TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Overview: Common Symptoms A1 - Nadler, Paul L. A1 - Gonzales, Ralph A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. PY - 2020 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 AB - New or unexplained symptoms account for about half of all office visits. Evidence-based symptom evaluation combines knowledge of a symptom's clinical epidemiology with disease candidates according to Bayesian principles, such that the likelihood of a specific disease is a function of patient demographics, comorbidities, and clinical features. This knowledge supports decisions about further testing or treatment or whether to perform additional testing before treatment. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2022/05/27 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166162321 ER -