differential diagnosis
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Introduction
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
More specific terms
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 aaushi.org https://aaushi.org/continue?id=(FIND-DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS-FROM-SYMPTOM-MENU)
- ↑ Semigran HL et al Evaluation of symptom checkers for self diagnosis and triage: audit study. BMJ 2015;351:h3480 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157077 <Internet> http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3480
Wyatt JC Fifty million people use computerised self triage. BMJ 2015;351:h3727 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26156750 <Internet> http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3727 - ↑ 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/ - ↑ Cook CE, Decary S. Higher order thinking about differential diagnosis. Braz J Phys Ther. 2020 Jan-Feb;24(1):1-7. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30723033 PMCID: PMC6994315 Free PMC article. Review. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6994315/
- ↑ Jain B. The key role of differential diagnosis in diagnosis. Diagnosis (Berl). 2017 Nov 27;4(4):239-240. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29536937
- ↑ Richarson WS et al A new arrival: evidence about differential diagnosis BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2000 https://ebm.bmj.com/content/5/6/164