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The revised and updated 2nd Edition of this highly acclaimed text approaches diagnosis and treatment the way clinicians do-by symptom rather than disease entity. It combines clinical experience and evidence-based strategies to guide clinicians through differential diagnoses and then to a specific diagnosis, then to appropriate therapy for common pediatric aliments. It's the next best thing to attending oral teaching rounds! A user-friendly, well-tabulated, and illustrated format assists the reader in identifying the many disease states causing a common chief complaint. Offers step-by-step guidance on history taking and physical and laboratory studies...through diagnosis...to the most effective therapies. Features an organization by symptom, signs, and chief complaints―the way problems present in real life. Includes many helpful tables with lists of diagnoses, making this an invaluable reference on diseases. Features algorithms to aid in diagnosis as well as tables comparing similar disease states to help the reader distinguish between similar disease entities. Features new chapters on hypertension, acid base and electrolyte disturbances, renal failure, dysmorphology, and polyuria