Symptom-Based Diagnosis in Pediatrics by Samir Shah, Stephen Ludwig

By Samir Shah, Stephen Ludwig

A CASE-BASED consultant TO PEDIATRIC prognosis, comfortably equipped by means of providing SYMPTOMS

Symptom-Based analysis in Pediatrics gains 19 chapters, each one dedicated to a standard pediatric grievance. inside of every one bankruptcy, 5 to 8 case displays educate the diagnostic method of the symptom. The case shows keep on with a constant define of historical past, actual exam, and process sickness, and are by way of dialogue of the Differential prognosis, prognosis prevalence and Epidemiology, scientific Manifestations, Diagnostic technique, and remedy. circumstances are illustrated with shiny full-color pictures and contain various tables evaluating power diagnoses.

  • Organized by way of symptoms--the approach sufferers really current
  • More than a hundred situations educate the diagnostic method of a symptom
  • Cases illustrate how a similar criticism could have a number of motives
  • Full-color medical images and illustrations sharpen your visible analysis abilities
  • Valuable tables aspect the main common factors of universal symptoms

CASE-BASED assurance OF the indicators you are probably to come across IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE
Wheezing * lowered job point * Vomiting * Coughing * again, Joint, and Extremity soreness * bad Weight achieve * stomach discomfort * Altered psychological prestige * Rash * Pallor * Fever * Constipation * Neck Swelling * Chest soreness * Jaundice * irregular Gait * Diarrhea * Syncope * Seizures

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DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES Laboratory analysis revealed 14 600 white blood cells/mm3 with 38% segmented neutrophils, 53% lymphocytes, and no band forms. 0 g/dL and there were 580 000 platelets/mm3. Electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine were normal. Polymerase chain reaction performed on nasopharyngeal aspirate was negative for Bordetella pertussis. Antigens of adenovirus, influenza A and B viruses, parainfluenza virus types 1, 2, and 3, and respiratory syncytial virus were not detected by immunofluorescence of nasopharyngeal washings.

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