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<b>Patients don't present with a disease; they present with symptoms.</b> Using a practical, symptom-based organization, <i>Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis: Common Diseases and their Mimics, 2nd Edition</i>, offers <b>authoritative guidance on differential diagnosis and treatment</b> of diseases and disorders in children and adolescents, and covers <b>the symptoms you're likely to see</b> in practice, <b>their mimics</b>, and <b>uncommon disorders</b>. Drs. Robert M. Kliegman, Heather Toth, Brett J. Bordini, and Donald Basel walk you through <b>what to consider and how to proceed</b> when faced with common symptoms such as cough, fever, headache, autistic-like behaviors, chronic pain, chest pain, gait disturbances, and much more. <ul> <li> <p><b>Begins with a presenting symptom</b> and leads you through differential diagnosis and a concise review of treatment recommendations. </p> </li> <li> <p>Contains <b>more than a dozen new topics</b> including Disease Mimics: An Approach to Undiagnosed Diseases, Autistic-like Behaviors, Shock, Hypertension, Neurocognitive and Developmental Regression, Chronic Pain, Hypertonicity, Movement Disorders, Hypermobility, and more. </p> </li> <li> <p>Features a <b>new focus on symptoms of rarer diseases that are mimics</b> of more common diseases. </p> </li> <li> <p>Offers a <b>user-friendly approach to Altered Mental Status</b> such as coma and other CNS disorders, with numerous clinically useful tables and figures to guide clinical decision making in various care settings. </p> </li> <li> <p>Uses a <b>highly templated format</b> for easy reference and quick answers to clinical questions, with the same consistent presentation in each chapter: History, Physical Examination, Diagnosis (including laboratory tests), Imaging, Diagnosis, and Treatment. </p> </li> <li> <p>Includes <b>numerous full-color illustrations, algorithms, tables, and "red flags"</b> to aid differential diagnosis. </p> </li> <li> <p>Serves as an <b>ideal comp