Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis (Churchill Pocketbooks) - Softcover

Raftery BSc MBChB(Hons) MD FRCS(Eng) FRCS(Ed), Andrew T; Lim MB ChB MD MSc FRCS(C-Th), Eric KS; Ostor MB BS FRACP, Andrew J K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 070205402X ISBN 13: 9780702054020

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2014

Synopsis

Making a correct diagnosis is one of the key aspects of every medical student's and junior doctor's clinical training, and problem-based learning is now widely used to focus on the causes behind the presentation of a clinical feature. The Fourth Edition of this best-selling book is packed full of information to help the reader move from a presenting problem to an accurate diagnosis.

• This Fourth Edition covers 127 common presenting problems in both medicine and surgery in a consistent format.
• Each topic includes a list of all potential causes of the condition, colour coded to indicate common, occasional or rare causes. Important geographical variations are also highlighted.
• Two sections cover the differential diagnosis of biochemical and haematological disorders which provide a ready check when reviewing abnormal results
• The text includes a targeted guide to the relevant general and specific follow-up investigations which should be carried out as appropriate.
• At the end of each topic a box highlights important learning points, or indicates symptom and signs suggestive of significant pathology which require urgent action.

• Eighty colour photographs of key clinical presentations have been added to assist symptom recognition.
• Two new chapters on Hypotension and Photophobia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 070205402X
• ISBN 13: 9780702054020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 622