Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis

**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 Undiagnosed Diseases, Autistic-like Behaviors, Shock, Hypertension, Neurocognitive and Developmental Regression, Chronic Pain, Hypertonicity, Movement Disorders, Hypermobility, and more. Features a **new focus on symptoms of rarer diseases that are mimics** of more common diseases. Offers a **user-friendly approach to Altered Mental Status** such as coma and other CNS disorders, with numerous clinically useful tables and figures to guide clinical decision making in various care settings. Uses a **highly templated format** for easy reference and quick answers to clinical questions, with the same consistent presentation in each chapter: History, Physical Examination, Diagnosis (including laboratory tests), Imaging, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Includes **numerous full-color illustrations, algorithms, tables, and red flags** to aid differential diagnosis. Serves as an **ideal companion** to *Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 21st Edition.* Content in this book is referenced and linked electronically to the larger text, providing easy access to full background and evidence-based treatment and management content when you own both references. **Enhanced eBook version included with purchase.** Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.