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| Acknowledgements |
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| How to use your revision guide |
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| About the companion website |
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1 How to be a medical student |
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2 Patient confidentiality |
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4 Relationship with the patient |
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5 History of presenting complaint |
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6 Past medical history, drugs and allergies |
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7 Family and social history |
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9 Principles of examination |
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12 The critically ill patient |
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Part 2 Clinical presentations at a glance |
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28 | (4) |
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32 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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19 Breathlessness, cough and haemoptysis |
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44 | (1) |
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23 Unintentional weight loss |
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24 Constipation and change in bowel habit |
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25 Diarrhoea: acute and chronic |
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52 | (2) |
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26 Vomiting and intestinal obstruction |
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27 Haematemesis and melaena |
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60 | (2) |
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30 Abdominal pain and dyspepsia |
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35 Dysuria, frequency and urgency |
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37 Sweating, flushing and thyroid swellings |
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39 Hirsutism and infertility |
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40 Erectile dysfunction and gynaecomastia |
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41 Principles of infection |
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42 Diagnosis of infection |
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43 Fever and the assessment of the patient with presumed infection |
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44 Fever and infections in hospital patients |
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45 Fever of unknown origin |
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93 | (3) |
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47 Fever in HIV-infected patients |
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48 Fever in the returned traveller |
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49 Vaginal discharge and urethritis |
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104 | (2) |
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51 Clinical approach to lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly |
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52 The patient with abnormal bleeding or bruising |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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54 Oncological emergencies |
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55 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 1 |
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56 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 2 |
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114 | (2) |
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57 Introduction to neurological diagnosis 3: neuroepidemiology |
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116 | (1) |
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58 Common neurological symptoms |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (3) |
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60 Disturbance of vision: a neurological perspective |
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123 | (3) |
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61 Sudden painless loss of vision |
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126 | (2) |
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62 Tremor and other involuntary movements |
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128 | (2) |
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63 Headache and facial pain |
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130 | (2) |
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64 Episodic alterations in awareness and consciousness |
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136 | (2) |
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66 Introduction to rheumatological disease |
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67 Low back pain and other regional pain syndromes |
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68 Introduction to dermatology |
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146 | (2) |
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70 Hair and nail disorders |
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Other acute medical emergencies |
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75 Attempted suicide by drug poisoning |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (2) |
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78 Cardiac and respiratory arrest |
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166 | (3) |
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Part 3 Diseases and treatments at a glance |
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175 | (3) |
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83 Acute coronary syndromes |
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84 ST segment elevation myocardial infarction |
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186 | (4) |
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85 Chronic coronary syndromes |
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190 | (4) |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (4) |
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96 Congenital heart disease |
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100 Arterial blood gas analysis |
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102 Basic chest X-ray interpretation |
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105 Non-invasive ventilation |
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106 Mechanical ventilation |
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107 Lower respiratory tract infection: pneumonia |
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108 Upper respiratory tract infection |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (3) |
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110 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
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245 | (3) |
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248 | (2) |
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113 Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous lung diseases |
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252 | (2) |
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114 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (2) |
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116 Pulmonary eosinophilia and vasculitis |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (2) |
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118 Industrial lung disease |
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262 | (2) |
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119 Lung disease caused by drugs |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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121 Primary tumours of the lung |
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266 | (2) |
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122 Food poisoning and gastrointestinal infections |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (2) |
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127 Abnormal liver function tests |
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274 | (2) |
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128 Inflammatory bowel disease |
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276 | (2) |
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130 Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (1) |
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132 Inflammatory liver disease: viral and immune |
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133 Acute and chronic liver disease |
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287 | (3) |
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134 Metabolic liver disease (including alcohol) |
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290 | (2) |
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135 Upper gastrointestinal cancer |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (2) |
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137 Imaging in gastrointestinal disease |
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296 | (1) |
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138 Functional gastrointestinal disorders |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (2) |
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140 Renal physiology and function tests |
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300 | (2) |
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141 Hypokalaemia and hyperkalaemia |
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302 | (2) |
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142 Hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia |
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143 Disorders of acid-base balance |
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145 Nephrotic and nephritic syndromes |
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310 | (2) |
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147 Renal involvement in systemic disease |
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148 Hereditary renal disorders |
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149 Tubulointerstitial disease |
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320 | (2) |
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151 Chronic renal failure and the dialysis patient |
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152 The renal transplant recipient |
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153 Drugs and renal failure |
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154 Benign prostatic hypertrophy |
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155 Urinary tract infection |
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157 Complications of diabetes |
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159 Hyperprolactinaemia and acromegaly |
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164 Miscellaneous endocrine disorders |
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346 | (2) |
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166 Bacteraemia and septic shock |
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167 Common viral infections in adults |
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168 HIV infection and AIDS |
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169 Common fungal infections |
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170 Specific bacterial infections |
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173 Tropical infectious diseases |
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174 Diseases predisposing to infection |
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175 Immunological deficiency syndromes |
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176 Haematinic deficiency anaemias |
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178 Thalassaemia and sickle cell disease |
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183 Myeloproliferative disorders |
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186 The blood in systemic disease |
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188 Disorders of coagulation |
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189 Anticoagulation and antiplatelet drugs |
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192 Diagnostic strategies and basic principles of cancer management |
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193 Cancer screening and early detection |
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196 Cancer with an unknown primary |
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197 Paraneoplastic syndromes and hormone-producing cancers |
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199 Head computed tomography cases |
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200 Head magnetic resonance imaging cases |
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203 Other vascular disorders of the brain |
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207 Infections of the central nervous system |
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208 Tumours and the nervous system |
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210 Neuromuscular disease |
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211 Peripheral neuropathy |
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215 Arthritis associated with infectious agents |
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216 Metabolic bone disease |
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219 Seronegative spondyloarthropathies |
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221 Systemic lupus erythematosus |
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222 Inflammatory muscle disease and selected forms of vasculitis |
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225 Acne, rosacea and hidradenitis |
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226 Disorders of skin pigmentation |
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228 Skin infections and infestations |
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229 The skin and systemic disease |
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488 | (2) |
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232 Endometriosis and adenomyosis |
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233 Polycystic ovarian syndrome |
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494 | (2) |
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234 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy |
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496 | (2) |
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235 Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy |
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236 Other medical and surgical conditions in pregnancy |
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237 Fluid replacement therapy |
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238 Illness in elderly people |
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239 Chronic tiredness and other medically unexplained symptoms |
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240 Psychiatric disorders |
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243 Drug toxicity (adverse drug reactions) |
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