Clinical Medicine Notes: History Taking and Physical Examination

picture_as_pdf Gastrointestinal Malignancies: Oesophageal, Gastric, Colorectal, Pancreatic and Liver Cancers Review of the anatomic sites of gastrointestinal cancer - oesophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, pancreas and liver - with the distribution of squamous cell carcinoma along the oesophagus and the tobacco and alcohol risks that multiply it. Continues through gastric cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma, the serum markers, imaging and liver biopsy used to diagnose them, and the cases in which extra hepatic extension, localized disease or main portal vein thrombosis rule surgery out. PDF KES 40.00 picture_as_pdf Burn Injury: Aetiology, Severity Grading and Prehospital Management Surgical lecture on burns: dry heat, flame, electrical contact, chemicals, frostbite and ionising radiation as causes, then mild, moderate and severe grading and depth classification. Prehospital care covers stopping the burning process, cooling and referral. By Dr Badal Khan, a postgraduate surgical resident; externally authored, not a KMTC lecture. PDF KES 40.00 picture_as_pdf Burns: Admission Criteria, Assessment, Fluid Resuscitation and Wound Care Clinical burns lecture by Dr M'mene covering warning signs of airway burns, criteria for admission to a burns unit, and assessing size by the rule of nines and depth by history and cause. Then fluid resuscitation, monitoring it, escharotomy and topical wound treatment. PDF KES 40.00 picture_as_pdf NICE Quick Reference Guide: Diagnosing and Managing Idiopathic Childhood Constipation in Primary and Secondary Care The quick reference guide to NICE clinical guideline 99 on constipation in children and young people: the symptoms and rectal examination findings, the red flags, and the laxative regimes for disimpaction and maintenance treatment. Published by the National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health. PDF KES 40.00 picture_as_pdf Malignant Bone Tumours Lecture Notes Lecture notes on Malignant Bone Tumours, including definitions and explanations of tumours. PDF KES 40.00