1st Edition

Single Best Answers and EMQs in Clinical Pathology

    408 Pages
    by CRC Press

    408 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Single Best Answer (SBA) and Extended Matching Question (EMQ) examinations are increasingly popular means of testing medical students and those undertaking postgraduate qualifications in a number of subject areas. Written by a final year medical student, junior doctors and an experienced clinician, Single Best Answers and EMQs in Clinical Pathology provides invaluable guidance from authors who understand from personal experience that detailed and accurate explanations are the key to successful revision.

    This book presents 200 SBA-style and 50 EMQ-style questions arranged by sub-specialty area as well as a practice exam of random questions. A clear discussion of how the correct answer was reached and other options ruled out for every question is given at the end of each section, making this book an excellent learning aid during all stages of undergraduate clinical studies and beyond into postgraduate training, and particularly while preparing for medical finals.

    Chemical Pathology EMQs
    Sodium handling
    Potassium handling
    Acid–base balance
    Liver function tests
    Endocrine chemical pathology
    Calcium handling
    Plasma proteins
    Vitamin deficiencies
    Inborn errors of metabolism
    Therapeutic drug monitoring
    Answers
    Chemical Pathology SBAs
    Arterial blood gas sample
    Paradoxical aciduria
    Hyponatraemia
    Hypercalcaemia
    Vitamin deficiency tests
    Hyperkalaemia
    Hypernatraemia
    Water deprivation test
    Acute abdominal pain
    Exacerbating factors for gout
    Anion gap
    Estimated plasma osmolarity
    Biochemical abnormalities in chronic renal failure
    Thyroid function tests
    Biochemical abnormalities of metabolic bone disease
    Inherited metabolic disorders
    Neonatal jaundice
    Vitamin D deficiency
    Raised alkaline phosphatase
    Nutritional deficiency
    Therapeutic drug monitoring
    Hypoglycaemia
    Acute pancreatitis
    Treatment of hyperkalaemia
    Myocardial infarction
    Answers
    Haematology EMQs
    Anaemia
    Haemolytic anaemia
    The peripheral blood film
    Bleeding disorders
    Thrombophilia
    Complications of transfusion
    Haematological neoplasms
    Haematology of systemic disease
    Answers
    Haematology SBAs
    Blood transfusion
    Haemolytic anaemia
    Infectious mononucleosis
    Haemoglobinopathies in children
    Anaemia
    Macrocytic anaemia
    Hepatomegaly
    Plasma cell disorders
    Platelet count
    Obstetric haematology
    Vitamin K dependent clotting factors
    Deep vein thrombosis
    Thrombocytopenia
    Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
    Polycythaemia
    Haemolysis
    Secondary polycythaemia
    von Willebrand’s disease
    Myeloproliferative disease
    Lymphoma
    Hodgkin’s lymphoma
    Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
    Anaemia (6)
    Splenomegaly
    Hodgkin’s lymphoma staging
    Acute leukaemia
    Treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia
    von Willebrand’s disease
    Myelodysplastic syndrome
    Factor V Leiden
    Answers
    Immunology EMQs
    Immunodeficiency
    Transplantation
    Autoimmune antibodies
    Hypersensitivity
    Immune-based therapies
    Nephritic disorders
    Diagnostic immunology
    Answers
    Immunology SBAs
    Innate immunity: Physical barriers
    Adaptive immunity: Antibodies
    Human leukocyte antigen
    Immune tolerance
    Mechanisms of autoimmunity
    Primary immunodeficiency: Phagocyte deficiency
    Secondary immunodeficiency
    Hypersensitivity reactions
    Transplantation and rejection
    Human immunodeficiency virus
    Vaccines
    Immune-based therapies
    Rheumatic diseases
    Autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes mellitus
    Autoimmune thyroid disease
    Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes
    Autoantibodies in liver disease
    Autoimmune gastrointestinal disease
    Skin disease
    Non-proliferative glomerulonephritis
    Proliferative glomerulonephritis
    Lupus nephritis
    Vasculitis
    Neurological disease
    Eye disease
    Diagnostic immunology
    Answers
    Microbiology EMQs
    Respiratory tract infections
    Gastrointestinal infections
    Central nervous system infections
    Sexually transmitted infections
    Anti-microbials
    Viral infections
    Anti-virals
    Fungal infections
    Zoonoses
    Neonatal and childhood infections
    Answers
    Microbiology SBAs
    Sputum culture
    Mantoux test
    Pneumonia
    Endocarditis
    Anti-virals
    Vaccine schedule
    Urinary tract infections
    Diarrhoea
    Protozoal disease
    Investigation of an ulcer
    Fever
    Swollen joint
    Hepatitis B serology
    Treatment for diarrhoea
    Confusion
    Lumbar puncture
    Abdominal distension
    Hepatitis C
    Lethargy
    Difficulty swallowing
    Treatment for a cough
    Muscle weakness
    Malaria
    Answers
    Histopathology EMQs
    Cardiovascular pathology
    Respiratory pathology
    Connective tissue pathology
    Cerebrovascular pathology
    Gastrointestinal pathology
    Liver pathology
    Skin pathology
    Renal pathology
    Breast pathology
    Bone pathology
    Answers
    Histopathology SBAs
    Mitral valve vegetation
    Congenital causes of cardiovascular disease
    Acute myocardial infarction
    Anti-topoisomerase antibodies
    Muscle weakness
    Lewy bodies
    Plaques of multiple sclerosis
    Causes of dementia
    Cell changes
    Gastritis
    Diseases of the exocrine pancreas
    Diseases of the endocrine pancreas
    Viral hepatitis
    Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
    Congenital metabolic disorders
    Gastrointestinal diseases in children
    Colitis
    Neoplastic disease of the intestine
    Hydrosalpinx
    Gynaecological tumours
    Ovarian tumours
    Peripheral blood film
    Coeliac disease
    Non-neoplastic bone tumours
    Benign bone tumours
    Malignant bone tumours
    NHS cervical screening programme
    Obstructive lung disease
    Pneumonia
    Diffuse alveolar damage
    Respiratory disease
    Erythema multiforme
    Skin tumours
    Inflammatory conditions
    Types of fractures
    Non-neoplastic bone disease
    Painful joint
    Renal disease
    Urological neoplasia
    Gleason’s grading system
    Non-neoplastic disorders of the breast
    Neoplasms of the breast
    Cystic diseases of the kidneys
    Glomerular disease
    Clinical manifestations of glomerular disease
    Cerebrovascular aneurysm
    Cerebral infections
    HIV in children
    Answers

    Biography

    Sukhpreet Singh Dubb, Final year medical student; Nishma Manek, Final year medical student; Shams Shamoon, Fifth year medical student; Daniel Zeloof, Final year medical student; Imperial College London, UK

    Karim Meeran (Editorial Advisor), Professor of Endocrinology, Imperial College London, UK