Book description
When a patient presents to a clinician, it is vitally important for the
doctor to be able to differentiate quickly and correctly between the
various diseases to which the presenting symptoms may be attributed.
This book provides the reader with invaluable assistance in this
diagnostic process. Arranged alphabetically, and based upon presenting
symptoms, the text takes the reader through a step-by-step approach to
that presentation, culminating in a description of the different
diagnoses that it might represent. Symptoms and signs are illustrated in
full colour, and the potential diagnoses are listed in order of
importance. The book also contains a series of useful appendices,
including definitions, reference ranges, lab values, tumour staging and
obstetric measurements, amongst others. Differential Diagnosis in
Obstetrics and Gynaecology is an invaluable ready-reference guide and
revision aid for the student and trainee, and will also be of value to
GPs, A&E personnel, gynaecology nurses and midwives. Tony
Hollingworth, Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Whipps Cross
University Hospital Trust; and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary
and Westfield College, London
