Practical Diagnostics

Author: Qi Ren duo, Yang Guang Ji, Editors-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book systematically elaborates on the fundamental theories and methods of diagnosing diseases. Its content not only encompasses the rich experience of diagnosing diseases accumulated by predecessors but also includes the latest laboratory tests and other auxiliary diagnostic methods applied in contemporary medical fields. The entire book is divided into 9 parts (51 chapters), including History Taking, Symptom Diagnosis, Physical Examination Diagnosis, Laboratory Diagnosis, Instrumental Diagnosis, Imaging Diagnosis, Medical Records, Diagnostic Theory, and Clinical Common Diagnostic Techniques. At the end, it includes reference values for laboratory diagnosis, basic norms for writing medical records, and an index. The main features of this book are:
1. Comprehensive and Broad Content. It covers the entire theoretical system of diagnostics, integrating clinical diagnosis, laboratory diagnosis, imaging diagnosis, and other special diagnostic methods. It also includes reference values for laboratory diagnosis, basic norms for writing medical records, and an index, making the content more comprehensive, systematic, and convenient for reference.
2. Strong Practicality. The content is closely tied to clinical practice, linking theory with reality, and emphasizing practicality. The book clearly explains clinical procedures, making it highly operational. It provides detailed introductions to common clinical conditions and socially concerned diseases. It also refines and supplements previously unclear concepts, examination methods, and judgment criteria.
3. Adoption of New Concepts, Ideas, and Data. The arrangement follows diagnostic logic, with History Taking, Symptom Diagnosis, and Diagnostic Theory each forming separate parts. For the first time, "Symptom Diagnosis" is used as the chapter title instead of the traditional "Common Symptoms or Symptomatology." In each part, the shift in medical paradigms is emphasized, striving to reflect the latest advancements in medicine. In discussing the importance of diagnostics, it highlights that diagnostics are the forefront of disease discovery and research, and that modern high technology cannot replace traditional diagnostic methods. The book reflects a forward-thinking approach in diagnostic theory, thoroughly explaining traditional methods while introducing many new experimental methods, instruments, equipment, and advancements. It incorporates numerous new figures and revalidates new reference values for laboratory diagnosis.
4. Emphasis on the Role of Diagnostic Thinking in Diagnosis, which is supplemented, refined, and expanded into the "Diagnostic Theory" chapter.
5. A Detailed Introduction to Electronic Medical Records, explaining the trend that electronic medical records will eventually replace traditional medical records.
The authors of this book are highly proficient in their respective fields and many are nationally renowned experts. Nine of them are members of the National Advisory Committee for Diagnostics Teaching in Higher Medical Colleges, ensuring the book's scientific rigor, advanced knowledge, and practicality. This book is suitable for, serving as extracurricular teaching material for medical students to expand their knowledge, as well as a reference book for practicing physicians and resident physicians during their training and certification exams.