Guide to Diagnostic TestingFauzia Khan, Howard J. Sachs, Liberto Pechet Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 - 537 pages This diagnostic book is designed to help busy residents and students. Written in three sections, it is organized according to modalities of patient care from a presenting complaint to diagnosis and then follow-up. The first section, clinical symptoms, features an algorithms and tables format. The second section consists of data evaluation, and includes consideration of results from certain common laboratory tests as well as indications for specialized testing. The third section addresses clinical conditions described according to organ systems, divided into disease entities. It includes information for the clinician to consider in order to rule out specific disease entities. A Brandon-Hill recommended title. |
Contents
SECTION I | 1 |
1 | 40 |
SECTION II | 50 |
vii | 113 |
SECTION IV | 115 |
Diarrhea | 119 |
Dyspepsia and Peptic Ulcer Disease | 126 |
Jaundice | 130 |
51 | 316 |
First Seizure in the Adult Patient | 324 |
Sleep Disorders | 331 |
Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid | 337 |
55 | 341 |
Sinusitis | 347 |
Otitis Media | 350 |
Otitis Externa | 353 |
Ascites | 136 |
Hepatomegaly | 140 |
Assessing Liver Chemistries | 146 |
Diagnostic Approach to Gastrointestinal Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorders | 149 |
Acute Pancreatitis Chronic Pancreatitis | 154 |
Adult Upper GI Bleeding | 158 |
Small Intestinal Bleeding | 159 |
SECTION V | 167 |
Fatigue | 173 |
Involuntary Weight Loss | 178 |
Obesity | 182 |
Tumor Markers | 186 |
SECTION VI | 191 |
The Palpable Breast Mass | 197 |
Amenorrhea | 200 |
Infertility | 204 |
Vaginitis | 208 |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 214 |
Interpretation of the Abnormal Pap Smear | 219 |
Ovarian Cancer Screening | 226 |
Hematology | 229 |
SECTION VIII | 281 |
SECTION IX | 303 |
Hearing Loss | 355 |
Solitary Neck Mass | 360 |
61 | 365 |
Dyspnea | 370 |
Evaluation of Pleural Effusions | 375 |
Hemoptysis | 381 |
Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Disorders | 386 |
Pneumonia | 387 |
Bronchogenic Carcinoma | 391 |
SECTION XII | 395 |
Hematuria | 401 |
68 | 407 |
Urinary Incontinence | 412 |
71 | 413 |
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | 417 |
Oliguria | 421 |
Sodium Imbalance | 422 |
Potassium Imbalance | 426 |
Proteinuria | 430 |
75 | 437 |
SECTION XIII | 464 |
Diagnostic Evaluation Algorithm | 502 |
Common terms and phrases
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