - p. 246 60. Viral encephalitis - p. 249 61. Seizures - p. 249 62. Delirium - p. 250 63. Functional neurological disorder - p. 253 64. Polysymptomatology - p. 254 65. Swollen joint - p. 254 66. The unwell diabetic patient - p. 257 67. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism - p. 264 68. The unwell cancer patient - p. 272 69. Rash - p. 274 70. 12. Sepsis and the treatment of bacterial infection - p. 278 71. 13. Critical care medicine - p. 297 72. 14. Anaesthesia and perioperative medicine - p. 334 73. 15. Toxicology - p. 353 74. 16. Environmental medicine - p. 371 75. Part 4. Medical Specialties - p. 383 76. 17. Cardiology - p. 384 77. Clinical skills - p. 385 78. Examination - p. 387 79. ECG interpretation - p. 387 80. Anatomy, physiology, and embryology of the heart - p. 388 81. Clinical approach to the patient with heart disease - p. 393 82. Palpitations - p. 394 83. Syncope - p. 394 84. Fatigue - p. 394 85. Peripheral oedema - p. 394 86. Examination of the cardiovascular system - p. 394 87. Cardiac investigations - p. 397 88. Therapeutic procedures - p. 409 89. Cardiac arrhythmias - p. 411 90. Tachycardias - p. 418 91. Ventricular tachyarrhythmias - p. 423 92. Long QT syndrome - p. 424 93. Clinical features - p. 424 94. Management - p. 424 95. Short QT syndrome - p. 425 96. Normal heart ventricular tachycardia - p. 425 97. Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia - p. 425 98. Ventricular premature beats (ectopics) - p. 425 99. Long-term management of cardiac tachyarrhythmias - p. 426 100. Heart failure - p. 429 101. Coronary artery disease - p. 437 102. Diagnosis - p. 439 103. Angina - p. 440 104. Acute coronary syndromes - p. 444 105. Valvular heart disease - p. 452 106. Tricuspid valve - p. 462 107. Pulmonary valve - p. 463 108. Prosthetic valves - p. 464 109. Infective endocarditis - p. 465 110. Congenital heart disease - p. 469 111. Pulmonary heart disease - p. 477 112. Myocardial and endocardial disease - p. 480 113. 18. Hypertension - p. 496 114. 19. Lipid and metabolic disorders - p. 510 115. 20. Respiratory medicine - p. 521 116. CLINICAL SKILLS - p. 521 117. Function of the respiratory system - p. 523 118. Clinical approach to the patient with respiratory disease - p. 529 119. Examination of the respiratory system - p. 530 120. Investigation of respiratory disease - p. 532 121. Diseases of the upper respiratory tract - p. 537 122. Obstructive respiratory disease - p. 540 123. Smoking - p. 551 124. Respiratory infection - p. 552 125. Pneumonia - p. 552 126. Tuberculosis - p. 553 127. Pathogenesis - p. 553 128. Clinical features and diagnosis - p. 553 129. Pulmonary TB - p. 553 130. Lymph node TB - p. 554 131. Miliary TB - p. 554 132. Microbiological diagnosis - p. 554 133. Management - p. 554 134. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection - p. 557 135. Pleural disease - p. 557 136. Pleural effusion - p. 557 137. Diagnosis - p. 557 138. Management - p. 559 139. Empyema - p. 559 140. Malignant pleural effusion - p. 559 141. Chylothorax - p. 559 142. Tumours of the respiratory tract - p. 559 143. Benign tumours - p. 563 144. Prognosis - p. 566 145. Cystic fibrosis - p. 566 146. Pathogenesis - p. 566 147. Clinical features and complications - p. 566 148. Diagnosis - p. 566 149. Management - p. 567 150. Interstitial lung diseases - p. 568 151. Sarcoidosis - p. 568 152. Lung and heart–lung transplantation - p. 577 153. Indications and donor selection - p. 577 154. Complications and their treatment - p. 577 155. Prognosis - p. 577 156. Occupational lung disease - p. 577 157. Coal-worker’s pneumoconiosis - p. 577 158. Silicosis - p. 578 159. Diseases caused by asbestos - p. 578 160. Byssinosis - p. 578 161. Berylliosis - p. 578 162. Miscellaneous respiratory disorders - p. 578 163. Lung cysts - p. 578 164. Trauma - p. 579 165. Kyphoscoliosis - p. 579 166. Ankylosing spondylitis - p. 579 167. Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum - p. 579 168. Pleurisy - p. 580 169. Disorders of the diaphragm - p. 580 170. Diaphragmatic fatigue - p. 580 171. Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis - p. 580 172. Bilateral diaphragmatic weakness or paralysis - p. 580 173. Complete eventration of the diaphragm - p. 580 174. Diaphragmatic hernia - p. 580 175. Hiccups - p. 580 176. Mediastinal lesions - p. 580 177. 21. Ear, nose, and throat - p. 582 178. 22. Gastroenterology - p. 601 179. Clinical skills - p. 602 180. Background - p. 604 181. Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract - p. 604 182. Clinical features of gastrointestinal disease - p. 612 183. Constipation - p. 615 184. Pathophysiology and brain–gut interactions - p. 620 185. Mouth - p. 620 186. Salivary glands - p. 621 187. Pharynx and oesophagus - p. 621 188. Complications of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease - p. 625 189. Motility disorders - p. 625 190. Other oesophageal disorders - p. 628 191. Oesophageal tumours - p. 630 192. Functional oesophageal disorders - p. 632 193. Stomach and duodenum - p. 632 194. Gastritis and gastropathy - p. 632 195. Helicobacter pylori infection - p. 632 196. Gastric tumours - p. 637 197. Adenocarcinoma - p. 637 198. Epidemiology and pathogenesis - p. 637 199. Screening - p. 638 200. Pathology - p. 638 201. Clinical features - p. 638 202. Diagnosis - p. 639 203. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours - p. 639 204. Management - p. 639 205. Primary gastric lymphoma - p. 639 206. Aetiology - p. 639 207. Clinical features - p. 640 208. Management - p. 640 209. Gastric polyps - p. 640 210. Acute and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 640 211. Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 640 212. Endoscopic management of acute gastrointestinal bleeds - p. 640 213. Prognosis - p. 641 214. Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 641 215. Management - p. 641 216. Chronic gastrointestinal bleeding - p. 641 217. Diagnosis - p. 641 218. Management - p. 642 219. Small intestine - p. 642 220. Malabsorption - p. 644 221. Miscellaneous intestinal diseases - p. 650 222. Tumours of the small intestine - p. 651 223. Colon and rectum - p. 665 224. Miscellaneous colonic conditions - p. 665 225. Diverticular disease - p. 666 226. Anorectal disorders - p. 667 227. Colonic tumours - p. 669 228. Colon polyps and polyposis syndromes - p. 669 229. Classification of colorectal polyps - p. 669 230. Sporadic adenomas - p. 669 231. Sessile serrated adenomas - p. 669 232. Inherited polyposis syndromes - p. 670 233. Colorectal carcinoma - p. 671 234. Genetics - p. 672 235. Pathology - p. 673 236. Clinical features - p. 673 237. Screening for CRC - p. 673 238. Investigations - p. 673 239. Management - p. 674 240. The acute abdomen - p. 674 241. Diagnosis - p. 674 242. Investigations - p. 675 243. Acute appendicitis - p. 675 244. Clinical features - p. 675 245. Differential diagnosis - p. 676 246. Management - p. 676 247. Gynaecological causes of an acute abdomen - p. 676 248. Acute peritonitis - p. 676 249. Clinical features - p. 676 250. Investigations - p. 676 251. Management - p. 676 252. Complications - p. 676 253. Intestinal obstruction - p. 677 254. Clinical features - p. 677 255. Management - p. 677 256. Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction - p. 677 257. Peritoneum - p. 677 258. Disorders affecting the peritoneum - p. 677 259. 23. Hepatology - p. 679 260. CLINICAL SKILLS - p. 680 261. Background - p. 682 262. Anatomy of the liver and biliary system - p. 682 263. Functions of the liver - p. 683 264. Investigations in the patient with liver disease - p. 686 265. Jaundice - p. 690 266. Hepatitis - p. 692 267. Viral hepatitis - p. 694 268. Acute hepatitis due to other infectious agents - p. 703 269. Acute hepatic failure - p. 704 270. Autoimmune hepatitis - p. 705 271. Drug-induced chronic hepatitis - p. 706 272. Chronic hepatitis of unknown cause - p. 706 273. Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease - p. 707 274. Cirrhosis - p. 708 275. Liver transplantation - p. 711 276. Complications and effects of cirrhosis - p. 712 277. Types of cirrhosis - p. 718 278. Alcohol and alcoholic liver disease - p. 722 279. Budd–Chiari syndrome - p. 726 280. Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome - p. 726 281. Fibropolycystic diseases - p. 726 282. Liver abscess - p. 727 283. Other infections of the liver - p. 728 284. Liver disease in pregnancy - p. 728 285. Liver tumours - p. 728 286. Miscellaneous conditions of the liver - p. 730 287. Drugs and the liver - p. 732 288. 24. Biliary tract and pancreatic disease - p. 735 289. 25. Nutrition - p. 762 290. 26. Kidney and urinary tract disease - p. 789 291. Clinical skills - p. 790 292. Background - p. 792 293. Anatomy and physiology - p. 792 294. Investigation of kidney and urinary tract disease - p. 797 295. The glomerulus and glomerular disease - p. 800 296. Nephrotic syndrome - p. 802 297. Non-nephrotic range proteinuria - p. 803 298. Causes of proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome - p. 803 299. Glomerulonephritis - p. 808 300. Mixed nephritic and nephrotic syndrome - p. 813 301. Other glomerular disorders - p. 816 302. Kidney involvement in other diseases - p. 817 303. Hypertension and the kidney - p. 819 304. Kidney calculi and nephrocalcinosis - p. 821 305. Urinary tract obstruction - p. 825 306. Drugs and the kidney - p. 828 307. Urinary tract infection - p. 829 308. Tubolointerstitial nephritis - p. 833 309. Acute kidney injury - p. 835 310. Chronic kidney disease - p. 837 311. Cystic kidney disease - p. 849 312. Tumours of the kidney and genitourinary tract - p. 851 313. Diseases of the prostate gland - p. 852 314. The urinary tract in the elderly - p. 852 315. 27. Water balance, fluids, and electrolytes - p. 853 316. 28. Neurology - p. 885 317. Clinical Skills - p. 886 318. Background - p. 888 319. Functional neuroanatomy - p. 888 320. Patterns of Neurological Disease - p. 889 321. Disorders of motor control systems - p. 902 322. Dysarthria - p. 906 323. Lower motor neuron lesions - p. 906 324. Disorders of sensory pathways and pain - p. 908 325. Bladder control and sexual dysfunction - p. 911 326. Investigation of neurological disease - p. 913 327. Neurological Conditions - p. 915 328. Secondary headache disorders - p. 919 329. Facial pain - p. 920 330. Epilepsy and loss of consciousness - p. 921 331. Movement disorders - p. 929 332. Neuroinflammatory disorders - p. 934 333. Nervous system infection - p. 941 334. Brain tumours - p. 944 335. Hydrocephalus - p. 946 336. Brain injury - p. 947 337. Spinal cord disease - p. 950 338. Syringomyelia and syringobulbia - p. 952 339. Dementia - p. 952 340. Epidemiology - p. 952 341. Clinical assessment - p. 952 342. Investigations - p. 953 343. Mild cognitive impairment - p. 954 344. Causes and risk factors - p. 954 345. Dementia syndromes - p. 954 346. Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia - p. 957 347. Vascular dementia - p. 957 348. Frontotemporal dementia - p. 957 349. Prion diseases, including Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease - p. 957 350. Other dementias - p. 958 351. Management of dementia - p. 958 352. Motor neuron disease - p. 959 353. Congenital disorders - p. 960 354. Neurogenetic disorders - p. 961 355. Paraneoplastic syndromes - p. 962 356. Peripheral nerve disease - p. 962 357. Plexus and nerve root lesions - p. 969 358. Muscle diseases - p. 970 359. 29. Stroke medicine - p. 977 360. 30. General hospital psychiatry - p. 1001 361. Clinical skills - p. 1002 362. Treatment approaches in psychiatry - p. 1006 363. Prescribing in psychiatry - p. 1007 364. Background - p. 1009 365. Liaison psychiatry - p. 1009 366. Ethical and legal issues in psychiatry - p. 1010 367. Aetiology of mental disorders - p. 1012 368. Common psychiatric emergencies - p. 1013 369. Common psychiatric disorders - p. 1017 370. Opioid addiction - p. 1032 371. Novel psychoactive substances - p. 1033 372. Personality disorder - p. 1033 373. Management - p. 1036 374. Eating and feeding disorders - p. 1036 375. Epidemiology - p. 1036 376. Anorexia nervosa - p. 1036 377. Bulimia nervosa - p. 1039 378. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder - p. 1039 379. Additional considerations in selected patient groups - p. 1039 380. Diagnoses of exclusion: factitious disorder and factitious disorder induced by another - p. 1041 381. Management of factitious disorder - p. 1041 382. Prevention of mental illness: public mental health - p. 1042 383. 31. Ophthalmology - p. 1044 384. 32. Rheumatology - p. 1061 385. Clinical skills - p. 1062 386. Anatomy and physiology of the normal joint - p. 1064 387. Investigation of rheumatic disease - p. 1065 388. Clinical conditions in rheumatology - p. 1067 389. Common regional musculoskeletal problems - p. 1067 390. Pain in the shin, calf, and ankle - p. 1077 391. Pain in the foot - p. 1077 392. Pain under the heel - p. 1078 393. Pain in the chest - p. 1078 394. Pain associated with sport and the performing arts - p. 1079 395. Chronic pain syndromes - p. 1079 396. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs for musculoskeletal problems - p. 1081 397. Disorders of collagen - p. 1082 398. Osteoarthritis - p. 1083 399. Inflammatory arthritis - p. 1087 400. Rheumatoid arthritis - p. 1088 401. Spondyloarthritis - p. 1099 402. Infection of joints - p. 1106 403. Autoimmune rheumatic diseases - p. 1107 404. Systemic inflammatory vasculitis - p. 1114 405. Arthritis in children - p. 1118 406. Rheumatological problems seen in other diseases - p. 1118 407. Miscellaneous arthropathies - p. 1119 408. 33. Bone disease - p. 1121 409. 34. Endocrinology - p. 1137 410. Clinical skills - p. 1138 411. Background - p. 1140 412. The pituitary gland and hypothalamus - p. 1145 413. Hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis - p. 1151 414. The adrenal medulla - p. 1161 415. The thyroid axis - p. 1163 416. Hyperthyroidism - p. 1167 417. Graves’ orbitopathy (ophthalmopathy) - p. 1171 418. Goitre (thyroid enlargement) - p. 1173 419. Thyroid cancer - p. 1174 420. Hypothalamo–pituitary–gonadal axis - p. 1175 421. Anatomy and physiology - p. 1175 422. Disorders in the male - p. 1178 423. Disorders in the female - p. 1180 424. Disorders of sex development - p. 1185 425. The thirst axis - p. 1190 426. Disorders of calcium metabolism - p. 1193 427. Hypoglycaemia in the non-diabetic patient - p. 1196 428. Other endocrine disorders - p. 1198 429. 35. Diabetes mellitus - p. 1200 430. Clinical skills - p. 1200 431. Physiology of insulin secretion and action - p. 1203 432. Classification of diabetes - p. 1204 433. Clinical approach to the person with diabetes - p. 1211 434. Prevention of type 2 diabetes - p. 1212 435. Management of diabetes - p. 1212 436. Medication for diabetes - p. 1214 437. Insulin - p. 1214 438. Non-insulin antidiabetes treatments - p. 1219 439. Which drug and when? - p. 1221 440. Pancreatic islet and whole-pancreas transplantation - p. 1222 441. Monitoring glucose levels in people with diabetes - p. 1222 442. Diabetes-related metabolic emergencies - p. 1224 443. Complications of diabetes - p. 1224 444. Diabetes in special situations - p. 1235 445. Organization of diabetes care - p. 1238 446. 36. Metabolic disease - p. 1240 447. 37. Obesity - p. 1248 448. 38. Haematology - p. 1270 449. Clinical skills - p. 1271 450. Anaemia - p. 1277 451. Microcytic anaemia - p. 1279 452. Normocytic anaemia - p. 1283 453. Macrocytic anaemias - p. 1283 454. Macrocytosis without megaloblastic changes - p. 1286 455. Anaemia caused by marrow failure (aplastic anaemia) - p. 1287 456. Haemolytic anaemias - p. 1288 457. Inherited haemolytic anaemia - p. 1289 458. Haemoglobin abnormalities - p. 1291 459. The thalassaemias - p. 1292 460. Sickle syndromes - p. 1295 461. Metabolic disorders of the red blood cell - p. 1299 462. Acquired haemolytic anaemia - p. 1301 463. Polycythaemia - p. 1306 464. The spleen - p. 1306 465. Blood transfusion - p. 1307 466. Blood groups - p. 1308 467. Procedure for blood transfusion in hospitals - p. 1308 468. Complications of blood transfusion - p. 1309 469. Prevention of wrong blood transfusions - p. 1310 470. Immunological complications - p. 1310 471. Non-immunological complications - p. 1312 472. Strategies for the avoidance of unnecessary transfusion - p. 1312 473. Blood, blood components, and blood products - p. 1313 474. White blood cells - p. 1314 475. Haemostasis - p. 1316 476. Vascular disorders - p. 1321 477. Platelet disorders - p. 1321 478. Inherited coagulation disorders - p. 1324 479. Acquired coagulation disorders - p. 1325 480. 39. Haematological oncology - p. 1328 481. 40. Venous thromboembolic disease - p. 1363 482. 41. Malignant disease - p. 1375 483. Clinical skills - p. 1376 484. Examination - p. 1377 485. Background - p. 1415 486. Principles of oncology - p. 1415 487. Aetiology and epidemiology - p. 1380 488. Screening and investigations - p. 1382 489. Principles of cancer treatment - p. 1386 490. Principles of endocrine therapy - p. 1392 491. Principles of biological and targeted therapy - p. 1392 492. Principles of radiation therapy - p. 1394 493. Common solid tumour treatment - p. 1396 494. Lung cancer - p. 1396 495. Breast cancer - p. 1399 496. Upper gastrointestinal cancers - p. 1402 497. Lower gastrointestinal cancers - p. 1403 498. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers - p. 1405 499. Urological cancers - p. 1406 500. Gynaecological cancers - p. 1409 501. Brain tumours - p. 1412 502. Head and neck cancer - p. 1413 503. Malignant melanoma - p. 1414 504. Metastatic cancer of unknown primary origin - p. 1414 505. 42. Infectious disease - p. 1417 506. Clinical skills - p. 1418 507. Background - p. 1421 508. Clinical approach to the patient with a suspected infection - p. 1421 509. Epidemiology and prevention of infections - p. 1433 510. Principles and mechanisms of infection - p. 1441 511. Viral infections - p. 1444 512. Virus infections of the skin and mucous membranes - p. 1444 513. Virus infections of the respiratory tract - p. 1451 514. Upper respiratory tract infections - p. 1451 515. Lower respiratory tract infections - p. 1451 516. Systemic viral infections - p. 1454 517. Virus infections of the nervous system - p. 1458 518. Virus infections of the gastrointestinal tract - p. 1461 519. Viral hepatitis - p. 1462 520. Viruses and malignant disease - p. 1462 521. Viral haemorrhagic fevers - p. 1463 522. Antiviral drugs - p. 1465 523. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases) - p. 1468 524. Bacterial infections - p. 1468 525. Bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissues - p. 1469 526. Bacterial infections of the respiratory tract - p. 1470 527. Bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract - p. 1472 528. Bacterial infections of the cardiovascular system - p. 1478 529. Bacterial infections of the nervous system - p. 1478 530. Bacterial bone and joint infections - p. 1481 531. Bacterial infections of the urinary tract - p. 1481 532. Systemic and multisystem bacterial infections - p. 1481 533. Bacterial infections seen in low- and middle-income countries - p. 1483 534. Antibiotic therapies - p. 1493 535. Fungal infections - p. 1493 536. Systemic fungal infections - p. 1493 537. Subcutaneous fungal infections - p. 1495 538. Superficial fungal infections - p. 1496 539. Antifungal drugs - p. 1496 540. Protozoal infections - p. 1497 541. Blood and tissue protozoa - p. 1497 542. Gastrointestinal protozoa - p. 1506 543. Helminth infections - p. 1508 544. Nematodes - p. 1509 545. Trematodes - p. 1513 546. Cestodes - p. 1516 547. Arthropod ectoparasites - p. 1517 548. 43. Sexually transmitted infections - p. 1519 549. 44. Human immunodeficiency virus - p. 1537 550. 45. Dermatology - p. 1564 551. Clinical skills - p. 1565 552. Background - p. 1566 553. Skin’s structure and function - p. 1570 554. Investigation of skin disease - p. 1572 555. Principles of dermatological therapy - p. 1572 556. Dermatological emergencies - p. 1574 557. Common rashes - p. 1574 558. Other rarer causes of facial rashes - p. 1577 559. Psoriasis - p. 1584 560. Skin infections - p. 1589 561. Human immunodeficiency virus and the skin - p. 1600 562. Skin signs of systemic disease - p. 1602 563. Systemic malignant disease - p. 1610 564. Genetic disease - p. 1610 565. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum - p. 1611 566. Photosensitivity disorders - p. 1611 567. Blistering and bullous skin disease - p. 1611 568. Skin tumours - p. 1614 569. Management - p. 1622 570. Photoprotection and vitamin D deficiency - p. 1623 571. Cutaneous lymphomas: primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides) - p. 1623 572. Treatment - p. 1623 573. Kaposi sarcoma - p. 1624 574. Clinical features - p. 1624 575. Treatment - p. 1624 576. Other rare skin tumours - p. 1624 577. Disorders of pigmentation - p. 1625 578. Nail disorders - p. 1626 579. Hair disorders - p. 1627 580. Increased hair growth - p. 1628 581. Birth marks and neonatal rashes - p. 1628 582. Drug eruptions - p. 1629 583. Psychodermatology - p. 1629 584. Part 5. Medicine Throughout Life - p. 1630 585. 46. Young adult medicine - p. 1631 586. 47. Sex and gender in medicine - p. 1639 587. Breast disease - p. 1640 588. Breast cancer - p. 1640 589. Congenital abnormalities of the breast - p. 1641 590. Aberrations of development and involution - p. 1641 591. Duct ectasia - p. 1642 592. Sclerosing lesions - p. 1642 593. Benign neoplasms and proliferations - p. 1642 594. Other benign conditions of the breast - p. 1643 595. Mastalgia - p. 1643 596. Nipple discharge - p. 1644 597. Breast infection - p. 1644 598. Granulomatous lobular mastitis - p. 1645 599. Mammary duct fistula - p. 1645 600. Skin-associated infection - p. 1645 601. Hidradenitis suppurativa - p. 1645 602. Post-surgical infection - p. 1645 603. Female health - p. 1646 604. The life course approach - p. 1649 605. Female adolescence - p. 1649 606. Heavy menstrual bleeding - p. 1649 607. Pre-pregnancy counselling - p. 1650 608. Miscarriage and stillbirth - p. 1651 609. Pregnancy - p. 1652 610. The postnatal visit - p. 1652 611. Contraception - p. 1653 612. Termination of pregnancy - p. 1653 613. Menopause - p. 1655 614. Female urinary incontinence - p. 1657 615. Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata) - p. 1657 616. Gynaecological malignancy - p. 1658 617. Domestic abuse and violence - p. 1659 618. Female genital mutilation - p. 1660 619. Male health - p. 1660 620. Benign conditions of the prostate - p. 1662 621. Prostate cancer - p. 1664 622. Diseases of the penis - p. 1666 623. Testicular and spermatic cord disease - p. 1667 624. Loss of libido and erectile dysfunction - p. 1669 625. The ageing male - p. 1669 626. Transgender health - p. 1670 627. 48. Obstetric medicine - p. 1680 628. 49. Medicine of the older adult - p. 1694 629. 50. Palliative care and symptom control - p. 1720 630. A. Chapter questions - p. 1734.e1 631. B. Answers to chapter questions - p. 1734.e24 632. Index - p. 1735 633. Reference Intervals - p. 1758