Andrea Ann Borchers (ed.) - Handbook of Signs & Symptoms

FIFTH EDITION

FIFTH EDITION

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Andrea Ann Borchers, PhD, RN

Associate Professor of Nursing
Division of Nursing
Kettering College
Kettering, OH

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Borchers, Andrea Ann, author.
Handbook of signs & symptoms / Andrea Ann Borchers. Fifth edition.
p. ; cm.
Handbook of signs and symptoms
Preceded by Handbook of signs & symptoms. 4th ed. c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4511-9425-8
I. Handbook of signs & symptoms. Preceded by (work):II. Title.III. Title: Handbook of signs and symptoms.
[DNLM: 1. Signs and SymptomsHandbooks. WB 39]
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616'.047dc23

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This work is dedicated to
Sam, Kim, Tim, Emily, Ellen and Kelly.
You are and always will be the lights of my life.

Samuel A. Borchers, OD

Optometrist
Comprehensive Family Eye Care
Centerville, Ohio
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Dayton, Ohio
Clinical Faculty
Primary Care Optometry and Ocular Disease Management
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Allison J. Terry, PhD, MSN, RN

Associate Professor of Nursing
Auburn University Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama

Laura M. Willis, MSN, APRN,FNP-C

Assistant Professor
Kettering College
President, Connect: RN2ED
Family Nurse Practitioner

Diane Dixon Abercrombie, PA-C,MA, MMSc

Marsha L. Conroy, RN, BA, BSN,MSN, APN

Ken Ehlers, PA-C, MPAS

Timothy L. Hudson, MS, MEd,CCRN, FACHE

Julia Anne Isen, BSN, MS, FNP-C

Anna L. Jarrett, PhD, ACNP/CNS-BC

Manuel D. Leal, PA-C, MPAS, LCDR

William Pawlyshyn, RN, BSN, MS,MN, APRN, BC

Sundaram V. Ramanan, MD, MS,FRCP, FACP

Richard R. Roach, MD, FACP

Allison J. Terry, RN, PhD, MSN

Pamela Yee, MD

Philip Zazove, MD

The CT scan is normal, the emergency department physician explains to the resident. I'm thinking of sending the patient home, but I've only done a cursory examination. Ten minutes later, the resident returns. The patient had a stroke. She has a positive Homans sign and a positive Babinski's reflex. Arrange a room.

As this type of drama plays out every day in hospitals and clinics, eliciting a thorough history and performing a careful examination continue to be the cornerstones of clinical practice. Despite marked improvements in technology, the patient assessment is based on both subtle history clues and an observant exam. This still yields the highest diagnostic results, not to mention the cost-benefit ratio and the rapport it establishes with the patient. Those clues should always direct the technology, not the other way around.

Handbook of Signs & Symptoms, Fifth Edition, is a treasure trove of prompts and reminders for the clinician. It provides a comprehensive description of common to unusual patient complaints, coupled with diagnostic testing that is both routine and specific. It describes physical examination findings in detail and clarifies the mechanics of performing even rarely used tests.

Signs and symptoms are formatted alphabetically for quick retrieval, and elicited history is linked to the essentials of the exam. Readers are alerted to urgent situations in the Emergency Interventions section. Differential diagnoses are listed under Medical Causes, following the elaboration of the symptom history and exam findings. Under the heading Other Causes, the clinician is alerted to medications or herbal remedies that are associated with the patient's complaint. Special Considerations address pediatric, gender-specific, and geriatric concerns.

This new edition of the handbook has been updated to include important signs and symptoms related to diseases that have recently taken center stage in clinical medicine, including avian influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, Kawasaki disease, and metabolic syndrome an epidemic disease that has become essential to diagnose and manage.

Illustrations are scattered throughout the book to augment the reader's understanding of particular tests, and tables point out the often subtle differences in signs and symptoms to help distinguish among the most common complaints. These visual graphics make great teaching tools, too. The index is invaluable to the reader looking for a particular, familiar exam finding as well as for the differential utilizing that finding. The addition of a new appendix that focuses on obtaining a health history answers the need for comprehensive, reliable, and consistent documentation information that is important to formatting electronic medical records.