Common Medical Diagnoses: An Algorithmic Approach

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Summary: Review of Common Medical Diagnosis: An Algorithmic Approach
Review: Common Medical Diagnoses: An Algorithmic Approach is a great reference book for physicians and medical students alike. The book is roughly 220 pages and has 11 categories of disorders with algorithms under each for either common symptoms or abnormal lab values. The algorithms are very easy to follow, uncluttered, and lead you to a list of differential diagnosis. At each branch of the algorithm reference numbers allow you to read commentary. Only the most common medical diagnoses are in the book, requiring you to search other material for any rare ailment. Also, unless a treatment aids in the differentiating process, the book does not give standard treatments.

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Summary: Helpful reference
Review: Common Medical Diagnosis is a wonderfully helpful book for members of the medical profession at any level. The clear well written algorithims lead to extensive lists of differential diagnosis allowing the reader to be presented with numerous options. Begining with common signs, symptoms or lab values, the reader is taken through various well annotated steps leading toward the possible diagnosis. Thies is the third edition of this book which has evolved with the times and remains as useful as when it was first published. A must for any medical bookshelf.