Pass Finals the Essential Pocket Guide for Medical Students - 3rd Edition

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Pass Finals is a notes-style summary of the key facts to know for the diagnosis and management of important diseases. The book relates to Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine, and its synoptic approach is intended to help time-poor students with revision for final exams in medicine. Information is presented as bullet-point lists and short summaries. There are also practice self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, with explanatory answers at the end of the book. Examples of OSCE stations and advice on how to approach them are included in all chapters Increased use of line diagrams and breakout boxes for the important topics X-ray images and CT scans added More self-assessment questions//Focuses on the most important medical specialties, including cardiology, neurology, GI, and respiratory medicine//Introductory chapters give tips on preparing for exams and explanations of the types of questions that will be encountered//Important background information on pharmacology, radiology, and imaging, and clinical investigations are covered in discrete chapters//Uses a basic outline for explaining each disease � physical examination, investigations, and management � summarised in a succinct and clear way//By Geoff Smith, MD, MRCP, Locum Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trusts, London, UK; Elizabeth Carty, B Med Sci, BMBS, MD, MRCP, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK and Louise Langmead, MD, MRCP, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK