Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine: From Symptom to Diagnosis

Walter Siegenthaler

Thieme, Jan 1, 2011 - Medical - 1140 pages

Proven quality, right up to dateA pragmatic approach to differential diagnosis gives rapid, reliable answers to these questions: Which diseases are likely? What causes them? What are the typical characteristics of these disorders? Do they correspond with the symptoms in question? How can the preliminary diagnosis be confirmed? Siegenthaler's new Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine guides the reader through the challenges of differential diagnosis across the spectrum of internal medicine.Practice-orientated learning

Identify and understand key symptoms

Consider the whole patient in selecting possible diseases

Evaluate, exclude or confirm possible diagnoses

Make the correct diagnosis using an appropriate diagnostic procedure

In experienced handsProfessor Walter Siegenthaler brings decades of international experience in clinical practice, teaching and writing on internal medicine to this new book. The book also benefits from close cooperation with the leaders of the specialist internal medicine departments at the University Hospital Zrich, and of other institutions and disciplines. The generalist and specialist aspects of internal medicine are thereby brought together to enhance the approach to the patient.Your guide to successful diagnosis!The book is directed at medical students, residents in most areas of medicine, practitioners of internal medicine, general practitioners, dermatologists, neurologists and rheumatologists and those involved with the basic subjects in medicine who wish to gain competence and knowledge in internal medicine.From Symptom to Diagnosis

Organized by functional system and symptom constellations

Covers all fields of internal medicine plus special treatment of subjects dermatology, neurology and rheumatology

Typical findings and signs for differentiation of all common, rare and even exotic diseases with pathophysiological background information

Nearly 1000 stunning figures and many instructive table-format overviews and differential diagnostic algorithms

Differential diagnostic evaluation of common laboratory test results, including step-by-step plans for further diagnosis

Learn by tracing the path from symptom to diagnosis, just as the physician encounters the situation in practice!

Contents

• 6: 13
• 4: 18
• 1: 51
• Nose: 99
• Fever: 105
• 135: 107
• Localized or OrganSpecific Autoimmune: 109
• 1: 111
• Fever and Swelling of the Face or Neck: 130
• Fever and Neurological Deficits: 136
• 17: 159
• Infections in Immunocompromised Persons: 167
• Petechiae and Purpura: 175
• Vesicles and Pustules: 181
• 6: 187
• Urticaria: 188
• Fever in Endocrine Disorders: 195
• Ulcers: 198
• 1: 205
• Idiopathic and Symptomatic Trigeminal: 216
• Aortic Aneurysm: 219
• Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion: 240
• 8: 267
• Pain Originating from the Stomach and Small: 274
• 116: 296
• 1: 299
• 4: 333
• Osteonecrosis: 355
• 12: 364
• Bacterial Skin Infections: 377
• 1315: 393
• 14: 420
• Hodgkin Lymphoma: 437
• Clinical Approach: 466
• Disorders of the Head and Neck: 473
• Hemoptysis: 493
• Physical or Chemical Pneumonitis: 519
• Postprimary Pulmonary Tuberculosis: 539
• 19: 541
• Miliary Tuberculosis: 560
• Collagen Vascular Disease: 563
• Inflammation Parameters: 582
• Lung Cancer: 591
• Arrhythmias: 601
• Volume Overload: 607
• 1: 636
• Differential Diagnosis of Heart Failure Due: 655
• Atrioventricular Septal Defect AVSD: 694
• Autoimmune Hepatitis: 761
• Isolated Nonhemolytic Hyperbilirubinemias: 771
• SpaceOccupying Liver Lesions: 795
• Diseases Without Abnormal Findings: 809
• Lymph Nodes: 824
• 28: 828
• Renal Hypertension: 859
• Thyroid Gland: 863
• 27: 876
• 30: 892
• cellular Volume Contraction and Expansion: 899
• Regulation of Renal Acid Excretion: 916
• Disorders of Calcium Homeostasis: 930
• Disorders of Phosphate Homeostasis: 937
• Vertigo Impaired Consciousness: 949
• Cerebral Seizures and Epilepsy: 950
• Differential Diagnosis of Laboratory Test Results: 1012
• Selenium: 1016
• Follicle Stimulating Hormone FSH: 1040
• ProstateSpecific Antigen PSA Free Total: 1057
• 162: 1074
• Cardiovascular System: 1075
• Disorders of Primary Hemostasis: 1076
• Cortisol: 1088
• Chest and Lungs: 1094
• Renin: 1098

About the author

formerly Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Bibliographic information

• Title: Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine: From Symptom to Diagnosis; Thieme ElectronicBook Library; Thieme e-book library; Thieme flexibook
• Author: Walter Siegenthaler
• Publisher: Thieme, 2011
• ISBN: 1604062193, 9781604062199
• Length: 1140 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Internal Medicine