Contributing Authors

vii

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

1

The Diagnostic Process

1

2

Screening & Health Maintenance

10

3

Abdominal Pain

26

4

Acid-Base Abnormalities

49

5

AIDS/HIV Infection

67

6

Anemia

100

7

Back Pain

114

8

Chest Pain

130

9

Cough, Fever, and Respiratory Infections

149

10

Delirium and Dementia

169

11

Diabetes

181

12

Diarrhea, Acute

199

13

Dizziness

212

14

Dyspnea

229

15

Edema

248

16

Fatigue

266

17

Gastrointestinal Bleeding

275

18

Headache

287

19

Hypercalcemia

305

20

Hypertension

314

21

Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia

327

22

Jaundice and Abnormal Liver Enzymes

347

23

Joint Pain

365

24

Rashes

386

25

Renal Failure, Acute

405

26

Syncope

420

27

Weight Loss, Involuntary

442

28

Wheezing and Stridor

467

Index

485