Macleod's Clinical Diagnosis, 2nd Edition

Part 1 Principles of clinical assessment

What’s in a diagnosis?

Assessing patients: a practical guide

The diagnostic process

Part 2 Assessment of common presenting problems

Abdominal pain

Breast lump

Chest pain

Coma and altered consciousness

Confusion: delirium and dementia

Diarrhoea

Dizziness

Dysphagia

Dyspnoea

Fatigue

Fever

GI haemorrhage haemorrhage: haematemesis and rectal bleeding

Haematuria

Haemoptysis

Headache

Jaundice

Joint swelling

Leg swelling

Limb weakness

Low back pain

Mobility problems: falls and immobility

Nausea and vomiting

Palpitation

Rash: acute generalised skin eruption

Red eye

Scrotal swelling

Shock

Transient loss of consciousness: syncope and seizures

Urinary incontinence

Vaginal bleeding

Weight loss

Alan G Japp, MBChB(Hons), BSc(Hons), MRCP, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK, Colin Robertson, BA(Hons) MBChB FRCP(Glas) FRCS(Ed) FICP(Hon) FSAScot, Honorary Professor of Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Rohana J. Wright, MB ChB FRCPEd MD, Consultant Physician, St. John's Hospital, Livingston and Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Edinburgh, UK., Matthew Reed, MA (Cantab) MB BChir MRCS FCEM MD, Consultant and NRS Career Researcher Clinician in Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Reader, University of Edinburgh, UK. and Andrew Robson, MA(Cantab) BM BCh FRCS PhD, Specialist Registrar in General Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK