EBOOK Murtagh's Diagnostic Strategies

DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES CONTENTS LIST

Abdominal pain, acute in adults

Abdominal pain, chronic or recurrent in adults

Abdominal pain, acute in children

Abdominal pain, recurrent in children

Abdominal pain in women

Abdominal swelling (generalised)

Amenorrhoea

Amnesia, total or partial behaviour in adults

Arm and hand pain (excluding fractures)

Arthralgia/arthritis

Arthralgia/arthritis in children

Back pain, thoracic

Back pain, lower

Breast lumps in women

Breast, nipple discharge

Breast pain (mastalgia)

Calf pain

Chest pain in adults

Chest pain in children

Chronic constipation

Confusion, acute in adults

Cough

Cough, chronic in children

Crying and fussing in infants

Deafness and hearing loss

Diarrhoea

Diplopia

Disturbed or agitated patient

Dizziness/vertigo

Dyspepsia

Dysphagia

Dyspnoea, acute and chronic

Dysuria

Ear discharge (otorrhoea)

Ear pain

Epigastric pain

Epistaxis

Erectile dysfunction

Eye, red and tender

Eye, acute and subacute painless loss of vision

Eye, gradual loss of vision

Facial pain

Falls in the elderly

The febrile child

Fever in the returned traveller

Fever that is prolonged

Fits, faints and funny turns

Foot and ankle pain

Haematemesis

Haematuria

Haemoptysis in adults

Hair loss

Halitosis

Hallucinations

Headache

Hip and buttock pain

Hirsutism in women

Hoarseness

Insomnia

Jaundice in adults

Knee pain

Leg and ankle swelling

Leg pain

Leg ulcers

Limp in children

Lymphadenopathy

Menorrhagia

Mouth conditions, bleeding and painful gums

Mouth conditions, sore tongue

Mouth conditions, ulcers

Nasal drip (rhinorrhoea)

Neck lumps

Neck pain and stiffness

Palpitations

Paraesthesia and numbness

Pelvic pain

Pruritus, generalised

Pruritus, localised skin

Prurius ani

Purpura

Rectal bleeding

Scrotal pain

Shoulder pain

Skin, acute skin eruptions

Skin, pigmented lesions

Skin, vesicular rash

Skin ulcers

Sore throat

The subfertile couple

Tinnitus

Tiredness/chronic fatigue

Tremor

Urinary incontinence

Vaginal discharge

Vomiting

Vulvar discomfort and irritation

Weight gain

Weight loss

This unique, practical and user-friendly resource provides a handy guide to diagnostic strategies for busy GPs, succinctly covering all the common problems you may encounter in your practice, including, for example, Abdominal pain, Cough, Diarrhoea, Fever, Headache, Shoulder pain and Weight gain or loss.

In addition, it serves as a neat ready reference in a convenient package to facilitate study, in particular for registrars preparing for the Key Feature Problems (KFP) exam for RACGP Fellowship.

Each topic guides the GP in taking a key history for the specific presenting problem, such as detailed pain analysis, drug intake, family history, travel, diet and ‘red flags’. It lists the key examinations and investigations GPs need to perform, as well as providing helpful diagnostic tips. In addition, it provides easy-to-use checklists of:

• Probable diagnoses
• Serious disorders not to be missed
• Pitfalls (often missed)
• Masquerades checklist
• Is the patient trying to tell me something?

Murtagh’s Diagnostic Strategies covers 100 conditions, distilling John Murtagh’s many years of practical experience into one essential guide.