- Foreword to third edition
- Preface
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Advisors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 The diagnostic process
- Chapter 2 Interpreting the history and examination
- Chapter 3 General and endocrine symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 4 Skin symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 5 Cardiovascular symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 6 Respiratory symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 7 Gastrointestinal symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 8 Urological and gynaecological symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 9 Joint, limb, and back symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 10 Psychiatric and neurological symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 11 Laboratory test results
- Chapter 12 Chest X-rays
- Chapter 13 Making the diagnostic process evidence-based
- Index
- Reference values
(p. 173) Cardiovascular symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter:
- (p. 173) Cardiovascular symptoms and physical signs
- Author(s):
Huw Llewelyn
, Hock Aun Ang
, Keir Lewis
, and Anees Al-Abdullah
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199679867.003.0005
Chest pain—alarming and increasing over minutes to hours 174
Severe lower chest or upper abdominal pain 176
Sudden breathlessness, onset over seconds 178
Breathlessness on minimal exertion or orthopnoea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea (PND) 180
Palpitations 182
Acute breathlessness, wheeze ± cough 184
Cough and pink frothy sputum...
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- Foreword to third edition
- Preface
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Advisors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 The diagnostic process
- Chapter 2 Interpreting the history and examination
- Chapter 3 General and endocrine symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 4 Skin symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 5 Cardiovascular symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 6 Respiratory symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 7 Gastrointestinal symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 8 Urological and gynaecological symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 9 Joint, limb, and back symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 10 Psychiatric and neurological symptoms and physical signs
- Chapter 11 Laboratory test results
- Chapter 12 Chest X-rays
- Chapter 13 Making the diagnostic process evidence-based
- Index
- Reference values