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Differential Diagnosis for Non-medical Prescribers, Nurses and Pharmacists: A Case-Based Approach
- 1st Edition - May 7, 2024
- Author: Paul Rutter
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 6 0 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 6 3 - 9
As pharmacists and nurses are asked to take on greater responsibilities and extend the scope of their practice, this new book will support you to triage and manage patients using a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAs pharmacists and nurses are asked to take on greater responsibilities and extend the scope of their practice, this new book will support you to triage and manage patients using a clinical decision-making approach.
Unlike existing textbooks that cover symptoms management or provide a checklist format, Differential Diagnosis for Non-medical Prescribers, Nurses and Pharmacists provides case studies of common presentations with examples of associated clinical reasoning techniques to help you make a differential diagnosis.
The book covers a broad range of symptoms and is ideal for exam revision as well as for practising health professionals who wish to improve their experience and exposure to common patient situations.
Unlike existing textbooks that cover symptoms management or provide a checklist format, Differential Diagnosis for Non-medical Prescribers, Nurses and Pharmacists provides case studies of common presentations with examples of associated clinical reasoning techniques to help you make a differential diagnosis.
The book covers a broad range of symptoms and is ideal for exam revision as well as for practising health professionals who wish to improve their experience and exposure to common patient situations.
- Case studies contextualise knowledge into clinical cases
- Easily digestible information based on common symptoms seen in clinical practice
- Uses clinical reasoning techniques to provide examples of how to make a diagnosis
- Provides summaries of conditions that need to be considered in the diagnostic process
- Aligned to content in the fifth edition of Community Pharmacy; Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
- An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Undergraduate nurse and pharmacy programmesNon-medical prescribing programmes
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Dedication
- How to Use the Book
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- 1. Making a diagnosis
- The use of clinical reasoning
- Making a diagnosis
- Further Reading
- 2. Skills needed to facilitate clinical reasoning
- Further Reading
- 3. Eyes, ears, nose and throat
- Eyes
- Case 1: Acute red eye
- Case 2: Acute red eye
- Case 3: Acute red eye
- Case 4: Eye irritation
- Case 5: Eye soreness
- Ears
- Case 6: Earache
- Case 7: Dizziness
- Case 8: Hearing loss
- Nose
- Case 9: Upper respiratory tract
- Case 10: Epistaxis
- Case 11: Nasal congestion
- Throat
- Case 12: Sore throat
- 4. Gastrointestinal problems
- Case 13: Abdominal pain in a child
- Case 14: Diarrhoea
- Case 15: Lower abdominal pain
- Case 16: Painful oral lesion
- Case 17: Painless oral lesion
- Case 18: Rectal bleeding
- Case 19: Upper abdominal pain
- 5. Skin
- Case 20: Facial rash in a child
- Case 21: Generalised pruritus
- Case 22: Hair loss
- Case 23: Itchy rash on the hand
- Case 24: Maculopapular rash
- Case 25: Rash on the arm
- Case 26: Rash on the chest
- Case 27: Suspect mole
- Case 28: Torso rash in a child
- 6. Pain problems
- Case 29: Back pain
- Case 30: Facial pain
- Case 31: Foot pain
- Case 32: Frontal headache
- Case 33: Knee pain
- Case 34: Menstrual pain
- Case 35: Request for sumatriptan
- Case 36: Shoulder pain
- Case 37: Wrist pain
- 7. Respiratory problems
- Case 38: Child with croup-like symptoms
- Case 39: Chronic cough
- Case 40: Cough in an asthmatic patient
- Case 41: Upper respiratory tract symptoms
- 8. Women’s health issues
- Case 42: Abnormal uterine bleeding
- Case 43: Suspected urinary tract infection
- Case 44: Vaginal discharge
- Case 45: Vaginal itching
- 9. General physical problems
- Case 46: Insomnia
- Case 47: Leg swelling
- Case 48: Tired all the time
- Case 49: Unexplained (unintentional) weight loss
- Case 50: Voiding problems
- Index
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 7, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443116049
- eBook ISBN: 9780443115639
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Paul Rutter
Paul Rutter is Professor in Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK