Product Description

From Abdominal Pain and Bradycardia to Uveitis and White Cell Counts, this new pocket guide will provide rapid facts for use in everyday clinical practice.

Rapid Differential Diagnosis is the second title in the new Rapid series and is an ideal companion volume to Rapid Medicine. This handy new book covers the causes for over 350 signs, symptoms, and differentials for radiological, endocrine, haematological, and routine laboratory findings and ECG changes. There is also a thematic index where conditions are sorted by speciality to aid quick look–up.

Rapid Differential Diagnosis is authored by Amir H. Sam, a final year medical student from the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. Dr Huw Beynon, a Consultant General Physician and Rheumatologist at the Royal Free, is the Editorial Advisor for the book. He has been a chief examiner for the MBBS and MRCP for many years.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #307447 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
Published Reviews of the 1st Edition

".is a good book to refer to if you are revising for finals as it has concise short entries which aid revision and retention of knowledge.Saying that, it would be a handy book to have on you whilst on clinical placements because its alphabetical organisation makes it easy to access information quickly."

5th Year Medical Student, Liverpool Medical School, Sphincter, December 2003

".it is a clear and concise whilst also being accurate and comprehensive.

"...this book is an ideal ′ward round companion′...and its clear, succinct and memorable format would make it an excellent revision aid."

Medical Student, Guy′s, King′s, St. Thomas′ Medical School
GKT Gazette, January 2004

"It certainly is exhaustive and I would defy even the most determined interrogator to ask you a differential that this book could not answer."

Oxford Medical School Gazette, vol. 54 (1)

"A great book if you are a lover of lists and a handy reference for PBL style teaching...all in all a good book to have."

North Wing, Sheffield Medics Magazine, Winter 2004

From the Back Cover
From Abdominal Pain and Bradycardia to Uveitis and White Cell Counts, this new pocket guide will provide rapid facts for use in everyday clinical practice.

Rapid Differential Diagnosis is the second title in the new Rapid series and is an ideal companion volume to Rapid Medicine. This handy new book covers the causes for over 350 signs, symptoms, and differentials for radiological, endocrine, haematological, and routine laboratory findings and ECG changes. There is also a thematic index where conditions are sorted by speciality to aid quick look–up.

• A–Z organization by symptom and sign allows easy access to information
  
• Concise short entries to aid revision and retention of information
  
• Extensive coverage of common signs, symptoms, radiological findings and routine laboratory test results
  
• Companion volume to Rapid Medicine, which provides essential information on common conditions and diseases

Rapid Differential Diagnosis is authored by Amir H. Sam, a final year medical student from the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. Dr Huw Beynon, a Consultant General Physician and Rheumatologist at the Royal Free, is the Editorial Advisor for the book. He has been a chief examiner for the MBBS and MRCP for many years.

Customer Reviews

Not the best of the series
I brought this book to complete my collection of the 'Rapid...' series as the other books were very useful for quickly revising key diseases in the run-up to exams.

When I got the book, it wasn't was I was expecting - I had imagined that each symptom would get a page and then be explored in more detail. Unfortunately this book is simply a list of differentials under a heading. The main problem with this layout is that a) there is no index (so is fatigue under 'tiredness', 'fatigue', 'lethargy' etc.), b) some key symptoms appear to have been omitted (although they may be under a different heading..), and c) as a medical student, you need to understand why different differential diagnoses can or can't apply. In my mind, Differential Diagnosis by Rafferty and Lim does a much better job. The only use I can find for this book is when you might need rather bizarre, somewhat uncommon differentials when discussing a case presentation.

I would not recommend this book to medical students, but it may be of use to more senior medics who understand why a differential might be applicable but where they have forgotten it a long time ago.

A good idea but rarely use
I bought this at the beginning of my clinical placement when I was struggling to think of differentials for patients I'd clerked. To be honest there are lots better books to be lugging around on the wards and its not something I'd use when I'm at home studying.