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Algorithms in Differential Diagnosis: How to Approach Common Presenting Complaints in Adult Patients, for Medical Students and Junior Doctors
Description
1st Edition
by Nigel Fong (Author)
This is a book for medical students and first-year doctors who wish to learn how to approach a patient's symptoms, and sharpen their skills of clinical reasoning and diagnosis. Fifty-four presenting symptoms are discussed, covering approaches and conditions across various medical and surgical disciplines. Each chapter sets out the thought process behind history, examination, and investigations for a symptom, providing a systematic and practical algorithm to distinguish one differential from another. The reader will gain not only a functional approach to patients' presenting complaints, but also learn how to better organize and apply medical knowledge in diagnostic reasoning.
Readership: Medical students and first-year doctors.
Details
Year:
2019
Pages:
479
Language:
English
Format:
PDF
Size:
85 MB
ISBN-10:
9811200556, 9813232927
ISBN-13:
978-9811200557, 978-9813232921
ASIN:
B07M7MDN5G
