100 Cases in Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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<P><EM>A 77-year-old man phones ¿999¿ after experiencing severe backache. The paramedics arrive to find him in severe pain, and cold and clammy. While at his house, they note that he smokes and also elicit a history of hypertension. He is tachycardic and hypotensive </EM><EM>en route to hospital, and intravenous fluids are started</EM><EM>. You have been assigned his initial assessment ...</EM></P><P></P><B><P>100 Cases in Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine</B> presents 100 clinical scenarios commonly seen by medical students and junior doctors in the emergency department, outpatient clinic, operating theatre or in general practice. A succinct summary of the patient''s history, examination and initial investigations is followed by questions on each case, with particular emphasis on the interpretation of the results and in which an understanding of the underlying clinical pathology is central to arriving at the correct diagnosis. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each