PACES for the MRCP - Tim Hall

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Résumé :

The 3rd edition of PACES for the MRCP has been fully revised and updated throughout to retain its pole position as the textbook to accompany core medical training (CMT) and prepare candidates for success in the Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills and a future specialty career.

• Fully revised for the new Station 5 and completely updated throughout.

• Promotes understanding and deeper learning of modern medicine applicable to PACES and the specialist registrar.

• Emphasis on clinical assessment - history-taking, examination and communication skills - equipping candidates with appropriate differential diagnoses from which to develop the right diagnosis.

• Encourages candidates to question why a diagnosis has arisen and consider its consequences. For example, 'Heat failure' is a not a diagnosis until a candidate has considered the differential diagnoses of breathlessness and decided why heart failure is most likely, and then considered its cause (not always ischaemic heart disease), its presentation (acute, chronic, left or right ventricular or both) and, most importantly, the effects of it and its treatments on a patient's life.

This 3rd edition of PACES for the MRCP continues to provide fully revised, up-to-date, evidence-based coverage of investigations and treatments. Whilst the emphasis of PACES is on clinical skills, candidates who understand when, for example, a patient with rheumatoid arthritis might benefit from a biologic agent and how this will influence inflammatory disease, is better equipped for success.

From reviews of the previous edition:

'Hall's PACES for the MRCP is excellent. It is easy to follow, carefully laid out and covers all conditions likely to appear in each station of the exam. The author not only explains examination techniques and clinical signs, but also goes that step further to ensure the reader really understands each topic, using clinical examples, question and answer/discussion sections as well as detailed illustrations. Where this text also outshines the others is with the inclusion of chapters covering the History Taking and Communication/Ethics stations of the exam. The scenarios are spot on and give the reader plenty of examples to work through. The Neurology section is brilliant.' Overall: An excellent and up-to-date text, this is the new MRCP Bible - don't sit your exam without it.

'Looking through the book is a visual delight and there is lots of excellent information there.'

'Well laid out, easy to read and utterly relevant. Also serves as a useful reference tool post-membership too. Buy it!'

Really good book. The clinical stations are well covered - in particular this book is worth buying just for the neuro section alone which is really easy to read and understand and gives you a great framework for approaching clinical cases (this is also what countless colleagues of mine have cited as the book's main selling point!)

'This is an excellent book. It is very well-written, clear, factually correct and actually means that you know enough to hold a conversation with the examiners. Apparently most people assume they will pass the Hx and comm stations but commonly fail them and this book is excellent for those with lots of information and cases to practice. I really feel that this book has transformed the paces market as it is so much better than the others.'

'Hall's refreshingly relevant and readable textbook is vital to successful PACES preparation and covers all sections faced in the exam with good detail.'

• A one-volume text giving candidates complete preparation for the PACES exam w...

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  INTRODUCTION
  
  STATION 1 RESPIRATORY AND ABDOMINAL SYSTEM
  
  RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  
  Examination of the respiratory system
  
  Cases
  
  1.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  1.2 Consolidation
  1.3 Dullness at the lung base
  1.4 Pneumonia
  1.5 Lung cancer
  1.6 Pancoast's syndrome
  1.7 Superior vena cava obstruction
  1.8 Collapse/pneumonectomy/lobectomy
  1.9 Bronchiectasis
  1.10 Cystic fibrosis
  1.11 Kartagener's syndrome
  1.12 Tuberculosis
  1.13 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and diffuse parenchymal lung disease
  
  1.14 Rheumatoid lung
  
  1.15 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
  
  1.16 Asbestos-related lung disease and pneumoconiosis
  
  1.17 Pulmonary sarcoidosis
  1.18 Pulmonary hypertension
  1.19 Cor pulmonale
  1.20 Pulmonary embolism
  1.21 Pleural effusion
  1.22 Pleural rub
  1.23 Pneumothorax
  1.24 Obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome
  
  1.25 Lung transplant
  
  ABDOMINAL SYSTEM
  
  Examination of the abdominal system
  
  Cases
  
  1.26 Chronic liver disease
  1.27 Jaundice
  1.28 Ascites
  1.29 Alcoholic liver disease
  1.30 Viral hepatitis
  1.31 Autoimmune hepatitis
  1.32 Primary biliary cirrhosis
  1.33 Hereditary haemochromatosis
  1.34 Wilson's disease
  1.35 Hepatomegaly
  1.36 Splenomegaly
  
  1.37 Hepatosplenomegaly
  1.38 Felty's syndrome
  1.39 Abdominal mass
  1.40 Crohn's disease
  1.41 Ulcerative colitis
  1.42 Carcinoid syndrome
  1.43 Enteric and urinary stomas
  1.44 Chronic myeloid leukaemia
  1.45 Polycythaemia vera, myeloproliferative disorders and myelodysplasia
  1.46 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
  1.47 Lymphadenopathy and lymphoma
  1.48 Polycystic kidney disease
  1.49 Nephrotic syndrome
  1.50 Renal transplant
  
  STATION 2: HISTORY-TAKING SKILLS
  
  Introduction to history-taking skills
  
  Clinical reasoning
  
  The traditional medical history model
  
  Incorporating the patient's perspective - ideas, concerns and expectations
  
  History-taking skills - the communication skills that make history-taking effective
  
  The traditional model and communication skills - putting these two together
  
  Cases
  
  Respiratory problems
  
  2.1 Breathlessness
  2.2 Asthma
  
  Abdominal problems
  
  2.3 Dyspepsia
  2.4 Dysphagia
  2.5 Abdominal pain
  2.6 Altered bowel habit
  
  Cardiovascular problems
  
  2.7 Prevention of cardiovascular disease and weight gain
  2.8 Chest pain and angina
  2.9 Acute coronary syndrome
  2.10 Heart failure
  2.11 Palpitations
  2.12 Atrial fibrillation
  2.13 Dyslipidaemia
  2.14Hypertension
  
  Neurological problems
  
  2.15 Headache
  2.16 Transient ischaemic attack
  2.17 Weakness and wasting
  2.18 TMultiple sclerosis
  2.19 Tremor
  
  Locomotor problems
  
  2.20 Back pain
  2.21 Joint pain
  
  Eye problems
  
  2.22 Visual loss
  
  Endocrine problems
  
  2.23 Type 1 diabetes mellitus
  2.24 Type 2 diabetes mellitus
  
  Renal and metabolic problems
  
  2.25 Acute renal failure
  2.26 Chronic kidney disease and renal replacement therapy
  2.27 Glomerulonephritis
  2.28 Systemic vasculitis
  2.29 Hypercalcaemia
  2.30 Hyponatraemia
  2.31 Poisoning and metabolic disturbance
  
  Haematological problems
  
  2.32 Anaemia
  2.33 Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia
  2.34 Purpura
  2.35 Haemophilia
  2.36 Deep vein thrombosis
  2.37 Thrombophilic tendency
  2.38 Myeloma
  
  Infectious disease
  
  2.39 Human immunodeficiency virus infe...