This session addresses the assessment, investigation and management of diarrhoea, with a particular focus on common conditions that present in the acute medical setting.
This session provides an overview of the common causes of nausea and vomiting and the aetiology behind such presentations. Treatment options are discussed in terms of the cause of the symptoms.
This session considers the initial clinical presentation, appropriate radiological and endoscopic investigations, differential diagnoses and management of patients with ulcerative colitis.
This session reviews the causes of haematemesis and melaena. It covers the principles of resuscitation and risk stratification. It also discusses the management (both pharmacological and endoscopic) of patients who present with upper gastrointestinal blee
This session discusses the alarm symptoms of dyspepsia. It examines the causes of dyspepsia, with a particular focus on peptic ulcer disease and <i>Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)</i>. It also addresses the indications for endoscopy and the management of d
This session will look at the classification of anaemia based on red cell indices and the associated factors leading to breathlessness in an anaemic patient.