Differential diagnosis and treatment in primary care / R. Douglas Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, R. Douglas.

Standardized Title:

Differential diagnosis in primary care

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diagnosis, Differential.

Primary Health Care.

Medical Subjects:

Diagnosis, Differential.

Primary Health Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (982 pages)

Edition:

6th ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, c2018.

Summary:

"Advance your differential diagnostic skills! For more than three decades, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment in Primary Care has 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 download of the enhanced eBook for iOS, Android, PC & Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time -- providing a seamless reading experience online or offline. Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks Multiple viewing options that enable you to scale images and text to any size without losing page clarity as well as responsive design The ability to highlight text and add notes with one click. See the inside front cover to find out how to access your eBook"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Contents

Introduction

SECTION ONE

Part A: The Routine History and Physical Examination

The History

The Physical Examination

Part B: Special Clinical Examination Techniques for Common Symptoms and Signs

Pain

Lumps and Bumps

Bloody Discharge

Nonbloody Discharge

Functional Changes

SECTION TWO

A

ABDOMINAL MASS

Abdominal Mass, Generalized

Right Upper Quadrant Mass

Case Presentation #1

Left Upper Quadrant Mass

Right Lower Quadrant Mass

Case Presentation #2

Left Lower Quadrant Mass

Epigastric Mass

Case Presentation #3

Hypogastric Mass

ABDOMINAL PAIN

Abdominal Pain, Generalized

Right Upper Quadrant Pain

Case Presentation #4

Left Upper Quadrant Pain

Right Lower Quadrant Pain

Left Lower Quadrant Pain

Case Presentation #5

Epigastric Pain

Hypogastric Pain

ABSENT OR DIMINISHED PULSE

Approach to the Diagnosis

Other Useful Tests

ACIDOSIS (DECREASED pH)

ACID PHOSPHATASE ELEVATION

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ELEVATION

ALKALOSIS (INCREASED pH)

AMNESIA

ANAL MASS

ANEMIA

ANKLE CLONUS AND HYPERACTIVE AND PATHOLOGIC REFLEXES

Cerebrum

Brainstem

Spinal Cord

ANOREXIA

ANOSMIA OR UNUSUAL ODOR

ANURIA AND OLIGURIA

APHASIA, APRAXIA, AND AGNOSIA

ARM PAIN.

Approach to the Diagnosis

Case Presentation #6

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE, ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE, AND LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE ELEVATION

AURAL DISCHARGE (OTORRHEA)

AUSCULTATORY SIGNS OF PULMONARY DISEASE

Lung

Heart

Diseases of Other Organs

AXILLARY MASS

B

BACK MASS

SKIN

SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AND FASCIA

MUSCLE

BONE

RETROPERITONEAL STRUCTURE

BALDNESS

BLEEDING UNDER THE SKIN

Case Presentation #7

BLURRED VISION, BLINDNESS, AND SCOTOMATA

Case Presentation #8

BRADYCARDIA

BREAST DISCHARGE

BREAST MASS OR SWELLING

BREAST PAIN

C

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS

CARDIOMEGALY

CERVICAL BRUIT

CHEST PAIN

Case Presentation #9

CHEST WALL MASS

CHILLS

CHOREA

CLUBBING AND PULMONARY OSTEOARTHROPATHY

COMA AND SOMNOLENCE

Case Presentation #10

CONSTIPATION

CONSTRICTED PUPILS (MIOSIS).

Case Presentation #11

CONVULSIONS

Case Presentation #12

COUGH

CREPITUS

CYANOSIS

D

DANDRUFF

DECREASED RESPIRATIONS, APNEA, AND CHEYNE-STOKES BREATHING

DELAYED PUBERTY

DELIRIUM

Case Presentation #13

DELUSIONS

DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND OTHER ABNORMAL PSYCHIC STATES

Case Presentation #14

DIARRHEA, ACUTE

DIARRHEA, CHRONIC

Case Presentation #15

DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING (DYSPHAGIA)

DIFFICULTY URINATING

DILATED PUPILS (MYDRIASIS)

Case Presentation #16

DIZZINESS

Case Presentation #17

DOUBLE VISION

Case Presentation #18

DROP ATTACKS

DWARFISM

DYSARTHRIA AND SPEECH DISORDERS

DYSMENORRHEA (SEE ALSO PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME)

DYSPAREUNIA

DYSPNEA, TACHYPNEA, AND ORTHOPNEA

Case Presentation #19

DYSTOCIA

Approach to the Diagnosis.

DYSURIA

Case Presentation #20

E

EARACHE

EDEMA OF THE EXTREMITIES

Case Presentation #21

ELBOW PAIN

ENURESIS (BEDWETTING)

EPIPHORA

EPISTAXIS

Case Presentation #22

EUPHORIA

EXCESSIVE SWEATING

Case Presentation #23

EXOPHTHALMOS

EXTREMITY, HAND, AND FOOT DEFORMITIES

EXTREMITY MASS

EYE PAIN

Case Presentation #24

F

FACE MASS

FACIAL PAIN

Case Presentation #25

FACIAL PARALYSIS

Case Presentation #26

FACIES, ABNORMAL

FAILURE TO THRIVE

FASCICULATIONS

FEVER

Case Presentation #27

FLANK MASS

Case Presentation #28

FLANK PAIN

Case Presentation #29

FLASHES OF LIGHT

FLATULENCE AND BORBORYGMI

Case Presentation #31

FLUSHED FACE (PLETHORA)

Case Presentation #30.

FOOT, HEEL, AND TOE PAIN

Case Presentation #32

FOREHEAD ENLARGEMENT

FREQUENCY AND URGENCY OF URINATION

Case Presentation #33

FRIGIDITY

G

GAIT DISTURBANCES

Case Presentation #34

GANGRENE

GIGANTISM

GIRDLE PAIN

GLYCOSURIA

GROIN MASS

Case Presentation #35

GROIN PAIN

Case Presentation #36

GYNECOMASTIA

Case Presentation #37

H

HALITOSIS AND OTHER BREATH ODORS

HALLUCINATIONS

HAND AND FINGER PAIN

Case Presentation #38

HEADACHES

Case Presentation #39

HEAD DEFORMITIES

HEAD MASS

HEARTBURN

Case Presentation #40

HEMATEMESIS AND MELENA

Case Presentation #41

HEMATURIA

Case Presentation #42

HEMIANOPSIA

HEMIPLEGIA

HEMOPTYSIS

Case Presentation #43

HEPATOMEGALY.

Approach to the Diagnosis.

Notes:

Preceded by Differential diagnosis in primary care / R. Douglas Collins. 5th ed. 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496393982

1496393988

OCLC:

1061135378