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Develop a Differential Diagnosis

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Sample search expressions


The following examples illustrate the kind of expressions that you can use to develop a differential diagnosis.
  • nausea and vomiting
  • headache and backache
  • cough sore throat
  • blurry vision or (eye strain)

Note

  1. The search evaluates an expression from left to right.
  2. The expressions in parentheses will be evaluated first.
  3. Wildcards (asterisks) can be used only at the end of a word.
  4. Apostrophes should never be used in a search. 
    i.e.  Graves' Disease should be searched for by using Graves Disease
  5. To search for words containing 8 bit characters, use the nearest 7 bit equivalent.  
    i.e.  for resumé, you should use resume


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