Main description:

This convenient handbook is a comprehensive guide to the evaluation and treatment of more than 80 signs and symptoms.

It is organized alphabetically, and each entry includes history and physical examinations; causes; differential diagnosis; diagnostic procedures; treatment approaches including when to refer and when to admit; ongoing care and follow-up; and prevention.

Contents include:

Abdominal pain
Back pain
Chest pain
Diarrhea and steatorrhea
Dizziness and vertigo
Fatigue and weakness
Fever
Headache
Heart murmurs
Jaundice
Rash
Red eye/pink eye
Sleep disturbances
Speech and language concerns
Vomiting
Wheezing
And more!

Contents:

1. Abdominal Distention
2. Abdominal Pain
3. Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies
4. Amenorrhea
5. Anemia and Pallor
6. Anxiety
7. Ataxia
8. Back Pain
9. Cardiac Arrhythmias
10. Chest Pain
11. Constipation
12. Cough
13. Cyanosis
14. Depression
15. Diarrhea and Steatorrhea
16. Disruptive Behavior and Aggression
17. Dizziness and Vertigo
18. Dysmenorrhea
19. Dysphagia
20. Dyspnea
21. Dysuria
22. Edema
23. Epistaxis
24. Extremity Pain
25. Facial Dysmorphism
26. Failure to Thrive: Pediatric Undernutrition
27. Family Dysfunction
28. Fatigue and Weakness
29. Fever
30. Fever of Unknown Origin
31. Foot and Leg Problems
32. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
33. Gender Expression and Identity Issues
34. Headache
35. Hearing Loss
36. Heart Murmurs
37. Hematuria
38. Hemoptysis
39. Hepatomegaly
40. High Blood Pressure
41. Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development
42. Hoarseness
43. Hyperhidrosis
44. Hypotonia
45. Inattention and Impulsivity
46. Irritabilitya and Fussiness
47. Jaundice
48. Joint Pain
49. Learning Difficulty
50. Limp
51. Loss of Appetite
52. Lymphadenopathy
53. Macrocephaly
54. Medically Unexplained Symptoms
55. Microcephaly
56. Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders
57. Odor (Unusual Urine and Body)
58. Petechiae and Purpura
59. Polyuria
60. Proteinuria
61. Pruritus
62. Puberty: Normal and Abnormal
63. Rash
64. Recurrent Infections
65. Red Eye/Pink Eye
66. School Absenteeism and School Refusal
67. Scrotal Swelling and Pain
68. Self-harm
69. Self-stimulating Behaviors
70. Short Stature
71. Sleep Disturbances (Nonspecific)
72. Speech and Language Concerns
73. Splenomegaly
74. Stridor
75. Substance Use: Initial Approach in Primary Care
76. Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Young Children
77. Syncope
78. Temper
79. Tics
80. Torticollis
81. Vaginal Bleeding
82. Vaginal Discharge
83. Vomiting
84. Weight Loss
85. Wheezing