"This easy-access clinical guide to over 70 commonly seen symptoms, written for advanced practice provider (APP) students and new practitioners, describes a step-by-step process for obtaining a reliable patient history, choosing the appropriate physical exam, and using the patient history and physical exam findings to form a differential diagnosis. The second edition continues to include the case study approach, and is updated to incorporate 22 new symptoms along with contributions by a new editor, who is a leader in holistic health. The guide is distinguished by several unique features including focused patient history questions and responses, physical exam findings, a differential diagnosis table (clearly comparing potential diagnostic choices based on symptoms), a diagnostic examination table (including estimated costs and codes), and a case study summary highlighting the critical thinking process. Symptoms are presented alphabetically in a systematic, unfolding case study approach and include chief complaint, presenting history, past history, and explicit methodology for determining correct diagnosis."--Back cover

Preceded by Differential diagnosis for the advanced practice nurse / Jacqueline Rhoads, Marilee Murphy Jensen, editors. 2015. Includes index.

Abdominal Pain -- Abdominal Swelling -- Ankle Pain -- Anxious Mood -- Blood in Urine -- Breast Lumps -- Chest Pain -- Confusion -- Cough -- Coughing Up Blood -- Depressed Mood -- Diarrhea -- Difficulty Achieving Bowel Movement -- Difficulty Speaking -- Difficulty Swallowing -- Dizziness -- Double Vision -- Ear Discharge -- Ear Pain -- Elbow Pain -- Enlarged Lymph Nodes -- Eye Discharge -- Eye Pain -- Eye Redness -- Fainting -- Fatigue -- Fever -- Foot Pain -- Frequency of Urination -- Hand Pain and Swelling -- Headache -- Heartburn -- Heavy Menstrual Flow -- Hip Pain -- Impotence -- Incontinence -- Itchiness in Skin -- Jaundice -- Joint Pain -- Knee Pain -- Leg Pain -- Low Back Pain -- Lower Extremity Edema -- Memory Loss -- Mouth Lesions -- Muscle Weakness -- Neck Pain -- Night Sweats -- Nipple Discharge -- Painful Intercourse -- Painful Urination -- Palpitations -- Panic Episodes -- Pelvic Pain -- Rectal Bleeding -- Rectal Bleeding -- Ringing in the Ears (Tinnitus) -- Runny Nose -- Shortness of Breath -- Shoulder Pain -- Skin Lesions -- Skin Pain -- Skin Rashes -- Sleep Disturbances -- Sore Throat -- Tremors -- Unsteady Gait -- Vaginal Discharge -- Vaginal Itchiness -- Vaginal Lesions -- Vomiting -- Weight Gain -- Weight Loss -- Wheezing -- Wrist Pain.