Handbook of Signs & Symptoms
Handbook of Signs & Symptoms

Author: Lippincott Williams & Wilkiins

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2015-01-16

Total Pages: 1117

ISBN-13: 1496310543

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Thoroughly updated for its Fifth Edition, this convenient, portable handbook is a comprehensive guide to the evaluation of more than 530 signs and symptoms. It has all the assessment information busy clinicians need in a single source. Each entry describes the sign or symptom and covers emergency interventions if needed, history and physical examination, medical and other causes with their associated signs and symptoms, and special considerations such as tests, monitoring, treatment, and gender and cultural issues. This edition identifies specific signs and symptoms caused by emerging diseases such as avian flu, monkeypox, respiratory syncytial virus, norovirus, metabolic syndrome, blast lung injury, Kawasaki disease, and popcorn lung disease.

Signs and Symptoms in Family Medicine
Signs and Symptoms in Family Medicine

Author: Paul M. Paulman, MD

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2011-08-17

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 0323049818

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Signs and Symptoms in Family Medicine, by Paul M. Paulman, MD et al, provides a unique evidence-based approach to diagnosis based on presenting signs. Focusing on the most common diagnoses observed in a medical practice, the book helps you "think horses, not zebras." A rating system for the sensitivity and specificity of the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic tests aids in the development of a focused and accurate differential diagnosis. This handy, take-along guide is ideal for quick reference at the bedside or a refresher while prepping for the boards. Confidently diagnose and treat common illnesses and conditions using an evidence-based, systematic approach. A unique ratings system indicates how frequently various symptoms and signs are associated with a particular diagnosis. Easily find what you need with consistently organized chapters and an at-a-glance bulleted format. "Think horses, not zebras" with a focus on the most frequently encountered diagnoses. Rule out the most serious possibilities quickly with differential diagnoses listed in descending order of severity. Review symptoms, signs, suggested work-up, and patient disposition for each diagnosis. Patients present with symptoms, not diagnoses

Handbook of Signs & Symptoms
Handbook of Signs & Symptoms

Author: Jennifer P. Kowalak

Publisher: Springhouse Corporation

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13:

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This comprehensive updated Second Edition is an authoritative handbook for recognizing patient signs and symptoms, linking them to their most probable causes, and putting them in context with associated findings. Provides full descriptions for over 300 major signs and symptoms, with level of urgency, emergency interventions, guidelines for history and physical examination, common medical causes and other causes, and pediatric and geriatric pointers for group-specific consideration. Includes an appendix of 250 less familiar, accessory, and nonspecific signs and symptoms. New features to this edition are herbal medicines as possible causes, newest disease developments, and the geriatric pointers.

Chamberlain's Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine, An Introduction to Medical Diagnosis
Chamberlain's Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine, An Introduction to Medical Diagnosis

Author: Andrew R Houghton

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2010-05-28

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 1482213788

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A classic text, Chamberlain's Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine has been providing students and professionals with a detailed and well-illustrated account of the symptoms and signs of diseases affecting all the body systems since the first edition published in 1936. Now completely rewritten by a new team of authors selected for their experien

Signs & Symptoms in Clinical Practice
Signs & Symptoms in Clinical Practice

Author: Devendra Richhariya

Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

Published: 2019-09-30

Total Pages: 735

ISBN-13: 9389188563

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This book on and signs and symptoms, which is indexed in alphabetical order from which the physician will be able to weave a clinical narrative, anatomically and pathophysiologically explicit, to form the accurate diagnostic hypotheses. It is compact, handy and bedside clinical companion book for all dedicated healthcare professionals who are committed to evaluate the patient accurately on the basis of signs and the symptoms. Consists of 91 chapters, enriched with knowledge of about more than 100 contributors. Covers almost all the possible signs and the symptoms, commonly seen in the day-to-day clinical practice. Useful in evaluating the patients in early stages of the complaints and also helpful in initial treatment and management. This book is helpful for undergraduates, postgraduates, residents, and emergency physicians.

Interpreting Signs and Symptoms
Interpreting Signs and Symptoms

Author: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 9781582556680

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The Nursing series of handbooks presents core nursing information in the clear, conversational, practical style of the award-winning Nursing journal. Each handbook features to-the-point bulleted text, explanatory illustrations, and icons that echo familiar column names in the journal. Interpreting Signs & Symptoms covers the latest understanding of more than 500 signs and symptoms—their clinical significance and urgency; immediate interventions for life-threatening indicators; possible causes including diseases, drugs, alternative medicines, diet, surgery, and procedures; nursing considerations; and patient teaching. Icons include Action Stat! for urgent interventions and Assessment Tip for technique pointers.

Signs and Symptoms of Diseases
Signs and Symptoms of Diseases

Author: Solomon Barroa

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781482768206

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Do you sometimes feel dizzy when you get up from bed? Have you got seasonal allergies? An episode of diarrhea after drinking milk? Perhaps a sensation of tingling and numbness in your fingers? Or frequent fatigue and headaches that are distributed throughout the day? Do not ignore these symptoms. They happen for a reason. Human beings adapt to their environment. Such adaptation makes them prone to diseases. Signs and symptoms are ways and means in which the body manifest an alteration in its composition. It may have been due to infection, cancer or toxic agents. Inflammatory changes occur as a primal response. Find out more about the common and rare symptoms that are manifested in our body through this book. It will provide the reader with sufficient information to do self care and seek professional help if needed. Each of the symptoms are presented according to the system of the body where it occurs. A connection between each of the symptoms and the different types of body disorders that causes it are explained in detail. The chapters in this book are: Chapter 1: Signs and Symptoms in the Abdominal Cavity Chapter 2: Signs and Symptoms in the Thoracic Cavity Chapter 3: Signs and Symptoms in the Cranial Cavity Chapter 4: Signs and Symptoms in the Integumentary System Chapter 5: Signs and Symptoms in the Neuromuscular System Chapter 6: Signs and Symptoms in the Skeletal System Chapter 7: Signs and Symptoms in the Genitourinary System Chapter 8: Signs and Symptoms in the Sensory Organs Chapter 9: Signs and Symptoms in the Neck, Mouth and Face Chapter 10: Signs and Symptoms in the Extremities Chapter 11: Signs and Symptoms in the Lymphatic System Chapter 12: Signs and Symptoms in the Hematological System

Handbook of Signs and Symptoms
Handbook of Signs and Symptoms

Author: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publisher: Springhouse Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 9781582554020

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Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this handbook is a comprehensive guide to the evaluation of more than 500 signs and symptoms. Each entry describes the sign or symptom and covers emergency interventions if needed, history and physical examination, medical and other causes, and special considerations such as tests, monitoring, and treatment. This edition identifies specific signs and symptoms caused by herbal medicines, biologic weapons, and emerging diseases such as listeriosis and Rift Valley fever. New icons highlight gender and cultural differences in signs and symptoms.