An evidence-based, step-by-step process for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients based on their clinical complaints. Each chapter addresses one common complaint and begins with a case and guidance on how to organize the differential diagnosis.

A systematic approach to understanding differential diagnosis, and the methodology behind diagnosing the most commonly encountered conditions in internal medicine.

This source for internal medicine and the care of adult patients includes the diagnosis and treatment of thousands of common and uncommon conditions, always guided by an understanding of the epidemiology and pathobiology, as well as the latest medical literature.

The latest in disease mechanisms, updated clinical trial results and recommended guidelines, state-of-the art radiographic images, therapeutic approaches and specific treatments, demonstrative full-color drawings, and practical clinical decision trees and algorithms.