Amazon.com description: Product Description: "The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, A Practical Approach", is an evidence-based, rapid-reference guide to commonly-encountered patient conditions. Each chapter covers a particular symptom, and provides a logical series of steps and decision points which narrows the list of potential causes until the correct diagnosis is ultimately established."The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, A Practical Approach", is part of Lexi-Comp's "Clinician's Guide Series", which includes the "Clinician's Guide to Laboratory Medicine" and the "Clinician's Guide to Internal Medicine".Experience is the best teacher when it comes to patient care. "The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis" is designed to mimic the thought processes of a seasoned clinician, linking a patient's symptoms to diagnosis through a series of logical steps.This reference is unique in that it is symptom-based, not disease-based. It takes the initial presenting symptom and proceeds in an orderly fashion, using physiology as the basis for developing the symptom complex into a known disease entity.This title offers unique, step-by-step, approach to the evaluation of a patient's symptoms. It offers practical advice not readily available in standard textbooks. It is an ideal point-of-care reference providing clear, fast answers. It offers guidance to help you make informed clinical diagnoses. It features user-friendly format. It includes over 35 algorithms that closely parallel the information in each chapter.