Symptom to diagnosis : an evidence-based guide /
Stern, Scott D. C.,
Symptom to diagnosis : an evidence-based guide / Scott D.C. Stern, Adam S. Cifu, Diane Altkorn - Third edition - xi, 575 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. - A Lange medical book .
Includes bibliographical references and index
The diagnostic process -- Screening and health maintenance -- Abdominal pain -- Acid-base abnormalities -- AIDS/HIV infection -- Anemia -- Back pain -- Bleeding disorders -- Chest pain -- Cough, fever, and respiratory infections -- Delirium and dementia -- Diabetes -- Diarrhea, Acute -- Dizziness -- Dyspnea -- Dysuria -- Edema -- Fatigue -- GI bleeding -- Headache -- Hymaturia -- Hypercalcemia -- Hypertension -- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia -- Hypotension -- Jaundice and abnormal liver enzymes -- Joint pain -- Kidney injury, acute -- Rash -- Sore throat -- Syncope -- Weight loss, unintentional -- Wheezing and stridor
This edition teaches you an evidence-based, step-by-step process for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients based on their clinical complaints. By applying this process you will be able to recognize specific diseases and prescribe the most effective therapy. Each chapter addresses a common patient complaint and begins with a case & guidance on how to organize the differential diagnosis. As the case progresses, clinical reasoning is explained in detail to either confirm or refute a diagnosis. Filled with algorithms, summary tables, and questions that direct evaluation, this new edition is enhanced by the edition of 5 new chapters, all incorporating the latest research resulting in new & refined approaches to common symptoms encountered in clinical medicine
Department of Community & Family Medicine
9780071803441 0071803440
Diagnosis--Case studies
Evidence-based medicine--Case studies
Diagnosis, Differential--Case studies
Diagnosis, Differential--Case Reports
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--Case Reports
RC 71 / .St476 2015
616.07/5
Symptom to diagnosis : an evidence-based guide / Scott D.C. Stern, Adam S. Cifu, Diane Altkorn - Third edition - xi, 575 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. - A Lange medical book .
Includes bibliographical references and index
The diagnostic process -- Screening and health maintenance -- Abdominal pain -- Acid-base abnormalities -- AIDS/HIV infection -- Anemia -- Back pain -- Bleeding disorders -- Chest pain -- Cough, fever, and respiratory infections -- Delirium and dementia -- Diabetes -- Diarrhea, Acute -- Dizziness -- Dyspnea -- Dysuria -- Edema -- Fatigue -- GI bleeding -- Headache -- Hymaturia -- Hypercalcemia -- Hypertension -- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia -- Hypotension -- Jaundice and abnormal liver enzymes -- Joint pain -- Kidney injury, acute -- Rash -- Sore throat -- Syncope -- Weight loss, unintentional -- Wheezing and stridor
This edition teaches you an evidence-based, step-by-step process for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients based on their clinical complaints. By applying this process you will be able to recognize specific diseases and prescribe the most effective therapy. Each chapter addresses a common patient complaint and begins with a case & guidance on how to organize the differential diagnosis. As the case progresses, clinical reasoning is explained in detail to either confirm or refute a diagnosis. Filled with algorithms, summary tables, and questions that direct evaluation, this new edition is enhanced by the edition of 5 new chapters, all incorporating the latest research resulting in new & refined approaches to common symptoms encountered in clinical medicine
Department of Community & Family Medicine
9780071803441 0071803440
Diagnosis--Case studies
Evidence-based medicine--Case studies
Diagnosis, Differential--Case studies
Diagnosis, Differential--Case Reports
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--Case Reports
RC 71 / .St476 2015
616.07/5
