This book provides a consistent, analytical approach practitioners use to reach a definitive diagnosis when resolving problems of their patients. The sections of each chapter answer three basic questions: What are the diagnostic possibilities? How can I diagnose each one? What is my approach to this problem? The structure of each chapter follows this logical sequence of the diagnostic process with the last section discussing the diagnostic approach to a definitive diagnosis. Plus--an easy-to-use table of contents listing the signs and symptoms in alphabetical order
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Abdominal Masses Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Altered Consciousness Ambiguous Genitalia Ataxia Back Pain Breast Enlargement Cardiac Failure 9. Chest Pain Constipation Cough Crying and Irritability Cyanosis Development Delay and Regression Diarrhea Dysuria Earache Edema Epistaxis Fatigue and Lassitude Fecal Incontinence Fever Gastrointestinal Bleeding Growth Failure: Weight and Height Hair Loss Headache Hearing Loss and Deafness Heart Murmurs (Asymptomatic) Hematuria Hemoptysis Hepatosplenomegaly, Hepatomegaly, Splenomegaly Hoarseness Hypertension Hypotonia With and Without Weakness Intoeing and Outtoeing Involuntary Movements Jaundice Limp Lymphadenopathy Macrocephaly Microcephaly Nasal Discharge Neck Masses Nystagmus Obesity Pallor (Anemia) Parotid Gland Enlargement Polyuria and Polydipsia Precocious Puberty Proptosis Proteinuria (Asymphomatic) without Hematuria Ptosis Purpura and Bleeding Recurrent Infection Red Eye Regurgitation and Vomiting Respiratory Distress and Apnea School Underachievement and Academic Failure Scrotal Enlargement Seizures Sexual Development Delay Skin Lesions and Rashes Sore Throat Stertor and Stridor Stiff Neck and Torticollis Sucking and Swallowing Difficulty Sweating Syncope and Dizziness Tall Stature and Excessive Growth Urinary Incontinence Vaginal Bleeding Vaginal Discharge Verbal Communication Difficulty Vertigo Vision Defects Wheezing INDEX
