Advance your differential diagnostic skills! For more than three decades Differential
Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Carehas helped primary care practitioners to systematically
approach the differential diagnosis of the symptoms and signs they see in practice. Organized
into categories such as pain mass bloody discharge non-bloody discharge functional changes
and abnormal laboratory results this bestselling clinical reference helps you apply your basic
science knowledge to consider all the possible causes of each symptom and then take the
appropriate steps to determine which one is most likely. *Apply the latest knowledge due to
comprehensive updates throughout the text including new signs and symptoms new and expanded
case histories updated diagnostic tests and more. *Interact with patients more effectively
with a new section on bedside manner and get therapeutic guidance from a new section on the
treatment of common diseases. *Know what to look for thanks to abundant anatomical drawings
that highlight relevant features in each body area. *Develop your diagnostic skills with cases
and clinical questions for each sign or symptom as well as the framework for thinking through
those questions to arrive at the appropriate diagnosis. *Select the appropriate diagnostic
procedures and laboratory tests to include in the workup. *Recognize when to refer a patient to
a specialist with a special section on this topic.Your book purchase includes a complimentary
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