This quick-reference pocket book is written for primary care practitioners who face diagnostic problems in brief office visits. It offers evidence-based guidelines on which key questions to ask and what data to obtain in order to provide sound diagnoses of common adult problems. More than 140 chapters in eighteen sections cover mental health problems, symptoms and signs in each organ system, laboratory abnormalities, and radiologic abnormalities. This edition has been thoroughly updated by new editors. New chapters cover corneal foreign body, hematuria, brain natriuretic peptide in congestive heart failure, and D-dimer. The format includes more quick-scanning bullets and tables.

Table of Contents

PRINCIPLES OF THE 10-MINUTE DIAGNOSIS (Robert B. Taylor) UNDIFFERENTIATED PROBLEMS (Richard H. Hurd, Section Editor): Anorexia / Dizziness / Edema / Falls / Fatigue / Fever / Headache / Hypersomnia / Insomnia / Nausea and Vomiting / Night Sweats / Syncope / Weight Loss MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS (Jim Medder, Section Editor): Anxiety / Depression / Suicide Risk PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (Michael Myers, Section Editor): Ataxia / Coma / Delirium / Dementia / Memory Impairment / Paresthesia and Dysesthesia / Seizures / Stroke / Tremors EYE PROBLEMS (Shou Ling Leong, Section Editor): Blurred Vision / Corneal Foreign Body / Diplopia / Nystagmus / Papilledema / Pupillary Inequality / The Red Eye / Scotoma EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT PROBLEMS (Frank S. Celestino, Section Editor): Halitosis / Hearing Loss / Hoarseness / Nosebleed / Pharyngitis / Rhinitis / Stomatitis / Tinnitus / Vertigo CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS (Joann E. Schaefer, Section Editor): Chest Pain, Atypical / Chest Pain / Bradycardia / Cardiomegaly / Congestive Heart Failure / Heart Murmurs, Diastolic / Heart Murmurs, Systolic / Hypertension / Palpitations / Pericardial Friction Rub / Raynaud's Disease / Tachycardia RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS (Joseph E. Scherger, Section Editor): Cough / Cyanosis / Hemoptysis / Pleural Effusion / Pleuritic Pain / Pneumothorax / Shortness of Breath / Stridor / Wheezing GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS (Michael R. Spieker, Section Editor): Abdominal Pain / Ascites / Constipation / Diarrhea / Dysphagia / Epigastric Distress / Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Hepatitis / Hepatomegaly / Jaundice / Rectal Bleeding / Steatorrhea RENAL AND UROLOGIC PROBLEMS (R. Whitney Curry, Jr., Section Editor): Dysuria / Hematuria / Impotence / Urinary Incontinence in Adults / Nocturia / Oliguria and Anuria / Priapism / Scrotal Mass / Scrotal Pain / Urethral Discharge PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (Kathryn M. Andolsek, Section Editor): Amenorrhea / Breast Mass / Chronic Pelvic Pain / Dysmenorrhea / Menorrhagia / Nipple Discharge in the Nonpregnant Female / Pap Smear Abnormality / Postmenopausal Bleeding / Vaginal Discharge MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS (Laeth Nasir, Section Editor): Arthralgia / Calf Pain / Hip Pain / Knee Pain / Low Back Pain / Monarticular Joint Pain / Neck Pain / Polymyalgia / Shoulder Pain DERMATOLOGIC PROBLEMS (Michael L. O'Dell, Section Editor): Alopecia / Erythema Multiforme / Maculopapular Rash / Pigmentation Disorders / Pruritis / Rash Accompanied by Fever / Urticaria / Vesicular and Bullous Eruptions ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC PROBLEMS (Richard D. Blondell, Section Editor): Diabetes Mellitus / Gynecomastia / Hirsutism / Hypothyroidism / Polydipsia / Thyroid Enlargement/Goiter / Thyroid Nodule / Hyperthyroidism/Thyrotoxicosis VASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM PROBLEMS (Gregory Babbe, Section Editor): Lymphadenopathy, Generalized / Lymphadenopathy, Localized / Petechiae and Purpura / Splenomegaly LABORATORY ABNORMALITIES: HEMATOLOGY AND URINE DETERMINATIONS (Carol A. LaCroix, Section Editor): Anemia / Eosinophilia / Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein / Neutropenia / Polycythemia / Proteinuria / Thrombocytopenia LABORATORY ABNORMALITIES: BLOOD CHEMISTRY AND IMMUNOLOGY (Judith A. Fisher, Section Editor): Alkaline Phosphatase, Elevated / Aminotransferase Levels, Elevated / Antinuclear Antibody Titer, Elevated / Brain Natriuretic Peptide / D-Dimer / Hypercalcemia / Hyperkalemia / Hypokalemia DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ABNORMALITIES (Enrique S. Fernandez, Section Editor): Bone Cyst / Mediastinal Mass / Osteopenia / Solitary Pulmonary Nodule