Patients don''t present with a disease; they present with symptoms. Using a practical, symptom-based organization,
Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis: Common Diseases and their Mimics, 2nd Edition, offers
authoritative guidance on differential diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders in children and adolescents, and covers
the symptoms you''re likely to see in practice,
their mimics, and
uncommon disorders. Drs. Robert M. Kliegman, Heather Toth, Brett J. Bordini, and Donald Basel walk you through
what to consider and how to proceed when faced with common symptoms such as cough, fever, headache, autistic-like behaviors, chronic pain, chest pain, gait disturbances, and much more.
Begins with a presenting symptom and leads you through differential diagnosis and a concise review of treatment recommendations.
Contains more than a dozen new topics including Disease Mimics: An Approach to U
