Problem-Oriented Diagnosis continues to fill the need for a manual that bridges the gap between exhaustive but academic texts and the realities of clinical practice. The Seventh Edition provides fast, accurate guidelines of clinical diagnosis for medical students, interns, residents, and practitioners.
This Spiral Manual presents a step-by-step approach to the diagnosis of 100 of the most commonly seen clinical problems encountered in the everyday practice of adult medicine. This pocket-sized reference details, in outline format, descriptions of etiology and diagnostic approach, including material on appropriate lab work-up, then takes you through a series of clinical paths to reach the appropriate medical diagnosis, prognosis, and management of the patient.
• General • Renal
• Dermatologic • Electrolyte
• Cardiovascular • Musculoskeletal
• Respiratory • Endocrine and Metabolic
• Gastrointestinal • Neurologic
• Hematologic • Renal, Electrolyte. Blood-Gas Tract
Plus, you'll find an appendix with normal values of standard laboratory and function tests. This reference manual is an ideal supplement to larger, more conventional textbooks of internal medicine — that you will turn to repeatedly for guidance on how to proceed from symptoms or abnormal laboratory findings to an effective, accurate diagnosis.