The only medical CD ROM that lets you interact with your patients.

Theres never been a medical CD ROM like this one! The new Diagnostic Reasoning Series of Symptom-Based Care Studies on CD ROM puts users right in the examining room with the patient. Through live-action video, theyll actually interview and evaluate patients and conduct various physical exam procedures -- and come up with a diagnosis and treatment plan. Completely interactive and easy-to-use, its allows user to

• Ask 260 medical questions
• Conduct a physical exam
• Run more than 450 lab tests
• Compare findings with the case author
• Challenging case studies to solve -- each featuring an entirely different patient scenario
• Tool bar with intuitive icons -- users can choose from a full range of medical instruments, questions, and tests
• Each case is accredited by the AMA for five Category I CME Credits -- so each package offers the potential for earning 20 CME credits!

Ideal for medical schools and libraries, the Diagnostic Reasoning offers students valuable practice with patient encounters, and gives faculty important data for evaluating a students problem-solving and clinical reasoning skills. This version

• Offers over 64 cases to choose from, each of which can be customized to fit a particular syllabus or course of study. Available by diagnosis and body system
• Offers educational and instructor-controlled options, so educator can set performance standards that reflect their evaluation criteria
• Records each step in the students investigative process
• Organizes and presents the collected data in each students record file, so instructors can evaluate problem-solving and clinical reasoning strategies.

Cases by Problem

• Abdominal Pain
• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
• Amenorrhea
• Ataxia
• Back Pain
• Bloating
• Blurred Vision
• Chest Pain
• Colic
• Confusion
• Cough
• Dizziness
• Dysarthria
• Dyspnea
• Extremity Pain
• Fatigue
• Feeding Difficulty (infant)
• Headache
• Hypertension
• Joint Pain
• Memory Loss
• Obesity
• Rectal Bleeding
• Shortness of Breath
• Stroke
• Syncope
• Urinary Retention
• Vaginal Discharge
• Weakness
• Well-Child Visit

Abdominal Pain

Case 1 19-year-old member of a university intercollegiate volleyball team referred by her coach because of her recurrent complaints of lower leg pain.

Case 2 75-year-old female with moderately severe abdominal pain seen in the hospital emergency room.

Case 3 47-year-old female with severe abdominal pain seen in the hospital emergency room.

Abdominal Uterine Bleeding

Case 1 27-year-old female seen for evaluation of third-trimester bleeding.

Amenorrhea

Case 1 19-year-old female with complaints of amenorrhea and dyspareunia.

Case 2 31-year-old female seen for evaluation of irregular menstrual periods.

Ataxia

Case 1 21/2-year-old girl from Mexico is brought to the pediatric neurology clinic for evaluation of progressive weakness.

Back Pain

Case 1 16-year-old female seen in the emergency room for evaluation of back pain.

Case 2 26-year-old male seen for evaluation of back pain.

Case 3 16-year-old male seen for evaluation of low back pain.

Bloating

Case 1 76-year-old male seen for evaluation of bloating.

Blurred Vision

Case 1 76-year-old male seen for evaluation of numbness in his right hand and blurred vision in his left eye.

Chest Pain

Case 1 73-year-old female seen in the clinic. She complains of shortness of breath and chest pain.

Case 2 50-year-old male, presently under treatment for lung cancer, seen in the emergency room for evaluation of chest pain.

Case 3 27-year-old male presents to the emergency room appearing to be in severe distress, complaining of severe left-sided chest pain.

Case 4 78-year-old male seen for evaluation of left-sided chest pain.

Colic

Case 1 7-month-old girl seen in the emergency room with paroxysms of crying.

Confusion

Case 1 47-year-old man admitted to the VA Hospital after several episodes of vomiting and confusion. Patients wife and mother respond to questions, since he is confused and incoherent.

Cough

Case 1 31-year-old male seen for evaluation of fever for a week and cough for the last month.

Dizziness

Case 1 26-year-old male seen for evaluation of dizziness.

Dysarthria

Case 1 59-year-old male brought into the emergency room with sudden onset of left hemiplegia and dysarthia. All inquires will be directed to his wife.

Dyspena

Case 1 3-year-old girl seen for breathing difficulty.

Extremity Pain

Case 1 32-year-old woman seen in the office for evaluation of hand pain.

Case 2 16-year-old male high school student seen in the office for evaluation of painful swelling of the left leg.

Case 3 3-year-old boy seen in the emergency room. He has pain in all four limbs and a swollen right eye the mother reports loss of appetite and increased irritability.

Fatigue

Case 1 22-year-old male seen in an internists office for evaluation of tiredness and easy fatigability.

Case 2 21-year-old female has come to the Student Health Center because she has been feeling tired. This is her first visit.

Case 3 30-year-old female has just moved here and is looking for a family physician. She is feeling a little tired. This is her first visit.

Case 4n 83-year-old female seen for evaluation of fatigue and weakness.

Case 5 28-year-old female seen for evaluation of fatigue.

Fever

Case 1 2-year-old boy seen for evaluation of fever and ear pain.

Case 2 5-year-old girl presenting with fever and sore throat.

Case 3 24-year-old female presenting with fever, back pain, and urinary frequency.

Feeding Difficulty (Infant)

Case 1 2 1/2-month-old female infant is brought to your office for feeding problems.

Headache

Case 1 42-year-old male has come to see you for chronic headache because it is interfering with his work he is concerned that he is taking too much medication.

Case 2 26-year-old female seen for evaluation of headache.

Case 3 47-year-old male seen for the evaluation of severe headaches and blurred vision.

Case 4 27-year-old female seen for evaluation of headaches.

Case 5 6-year-old female seen for the evaluation for headaches.

Hypertension

Case 1 23-year-old female is referred for evaluation of hypertension, which was noted at the time of surgery for condyloma acuminatum.

Case 2 17-year-old male seen for follow-up of an abnormal urinalysis.

Case 3 32-year-old woman seen for evaluation of hypertension of 8 years duration.

Case 4A 28-year-old male seen for follow-up of elevated blood pressure readings.

Joint Pain

Case 1 7-year-old girl complains of leg pain, and she has a limp.

Memory Loss

Case 1 86-year-old female seen for evaluation of memory loss.

Case 2 81-year-old female being seen for evaluation of problems with recall and loss of hand coordination.

Obesity

Case 1 39-year-old female seen for the evaluation of postpartum weight gain.

Case 2 47-year-old male seen in the clinic with racing heart and weight gain.

Rash

Case 1 16-year-old boy presenting with a rash.

Rectal Bleeding

Case 1 50-year-old male seen for evaluation of blood in his stool for 4 weeks.

Shortness of Breath

Case 1 76-year-old male seen for progressive shortness of breath.

Case 2 52-year-old female seen for severe shortness of breath.

Case 3 25-year-old female complains of shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat.

Case 4 61-year-old male seen for evaluation of shortness of breath.

Stroke

Case 1 53-year-old female admitted to the hospital for evaluation of trouble speaking, drooping right side of face, and weakness in right arm.

Syncope

Case 1 45-year-old abese male sent to you by his employer after blacking out on the job.

Urinary Retention

Case 1 7-year-old girl seen because she has been leaking urine. She recently had an attack of acute pyelonephritis.

Case 2 60-year-old male seen in the doctors office with worsening difficulty in voiding.

Vaginal Discharge

Case 1 22-year-old female seen for evaluation of a vaginal discharge.

Weakness

Case 1 25-year-old female seen in the emergency room.

Case 2 19-year-old female comes in complaining of aching, numbness, and tingling in her calves

and thighs.

Case 3 71-year-old female seen for the evaluation of progressive weakness.

Case 4 34-year-old female seen for the evaluation of muscle weakness, fatigue, and shortness of breath.

Well-Child Visit

Case 1 15-month-old child being seen for well-child exam after moving to a new town.

For a comprehensive list of cases, including new cases, click on the Table of Contents below.

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