100 Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

by Cecilia Bottomley, Janice Rymer

A 24-year-old woman is referred from the emergency department with sudden onset of left iliac fossa pain and you are the medic on duty...
100 Cases in Obstetrics and Gynecology presents 100 commonly seen obstetric and gynaecological scenarios. The patients history, examination and initial investigations are presented along with questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each
topic, providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for junior clinicians.
Making clinical decisions is one of the most challenging and difficult parts of training to become a doctor. These cases will teach medics and medical students to recognize important obstetric and gynaecological conditions and help them develop their diagnostic and management skills.

Genres: Medicine, Medical

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[أمنية عمر]

The Last studied book in the medical school..
Look who's finally graduated 🙊🎓
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[Grace*dnfing books since 2022* · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few years ago, I discovered a plethora of friends around me who were undergoing IVF (in vitro fertilization) and delved into this fascinating area of expertise that was like a ticking time bomb for men and women (long story short: people who want to have kids shouldn't even consider birth control -- it's not as easy as people make it out to be). Reading this book was an offshoot of that fascination and this book does a really good job of laying out short, concise one-page cases of every kind of OBGYN issues that could crop up. Well, probably nearly. It lays it the initial consultation/patient overview in a short summary of a few paragraphs, the blood tests results/ultrasound scans (if any), and then asks: what is the recommended course for the woman?

There follows another one page synopsis of what has gone wrong, what are the management options, and what are the risk factors to such health issues. The pro of this book is how concise it is, and the multiple paragraph format is visually pleasing. To a layperson like me, reading this book was like reading so many (100) mini-mysteries. For someone who's interested in all the risks and dangers of the female reproductive system, this is a thoroughly good overview that's not dry because it leads with a host of examples. The narrative is also not overly medical as to confuse the non-medical person.

I would posit that to a medical personnel with years of experience that there might be dispute as to the management options. I know cases with a few of the issues raised, and some of the possible solutions are maybe far too extreme for the issue, and there are other options than the ones posed. For example: excessive menstrual bleeding & cramping + bleeding between periods + ultrasound that revealed endometrial polyps = possible hysterectomy if pain is unmanageable. This seemed extreme to me and I know that curettage (gentle shaving down of uterus) is considered an outdated method of treating this issue especially for western countries (this book was published in the UK), but it is still a working procedure that is less invasive than hysterectomy or even laparascopy (keyhole surgery to look inside the uterus) for treating the pain...considering that adhesions (internal scarring) could lead to other or worse pain!

Also, it would have been nice if all of the cases had follow-up conclusions rather than a handful. But a very interesting read that I devoured in a few days and a great overview of the subject. I wouldn't mind reading a book of the same format for other medical fields.

[Baraa Qudah · Rating 3 out of 5]

good companion to the subject for more understanding , the only problem is that there is not enough information for each topic , but still a very good companion

[Mohammad Al Refaei · Rating 4 out of 5]

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A very good book with 100 common cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Each case starts with a history followed by physical examination and some basic laboratory tests and radiographs. Then, questions on diagnosis and management, answered with good explanation. Finally, some key facts concerning each case.
I recommend it for medical students