Patients don’t present with a disease; they present with symptoms.  Using a practical, symptom-based organization, Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis: Common Diseases and their Mimics, 2nd Edition, offers authoritative guidance on differential diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders in children and adolescents, and covers the symptoms you’re likely to see in practice, their mimics, and uncommon disorders. Drs. Robert M. Kliegman, Heather Toth, Brett J. Bordini, and Donald Basel walk you through what to consider and how to proceed when faced with common symptoms such as cough, fever, headache, autistic-like behaviors, chronic pain, chest pain, gait disturbances, and much more.

SECTION 1 Symptom-Based Diagnosis

1 Disease Mimics: An Approach to Undiagnosed Diseases

SECTION 2 Respiratory Disorders

2 Sore Throat

3 Cough

4 Respiratory Distress

5 Earache

6 Apparent Life-Threatening Event/Brief Resolved Unexplained Event

SECTION 3 Cardiac Disorders

7 Syncope and Dizziness

8 Chest Pain

9 Murmurs

10 Shock

11 Hypertension

SECTION 4 Gastrointestinal Disorders

12 Failure to Thrive

13 Abdominal Pain

14 Diarrhea

15 Vomiting and Regurgitation

16 Gastrointestinal Bleeding

17 Hepatomegaly

18 Jaundice

19 Constipation

20 Abdominal Masses

SECTION 5 Genitourinary Disorders

21 Dysuria

22 Proteinuria

23 Hematuria

24 Acute and Chronic Scrotal Swelling

25 Menstrual Problems and Vaginal Bleeding

26 Disorders of Sex Development

SECTION 6 Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders

27 Intellectual Developmental Disorders (Developmental Delay

28 Neurocognitive and Developmental Regression

29 Dysmorphology

30 The Irritable Infant

31 Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms

32 Autistic-like Behaviors

SECTION 1 Symptom-Based Diagnosis

1 Disease Mimics: An Approach to Undiagnosed Diseases

SECTION 2 Respiratory Disorders

2 Sore Throat

3 Cough

4 Respiratory Distress

5 Earache

6 Apparent Life-Threatening Event/Brief Resolved Unexplained Event

SECTION 3 Cardiac Disorders

7 Syncope and Dizziness

8 Chest Pain

9 Murmurs

10 Shock

11 Hypertension

SECTION 4 Gastrointestinal Disorders

12 Failure to Thrive

13 Abdominal Pain

14 Diarrhea

15 Vomiting and Regurgitation

16 Gastrointestinal Bleeding

17 Hepatomegaly

18 Jaundice

19 Constipation

20 Abdominal Masses

SECTION 5 Genitourinary Disorders

21 Dysuria

22 Proteinuria

23 Hematuria

24 Acute and Chronic Scrotal Swelling

25 Menstrual Problems and Vaginal Bleeding

26 Disorders of Sex Development

SECTION 6 Developmental and Psychiatric Disorders

27 Intellectual Developmental Disorders (Developmental Delay

28 Neurocognitive and Developmental Regression

29 Dysmorphology

30 The Irritable Infant

31 Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms

32 Autistic-like Behaviors

33 Chronic Pain

SECTION 7 Neurosensory Disorders

34 Headaches

35 Hypotonia and Weakness

36 Rhabdomyolysis

37 Stroke

38 Hypertonicity

39 Paroxysmal Disorders

40 Movement Disorders in Childhood

41 Altered Mental Status

42 Encephalitis

43 Eye Disorders

"This second edition book is an update to the first edition, which was published in 2017. It is organized into 12 systems-based sections that include chapters on different symptoms common within that system. For example, a section on cardiac disorders includes chapters on syncope and dizziness, chest pain, murmurs, shock, and hypertension. The included online ebook is easy to navigate and helpful to reference, given that the print book is rather heavy." ©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Whitney W Rowe, Doctor of Medicine (University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita)