Clinical detective stories : a problem-based approach to clinical cases in energy and acid-base metabolism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halperin, M. L. (Mitchell L.)
Other Authors: Rolleston, Francis S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Chapel Hill : Portland Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Weight gain on a low-calorie diet
  • Weight gain without exercise
  • Confusion in a marathon runner
  • Death of a trauma victim
  • Weight loss with an excessive intake of food
  • Suicide attempt by insulin overdose
  • Fulminant hepatitis
  • Normal diet in control of body weight
  • Weight loss in fasting
  • Cancer cachexia: rapid weight loss
  • Dumping syndrome
  • Panic attack
  • Phil is grossly overweight
  • Ursula prepares for a sprint
  • Claude has chronic lung disease
  • Nutrition in very serious lung disease
  • Metabolic acidosis and diarrhea
  • Jim, after a wild party
  • Shirley has serious kidney disease
  • Where is Horace's muscle going?
  • Hibernating bear
  • Alligator and excretion of water
  • Acidosis from sniffing glue
  • Ketoacidosis with a very low Pco₂ in a cachectic patient
  • Shirley has severe acidosis between hemodialysis treatments
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis after a broken wrist
  • Diarrhea after consuming milk products
  • Neptune and the seal
  • 100 m sprint
  • 1500 m race
  • Marathon
  • Bob suffers from muscle pain and fatigue
  • Eleanor can hike long distances but cannot sprint.
  • (cont) Racehorse
  • Insulin was withheld from a type I diabetic
  • Aunt Agnes has diabetes mellitus in poor control
  • Jimmy did not take his insulin yesterday
  • Why did the concentration of glucose in Lillian's blood fall?
  • Side effects of hyperglycemia
  • Persistent hyperglycemia during six hours of treatment
  • Convulsion in a diabetic
  • Hypoglycemia in a healthy tourist
  • Hypoglycemia in an alcoholic
  • Living with chronic hyperinsulinemia
  • Hypoglycemia three to four hours after meals
  • Frequent hypoglycemia in an infant
  • Nocturnal hypoglycemia in a child
  • Inherited carnitine deficiency
  • Hypoglycemia in a cancer patient
  • Hugh was found unconscious in the garage
  • Greta has cancer with jaundice
  • Garth has a heart attack
  • Archie has servere hypoxia but feels fine
  • Julian's brain was pickled
  • Wendy became confused and then comatose
  • Bud is an alcoholic
  • Collin cannot remember the party
  • Steve drank until he became sick
  • Type II diabetic gets gangrene
  • Preparing to wrestle with a crocodile
  • Why was the goldfish blue?
  • Treatment of a patient with cholera.
  • (cont) Selective hemolytic anemia
  • Harry had a heart attack
  • How can the hummingbird hum?
  • Why is Rollo obese?
  • Domesticated cats require frequent meals containing proteins.