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differential diagnosis

A list of possible diagnoses for a patient's illness. - see ref [1] for integrated differential diagnosis module [1] - this module [1] identifies diseases, syndromes & adverse drug effects from signs & symptoms - for differential diagnosis regarding a disease or syndrome, choose the Differential diagnosis: section of the disease or syndrome from the Contents box. Notes: - free online symptom checkers list the correct diagnosis 1st 34% of the time - correct diagnosis listed within the 1st 20 potential diagnoses 58% of the time - appropriate triage advice given in 57% of cases

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common cold vs influenza vs Covid-19 differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease differential diagnosis of anthrax differential diagnosis of cognitive impairment differential diagnosis of coma differential diagnosis of lesions on skin of color differential diagnosis of regional lymphadenopathy & acute encephalitis differential diagnosis of skin lesions by body region differential diagnosis types of dementia

References

  1. aaushi.org https://aaushi.org/continue?id=(FIND-DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS-FROM-SYMPTOM-MENU)
  2. Semigran HL et al Evaluation of symptom checkers for self diagnosis and triage: audit study. BMJ 2015;351:h3480 PMID: 26157077 http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3480 - Wyatt JC Fifty million people use computerised self triage. BMJ 2015;351:h3727 PMID: 26156750 http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3727
  3. general differential diagnosis applications - VisualDx https://www.visualdx.com/visualdx - DiagnosisPro https://web.archive.org/web/20081002094931/http://en.diagnosispro.com/ - Wikipedia: VisualDx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisualDx - Isabel https://www.isabelhealthcare.com/ - ZeroMD http://www.zeromd.com/ - DxMate https://infermedica.com/ - Symptoma https://www.symptoma.com/
  4. Cook CE, Decary S. Higher order thinking about differential diagnosis. Braz J Phys Ther. 2020 Jan-Feb;24(1):1-7. PMID: 30723033 PMCID: PMC6994315 Free PMC article. Review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6994315/
  5. Jain B. The key role of differential diagnosis in diagnosis. Diagnosis (Berl). 2017 Nov 27;4(4):239-240. PMID: 29536937
  6. Richarson WS et al A new arrival: evidence about differential diagnosis BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2000 https://ebm.bmj.com/content/5/6/164