Decision Making in Medicine: An Algorithmic Approach, 3e

✍ Scribed by Stuart B. Mushlin MD, Harry L. Greene II MD

• Publisher: Mosby Elsevier
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 753
• Series: Clinical Decision Making Series
• Edition: 3ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This popular reference facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic decision making for a wide range of common and often complex problems faced in outpatient and inpatient medicine. Comprehensive algorithmic decision trees guide you through more than 250 disorders organized by sign, symptom, problem, or laboratory abnormality. The brief text accompanying each algorithm explains the key steps of the decision making process, giving you the clear, clinical guidelines you need to successfully manage even your toughest cases.

• An algorithmic format makes it easy to apply the practical, decision-making approaches used by seasoned clinicians in daily practice.
• Comprehensive coverage of general and internal medicine helps you successfully diagnose and manage a full range of diseases and disorders related to women’s health, emergency medicine, urology, behavioral medicine, pharmacology, and much more.
• A Table of Contents arranged by organ system helps you to quickly and easily zero in on the information you need.

• More than a dozen new topics focus on the key diseases and disorders encountered in daily practice.
• Fully updated decision trees guide you through the latest diagnostic and management guidelines.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Prevention and screening --
Fatigue --
Involuntary weight loss --
Obesity --
Sexual dysfunction --
Edema --
Chronic pain --
Persistent excessvie sweating --
The red eye --
Rhinitis --
Tinnitus --
Hearing loss --
Preoperative evaluation --
Falls in geriatric patients --
Geriatric functional assessment --
Bradycardia --
Narrow-complex tachycardia --
Wide-complex tachycardia --
Stable angina --
Unstable angina/non-st-elevation myocardial infarction --
Systolic murmurs --
Diastolic murmurs --
Hypertension --
Hypotension --
Palpitations --
Syncope --
Evaluation of a new diagnosis of congestive heart failure --
Diagnosis and treatment of acute pulmonary edema --
Right ventricular failure --
Sudden cardiac death --
Cardiac dyspnea --
Assessment and initial management of st-segment elevation myocardial infarction --
Post-myocardial infarction care and counseling --
Claudication --
Pigmented lesions --
Leg ulcer --
Urticaria --
Generalized pruritus --
Palpable purpura --
Hypoglycemia --
Hyperglycemia --
Hypocalcemia --
Hypercalcemia --
Tests of thyroid function --
Hypothyroidism --
Hyperthyroidism --
Goiter --
Thyroid nodule --
Thyroid pain --
Sick euthyroid syndrome --
Thyroid function tests in nonthyroidal illness --
Adrenal incidentaloma --
Cushing's syndrome --
Pituitary tumor --
Hirsutism --
Gynecomastia --
Acute abdominal pain --
Chronic abdominal pain --
Nausea and vomiting --
Anorexia --
Dysphagia --
Heartburn --
Noncardiac chest pain --
Belching --
Dyspepsia --
Jaundice --
Ascites --
Biliary colic --
Gastrointestinal bleeding --
Rectal bleeding --
Acute diarrhea --
Chronic diarrhea --
Constipation --
Irritable bowel syndrome --
Anorectal pain --
Positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) --
Flatulence --
Fecal incontinence --
Asymptomatic abnormal liver aminotransferases --
Elevated serum iron --
Elevated serum amylase --
Anemia --
Polycthemia --
Neutrophilia --
Leukopenia --
Deep venous thrombosis --
Coagulation abnormalities --
Transfusion therapy: fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate --
Transfusion therapy: platelets --
Transfusion therapy: red blood cells --
Transfusion therapy: granulocytes. Transfusion reactions --
Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma --
Chronic myelogenous leukemia --
Abnormal serum protein electrophoresis --
Lymphaedonpathy --
Carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUPS) --
Neutropenia and fever --
Pathologic fractures --
Clinical considerations for stem cell transplantation --
Late issues for patients who survive the initial diagnosis and treatment of cancer --
Superior vena caval syndrome --
Spinal cord compression --
Foreign travel: immunizations and infections --
Acute and subacute meningitis --
Chronic meningitis --
Aseptic meningitis --
Encephalitis --
Sexually transmitted diseases --
Approach to the newly diagnosed HIV-positive patient --
Respiratory symptoms in HIV-infected patients --
Central nervous system infection in the patient with HIV --
The acutely ill patient with HIV --
Sepsis --
Toxic shock syndromes --
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia --
Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV and hepatitis B and C --
Fever of unknown origin --
Chronic kidney disease --
Acute renal failure --
Proteinuria --
Hematuria --
Kidney stones --
Renal cysts and masses --
Metabolic acidosis --
Metabolic alkalosis --
Hyponatremia --
Hypernatremia --
Hypokaleimia --
Hyperkalemia --
Hypomagnesemia --
Hypermagnesemia --
Hypophosphatemia --
Choosing a chronic dialysis modality --
Selection of patients for transplantation --
Fever in the transplant recipient --
Acute headache --
Chronic headache --
Transient ischemic attack and stroke evaluation --
Transient monocular visual loss --
Acute stroke --
Stroke treatment and prophylaxis --
Memory loss --
Dizziness --
Seizures --
Status epileplticus --
Weakness --
Gait disturbances --
Tremor --
Parkinson's disease --
Peripheral neuropathy --
Hyperkinesias --
Muscle cramps and aches --
Acute confusional state --
Chronic behavior change --
Disturbances of smell and taste --
Coma --
Brain death --
Dilated pupil --
Corneal abrasion --
Conjunctivitis --
Acute visual loss --
Hemoptysis --
Stridor --
Wheezing --
Cough --
Dyspnea --
Pleural effusion --
Mediastinal lymphadenopathy --
Solitary pulmonary nodule --
Multiple pulmonary nodules --
Diffuse interstitial lung disease --
Positive tuberculin skin test (PPD) --
Respiratory symptoms and occupational exposure to asbestos --
Asthma. Monoarticular arthritis --
Polyarticular arthritis --
Seronegative arthritis --
Soft-tissue pain --
Neck pain --
Shoulder pain --
Low back pain --
Hip pain --
Hand and wrist pain --
Knee pain --
Foot pain --
Scleroderma --
Dry eyes and dry mouth (Sjögren's syndrome) --
Raynaud's phenomenon --
Low bone density --
Hyperuricemia and gout --
Diffuse muscle pain and stiffness: polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis --
Joint hypermobility --
Temporomandibular pain --
Antinuclear antibody test --
Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level --
Elevated creative kinase level --
Scrotal mass --
Benign prostatic hypertrophy --
Prostatitis --
Urinary incontinence --
Urinary retention --
Vaginal discharge --
Cervicitis --
Secondary amenorrhea --
Abnormal vaginal bleeding --
Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy --
Acute abdominal pain in women --
Chest pain in women --
Urinary tract infection in women --
Breast mass --
Adjuvant therapy choices in breast cancer --
Nipple discharge --
Abnormal pap smear --
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder --
Contraceptive choices --
Use of oral contraceptives --
Female infertility --
Domestic violence --
Ectopic pregnancy --
Osteoporosis and osteopenia --
Acute pulseless extremity --
Foreign body ingestion --
Caustic ingestion and exposure --
Mammal bites --
Snake venom poisoning --
Hypothermia --
Submersion --
Alcoholism --
Anxiety --
Depression --
Emotional disorders with somatic expression --
Grief --
Psychosis --
Smoking cessation --
Suicidal patient --
Acute anticoagulation --
Long-term anticoagulation --
Anaphylaxis --
Evaluation of adverse drug reactions --
Antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical patients --
Choosing appropriate antimicrobial therapy --
Use and monitoring of aminoglycoside antibiotics --
Use and evaluation of serum drug levels --
Use and evaluation of vancomycin serum drug level.

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