Practical Symptom and Sign Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Chen Yaguang, Xiong Bo
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Symptoms and signs are the main clues and basis for clinical diagnosis of diseases. This book comprehensively and systematically elaborates on the important role of symptoms and signs in disease diagnosis, the relationship between symptoms and body weight and etiology, the principles, steps, forms, content, and thinking methods of diagnosis based on symptoms and signs. It also discusses the significance, content, and methods of medical history taking and physical examination in differential diagnosis of symptoms and signs, as well as the principles of treatment for symptoms and signs and precautions for clinical medication. The book covers differential diagnosis and treatment of common symptoms and signs such as fever, shock, edema, coma, jaundice, headache, respiratory failure, and dysfunction of the heart, liver, kidneys, and multiple organ systems, sudden death, cardiac and respiratory arrest, as well as systemic and organ-specific symptoms and signs in the respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, hematological, endocrine, and metabolic systems, and in obstetrics, ophthalmology, dermatology, otolaryngology, and pediatrics. Case analyses are provided based on clinical practice. This book is a specialized work on the differential diagnosis and treatment of symptoms and signs, characterized by scientific rigor, novelty, depth, practicality, and strong operability. It is well-organized and highly practical, serving as a reference tool for clinicians in all disciplines. It is particularly valuable for attending physicians, resident physicians, advanced trainees, interns, physicians in factories, mines, enterprises, government agencies, schools, community general practitioners, rural physicians, and individual practitioners. It is also suitable for continuing medical education and training, as well as teaching and research in medical schools.