Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis
- 5th Edition - July 2, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Thomas A Slater, Mohammed Abdul Waduud, Nadeem Ahmed
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 7 7 8 - 4
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 7 7 7 - 7
This handy guide is packed full of information to support medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals in making an accurate diagnosis in relation to di… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis handy guide is packed full of information to support medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals in making an accurate diagnosis in relation to different presenting complaints.
Now in its fifth edition, the Pocketbook takes the reader through the key steps of narrowing a differential diagnosis, including history, examination and investigation findings. It has been fully updated to cover the full range of common presenting problems facing clinicians today.
This book is easy-to-read and logical, making it useful for all clinicians within a variety of settings, from the classroom to emergency department and primary care.
- This Fifth Edition covers 125 common presenting problems in both medicine and surgery in a consistent format.
- Each topic includes a list of all potential causes of the condition, colour coded to indicate common, occasional or rare causes. Important geographical variations are also highlighted.
- Two sections cover the differential diagnosis of biochemical and haematological disorders which provide a ready check when reviewing abnormal results
- The text includes a targeted guide to the relevant general and specific follow-up investigations which should be carried out as appropriate.
- Each topic ends with a box highlighting important learning points, or indicating symptom and signs suggestive of significant pathology which require urgent action.
Medical students, general practitioners
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- How to use this book
- Abbreviations
- List of Illustrations
- Section A. Clinical Presentations
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal swellings
- Anorectal pain
- Arm pain
- Arm swellings
- Ascites
- Axillary swellings
- Backache
- Breast lumps
- Breast pain
- Chest pain
- Clubbing
- Coma
- Confusion
- Constipation
- Convulsions
- Cough
- Cyanosis
- Deafness
- Diarrhoea
- Dizziness
- Dysphagia
- Dyspnoea
- Ear disorders
- Eye disorders
- Erectile dysfunction
- Facial pain
- Facial swellings
- Facial ulcers
- Faecal incontinence
- Finger lesions
- Finger pain
- Foot and ankle deformities
- Foot pain
- Foot ulcers
- Gait abnormalities
- Goitre
- Groin swellings
- Gynaecomastia
- Haematemesis
- Haematuria
- Haemoptysis
- Hallucinations
- Hand deformities
- Headache
- Hemiparesis
- Hepatomegaly
- Hiccups
- Hirsutism
- Hypertension
- Intestinal obstruction
- Jaundice
- Jaw pain and swellings
- Joint disorders
- Individual joints
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Wrist
- Hip
- Knee
- Ankle
- Kidney swellings
- Leg pain
- Leg swellings
- Leg ulcers
- Lip lesions
- Lymphadenopathy
- Melaena
- Mouth ulcers
- Muscle weakness and wasting
- Nail abnormalities
- Nasal discharge
- Neck lumps
- Neck pain
- Nipple discharge
- Oliguria
- Palpitations
- Penile lesions
- Polyuria
- Popliteal swellings
- Pruritus
- Pruritus ani
- Pyrexia of unknown origin
- Rectal bleeding
- Scalp lesions
- Scrotal pain
- Scrotal swellings
- Shock
- Splenomegaly
- Steatorrhoea
- Stridor
- Sweating abnormalities
- Syncope
- Thirst
- Throat disorders
- Tiredness
- Toe lesions
- Tongue disorders
- Tremor
- Urethral discharge
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary retention
- Vaginal discharge
- Visual problems
- Voice disorders
- Vomiting
- Weight gain
- Weight loss
- Section B. Biochemical Presentations
- Hyperglycaemia
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hyperkalaemia
- Hypokalaemia
- Hypernatraemia
- Hyponatraemia
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hypocalcaemia
- Hypomagnesaemia
- Metabolic acidosis
- Metabolic alkalosis
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Uraemia
- Section C. Haematological Presentations
- Anaemia
- Clotting disorders
- Leucocytosis
- Leucopenia
- Polycythaemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytosis
- Index
- Edition: 5
- Published: July 2, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 624
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702077784
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702077777
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Mohammed Abdul Waduud
Affiliations and expertise
British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow, University of Leeds