Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases

Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases

Clinical Analysis and Synthesis of Symptoms and Signs on Pathophysiologic Basis

3rd Edition - January 1, 1967

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  • Author: Julius Bauer
  • eBook ISBN: 9781483222103

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Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases, Third Edition covers the diagnosis of numerous internal diseases based on symptoms and signs. This edition is organized by symptoms and signs that may be individually different even in the same disease and must be analyzed and understood on a pathophysiological basis within the framework of the individual personality. This book is composed of two main parts encompassing 20 chapters. Part I reviews the leading symptoms of headache, chest and abdominal pain, backache, pain in extremities, general feelings and consciousness disorders, vertigo, nausea, vomitus, cough, dyspnea, diarrhea, constipation, and hemorrhages. Part II examines the leading signs habitus, hyperthermia, fever, infectious disease, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, hematopoietic, and uropoietic systems diseases, and glycosuria. This book will be of value to general physicians, clinicians, and pathophysiologists.

Table of Contents


  • Preface

    Part One: Leading Symptoms

    1. Headache

    Acute Headache

    Chronic Headache

    "Nervous" and Psychoneurotic Headache

    2. Chest Pain

    Intercostal Nerves

    Posterior Roots

    Afferent Nerves Traveling with the Sympathetic

    Afferent Vagus Fibers

    3. Abdominal Pain

    Mechanisms of Abdominal Pain

    Colicky Pain

    Continuous Pain

    Segmental Abdominal Pain of Extra-Abdominal Origin

    4. Backache

    Retroperitoneal Abdominal Diseases

    Vertebral Column

    Soft Tissues

    5. Pain in the Extremities, Dysesthesia, Polyalgia

    Bones

    Joints

    Periarticular Structures

    Muscles

    Nerves

    Blood and Lymph Vessels

    Skin

    Polyalgia

    6. Disorders of General Feelings

    Malaise

    Fatigue and Weakness

    Feeling of Being Cold or Being Warm

    Appetite and Hunger

    Thirst

    Libido

    7. Disorders of Consciousness

    Sleep

    Syncope (Fainting)

    Coma

    Stupor

    8. Vertigo, Nausea, and Vomitus

    Vertigo

    Nausea and Vomitus

    9. Paralysis, Incoordination and Involuntary Movements

    Paralysis

    Incoordination

    Involuntary Movements

    10. Cough and Dyspnea

    Cough

    Dyspnea

    11. Diarrhea and Constipation

    Acute Diarrhea

    Chronic Diarrhea

    Constipation

    12. Hemorrhages

    Epistaxis

    Hemoptysis

    Hematemesis

    Hemorrhage per Anum

    Hematuria and Hemoglobinuria

    Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia

    Hemorrhages into the Skin

    Occult Internal Hemorrhages

    Part Two: Leading Signs

    13. The General Appearance (Habitus)

    Stature

    Polygenopathies, Status Degenerativus

    Obesity and Leanness

    Endocrine and Pseudoendocrine Features

    General Appearance Indicating Various Other Diseases

    Jaundice

    Cyanosis

    Edema

    14. Hyperthermia, Fever and Infectious Diseases

    Aseptic Fever

    Infectious Fever

    Synopsis of Common Infections

    Disease due to Hypersensitization

    Habitual Hyperthermia

    15. Respiratory System

    Upper Respiratory Tract

    Evaluation of Methods of Examination of the Chest

    Diseases of the Bronchopulmonary System

    Pleural Effusion

    16. Cardiovascular System

    Inspection

    Percussion

    Auscultation

    Palpation

    Roentgenologic Examination

    Electrocardiography

    Etiology and Nature of Cardiovascular Diseases

    17. Digestive System

    Oral Cavity

    Esophagus

    Stomach and Duodenum

    Small Intestines and Colon

    Liver and Biliary Tract

    Liver Function Tests

    Liver Diseases

    Pancreas

    Splenomegaly and Miscellaneous Abdominal "Masses"

    18. Hemopoietic System

    The Erythrocytes

    The Leukocytes

    The Thrombocytes. Hemorrhagic Diathesis

    19. Uropoietic System

    Disorders of Renal Function and Metabolic Consequences

    Diagnostic Procedures

    Diseases with Predominant Glomerular Lesions

    Diseases with Predominant Tubular Lesions

    Diseases of the Interstitial Tissue

    Diseases of Vascular Origin

    Diseases due to Extrarenal Obstruction of the Urinary Tract

    Malformations

    Tumors

    20. Glycosuria

    Non-Diabetic Glycosuria

    Symptomatic Diabetes Mellitus

    Constitutional Diabetes

    Index


Product details

  • No. of pages: 1092
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1967
  • Published: January 1, 1967
  • Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
  • eBook ISBN: 9781483222103

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