Books in the Making Sense of series

This book helps students and practitioners working across a variety of healthcare settings understand why fluid imbalance in a patient may occur. It explains how to quickly assess a patient's fluid needs through a thorough clinical assessment, and how to develop an effective management plan. Reflecting the latest guidelines, this practical and easy-to-read guide serves as an invaluable tool to aid speedy and appropriate management in emergency situations, both on the ward and in the clinic.

A practical pocket guide to history-taking and physical examination of the adult patient suitable for the medical student and junior doctor. It contains real life scenarios and includes various advice on recording various aspects of a patient's history, including the present complaint, past medical history, and family history.

Provides the necessary information on how to read and understand medical research publications critically and to decide whether the contents of such publications are clinically useful in the care of patients. Illustrated examples, this text covers various aspects of study design and clinical audit to give a framework for critical reading.

This is a practical and patient-complaint focused handbook, directed to motivate non-sleep experts and beginners in sleep medicine and technology. This book provides a basic review of the area of sleep, identifies some common patient presentations and illustrates the types of investigations that should be requested.