Practical Strategies, 2nd Edition & Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th Edition e-dition Package

By Robert I. SimonRichard E. BehrmanRobert M. Kliegman, et al.

The revised and updated 2nd Edition of this highly acclaimed text approaches diagnosis and treatment the way clinicians do-by symptom rather than disease entity. It combines clinical experience and evidence-based strategies to guide clinicians through differential diagnoses and then to a specific diagnosis, then to appropriate therapy for common pediatric aliments. It's the next best thing to attending oral teaching rounds A user-friendly, well-tabulated, and illustrated format assists the reader in identifying the many disease states causing a common chief complaint.Offers step-by-step guidance on history taking and physical and laboratory studies...through diagnosis...to the most effective therapies. Features an organization by symptom, signs, and chief complaints-the way problems present in real life. Includes many helpful tables with lists of diagnoses, making this an invaluable reference on diseases.Features algorithms to aid in diagnosis as well as tables comparing similar disease states to help the reader distinguish between similar disease entities. Features new chapters on hypertension, acid base and electrolyte disturbances, renal failure, dysmorphology, and polyuria

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721691315
• ISBN13: 9780721691312
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1200 Pages
• Weight: 6.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

Most medical textbooks are organized by diagnosis. In real life, one is confronted with signs and symptoms and has to arrive at a diagnosis based on the synthesis and analysis of history, exam, labs, and imaging. That's why this excellent book is so practical--it's organized the way one really does pediatrics. Don't get me wrong--Nelson and such are valuable references, but this book is more helpful in coming up with a diagnosis when presented with a symptom.

Good book of differential diagnosis for pediatricians

Good medical books featuring a symptom rather than a disease based approach are rare. Those books using this approach covering pediatrics even more so. Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy does a good job in helping the pediatric registrar (or house officer) circle in on a diagnosis based on symptoms such as shortness of breath, anaemia or fever of unknown origin. I enjoy this book a lot. I don't quite understand why the publisher makes it so hard to find copies of it.