Learn the diagnostic process in internal medicine with this engaging, case-based approach

Symptom to Diagnosis 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 one common complaint and begins with a case and guidance on how to organize the differential diagnosis. As the case progresses, clinical reasoning is explained in detail. The differential diagnosis for that particular case is summarized in tables that highlight the clinical clues and important tests for the leading diagnostic hypothesis and alternative diagnostic hypotheses. As the chapter progresses, the pertinent diseases are reviewed. Just as in real life, the case unfolds in a stepwise fashion as tests are performed and diagnoses are confirmed or refuted.

The third edition is enhanced by the addition of five new chapters--Bleeding Disorders, Dysuria, Hematuria, Hypotension, and Sore Throat--as well as a greater emphasis on how to master the process of working from patient level data (signs, symptoms, and laboratory tests). All chapters incorporate the latest research resulting in new and refined approaches to common symptoms encountered in clinical medicine.

1. The Diagnostic Process2. Screening and Health Maintenance 3. Abdominal Pain 4. Acid-Base Abnormalities5. Aids/HIV 6. Anemia 7. Back Pain 8. Bleeding disorders9. Cancers, Common10. Chest Pain 11. Cough, Fever, and Respiratory Infections 12. Delirium and Dementia 13. Diabetes 14. Diarrhea, Acute 15. Dizziness 16. Dyspnea 17. Dysuria18. Edema 19. Fatigue 20. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 21. Headache 22. Hematuria 23. Hypercalcemia 24. Hypertension 25. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia 26. Hypotension27. Jaundice and Abnormal Liver Enzymes 28. Joint Pain 29. Renal Failure, Acute 30. Sore throat 31. Syncope 32. Unintentional Weight Loss 33. Weakness34. Wheezing and Stridor