Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all of the contributors who provided initial drafts of chapters which have evolved over time, as well as friends and colleagues who gave up their time to read a chapter and verify its accuracy. We would also like to thank OUP for their encouragement during the re-writing of this book. PSR is indebted to Vandana and his parents for their support and motivation. KPM is indebted to Janet, Alice, and Thomas for their continued patience when the portable computer accompanied family holidays. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the environment at the Hammersmith Hospital where we trained, and learnt that acute medicine is both interesting and fun.
Advice on chapter revisions was also given by the following:
Mike Beckles, Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Sanjay Bhagani, Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
David Collas, Consultant Physician, Watford General Hospital
Jenny Cross, Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
Daniel Darko, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist,
Central Middlesex Hospital
Andrew Davenport, Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hampstead
NHS Trust
Seyed Hamidreza Naghavi, Specialist Registrar in Occupational
Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Wing May Kong, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist and
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Central Middlesex Hospital
Victoria Salem, Academic Clinical Fellow, Hammersmith Hospital
Richard Stratton, Consultant Physician, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust