The classic internal medicine manual for students and residents. Designed to assist the diagnostician with the process of making a diagnosis in which he or she takes a history, performs a physical examination, orders appropriate laboratory tests and consults specialists. Emphasis is on the characteristics of diseases. Includes descriptions of symptoms and signs, highlighted instructions on how to elicit signs, and lists of diseases with which to make differential diagnosis.

Features:

• Improved user-friendly, easy-access format
• Improved organization from symptoms to signs to syndromes
• Principles of judicious, efficient use of lab tests and radiography

Richard F. LeBlond, MD, FACP
Professor of Internal Medicine (Clinical)
The University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa

Richard L. DeGowin, MD, FACP
Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine
The University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa

Donald D. Brown, MD, FACP
Professor of Internal Medicine
The University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa