An engaging case-based approach to learning the diagnostic process in internal medicine
Symptom to Diagnosis, Fourth Edition teaches an evidence-based, step-by-step process for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients based on their clinical complaints. By applying this process clinicians will be able to recognize specific diseases and prescribe the most effective therapy. Each chapter is built around a common patient complaint that illustrates essential concepts and provides insight into the process by which the differential diagnosis is identified. Coverage for each disease includes: Textbook Presentation, Disease Highlights, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, and Treatment.
• Enhanced by algorithms, summary tables, and questions that direct evaluation• Each chapter is built around patient cases that illustrate essential concepts• Clinical pearls appear in every chapter
Author(s): Scott D.C. Stern, Adam S. Cifu, Diane Altkorn
Edition: 4
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2019
Language: English
Tags: internal medicine; differential diagnosis
Symptom to Diagnosis An Evidence Based Guide, 4th Edition
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 I have a patient with a problem. How do I figure out the possible causes?
Chapter 2 I have a healthy patient. How do I determine which screening tests to order?
Chapter 3 I have a patient with abdominal pain. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 4 I have a patient with an acid-base abnormality. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 5 I have patients with AIDS-related complaints. I have a healthy patient without HIV risk factors who asks about HIV scr
Chapter 6 I have a patient with anemia. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 7 I have a patient with low back pain. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 8 I have a patient with a bleeding disorder. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 9 I have a patient with chest pain. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 10 I have a patient with acute respiratory complaints of cough and congestion. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 11 I have a patient with delirium or dementia. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 12 I have a patient who is concerned that she has diabetes. How do I confirm the diagnosis and treat patients with diabe
Chapter 13 I have a patient with acute diarrhea. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 14 I have a patient with dizziness. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 15 I have a patient with dyspnea. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 16 I have a patient with dysuria. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 17 I have a patient with edema. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 18 I have a patient with fatigue. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 19 I have a patient with GI bleeding. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 20 I have a patient with headache. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 21 I have a patient with hematuria. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 22 I have a patient with hypercalcemia. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 23 I have a patient with hypertension. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 24 I have a patient with hyponatremia. I have a patient with hypernatremia. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 25 I have a patient with hypotension. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 26 I have a patient with jaundice or abnormal liver enzymes. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 27 I have a patient with joint pain. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 28 I have a patient with acute kidney injury. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 29 I have a patient with a rash. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 30 I have a patient with sore throat. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 31 I have a patient with transient loss of consciousness. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 32 I have a patient with unintentional weight loss. How do I determine the cause?
Chapter 33 I have a patient with wheezing or stridor. How do I determine the cause?
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