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The most popular annual guide of its kind―fully revised and updated to reflect all new clinical developments in every field of medicine A Doody's Core Title for 2022! For 60+ years, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment―the flagship volume of the renowned Lange medical series―has been delivering the authoritative information students, residents, and clinicians need to build their medical knowledge, expertise, and confidence. Written by top experts in their fields, this unmatched guide is formatted in a way that enables you to find the answers you need quickly and easily. CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2022 focuses completely on solving practical bedside clinical issues without spending too much time on pathophysiology. It includes full review of all primary care topics, including gynecology, obstetrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, neurology, toxicology, and urology. You’ll find everything you need to know about inpatient and outpatient ca...

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Although good doctor-patient communication is an important component of good medical practice, such good communication in an emergency department setting poses some very unique challenges: 1. Mismatch between physician's and patient's expectations. - Most patients in emergency department come with sudden, often unexpected, serious illnesses (including trauma). Such sudden nature results in an inadequate time for the patient and relatives to adjust or even to swallow the bitter reality, - Secondly, some patients may have problems with the way they are triaged; most patients that come  to the emergency department have the perception that they are suffering from an urgent illness  (although in actual case, they may not be so). Such mismatches can often be compounded with: - Social - Cultural and - Language differences between the doctor and the patient - Thirdly, not only that the patient does not have much of a choice when it comes to treatment options  i...

Bowel Obstruction Small bowel obstruction Large bowel obstruction Clinical Symptoms * the four cardinal symptoms of bowel obstruction are: - vomiting - colicky abdominal pain - constipation - abdominal distension Less distension, vomiting occurs earlier, pain is higher in the abdomen More distension, vomiting occurs later and feculent, pain is lower in the abdomen Radiologic features Small bowel features: Valvulae conniventes – folds that cross the lumen completely Normal features of small bowel: - No more than 3 mm wall thickness - Generally no more than 3 air fluid levels - No more than 3 cm diameter Large bowel features: Haustrations: incomplete crossing of folds across the lumen 3,6,9 rule Maximal normal diameter in small bowel 3 cm Maximal normal diameter in large bowel 6 cm Maximal normal diameter in cecum 9 cm In colorectal Carcinoma Left sided tumors: generally presented with altered bowel habit, blood or mucus PR, mass PR Right sided tumors: generally presented...