Advance your differential diagnostic skills!
For more than three decades,
Differential Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care
has helped primary care practitioners to systematically approach the differential diagnosis of the symptoms and signs they see in practice. Organized into categories such as pain, mass, bloody discharge, non-bloody discharge, functional changes, and abnormal laboratory results, this bestselling clinical reference helps you apply your basic science knowledge to consider all the possible causes of each symptom, and then take the appropriate steps to determine which one is most likely.
Apply the latest knowledge
due to comprehensive updates throughout the text, including new signs and symptoms, new and expanded case histories, updated diagnostic tests, and more.
Interact with patients more effectively
with a new section on bedside manner, and
get therapeutic guidance
from a new section on the treatment of common diseases.
Know what to look for
thanks to abundant anatomical drawings that highlight relevant features in each body area.
Develop your diagnostic skills
with cases and clinical questions for each sign or symptom, as well as the framework for thinking through those questions to arrive at the appropriate diagnosis.
Select the appropriate diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests
to include in the workup.
Recognize when to refer a patient to a specialist
with a special section on this topic.
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