Integrated Medical Sciences: The EssentialsISBN: 978-0-470-01658-9
Hardcover
348 pages
June 2007
 Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Acknowledgments.
List of Abbreviations.
Chapter 1 The respiratory system.
Zoe’s breathing difficulties....
Grandma’s bad chest....
Chapter 2 The cardiovascular system.
John is a worried man....
Max is attacked!
More problems for Irene....
Back to John’s exam....
John’s little elephant....
Chapter 3 The gastrointestinal system.
Mary’s burning stomach....
Mary’s severe backache….
Mary, 27 years on….
‘Why does everything I eat turn to fat?’
Chapter 4 The urinary system.
Max’s great pain.
Max is fighting, and losing…again!
Max’s cola urine.
John’s diabetic kidney.
Going back to Max....
Chapter 5 The endocrine system.
Mary is slowing down....
Zoe’s moon face....
Max’s terrible headache....
Little John can’t stop drinking....
John’s losing control....
Chapter 6 The musculoskeletal system.
Max and the motorcycle....
More problems for Max.
The open book….
John’s done his back in!
The boy in the wheelchair.
Irene’s dinner fork....
Brittle bone boy with blue eyes….
Big head....
Jane’s hot joints....
John and his hot, red, big toe....
Chapter 7 The nervous system.
Jane’s carpal tunnel.
Albert’s tremor....
A bad night for Irene....
Little John’s rash.
Chapter 8 The reproductive system.
Debbie’ s changes....
Debbie wants a baby....
Debbie’s and Max visit the fertility clinic.
John has a new embarrassing problem....
Debbie is pregnant!!
Debbie’s concerns....
The birth.
Mary’s changes....
Chapter 9 Genetics, oncology and haematology.
Albert’s bleed....
Maria is always tired.
Little John’s scare....
Jimmy’s big, red, painful knee....
John’s clot busters….
Albert has more tests....
Chapter 10 Infection and immunity.
Debbie goes to the doctors; she is pregnant again!!
Debbie’s water works problem....
Baby Zak gets pneumonia....
Ted gets DIC and ARDS after surgery....
Max is lost to follow up….
Max gets very sick....
Debbie has a new partner…and a new problem.
Max’s blood transfusion.
Epilogue.
Recommended further reading.
Index.
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