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History Taking of Common Pediatric Cases

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The diagnosis of a patient’s problem is mainly based on careful history taking, so it is crucial to gather accurate information and data regarding the patient’s presenting complaint and further history, as much as possible. This chapter helps you to apply the detailed format introduced and developed in the first chapter in the analysis of each individual patient’s complaint/presentation. It focuses on common pediatric problems, including the most pertinent topics in child healthcare with regard to both acute and chronic complaints, offering more than 30 “history stations,” each station followed by key points underpinning important points in the history. Throughout the chapter, you will find detailed tables containing the main short case scenarios and differential diagnoses for the most important childhood problems.

Listen to the patient, he is telling you the diagnosis.

—Sir William Osler

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