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access to any online entitlements included with the product. An
engaging case-based approach to learning the diagnostic process in
internal medicine Symptom to Diagnosis, Fourth Edition teaches an
evidence-based, step-by-step process for evaluating, diagnosing,
and treating patients based on their clinical complaints. By
applying this process clinicians will be able to recognize specific
diseases and prescribe the most effective therapy. Each chapter is
built around a common patient complaint that illustrates essential
concepts and provides insight into the process by which the
differential diagnosis is identified. Coverage for each disease
includes: Textbook Presentation, Disease Highlights, Evidence-Based
Diagnosis, and Treatment. *Enhanced by algorithms, summary tables,
and questions that direct evaluation*Each chapter is built around
patient cases that illustrate essential concepts*Clinical pearls
appear in every chapter
Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only
to abandon them-sometimes too late. Medications such as Vioxx and
procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the
medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What
Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal
happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or
diagnostic tool without a robust evidence base-and then stop using
it when it is found not to help, or even to harm, patients. In
Ending Medical Reversal, Drs. Prasad and Cifu narrate fascinating
stories from every corner of medicine to explore why medical
reversals occur, how they are harmful, and what can be done to
avoid them. They explore the difference between medical innovations
that improve care and those that only appear to be promising. They
also outline a comprehensive plan to reform medical education,
research funding and protocols, and the process for approving new
drugs that will ensure that more of what gets done in doctors'
offices and hospitals is truly effective.
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