Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis: Common Diseases and their Mimics, 2nd Edition
Key Features
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Begins with a presenting symptom and leads you through differential diagnosis and a concise review of treatment recommendations.
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Contains more than a dozen new topics including Disease Mimics: An Approach to Undiagnosed Diseases, Autistic-like Behaviors, Shock, Hypertension, Neurocognitive and Developmental Regression, Chronic Pain, Hypertonicity, Movement Disorders, Hypermobility, and more.
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Features a new focus on symptoms of rarer diseases that are mimics of more common diseases.
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Offers a user-friendly approach to Altered Mental Status such as coma and other CNS disorders, with numerous clinically useful tables and figures to guide clinical decision making in various care settings.
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Uses a highly templated format for easy reference and quick answers to clinical questions, with the same consistent presentation in each chapter: History, Physical Examination, Diagnosis (including laboratory tests), Imaging, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
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Includes numerous full-color illustrations, algorithms, tables, and "red flags" to aid differential diagnosis.
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Serves as an ideal companion to Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 21st Edition. Content in this book is referenced and linked electronically to the larger text, providing easy access to full background and evidence-based treatment and management content when you own both references.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
| ISBN | 9780323761741 |
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| Author Information | Edited by Robert M. Kliegman, MD, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Heather Toth, MD, Associate Professor, Program Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, Hospitalist, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Brett J. Bordini, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor of Global Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI and Donald Basel, MD, Associate Professor and Section Chief, Division of Medical Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Table of Content | Section 1 Respiratory Disorders 1) Sore Throat 2) Cough 3) Respiratory Distress 4) Earache 5) ALTE / BRUE Section 2 Cardiac Disorders 6) Syncope and Dizziness 7) Chest Pain 8) Murmurs 9) Shock (NEW) 10) Hypertension (NEW) Section 3 Gastrointestinal Disorders 11) Failure to Thrive 12) Abdominal Pain 13) Diarrhea 14) Vomiting and Regurgitation 15) Gastrointestinal Bleeding 16) Hepatomegaly 17) Jaundice 18) Constipation 19) Abdominal Masses Section 4 Genitourinary Disorders 20) Dysuria 21) Proteinuria 22) Hematuria 23) Acute and Chronic Scrotal Swelling 24) Menstrual Problems & Vaginal Bleeding 25) Disorders of Sexual Development Section 5 Developmental /Psychiatric Disorders 26) Intellectual Developmental Disorders (Developmental Delay) 27) Regression (NEW) 28) Dysmorphology 29) The Irritable Infant 30) Unusual Behaviors (NEW) 31) Autistic-like Behaviors (NEW) 32) Chronic Pain Syndromes (chronic overlapping pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia) Section 6 Neurosensory Disorders 33) Headaches 34) Hypotonia and Weakness (NEW) 35) Rhabdomyolysis (NEW) 36) Stroke (NEW) 37) Hypertonicity 38) Paroxysmal Disorders (NEW) 39) Movement Disorders 40) Altered Mental Status (NEW) 41) Encephalitis 42) Eye Disorders Section 7 Musculoskeletal Disorders 43) Arthritis 44) Gait Disturbances 45) Back Pain (NEW) 46) Hypermobility Section 8 Hematologic Disorders 47) Lymphadenopathy and Neck Masses 48) Pallor & Anemia (NEW) 49) Pancytopenia 50) Bleeding & Thrombosis Section 9 Infectious Diseases / Immune / Inflammation 51) Fever 52) Fever and Rash 53) Recurrent Fever Section 10 Endocrine / Metabolic Disorders 54) Disorders of Puberty 55) Short Stature 56) Hypoglycemia 57) Polyuria and Urinary Incontinence 58) Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disturbances Section 11 Dermatology 59) Congenital Cutaneous Lesions (NEW) 60) Infant Rashes 61) Acquired Rashes in the Older Child |
| Publication Date | 22-04-2022 |
| Pages | 1050 |
| Trim | 276 x 216 (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) |
| Stock Status | Coming Soon |
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