Common Symptom Guide

The Common Symptom Guide is the most trusted and easy-to-use reference for quickly and accurately evaluating and treating patients based on presenting symptoms.
The Guide includes lists of pertinent questions, physical findings, and differential diagnosis for more than 100 of the most common adult and pediatric symptoms so you can instantly diagnose and treat the complaint.
Turn to Guide for important guidelines on:
* Patient and family history * Physical examination * Diagnostic considerations * Medications * Outstanding indexing and cross-referencing to help you quickly arrive at a diagnosis * Increased number of evidence-based medicine references * Updated medical information throughout * More references to key websites * Additional information on the authors website
"This is a book of lists to help inexperienced healthcare providers hone their skill at progressing from symptoms to a differential diagnosis to treatment decisions.
This is a necessary step in a students development and this book goes a long way in assisting in this process.
3 Stars."--Doodys Review Service
A search tool
Featuring various search options to help you find the words you need more easily, including:
* A quick search of words while you type * A fuzzy filter for when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word * A keyword search for finding key words within phrasal verbs * A wild card search facility which can replace a letter or a group of letters
A learning tool
The dictionary app includes a number of features which help you to expand your vocabulary further:
* A Favourites feature allows you to create your own categories and lists of words * Your last visited words are all saved in your History, so that you can quickly look back at recently checked words * Discover a new word every day with the Daily feature * Ability to have dictionary Word of the Day as a widget on the device home screen * See words in context with example sentences * Online and offline modes supported, the offline mode allows you to download the whole dictionary and work independently from data connections