ABSTRACT

"Sound Diagnosis" to the rescue - a little prompt at the bedside, when you need sound guidance to see through a hazy clinical picture and make sense of a problem in the most lucid and confident way. How will you benefit from this diagnosticum? As your bedside companion it will: shed bright light on unclarified diagnostic pictures; encourage use of a systematic method of diagnosis; structure and simplify diagnosis; help you define a problem; make you notice and respond to diagnostic key pointers; direct your energies to the core of the problem; give your knowledge an opportunity to surface; make you more aware and open to reading signs of disease; serve as a ward-round guide; keep you fresh and motivated with each case; and, tie up the loose ends, enabling you to complete a diagnosis.

chapter 1|9 pages

An Overview of What Lies Ahead

chapter 2|22 pages

A Guided Case Presentation

chapter 3|10 pages

THE ‘BASICOLOGISTS’

chapter 4|16 pages

The Haematologists

chapter 5|7 pages

The Rheumatologists

chapter 6|34 pages

The Cardiologists

chapter 7|6 pages

The Nephrologists

chapter 8|14 pages

The Pulmonologists

chapter 9|9 pages

The Gastroenterologists

chapter 10|9 pages

The Neurologists

chapter 11|13 pages

The Endocrinologists

chapter 12|5 pages

The Gerontologists