Ferri's Differential Diagnosis: A Practical Guide to the Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms, Signs, and Clinical Disorders (Ferri's Medical Solutions)

Here's a portable, concise guide to differential diagnosis for over 900 signs, symptoms and clinical disorders. Differential diagnoses are listed both by presenting sign or symptom and by clinical disorder, so you can confirm your diagnosis accurately, completely, and quickly. This is a versatile, easy-to-use reference you'll consult every day.

• Authored by Fred Ferri, the respected expert responsible for best-selling titles such as Ferri's Clinical Advisor, Ferri's Fast Facts, and Practical Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient.
  
• Portable and practical for fast reference on the differential diagnosis of over 900 items encountered in both in-patient and out-patient settings.
  
• Organized alphabetically for easy access
  
• Presents differential diagnoses both by sign and symptom and by disorder so you can quickly locate the information you need.
  
• Comprehensive but concise, and small enough to fit in your pocket.
  
• List diagnostic possibilities in declining order of incidence, helping you to focus on the likeliest diagnosis.

Fred Ferri is a Clinical Professor of Community Health at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and author of over 30 medical books. He has been the best-selling medical author in the United States over the past 25 years and is also well known and respected internationally. He has been a visiting Professor at other medical schools and many of his books have been translated in several languages. In addition to his numerous publications, he has had a distinguished academic career at Brown University where he has received several awards for his dedication to teaching including the Brown University Excellence in Teaching award and Dean’s teaching Award, and with the American College of Physicians where he was inducted as a Fellow in the ACP and has been a recipient of the Irving Addison Beck Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Ferri is a practicing physician at Ocean State Medical, a group primary care practice that he established in 1984 and still runs along with two other partners and his two sons.