Algorithms in Differential Diagnosis: How to Approach Common Presenting Complaints in Adult Patients, for Medical Students and Junior Doctors

By Jie Ming Nigel Fong and Nigel Fong

This is a book for medical students and first-year doctors who wish to learn how to approach a patient's symptoms, and sharpen their skills of clinical reasoning and diagnosis.Fifty-four presenting symptoms are discussed, covering approaches and conditions across various medical and surgical disciplines. Each chapter sets out the thought process behind history, examination, and investigations for a symptom, providing a systematic and practical algorithm to distinguish one differential from another. The reader will gain not only a functional approach to patients' presenting complaints, but also learn how to better organize and apply medical knowledge in diagnostic reasoning.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813232927
• ISBN13: 9789813232921
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"