Image from Google Jackets

Differential diagnosis for primary care: a handbook for health care practitioners

By:

Jamison, Jennifer R

Publication details: Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone Elsevier 2006Edition: 2ndDescription: 674; ill.,bibl.; BookFindSubject(s):

Contents:

Part 1 The principles and purpose of diagnosis 1.The principles of diagnosis: from black box to glass bowl; 2. The principles of drug therapy Part 2 The differential diagnosis of patientscomplaints 3.Introduction; 4. Abdominal pain; 5. Anorectal pain; 6. Anxiety; 7. Backache; 8. Blackouts; 9. Bleeding from the bowel; 10. Breathlessness; 11. Bruising and easy bleeding; 12. Chest pain; 13. Clubbing; 14. Confusion and confused behaviour; 15. Constipation; 16. Cough; 17.Cyanosis; 18. Deafness sand hearing impairment; 19. Depression; 20. Diarrhea; 21. Dizziness; 22. Dysphagia; 23. Dysuria; 24. Earache; 25. Facial pain; 26. Fatigue; 27. Fever (pyrexia); 28. Flushing; 29. Genital pain or discomfort; 30. Halitosis; 31. Headache; 32. Hematemesis; 33. Hematuria; 34. Hirsutism; 35. Impotence; 36. Indigestion; 37. Itch; 38. Jaundice; 39. Joint pain; 40. Limb pain; 41. Lump; 42. Menstrual problems; 43. Pallor; 44. Palpitations; 45. Period pains; 46. Pins and needles; 47. Rash; 48. Red eye; 49. Runny nose; 50.Sore throat; 51. Swollen ankles; 52. Tremor; 53. Ulcer; 54. Unsteadiness; 55. Urinary frequency; 56. Vaginal discharge; 57. Visual impairment; 58. Vomiting; 59. Weakness; 60. Weight problems; 61. Wheeze Part 3 Clinical conditions Glossary; Index.

Summary: Plastic FlexicoverSummary: Intended for use chiefly by non-medically qualified practitioners, particularly those working in the field of manual therapy, the book provides a clear guide through the minefield of signs and symptoms with which clients commonly present. Its aim is to help practitioners to arrive quickly and logically at the correct diagnosis and in so doing to become aware of anything which does not fit the diagnosis and so needs to be referred. This text is accompanied by a CD-ROM shelved at Library Office CD-ROM 11281.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book 7 day loan	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WB 141.5 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	20/04/2011	HOM11276

Browsing Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare shelves, Shelving location: Shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous				No cover image available				Next
Previous	WB 141 TOG Examining patients : An introduction to clinical medicine.	WB 141.5 Tutorials in differential diagnosis	WB 141.5 DAI Advanced health assessment and clinical diagnosis in primary care	WB 141.5 JAM Differential diagnosis for primary care: a handbook for health care practitioners	WB 141.5 KIN French's index of differential diagnosis: an A-Z	WB 143 HIL Little book of red flags : recognising the symptoms of serious illness	WB 143 HOP Symptom sorter /	Next

Plastic Flexicover

Intended for use chiefly by non-medically qualified practitioners, particularly those working in the field of manual therapy, the book provides a clear guide through the minefield of signs and symptoms with which clients commonly present. Its aim is to help practitioners to arrive quickly and logically at the correct diagnosis and in so doing to become aware of anything which does not fit the diagnosis and so needs to be referred. This text is accompanied by a CD-ROM shelved at Library Office CD-ROM 11281.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.